Tuesday, April 21, 2026

POLITICS

Afghan Charged in Deadly Bombing at Kabul Airport Gave False Confession, His Attorney Tells Jurors

(Headline USA) U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man's trial in Virginia. Mohammad...

US Officials Die During Secret Operation in Mexico

(Headline USA) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations over what U.S. and Mexican officials were doing in northern Chihuahua when they died in an accident over the weekend, noting that any joint collaborations between the local government and the United States without federal permission would...

Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Retrial Opens in New York, the Third Time this Case has Gone to Trial

(Headline USA) Prosecutors once again portrayed Harvey Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power player who used his sway as a tool of sexual assault, repainting a familiar but fraught picture Tuesday at a rape retrial nearly eight years after the former movie tycoon’s arrest. “This case will come down to...

College Student from China Charged with Illegally Taking Photos of US Military Planes

(Headline USA) A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip that included a stop at an Air Force base in South Dakota. Tianrui Liang, 21, was arrested April 7 at a New York airport while...

House Ethics Committee Releases List of 26 Members Investigated for Sexual Misconduct

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square)  The U.S. House Ethics Committee released a list of names of 26 current and former members of Congress who it’s investigated for sexual misconduct.  It did so after members of Congress have called for two members to be expelled, both from Florida: U.S. Reps. Democrat...

Trump Defends Iran War in Series of Posts on Truth Social

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday issued a series of posts on his Truth Social account defending his war with Iran and a potential diplomatic deal that he may reach with Tehran, though the state of the negotiations remains unclear. The president started with a post where he...

US Estimates Iran Has 70% of Pre-War Missile Stockpile, 60% of Launchers

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Despite claims that the US has significantly degraded Iran’s ballistic missile program, US intelligence estimates that Iran has access to the vast majority of its missiles and launchers. Multiple US officials, citing intelligence and military estimates, told The New York Times that Iran has used the ceasefire...

Ken Paxton Targets ActBlue in Scathing Lawsuit Alleging Deception

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is once again under legal scrutiny after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a damning lawsuit accusing the group of deceptive practices and lax safeguards around foreign donations. Paxton, who is running for the Republican nomination for Senate, announced the lawsuit Monday, calling...

Florida Student Arrested for Benjamin Netanyahu ‘Joke’

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Florida International University student is facing felony charges after messages she posted in a WhatsApp group chat were interpreted as a bomb threat against a campus event. The case has drawn widespread attention online, with many observers characterizing it as an overreach against dark political...

Kari Lake Unloads on Alleged Swalwell Wingman Ruben Gallego

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Former Arizona senatorial candidate Kari Lake unloaded on her 2024 Democratic rival, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., amid an unfolding scandal surrounding Gallego’s association with disgraced ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. In a cringeworthy press gaggle, Gallego adamantly denied any advance knowledge of Swalwell’s alleged sex crimes, which...

Free Lunch? Chicago Mayor Demands Restaurant Reparations

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Bombastic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was back at his race-baiting during a recent speech in support over his One Fair Wage policy. Johnson was roundly mocked after the viral clip showed him claiming that the food-service industry was a product of systemic racism and pushing for...

Identities Revealed by Respective Mothers of 8 Children Shot to Death

(Darren Svan and Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Mothers and the coroner’s office of a Louisiana parish have identified the eight children ages 3-11 killed early Sunday. The office of Dr. Todd Thoma, the Caddo Parish coroner, said the shooting was just before 6 a.m. in the 300 block of...
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