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Donald Trump has told Iran to 'get their act together' over America's demands to stop its nuclear programme and to 'get smart soon.' US President shared an AI-generated image of himself wielding a large gun while surrounded by explosions with the caption: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy!' It was accompanied with a warning to the mullah regime. Trump said: 'Iran can't get their act together. They don't know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!' The price of Brent Crude - the international benchmark for oil - has risen to $115 per barrel as talks to...

Former Democrat Rep. Barney Frank has entered hospice care.

The First Covid Indictment, FinallyDr. David Morens was Anthony Fauci’s long-trusted assistant at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of many subdivisions of the National Institutes of Health. He worked there for nearly a quarter of a century, a job he snagged out of his training as a virologist and his tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He was loyal to his boss, clearly to a fault. Now he is the first lamb sacrificed in what is likely to be a long series of prosecutions. Morens, now 78 years old, has been indicted by...

After two days of emotional testimony, Texas lawmakers and investigators Tuesday laid out a grim assessment of Camp Mystic’s leaders’ role in last summer’s devastating floods that left 27 dead: no real evacuation plan and a delayed response as waters rose. That’s raised mounting doubts for state lawmakers about whether the camp should reopen as planned. The work of the state legislative committee – led by the same two investigators lawmakers hired in 2022 to investigate the Uvalde school massacre – offered the clearest picture yet of what happened at Camp Mystic’s Guadalupe River campus in July, pieced together through...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer welcomed King Charles III to Capitol Hill Tuesday with a large bandage covering about half his forehead. The New York Democrat was first seen with the bandage – and a small abrasion just below it – Monday on the Senate floor. The senator said he suffered the wound after a late-night encounter with an open door.

The academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum has died aged 61. Dr Ittai Gradel, from Denmark, alerted the British Museum and the police after he was able to buy dozens of museum artefacts on eBay over the course of several years. Gradel died of renal cancer days after receiving a rarely presented medal from the museum in recognition of what its director called his “very significant contribution”, according to the BBC. A police investigation is still ongoing, more than three years after the museum reported the thefts to Scotland Yard...

British monarchs deliver their political messages in code — and the reference we just heard Charles make to 9/11 is worth unpacking. “In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time … we answered the call together, as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder,” the king said. Make no mistake — this is a carefully targeted rebuff to Trump and his allies in Congress that, contrary to the president’s repeated claims over recent weeks, NATO was in fact there to help in America’s hour of need. Charles...

Scrapping the Welsh government's Nation of Sanctuary policy would have "disastrous" consequences for social cohesion in Wales, the head of a Welsh refugee charity has warned. The scheme aims to help refugees and asylum seekers placed in Wales by the UK government to integrate and access public services. However, ahead of May's Senedd election, the Welsh Conservatives and Reform UK have pledged to scrap it, citing concerns over the cost and message it sends. Between 2019-2025 the Welsh government spent 0.05% of its total budget on Nation of Sanctuary. All the other major parties have reiterated their support for the...

In a speech to Congress, the monarch avoided naming the president but highlighted democratic norms, Ukraine and Western unity.King Charles III urged Americans and Britons to draw on their shared heritage to defend democratic values, including checks on executive power, as he exhorted U.S. lawmakers to address global problems collectively in an era of unusually sharp divisions. In the course of his first state visit to the United States as monarch, Charles stayed scrupulously nonpartisan over the course of a 28-minute address to a joint meeting of Congress. But he promoted what he described as centuries of common interests, including...

Washington — A former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is facing charges over an alleged scheme to hide federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Dr. David Morens, 78, was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month and charged with five counts, including conspiracy, destruction of records in federal investigations, and concealment of records. He made his initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge Monday and is set to be arraigned next week. Morens served as a senior adviser to NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through...

The line between protected political speech and an actionable threat is not blurry, Congress drew it Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stood at the Justice Department podium Tuesday and delivered a message as clear as the statute he cited: “You are not allowed to threaten the President of the United States. Full stop.” In a Fox News clip that quickly went viral, Blanche announced that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two felony counts stemming from a since-deleted Instagram post featuring seashells arranged on a beach to...

Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate at Pomona College was a good fight — and an enlightening one. This time, there were eight candidates onstage, which probably will not help Democrats consolidate their vote. It did, however, lead to substantive exchanges over policy. The most memorable candidate was Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. He was combative, but also knowledgeable on policy. None of the Democrats in particular stood out, though Katie Porter had her best performance yet. Matt Mahan also did well, especially towards the end. CBS News should be credited for holding a lively and successful event. However, the moderators almost derailed...

California gubernatorial candidates struggled to break through on the debate stage Tuesday, as Democrats look to capitalize on former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) dramatic exit from the crowded field. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, billionaire Tom Steyer, former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and five other rivals, including Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton, fought for standout moments in the 90-minute program at Pomona College in the unique, nonpartisan contest. Faced with questions about affordability, housing and other crises facing the Golden State, the candidates clashed in crosstalk, interruptions and squabbles with moderators just a week after a more muted showdown. Becerra jabbed...

The acting U.S. ambassador to Kyiv Julie Davis will step ​down from her post and retire, a U.S. official and ‌the State Department said on Tuesday, amid a lull in U.S.-brokered talks to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Financial Times first reported Davis' departure and said it was ​because of differences of opinion with President Donald Trump's policies and ​that Davis had grown frustrated with her role over his ⁠dwindling support for Ukraine. A career member of the U.S. Foreign Service with more than three ‌decades ⁠of experience, Davis assumed her duties as charge d'affaires...

President Trump says Iran is “in a State of Collapse” and wants the Strait of Hormuz opened “as soon as possible” while talks continue. That is the pressure point right now: Tehran wants relief, global energy markets want the waterway open, and the U.S. blockade is still being used as leverage. Fox News highlighted Trump’s latest comments Tuesday afternoon: NEW: President Trump says Iran tells him it is in a "State of Collapse" and wants the U.S. to open the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/C95ebyxa70— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 28, 2026Axios put Trump’s Tuesday claim in the...

A video exposing Ford’s dystopian patents for new vehicles has gone viral on X, fueling outrage over the accelerating war on personal vehicle ownership and freedom of movement. The clip details in-cabin cameras, biometric scanners, lip-reading AI, emotion detection, and real-time criminal database queries – all deciding whether your truck will let you drive. In the video, the narrator states “imagine there was an emergency outside the truck… An accident…I jump in this truck. But it won’t shift into drive. Why? Because cameras and sensors inside of my cab won’t let me shift.” Ford can suck my white ass. pic.twitter.com/JjlTXPHZov...

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, penned a social media message in the hours after President Trump was nearly assassinated — again — that called for calmer voices and cooler heads in the political realm; that said, “It’s incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy.” And then he stopped laughing and hit “post” and called 1-800-BUY-BRIK — his speed dial source for pallets of bricks used by Democrat-voting supporters during their various peaceful street protests. Let’s be real. Or, as Obama might say, “Let me be clear.”...

Polls show Americans are angry – and rightly so – at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits. UnitedHealthcare just reported jumbo profits so far in 2026, and in 2025, it recorded revenues of more than $400 billion. It is raking in profits from the $1.9 trillion in federal healthcare programs. Two of the largest "nonprofit" hospital chains, Kaiser Permanente and HCA Healthcare, recorded nearly $200 billion in assets at the end of 2024. As Republican Rep. Jason Smith (MO-8), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, put it: "Hospitals are charging an...

An enterprising New Jersey man raked in up to $20,000 a day running illegal marijuana vending machines — with at least 80 locations across the state, prosecutors said. Ben Gross, a 40-year-old Toms River resident, was arrested Friday after investigators identified him as the owner of the Barbwire vending machine company. Cops in Ocean and Monmouth counties spent more than two years tracing the operation, officials said. Prosecutors said Gross made between $17,000 and $20,000 per day from the machines.

The United Nations, in its infinite wisdom has appointed the Islamic Republic of Iran to serve as one of the 34 Vice Presidents of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference on Monday, which is set to review the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The decision was made by a bloc of non-aligned and other states, typically composed of developing and non-nuclear countries. BREAKING: The U.N. just elected the Islamic Republic of Iran as one of the Vice Presidents of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference.Bravo to the U.S., UAE, Australia, UK, France and Germany for objecting.Last time, only 🇺🇸 spoke out: https://t.co/bmhFp2gKEw https://t.co/Ije4bXbV7u...