Sunday, April 19, 2026

POLITICS

Dick Cheney, the Champion of War, Surveillance and Torture, is Dead at 84

(Headline USA) Dick Cheney, the neocon who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said...

Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie Marries Former Senate Staffer After Loss of Wife

(José Niño, Headline USA) Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie announced Sunday that he has married Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former agriculture policy aide to Senator Rand Paul, more than a year after the death of his wife of 31 years. The Republican congressman, who represents Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, legally married...

Duffy: We are Going to Go After the CDL Mills

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Safety concerns, two triple-fatals involving 18-wheelers and a closer look at commercial driver’s licenses has led the U.S. Department of Transportation to say, “We are going to go after the CDL mills.” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a news conference said some schools for CDLs...

94% of Sanctioned Scholars Suffered from Free Speech Attacks

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) A Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression survey shows that 94% of sanctioned university scholars have experienced a negative impact following the attacks on their free speech, with conservative scholars receiving much less public support from their university colleagues or faculty union compared to...

Trump Administration Says SNAP will be Partially Funded in November

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, had planned to freeze payments starting Nov. 1...

Venezuela’s Nobel Prize Winner Says US ‘Escalation’ Is Needed To Overthrow Maduro

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, said in an interview with Bloomberg that US military “escalation” is the only way to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and confirmed that she is in contact with Trump administration officials. When asked...

Report: US Preparing Mexico Mission Against Cartels That Would Include Troops and Drone Strikes

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has begun developing detailed plans to send US troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target cartels in operations that would include drone strikes, NBC News reported on Monday, citing current and former US officials. The report said that US military personnel have already...

Seattle Mayor Pledges $8M to Replace Lapsed SNAP Benefits amid Federal Shutdown

(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has pledged up to $8 million in city funds – $4 million per month through 2025 – to offset the looming halt in federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits triggered by a congressional funding impasse. A Senate vote to...

Report: Jeffrey Epstein Facilitated Covert Communications between Israel and Russia

(José Niño, Headline USA) According to a report by Drop Site News, leaked emails reveal that deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein served as a crucial diplomatic intermediary between Israel and the Kremlin, facilitating a backchannel aimed at ending the Syrian civil war on terms favorable to Israeli security interests. The...

Bombshell Report Catches Soros Secretly Bankrolling Mamdani’s Campaign

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Millions of tax-exempt dollars from liberal billionaire George Soros have quietly flowed into the New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner and self-described democratic socialist, a new bombshell report alleges.  The report — authored by forensic accountant Sam Antar and published Tuesday — uncovered an alleged “systematic...

Judges Order Trump to Use Emergency Fund to Disburse SNAP Benefits

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Two federal judges on Friday ordered the Trump administration to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.  The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use emergency funds to provide SNAP disbursements.  In an announcement...

Musk’s Firm Buys Land for Underground Las Vegas Loop

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) The Boring Co., an Elon Musk tunneling and transit company, has quietly bought land along a proposed 68-mile underground route for its Las Vegas Loop. The loop, which connects city hubs via tunnels for Teslas to drive through, has eight stations in operation. With 104...
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