DAILYCALLER (Harold Hutchison) - Trump Doubles Down Attacks On Pope, Refuses To Apologize
'Nothing to apologize for'
AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - Americans hate the 2026 economy
The economy has been steadily growing for the last five years, and inflation is way down from its peak nearly four years ago. Public opinion about the economy, by contrast, keeps plumbing new depths. The big picture: Americans are decisively negative about the economic picture, despite conventional measures of economic performance remaining reasonably solid. - It suggests both a new political state of nature and an undercurrent of gloom that traditional economic data and analysis don't quite capture. Catch up quick: A preliminary April reading from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment surveys was lower than that index has ever been, in data that has been consistently collected since 1978. - That data was mostly collected before…
AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - Trump's pope spat risks feud with crucial Catholic swing voters
President Trump followed a Holy Week of profanity-laced threats with attacks on Pope Leo XIV and posting an AI self-portrait as a Jesus-like figure — risking alienating Catholic swing voters who backed him in 2024. Why it matters: Catholics are America's largest swing religious vote, and Trump's support among them was already sliding before his latest attacks on their pontiff. - Trump won Catholics by 10–20 points in 2024, depending on the exit poll, a dramatic swing from 2020. - Now, he has used campaign-style rhetoric to attack their pope as a political enemy. - "I cannot think of any parallels, at least coming from Western Christian majority countries, of such pointed and public attacks on the Pope," Andrew Chesnut ,…
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - 42-Minute Delay As Dad Asked To Empty Cargo Pants At TSA Checkpoint
TULSA, OK — The security line ground to a halt this morning at the Tulsa International Airport as it took 42 minutes for a local dad to empty his cargo pants.
ABCNEWS - Man charged after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home
A Texas man has been charged with traveling to California to allegedly throw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home.
WAR (Navy Lt. Erin Wiley, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1) - Navy Dive Medical Recovery Team Provides Initial Care to Artemis II Crew
A Navy dive medical team served as the first responders for the Artemis II crew, providing critical assessments and assistance during their safe splashdown and recovery off the coast of San Diego.
DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - 250-Year-Old Artifact Sheds Light On Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Beginnings
The kiln was 'crucial' to the building of Monticello
DAILYCALLER (Mary Rooke) - ROOKE: Apple Hunter Story Reminds Us How Badly We Need To Protect Our Heritage
We are the greatest country ever formed.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Antisemitic killings hit 30-year high worldwide, major study finds
Deadly antisemitic attacks reached a 30-year high in 2025, according to a new worldwide study by Tel Aviv University. The findings come amid heightened tensions linked to Israel’s war in Gaza and follow deadly attacks like the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney Australia’s Bondi Beach area, underscoring growing fears within Jewish communities. #antisemitism #study #telavivuniversity #gazawar