Nightly News Roundup for Apr. 29, 2026

Donald Trump honored the first lunar crew since Nixon with four minutes before pivoting to two wars he couldn't keep straight by name; James Comey surrendered over an Instagram seashell post while the president interpreting "86" as a mob kill order controls the nuclear codes; Pete Hegseth spent six hours before Congress confirming a five-week war is now eight weeks and $25 billion deep without confirming he recommended it; Shane Bracko paid $90,000 for a Cybertruck that failed before he cleared the lot and later wrecked in a ditch, as Tesla recalled five million vehicles in 2024 and paid zero federal tax on $5.7 billion in 2025 income; two juries gave E. Jean Carroll $88.3 million after finding the sitting sex offender president liable, and he asked a court to swap his name for the country's; the Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's court-mandated map unconstitutional while Justice Clarence Thomas questioned whether the Voting Rights Act applies to maps at all; Pam Bondi agreed to testify about Epstein's network behind closed doors after ignoring her subpoena; and Congress renewed warrantless FBI access to Americans' communications by stapling a digital currency ban to the bill, because the grift must be comprehensive. The warrant is decorative. Tape rolls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.