Tim Kaine tried today to stop a war before it started, and 51 senators said he was too early.
We have been in an undeclared war in Iran for sixty-two days. Thirteen American servicemembers are dead, gas is at $4.17, and U.S. bases in the region have sustained $5 billion in damage. The Senate had already voted down every war powers resolution on Venezuela and Iran. Today it added Cuba.
Three Republicans broke ranks to even allow the debate. The other 50 told Trump he is free to do whatever he wants to Cuba. Call through 5 Calls and Resistbot and demand your senators stop the next war before it starts.
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Today’s GovBrief News
King Charles defends checks on executive power, judicial independence, NATO, and Ukraine in joint meeting of Congress while avoiding naming Trump.
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
April 28, 2026
Trump attacks German Chancellor Merz on Truth Social over Iran nuclear comments, falsely claiming Merz favors Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Source: Politico
April 28, 2026
Trump's national security team weighs Iran's Strait of Hormuz proposal as Rubio publicly rejects it, on Iran war day 62.
Source: The Associated Press
April 28, 2026
South Carolina Election Commission votes 4-1 to send voter rolls including partial Social Security numbers to DOJ, breaking with 29 states that refused.
Source: The South Carolina Daily Gazette
April 28, 2026
Trump-appointed federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit demanding Arizona's voter rolls, the sixth federal court to reject the administration's nationwide rolls campaign.
Source: KPNX Phoenix
April 28, 2026
FCC orders Disney to file ABC broadcast license renewals two years early one day after Trump and Melania demanded Kimmel's firing.
Source: Ars Technica
April 28, 2026
US average gas price hits $4.17, a four-year high, after rising $1.19 per gallon since Iran war began two months ago.
Source: ABC News
April 28, 2026
US Marines board and search stateless containership from Pakistan, release vessel as Iran blockade redirections reach 39 vessels.
Source: Maritime Executive
April 28, 2026
DOJ files unsigned-by-career-lawyers brief asking judge to lift White House ballroom injunction, citing Correspondents' Dinner shooting and using Trump's social media voice.
Source: CNN
April 28, 2026
FBI executes 22 search warrants at Twin Cities child care and autism centers in fraud probe targeting Somali community providers.
Source: KSTP St. Paul
April 28, 2026
Justice Department indicts Comey on two counts over 2025 Instagram seashell post months after first case was dismissed.
Source: Roll Call
April 28, 2026
Justice Department indicts former Fauci aide David Morens, 78, on two counts of concealing pandemic-origin emails as administration promotes lab-leak theory.
Source: UPI
April 28, 2026
Ninth Circuit lifts both lower-court restrictions on federal officers' use of tear gas at Portland ICE facility, dismissing apartment tenants' suit entirely.
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting
April 28, 2026
Treasury official who raised privacy objections to surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community payments expected to be nominated US representative to OECD.
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
April 28, 2026
Florida Rep. Daniel Webster announces retirement, becoming the 36th House Republican exit and breaking the 2018 cycle retirement record.
Source: The Hill
April 28, 2026
Senate Republicans defeat 51-47 Democratic war powers resolution to block military force against Cuba after Trump's "Cuba's next" remarks and naval blockade.
Source: The Hill
April 28, 2026
Whistleblower groups represent EPA workers disciplined over 2025 dissent letter to Administrator Zeldin, citing internal warning that punishment carried significant legal risk.
Source: Government Executive
April 28, 2026
State Department plans 250th anniversary passport redesign placing Trump's portrait and signature over Declaration of Independence text.
Source: CBS News
April 28, 2026
Second Circuit unanimously rules Trump cannot indefinitely detain most immigrants without bond hearings, marking first appellate loss for mandatory detention policy.
Source: NOTUS
April 28, 2026