The shock victory of Modi's BJP party in West Bengal, long led by one of his biggest critics, followed a highly controversial exercise by his government to revise the state's electoral roll to "purge" it it of illegal voters. More than 2.7 million were removed. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Trump’s memecoin is down 40% this year and 93% from its peak in the days after his inauguration. Trading in it can still get you lunch with the president. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And yet Meta in 2025 brought in over $201 billion in revenue and posted a profit of roughly $60 billion. And Meta is a major beneficiary of the "job encouraging" One Big Beautiful Bill, with estimated tax savings of roughly $15.7 billion for the current cycle. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Overall, 37% of adults approve of Trump’s performance as president, while 63% disapprove — including 50% who said they disapprove strongly — putting his job rating at the lowest point of his second term in NBC News Decision Desk polling. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

The art of the deal… www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

Orban “spent the past decade and a half stoking fears and campaigning against those he described as the enemies of Hungary: liberals, free press, universities, migrants, minorities, including LGBTQ+ people and, most recently, the European Union and Ukraine.” www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/w...

This is mind-boggling: The same regime is in power in Iran; the straight is still effectively closed; and the president of the United States is musing about a "joint venture" with Iran to collect tolls from ships that previously weren't required? "Overwhelming victory"? thehill.com/policy/inter...

BBC: The deal allowed Trump to extricate himself from what was shaping up to be a treacherous choice – either escalating with his promise that a "whole civilization will die tonight" or backing down and undermining his credibility. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Depending on the outcome of the negotiations over the next two weeks, the regime could actually be in a stronger strategic position than it was before the war. Iran may have lost every military battle, but the war appears to have ended on Tehran’s terms." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

“In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service," Victor Orbán, the rightwing populist leader of Hungary, said in a call to Putin. He is the EU’s most Moscow-friendly leader, leading some critics to refer to him as Putin’s Trojan horse. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

“Obama's red line flip flop [on Syria chemical weapons] looks like the model of careful policymaking compared to what we have witnessed since the Iran war began.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The bipartisan Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee refused last month to consider the proposed Trump gold coin. Members opposed putting a sitting president on currency, saying it would break with democratic norms and reek of subservience to royalty www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Renowned civil rights activist Dolores Huerta said that Cesar Chavez, the celebrated labor leader, sexually assaulted her — an allegation she made public due to a New York Times investigation that reported Chavez sexually abused two girls. www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...

“I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Pro-Israel group AIPAC notched its first real 2026 Democratic primary wins in Illinois, after largely disguising the millions it spent across four House races by funneling it through PACs with anodyne names like Elect Chicago Women and Chicago Progressive Partnership www.axios.com/2026/03/18/a...

The White House is posting X videos that splice scenes from video games and action movies together with strike footage in Iran. One captioned "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY" shows bombing footage spliced with clips from movies like "Iron Man" and "Transformers" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

If Trump has already won the Iran war, why does he need foreign ships to help him end it? www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/p...

No mainstream media outlets reported on the destruction of the USS Abraham Lincoln as fact; rather, reports indicated that claims of its destruction were disinformation and hoaxes driven by Iran and social media users, bolstered by artificial intelligence www.thedailybeast.com/trump-demand...

“A mountain of evidence suggests that the government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning [while] the government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime" -judge www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"[W]hat about the promise of a political transition? Trump doesn't seem much interested. In January he called Delcy Rodríguez 'a terrific person.' This week he added that she's 'very respected' and doing a 'great job'...According to whom?" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

A fund that counts Trump’s eldest sons as partners invested in a pair of small companies last year: a construction firm that builds Orange Theory Fitness locations and an operator of two Florida golf courses. Both companies recently made abrupt pivots into drones. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Trump says Russia’s Vladimir Putin might be helping Iran “a little bit”. I think he might be helping them a little bit,” Trump says in a Fox interview “And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine,” he adds www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

Analysts say Moscow could emerge the clearest winner from the war so far in the Middle East, and it could not come at a more crucial time for Putin. The conflict is driving up the price of oil, helping Moscow to fund its military campaign in Ukraine www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles

"As Trump continues to struggle to explain why he’s bombing Iran, the author of a new piece on his awful justifications explains why this conflict is the most unpopular war in U.S. history." newrepublic.com/article/2076...

Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

“Today Iran will be hit very hard!” Trump said in a social media post in the early hours of Saturday, as the US and Israel bombarded Tehran and other cities for an eighth day. The attacks will continue “until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hegseth: "The only ones who need to be worried right now are Iranians who think they're going to live"

Stocks headed toward their worst week since October. Trump's Iran war is stoking fears over a global energy crunch as exporters scramble for routes out of the region while a swath of refineries reduce output, unleashing disruption across energy markets www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, pointing to lingering fragility in the labor market. The report calls into question whether the labor market is steadying after the worst year for hiring outside of a recession in decades www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Now that the Dow has plunged below 50,000 can we talk about the Epstein files again?

Following Steve Daines’ retirement announcement, Independent candidate Seth Bodnar said the lawmaker had “so little respect for Montana Republicans that he withdrew at the last minute to coronate his handpicked successor, instead of giving them a voice at the ballot box.” apnews.com/article/elec...

Rodriguez entered the country legally in March 2021 under a tourist visa. She has a valid work permit, is married to a U.S. citizen, and has green card and asylum applications pending www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

They’re stealing our jobs!

Republican Senator Thom Tillis labeled Noem “incompetent” at Tuesday’s hearing and said the agency is a “disaster” under her leadership. The room erupted in applause after Tillis said he’s calling for her resignation. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Minnesota would like a word.

There is a concept of a plan.

Will “conventional gun to our head” be the WMDs of the Iran war? #Hegseth

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“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”

Hard to imagine Ellison facing any resistance from the White House given his family’s close relationship with President Trump. And he will certainly be ok in the Senate — he was Lindsey Graham’s guest to the State of the Union.

GOP woulda been fine if Michelle did this The first lady’s speech will mark the first time a first lady from any country will preside over the security council as its members consider education, technology, peace and security www.foxnews.com/politics/mel...

“Other witnesses were asked to testify. They gave written statements under oath. We offered that," Clinton told the BBC in an interview last week. "Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated." foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...