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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 23rd 2026
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
The Justice Department has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who sued the DOJ and FBI for over flawed government surveillance he faced due to his Russian contacts in 2016, Page, who investigators focused on during their probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, is one of a growing number of past Trump allies who have reached legal ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads to Capitol Hill on Wednesday on a potential collision course with the Republican who helped put him in the job: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy. It will be Kennedy's first appearance in nearly a year before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, which Cassidy chairs. The senator, who is up for reelection, cast the key vote to confirm Kennedy last year ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
The Atlantic Daily The Big Question the Fed-Chair Hearing Leaves Open At yesterday's confirmation hearing, Kevin Warsh remained tactically opaque. Graeme Sloan / Bloomberg / Getty April 22, 2026, 7:35 PM ET Save This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Speaking ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Cloud data management and data security company Rubrik Inc. today announced a deepening of its partnership with Google Cloud with two new integrations that extend its reach into managed database protection and agentic artificial intelligence governance. Announced at the Google Cloud Next conference this week, the first new release pairs Rubrik Security Cloud with Google Cloud SQL by adding cyber ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
The Justice Department on Tuesday accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied civil rights organization, of defrauding donors and stoking "racial hatred" through payments it made to informants working for a variety of hate groups. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that a grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment against the nonprofit, charging it with bank fraud, wire ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
By In September 2026, Apple will welcome its second chief executive since founder Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. John Ternus, who has worked at Apple for more than two decades, will replace Tim Cook as CEO in the third quarter. Here's how much Ternus is likely to make as CEO and what his net worth is in 2026. Ternus has a net worth of around $75 million to $100 million, according to MSN . Most other sources list ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Attorney General James Uthmeier said prosecutors reviewed chat logs showing ChatGPT advised the suspect on weapons, ammunition, and timing. The probe is the first criminal investigation into an AI company over an alleged role in a mass shooting in the US. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Tuesday that the state's Office of Statewide Prosecution has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
logo appears in this illustration taken April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Kalshi, a so-called prediction market that allows betting on events, said it caught three candidates for federal office after they attempted to place trades on their own elections . In a press release on Wednesday, Kalshi's Bobby DeNault touted the enforcement actions as proof of a "commitment to policing all types of unfair or ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Editors' note, April 21: Xbox Game Pass offers a slew of benefits, like the ability to play on a myriad of devices -- not just consoles -- and access to games on Day 1 of release on certain plans, making this a convenient gaming subscription service for a wide range of people. Every Xbox Game Pass plan costs less than the price of a new AAA game each month, yet gives access to dozens -- if not hundreds -- of ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
News US appeals court rules Texas can require Ten Commandments in classrooms The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Texas may require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. In a closely divided en banc decision in Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District , the court reversed a lower court injunction which blocked enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 10, ...
Source: jurist.org
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Musk's AI startup, xAI, has held discussions in recent weeks with Mistral and AI coding startup Cursor about a potential three-way partnership, people familiar with the matter said. Mistral is a French AI startup that was founded in 2023 and has positioned itself as an independent alternative to US frontier labs. SpaceX, which owns xAI, announced a deal this week with Cursor that gives SpaceX the option to buy ...
Source: insider.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Anthropic says it is looking to claims of unauthorized access to it Mythos AI model. "We're investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments," the company said in a statement to PYMNTS Wednesday (April 22). The artificial intelligence (AI) startup added it had found no evidence that this activity extended beyond its third-party vendors, ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Disappointing returns from emerging technology mean CIOs are changing course and working more closely with their business peers to ensure AI initiatives produce measurable value. There's been a wake-up call for CIOs. All the talk about perceived productivity boosts that have previously dominated conversations about AI has been replaced with a demand for measurable value from investments in emerging tech. As ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. A federal appeals court has halted a California law that requires visible identification for law enforcement, including immigration agents, on Wednesday that the mandate is likely unconstitutional. Circuit had put the law briefly on hold until it could take a closer look. The keeps ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
A new bill approved in the United Kingdom's legislature will stop people born on or after January 1, 2009 from buying tobacco during their whole lives, as part of a years-long effort by ministers to create a "smoke-free generation". Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Commons in 2024, aiming to protect public health and reduce the harm ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA's expansive rollback of environmental protections Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump's expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia EU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, prompting ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
April 22 (UPI) -- A billionaire backer of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial crypto business is suing the organization alleging extortion. Justin Sun is accusing the company of a scheme to take his WLFI tokens, which are the cryptocurrency the company issued, the BBC reported . "Unfortunately, certain individuals on the World Liberty project team have been operating the project in a manner that goes against ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes Framework's ultra-repairable PCs are, by their nature, open platforms. So it seemed strange for the company's founder and CEO, Nirav Patel, to call its latest "Pro"-level Framework Laptop with its new choice of open-source OS "the MacBook Pro for Linux users." Instead, you should see Framework as pushing the envelope of what we expect from PCs. Sure, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro is supposed to ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Watch out Marty Supreme , there's a new contender for the throne of table tennis champ—and it's not human. Research out today showcases a robot that can match and even best elite human players. Scientists at Sony's AI division developed the autonomous robotic system, dubbed Ace. Their study details how Ace won a majority of its matches against table tennis players with extensive ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Meta will track its employees' keystrokes, clicks and mouse movements -- and even capture screenshots of what's on their computer screens -- to help train the company's AI models. That's according to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing an internal memo sent to workers. According to the memo, Meta will install a new software program called the Model Capability Initiative on the computers of US-based ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
April 22 (UPI) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies Coinbase and Gemini for violating state gambling laws. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, targets the companies' prediction markets . James said prediction markets fit the state's legal definition of gambling. "Gambling by another name is still gambling and it is not exempt from regulation under our state laws and ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that she's considering possible sanctions against the government of Chihuahua — a state bordering Texas — for allowing CIA agents to participate in an operation to dismantle drug laboratories, because any security collaboration with the U.S. should be approved by Mexico's federal government. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
The Trump administration on Wednesday neared a rescue deal for struggling Spirit Airlines, in a rare move to support a single air carrier. The deal, which has not yet been finalized, would offer $500 million to the discount airline, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would give the airline additional liquidity as it works toward emerging from bankruptcy and grapples with elevated fuel costs due to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, span more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, including a weekend that was El Salvador's bloodiest since its civil war. A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gang violence through ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Privacy organizations and advocates are raising concerns about the SECURE Data Act, a piece of federal legislation introduced Wednesday that would preempt state privacy laws. Introduced by Rep. John Joyce, a Republican from Pennsylvania, and Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Republican from Kentucky who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, the legislation aims to create a nationwide standard for protecting personal data. ...
Source: statescoop.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
A former ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to secretly working with the BlackCat ransomware group and consipring to launch attacks against multiple victims across the US. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O'Lakes, Florida, admitted one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay or affect commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by extortion. Martino, who is believed to have worked for ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe is an effort to settle their stomachs after all the junk food they receive – and sometimes steal – from crowds of tourists. Researchers spotted the intentional mud eating, known as geophagy, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
Los Angeles becomes first major US school district to limit classroom screen time Los Angeles' education board has voted to restrict student screen time in classrooms, making it the first major US school system to do so. The resolution requires staff to develop screen-time policies based on grade level and bans first-grade and younger students from using devices. It comes as the district, which serves about half ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
April 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Houston has dismissed a case brought by FBI Director Kash Patel accusing pundit Frank Figliuzzi of defamation. U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr. of the Southern District of Texas said in an order released Tuesday that comments Figliuzzi made on MSNBC's Morning Joe on May 2 were "rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation." Figliuzzi is a former assistant ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Apr 21st, 2026 -
FOXBOROUGH — Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said he's had "some difficult conversations" over the past two weeks after Page Six published photographs of him hugging and holding hands with NFL reporter Dianna Russini. "Those have been positive and productive," Vrabel said Tuesday, two weeks after Page Six's story . "We believe in order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Trump's Fed chair pick says he'll maintain independence – but won't say president lost 2020 election
Tuesday, Apr 21st, 2026 -
Kevin Warsh says 'we need to take politics out of monetary policy' as Elizabeth Warren calls him Trump's 'sock puppet' Donald Trump 's nominee for US Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh , faced a tumultuous hearing in Washington on Tuesday, fielding scrutiny over his wealth and his ability to operate independently of the president who appointed him. Should he be confirmed, Warsh will hold one of the most powerful ...
Source: theguardian.com