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Today — 1 April 2026Main stream

Forgoing Oversight of Iran War, G.O.P. Calls Hegseth to Testify on Budget

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Megan Mineiro
1 April 2026 at 06:25
After resisting calls for public hearings for weeks, House Republicans have called the secretary of defense to testify at a budget hearing in late April for the first time since the attacks on Iran began.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday.

Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Carl Hulse
1 April 2026 at 05:51
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis in early January. Using the complex budget process known as reconciliation to fund the entire Homeland Security Department, as Republicans are suggesting, would be a significant departure from traditional congressional practice.

Gavin Newsom Suggests His Conservative Critics Are Gay in Online Insults Criticized as Homophobic

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Tim Balk
1 April 2026 at 03:44
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.

© Felix Hörhager/picture-alliance, via AP Images

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting they are gay.

Republican Candidate for N.Y. Governor Is Denied Public Matching Funds

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Grace Ashford
1 April 2026 at 02:06
Bruce Blakeman, who is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, will not receive up to $7 million, after a 4-to-3 ruling by a Democratic-led board.

© Johnny Milano for The New York Times

Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, faces a steep fund-raising disadvantage against the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Kathy Hochul.

New Book by JD Vance Will Explore His Conversion to Catholicism

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias
1 April 2026 at 00:11
The vice president’s book, to be released in June, will detail his return to Christianity after leaving the loosely evangelical practice of his childhood.

© Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times

Vice President JD Vance’s faith has become a conspicuous part of his political biography.
Yesterday — 31 March 2026Main stream

Mark Sanford, Years After Scandal, Aims for a Comeback to Congress

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Reid J. Epstein
31 March 2026 at 06:05
The former South Carolina governor and congressman filed papers to run for his old seat, six years after running for president and nearly two decades after a high-profile affair.

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Mark Sanford in 2023. His star has risen and fallen in Republican politics over the years.

Senate Republicans Make No Move to End DHS Shutdown in Brief Session

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Carl Hulse
31 March 2026 at 02:16
With Congress in recess, much of the Homeland Security Department remains without money because of the impasse on Capitol Hill, even as airport security workers are to begin getting paid.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

“If we had something good to go today, we could have done it today,” Senator John Hoeven said on Monday.

‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying:’ Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Nathan Taylor Pemberton
30 March 2026 at 23:17
At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has been gradually waning in energy for years, but empty convention halls and an anemic speakers list gave many young people in attendance a doomed feeling.
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At CPAC, Texas Shows Love for Ken Paxton and Boos for an Absent John Cornyn

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lauren McGaughy
29 March 2026 at 17:00
A runoff election in two months sets up a fight between an incumbent who some say is not conservative enough and a challenger trying to shed scandals.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a candidate for U.S. senate, met with supporters during the Conservative Political Action Conference(CPAC) in Grapevine, Tx. on Friday.

G.O.P. Rift Leaves Congress With No Clear Path to End the Shutdown

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Carl Hulse
29 March 2026 at 05:40
The deadlock that left the Department of Homeland Security shuttered highlighted Republican divisions that are flaring ahead of the midterm elections.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Department of Homeland Security remained shut amid a bitter fight among House and Senate Republicans.

Trump on the Dollar: Dismay and Derision

✇NYT | Opinion
28 March 2026 at 01:09
Reaction to President Trump’s signature on the dollar. Also: Innocent lives lost in Iran; Democrats’ brand; young job seekers; subway announcements; calling all teenagers.
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