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| Good morning. It’s Monday, April 20, and we’re quietly reassessing our pants preferences after taking this quiz, which tells you what your pants reveal about your age. Now let’s catch up. | |
 | President Donald Trump said the U.S. military seized an Iranian cargo ship. | - Why? Trump said it tried to bypass the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, so the Navy stopped it by “blowing a hole in the engineroom.” Iran described it as an act of “piracy.”
- The war is having major economic impacts: Millions of households across the U.S. are being hit by rising gas prices. The issue threatens Republicans in a key midterm race.
- Stocks soared last week: Experts say investors are misunderstanding the war.
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 | Eight children were killed in a shooting in Louisiana, police said. | | | Police investigate the mass killing in Shreveport yesterday. (Jill Pickett/Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate/AP) | - It was the deadliest mass killing in the U.S. in two years: The children ranged in age from 1 to about 14, police said. Seven of them are believed to be the gunman’s children.
- The investigation: The shooter was identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, who died after a car chase with police. Elkins’s wife recently sought a divorce, his brother-in-law said.
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 | Trump’s fixation on the White House ballroom is increasing, a Post analysis found. | - The numbers: Trump has publicly mentioned the ballroom on about a third of the days this year. The pace of his references has increased as the project has faced legal challenges.
- Digging deeper: Trump’s mentions of the ballroom project (which is widely unpopular) have rivaled or exceeded his mentions of policy priorities such as his TrumpRx website.
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 | The Justice Department demanded all Detroit-area ballots from the 2024 election. | | |
 |  | We calculated how much Nick Fuentes earns from live-streaming hate. | | - Who is Fuentes? A white-supremacist influencer who courts disaffected young men. He’s banned from most mainstream social media for viral provocations and extreme bigotry.
- But he’s raking in cash: He pocketed about $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025, our analysis shows. See how his “superchat” revenue has increased here.
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 | Students are completing online degrees in weeks. | - It takes most students years to earn a bachelor’s degree: But online courses have allowed some to rapidly speed up the process. The breakneck pace is alarming academics.
- In other education news: A teaching method known as classical education is on the rise. It is being pushed by conservatives, who say it celebrates America and Western thought.
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 | Just two minutes of the right exercise could boost your longevity. | | | (Washington Post illustration; iStock) | |
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