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Top News Stories for Monday, April 27th 2026
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Todd Blanche says 31-year-old suspect will be charged with assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer From Donald Trump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary. "What happened last night is exactly the reason that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and both Tehran and Washington showed little sign of softening their positions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew back to the Middle East from mediation talks in Pakistan over the weekend, while U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped a planned visit to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholomew, authorities said. Bartholomew, a 10-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. Saturday after being shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. A second officer ...
Source: apnews.com
Sen. Thom Tillis drops blockade of Trump's Fed chair nominee, clearing path for Warsh's confirmation
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Sunday said he'll vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. The announcement comes after Tillis for weeks blocked Warsh's nomination from moving forward as he protested a Justice Department investigation into the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "We worked a lot over the weekend to make sure that we were very clear that we have ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives had written about targeting Trump administration officials, and his family raised concerns with law enforcement before the event, President Donald Trump said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Channel. The accused gunman's family had alerted police in Connecticut, Trump ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own world record. However, it was Sawe who stole the limelight in a huge moment in sporting history as he broke the two-hour barrier, shattering the world record previously held by his late compatriot Kelvin ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but he also called for unity and bipartisan healing in an increasingly violent world. "It's always shocking when something like this happens. Happened to me, a ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
"i am tremendously thankful for everything you've done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai," Altman said. is set to spill into a courtroom this week, where nine ordinary Californians will have the chance to render a verdict. The jury will be tasked with digging into Musk's grievances against Altman. Did Altman, as Musk ...
Source: insider.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Separatists in northern Mali said they joined Islamic militants in launching one of the biggest coordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital and several other cities that left at least 16 wounded. It was the first time that a Tuareg-led separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said it had operated alongside the al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM, which also claimed ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...
Source: wbur.org
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
The roommate of a slain University of South Florida doctoral student was charged with murder on Saturday as the search continues for another missing student. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon in the death of USF students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Abugharbieh and Limon were roommates. Abugharbieh ...
Source: nbcnews.com