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https://apnews.com/article/todd-blanche-white-house-ballroom-trump-1d063b208677631cb964c6c8ff64bd96
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House.

“It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly Sunday on X, posting a letter in which Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which has sued to block construction, until 9 a.m. Monday to dismiss its lawsuit.

If it doesn’t do so, Shumate wrote, the government would ask a court to do so “in light of last night’s extraordinary events,” calling the Washington Hilton — the site of Saturday’s gala — “demonstrably unsafe” for events with the president “because its size presents extraordinary security challenges for the Secret Service.”

The White House ballroom, Shumate wrote, “will ensure the safety and security of the President for decades to come and prevent future assassination attempts on the President at the Washington Hilton.”

Asked about the letter, Elliot Carter, spokesperson for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said Sunday the group would review it with legal counsel.

The preservation group sued in December, a week after the White House finished demolishing the East Wing to make way for a ballroom that Trump said would fit 999 people. Trump says the project is funded by private donations, although public money is paying for the bunker construction and security upgrades.

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The guy trump appointed for federal prisons is calling for lowering the thresholds of prisons and expanding firing squad executions.

https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/bio_dir.jsph
ttps://www.wsj.com/us-news/william-k-marshall-III-advocates-for-reform-lower-execution-thresholds-expanded-firing-squads-t-tackle-overcrowding310cf6fb?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_2

>In a bold and controversial move, William K. Marshall III, the newly appointed Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), has proposed significant reforms aimed at addressing the pressing issue of prison overcrowding. Since his swearing-in on April 21, 2025, Marshall has advocated for a major lowering of the threshold for capital punishment and the expansion of firing squad executions. Supporters argue that these measures could streamline the justice system while effectively managing inmate populations.
>Marshall, who oversees approximately 156,000 federal inmates and 36,000 staff members across 122 BOP facilities, is no stranger to the complexities of law enforcement. His extensive career began with the West Virginia State Police, where he was lauded as the 1995 National Association of Police Organizations West Virginia Police Officer of the Year. Following his retirement in 2017 after 25 years of service, Marshall's leadership roles in corrections have uniquely positioned him to address issues plaguing the prison system.
>In a recent interview on NBC’s "Meet the Press," Marshall stated, "We need to reevaluate our approach to capital punishment and consider options that reflect the realities of our overcrowded prisons. By lowering the execution threshold and expanding firing squad executions, we can not only deter crime but also bring a sense of closure to the families of victims." He expressed a belief that the current process is often drawn out and unnecessarily complicated, contributing to the burden on federal facilities.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/ron-desantis-releases-new-congressional-map-creating-four-gop-leaning-rcna342227
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday released a proposed redraw of the state’s congressional lines that, on paper, would create four new GOP-leaning seats — an aggressive proposal that the governor is using to try to challenge anti-gerrymandering language in the state Constitution.

The Florida Legislature is set to begin a special session Tuesday to consider the maps, which are overwhelmingly expected to pass out of the GOP-dominated body, though even some Republicans have expressed annoyance about how DeSantis has handled the process.

The map was first released to Fox News, which got a view of the new proposal before Florida lawmakers had a chance to see it. The release came in the form of a graphic that clearly outlined the political leaning of each seat in blue and red, which itself could cause legal heartburn because the Florida Constitution includes anti-gerrymandering language, known as Fair Districts, that prevents the use of partisan “intent.”

The current congressional maps, also drawn by DeSantis, give Republicans a 20-8 advantage over Democrats, a number that could change to 24-4 under the new DeSantis plan.

“This is wild,” said a Florida Republican consultant who has been involved in past redistricting cycles. “I don’t know how you can argue a red and blue map released from the governor’s office doesn’t show some form of partisan intent.”

Democratic state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith hinted that he believed the form of that early release alone will be enough to show there was partisan intent from the governor’s office.

“The fact that the Governor shared his illegally-rigged Congressional map with @FoxNews before sharing it with state senators voting on them TOMORROW shows how partisan and illegitimate this process is,” he posted on social media.

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Federal funding for scientific research was already in turmoil.
https://www.theverge.com/science/918769/trump-fires-the-entire-national-science-board

Multiple sources are reporting that the Trump administration has dismissed the entire National Science Board (NSB). The NSB advises the president and Congress on the National Science Foundation (NSF), which has already been funding research at historically low levels and has seen significant delays in doling out that funding. The NSF has been fundamental in helping develop technology used in MRIs, cellphones, and it even helped get Duolingo get off the ground.

In a statement, Zoe Lofgren, the ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said:
>“This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation. The NSB is apolitical. It advises the president on the future of NSF. It unfortunately is no surprise a president who has attacked NSF from day one would seek to destroy the board that helps guide the Foundation. Will the president fill the NSB with MAGA loyalists who won’t stand up to him as he hands over our leadership in science to our adversaries? A real bozo the clown move.”

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https://www.reuters.com/investigations/how-trump-is-moving-control-us-elections-one-state-time-2026-04-27/
Reuters uncovered a broader‑than‑previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID.

In January, the Franklin County Board of Elections in Ohio received a surprising call.
The man on the line said he was an agent at the Department of Homeland Security – and he needed immediate access to voter records. Franklin County has a large population of Democrats and has long been a focal point of Republican skepticism about urban voting centers in Ohio.

In the weeks that followed, the requests multiplied. According to emails reviewed by Reuters, the agent asked for voter registration forms and voting histories for dozens of voters – records that include driver's license numbers and other confidential data. He pressed for information about local voter‑registration groups, describing the request as an “investigation” and “very time sensitive.” But he offered no explanation for what prompted his probe or where it was headed.

The requests were a bolt from the blue for Franklin County election officials. Under the U.S. Constitution, elections – even for national offices such as the presidency – are run by states, not the federal government. Adding to the confusion, DHS’s mission has traditionally focused largely on counterterrorism, border security and immigration enforcement.

“We’d never received a call from Homeland Security before, so that was unusual,” said Antone White, the county’s elections director. He said he complied, but still does not know the purpose of the inquiry. DHS declined to comment on the Ohio operation, but said its agents are “actively rooting out and investigating election fraud wherever it can be found.”

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https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/international-criminal-court-judges-sanctioned-by-trump-9jj0qktzr
They cannot book Ubers, Deliveroo or order from Amazon. They cannot access family photos saved on iCloud nor use Microsoft Word. Their credit cards and bank accounts have been cancelled. They cannot charge electric cars, read a Kindle or watch Netflix, nor book an Airbnb.
They are not terrorists or narco-traffickers but eminent judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as a special rapporteur on human rights for the United Nations.

Their daily lives have been made a nightmare having been put under US sanctions by President Trump, joining a list of al-Qaeda and Isis members, mafia bosses and Iran’s most hardline clerics and Revolutionary Guards — only in their case it is for trying to bring international justice.

“They have made us financial and technological outcasts,” said Francesca Albanese, 49, an Italian legal scholar who has been UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories since 2022. “Our credit cards and bank accounts are cancelled. We cannot make payments. We cannot receive payments.”

Albanese was sanctioned last July after she issued a report in Geneva accusing a number of major corporations of being complicit in what she called Israel’s “genocidal campaign” in Gaza. Among them were 20 American companies including the arms producers Lockheed Martin and Palantir.
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, responded by imposing sanctions, calling Albanese “unfit” for her role and accusing her of “unabashed antisemitism” and “biased and malicious activities against the US and its ally Israel”.

https://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article315532950.html

The Texas Home Educators Sports Association and Carroll ISD are facing questions over their ties to a baseball coach who is a registered sex offender.

According to Amy Smith of watchkeep.com, former MLB prospect Tommy Whiteman was the head baseball coach of THESA’s Fort Worth location. He also operated Redemptive Sports, an indoor baseball and softball facility in Keller.

Whiteman also was previously approved as an “Off-Campus Physical Activities provider” at Carroll, though the district said he only worked with one student in the 2022-23 school year.

THESA sent parents waivers to sign, with the coach’s testimony attached, according to Smith. Whiteman will be listed on the Texas sex offender registry until 2030 due to online solicitation of a minor.

Carroll ISD said it is investigating the situation, according to an email sent to CHRON:

“Carroll ISD is aware of concerns regarding an Off-Campus Physical Activities (OCPA) provider and is currently reviewing the situation. The provider in question was utilized by one student during the 2022-23 school year at a parent’s request and, to our knowledge, has not been used by any other CISD students since that time.

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>Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvzFcqKbXw

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/president-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner/507-915ff171-8a5a-4355-ba7d-2a2474559ca9

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after an unspecified threat.

There did not immediately appear to be any injuries. Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance were uninjured, an Associated Press source said.

The Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the banquet hall as guests ducked under tables by the hundreds. “Out of the way, sir!” someone yelled. Others yelled to duck.

People on scene reported there were "loud sounds" in the area, which prompted the response.

Attendees are still in the ballroom where the dinner was being held.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunfire-persists-mali-town-un-urges-international-response-after-attacks-2026-04-26/
BAMAKO, April 26 (Reuters) - Mali's Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in an attack by an al Qaeda affiliate on his residence near the main army base outside Bamako on Saturday, France's RFI radio and two relatives said on Sunday.

The operation in Kati, 15 km north of Bamako, was part of a wider assault by the affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which cooperated with a Tuareg-dominated rebel group in what analysts and diplomats described as one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.

A relative of Camara's told Reuters he had been killed, while a Malian journalist known to be a brother-in-law of the defence minister posted about his death on Facebook.

A spokesperson for Mali's defence ministry and a government spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday. A statement by the armed forces said operations were continuing in various parts of the country to repel the insurgents.
A Reuters witness reported gunfire in Kati on Sunday morning.

The United Nations called for an international response to violence and terrorism in West Africa's Sahel region following Saturday's assault, for which authorities have not provided a death toll.

"The Secretary‑General is deeply concerned by reports of attacks in several locations across Mali. He strongly condemns these acts of violence," a U.N. spokesperson posted on X.

If confirmed, Camara's death would represent a major shock for Mali's military leaders, said Djenabou Cisse, associate fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS), which specializes in West African security.

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-formally-reinstates-pro-republican-texas-voting-map-2026-04-27/
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, as President Donald Trump's party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.
The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of U.S. House districts in Texas.
The reinstated map - sought by Trump, approved in August 2025 by the Republican-led state legislature and signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott - could flip as many as five currently Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republicans.
As they did in December, the court's three liberal justices dissented from Monday's ruling.
The Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision that had blocked Texas from using the map. The lower court had found the map to be likely racially discriminatory in violation of U.S. constitutional protections. Trump last year prodded Republican lawmakers to redraw state congressional maps to bolster his party's chances in the midterms.
The Supreme Court in February allowed California to use a new electoral map designed to give Democrats five more congressional seats after that Democratic-led state redrew its House districts in response to the action by Republicans in Texas.
Republicans currently hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress. Ceding control of either the House or Senate to the Democrats in the upcoming elections would endanger Trump's legislative agenda and open the door to Democratic-led congressional investigations targeting the president.

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https://abcnews.com/Politics/judge-orders-trump-doj-justify-presidents-10b-irs/story?id=132365447
A federal judge is raising concerns about whether Donald Trump's attempt to sue the IRS for $10 billion can proceed, signaling she could throw out the case because the president oversees the government entities he is suing.

Judge Kathleen Williams raised the issue in an order on Friday denying a request to delay the case amid possible settlement talks.

She noted that Trump and the defendants -- the Treasury Department and IRS -- may not be "sufficiently adverse" to one another for the case to proceed.
"Moreover, although President Trump avers that he is bringing this lawsuit in his personal capacity, he is the sitting president and his named adversaries are entities whose decisions are subject to his direction. Indeed, President Trump's own remarks about this matter acknowledge the unique dynamic of this litigation," she wrote.

Williams ordered both Trump's lawyers and the Department of Justice to submit briefs about why the case should proceed and set a hearing for next month. For the case to proceed, Trump's lawyers and the DOJ need to establish that the lawsuit is "a dispute between parties who face each other in an adversary proceeding."

"Typically, adverseness is found in a situation where one party is asserting its right and the other party is resisting," she noted.

But with Trump in charge of the very government entities he is suing, Williams noted that the required adverse relationship between the parties may not exist. She added that Trump has signed multiple executive orders tightening the president's control over the executive agencies like the Department of Justice.

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https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/indian-national-who-brutally-attacked-mom-and-daughter-is-illegal-immigrant-dhs-says/

An illegal migrant maniac allegedly high on a powerful drug chomped on a toddler’s face in Texas last week, two years after the Biden administration failed to kick him out of the country despite his arrest in an earlier violent assault, authorities told The Post.

The horrific April 18 attack in a San Antonio park left 3-year-old Amelia Perez with deep scratches and bite wounds across her face, two teeth knocked out, and life-changing trauma, her family said.

“That brute was ravaging my baby!” mom Gabriella Perez, 27, told The Post. “She’s terrified to sleep. She’s lashing out, angry. She doesn’t understand evil like this f–king man. She’ll never be the same again.”

That Saturday, the family — Perez, little Amelia, her father Xavier Estrada, 27, and grandfather Richard Ariaza — headed from their home in LaCoste to Espada Park for a quiet afternoon of fishing for the bass, catfish and sunfish.

At around 2 p.m., Gabriella took Amelia to the restroom, and when they stepped back outside, a man in a frenzied state charged toward them, said Perez.

The man, identified by authorities as Atharva Vyas, a 24-year-old illegal migrant from India, lunged, grabbed the mom’s hair and punched her in the jaw.

Perez quickly lowered her daughter to the ground to remove her from the fray, but the lunatic leapt on her child, she said.

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Trumps so awesome. Not scared or startled that a gunman appeared. It was an exciting event for those around him.

https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/dana-white/ufc-ceo-dana-white-reacts-to-correspondents-dinner-shooting-it-was-awesome/

“It just started getting noisy,” White said. “Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and they were screaming ‘get down!’ I didn’t get down. It was f*cking awesome. I literally took every minute of it in. It was a pretty crazy, unique experience.

“We were sitting right in front of the table, right in front of where the president was,” he added. “Nobody got tackled, but guys came in looking for shooters, and they came toward our table. I thought the shooter was over by us or something.”

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Eat shit retards. I hope you get hit in the face with a brick and your party of pricks is burned to the ground.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect sent a "manifesto" to his family. CBS News reviewed what's in it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-correspondents-dinner-suspect-manifesto-details/

The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect wrote a "manifesto" that stated he planned to target Trump administration officials, "prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest," according to a copy obtained by CBS News.

Cole Allen, 31, Reddit moralfag driven insane by social media lunatics, wrote that law enforcement, hotel employees and guests weren't his intended targets but that he would still attack them to get to the administration, adding: "I really hope it doesn't come to that."

Allen charged a security checkpoint outside the dinner, armed with a shotgun, a handgun and knives, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. Mr. Trump and other administration officials were quickly escorted out of the event, which was canceled shortly thereafter.

Law enforcement sources told CBS News that Allen's brother, alarmed by the email he and other family members received, called police in Connecticut to alert them Saturday night.

Authorities said they found other writings at his home in Torrance, California, and in his 10th-floor hotel room at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where the dinner was being held.

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