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Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns as misconduct probe deepens

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down as Labor Secretary to take a private sector position, White House communications director Steven Cheung announced Monday. Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling will...

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Anthropic bets $100 billion on Amazon to stay competitive in the compute arms race

Anthropic is doubling down on infrastructure, committing over $100 billion to Amazon over the next decade for massive computing power. The deal represents a critical move to keep pace in an industr...

James Rodriguez April 21, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pennsylvania court blocks Medicaid abortion funding ban, invokes state constitution

A Pennsylvania appellate court struck down a four-decade-old restriction on using state Medicaid funds for abortion, declaring for the first time that the state constitution protects abortion right...

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Cops and Sandwich Shop Owner Cooked Up Fake Crime Reports for $5K Each, Feds Say

Federal authorities have accused four Louisiana police chiefs and a Subway franchise operator of running a years-long immigration fraud scheme that hinged on fabricated robbery reports. The elabora...

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Judge halts Nexstar-Tegna merger weeks after $6.2B deal closes

A federal judge has ordered Nexstar Broadcasting and Tegna to unwind their merger operations, freezing the $6.2 billion combination that closed just weeks earlier. The preliminary injunction issued...

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Vance Races to Pakistan as Iran War Deal Hangs by a Thread

Vice President JD Vance is heading to Islamabad this week for high-stakes negotiations aimed at preventing a new round of U.S. military strikes on Iran, three U.S. sources confirm. The timing is cr...

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Fitness Influencer Dies During Ironman Swimming Event in Texas

A Brazilian fitness influencer drowned during the swimming portion of an Ironman competition near Houston on Saturday morning, authorities said Monday.Mara Flavia Souza Araujo, 38, was flagged as a...

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Trump cabinet member exits over misconduct allegations, while FBI director Patel sues over drinking report

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned from the Trump administration on Monday, stepping away from a position shadowed by an inspector general investigation into allegations of workplace misc...

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Secret Paxton Deposition Raises Fresh Ethics Questions

A sealed deposition has surfaced, revealing new details about ethical concerns involving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate candidate whose tenure has drawn scrutiny from both...

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Tory Lanez sues for $100M after prison stabbing, claims officials knowingly housed him with violent inmate

Tory Lanez is seeking $100 million from California corrections officials after being stabbed repeatedly while in state prison, alleging the attack was foreseeable and preventable.The rapper, curren...

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Federal Suit Blames D.C. Utility for Ignoring Red Flags Before Massive Sewage Catastrophe

The Department of Justice has filed suit against the District of Columbia's water authority, accusing it of disregarding prior warnings that led to a catastrophic sewage spill into the Potomac Rive...

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Victor Wembanyama makes history at 22, becomes first unanimous defensive player of the year

Victor Wembanyama has done something no NBA player has accomplished before. The San Antonio Spurs center became the league's first-ever unanimous defensive player of the year on Monday, a historic ...

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GOP Kills Biden Mining Ban in Minnesota

Republicans have moved to overturn a Biden administration rule that blocked mineral development in Minnesota, clearing the way for resource extraction projects in the state. The action targets an O...

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U.N. Shipping Rules Could Tank Cruise Industry Profits

A sweeping emissions regulation from the International Maritime Organization threatens to reshape the economics of ocean cruising, potentially raising ticket prices and squeezing margins across the...

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Trump labor secretary resigns over affair, alcohol allegations

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out as labor secretary after a cascade of misconduct allegations that painted an increasingly chaotic picture inside the department. The Trump administration announced her de...

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Trump orders fossil fuel surge, frames oil push as national security move

President Donald Trump on Monday issued a series of memos directing a dramatic expansion of domestic oil, coal, and natural gas production, arguing that inadequate energy supplies threaten American...

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Eight Children Dead in Louisiana Rampage

A shooting spree across Louisiana left eight children dead and two women wounded in what authorities are describing as a domestic violence incident that spiraled into mass killing. Police say a sin...

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Trump Invokes Cold War Power to Fast-Track Energy

President Trump signed a series of presidential memos Monday authorizing use of the Defense Production Act, a 1950 law that grants broad executive power to mobilize domestic industrial capacity for...

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The Politics Problem That Won't Quit

The political atmosphere has grown so toxic that some Americans find themselves unable to celebrate national wins without worrying about the partisan fallout. That's a sign of something deeper than...

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Apple's Tim Cook Steps Aside After 15-Year Run That Built a $4 Trillion Giant

Tim Cook is leaving the role of chief executive at Apple, effective Sept. 1, handing the company to hardware engineering veteran John Ternus. The leadership shift marks the end of an era for one of...

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Pope and Trump: A Clash of Visions Over Power and Faith

The tension between Donald Trump and Pope Francis reveals a fundamental divide in how two global leaders view authority, wealth, and the role of faith in the world.Francis, who emerged from the Lat...

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Whiskey from 1868 could reshape how Supreme Court reads commerce law

A 19th-century tax on moonshine may soon force the Supreme Court to reconsider what Congress can regulate under the Constitution's Commerce Clause. The 1868 distilled spirits tax, one of the oldest...

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What Wall Street Really Cares About: Fed Assets, Not Personnel

The identity of Federal Reserve leaders tends to dominate financial headlines, but markets are zeroing in on something far more consequential: the central bank's balance sheet itself.Kevin Warsh, t...

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Environmental Groups Challenge BP's Ultra-Deep Gulf Drilling Plan

Five environmental organizations filed suit against the Trump administration Monday over its approval of BP's Kaskida project, a 5 billion dollar ultra-deepwater drilling operation in the Gulf of M...

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Polymarket seeks $400m at $15bn valuation as conflict bets fuel explosive growth

Polymarket, the online prediction platform where users wager on geopolitical upheaval and global events, is raising $400 million at a potential valuation of $15 billion, according to reporting from...

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Army sergeant's wife detained at immigration office despite legal protection

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrested the wife of a US Army sergeant with nearly three decades of military service during a routine appointment at an immigration office in El Paso...

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Supreme Court Takes Up Catholic Preschool Fight Over State Funding and LGBTQ+ Admission Policies

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge from Catholic preschools in Colorado that claim the state wrongfully shut them out of a taxpayer-funded program because of their religious admission...

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Amazon Allegedly Pressured Vendors to Jack Up Prices, New Emails Reveal

California authorities unsealed a trove of internal Amazon communications Monday that paint a damning picture of coordinated price-fixing across the e-commerce giant's platform, according to newly ...

James Rodriguez April 20, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump's Iran gambit crumbles as ceasefire clock ticks down

President Trump promised reporters a peace deal with Iran by Monday. On Sunday morning, he said Vice President Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations. Neither claim was accurate....

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Trump Defends Iran Push: 'Time is Not My Adversary'

President Trump launched a combative defense of his Iran strategy Monday, dismissing critics who suggest he faces mounting pressure to broker a nuclear agreement with Tehran. In a series of posts o...

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Singer D4vd Faces Murder Charge in Death of 14-Year-Old Girl

Prosecutors have charged singer D4vd with murder in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed remains were discovered in a Tesla registered to him.The charge came months afte...

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Korir shatters Boston record as Kenya sweeps marathons again

John Korir crossed the finish line in dominant fashion Monday, destroying the Boston Marathon course record and delivering Kenya a second consecutive title sweep in the men's and women's races. Kor...

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Bayer's Roundup Reckoning: Thousands of Cancer Claims Could Derail Settlement

Bayer faces a mounting legal crisis as thousands of cancer cases continue to flood U.S. courts, threatening to collapse the company's carefully constructed settlement plans. The litigation landscap...

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Europe finally wakes up to Netanyahu's contempt

Benjamin Netanyahu has spent months dismissing European criticism with barely concealed disdain. Now, after years of angry words that went nowhere, the EU appears ready to back its rhetoric with ac...

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US Navy seizes Iranian cargo ship attempting blockade run

The United States military seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel on Sunday after it attempted to bypass an American naval blockade controlling the Strait of Hormuz, according to statements from th...

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Luna Makes His Move for World Cup Spot with Standout Performance

Diego Luna has spent the last year fighting his way back into Mauricio Pochettino's plans for this summer's World Cup roster. A knee injury sidelined him early in the MLS season, forcing him to mis...

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Religious Fervor Surrounds Trump as Supporters Cast Him in Biblical Terms

A striking theological framing has emerged among some Trump supporters, who are casting the former president in explicitly religious language typically reserved for prophetic or messianic figures.T...

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Arsenal's Title Dream Still Breathing as City Wobbles Forward

Manchester City seized control of the Premier League title race with a narrow escape against Arsenal on Sunday, but the finish line remains far enough away that nothing is settled. Pep Guardiola's ...

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Klinsmann's Son Breaks Neck in Italian League Collision

Jonathan Klinsmann, the 29-year-old goalkeeper and son of former Germany striker Jürgen Klinsmann, suffered a serious neck injury during a second-tier Italian match on Saturday. The incident occurr...

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What Justice Thomas Got Right About American History

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has long pushed back against a sanitized version of American history, one that glosses over uncomfortable truths while also refusing to let partial narratives ...

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Eight children slaughtered in Louisiana home rampage, deadliest U.S. mass shooting since 2024

Shamar Elkins, 31, opened fire in two Shreveport homes on Sunday, killing eight children aged three to 11 and injuring three others in what authorities described as a violent domestic incident. Pol...

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After 75 years, Korean War soldier finally comes home to New Mexico

A US Army sergeant missing since the opening months of the Korean War was buried this spring in his hometown, finally laid to rest after remains were identified through DNA analysis more than seven...

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Democrats Missing the Moment to Sell Clean Energy as War Drives Gas Prices Higher

The conflict roiling the Middle East has sent gasoline prices soaring above $4.10 a gallon nationwide, yet Democratic leaders have largely failed to seize on the disruption as a case for shifting a...

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FBI Director Patel sues Atlantic for $250M over drinking allegations story

Kash Patel has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, seeking $250 million in damages over an article published in April that detailed allegations of excess...

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Mother, six children perish in Pennsylvania home explosion

A devastating explosion and fire claimed seven lives in central Pennsylvania on Sunday morning, leaving investigators searching for answers about what triggered the blast that consumed a Lamar Town...

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Trump Opens Floodgates on $166 Billion Tariff Refund System

The Trump administration launched a digital claims platform Monday to process refunds for more than $166 billion in tariffs, nearly four months after the Supreme Court stripped the president of leg...

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Kennedy's New Podcast Drops Health Talk for Trump Talking Points

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new Secretary Kennedy Podcast is shaping up as something quite different from his previous show. Where The RFK Jr Podcast once hammered on vaccine skepticism and Covid-19 co...

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Billion-Dollar Lebanon Aid Effort Raises Hard Questions

The United States has funneled roughly a billion dollars into Lebanon over recent years, but the results remain murky and difficult to measure. The aid commitment raises fundamental questions about...

James Rodriguez April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read