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Washington Nationals’ Brady House takes a lead from first base during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
FBI Director Kash Patel is concerned for his job, believing that he could be the next official fired from US President Donald Trump's administration, The Atlantic reported on Friday.
Even as the global economy shakes, the world community watches a rare geopolitical event: the mighty sole superpower, the United States of America, is compelled by war-battered ‘heathen’ Iran to comply with Tehran’s pre-condition for talks! Imperial Washington has had to get its client colony Israel to halt its mili…
As IMF was looking to lift up the global growth forecast in 2026 the war in the Middle East halted this momentum. The closing of the Strait of Hormuz and serious damage to critical energy facilities in the Middle East raise the prospect of a major energy crisis should a durable solution not be found soon, Pierre-Oli…
Of all Donald Trump’s instincts, perhaps his keenest is leverage. He knows how to use the power gifted to him – whether it be America’s economic size or military strength – to heap pressure on friends and adversaries.
Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Monday, April 20.
President Donald Trump has said US forces have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get past his country’s naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said US officials are heading to Pakistan for talks with Iran, warning that US strikes will resume if negotiators can’t reach a peace deal.
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Many commentators tend to downplay the successful Israeli–American campaign against Iran, which is currently at a critical turning point.
WASHINGTON — The US seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship after “blowing a hole” in its engine room when it tried to break past the Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump revealed Sunday.
The U.S. fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday.
El primer ministro de Canadá, Mark Carney, en el Parlamento, el 15 de abril de 2026, en Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, Archivo)
Washington: Eight children have been killed in a mass shooting in the US state of Louisiana that police have described as a “domestic disturbance” that unfolded across multiple crime scenes.
Un agente de aduanas con el estandarte de la agencia de aduanas estadounidense, en el Aeropuerto Internacional John F. Kennedy de Nueva York, el 27 de octubre del 2017. (AP foto/Mark Lennihan)
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Iran has said it would not participate in a second round of peace talks in Pakistan with the US this week due to America’s demands and ongoing naval blockade in the Gulf.
A customs agent wears a patch for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Oct. 27, 2017, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’
Turistas caminan frente a una manta con la imagen del presidente Donald Trump que cuelga en el Departamento de Justicia, el 27 de febrero de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Rahmat Gul, Archivo)
Congressman Eliot Engel, who passed away last week, knew the heights of Washington well. Over 32 years in the House of Representatives, he rose to chair the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee while representing his Bronx district with distinction, including the synagogues of Riverdale, where our own congregati…
A California judge has ruled Sable Offshore Corp. — the company Donald Trump is using to give the state an oil lifeline — did not have the authority to restart its operations.
US president’s unreliable style sows diplomatic confusion but leaves Tehran clear on strategic value of strait of Hormuz
El representante estatal republicano de Utah Doug Fiefia en conversación con ciudadanos en el patio trasero de una casa en Riverton, Utah, el 9 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Nicholas Riccardi)
Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze Iran’s infrastructure
The currently closed Strait of Hormuz, situated between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and has emerged as a major flashpoint in the US-Iran war. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, off Yemen's coast, has also remained a focal point among critical maritime chokepoints, given o…
Iran has refused to take part in a second round of negotiations, accusing Washington of undermining the process with shifting positions and continued pressure.
Just days before Independence Day, US President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a message on his social media platform praising Israel and extolling it as an exemplary ally.
A veteran DC cop heralded as the first openly gay union chair and tasked with helping to protect President Trump allegedly groomed a teen boy before trying to have sex with him.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that Washington is closing in on a potential agreement with Iran, despite ongoing tensions.
The US negotiating team is heading to Pakistan for the next round of Iran peace talks on Monday, President Donald Trump has announced, while renewing his threat to strike Iran’s infrastructure if no deal is reached.In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump accused Tehran of violating the temporary ceasefire – set to e…
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn attention to a detailed personal account from a longtime Trump supporter who now questions key elements of the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
IRRITATED by the Iran virus “threatening the US with its nuclear program,” President Donald Trump went on a sneeze spree in March 2026, spray-bombing over 1,000 targets in the opening day of the undeclared war on Iran predicting an easy, fast and complete victory.
WASHINGTON — The son of right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson has left Vice President JD Vance’s press team to set up his own political consulting firm amid escalating tensions between his father and President Trump.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted the Democratic Party’s lack of vision Sunday while touting his “productive” and surprising bromance with President Trump.
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The Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has again become the chaotic centre of the United States-Israel war on Iran, as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war.
A portrait of Donald Trump that is the basis for a proposed commemorative coin to mark the 250th anniversary of America's founding. © Reuters
BRUSSELS — America’s allies, stung by soaring energy costs due to Washington’s attacks on Iran, are confronting an uncomfortable truth: The escape route from fossil fuel shocks leads straight into China’s arms.
WASHINGTON,UNITED STATES — President Donald Trump said US negotiators will be in Pakistan Monday to resume talks on ending the war with Iran, as he again threatened to destroy its power plants and bridges if no deal is reached.
By Sunday morning, the latest Bloomberg ship tracking data showed that tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had largely ground to a halt. There were multiple incidents of tankers U-turning over the last 24 hours. At the same time, a senior Iranian official renewed threats to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
WASHINGTON — Prices at the gas pump likely peaked about a week ago and should start to slowly decline over the coming weeks as the war in Iran comes to a close, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
Like every advancing society in the past, it sees the future by seizing new energy sources and their associated technologies
US President Donald Trump told Fox News that America will “blow up the whole country” if Iran does not sign a peace deal.
Washington’s 30-day waiver granting India permission to buy Iranian crude for the first time in seven years expires today, and there is no indication that it will be renewed.
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan the following day for peace talks with Iran, renewing his threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not agree to a deal.
Harvard is in a fix. The nation’s top university is under siege from the Trump administration for the heavily partisan diversity it has practiced for decades. Republicans have long been aware of the hostility that American universities show for them, but President Trump has led a policy reaction that could have occu…
US President Donald Trump said Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire but still thinks he can get a peace deal, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl posted on X/Twitter on Sunday.