WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump made it to 50 percent approval in Monday's daily tracking poll -- and he not only made sure everybody knew about it Tuesday but took some shots at his predecessor in the White House. Mr. Trump had a higher approval rating than disapproval (49 percent) for one of the few days so far in his presidency in the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, the only survey to track the president on a daily basis. He took to Twitter to crow about it and coin a new nickname for President Barack Obama.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The big gaps in Teddy Kennedy's "explanation" of what happened that night on Chappaquiddick continue to be filled by rumor and, naturally, by speculation. Various scenarios are circulating, such as the one pieced together by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson, which has Teddy concocting a plan to have his factotum Joseph Gargan take the rap, a plan abandoned by Teddy, Markham, and Gargan the next morning. Another scenario, outlined by Francis Russell in this issue, has Teddy taking Rosemary Keough to the beach, unaware of a sleeping Mary Jo in the back seat of the car.... (more)

CBS NEWS — Statistics on gun ownership across the U.S. are hard to nail down; the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is not all-inclusive, and some guns go unregistered.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — How do we know what's new? One of the empirical consequences of aging is that one's perception of "what's new" changes over time. In my experience, the fact that self-driving cars are right this instant headed toward a highway near where I live is something new. Passion-driven teenagers gathering in droves to demand changes in public policy is not. Neither is the fact that the changes they seek logically contradict the result for which they yearn.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — An image of the San Damiano Cross, showing Jesus in glory, "reigning from his cruciform throne," has been rejected by Facebook because of its "shocking content." "This is what the monitors at Facebook consider excessively violent, sensational, and shocking," said a statement from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio... (more)

PJ MEDIA — So maybe there is some hope for the next generation after all. About 75 students at Rockledge High School in central Florida walked out of class in support of the Second Amendment on Friday. The students say they felt "silenced" last week when students walked out in support of gun control.... (more)

DAILY WIRE — At the start of this week, former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom suggested to Fox News' Maria Bartiromo that former President Barack Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan committed felonies and not Gen. Michael Flynn.... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Cynics like to claim that Christians at Easter unknowingly celebrate a pagan spring fertility rite that the church co-opted for its own purposes. This is nonsense. Easter is directly related to the Jewish week of Passover. Jesus Himself was the sacrificial paschal lamb, crucified for the sins of the whole world before His resurrection on the third day. His rising and the empty tomb are the ultimate celebration of new life not just here on earth but for all of eternity.... (more)

YOUTUBE — This is a narration called "One Solitary Life" originally written by James A. Francis and recited by Bing Crosby.... (more)

YOUTUBE — During the Inaugural Prayer Service on Jan 21st, Marlana VanHoose performed the ancient hymn "How Great Thou Art." Melania was clearly moved by the song, and led a standing ovation. Marlana was born blind, yet has blossomed into a talented and anointed performer.... (more)

YOUTUBE — 6 Chorale Preludes "Schübler-Chorales": Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 · E. Power Biggs... (more)

BIBLE GATEWAY — Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — I am a Christian for one simple reason: the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. There is simply no credible alternative to the view that his grave was empty on Easter morning because of his bodily resurrection. His body wasn't there because he wasn't there. And he wasn't there because he had been raised from death to life.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The United States said Friday it has secured the support of the U.N. Security Council for a new package of sanctions designations that target smuggling at sea by North Korea. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the North Korea Sanctions Committee, which comprises all members of the U.N.'s most senior decision-making body, unanimously approved designations of 21 shipping companies, one individual and 27 ships. She said it was the largest-ever set of U.N. designations against the North.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Trump administration's plans for a border wall will put about 1,000 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border behind some barrier -- up from 654 miles right now, the Border Patrol said Friday. "That will make a major difference," said Ronald D. Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as he briefed reporters on progress in building the wall.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to grant pregnant illegal immigrant girls in U.S. custody unfettered access to abortions, ruling they have a constitutional right to the procedure. Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee to U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., who has been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration in several major cases, said that the government has been creating too many hurdles in the path of the teen girls.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Jerome Corsi's red-hot new book "Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump" is a runaway bestseller -- but you'd never know that from reading The New York Times. In an interview with Newsmax TV, Corsi said that he's not entirely surprised at his book's exclusion from the high-profile list.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Obama CIA director John Brennan, a subject of ongoing analysis at the American Spectator, recently uncorked an epic Twitter rant. Enraged by President Trump's words aimed at FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Brennan steamed at the president: "When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America...America will triumph over you."... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — ABC's wildly popular "Roseanne" reboot has been renewed for another season, the network announced Friday. "We're thrilled that America has welcomed the Conner family back into their homes," ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said in a statement. "The show is as fresh and relevant today as it was when it left the air 21 years ago. We can't wait to see what the 'Roseanne' team has in store for next year."... (more)

BOB UNRUH — The FBI's credibility has been challenged by President Trump and members of Congress in recent months. Its former director, James Comey, admitted handing over government documents to a member of the public to trigger appointment of a special counsel. Comey's deputy, Andrew McCabe, was investigating Hillary Clinton's email scandal while McCabe's wife's political campaign was receiving financial donations from her associates. Several agents had to be removed from another project because of their open political bias. And evidence suggests that agents used a politically funded hit piece on Trump as a legal document to obtain search warrants from a secret court.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Byron Allen, the executive producer of the movie "Chappaquiddick," about the 1969 scandal involving Sen. Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne, faced a struggle to release the movie. "Unfortunately, there are some very powerful people who tried to put pressure on me not to release this movie," Allen told Variety.... (more)

NEWSMAX — A Facebook Inc. executive said in an internal memo in 2016 that the social media company needed to pursue adding users above all else, BuzzFeed News reported on Thursday, prompting disavowals from the executive and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — I feel like the prophet Jeremiah. He was always the prophet I did not want to be when I grew up. He not only was the bearer of bad news to Israel, but he did not exactly live a mostly comfortable life -- like Ezekiel and Daniel.... (more)

AP NEWS — Two British militants believed to have been part of an Islamic State group cell notorious for beheading hostages in Syria were unapologetic in their first interview since their capture, denouncing the U.S. and Britain as "hypocrites" who will not give them a fair trial. The men, along with two other British jihadis, allegedly made up the IS cell nicknamed "The Beatles" by surviving captives because of their English accents.... (more)

ART MOORE — Amid new evidence of Obama White House collusion with the FBI in the probe of alleged Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided a special prosecutor is not needed at the moment to investigate allegations of abuse of power by the bureau and by Hillary Clinton in the sale of Uranium One.... (more)