2026-05-02
Comey indicted again. Redistricting chaos. Maher laughs.
Good evening. A Friday mix of law, politics, and constitutional reworking—plus Bill Maher noting the obvious.
What Actually Happened
Bill Maher quipped Friday that the Trump administration is indicting former FBI Director James Comey a second time, now over an alleged threat to the president's life. The punchline wrote itself.
States are scrambling to redraw congressional lines after a Supreme Court decision further weakening the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Alabama and Tennessee are the latest to move.
After the third assassination attempt against the president—who calls opponents 'traitors' and demands their hanging—the temperature of political discourse remains exactly where it was.
Clear Fed communication helps investors manage the possibility that rates may rise as inflation pressures build.
The U.S. will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany in the next 6–12 months, the Pentagon announced Friday. Trump had threatened the move amid tensions with Berlin over the Iran war.
President Lai arrives in a trip delayed by overflight clearance issues. Eswatini is Africa's last nation without tariff-free Chinese market access, tied to its recognition of Taiwan.
The educational history of alleged shooter Cole Allen at Cal State University Dominguez Hills has sparked renewed attention to far-left campus organizing.
Two years ago, Citadel's Ken Griffin acquired a stegosaurus skeleton for nearly $45 million—the most expensive fossil ever auctioned. The podcast asks why millionaires now collect dinosaur bones instead of museums.
- Three Mexican foods with ritual meaning
"Worth paying attention to. Don't doomscroll."
"The wire took a breath. Don't get used to it."
Indictments, redistricting, and fossil auctions. Friday noise.
Back at 7:00 AM ET with the morning shot brief.