Day: May 4, 2026

The Philadelphia Inquirer   The Secret Service says a suspect who opened fire Monday on the National Mall did so after being confronted by officers. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said officers returned fire. A bystander was struck by the suspect, Quinn said. Quinn said the motorcade of Vice President JD Vance transited through the area not long before the shooting, but there was no indication it was the target. READ THE FULL STORY 

CNBC   U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Monday asked a federal judge to vacate his decisions blocking aspects of her criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve under Chair Jerome Powell. Pirro’s motion effectively walks back an often-repeated plan to appeal the judge’s rulings to a higher court. That ends, for the time being, the threat that Powell could be forced to turn over evidence to Pirro. Still, it is unlikely to provide the Fed chair the certainty he wants that the legal threat against him and the central bank have dissipated. He has said he will remain on the Fed’s board indefinitely after his term as chair expires later this month. Pirro has been investigating cost overruns in the Fed’s ongoing building renovations and related testimony to Congress by Powell. Chief Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia in March quashed Pirro’s subpoenas to the Fed saying she hadn’t provided evidence of wrongdoing sufficient to counter the appearance that President Donald Trump wanted to put political pressure on Powell to cut interest rates. He upheld that ruling in April. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) was investigated over allegations of inappropriate behavior with interns, but the case was later dismissed, NOTUS reported Monday. The news comes after now former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) resigned from the U.S. House and abandoned his campaign for governor of California when he was accused of rape and sexual misconduct, per Breitbart News. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   A recent survey by Generation Lab found that more than 8 in 10 young adults rate economic conditions in the U.S. as either bad or terrible. The survey, conducted April 26-29, found that 55 percent of 546 respondents ages 18-24 said they view the economy as bad, while 29 percent said it was terrible. As for those in the 25-29 age range, 52 percent of 266 such respondents said the economy was bad. About 3 in 10 respondents said it was terrible, for a combined percentage of 81 percent that view the economy negatively. READ THE FULL STORY