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King Charles calls for international cooperation in historic address to Congress

28 April 2026 at 21:38
British monarch King Charles III made an appeal to the shared values between the U.S. and the U.K. while stressing the importance of international cooperation and service in a historic address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday. “The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” Charles said....

Hilton, Steyer lead the pack in crowded California governor's race: Poll 

28 April 2026 at 17:09
Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer are the leading candidates in the packed race to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), according to new polling released on Monday. The CBS News poll surveyed likely California primary voters on their support for eight of the politicians running to lead California. Hilton received 16 percent of...

Southern Poverty Law Center: Informant program was not kept secret

28 April 2026 at 16:21
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) refuted the federal government’s allegation that the civil rights organization obscured details about its paid informant program in new court filings on Tuesday, following last week's grand jury indictment. In two motions submitted to a federal court on Tuesday, the SPLC pushed back on acting U.S. Attorney General Todd...

Trump tells reporters US received new proposal from Iran after trip cancellation

25 April 2026 at 21:42
President Trump said his administration received a new proposal from Iran after he canceled a U.S. delegation’s trip to Islamabad for a second round of peace deal talks. “They gave us a paper that should have been better. And interestingly, immediately, when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was...

Sunday shows preview: Iran war deal prospects uncertain after Trump calls off talks

25 April 2026 at 21:09
President Trump called off a second round of peace talks with Iran on Saturday, the day U.S. officials were set to travel to Islamabad for negotiations. Iranian officials met with Pakistani mediators on Saturday morning for “a very fruitful visit,” according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The foreign minister said his government has “yet...

Trump scraps latest peace talks after Iranian officials depart Pakistan

25 April 2026 at 16:39
President Trump announced on Saturday that he canceled U.S. officials’ planned travel to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran. Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were set to travel to Islamabad on Saturday to take part in these talks, but the president said in a Truth Social post on Saturday...

DNC chair on Trump ‘trying to hold onto power’ ahead of midterms: ‘We’re planning for everything’

25 April 2026 at 16:03
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said the party is “planning for everything” ahead of the midterms.  Martin acknowledged polling favoring Democrats in the upcoming elections during a Saturday morning appearance on MS NOW'S "The Weekend," but he warned that President Trump could try to “suppress the vote.” “Ignore all [the polling], because what...

Maher torches Trump on Iran war he supported: 'He keeps saying we won and we didn't'

25 April 2026 at 15:09
Late night host Bill Maher on Friday rebuked President Trump’s comments about the U.S.’s military operations against Iran, after initially backing the strikes. “The problem is he keeps saying we won, and we didn’t. We didn’t,” the comedian said during his Friday show "Real Time." “Hormuz is not open,” he continued, referring to the Strait...

Murphy warns Ellison, other 'information oligarchs': Dems will break up big media

25 April 2026 at 14:17
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) vowed that Democrats will "break" up large media conglomerates in response to a recent event hosted by Paramount CEO David Ellison following the company’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery this past week.  “Ellison and the information oligarchs should enjoy it while they can because when Democrats win power we are...

Former NATO ambassador warns of 'terrible consequences' in criticizing Trump Iran moves

25 April 2026 at 03:02
Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker warned European nations against criticizing President Trump’s military operations against Iran. “You might think that this is a huge folly and going to have terrible consequences, but you don't have to say it,” Volker said on the Friday episode of Politico’s "EU Confidential" podcast. “By saying it, you...

US military kills 2 'narco-terrorists' in Eastern Pacific strike

25 April 2026 at 02:29
The U.S. military killed two “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). The military unit announced the strike by posting a video of the boat exploding on the social platform X on Friday evening. Southcom commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan...

Mississippi governor calling for special session over state Supreme Court map after VRA decision

25 April 2026 at 01:50
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) announced on Friday that he will call a special session to consider new voting maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a landmark redistricting case.   Reeves said state legislators will return to Jackson, Miss., 21 days to redraw electoral maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Louisiana v....

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