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Saturday, Apr 18th, 2026 - The ceasefire between the US and Iran is in grave peril after Iran announced on Saturday that, in response to the continued US blockade, it would once again impose travel restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz after briefly reopening it on Friday. Iran has used the strait—through which about 20% of the world's oil passes—as a chokepoint on Western commerce in response to the illegal US-Israeli war ...

Saturday, Apr 18th, 2026 - – A is allowing President to continue building a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ruling a day after on the site of the former East Wing. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Friday put on temporary hold the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon halting part of the project. The panel scheduled a hearing for June 5 to review the case. In his ...

Saturday, Apr 18th, 2026 - There were 33 deaths of ICE detainees in 2025, with 17 so far in 2026 April 18 (UPI) -- The number of people who have died while being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has surpassed a 2004 high, and several deaths this year remain under investigation. The agency on Friday released delayed reports on four people who died earlier this year, bringing the total in 2026 to 17, which is more than half of ...

Friday, Apr 17th, 2026 - FATIMA HUSSEIN 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump 1 of 2 (ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing ...