House Ethics Committee Releases Public List of Investigative Matters Involving Sexual Misconduct by Members of Congress Amid Swalwell Scandal

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/house-ethics-committee-releases-public-list-investigative-matters/

The House Ethics Committee on Monday confirmed it has reviewed 20 matters involving allegations of sexual misconduct by a member of Congress over the last decade.

“Over the last decade, the Committee has adopted a more aggressive and robust approach to allegations of sexual misconduct,” the committee said in a statement.

“Since 2017, the Committee has initiated investigations in 20 matters involving allegations of sexual misconduct by a Member. The Committee has also investigated several Members for their handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by their senior staff.”

The House Ethics Committee said it released its findings after a member of Congress engaged in sexual misconduct.

“Whenever the Committee found a Member to have engaged in or fostered an environment where sexual misconduct took place, the Committee released its findings,” it added.

“The Committee has taken the position that conduct that falls short of legal definitions of sexual harassment or assault under federal or state statutes can still be a violation of the Code of Official Conduct, which imposes a higher standard on Members of the House,” it said.

Here is the list: Continue…

Over 250 Journalists Sign Letter Demanding ‘Forceful’ Protest Against Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/250-journalists-sign-letter-demanding-forceful-protest-against/

More than 250 journalists, including Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson, have signed an open letter demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association turn this Saturday’s dinner into a stage for a direct, “forceful” confrontation with President Donald Trump.

The letter, sent to the WHCA on Monday, calls on the organization to use the podium at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner to deliver a “forceful defense of freedom of the press and condemnation of those who threaten that freedom, followed by a standing toast to the First Amendment.”

“Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press,” the letter says.

The letter reads in part: Continue…

Far Left Anti-Billionaire Group Linked to Bernie Sanders Endorses Billionaire Tom Steyer for Governor of California

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/far-left-anti-billionaire-group-linked-bernie-sanders/

A far left group called ‘Our Revolution’ which is explicitly anti-billionaire has endorsed billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer for governor of California. This group is basically a continuation of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign.

Steyer has advocated a radical, anti-ICE platform that includes bringing illegals back into the country and jailing ICE agents.

It’s almost like this group doesn’t really care about billionaires and just want to make sure that the left clings to power in California. Almost.

Even the liberal outlet The Intercept is calling them out for this: Continue…

LGBT Event at Brigham Young University Features Painting of Trump’s Severed Head, Children Bashing a Piñata of Republican Senator Mike Lee

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/lgbt-event-brigham-young-university-features-painting-trumps/

An independent LGBT group recently held an event on the campus of Brigham Young University in Utah which featured an image of President Trump’s severed head and encouraged children to bash an effigy of Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee.

Do you think this is what Brigham Young had in mind?

The left’s violent political fantasies just keep getting worse and now they’re dragging children into it. Mao Zedong would be proud.

And remember, these are the people who constantly claim to be against hate.

Campus Reform reported: Continue…

Now that Orbán Is No Longer Prime Minister, Zelensky Finally Restores the Druzhba Pipeline Flow of Russian Oil to Hungary

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/now-that-orban-is-no-longer-prime-minister/

As expected, the oil will flow again soon.

Conservative champion, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the man Brussels loves to hate – and Kiev too.

Unlike the Globalist ‘leaders’ of the EU, Orbán rejected Ukraine’s membership in both the EU and NATO, and refused to send money for Kiev’s war effort.

This made him an enemy for Volodymyr Zelensky, who ridiculed him, called him fat, threatened to unleash his military on him, and finally, in the runup to the Hungarian elections, cut the flow of Russian oil passing through Ukrainian territory in the Druzhba pipeline.

And now that Péter Magyar won the election with a wide margin, to no one’s surprise, Zelensky announces that the pipeline will be opened in less than ten days. Continue…

Five ActBlue Employees Plead the Fifth on 146 Questions During House Judiciary Depositions – EVERY Member of Legal & Compliance Was Fired, Quit, or on Extended Leave From Platform in 2025

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/five-actblue-employees-plead-fifth-146-questions-during/

On Monday, The Gateway Pundit reported that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued ActBlue, the Democrat fundraising platform, for “deceiving Americans by lying about its donation processes that allow fraudulent and foreign donations.” This was following an internal investigation that “prove[d] that ActBlue continues to process gift card donations” without proving identification of the donor.

The same day, the House Judiciary Committee deposed five employees after subpoenas were issued to two employees in June 2025 by Reps. Jim Jordan, Bryan Steil, and James Comer. The recent depositions included “top staff responsible for fraud prevention” and sought to “learn more about the platform’s acceptance of illegal donations – and the subsequent cover-up,” according to a post on X by the House Judiciary GOP. Continue…

Elon Musk Is a No-Show for Questioning in French Court Hearing Into X Social Media Platform and Grok Chatbot

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/elon-musk-is-no-show-questioning-french-court/

France is scrambling to censor free-speech X.

We have been reporting on how France is waging lawfare against free-speech X platform, and how US authorities refused to aid in the nefarious lawsuit, as you can read in DOJ Refuses Cooperation, Warns France to Back Off Censorship Probe Targeting X Platform.

Today (20), it arose that the platform owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI ‌chatbot, Grok.

The investigation began looking into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Continue…

Tim Cook to Step Aside as Apple CEO After 15 Years — Successor Already Confirmed

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/tim-cook-step-aside-as-apple-ceo-after/

Apple has announced that CEO Tim Cook will step down from his role in September.

Cook will remain with the company as chairman.

Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, has been announced as his successor.

“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,” Cook said in a statement.

He continued: Continue…

Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns in Latest Cabinet Shakeup

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/breaking-trump-labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-amid/

President Trump’s Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned amid an investigation into her husband’s sexual misconduct in the latest Cabinet shakeup.

This is the third Cabinet official to leave in Trump’s second term.

Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling will replace Chavez-DeRemer as Acting Labor Secretary.

“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” White House Comms Director Steven Cheung said.

She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives,” Steven Cheung said.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Shawn DeRemer, was under investigation for sexual misconduct.

CBS News reported on Shawn DeRemer in February: Continue…

Embattled Zelensky Finally Gives up on ‘Winning Trump Over’, Realizes US President Is Not – And Never Was – His Ally

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/embattled-zelensky-finally-gives-up-winning-trump-realizes/

Has Zelensky opened up his eyes?

The Globalist magazine The Atlantic comes with an article about how Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky finally realized that Donald J. Trump is not his ally.

Really? Just now?

A quick look back shows that Trump has called Zelensky ‘a Dictator without elections’ since his presidential mandate ended back in 2024.

Trump also called him a ‘modestly successful comedian’ who was ‘the greatest salesman on Earth’ and ‘P.T. Barnum’, for conning feeble Joe Biden into giving him billions.

He called him ‘disrespectful’ for his antics in the Oval Office.

The US president said ‘Ze’ has ‘done a terrible job’, with a country that is ‘shattered’, where ‘millions have unnecessarily died’.

Trump has panned him for ‘refusing to hold elections’, and ‘not being ready for peace’, despite the fact that he ‘has no cards’ (in the negotiations with Russia).

In fact, anyone can see how little regard Trump has for the Kiev regime’s unelected leader.

In the meantime, Trump often spoke of the mutual respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Atlantic reported: Continue…

DHL CEO Warns Prolonged Energy Shock Could Push Global Economy To "Tipping Point"

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dhl-ceo-warns-prolonged-energy-shock-could-push-global-economy-tipping-point

DHL Group CEO Tobias Meyer warned Bloomberg TV earlier this morning that a persistent Gulf energy shock could morph into broader trouble for the global economy.

"Well we have seen this before, that you have recognized by consumers as having an impact that sparks broader discussion, the real economic implications for people. Now, this hasn't happened yet. We're trying to prevent that from happening. The 10, 12 million barrels of crude oil per day, it will come to that tipping point. Solutions are needed and political momentum is building up to resolve the situation in the Strait of Hormuz," Meyer said.

Meyer's reference to the "tipping point" is clear: if Gulf oil losses of 10 to 12 million barrels per day are not offset soon, global energy and product prices will stay elevated, causing significant knock-on effects throughout the world economy. Continue…

"We're On Borrowed Time": Vitol LNG Chief Warns Of Coming Food Price Shock

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/were-borrowed-time-vitol-lng-chief-warns-coming-food-price-shock

Pablo Galante Escobar, the head of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Vitol, warned the audience at the FT Commodities Summit earlier today that the "world is on borrowed time" and that the Gulf energy shock will develop into a food crisis unless LNG flows resume through the Hormuz chokepoint.

"We are on borrowed time. Every day this trade remains closed and every day production does not come back, we are building a problem for the future, and we are building a problem that, as I said, will be transferred from the energy side into many different sectors, with the food sector being a very important one," Escobar said, who works world's biggest independent energy trader.

Escobar continued, "This is not sustainable, or the energy crisis will become a food crisis. Only gas can supply the feed for fertilizers. We are building a problem for the future."

He added that even if the Hormuz chokepoint reopened today, it could still take three to five months for undamaged LNG production to fully recover. Continue…

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act To Sign Energy-Related Directives

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-invokes-defense-production-act-sign-energy-related-directives

President Donald Trump on April 20 invoked the Defense Production Act to issue a series of memorandums focused on strengthening coal supply chains, ​natural gas transmission, and ​liquefied natural gas capacity.

Trump also signed memos aimed at boosting domestic petroleum production, enhancing grid infrastructure, and expanding the deployment of “large-scale energy” and related infrastructure.

In a post on X, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said the memos would allow the Energy Department to use funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to strengthen the country’s “grid infrastructure and unleash reliable, affordable, secure energy.”

The Defense Production ​Act is ​a ⁠cold war-era legislation that grants the president authority to expand and expedite the supply of materials from the domestic industrial base for national security purposes.

In the memos, Trump cited his Jan. 20, 2025, executive order declaring a national energy emergency, noting that insufficient energy supply could expose the country to “hostile foreign actors” and risk national security.

“Consistent with that declaration, I find that ensuring the domestic capability for development, manufacturing, and deployment of large-scale energy and energy-related infrastructure is essential to United States national defense, yet due to financing risks, regulatory delays, and market barriers, these cannot be met in full under existing market conditions,” the president stated in one of his memos. Continue…

Europe's EV Sales Jump 51% As Iran War Sends Gasoline Prices Soaring

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/europes-ev-sales-jump-51-iran-war-sends-gasoline-prices-soaring

Registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe’s key automotive markets surged by 51% in March as the Iran war pushed gasoline prices to multi-year highs, data published by research firm New Automotive and trade association E-Mobility Europe showed on Monday.

More than 224,000 new electric passenger cars were registered in March alone across 15 key EU + EFTA markets, the analysis found. These sales accounted for as much as 22% of all new passenger car sales across the key European markets.

In another sign that expensive gasoline is pushing drivers to EVs, European Union member states registered more than 500,000 new electric cars in the first quarter of 2026, a surge of 33.5% compared to the same period last year, the data showed.

New BEV registrations accelerated across every major EU market in the first quarter of 2026. Europe’s five largest countries — Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Poland — all recorded BEV growth above 40% year-to-date. Continue…

Ukraine Seeks To Import African Migrants To Fill Labor Shortage After 100s Of 1000s Dead Or Wounded At The Front

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-seeks-import-african-migrants-fill-labor-shortage-after-100s-1000s-dead-or

Volodymyr Zelensky’s head of his Presidential Office in Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, has announced plans to import migrant laborers from Africa. Essentially, this entails Ukraine establishing new laws for the legal entry and residence of foreign workers.

The government will introduce a new list of “migration-risk” countries to facilitate this plan, according to remarks Budanov made at the CEO Club Ukraine.

“They enter, obtain documents, and then move on. This is a problem that creates barriers for business,” Budanov reportedly said, emphasizing that Ukraine will now move to make it easier for migrants to stay and work in Ukraine.

Last October, rumors swirled that Ukraine was directly recruiting mercenaries from Latin American drug cartels to fight in its war against Russia. Kyiv’s forced conscription policies at home, which often resort to violence, have already raised numerous concerns about the brutal practices of Zelensky’s military as well as the desperate situation Ukraine is in due to loss of life on the frontlines.

It has long been known that Ukraine faces a serious demographic crisis, now exacerbated by men who have died in the war or fled to other countries. Already, there have been voices pushing for mass immigration in Ukraine since the war began. Last year, Remix News reported that Vasyl Voskobojnik, president of the Ukrainian Association of Foreign Employment Agencies, said the population decline can no longer be offset by simply increasing the birthrate. Instead, immigration from Third-World countries is the only solution.

Voskobojnik said the Ukrainian government must develop a migration policy by 2026 that focuses on reducing this shortage. Continue…

Russia's Tuapse Refinery Attacked 2nd Time In Days, While Battling Oil Spill Into Black Sea

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/russias-tuapse-refinery-attacked-2nd-time-days-while-battling-oil-spill-black-sea

There's been yet another major attack on Russia's major Black Sea energy hub and port of Tuapse, after just a few days prior a drone wave had unleashed a fire so big it cold be seen from space, given the over 100-mile smoke plume that had spread over the Black Sea.

In this latest overnight Ukrainian assault reported Monday, the drone attack killed least one person and resulted in more major fires, and now emergency crews are battling their second huge blaze at the site in under a week. There's been a massive oil spill into coastal waters to boot. Continue…

The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition To 'NATO 3.0'

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-demanded-europeans-accelerate-their-transition-nato-30

This might be the US’ final warning before it takes drastic action to punish those who continue to reject Trump’s demands.

Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave an important speech at mid-April’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group in which he urged the Europeans to step up their transition to something that he described earlier this year as “NATO 3.0”.

As was explained here, “The idea is that NATO should return to focusing on defending itself instead of overextending itself in the Indo-Pacific, West Asia, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere”, and the preceding hyperlinked analysis explains how it aligns with Trump 2.0’s policies.

Circling back to Colby’s speech, he demanded that “Europe must accelerate its assumption of primary responsibility for the conventional defense of the continent”, including arming Ukraine through the “Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List” (PURL) program in which the US plays the most significant role.

To that end, “The need to quickly rebuild European munitions stocks is paramount, as is the need to remove protectionist trade barriers that stifle the continent’s industrial potential.”

He added that “Developing a robust, capable, and integrated European defense industrial base cannot simply be an aspiration, but an absolute pre-requisite for credible deterrence and defense.” Continue…

Iraq's Ruling Pro-Iran Bloc Races To Choose PM, While US Rejects Main Candidates

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iraqs-ruling-pro-iran-bloc-races-choose-prime-minister-while-us-rejects-main

The US has suspended all funding and security coordination with Iraq, and shipments of dollars the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), until a new Baghdad government acceptable to Washington is formed, Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported Monday.

The US is also conditioning continued security cooperation on the disclosure of those involved in the bombing of its embassy, the news channel added.

Nevertheless, on Monday, the CBI released a statement rejecting the Al-Hadath report. Since 2003, a decision issued by Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) head Paul Bremer has required that all Iraqi oil revenues be paid into an account at the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York, giving the US the ability to control how many US dollars are returned to the CBI.

From that point until today, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance has had to submit funding requests to the US Treasury, which then approves or denies them based on its own criteria.

This monthly transfer of US dollars, flown into Baghdad in pallets of hard cash, determines Iraq's ability to pay for basic needs such as salaries, food, and medicine.

Whenever Washington believes that Iraq is not aligned with US regional goals, including enforcing economic sanctions on Iran, Baghdad's major trading partner and a source of natural gas for electricity production, these fund transfers can be delayed or reduced. Continue…

Data Analytics Company Palantir Publishes An Ideological Manifesto

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/data-analytics-company-palantir-publishes-ideological-manifesto

People on the far-left and far-right of the political spectrum rarely find any issue upon which they intersect and share common ground. However, both sides have an almost religious fear of data analytics company Palantir. Their reasons might be different but their reactions are similar.

On the political left, Palantir is seen as Donald Trump's data gestapo. They hate the company because it has created tools used by DHS and ICE to track down illegal immigrants using welfare and medical subsidies information. It has also been an active ally in producing strategic analysis for Israel for the war in Gaza and Lebanon. Leftists argue that Palantir is a "genocidal" corporation and a technological harbinger of "fascism".

On the other side, libertarians view Palantir as the All Seeing Eye of Sauron - A precursor to total AI surveillance of the population. They view former CEO Peter Thiel's presence in the Trump Administration as a negative influence. Other conservatives argue that the company's relationship to Israel and its ties to the Trump Administration are more proof that the Israelis run the world.

Palantir has recently posted a sort of manifesto, a list of values or principles linked to CEO Alex Karp's book "The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, And The Future Of The West". Many of the ideas presented run more in line with libertarian or conservative principles, but they also deviate into areas that will surely ruffle feathers and elicit distrust. At the very least, Palantir presents a platform for debate about the future and the growing influence of digital technology on politics and war.

Because we get asked a lot.

The Technological Republic, in brief. Continue…

==Canada's Prime Minister Doubles Down On Militant Anti-US Rhetoric

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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/canadas-prime-minister-doubles-down-militant-anti-us-rhetoric

Well before Mark Carney was elected as Canada's Prime Minister in the wake of numerous scandals surrounding Justin Trudeau, critics noted that the candidate represented a far greater threat to Canada's freedom largely because he is far more devious than Trudeau ever was.

Carney is a central banker and high level World Economic Forum globalist well acquainted with the liberal "Reset" agenda, and it is no mistake that he has taken control of Canada at a time when European elites are pushing for an economic and geopolitical separation from the US. The plan is obvious - To isolate the US in an effort to stop the spread of conservative and nationalist movements throughout the west.

In other words, the globalists/leftists are trying to build a new empire in a last-ditched scramble to prevent their liberal order from fading away. Carney pretends as if they are breaking from the old system and starting something new by "calling out" the US. In reality, it was the US that broke from the liberal system and refused to "go along to get along". Continue…

Hungary’s Protection of Minors from LGBTQI+ Dogma Ruled Unlawful by E.U. Court

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/21/hungarys-protection-of-minors-from-lgbtqi-dogma-ruled-unlawful-by-e-u-court/

Hungarian legislation shielding minors from exposure to LGBTQI+ dogma violates European Union (E.U.) law and hurts respect for human rights and equality, the bloc’s court ruled Tuesday.

The European Court of Justice said Hungary’s legislation, first proposed in 2021 by the government of outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, “stigmatizes and marginalizes” LGBTQI+ persons and their feelings, and fails to uphold the E.U.’s prohibition of discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation, AP reports.

Hungary’s law specifically prohibited the display of content to minors that depicts homosexuality or gender change, while also providing harsher penalties for crimes of pedophilia, and had been challenged for some time by the E.U. and its courts. Continue…