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Top News Stories for Friday, April 24th 2026
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. Navy's blockade of Iranian vessels and ports will remain in place "as long as it takes" and indicated that the Trump administration is in no hurry to reach a peace deal with Iran. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Hegseth echoed Mr. Trump's recent comments that the U.S. is in control of the timeline for Operation Epic Fury, which has ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump's decision to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a boon for the industry: It gives dispensaries a big tax break, eases some barriers to researching cannabis and could even allow the export of marijuana to other countries. But that might only be Trump's first step. A new administrative hearing slated for the end of June could result in ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
On April 10, the house of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was attacked with a Molotov cocktail by 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama. The suspect, who was arrested the same day , had written a manifesto warning of the existential threat of artificial intelligence. In his missive, he advocated for killing the CEOs of AI companies, and he referred to himself as "butlerian jihadist" on Instagram (a reference to a war against ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Soldier Charged After Using Classified Intel On Maduro Raid To Win $400,000 On Polymarket --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. A U.S. special forces soldier who participated in the raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 on the online betting platform Polymarket. The Justice ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job, the Pentagon abruptly announced Wednesday, the first head of a military service to depart during President Donald Trump's second term but just the latest top defense leader to step down or be ousted. No reason was given for the unexpected departure of the Navy's top civilian official, coming as the sea service has imposed a blockade of Iranian ports ...
Source: cleveland.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their platform for five years. It is the latest high-profile case of alleged insider trading on prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket, which have brought bipartisan scrutiny from Congress and calls for ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Inquiry began in March after report on security arrangements involving FBI director's girlfriend, NYT says The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter after the newspaper published a story raising concerns about the security arrangements surrounding the girlfriend of Kash Patel, the FBI director, the Times has reported. According to reporting from the Times on Wednesday, the inquiry into Elizabeth ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Justice department has already identified 384 foreign-born people whose US citizenship it wants to revoke The Trump administration is reportedly pushing the justice department to pursue hundreds of denaturalization cases, in which Americans born outside of the US are stripped of their citizenship. The justice department has already identified 384 foreign-born US citizens, whose citizenship it wants to revoke and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
The United States did not always have a Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant founded it in 1870 to help suppress the Ku Klux Klan in the Southern states and enforce federal civil rights protections for formerly enslaved Americans. On Tuesday, Justice Department officials announced what may be the first Klan-friendly prosecution in the department's history. The Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, is ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court issued an order Wednesday blocking a California law requiring federal immigration agents to wear identification, another blow to the state's attempts to limit the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement tactics. The Trump administration argued that it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing, and violence and that it violated the ...
Source: news4jax.com