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  • ✇TheHill - Just In
  • Rubio seeks to smooth tensions with Pope Leo Cate Martel
    ☮️ Plus: Iran reviews new peace plan; U.S. eagerly waits {beacon} It’s Thursday. I can’t scroll on social media for very long without seeing a reference to the Vineyard Gazette job opening that comes with a furnished home on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. I wonder how many job applications the newspaper is now getting....
     

Rubio seeks to smooth tensions with Pope Leo

7 May 2026 at 16:41
☮️ Plus: Iran reviews new peace plan; U.S. eagerly waits {beacon} It’s Thursday. I can’t scroll on social media for very long without seeing a reference to the Vineyard Gazette job opening that comes with a furnished home on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. I wonder how many job applications the newspaper is now getting....

  • ✇The Daily Cartoonist
  • UK Survey: Comic Creators Face Financial Hardships D. D. Degg
    The UK Comics Creators Research Report has been issued showing the results of a survey of 700 United Kingdom comics creators taken in the Fall of 2025. The ability to survive financially is disheartening. The vast majority of creators make less than a living wage from their comics endeavors necessitating employment outside the industry and […]
     

UK Survey: Comic Creators Face Financial Hardships

6 May 2026 at 15:47
The UK Comics Creators Research Report has been issued showing the results of a survey of 700 United Kingdom comics creators taken in the Fall of 2025. The ability to survive financially is disheartening. The vast majority of creators make less than a living wage from their comics endeavors necessitating employment outside the industry and […]

  • ✇TheHill - Just In
  • Where House, Senate battles stand six months out Jared Gans
    In today’s issue: Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their prospects for the midterm elections with less than six months remaining before voters head to the polls. History is on their side, as the party out of power has typically gained seats in Congress in most midterms. But they’re starting to show signs of a chance to flip control of both...
     

Where House, Senate battles stand six months out

4 May 2026 at 10:23
In today’s issue: Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their prospects for the midterm elections with less than six months remaining before voters head to the polls. History is on their side, as the party out of power has typically gained seats in Congress in most midterms. But they’re starting to show signs of a chance to flip control of both...

White House finds a way around Iran war’s 60-day limit

1 May 2026 at 16:40
✈️ Plus: The record-long DHS shutdown ends! {beacon} Happy Friday and happy May! Sunsets in the Washington area will happen at 8 p.m. or later now through late August. *Do a little happy dance* Oh, and “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is now in theaters!   In today's issue: Iran war’s 60-day limit reached White...

  • ✇TheHill - Just In
  • Cassidy takes fire over Trump’s surgeon general swap Jared Gans
    In today’s issue: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is facing the fury of President Trump and his MAHA allies after the president blamed him for having to withdraw his controversial surgeon general nominee, Casey Means. Cassidy was already in the fight for his political life, facing two prominent primary challengers on his right. He has been...
     

Cassidy takes fire over Trump’s surgeon general swap

1 May 2026 at 10:53
In today’s issue: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is facing the fury of President Trump and his MAHA allies after the president blamed him for having to withdraw his controversial surgeon general nominee, Casey Means. Cassidy was already in the fight for his political life, facing two prominent primary challengers on his right. He has been...

Jim Cramer on inflation report: 'These numbers are just bad'

30 April 2026 at 19:57
CNBC host Jim Cramer on Thursday slammed the newest inflation report signaling financial gloom for the coming months. The Personal Consumption Expenditures index, which reflects changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by consumers in the U.S., rose by 0.7 percent from February to March. The index is compiled by the Commerce Department's...

Judge demands Indigenous sentencing report after offender claims he’s ‘Caucasian’: ‘He is plainly not’

29 April 2026 at 11:00
A Yellowknife judge has insisted a man who claimed to be Caucasian get a report meant for Indigenous offenders before he sentences him for breaking into a hotel. Read More

Gas prices hit record high; King Charles’s jaunt around DC

28 April 2026 at 16:41
🥗 Plus: Meet the man who ate his salad during WHCA shooting {beacon} It’s Tuesday. Washington is buzzing today for King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit. I love watching all of the color at the state dinners.   In today's issue: Gas prices jump to record high King Charles addresses Congress Vance reportedly questioning Pentagon...

  • ✇TheHill - Just In
  • US-UK friction forms backdrop to King’s speech Jared Gans
    In today’s issue: Tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom are simmering as King Charles III prepares to address Congress today, from President Trump’s frustrations toward NATO amid the Iran war to tumult in bilateral trade. Eyes will be on how the king seeks to alleviate these strains, and how much — directly or...
     

US-UK friction forms backdrop to King’s speech

28 April 2026 at 11:07
In today’s issue: Tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom are simmering as King Charles III prepares to address Congress today, from President Trump’s frustrations toward NATO amid the Iran war to tumult in bilateral trade. Eyes will be on how the king seeks to alleviate these strains, and how much — directly or...

  • ✇TheHill - Just In
  • WHCA shooting latest: Suspect due in court; dinner security hotly debated  Cate Martel
    It’s Monday. Well, this is definitely not the newsletter edition I expected to post after White House Correspondents’ Association dinner weekend. I’m so thankful no one was hurt. In today’s issue: 🚔 News of the morning  The suspect’s first expected court appearance: The alleged gunman who tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday is expected to make his first court appearance today. 💻 Livestream outside the courthouse Several media...
     

WHCA shooting latest: Suspect due in court; dinner security hotly debated 

27 April 2026 at 16:33
It’s Monday. Well, this is definitely not the newsletter edition I expected to post after White House Correspondents’ Association dinner weekend. I’m so thankful no one was hurt. In today’s issue: 🚔 News of the morning  The suspect’s first expected court appearance: The alleged gunman who tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday is expected to make his first court appearance today. 💻 Livestream outside the courthouse Several media...

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