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Latest News • Apr 24

US imposes sanctions on Chinese 'teapot' refinery for buying Iranian oil

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Friday it had imposed ‌sanctions on an independent "teapot" refinery in China for buying...

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Latest News • Apr 24

US imposes sanctions on a China-based oil refinery and 40 shippers over Iranian oil

The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Britain and Spain Reject Reported Plans by Trump to Punish Them

An internal Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested Washington was reviewing options to penalize the two nations for insufficiently...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Rams GM Les Snead after selecting Ty Simpson: Sean McVay and I are 'in lockstep' on draft decisions

Asked about Sean McVay's post-draft disposition after selecting QB Ty Simpson, which garnered an online reaction, Rams general manager Les Snead said he and...

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Latest News • Apr 24

‘Tillis won’: DOJ drops probe into Powell, Fed renovations

The Justice Department dropped its probe into a costly, yearslong renovation of the central bank's headquarters, opening the door for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Trump Extended the Iran War Ceasefire. Now What?

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the state of the Iran war with CFR fellows Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Analysis: The threat to the Fed's independence isn't over

President Donald Trump has waged a long campaign to rein in the Fed. Prosecutors' decision to drop an investigation into Jerome Powell isn't the end.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads

Capital punishment remains controversial in the US, with critics warning of innocent people being put on death row.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Statement From Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Int. 1-B and Int. 175-B

NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani released the following statement on Int. 1-B and Int. 175-B: New York City will always uphold both the right to...

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Latest News • Apr 24

In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Help Block an Assisted Dying Bill

A small group in the House of Lords proposed hundreds of amendments that helped stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Council considers options after Mamdani vetoes buffer zone bill

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and her allies are weighing their options after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would veto a controversial bill that...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Mamdani Creates Office to Fight Deed Theft in New York City

The office will seek to crack down on the practice, in which people deceive longtime residents and fraudulently take ownership of their homes.

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Latest News • Apr 24

USDA Issues Second Supplemental Disaster Payment to Farmers, Extends Program Application Deadline to August 12

(Higginsville, MO, April 24, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today in Missouri announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to...

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Latest News • Apr 24

White House Allowed Officials’ Text Messages to Be Deleted, Lawsuit Says

Two watchdogs say internal White House guidance that text messages need not be preserved unless “they are the sole record of official decision-making”...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions

The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Meta Employees React to Pending Job Cuts: '28 Days of Hell'

Inside Meta, employees are bracing for weeks of limbo as they wait to find out who's cut.

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Latest News • Apr 24

Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking

FBI Director Kash Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar,...

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Latest News • Apr 24

Chornobyl at 40: Settlers and horses survive Russian drones, contamination

A radiation survivor and expert, an elderly returnee, and a wildlife researcher paint a picture of life 40 years after the worst nuclear disaster.

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Latest News • Apr 24

“We Knew They Were Paying Informants”: SPLC Donors Reject Trump DOJ Fraud Claims

Southern Poverty Law Center donors said the alleged "fraud" prosecuted in their name was how they hoped the group would spend their money.

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