The Petersburg Post

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - Britain's King Charles III will emphasize the long history and democratic values his country shares with the United States in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivered while relations between the two nations are at an unusually low ebb. He will start his speech, which is expected to last around 20 minutes, by expressing solidarity and talk about how the US and United Kingdom stand ...

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - A political and media dispute has erupted involving United States President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel. Melania publicly criticised Kimmel on Monday and urged the TV network ABC to take action against him. The president has gone further, calling for Kimmel to be removed from his role altogether. The controversy centres on remarks Kimmel made during a comedy ...

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 ...

Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - Proposal for a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in the state is opposed by Silicon Valley tech titans and Gavin Newsom The backers of a proposal to levy a one-time tax on California billionaires say they have gathered enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot in November. The initiative has become one of the most politically contentious issues in the state over the past year, spurring tech moguls to spend ...

Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - The Trump administration has hired dozens of new immigration judges with no immigration law experience, including some with openly pro-MAGA views, in a bid to fast-track deportations. In an unprecedented purge, the Department of Justice has fired more than 100 immigration judges since President Donald Trump took office last year, and has hired more than 140 new judges to replace them. Just 24 percent had worked for ...