Top Stories for the Week of April 26.

Your Weekly Brief: Politics, War & Business Updates

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar went viral on social media after a video resurfaced of her calling World War 2 “World War 11.” Source

The Supreme Court opened the door for another round of redistricting, ruling that congressional districts drawn on the basis of race were unconstitutional. Source

The Department of Justice indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two counts of making threats to harm President Trump and transmitting the communication across state lines over an Instagram post calling to “86 47.” Source

The House of Representatives passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The bill’s passage capped off a whirlwind 24 hours where the House also passed the Farm Bill and an extension of Section 702 of the FISA Act. See Details

The Supreme Court ruling weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act opens the door for multiple states to draw new Congressional maps ahead of the midterm election. Source

Vice President J.D. Vance repeatedly questioned whether the Pentagon was providing President Trump with an accurate appraisal of the war with Iran. Source

President Trump said a gunman attempting to kill administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner highlighted the need for his proposed new White House ballroom. Read More

Leaders of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement are threatening to tank the Farm Bill over a provision that would shield pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits. Read More

Florida Republicans approved a new Congressional map that redrew four Democratic-held seats to favor the GOP. Read More

Kamala Harris debuts new economic message that furthers the speculation she is preparing to run for President in 2028. Read More

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden called up a bill to extend the FISA Section 702 surveillance authority for three weeks and require the declassification of a recent FISA Court ruling — but Sen. Cotton immediately objected, killing the unanimous consent request Read More

Thieves stole 15 chemical-spraying drones from a New Jersey facility, and the FBI now fears they could be used in a bio-terrorism attack. Source

White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner gunman Cole Allen made his first appearance in court. Allen is facing life in prison on charges of firearms possession and attempting to assassinate President Trump. Source

Google became the latest tech company to sign a classified AI deal with the Pentagon. The deal allows the Pentagon to use Google’s AI for “any lawful government purpose.” Source

Tehran warned it possesses a new, unspecified weapon capable of causing a “heart attack” among US and Israeli troops, as Washington rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a delay in nuclear talks. Find out More

Israeli airstrikes across multiple Lebanese locations killed at least 28 people in one of the deadliest single-day tolls of the renewed Lebanon conflict. Source

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer faces new scrutiny over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States after the Epstein files revealed Mandelson’s ties to the deceased pedophile. Read More

Satellite images reveal the scale of Israeli destruction in Gaza. Source

‘Michael,’ the biopic about deceased pop legend Michael Jackson, soared to the top of the box office charts by raking in a massive $217 million global opening weekend haul. Source

Actress Sydney Sweemey went viral for throwing underwear from her Syrn lingerie line into the crowd during a surprise appearance onstage for Diplo’s set at Stagecoach. Read More

Prosecutors allege that singer D4vd used a chainsaw to dismember his 14-year-old girlfriend, Celeste Rivas, after they charged that he stabbed her to death at his home. Read More

The Naval Academy had multiple players selected in the NFL draft for the first time since 1956. Source

The NCAA is set to expand the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams for the 2026-2027 season. Find out More

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer says no team will sign him despite throwing a no-hitter in the independent leagues. Bauer’s been out of baseball since a woman falsely accused him of sexual assault. See Details

The New York Knicks set an NBA Playoff record, racing out to a 47-point halftime lead en route to closing out their First Round Series against the Atlanta Hawks by winning Game 6 140-89. Find out More

Major League Baseball players and owners are entering into negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement centered on a salary cap. Baseball’s labor deal expires after this season, and there is fear of a repeat of 1994, where a players’ strike ended the season after 112 games and led to the cancellation of the World Series. Source

The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Ramon Vazquez, third-base coach Kyle Hudson, and assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson as the team slid to 10-17 and sits in last place in the American League East. Cora managed the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series title. Find out More

Texas Tech quarterback Brandon Sorsby took an indefinite leave of absence from the team as he faces an investigation for placing ‘thousands’ of bets on sports. Find out More

Researchers found food DNA on the Shroud of Turin, suggesting the cloth, which may have contained the body of Jesus, was contaminated over time. Source

Embattled New England Patriots Coach Mike Vrabel reportedly held a 24-hour summit with his wife to save their marriage after the New York Post published pictures of Vrabel and former Athletic reporter Diana Russini out at a New York bar, taken in March 2020, the latest layer in an unfolding scandal. Read More

A new study suggests that 100 million years ago, a giant 60-foot-long Kraken-like octopus ruled the seas. See Details

A San Francisco home that was once the site of a quadruple murder-suicide sold for $700,000. Read More

JP Morgan says a banker’s lawsuit alleging his female boss drugged him and turned him into her sex slave is a complete fabrication. Source