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Drudge ReportApr 18, 2026
Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope clash simmers...




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Drudge ReportApr 18, 2026
IRAN: STRAIT CLOSED






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BBC PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Senior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPs
Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Drudge ReportApr 18, 2026
Growing movement warning it could turn on humanity...




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AI 'that could escape the lab' sparks fear...



BBC PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess
The decision to send Peter Mandelson to Washington has become a scandal that just won't go away for Labour.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Trump signs short-term extension of surveillance law passed by Congress


Drudge ReportApr 18, 2026
Inside Story of Five Days That Remade Supreme Court...




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Drudge ReportApr 18, 2026
Is Congress having a reckoning over sexual misconduct -- or just a moment?




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New York Times PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Inside the Supreme Court's Risky New Way of Doing Business
Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court's now-routine "shadow docket" rulings on presidential power.

Washington Post PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Trump orders more access to psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and ibogaine
The president is directing federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 18, 2026
While Trump lashes out at Spain, progressive leaders rally in Barcelona to defend democracy


New York Times PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So Much
Analysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were over.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado draws a huge Madrid crowd and rebuffs meeting with Spain's PM


Yahoo PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30


Washington Post PoliticsApr 18, 2026
Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame
"I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Trump says Iran has agreed to his demands. Iran says he's lying.


BBC PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Key questions facing government over Mandelson vetting
It's emerged that Lord Mandelson did not pass inital security vetting checks ahead of taking up the role of ambassador to the United States.

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What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row? (BBC Politics)

Washington Post PoliticsApr 17, 2026
House votes to briefly extend warrantless surveillance law amid GOP divisions
Trump officials say the program is vital to national security, but skeptics — including some Republicans — have stonewalled its reauthorization without changes to protect civil liberties.

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House Votes to Extend Expiring FISA Surveillance Law for 10 Days (Politics - U.S. House)

BBC PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Why Starmer is under renewed pressure over Mandelson scandal
Political correspondent Harry Farley reports as new information emerges about the former US ambassador's appointment to the role.

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Starmer sacks top Foreign Office official after Mandelson vetting revelations (BBC Politics)

Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
US and Cuban officials met recently in Havana amid new diplomatic push


Politics - U.S. HouseApr 17, 2026
With Vaccines Widely Popular, Kennedy Changes Tone, but Maybe Not His Plans
Several moves suggest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy could revive his campaign to question the safety and effectiveness of the shots after the midterm elections.

New York Times PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Homeland Security Expands Deportation Fleet With High-End Jets
The contract for five planes doubles the Department of Homeland Security's fleet of jets to expel immigrants, and includes two Gulfstream planes, according to documents and interviews.

Politics - U.S. HouseApr 17, 2026
What Maine Voters Are Thinking About Ahead of 2026's Senate Election
Our readers in the state tell us about its high-stakes Senate race.

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Traders place $760M bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement...




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CBS SAILS INTO STRAIT...



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Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open' (Foreign Policy)

Washington Post PoliticsApr 17, 2026
House Democrats push to grill Stephen Miller, Tom Homan
Democrats want to grill the top immigration officials in a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee. But the White House did not say if they'll participate.

NYT Homeland Press ReleasesApr 17, 2026
Una viuda francesa de 85 años fue detenida por el ICE tras una disputa de herencia
Después de la muerte de su esposo, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé enfrentó una batalla patrimonial con sus hijastros. Una jueza dijo que uno de ellos usó su posición como empleado federal para detenerla. Tras 16 días, fue liberada y regresó a Francia.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Lula and Sánchez to 'work for peace' at gathering of progressive leaders in Barcelona


Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit


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Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit (Yahoo Politics)
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks (Washington Post Politics)

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
MAG: What's really behind Trump clash with Pope?




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Hannity lectures Leo on 'teachings of Christ'...



Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Administration embraces quest to stamp out events of Jan. 6...




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NYT Homeland Press ReleasesApr 17, 2026
She Made Sure Her Baby Was Born an American. Then Federal Agents Separated Them.
Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a hospital while she returned to a detention center.

BBC PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Supermarket food prices to be capped under SNP manifesto pledge
The cost of "essential" items such as bread, milk and cheese are to be limited under John Swinney's plan.

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Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, Senate Democrats report finds (Yahoo Politics)

New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
How Trump's Clash With Pope Leo Turned Into a Fight Over Theology
When President Trump and G.O.P. leaders denounced the pope's comments about the U.S. attack on Iran, they touched off a religious debate over what is and isn't a "just war."

Democracy NowApr 14, 2026
Exclusive: Former American & Iranian Negotiators on Ceasefire Talks & How War Could End
After the first round of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan collapsed over the weekend, we speak to two former nuclear negotiators about prospects for ending the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including what another nuclear deal might look like. Robert Malley, a U.S. negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal (which President Trump withdrew from in his first term), says Trump's "mercurial" behavior makes it difficult to predict his objectives and the course of any future talks. "Iran was in full compliance with the JCPOA" and was blindsided by the U.S.'s decision to pull out of the deal, says Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who served as spokesperson for Iran's nuclear negotiation team from 2003 to 2005. Now its leaders "don't know whether the U.S. is really for diplomacy or not."

Democracy NowMar 23, 2026
Iran War & Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveal Decline of U.S. Empire: Historian Alfred McCoy
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has now entered its fourth week. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces is being felt worldwide, as shipments of oil, natural gas and fertilizer have been drastically curtailed. A fifth of the world's oil supply transits through the strait, and the price of oil is up by about 50% since the war began in late February.

On Saturday evening, President Trump threatened Iran on social media, saying he would "obliterate their various power plants, starting with the biggest one first," if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully reopened within 48 hours. He later extended his deadline by five days following Iranian threats to destroy essential infrastructure, including energy and water systems, across the Gulf. Iran has denied reports of direct or indirect talks with the U.S.

If Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and "hold Washington to ransom," it will have significant leverage, says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "In a strategic analysis, Iran right now is in the dominant position."


The Daily BeastOct 16, 2024
Anderson Cooper Literally Calls Bulls*** on Surrogate's Trump Defense
CNNCNN anchor Anderson Cooper was flabbergasted Wednesday by a surrogate's defense of Donald Trump, calling his explanation for the former president's bombastic statements literal "bulls---."

On AC360, former California Lieutenant Gov. Abel Maldonado, a Republican, said that Trump's recent comments calling for the military to "handle" Democrats were simply his way of expressing his inner New Yorker. "He's a fighter," Maldonado added.

The conversation began when Cooper brought up Trump's former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, who, alongside other military leaders, have begun to warn of the dangers of re-electing the former president. Milley has called Trump a "fascist to his core."

Read more at The Daily Beast.


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