Irie Sentner

NEW: Progressives are grappling with the killing of two people who worked at the Israeli embassy in Washington by a gunman who echoed a slogan that has become a rallying cry for many American liberals since the start of the war in Gaza. https://t.co/H7KQfz9BHL

Trump left his meeting with members of the House Freedom Caucus to attend a pre-scheduled event celebrating the University of Florida Gators, according to a White House official. The Freedom Caucus meeting is ongoing with White House staff, the official said.

NEW: Cross the Trump administration on immigration, and you will pay. That’s the apparent message behind two prosecutions that Trump’s Justice Department has launched against officials in the other co-equal branches of government. w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/G7JVBVmnht

NEW: Trump's Middle East trip this week bucked the norms of presidential travel, demonstrating just how swiftly and drastically his transactional approach to foreign policy has reshaped the way other countries interact with the U.S. w/ @EliStokols https://t.co/utAgr35Zpe

NEW: Dozens of American titans of industry flew to Riyadh for Trump's state visit — the latest instance in which the American elite, once reproachful of Trump, has swiftly moved to impress him. https://t.co/RhtY8jOjcg

RT @adamwren: W/ @iriesentner https://t.co/tc1USSeJNH

NEW: JD Vance endorsed his brother in a Cincinnati mayoral primary this week. But did he vote? He’s eligible to vote absentee in the city, according to a registered voter list. But public records suggest he didn’t do so, and Vance won’t say. w/ @adamwren https://t.co/D4JJqmqsQ2

"The American press corps and academy are under attack. Should either pillar fall silent at this pivotal moment ... both may wither away and become wholly unrecognizable ... @Columbia is making a grave mistake in its apparent unwillingness to engage with its student press."

Shea Vance @SheaVance22

In a break from tradition, Spectator’s request for an entrance interview with acting Columbia president Claire Shipman was declined on April 18. @heatherweixi and I call on Shipman to engage with student press in today’s letter from the editors. https://t.co/349WDAWjix

NEW: Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS, two independent public news organizations that have faced Republicans’ ire for reporting they claim is biased. https://t.co/HyvBOSVsNE

NEW: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty, openly questioning the separation of church and state. https://t.co/vWZzehSXhU

RT @SophiaCai99: 🚨🚨100 days of DOGE: — 250,000 workers exiting — 11 agencies gutted — 64 lawsuits filed — $160B in claimed savings — 8,500…

NEW: DOGE in 100 days has reshaped Washington, and nearly a quarter of a million workers have or are expected to leave their federal jobs. But its impact in other ways has been more narrow than both supporters and detractors might realize. w/ @SophiaCai99 https://t.co/ZSbksGDfVl

NEW: This year’s White House Correspondents’ weekend is shaping up to be a contrast moment ripe for tension and awkwardness — both for the press and for the president. https://t.co/mze8CRqZcB

NEW: A Q&A with Alex Pascal, who helped craft the Biden Administration's strategy to combat antisemitism — and warned Trump's plans could backfire and further fuel antisemitism in the U.S. https://t.co/y5IABeupDU

NEW: Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top Vatican official amid tension with the Catholic Church over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. https://t.co/V7ZfOGpFsI

NEW: Beijing’s extraordinary move last week to walk away from the White House’s TikTok deal as leverage in an escalating trade war defies the norms of economic negotiations — but follows President Donald Trump’s own trade playbook. https://t.co/gYShvJo5lg

RT @MyahWard: Icymi: The Trump administration’s intensifying crackdown on universities and pro-Palestinian protesters closely mirrors a les…