April 26, 2026
Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate wrote to the National Trust for Historic Preservation demanding it drop its lawsuit over President Trump’s planned White House ballroom, citing a recent armed intrusion at the Washington Hilton as proof the ballroom is essential for presidential security. The incident involved Cole Tomas Allen, who breached a magnetometer and was stopped before reaching the Correspondents’ Dinner venue, resulting in a Secret Service agent being wounded. Concurrently, investigative reports revealed the Trump administration awarded a no‑bid $17.4 million contract to Clark Construction for Lafayette Park fountain repairs, inflating costs far beyond the Biden‑era estimate of $3.3 million. Meanwhile, the 60‑day War Powers Act deadline for congressional notification of Trump’s Iran operations looms on May 1, intensifying a partisan battle over executive war authority.
April 12, 2026
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs were declared unconstitutional, leaving $175 billion in illegal duties unpaid to importers and accruing roughly $23 million in daily interest. The Supreme Court ruling comes as inflation surged to 3.3%, driven by a 21.2% jump in...
April 3, 2026
On April 4, 1949 twelve Western nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO as a collective defense alliance. The pact was born from post‑World War II concerns about Soviet expansion and the need for a peacetime security framework outside the...