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Top News Stories for Saturday, April 25th 2026
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. Republicans in the upper chamber are ramping up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to swiftly approve a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguing that tens of thousands of federal workers could miss paychecks next month if the House delays much longer. early Thursday ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump on Thursday bemoaned to reporters the surge of interest in gambling and prediction markets in recent years, but he and his administration have been all in on the phenomenon, an NBC News review shows. "You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino. And you look at what's going on all over the world and Europe, and every place they're doing these betting things. I ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. The Justice Department on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, regarding a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters. "This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is facing criticism from lawmakers and environmental groups after vetoing a bill that would have enacted the nation's first statewide moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers. The bill, LD 307, which passed both chambers of Maine's Legislature with bipartisan support earlier this month, would have stopped state and local governments from issuing permits for data centers ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Layoffs in the tech industry are increasing as companies that are spending the most on AI infrastructure are simultaneously cutting thousands of jobs. Meta said on Thursday that it's cutting 10% of its workforce, just as Microsoft announced that it's offering employee buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history. "This represents a fundamental structural shift rather than a temporary market correction," said ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The story of the first round of the 2026 NFL draft surrounded a quarterback but it wasn't No 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza . As expected, the Las Vegas Raiders selected Mendoza with the first pick on Thursday after he led Indiana to the national title last season. But the shock of the night came when the Los Angeles Rams picked another quarterback, Alabama's Ty Simpson, at No 13. The Rams current starting ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Before the war on Gaza, the seed of Israel's strategy of wholesale destruction was planted in a 2006 war on Lebanon. Today, the playbook repeats itself Shortly after 2pm on 8 April, it seemed that Beirut was hit by an earthquake. Within 10 minutes, multiple apartment buildings were obliterated, leaving in their wake mounds of rubble and shattered glass, pulverized concrete and twisted metal – and hundreds of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told federal agencies that the Trump administration will be enhancing its engagement with the private sector to counter foreign-led distillation campaigns designed to undermine U.S. AI advances. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday accused China and other foreign entities of engaging in "deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to ...
Source: washingtontechnology.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Iran's soccer team would be allowed to enter the United States to play in the World Cup this summer, but the Trump administration would deny entry to Iranians with ties to the country's military, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. The United States is co-hosting the 48-team World Cup this year with Canada and Mexico, starting June 11. The Iranian team qualified for the tournament last year but its ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
By and Federal prosecutors in Miami have pursued cases to strip U.S. citizenship from at least four people so far this year under a concerted effort from the Trump administration to dramatically increase the number of denaturalization cases, according to a Miami Herald review of public statements and court records. As part of the Trump administration's aggressive mass deportation campaign, federal officials have ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese journalist who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague this week described hours of agony as they waited for help to arrive, in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday. Zeinab Faraj, a young freelance photographer and video journalist, frequently moved on assignment with Amal Khalil , a longtime correspondent in southern Lebanon with the Lebanese ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The personal health data of over half a million UK Biobank volunteers has been put up for on e-commerce platforms and online marketplaces in China, following a data beach at the scientific research organization. In a statement made to the House of Commons, the Minister for Digital Government and Data, Ian Murry, confirmed the breach. "Biobank told us that three listings that appear to sell UK Biobank participant ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World will not open following dozens of animal deaths, conservation groups said late Friday, as 13 remaining sloths were placed in the care of animal experts at Central Florida Zoo & Biological Gardens. The 13 sloths arrived Friday and are in quarantine at the Sanford zoo, said Richard E. Glover, CEO of the zoo ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The Hangzhou startup released preview versions of both models on Hugging Face on Friday. V4-Pro claims top performance on coding and maths among open models, trails only Gemini 3.1-Pro for world knowledge, and falls "marginally short" of GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1-Pro, a gap DeepSeek says is "approximately 3 to 6 months." Both models are open-source. DeepSeek The company posted DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash on ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Welcome, + The DOJ's decision to drop its Fed renovation investigation removes a key obstacle to Kevin Warsh becoming chair. A more dovish tone could help, but FOMC votes, labor data and elevated oil prices will shape the 10-year yield and mortgage spreads. AI Summary Jerome Powell's tenure as Federal Reserve chair is coming to an end as the Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its investigation of alleged ...
Source: housingwire.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Homes were reduced to rubble as twister touched down for 30 minutes and carved out a trail of destruction At least 10 people were injured after a tornado hit northern Oklahoma , as a strong weather system produced a dozen reported twisters that tore destructively through parts of the central US overnight. At least 40 homes were damaged, and light damage was reported at a nearby air force base. Though injuries amid ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The malware provides remote access and control of infected devices and maintains post-patching persistence. At least one US federal agency was infected with a backdoor as part of a widespread China-linked espionage campaign targeting Cisco firewalls. In May 2024, Cisco patched two vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewall platform that had been exploited as zero-days in a state-sponsored ...
Source: securityweek.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
It took more than two years, but we can finally rest easy that it's not the contorted remains of an alien creature. Reading time 3 minutes A strange, mound-shaped object was found at the bottom of the ocean in 2023, and scientists had no idea what it was. After years of running tests and working with hundreds of samples, a team of researchers has finally solved the puzzle. And no, it's not weird alien stuff. ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said he is taking accountability for actions that have created a distraction for New England without addressing specifics about photos published recently of him with longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort. Vrabel spoke for just over seven minutes prior to the start of Thursday's NFL draft . He vowed to prioritize his family by beginning ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Apple has rolled out security updates for iPhones and iPads that fix CVE-2026-28950, a logging issue in Notification Services that made devices unexpectedly retain notifications marked for deletion. The vulnerability was patched following a about the FBI accessing a suspect's Signal message notification content on their iPhone, despite Signal being deleted from the device. As usual, Apple did not offer more details ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
In February, The New York Times reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had assigned rotating SWAT teams to guard his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, as she traveled around the country. The article portrayed that use of FBI resources as highly unusual and ethically questionable. "If you want to be a celebrity or a social media star, get your own security," a former FBI official told the ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Shares in Intel soared on Thursday after it smashed quarterly earnings expectations in what could be a sign that the US chip maker is on a path to recovery. Intel reported revenue of $13.6 billion in a 7 percent increase from the same quarter a year earlier, but logged a $3.7 billion loss that was less than the market had anticipated. It forecast revenue in the current quarter would range from $13.8 billion to ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is investigating compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law that compelled the department to release records related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The preliminary objective of the probe is "to evaluate the DOJ's processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act," said Deputy ...
Source: nbcnews.com