Lessons Learned From the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting

Donell Harvin, former DC Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence and current faculty member at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, calls the shooting at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner a "near miss," warning the president being within earshot of gunfire is "too close" and highlighting how "unprecedented" it is for one president to face three separate assassination attempts.

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Trump Tells Aides to Prep for Lengthy Hormuz Blockade, WSJ Says

President Donald Trump told his aides to prepare for an extended US Naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported, as the US looks to intensify economic pressure on Iran as the war enters its third month.

King Charles Urges US to Reject Isolationism in Speech

King Charles III called on the US to maintain its leadership role in the world, and to support Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in a remarkably pointed speech for a monarch that urged Americans to resist the pull of isolationism.

House Rules Panel Advances Spy Powers, Farm Bill and Budget Plan

The House can move forward to consider three high-profile, hot-button legislative issues this week after a key panel finally voted, following overnight delays and Republican disagreements, to advance a rule related to spy powers, immigration funding, and farm aid.

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan Draws Rare GOP Pushback

Key congressional Republicans are poised to break with Donald Trump on his proposed 44% raise for the Pentagon, a rare act of defiance that signals the president’s weakening grip on Washington as the midterm elections near and he quickly approaches the back half of his second term.

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Rahm Emanuel Wants Democrats to Ditch Culture War, Talk Prices

Rahm Emanuel says Democrats ‘lost the American people’ on cultural issues -- but he knows how they can win them back in November.

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BGOV Bill Analysis: H.R. 7567, Farm Bill Reauthorization

Federal farm aid, food assistance, conservation, trade, energy, and other programs would be reauthorized through 2031 under a modified version of H.R. 7567, House Republicans’ latest farm bill proposal.

Anduril’s Border Surveillance Tower Leads R&D Program Contracts

Anduril rocketed past other tech companies in a federally funded small business innovation investment program when it secured a US Border Patrol delivery order worth at least $367 million in December.

BGOV OnPoint: House Appropriators Move First Fiscal 2027 Bills

House appropriators moved the first two of twelve spending bills for fiscal 2027 through the full committee this week.

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Arizona Wins Delay of Order Changing Birth Certificate Policy

Arizona doesn’t have to meet an April 30 deadline for dropping the word “operation” from a law requiring transgender people to verify they’ve undergone gender-affirming surgery in order to modify the sex marker on their birth certificates, a federal appeals court said.