Politics - Monday, April 6, 2026

The first lady makes a statement in Ralph Lauren at the annual egg roll.

Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC backed by tech executives, announced $1.5 million in spending to support three GOP candidates in key midterm primaries.

Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest risk Schools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of streets. Under the £1.2m scheme – part of a series of initiatives launched under a government pledge to halve knife crime within a decade – a maximum of 250 schools will receive help. Continue reading...

President Trump turned the annual White House Easter Egg Roll into a comedy session, joking about selling his autographs and taking shots at President Biden's autopen use.

As deadlines approach in the next two weeks, neither is going quite according to the partisan plan.

A news report linked Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas, who has admitted to an affair with an aide, to another series of sexual texts with a different aide, raising a dilemma for the House G.O.P.

President Trump joked he might run for president of Venezuela, claiming he polls higher than any other politician in the South American country.

The Easter Bunny was out of earshot as President Trump spoke to reporters about the war in Iran and his predecessor’s mental acuity.

Philanthropy increases the gap dividing highly selective, elite higher education from the rest. Ministers need a plan for the sector overall About 2% of UK universities’ income came from donations and endowments in 2024-25 – slightly less than the previous year. At a time when charitable giving overall is down , the announcement last week of a  record £190m donation to the University of Cambridge deserves to be welcomed. Higher education funding should not depend on the choices of rich individuals. But education is a social good and philanthropy has a role to play. The donor is Chris Rokos, a British billionaire hedge fund manager who describes himself as a socially liberal centrist and has previously given money to the Conservative party. The money will fund a postgraduate school of government that is intended to rival the one at Oxford, which was controversially funded by, and named after, the Ukrainian-born billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik . Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...

Former U.S. District Attorney Kurt Alme says Sen. Steve Daines handpicked him to keep Montana's Senate seat in Republican hands as Democrats eye a path to retaking the majority in 2026.