NYT: Public-opinion surveys show that roughly six in 10 Americans oppose the U.S.-led war against Iran, a striking shift from the solid public support that accompanied the United States’ invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s, or the Persian Gulf war in the 1990s.

Does any of this make sense? A Moment of Clarity youtu.be/3IZcw7Swb8E

Top Oversight Dem calls Bondi mastermind behind "cover-up" on Epstein after she skips deposition @robertgarcia.house.gov is threatening to hold former A.G. Pam Bondi in contempt after she refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee to testify on the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files.

NYT: As details of Mr. Vance’s 21-hour visit to Pakistan spilled out on Monday, people familiar with the negotiations said the U.S. position was not a permanent ban on nuclear enrichment by Iran. Instead, the United States proposed a 20-year “suspension” of all nuclear activity.

“I’ll save you the waiting period: Iran is not going to capitulate,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel who studies Iran and its proxies.

NYT: Mr. Trump’s proposed blockade “makes no sense,” Spain’s defense minister, Margarita Robles, said in a television interview. “Since this war started, nothing makes sense,” she added. “This is another episode in the downward spiral the world has been dragged into.”

“It is strange”: The Weeknight reacts to First Lady Melania Trump’s unexpected comments at a press conference this afternoon where she denied ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and demanded a public hearing for his survivors to tell their stories.

"Unfathomable": Fmr. WH Nat. Sec. Comms Advisor John Kirby says Iranians have turned the Strait of Hormuz into a “toll booth” as its fragile ceasefire with the U.S. appears to hold.

‼️ NEW Trump tells MS NOW he didn’t know anything about Melania’s statement beforehand

“It’s too unstable for anyone to commit,” said Oscar Seikaly, chief executive of NSI Insurance Group, a maritime insurance brokerage.

Iran Releases 10 Points It Says Are Basis for Cease-fire Talks www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...

Trump said the ceasefire was contingent on Iran immediately and safely opening the strait, but a message from the Iranian government shared by Trump said safe passage would only be “possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces.”

One photo obtained by MS NOW showed Bondi’s portrait in a trash bin.

“She has an opportunity to come clean, tell the truth. Her boss isn’t going to be Donald Trump anymore.” Top House Oversight Democrat Robert Garcia reacts to Pam Bondi’s ouster as attorney general, and demands she still testify about the Epstein files to Congress.

Olivia Rodrigo announces her new album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.’ Out June 12th.

“Trump possessed classified documents pertinent to his business interests — establishing a motive for retaining them,” according to the memo, which tracked progress in the documents and election-interference investigations.

The special counsel’s office found that Donald Trump held on to documents so secret that only six people could legally review them — and the team believed his reason for doing so was financial gain.

Iran will not accept a cease-fire offer from the United States, Iranian state media reported Wednesday. “Basically, it is not logical to enter into such a process with those who violate the agreement,” a source told the FARS News Agency state media outlet. cnb.cx/4uRW1br

BREAKING: Thousands of U.S. troops are set to arrive in the Middle East on Friday, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal

The Senate voted 54-45 to install Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. www.ms.now/news/mullin-...

Congratulations to Amy Madigan for winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in #Weapons at the #Oscars! See the full list of winners here: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oscars-2026-full-list-of-nominees-winners/?cmp=TWRT_Edit_Awards_OscarWinners

Congratulations to #Sinners for winning Best Original Screenplay at the #Oscars! See the full list of winners here: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oscars-2026-full-list-of-nominees-winners/?cmp=TWRT_Edit_Awards_OscarWinners

So the Oscars stream on Hulu… not Disney+ through the Disney+ Hulu bundle. Yet, Hulu (as a standalone app) is going away, and I have Disney+ because of that. Had to reactive my Hulu app… (which I thought didn’t exist anymore!) Had issues streaming the #Oscars on Hulu last year too… Do better!

For Trump and his GOP allies, leaving the war’s objectives vague carries political advantages. Without clearly defined goals, Trump can declare victory whenever he wants — and most Republicans appear ready to back up his asserted success. #IranWar

Symone: "The government is making a choice to lie to us" @ms.now confirms a deadly U.S. strike on an Iranian school relied on outdated targeting information as the civilian toll mounts. @sbg1.bsky.social and @symonedsanders.bsky.social discuss Trump’s attempt to rebrand the war on The Weeknight.

“This is not a cruise” President Donald Trump categorized the war in Iran as “a short-term excursion.” @michaelsteele.bsky.social responds.

NYT: Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children.

Rob Rausch is a man of his word, and on Wednesday he presented Maura Higgins with a Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware, just like he said he would.

“They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” Trump told Axios. “I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela.”

WAPO: Congress has voted on seven other war powers resolutions since June, all of which failed.

New Yorker: Six U.S. service members have so far died in this war, and Trump has acknowledged that there will “likely” be more. But what he really seems to care about is the color of the White House drapes.

Carole Radziwill Returning for Real Housewives of New York City Season 16 bit.ly/4r8BFrp

This entry only needed $89 million globally for Scream to earn the moniker as a billion-dollar franchise. #SCREAM7

Loved #SCREAM7!

Axios: "The hearing has been paused briefly while we figure out where the photo came from and why possibly members of Congress are violating House rules," Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told reporters.

Breaking on MS NOW: @alivitali.bsky.social reports the Hillary Clinton deposition has resumed, but that Clinton is asking press be allowed into the room for the rest of the deposition. Comer said NO — despite Lauren Boebert taking photos of Clinton and giving them to a far-right activist.

Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Oh no! Aubry is in trouble!! #Survivor50

SURVIVOR 50!!

The dirt-colored snow was finally melting when reports of weekend snow emerged earlier this week. Then, just in the last 24 hours, snowfall forecasts more than doubled.

Slate Senior Writer @mjsdc.bsky.social says Trump’s tariffs are “foreign to our constitutional system,” and applauds the Supreme Court’s decision to strike them down.

The Supreme Court ruling on Friday did not say that the federal government could keep the money it has already collected from those tariffs but didn’t explicitly address refunds.

The U.S. government could owe more than $175 billion in refunds to importers after the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision that tariffs unilaterally imposed by President Donald Trump are illegal, a new estimate says. Full details: cnb.cx/3MBgxvK

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs under federal law he invoked. @lawofruby.bsky.social offers analysis.

Supreme Court rules Trump doesn’t have the tariff authority he claimed

Breaking MS NOW: FBI Director Kash Patel flew today on the FBI's Gulfstream jet bound for a trip to the winter Olympics in Italy to watch one of his favorite sports: men's ice hockey. Patel's trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Spanberger, 46, is a former CIA officer who served three terms in the House and became Virginia’s first female governor after her victory in the November election.

AJC: Some Republicans are openly cheering the raid and the prospect of criminal charges against election officials. Others are urging Trump to move on, warning that a midterm election dominated by concerns over grocery bills... is not the time to refocus on 2020.

The initiative has escalated dire concerns among federal prosecutors and other law enforcement agents about the likelihood these probes will frighten a broad category of voters from going to the polls in upcoming midterms, according to law enforcement sources who spoke to MS NOW.