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Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 - — The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of furloughed employees back to work, according to internal emails obtained by CBS News, even as most of the agency technically remains shut down and unfunded by Congress. The directive, which was issued to employees at DHS agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, marks a ...

Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 - Donald Trump has thrown his public support behind plenty of foreign allies ahead of their various elections, but the American president's support for Hungary's Viktor Orbán was qualitatively different from anything he's done before. This was an instance in which the Republican saw a kindred spirit in need of a rescue, which Trump appeared desperate to provide. to campaign for Orbán, he also , just two ...

Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 - NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will resume flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, reversing course two months after removing the banner from the first national monument commemorating LGBTQ+ history. The government revealed the decision in court papers as it agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by advocacy and historic ...

Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 - A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria. The ruling follows a 2022 case in the United States in which the French firm pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to US-designated "terrorist" ...