2026-05-03

The Court threw out Louisiana's congressional maps and, in the process, weakened the Voting Rights Act itself. State primaries are weeks away. More chaos is baked in.

Acting AG Todd Blanche told NBC on Sunday that the Comey case involves more than an Instagram post of seashells forming 86-47. Career prosecutors in North Carolina signed on. Whether that means actual charges or theatre remains unclear.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Sunday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency bled about 1,100 employees during this year's partial government closure. Democrats pushed hard on immigration. The shutdown lasted 10 weeks.

Shipping through the strait has stalled since US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. Iran says it laid mines. The Navy is now outsourcing the job to AI contractors.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) weighed in Sunday on the Comey case, noting that '86' has decades of diner-industry use. He suggested an Instagram post of seashells arranged that way might not qualify as criminal conduct.

On NBC's Meet the Press, the Acting AG reiterated that serious prosecutors are involved. The soundbite game requires him to keep talking about a seashell post while implying something darker lurks beneath.

A search-and-rescue effort is underway after two service members vanished during the African Lion military exercise in southwestern Morocco. Status unclear.

ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released Friday found 62 percent of Americans disapprove of the president—up 2 points from February. Standard pre-midterm softening, or something else. The margin has moved.