Today in One Sentence. The FBI searched the office of a Virginia Democratic state lawmaker who helped lead the state’s redistricting plan earlier this year Trump helped defeat at least five incumbents in Indiana’s Republican primaries that had blocked his mid-decade redistricting plan Tennessee Republicans unveiled a proposed congressional map that would eliminate the state’s only Democratic U.S. House the FBI reportedly launched a criminal leak investigation into the Atlantic writer who reported about concerns over Director Kash Patel’s drinking and conduct Iran is reviewing a U.S. proposal to end the war even as Trump threatened Tehran “if they don’t agree, the bombing starts […] a much higher level and intensity” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein 87% of Americans have a negative view of Trump’s social media post depicting himself as Jesus 63% of Americans blame Trump for the increase in gas prices and 61% of Americans say the country used to be a great place for immigrants, but not anymore.

1/ The FBI searched the office of a Virginia Democratic state lawmaker who helped lead the state’s redistricting plan earlier this year. FBI agents executed a search warrant at Sen. L. Louise Lucas’ office and a neighboring cannabis dispensary she co-owns as part of a corruption investigation into possible marijuana-related bribery that began under Biden. Lucas has not been charged. The search came weeks after Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional map. Lucas helped push Virginia’s mid-decade redistricting plan that could give Democrats up to four more House seats. After Republicans complained that the new Virginia map was unfair, Lucas replied: “You all started it and we fucking finished it.” (Fox News / Associated Press / New York Times / CBS News / NBC News / Bloomberg / Politico / Washington Post)

2/ Trump helped defeat at least five incumbents in Indiana’s Republican primaries. The senators had helped block his mid-decade redistricting plan that could’ve helped Republicans target Indiana’s two remaining Democratic U.S. House seats. Trump-aligned groups spent more than $12 million on races that usually draw little national attention. In Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy won the Republican nomination for governor, while Sherrod Brown advanced to a U.S. Senate race against Jon Husted that could help decide control of the chamber. In Michigan, Democrat Chedrick Greene won a state Senate special election, giving Democrats another off-year win and securing their majority in the chamber. (Washington Post / Politico / Axios / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / CNN / ABC News / Associated Press / The Guardian / CBS News / NBC News)

3/ Tennessee Republicans unveiled a proposed congressional map that would eliminate the state’s only Democratic U.S. House seat. The plan would divide majority-Black Shelby County across three districts and give Republicans a shot at a 9-0 delegation. Lawmakers, however, must first repeal Tennessee’s ban on mid-decade redistricting and pass new election rules before the August primary. (NBC News / Axios / Politico / New York Times / The Hill)

4/ The FBI reportedly launched a criminal leak investigation into the Atlantic writer who reported about concerns over Director Kash Patel’s drinking and conduct. Patel has sued The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick for $250 million, claiming the story was false, while the magazine said it stands by the reporting and will defend its staff against “government harassment.” The FBI, meanwhile, said “no such investigation” exists, calling it “completely false.” (MS Now / New Republic / The Atlantic)

  • 📌 Previously on WTFJHT – Apr 20, 2026: FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and a journalist for defamation, seeking $250 million over an article that said he showed “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences,” was “often away or unreachable, delaying time-sensitive decisions,” and had become a point of concern inside the FBI and Justice Department.

5/ Iran is reviewing a U.S. proposal to end the war even as Trump threatened Tehran “if they don’t agree, the bombing starts […] a much higher level and intensity.” Hours later, Trump said the U.S. had “won” the war and held “very good talks” with Iran, adding: “We’re in good shape” but “we have to get what we have to get.” The reported one-page memo would start 30 days of talks on the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, frozen funds, and limits on Iran’s nuclear program. (New York Times / CNBC / NPR / CBS News / Axios / Associated Press / Reuters / ABC News / CNN / Bloomberg)

  • Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 U.S. military structures or pieces of equipment across the Middle East since the war began – far larger than the Trump administration has publicly acknowledged. (Washington Post)

6/ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Justice Department files showed Lutnick visited Epstein’s private island in 2012, four years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, and then kept in contact after he previously said he cut ties in 2005. Committee Chairman James Comer said Lutnick was “forthcoming” but “wasn’t 100% truthful,” adding that the transcript would let “the American people judge.” Democrats, meanwhile, called Lutnick “evasive, nervous” and “dishonest,” and described his answers as “contortions and lies.” The interview wasn’t videotaped, which Democrats called part of an “egregious cover-up.” Lutnick is the first sitting Trump Cabinet official questioned as part of the panel’s Epstein investigation. (Associated Press / NBC News / MS Now / Bloomberg / New York Times / ABC News / The Guardian / CBS News / CNBC)

poll/ 87% of Americans have a negative view of Trump’s social media post depicting himself as Jesus. 9% had a positive reaction. Trump later deleted the image. (Washington Post)

poll/ 63% of Americans blame Trump for the increase in gas prices, including 32% of Republicans and 63% of independents. (NPR)

poll/ 61% of Americans say the country used to be a great place for immigrants, but not anymore, while 27% feel the country is currently a great place for immigrants, and 10% say the U.S. was never a great for immigrants. (Associated Press)

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