Thursday, April 23, 2026
CBP officer charged with assault over treatment of protester outside Colorado ICE facility | PBS News
House lawmakers get a chilling demo of ‘jailbroken’ AI - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/ai-chatbots-jailbreak-safety-00887869
Navy secretary is out - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-out-00887887
Trump upended health care. Lobbyists are raking it in. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/lobbying-health-care-trump-rfk-00886828
‘I think the conflict will end’: Trump officials temper gas-price predictions - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/cabinet-hearings-iran-war-energy-prices-00887093
Trump’s Religious Liberty Panel Calls Church-State Separation a "Lie"!
At its final meeting, Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission made something clear: this was never about protecting religious freedom—it was about redefining it.
During the meeting, Chair Dan Patrick pushed the idea that the separation of church and state is a “lie,” echoing a broader effort to dismantle a core constitutional principle.
The commission itself, created in 2025, has long been criticized for promoting a narrow, Christian-centered vision of “religious liberty,” often excluding other faiths and the nonreligious while elevating conservative evangelical priorities.
And its policy discussions have consistently focused on expanding religion’s role in public life—especially in schools and government—while challenging long-standing legal protections tied to the Establishment Clause.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9XrVTatFlw
Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline
The Supreme Court has sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court Wednesday that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court...
Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/air-pollution-report-dangerous-levels-children
El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/el-salvador-mass-trial-alleged-members-ms-13-gang
Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump
Voters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of Congress...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/virginia-congressional-maps
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