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April 22, 2026
Former Capitol police officer sues Blaze Media over pipe bomb allegation
04/21/2026 04:16 PM EDT A former Capitol Police officer who helped fend off the Jan. 6, 2021 attack is suing a right-wing media outlet for accusing her of planting pipe bombs that became a key inflection point in that day’s chaos. Shauni Kerkhoff, 31, accused Blaze Media and two of its former reporters of relying on a faulty “gait analysis” of surveillance footage to wrongly suggest she was the person who planted pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC the night before the Jan. 6 riot. The false a ...
Go to discussionContract reveals fundraising deal for financing Trump's East Wing overhaul
April 21, 2026 / 6:24 PM EDT Washington — A newly revealed agreement between the White House, the National Park Service and the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall shows the inner workings of how President Trump and his allies are financing a $400 million overhaul of the White House East Wing. The 14-page document, which was obtained by the left-leaning advocacy group Public Citizen and shared with CBS News, empowers the Trust to "accept donations in an amount sufficient to cover al ...
Go to discussionProposed Social Security Bill Would Change Medicare Coverage: What to Know
Published Apr 21, 2026 at 06:31 PM EDT updated Apr 21, 2026 at 06:32 PM EDT A newly introduced House bill would expand what Medicare covers by adding certain food and nutrition services to the program, marking a potential shift in how health care for older Americans and people with disabilities is defined under federal law. The proposal, H.R. 8391 was introduced on Monday by Representative Raul Ruiz, a Democrat from California. The law would amend the Social Security Act, which governs Medica ...
Go to discussionTrump's short-lived challenger Ron DeSantis is 'begging' him for a job in administration, report says
Tuesday 21 April 2026 16:45 EDT Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who once unsuccessfully ran against President Donald Trump, is reportedly “begging” the president for a top role in the administration as he seeks a new job ahead of his term ending this year. While dining with the president at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, the outgoing Florida governor allegedly asked the president to become the next attorney general, Trump told a confidant, according to Axios. However, an unnamed sou ...
Go to discussionFormer Republican Rep. Devin Nunes out as Trump Media CEO
04/21/2026 10:00 PM EDT Former Rep. Devin Nunes is out as CEO of President Donald Trump’s social media company, in a major shake-up. Trump Media & Technology Group, the Truth Social parent company whose largest shareholder is Trump, said in a statement Tuesday that Nunes would be succeeded by Kevin McGurn, an adviser to the company, who will take over as interim CEO effective immediately. It did not offer a reason for Nunes’ unexpected departure. “I want to thank Devin Nunes for his dedicate ...
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