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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 29th 2026
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
DOJ Files A Truth Social Post As A Legal Brief — Which Admits To Sharing Top Secret Plans With A 'Fake' Organization There have been plenty of absolutely batshit crazy legal filings from Trump and his crew over the last few years, but a filing last night takes the crazy to new levels . This is in the case filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation against the National Park Service over the ballroom ...
Source: techdirt.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious The trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI began in dramatic fashion on Tuesday with opening arguments and the richest man in the world taking the stand to testify. Attorneys for the two tech moguls presented a California jury with two wildly different versions of the AI company's history, while ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
The White House revived its long-standing feud with Jimmy Kimmel this week, again calling for him to be fired over a joke that offended the president. But unlike the last Kimmel kerfuffle back in September, when ABC briefly yanked him off the air before restoring him amid a widespread backlash, Kimmel's network appears to be sticking by him this time. Though it's not clear if that might change as the federal ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
The Federal Communications Commission issued an order Tuesday directing Disney's eight owned-and-operated television stations to file their broadcast license renewals ahead of schedule. The move is tied to a yearlong investigation into Disney's DEI practices, a source with knowledge of the matter said, but it got fast-tracked after ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about first lady Melania Trump. "The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
An eightfold increase since 2020, with Facebook generating more losses than text and email scams combined New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently reported. Romance scams started on social media in 60% of reported cases. All age groups except the over-80s lost more ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
Ideas So Nobody Is Going to Pay Taxes Now? America actually needs a tax base. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Save Earlier this month, the IRS finished collecting 2025 taxes, taking in an estimated $5.2 trillion from businesses and households. That's a lot of cash. But Congress is spending $7 trillion a year, pumping out as much fiscal stimulus now as it did during the Great Recession. All of those ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
The coalition behind a plan to tax California billionaires on Monday announced it's reached a major milestone in its efforts to get its proposed wealth tax on ballots this fall. The California Billionaire Tax coalition revealed it has now filed more than 1.5 million signatures, or nearly twice the 875,000 signatures required to make the California Billionaire Tax Act an official state ballot initiative. The ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
No one was hurt inside the ballroom where President Trump was set to speak, but the gunman's ability to get so close raised concerns from security experts. The rush of guests entering the White House correspondents' dinner was over, and now Helen Mabus, a volunteer ticket checker, had a moment to herself. "It was very quiet," she recalled. But just then a man out in the corridor caught her attention: He was holding ...
Source: nbcnews.com