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Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - The United States showed little immediate enthusiasm for a new Iranian proposal that would end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz without resolving the impasse over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program . Iran's latest offer looked "better" than past pitches, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday, after it was discussed by President Donald Trump and his national security team. But there was little ...

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel's ouster , the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Days before an armed man charged a security checkpoint at Saturday's dinner, Kimmel aired a skit on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" mocking the annual dinner and addressing the first lady. "You ...

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - in the U.S. on Monday afternoon, in the king's first visit to the country as monarch. The king's speech on Capitol Hill will be the first address to Congress by a British monarch in 35 years. The king and queen are in the U.S. to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year. It comes at a time when the U.S. war with Iran and the president's criticism of NATO threaten ...

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Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - As part of the scramble by the Donald Trump administration to deport immigrants as quickly as possible after they have been swept off the street by heavily armed ICE agents , a huge recruitment campaign is reportedly underway to pack the courts with compliant judges, many of whom have zero experience in immigration law . According to a Washington Post investigation , the Justice Department has fired more than 100 ...