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WASHINGTON — ActBlue employees invoked their Fifth Amendment right at least 146 times in depositions with congressional committees investigating alleged donor fraud on the fundraising platform, according to an explosive report released Monday.
Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked over Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iran has insisted that continuing its nuclear program is its sovereign right, while the US maintains that the program must be abandoned for good and the uranium surrendered.
Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 21.
Mais comércio, mais cooperação e mais laços políticos. O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e o chanceler federal Friedrich Merz propagandearam ao longo de uma agenda de dois dias o desejo de estreitar ainda mais as relações entre Brasil e Alemanha diante dos desafios provocados pela deterioração da ordem mundial …
While the electoral debut of popular film star Vijay has recast DMK’s prospects in Tamil Nadu, a resurgent BJP has emerged as a potent threat to the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
No fim de 2018, o conselheiro de segurança nacional do primeiro mandato de Donald Trump, John Bolton, referiu-se a Venezuela, Cuba e Nicarágua como a "tríade da tirania", lançando as bases da posição de Washington em relação à região.
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Washington: FBI director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic magazine over an explosive article that portrayed him as “missing in action” and a problem drinker whose behaviour has alarmed those around him at the nation’s top crime-fighting agency.
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is quietly engaging with international partners including the EU and the Palestinian Authority to stabilize Gaza and prepare for post-conflict governance, Norway’s foreign minister told POLITICO.
Democrat Betty Yee has suddenly pulled her campaign for California governor due to low polling, she revealed Monday.
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If Chris Pratt’s protagonist in the 2014 Lego Movie was destined to save the world from a tyrannical capitalist, Donald Trump has become the leading figure in dozens of unofficial short sequels.
Thank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed his top energy official's view that gas prices will not drop until 2027, saying Americans can expect lower costs as soon as the Iran war ends.
Pain at the pump might not ease up for American consumers until 2027, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who said on April 19 that the price of a regular gallon of gas could stay above $3 for the rest of the year.
El ex director de la CIA John Brennan llega para una reunión en el Capitolio en Washington, el 21 de mayo del 2019. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pauline Hanson’s support for Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become a central battleground in the Farrer byelection, with a big-spending advertising campaign seeking to link the One Nation leader to rising fuel and fertiliser costs hitting regional voters.
LA HABANA (AP) — El gobierno cubano confirmó el lunes que las autoridades de la isla mantuvieron una reunión con funcionarios de Estados Unidos en el marco de un cerco petrolero impuesto por Washington a la nación caribeña.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that US President Donald Trump had no right to bar South African President Cyril Ramaphosa from attending the G20 summit.
Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
LONDON —Traffic once again seized up in the Strait of Hormuz as both Tehran and Washington imposed separate blockades, with Iranian vessels continuing to test the US shutdown, tracking data showed Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that South Korea and the United States have finalized a cooperation framework on critical minerals, expressing expectations that it will help address non-market policies and unfair trade practices, according to his department.
Arde el pozo petrolero Deepwater Horizon en el Golfo de México el 21 de abril del 2010. (AP foto/Gerald Herbert)
U.S. importers, ranging from Target to Walmart, are due more than $160 billion in tariff refunds following a February Supreme Court decision as the Trump administration launches its claims filing portal Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran can have a "great and prosperous" future if new Iranian leaders are smart, as he ratcheted up pressure on the Islamic Republic to agree to a peace deal.
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
WASHINGTON — Forget covering protests, some reporters think they should be the ones making the ruckus.
United States President Donald Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Monday that Israel did not influence his decision to go to war with Iran.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a wrongful death lawsuit that had been rejected by the lower courts against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his controversial COVID-19 era nursing home policy.
WASHINGTON — A shocking 199 public schools in Vermont have policies on the books that allow staff to not disclose children’s transgender status to their parents, according to a study by a parental rights group.
President Donald Trump on Monday again threatened Iran with overwhelming military force, saying "lots of bombs [will] start going off" if no deal is reached before a shaky ceasefire with Tehran expires Tuesday evening.
Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh said Monday the central bank must be largely independent of political influence but also should stay focused on its primary goals.
Vista de la Corte Suprema de EEUU, el viernes 17 de abril de 2026 en Washington. (Foto AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
The Trump administration on Monday launched an online portal that allows US businesses to file claims for tariff refunds as the federal government moves to comply with the historic Supreme Court order striking down the levies.
The House Ethics Committee published a list Monday of all its publicly disclosed sexual misconduct investigations into members stretching back to 1976.
La presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum se dirige a los medios de comunicación en la cumbre “Encuentro en Defensa de la Democracia” celebrada en Barcelona, España, el sábado 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Joan Monfort)
Oil and gas prices have jumped again as shipping through the strait of Hormuz came to a virtual standstill after Iran closed the waterway over the US blockade and Donald Trump announced an Iranian cargo ship had been seized trying to get past. Tehran has accused Washington of violating the fragile ceasefire agreemen…
Ana Navarro called Caitlyn Jenner out on The View after the reality star, who is transgender, revealed she appealed to President Trump after she was unable to change her passport’s gender marker due to an executive order he signed on his very first day back in office.
Donald Trump has had to put aside his hostility with South Africa, to get rare earth minerals from the site of a former chemical plant in northern Limpopo Province. The US has committed a $50 million investment in the project despite its relations with South Africa plummeting to their lowest point in decades.
WASHINGTON — The US government on Monday launched a tool for refunding more than $166 billion in revenue from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and subsequently struck down by the Supreme Court.
The direct Israeli-Lebanese talks held in Washington on April 14, brokered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, revealed the central difficulty of these negotiations: not a gap in objectives, but a language gap.
Fieles saludan al papa León XIV con motivo de su visita a una residencia de ancianos, en Saurimo, Angola, el lunes 20 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Andrew Medichini)
WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post he “won’t be rushed” to end the Iran war on its 52nd day — and lashed out at Democrats and Republicans trying to force him to end the conflict.
Donald Trump has denied being dragged into war with Iran by Israel, as the United States president faces increasing criticism over the conflict, including from segments of his own base.
LONDON — British ministers and officials’ most indiscreet comments about Donald Trump will not be made public in a planned document dump to avoid prejudicing foreign relations, according to four people familiar with the process.
US Vice President JD Vance's delegation is en route to Pakistan and expected to land soon, US President Donald Trump told the New York Post on Monday.
WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he has two questions for Pope Leo XIV about his opposition to the Iran war — after the pontiff continued to voice opposition.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, will appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday at 10AM ET in what is shaping up to be one of the most politically charged confirmation hearings in the central bank’s modern history.
Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs