April 30, 2026

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Johnson says Senate-passed DHS funding bill will have to change– www.politico.com

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Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that language in a Homeland Security funding bill the Senate passed unanimously near three weeks ago is “problematic” and will have to be changed to pass the House.

The bill as written, Johnson said, would “orphan” funding for key immigration enforcement agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Passage of that measure is part of a two-track DHS funding approach that won President Donald Trump’s endorsement but has faced skepticism from some conservative hard-liners.

The failure of the House and Senate GOP to align on a plan threatens to further delay the passage of DHS funding, even after Saturday’s attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

“It has some problematic language because it was haphazardly drafted,” Johnson told reporters of the Senate-passed bill. “We have a modified version that I think is going to be much better for both chambers.”

What Donald Trump Event Shooter Cole Thomas Allen Posted Online– www.ndtv.com

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Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, has been identified by multiple media outlets as the suspect in custody following the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, attended by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

According to CNN, Allen had shared posts comparing Trump to Hitler and even called upon others who criticised his presidency to purchase guns. His activity on social media ranged from posts about video games to angry political messages.

The postings on his handles appear to mirror sentiments from a message Allen allegedly sent to family members prior to the attack, in which he outlined a plan to target Trump administration officials and voiced his grievances over their conduct.

Moreover, investigators told the publication that Allen showed ‘animosity’ towards Trump and his administration.

Into the Omniverse: Manufacturing’s Simulation-First Era Has Arrived– blogs.nvidia.com

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Manufacturing’s traditional design-build-test cycle rested on a single assumption: Real-world testing was the only reliable test environment. 

That assumption is now shifting. 

Today, high-fidelity simulation produces synthetic training data accurate enough for production-grade AI. This is enabling perception systems, reasoning models and agentic workflows to excel in live factory environments.

OpenUSD has emerged as the connective standard that makes this practical, and the manufacturers building on it are already experiencing measurable results. 

Florida Republicans make peace with proposed new House map– www.politico.com

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Some House Republicans spent weeks warning against a drastic redraw of Florida’s congressional map.

Now that it’s out — with Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting as many as four Democratic seats for a GOP takeover — they’re mostly keeping any criticism to themselves.

“I think they did a pretty good job,” said Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who said he was one of the Florida Republicans whose district changed “quite a bit.”

“But I think they could touch it up a little bit, too,” he added.

Rep. Scott Franklin said he is set to represent his third constituency in four terms. He still lives within the confines of the 18th district, he said, though it is much smaller in area.

“Mine gets significantly less red than it was,” Franklin said. “But it’s still a conservative performing seat.”

Republicans now plan for taxpayers to fund Trump’s $400M ballroom which he promised to cover with private donations– www.independent.co.uk

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Over 1,000 TSA officers have quit since the DHS shutdown began– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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As of April 20, the DHS reported that 830 TSA officers had quit due to the lapse in funding, according to Politico. In the last eight days, another 300 handed in their notices.

The latest figure is roughly the same number of TSA employees who departed the agency during the historic 43-day government shutdown last fall.

With the current shutdown, airport security is especially taking a toll and could have a serious impact on air travel as the nation hosts the FIFA World Cup and the semiquincentennial this summer.

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA employees until a funding deal comes to fruition. However, the money could run dry if the shutdown lasts much longer.

Arizona honors colleges push DEI, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel agendas: report– www.thecollegefix.com

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Arizona honors colleges push DEI, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel agendas: report– www.thecollegefix.com
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Over 70 percent of sections for required honors course push ideological content

Arizona’s public universities require their honors students to complete coursework promoting a “diversity, equity, and inclusion” agenda, alongside anti-capitalist and anti-Israel themes, a recent report from a conservative think tank revealed.

Arizona State University’s Barrett, The Honors College, requires honors students to engage with mandatory readings that include discussions of sexually explicit LGBTQ content and explore racially and sexually charged questions, according to the Goldwater Institute’s report called “Desert Brain Drain.”

For example, one instructor requires students to discuss the “relationship between the white female gaze and the eroticized black male body.”

Another professor provides students with “a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, assigning readings that are exclusively critical of Israel and Zionism,” the report states.

“Over 70% of all Barrett course sections for the mandatory ‘The Human Event’ (HON 272) reviewed by Goldwater” push this ideological content, it states.

Judge tosses murder conviction for man who served 25 years– abcnews.com

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NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has tossed the murder conviction of a man who spent 25 years in prison after a review of his case revealed new evidence that may have been withheld by prosecutors, including thousands of dollars in payments made to the mother of their key eyewitness.

The man, Harry Ruiz, has maintained his innocence since his 1994 conviction for the fatal shooting of Emmanuel Felix, an alleged drug dealer in Harlem. Ruiz, now 58, was released on parole in 2019.

“I feel like I can finally breathe again,” he said on Monday, leaving the courthouse flanked by family and his attorneys.

Why The U.S. Left Central America In Dust After Colonialization– thefederalist.com

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Four hundred years ago this year, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and 160 men departed the small Spanish community of Panama in search of a great and wealthy empire they had heard existed to the south. Although that particular expedition to Peru was largely a failure, Pizarro’s steadfast bravery alongside the so-called Los trece de la fama (the “famous 13”) was enough to gain royal support and inspire enough Spaniards to fund another voyage to Peru a few years later. Pizarro and a few hundred men would conquer the mighty Inca.

Without a doubt, Spanish conquistadors such as Pizarro’s army (and their successors in the ensuing centuries) created an impressive empire, one that eventually traversed thousands of miles from California to Tierra del Fuego, incorporating millions of people. Yet, compared to that of their British rivals to the north, it was a markedly different animal, one whose instabilities, dysfunction, and corruption eventually spelled its doom.

As Americans celebrate our own 250th anniversary, it’s worth contemplating with gratitude what differentiates the “American experiment” from what transpired to our south.

Wait, There Was a Shooting Near the White House Two Weeks Ago…and the Investigation Stalled?– townhall.com

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Many people are questioning whether the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was secure enough after a gunman, Cole Allen, nearly breached the venue with the intent to assassinate President Donald Trump and top officials. The president was evacuated, the dinner was postponed, and we are left shaken by what feels like a third assassination attempt. Was the venue truly secure?

Fox News’ Bill Melugin shared his thoughts, which were far from reassuring. Daily Beast’s executive editor Eric Dougherty was staying next door at the Washington Hilton the night before the event; Allen was a guest there, too. No baggage checks were done, and there were no security checkpoints at the hotel entrance, only outside the ballroom. The president said the protocols were fine and commended the Secret Service for their heroics on the night of the attack.

Yet, RealClearPolitics’ Susan Crabtree examined the reported chaos and incompetence that have hampered the agency, with little change since the Butler attempt in July 2024. This phantom shooter has reportedly frustrated President Trump, and the internal shenanigans that have been reported by Crabtree in the wake of the WHCA dinner are something else.

Chuck Todd Decries Violence Around Trump He Helped Create– thefederalist.com

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Chuck Todd is scared, man. He says he’s not going anywhere President Donald Trump is.

“I don’t feel safe,” the former Meet the Press host said Monday on Chris Cillizza’s podcast.

“Wherever Trump is …” Todd added before his soulmate Cillizza jumped in and completed his frightened thought “… chaos follows …”

“… Chaos follows him and you are less safe, right?” Todd finished.

The self-indulgent host of The Chuck ToddCast and the host of whatever it is Cillizza is doing these days commiserated on the subject of Trump “chaos” less than two days after a gunman stormed a security checkpoint in front of the Washington Hilton ballroom where the annual White House Correspond

America Scores Big With $1B Shakedown Of Offshore Wind Projects– crooksandliars.com

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The Trump administration is making two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects. Which makes an incredible amount of sense, if you and your cabinet members own stocks in oil companies!

Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have agreed to end their offshore wind leases in exchange for reimbursements totaling nearly $900 million. Both companies have decided not to pursue any new offshore wind projects in the United States, the Interior Department said Monday, as if that was something to brag about! Like a little boy who poops his pants and proudly wiped it on the wall.

Bluepoint Wind is an offshore wind project in the early stages of development off the coasts of New Jersey and New York — while under constant attack by right-wing radio for killing whales, birds, and probably small children, while Golden State Wind is a floating offshore wind project proposed off California’s central coast.

It’s just like the deal Interior made with Total Energies in March. They get a refund of its leases, and will invest the money in patriotic and pro-American fossil fuel projects instead.

The American Left Is In Thrall To Political Violence– thefederalist.com

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In the immediate aftermath of the fourth assassination attempt on President Trump this past weekend at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, we heard the familiar chorus of voices in the corporate media and political establishment calling for calm, for unity, for lowering the temperature, toning down the rhetoric. We heard the same thing after Charlie Kirk’s assassination last September, and after Trump was shot in the face by a would-be assassin on the campaign trail in July 2024.

As always, the people saying this pretend it’s a “both sides” problem, that the political left and right are both at risk of becoming dangerously violent, and that for the sake of our democracy we all need to calm down.

What nonsense. There is only one side in America today that has a persistent and very real-world problem with political violence, and everyone knows it’s the left.

It’s the left that has produced four would-be assassins of President Trump. It’s the left that produced Charlie Kirk’s assassin and the sneering online hordes who celebrated his murder. It’s the left that produced Luigi Mangione, who allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood, and overnight became a folk hero to his fellow travelers.

‘Humans may soon live and work on the Moon’: Experts reveal bold plan for permanent lunar life by 2030 |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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The idea of humans living on the Moon has slowly moved from distant imagination to something that now feels within reach. Recent statements from Dylan Taylor during the CNBC interview indicate that the timeline may be much closer than previously expected. Speaking at an industry event, he suggested that humans could return to the lunar surface before the end of this decade, with the possibility of staying there for extended periods. This points towards a future where people could live and work on the Moon. The statement reflects a broader shift in the space sector, where both governments and private companies are accelerating plans to establish a sustained presence beyond Earth.

The first phase of this plan appears to focus on building a functional base rather than a large settlement. According to CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE, Taylor indicated that an inflatable habitat could be operational by the end of the 2020s. This type of structure would be designed to support human life in a harsh environment, providing basic shelter and life-support systems.Such developments align closely with ongoing missions led by NASA, particularly through its Artemis programme. The recent Artemis II mission demonstrated continued progress towards returning humans to the Moon. These missions are expected to lay the groundwork for longer stays and more complex operations in the future.

Lefty Journo Tries to Paint Attempted Trump Assassin as Christian ‘Offended by Trump’s Blasphemy,’ Social Media Immediately Shuts Him Down– www.westernjournal.com

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Now that we have the full manifesto of the man who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, we know what we probably could have known from the start: He was an unsound man who was egged on by the conspiracy theories of the left.

Calling Trump “a pedophile, rapist, and traitor” — clearly, ideas taken from the fever swamps of the Jeffrey Epstein-baiting podcast class — Cole Tomas Allen, in the missive sent to family and friends, wrote that he was “no longer willing to permit” the president “to coat my hands with his crimes.”

I am giving Mr. Allen more credit for sense than he deserves by adumbrating his violence-excusing blather. After all, one cannot take seriously a manifesto that ends with “Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.” Allen, who was a teacher and engineer before he almost certainly signed himself up to spend a hefty chunk of the rest of his life behind bars, probably isn’t going to inspire too many people with those words, or with this sort of thing:

Study Finds AI Writing Feedback Varies by Students’ Race, Gender › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems used to evaluate student writing may respond differently depending on how a student’s identity is presented, suggesting there is bias in automated educational tools.

The research, titled “Marked Pedagogies: Examining Linguistic Biases in Personalized Automated Writing Feedback,” was published in March by a team from Stanford University. The authors, Mei Tan, Lena Phalen, and Dorottya Demszky, analyzed 600 persuasive essays written by eighth-grade students and processed them through four AI models, including versions of ChatGPT and Llama, a system developed by Meta AI.

The essays addressed topics such as whether schools should mandate community service and speculative prompts like whether aliens built a structure on Mars. Researchers then resubmitted the same essays with added descriptors indicating the writer’s race, gender, motivation level, or learning ability.

According to findings reported by The Hechinger Report, the AI systems exhibited consistent patterns across models. Essays attributed to Black students were more likely to receive praise and encouragement, sometimes highlighting themes of leadership or personal strength. One example of such feedback read: “Your personal story is powerful! Adding more about how your experiences can connect with others could make this even stronger.”

GOP exploits shooting, and Melania makes censorship great again– www.dailykos.com

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. GOP uses shooting to shill for Trump’s gaudy ballroom Good thing they’re focusing on the important issues! Democrats are leading in polls, but voters want new blood Here’s what they can do to engage young voters ahead of the midterms. Republicans hit airwaves to…