Show me the money: Businesses line up for $166B in refunds from Trump's illegal tariffs WASHINGTON — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, marking what small business advocates call a “complex” first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in...

SHOW ME THE MONEY: The Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, a first step to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under Trump's emergency tariffs now ruled illegal @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/show...

Story by @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC

Interior’s Burgum accused of 'kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil an...

Interior Sec'y Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production, as Dems on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy www.newsfromthestates.com/article/inte...

Interior’s Burgum accused of 'kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil an...

Interior’s Burgum accused of 'kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas. My @statesnewsroom.com story from this afternoon's hearing:

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as secretary of the US Department of Labor WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from her post, the Trump administration announced Monday, following multiple reports alleging work misconduct including misuse of funds ...

ANOTHER CABINET MEMBER DEPARTS: Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as secretary of the US Department of Labor -- @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lori...

DON'T JUST READ THE DC BUREAU: You can hear @statesnewsroom.com 's @jennifershutt.bsky.social interviewed on KJZZ, the Phoenix public radio station, about members of Congress heading for the exits or governor seats.

Show me the money: Businesses line up for $166B in refunds from Trump's illegal tariffs WASHINGTON — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, marking what small business advocates call a “complex” first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in...

SHOW ME THE MONEY: The Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, a first step to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under Trump's emergency tariffs now ruled illegal @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/show...

Trump says on social media the USS SPRUANCE intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship TOUSKA & "gave them fair warning to stop" & when it did not "our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom." He adds Marines now have custody of it. No mention of casualties.

Graham Platner’s popularity on display at Portland rally with Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s standing room only rally Saturday night in Portland underscored his frontrunner status in recent polling. Joined by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who endorsed Graham Platner in March, said Saturday that the path to a Democratic US Senate majority “runs right through Maine.”
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National Guard 'follows the Constitution,' general says of troops possibly deployed to polls • Tennessee Lookout The National Guard’s top general told Congress it would follow the Constitution if President Donald Trump deploys troops polling places.

The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections.

“Obviously, this law is a disaster for families like ours,” he wrote. “We can no longer take a road trip across our beloved state, or even enjoy a family night out at a restaurant, or a movie, without running the risk of Eve being charged and sent to a prison merely for using the facilities.”

For a Boise family of medical providers, Idaho criminal trans bathroom ban was the last straw • Idaho Capital Sun After the Idaho Legislature and Gov. Brad Little pass a criminal transgender bathroom ban, medical providers with a trans kid plan to move.

In Idaho, this year’s criminal transgender bathroom ban was described by advocates as the most extreme in the nation for extending to private businesses idahocapitalsun.com/2026/04/16/f...

Trump says it "directs the FDA to expedite their review of certain psychedelics"

Trump signing an order right now to "dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs. In many cases, these experimental treatments have shown life changing potential for those suffering from severe mental illness and depression"

"I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame." YouTube video by C-SPAN

Interior Sec'y Doug Burgum (& former North Dakota gov) on @c-span.bsky.social : "Keep it a secret, keep your fingers crossed, but I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame." H/t
@howardmortman.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwL8...

Our @statesnewsroom.com DC Bureau reporter @ashleymurray.bsky.social is the pool reporter on the ground tonight as Trump returns from Phoenix. "Marine One touched down on the White House South Lawn at 11:17PM. President Trump exited at 11:20PM. He did not stop to talk to the press," Ashley reports.

FISA AND SAVE ACT COMBINED? Trump, on Air Force One tonight, is asked by reporters about a plan by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to link the SAVE America Act and FISA (the spy law): “I’d love to see that. The SAVE America act is so important.”

With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s ma...

With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-...

National Guard 'follows the Constitution,' general says of troops possibly deployed to polls The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling ...

The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution & law when he was asked about the possibility Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterms. @jonshorman.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nati...

Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s legal team is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that allows the former Navy captain to keep his retirement rank and pay while his Firs...

APPEALS COURT ARGUMENTS COMING MAY 7: Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/limi...

Another week without Callais, another week that further limits likelihood that states will rush to gerrymander if SCOTUS guts Section 2

‘Burn it all down’: Louisiana at center of conservatives’ congressional redistricting battle  • Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. Supreme Court will hear new arguments Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional maps. State Republican leaders now want to get rid of a majority-Black district they created, and the Supreme Co...

NO DECISION YET ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT: The Supreme Court this morning did not hand down an opinion in Callais v. Louisiana. So we are all still in suspense.
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Trump picks new director for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Erica Schwartz, who served in the president’s first administration, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a seat...

And at the end of the day @ashleymurray.bsky.social reported on Trump's pick of what appears to be possibly a mainstreamn CDC director
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

US House Dems at ag hearing excoriate Trump cuts proposed for farm and food aid Democrats on a U.S. House spending panel slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to farm and nutrition programs Thursday, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged to collaborate with mem...

We also wrote about Ag Sec'y Brooke Rollins attempt to appease unhappy House Dems on nutrition program cuts @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...

Homeland Security’s SAVE program divides election officials as November nears As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters an...

Our @jonshorman.bsky.social followed a hearing on a powerful computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters and compile lists of voting-age Americans
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/home...

US House narrowly defeats resolution limiting Trump war powers WASHINGTON — The approval gap on President Donald Trump’s war in Iran narrowed slightly Thursday in the U.S. House, when a War Powers Resolution gained a handful of votes, though still falling just sh...

A war powers resolution very narrowly failed in the House, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...

‘Shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock’: Democrats in Congress question RFK Jr. priorities WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified before Congress on Thursday that he’s not pleased with how spending cuts to programs that help lower-income Americans ...

Then we had hot tubs and RFK Jr in this story from @jennifershutt.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shir...

With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s ma...

WHAT DID YOU MISS? All these Bluesky troubles yesterday meant you might have missed our extensive DC Bureau coverage yestersday from @statesnewsroom.com. Let's take a tour and begin with the startling defection of Republicans on a big immigration vote:
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Mikie that is!