Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first. Two studies put ChatGPT, Gemini and others to the test on questions of health. In one, they got almost half the answers wrong.

Millions of Americans regularly use AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini as a first stop for health questions. Two new studies suggest that may not be such a good idea — at least without a lot of skepticism.

Democrats aim for midterm upsets in districts that Trump safely won Strategists in both parties say the president’s unpopularity is dragging down incumbents not used to running hard campaigns, and some have been hit by scandals.

Democrats aim for midterm upsets in districts that Trump safely won, new from @iarnsdorf.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“Her food stamps didn’t cover her sweetened wild cherry sparkling water or semisweet chocolate chips for baking, but paid for some ultra-processed items.”

@rachelroubein.bsky.social dives into the maze of SNAP changes in the states @washingtonpost.com

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FBI Director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick alleging defamation and seeking $250M in damages.

Trump's fixation on White House ballroom is increasing, Post analysis finds The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.

President Trump has invoked the White House ballroom on about a third of the days this year, according to a Post analysis of his public remarks and social media posts, a pace that rivals his mentions of some major policy priorities. https://wapo.st/3Quq5dp

The top donor for Virginians for Fair Maps is Virginians for Fair Maps, a separate group that shares its name with the referendum committee. "It will probably not report its income or spending for at least another year, but it has given over $19 million to oppose the amendment."

Wow: About 95% of the total $93 million raised so far in Virginia, as of a Monday night filing deadline, came from nonprofit groups not required to disclose their donors, according to state elections records. Via @ence.bsky.social @schneidergs.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

More young men are attending religious services regularly, poll finds The Gallup report appears to reflect a trend observed by some religious leaders: Pockets of young Americans, especially men, are joining faith communities.

Gallup finds a 7-point rise in worship attendance among young men from '22/23 to '24/25 - especially young Republicans - based on randomized phone surveys of >25K adults. Other polls haven't shown this shift, but it's an important new batch of data. Our story www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Our poll caught a public opinion landslide on data centers www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Public has right to officer names in police use-of-force records, Md. court rules The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law enforcement agencies to release the names of officers who use physical force agai...

The Post won a precedent-setting, Maryland public records lawsuit and appeal that will make it easier for all to get police disciplinary records. 👍👍

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In this U.S. hot spot for data centers, voters have turned against them Virginians previously embraced the facilities, but a Post-Schar School poll finds they are now almost as undesirable as nuclear power plants.

“Anyone in Loudoun County who says they don’t see a benefit from this should look at their tax bill. … At some point there are going to be case studies of how the tech companies managed to so badly blow their messaging.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump threatens to fire Powell, won’t halt probe of Fed renovations President Trump threatened Wednesday to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if he doesn’t step down from the Fed in the coming weeks.

Breaking news: President Trump threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if he does not step down from the central bank.

“I’ll have to fire him,” Trump said on Fox Business. “If he’s not leaving on time.”

Look at the crumbling support among Virginians (America's first data center hot spot) for data centers:

Q: Would you be comfortable or uncomfortable if a new data center were built in your community?

2023: 69% comfortable
2026: 35% comfortable

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In this U.S. hot spot for data centers, voters have turned against them Virginians previously embraced the facilities, but a Post-Schar School poll finds they are now almost as undesirable as nuclear power plants.

NEW: In this U.S. hot spot for data centers, voters have turned against them according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Story with @evanhalper.bsky.social , Omari Daniels & Isabelle Gibson --> www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

D.C. mayoral candidates want to build more housing — but investors don’t Plans by Janeese Lewis George and Kenyan R. McDuffie to increase the housing supply and lower costs for renters are different in scope, but they face the same hurdles.

D.C. mayoral candidates want to build more housing — but investors don’t. Important issue in the city's Democratic primary campaign via The Post's Meagan Flynn & Jenny Gathright www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

You can see in the quoted tweet, they are one of the government-sponsored polls

The results are in: Hungary's government-sponsored polls were quite wrong, far overestimating Orban's support while "independent/opposition" polls were very accurate vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026

Some polls in Hungary will be quite wrong. We'll find out soon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

“The futures market is not representing the on-the-ground and on-the-water reality of oil at all,” said Vikas Dwivedi, global energy strategist at Macquarie Group, an Australian financial services firm. “It’s quite broken.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/b...

The Defense Department violated a federal court order in its press access case against the New York Times, a judge ruled, admonishing the Trump admin:

"Suppression of political speech is the mark of an autocracy, not a democracy—as the Framers recognized when they drafted the First Amendment."

"Roughly two-thirds of adults say they have read a physical book in the past 12 months, according to our October survey." Pew updates their long-running surveys on reading, analysis by former Post-UMD polling fellow William Bishop www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

Woah

Another connection: Avignon charged tolls to ships going up the Rhône river, just as Iran plans to charge ships to pass through Hormuz www.avignon-et-provence.com/en/monuments...

Hegseth’s rosy claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials say The defense secretary’s rosy portrayal of U.S. success in the conflict risks misinforming the public and the president, observers worry.

Hegseth’s rosy claims about Iran war contradict reality, raising risk of misinforming the public and the president, officials say www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Bar chart showing that Republicans differ by age over President Donald Trump's ability to make good decisions when it comes to working effectively with NATO. The chart is based on a March 2026 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Republicans differ by age when it comes it comes to Trump and NATO. Younger Republicans are 22 points *less* likely to have confidence in Trump's decision-making on the issue and 9 points *more* likely to say the US benefits from being part of NATO. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Kidnapped U.S. journalist believed alive in militia’s Iraqi stronghold U.S. and Iraqi officials believe freelancer Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped last week by Kataib Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with links to Iran.

NEW: Kidnapped U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson is believed to be alive and held in an Iran-linked militia’s Iraqi stronghold. w/
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Philip Bump: The genius of launching a newsletter on NCAA finals day In theory, this introductory newsletter edition should focus on what it’s likely to include in the future, how it will edify and entertain.

My first newsletter/column for my new gig is up. A little about smaller U.S. communities; a little about how rooting for Michigan is doing the Devil's work.
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Trump threatens to jail reporters if they don’t turn over Iran source President Donald Trump said in a Monday press briefing that he might force a news outlet he didn’t identify to reveal a source tied to the rescue of a U.S. airman.

Trump threatened to jail reporters if they don’t turn over a source who disclosed details about the U.S. airman previously missing in Iran. Trump didn't specify which reporters from what news organization he was talking about.

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