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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 16th 2026
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
April 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military's maritime blockade of Iran has "completely halted" sea-based trade with the Middle Eastern country, U.S. Central Command said late Tuesday. President Donald Trump announced the blockade on Sunday after negotiations to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran collapsed. The blockade of 12 U.S. warships, more than 100 fighter and surveillance aircraft and more than 10,000 soldiers began ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
The Capitol Hill ethics purge is poised to spare Rep. — at least for now. The pressure on Reps. to resign Tuesday amid serious sexual assault accusations from former staffers have shown there are limits to what lawmakers will tolerate from their colleagues. And Mills, a Florida Republican, has for months been under scrutiny for allegedly breaking campaign finance rules and threatening to release nude videos ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
Ideas We Shouldn't Need Accountants America's insane tax-filing process Bettmann / Getty Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 7:51 If you are anything like me, you have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks opening letters, finding receipts, requesting PDFs, scanning documents, and going through your credit-card statements line by line. It's tax season. And in the United States, taxes are a DIY affair. This ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in office over five years ago. Trump commuted the prison sentences of several Proud Boys and ...
Source: npr.org
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Washington — Another woman came forward with allegations against former Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday, claiming the California Democrat drugged and raped her after he offered to help her career in 2018. Swalwell announced Sunday that he would be ending his campaign for governor of California and said Monday he planned to resign from Congress. He officially resigned on Tuesday. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will hang three flags on its flagpole at the monument Removed from bookmarks The flag — one of several Pride banners at the 7.7-acre (3.1-hectare) park — won't be removed, except for "maintenance or other practical purposes," the filing said. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald's to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt The DoorDash delivery driver who had a turn in the national spotlight on Monday by bringing a fast-food order to Donald Trump at the White House has publicly touted the president's so-called "no tax on tips" policy before – causing some to question the encounter's authenticity and the company to confirm ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
The Los Angeles Unified School District strike has been called off after LAUSD reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday morning with Local 99 of Service Employees International Union. Schools will be open as usual on Tuesday. The tentative agreement was the third and final milestone needed to avert a walkout and school shutdown in the nation's second-largest school district — and comes as a relief to ...
Source: latimes.com