Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador The ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security c...

Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador
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April 20th Calls to Action Military families are in the headlines from immigration to care packages to the ballot box. Here's how to make sure Congress is paying attention.

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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone...

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations
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Where Did ‘Let Them’ Come From? Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.

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If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.

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San Francisco Solved Metro Vandalism With One Neat Trick The age of the fare-gate society is here.

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The Aides Keeping the President in the Dark Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order.

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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

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DOJ’s First ‘Weaponization’ Report Is a Bust The document purports to show bias under the Biden administration—and fails spectacularly.

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April 19, 2026 On the evening of April 18, 1775, the people who lived in the British colony of Massachusetts had gone to bed with the sun, as usual.

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What You Can Do NOW The 10 Most Important Ways to Resist Now. (Revised, Updated, Expanded.)

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Transcript: Trump Accidentally Reveals His Contempt for MAGA Voters As Trump rages at ex-allies in telling outbursts, the author of a piece on Trump and the global right explains how he’s shrinking MAGA—and politically damaging himself and the GOP.

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The Harm from Hormuz Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump’s Iran debacle

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Reminder - The Oedipus Project - DC Climate Week - April 21 Featuring performances by Jesse Eisenberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jumaane Williams, Chuck Schumer, Mare Winningham, Erika Rose, Bill Irwin, and Craig Wallace.

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Ten days remain in the Early Voting schedule, so now’s a perfect time to pick a location and #VOTE. All 13 sites are open until 5:30pm today (April 20).

Saturday, April 18, 2026 Cumulative Early Voting Total: 4,166

Is Nashville getting a Super Bowl? Dan Patrick says 'it is signed and ready to go' National sports personality Dan Patrick said he was told by a source that the 2030 Super Bowl will be played in Nashville at the new Titans Stadium.

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Dems Aren’t Buying Reports of Alito Staying Put How the left is preparing for a midterm-year Trump SCOTUS vacancy—or even two.

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“Into the Wood Chipper”: Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die A new book tells the inside story of the second Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. Its author, Nicholas Enrich, worked at USAID for over a deca...

An estimated 14 million people are projected to die “unnecessarily” over the next five years due to the Trump administration's slashing of USAID.

Who Is Profiting Off the Iran War? YouTube video by Senator Kaine

The recent trades predicting U.S. military action minutes before it occurred are alarming and raise questions about who exactly is profiting from a war that has already resulted in untold death and destruction. We need answers.
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Eastman Disbarred: A Masterclass in Destroying Your Career for Combover Caligula's Crimes The Architect of Trump's J6 Criminal Scheme Shows Fellow Corrupt & Depraved MAGA Attorneys What They Can Look Forward To

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During the entire insane scene where he yelled at aides, blamed Europe for not helping, and worried about comparisons to Carter's Iran crisis, Donald Trump continued to obsess about his ballroom, and mused about giving himself the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration in US history.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior May Tank Negotiations, Iran Says, Warning of “Significantly Greater Costs” to the U.S. if War Resumes A senior Iranian official told Drop Site that if Trump starts bombing again, Iran will cut off all diplomatic channels and focus on fighting.

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In major win for voters, judge blocks Indiana GOP’s student ID ban While Indiana argued the ban was necessary to protect election integrity, the court found no evidence that student IDs had ever posed a problem.

ICYMI: In a major victory for student voters, a federal judge blocked Indiana’s ban on the use of student IDs for voter identification.

“There is no evidence that student IDs have been used to engage in voter fraud or any other voting-related misconduct,” the court concluded.

In 'American Men,' Jordan Ritter Conn explores masculinity Writer Jordan Ritter Conn's new book follows four men as they grapple with masculinity — toxic and otherwise — and expectations they inherit.

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The real reason Nashville's property tax keeps going up | Opinion State policies are making Nashville unaffordable for locals, shifting the burden of growth onto working families and homeowners.

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No One Inherits a Finished Country History’s pendulum always swings back. It swings hardest in the direction of whoever is pushing.

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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”