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Charleston: Six Republican candidates — Nancy Mace, Alan Wilson, Pamela Evette, Ralph Norman, Rom Reddy and Josh Kimbrell — debated at the College of Charleston's Sottile Theatre on Tuesday, April 21, in the second of fo…
Washington — President Donald Trump extended an open-ended ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday while ordering the US Navy to continue enforcing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and he asserted on Truth Social that the bloc…
Washington: President Donald Trump extended a US ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, delaying the scheduled end of a two-week pause in hostilities to allow Tehran time to present a unified proposal. He said t…
Israel – During Israel’s national day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a ceremony at which Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel’s campaign in Lebano…
U.S. forces have boarded the oil tanker M/T Tifani in the Bay of Bengal on suspicion of smuggling Iranian crude, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Described by U.S. officials as a “right-of-visit maritime interdiction,” the ope…
Washington — On Tuesday, Senate Republicans unveiled a 58‑page budget resolution to launch the reconciliation process to fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. The meas…
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a dispute over the Federal Communications Commission's imposition of forfeiture orders on Verizon and AT&T after finding they allegedly sold customer…
Hawaii: On April 21, India's Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi visited the United States Army Pacific headquarters in Honolulu, where he was accorded a formal Guard of Honour at Fort Shafter and held bilateral …
Washington — President Donald Trump’s job approval held at about 36% this week as national polls found many Americans questioning his temperament amid the Iran war and a public dispute with Pope Leo. The Reuters/Ipsos si…
WASHINGTON, U.S.: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on April 20 amid an inspector general investigation into allegations of professional misconduct, according to administration announcements and media reports.…
Washington—Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday as senators examined his financial disclosures, views on interest rates, and pl…
Washington: Vice President J.D. Vance’s planned travel to Islamabad to lead U.S. talks with Iran became uncertain on Sunday when President Donald Trump said Vance would not go, citing Secret Service concerns about arrang…
California: Rock band The Strokes ended their Weekend 2 Coachella set on April 20 by screening a video montage that accused the CIA of enacting regime changes and displayed footage of Israeli strikes in Gaza alongside fo…
Frankfort, Ky. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced Monday she is running for governor in 2027, speaking at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History; she cited her record as the state's 58th lieutenant governor, …
Arlington, Va. — Voters in Virginia held a special election this Tuesday to decide whether to approve an amendment allowing the General Assembly to adopt temporary congressional districts ahead of the upcoming midterm el…
An explosion struck a command post of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) at the Kalso military base, about 50 kilometers south of Baghdad, overnight between Friday and Saturday, according to Iraqi military and secu…
Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that American representatives will travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday evening to hold ceasefire negotiations with Iran; the delegation is reported to include s…
Washington, D.C. — Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, April 19 criticized President Donald Trump, asserting at a Michigan Democratic Women’s Caucus event in Detroit that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'p…
Los Angeles — Billionaire Tom Steyer has spent or booked over $115 million on broadcast, cable and radio advertising across California, saturating television and mobile ad inventories as campaigns and voters prepare for …
Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that American negotiators, including envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will travel to Islamabad on Monday for a second round of talks with Iran, following a…
Washington — This week The Atlantic published a report alleging that FBI Director Kash Patel exhibited conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences, citing multiple unnamed officials and recounting an April 10 episod…
Iran has publicly rejected the idea of transferring its enriched uranium abroad, underscoring a key impasse in ongoing U.S.-Iran nuclear talks. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on state television that Iran…
Oman – Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) gunboats fired on an Indian-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) in the Strait of Hormuz less than 24 hours after Iran and former U.S. President Donald Trump pub…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The May 5 primary will test former President Donald Trump's influence after state senators resisted White House pressure to approve a redistricting plan; national groups and pro-Trump organizations h…
WASHINGTON — Seven weeks into the conflict after President Donald Trump joined Israel in strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, the administration is confronting mounting domestic economic fallout as Iran said it would reopen the S…