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Three U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Be In The Middle East

Sun, April 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM EDT The record-length deployment of the United States Navy’s newest and largest operational nuclear-powered supercarrier continues. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has been at sea for 299 days as of Sunday, surpassing the post-Vietnam War-era record of 294 days of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) set during that aircraft carrier’s 2019-2020 deployment. U.S. Navy officials have indicated that USS Gerald R. Ford could be deployed for up to 11 months, equaling and ...

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Now Trump Reportedly Wants Nation's Highest Military Honor... For Himself

Apr 20, 2026, 03:32 AM EDT | Updated 3 hours ago President Donald Trump has never served in the U.S. armed forces, but reportedly wants to give himself the nation’s highest military honor anyway. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Trump has “mused” about awarding himself the Medal of Honor. The medal is bestowed by the president on service members who, according to the official criteria, “distinguish themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity, risking loss of l ...

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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Caribbean Sea

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 181 people in total. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Despite the Iran war, the series of strikes have ramped up again in the past week or so, showing ...

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CNNs Jake Tapper Presses Trump Energy Secretary:You Told Me Worst Case Was Gas Prices Would Only Be High for a Few Weeks

Apr 19th, 2026, 3:10 pm CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Energy Secretary Chris Wright Sunday on when Americans can expect gas prices to drop to under $3 a gallon, as a second round of peace talks is set to get underway in Pakistan. Iran reneged on Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi’s statement Friday that “the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” by firing on two Indian vessels trying to make their way th ...

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Migrant children's shelter investigated after claims kids were restrained and isolated in a 'red room'

Sunday 19 April 2026 17:11 EDT A shelter for migrant children in New York is facing allegations of abuse including placing children in restraints and isolating some kids in a so-called “red room,” according to a report. The alleged abuse occurred at Children’s Village, a shelter in Dobbs Ferry, 25 miles north of Manhattan, which has served unaccompanied migrant children since 2004, CNN reported. The children were allegedly beaten by a “special unit” team, with abuse taking place out of the ...

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UAE asks US for a wartime financial lifeline

2h WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the U.S. about obtaining a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a deeper crisis, U.S. officials said. U.A.E. Central Bank Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama raised the idea of a currency-swap line with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Treasury and Federal Reserve officials in meetings in Washington last week, the officials said. The Emiratis emphasized that they had so far avoided th ...

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"I'll see you in court!' Kash Patel doubles down on his vow to sue The Atlantic over their blockbuster expose

Story by Joe DePaolo • 2h • ....................... “They can beat their drums, and stand next to toxic waste all they want, but that doesn’t make it toxic waste,” Patel said. “And Maria, I’m happy to announce on your show that we’re not going to take this laying down. You want to attack my character? Come at me! Bring it on! I’ll see you in court!” “So you’re going to sue them?” Bartiromo said. “Absolutely, it’s coming tomorrow,” Patel replied. “Tomorrow, you will be dropping a lawsui ...

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Trump Says JD Vance Won't Join U.S. Team For Renewed Iran Talks After Dizzying Early Reports

Sun, April 19, 2026 at 10:58 AM EDT President Donald Trump on Sunday told ABC News that JD Vance will not be leading the U.S. team for renewed talks to end the Iran war after a dizzy, initial series of reports on the vice president's involvement in the negotiations. Trump, per a report from ABC's "This Week" host Jonathan Karl, said the U.S. Secret Service "did not feel comfortable" having Vance go to Pakistan on 24 hours notice for such talks. "JD is great," ad ...

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Trump says U.S. struck and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman

Published Sun, Apr 19 2026 3:37 PM EDT Updated 14 Min Ago The U.S. struck and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday. In a post to Truth Social, the president said the U.S. intercepted a ship called the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman and gave it a warning to stop. The vessel was fired upon when it did not stop. The U.S. has been operating a naval blockade of ships entering and exiting Iranian ports since last week. "The Iranian crew refu ...

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'I was brought in to unite': Mentalist Oz Pearlman to host White House Correspondents' Dinner

April 19, 2026, 1:43 PM Oz Pearlman, better known by many as Oz the Mentalist, has stunned some of the world's richest and most powerful people with his ability to seemingly read their minds and conjure up information even their closest friends wouldn't have access to. But Pearlman will be the first to tell you he's not actually reading anyone's mind. He's just reading people. As this year's host of the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Pearlman is facing perhaps his toughest match yet: th ...

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With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington

22 min ago - Updated 6:39 AM EDT, April 20, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and th ... (AP)

Moya Brennan, Whose Gaelic Pop Band Won Worldwide Fame, Dies at 73

51 min ago - Clannad consisted of her uncles, siblings and, briefly, her sister Enya. In a memoir, Ms. Brennan described a stormy youth followed by a Christian reawakening. By Alex Traub April 19, 2026 Moya Brennan, the eldest of nine children from a Gaelic-speak ... (NYT)

Polymarket Faces Congress Over 'Traitorous' Military Bets

55 min ago - Published Apr 19, 2026 at 03:00 PM EDT updated Apr 20, 2026 at 04:25 AM EDT Representative Eugene Vindman, a Virginia Democrat, launched a formal demand for Polymarket to turn over internal records, labeling well-timed bets on U.S. military operation ... (Newsweek)

Now Trump Reportedly Wants Nation's Highest Military Honor... For Himself

1 hr ago - Apr 20, 2026, 03:32 AM EDT | Updated 3 hours ago President Donald Trump has never served in the U.S. armed forces, but reportedly wants to give himself the nation’s highest military honor anyway. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weeken ... (Huff Post)

US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Caribbean Sea

1 hr ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in ... (APNews.com)

US imposed 2-week deadline during secret Cuba meeting

1 hr ago - Updated April 19, 2026, 9:23 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — The U.S. has given Cuba two weeks to release high-profile political prisoners in a sign of good faith. The demand was presented during a secret meeting on April 10 in Cuba, according to a source ... (USA Today)

Union Now Is America's New Strike Fund

2 hrs ago - The new nonprofit will put money directly into the hands of workers so they can fight harder and win bigger. by Whitney Curry Wimbish April 20, 2026 NEW YORK - The American labor movement will soon have something it's never had before: a centralized ... (American Prospect)

Mar-a-Lago's Catholic Bishop Delivers Sunday Rebuke to Trump

2 hrs ago - Sun, April 19, 2026 at 8:57 PM EDT The bishop of Palm Beach has rebuked Donald Trump for his “disrespectful and violent attacks” on Pope Leo XIV, as outrage over the president’s feud with the pope reaches his own backyard. Bishop Manue ... (Yahoo! News/Daily Beast)

Three U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Be In The Middle East

3 hrs ago - Sun, April 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM EDT The record-length deployment of the United States Navy’s newest and largest operational nuclear-powered supercarrier continues. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has been at sea for 299 days as of Sunday, surpass ... (Yahoo! News/Forbes)

Oil prices rise anew after a US-Iran standoff in the Strait of Hormuz strands tankers

3 hrs ago - Updated 7:39 PM EDT, April 19, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose in early trading Sunday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf waterway that is crucial to global energy sup ... (AP)

Michigan Refuses Trump Administration Demand for 2024 Election Ballots

3 hrs ago - April 19, 2026, at 7:21 p.m. NEW YORK, April 19 (Reuters) - Michigan officials on Sunday ⁠pushed ⁠back on a U.S. Department of ⁠Justice demand for Detroit-area ballots and other materials related to the 2024 election, accusi ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

Migrant children's shelter investigated after claims kids were restrained and isolated in a 'red room'

4 hrs ago - Sunday 19 April 2026 17:11 EDT A shelter for migrant children in New York is facing allegations of abuse including placing children in restraints and isolating some kids in a so-called “red room,” according to a report. The alleged abuse o ... (The Independent)

Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:24 AM EDT, April 20, 2026 TOKYO (AP) -- A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert in the region. The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 occurred of ... (AP)

Dark money floods Virginia redistricting fight, with millions linked to Peter Thiel

4 hrs ago - 12h Tens of millions of dollars are pouring into both sides of Virginia’s high-stakes redistricting fight, a closely watched test in the national battle over gerrymandering that could help determine control of Congress in November. On Tuesday, V ... (msn/Time)

Ukraine's long-range strikes inflicted billions of dollars in Russian oil revenue losses in March, Zelensky says

5 hrs ago - Ukrainian estimates show that long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure inflicted at least $2.3 billion in lost oil revenue for Russia in March alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 19. "I am grateful to all our warriors for their ... (Kyiv Independent)

'Such a f-ing distraction': Labor Department probe overshadows Trump's worker agency

5 hrs ago - 04/19/2026 04:00 PM EDT President Donald Trump is staring down the prospect of filling another hole in his Cabinet — and one of his own appointees may end up forcing the issue. Anthony D’Esposito, who leads the Labor Department’s in-ho ... (Politico)

Zelensky Says Ukraine Signs 10-Year Defence Export Deals With Three Middle East Countries

5 hrs ago - Ukraine has signed 10-year defence export agreements with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Kyiv expands cooperation with Middle Eastern countries on drone warfare and integrated air defence syste ... (Kyiv Post)

CNNs Jake Tapper Presses Trump Energy Secretary:You Told Me Worst Case Was Gas Prices Would Only Be High for a Few Weeks

6 hrs ago - Apr 19th, 2026, 3:10 pm CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Energy Secretary Chris Wright Sunday on when Americans can expect gas prices to drop to under $3 a gallon, as a second round of peace talks is set to get underway in Pakistan. Iran reneged on Fo ... (MEDIAite)

Bulgaria's ex-president leads Russia-friendly party to victory in snap parliamentary elections, exit polls show

10 hrs ago - Progressive Bulgaria, the Kremlin-friendly coalition led by former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, is the projected winner of the country's snap parliamentary elections on April 19, according to multiple exit polls. The coalition is on track to win ... (Kyiv Independent)

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit

12 hrs ago - Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's second stage put the payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, in an unusable orbit ... (CBS News)