Democrats weighing runs for the White House want to forget many of the positions they took in 2020 — and they're hoping voters will too. Why it matters: Leaders and would-be leaders in the party have shifted their views on border security, DEI, crime, climate change, COVID-era lockdowns and more — all with an eye on this year's midterms and the 2028 presidential election. - Many Democrats believe they lost to Donald Trump in 2024 because voters didn't like some of their left-leaning policies, not just how they were communicated. Driving the news: Several potential 2028 Democratic candidates have spent the past year finding ways to distance themselves from the Democratic Party of recent years — including some of their own positions.…
The Writers Guild of America went on strike for months in 2023 in a dispute with Hollywood studios. This year the union announced a new four-year contract after just a few weeks of negotiations.
For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.
Pope Leo XIV and the top U.S. Catholic bishop for the military both used Easter Sunday to emphasize Jesus' message of peace amid the escalating Iran war. Why it matters: The first U.S.-born pope urged those who "unleash wars" to lay down weapons as President Trump continued his increasingly aggressive wartime rhetoric on Sunday to demand that Tehran "Open the Fuckin' Strait , you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." - Leo and U.S. Roman Catholic leaders have voiced moral opposition to Trump's policies, notably on the the Iran war and immigration . Driving the news: In Leo's first Easter mass, he called on people to "allow ourselves to be amazed by" Jesus Christ. - "Let us allow our hearts…