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Public rejects Trump’s ballroom by wide margin

By Dan Diamond and Scott Clement
Apr 30, 2026 4:55 pm - Americans reject President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, and they appear largely unmoved by the intensified calls from the president and his allies in Congress to allow the project to go forward.
Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown

By LISA MASCARO
Apr 30, 2026 1:03 pm - President Donald Trump swiftly signed bipartisan legislation Thursday funding much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, after it won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
Hegseth clashes for a second day with Democrats in Congress over the Iran war

By BEN FINLEY, STEPHEN GROVES and MEG KINNARD
Apr 30, 2026 11:01 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy.
Louisiana congressional primaries suspended as a result of Supreme Court ruling, state officials say

Apr 30, 2026 9:26 am - Louisiana’s congressional primaries won’t be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a majority Black congressional district, the state’s top elected officials said Thursday.
U.S. economy grew 2% from January-March, recovering from federal shutdown; Iran war clouds outlook

By PAUL WISEMAN
Apr 30, 2026 8:27 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal ...
Gas prices hit $5 across the suburbs; key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 30, 2026 7:57 am - A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application

By JOSH FUNK
Apr 30, 2026 7:46 am - Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time Thursday will be good for the country.
Comey’s lawyers say they will challenge threat charges as vindictive

By Salvador Rizzo, Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein
Apr 29, 2026 7:21 pm - Lawyers for James B. Comey said Wednesday they intend to challenge the indictment accusing him of threatening the life of the president as an illegal attempt to punish the former FBI director for his criticism of Donald Trump.
Full federal appeals court won’t rehear $83 million defamation verdict against Trump

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Apr 29, 2026 7:13 pm - A divided federal appeals court said Wednesday it will not grant a rare meeting of its active judges to hear an appeal of an $83 million verdict against President Donald Trump for defaming a magazine advice columnist over an encounter three decades ago.
Oil prices keep moving higher, but US stocks hold near their records

By STAN CHOE
Apr 29, 2026 4:49 pm - More jumps for oil prices sent tremors through the U.S. bond market on Wednesday, along with hints that some Federal Reserve officials don’t want to cut interest rates any time soon. But fat profit reports from Starbucks and other big companies helped the U.S. stock market remain resilient despite that.

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