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Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
TRUMP: $20 BILLION CASH REWARD






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IRAN: STRAIT OPEN
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OIL PRICE PLUNGE
FRIDAY RELIEF!
CUBA IN MAY?



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Washington Post PoliticsApr 17, 2026
House votes to briefly extend warrantless surveillance law amid GOP divisions
Trump officials say the program is vital to national security, but skeptics — including some Republicans — have stonewalled its reauthorization without changes to protect civil liberties.

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
IRAN: STRAIT OPEN






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CUBA IN MAY?



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As Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz, Are U.S. & Iran Near Deal or Renewed Fighting? (Democracy Now)

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Unpopular arch appears poised to move forward...




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REBUKE: Judge blocks above-ground construction of White House ballroom...



BBC PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Key questions facing government over Mandelson vetting
It's emerged that Lord Mandelson did not pass inital security vetting checks ahead of taking up the role of ambassador to the United States.

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What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row? (BBC Politics)

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Group claims dropped radioactive material on Israeli embassy...




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Report from Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Met with "Cautious Optimism" (Democracy Now)

Democracy NowApr 17, 2026
Rami Khouri: U.S. & Israel Were "Forced into Two Ceasefires" as Regional Balance of Power Shifts
"We've seen now, in the last six weeks, Iran and Hezbollah almost single-handedly checking — not defeating, but checking — the two biggest military powers in the region, which is the U.S. and Israel," says Rami Khouri. Khouri says the U.S. and Israel have been "forced into" ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon. This is all a sign "of the evolving balance of power across the region" and demonstrates that Iran's Axis of Resistance "is still effective." Khouri is a Palestinian American journalist and public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut.

New York Times PoliticsApr 17, 2026
House Votes to Extend Expiring FISA Surveillance Law for 10 Days
The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.

BBC PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Why Starmer is under renewed pressure over Mandelson scandal
Political correspondent Harry Farley reports as new information emerges about the former US ambassador's appointment to the role.

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Starmer sacks top Foreign Office official after Mandelson vetting revelations (BBC Politics)

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
MAG: What's really behind Trump clash with Pope?




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Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Administration embraces quest to stamp out events of Jan. 6...




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Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
UPDATE: ICE DIRECTOR RESIGNS...




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Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Trump to nominate Cameron Hamilton to run FEMA after he was ousted last year


Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Lula and Sánchez to 'work for peace' at gathering of progressive leaders in Barcelona


Yahoo PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Georgia Democrats try to make their move in a jumbled, low-dollar primary for governor


Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
Global leftist leaders gather in Spain to mobilize against right...




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New York Times PoliticsApr 17, 2026
Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.

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Supreme Court hands win to Chevron, Big Oil in environmental damage case (Washington Post Politics)

Drudge ReportApr 17, 2026
TWO YEARS FOR WORLD TO RECOVER FROM ENERGY SHORTAGE?




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New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Trump Promotes ‘No Tax on Tips' in Las Vegas and Brushes Off Iran War Inflation Concerns
At an economic event, the president sought to downplay the financial hardship that has followed his war with Iran, saying that "we're having some fake inflation because of the fuel, the energy prices."

Drudge ReportApr 16, 2026
White House declines to tell senators cost...




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New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Who's Winning the Cash Race in 9 Top Senate Contests?
Money from Democratic donors has flowed into the coffers of the party's top Senate candidates — especially its nominee in Texas.

New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Justice Dept. Appealing Surveillance Court Ruling Amid Congressional Impasse
The court had barred national security agencies from using certain tools to process Americans' data gathered under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on Monday.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, Senate Democrats report finds


Washington Post PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Trump says Israeli, Lebanese leaders will speak amid push to extend ceasefire
The president did not specify which leaders. Meanwhile, Pakistani officials were working to extend the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and arrange new negotiations.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 16, 2026
House Republicans blame White House for Hill FISA mess


NYT Homeland Press ReleasesApr 16, 2026
Acting ICE Director Says He Plans to Resign in May
Todd Lyons said he would leave to spend more time with his family. He has spoken about a surge in threats against ICE officers, saying that he knew the reality firsthand.

BBC PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Chris Mason: Mandelson nightmare haunts Starmer again, as senior figure effectively sacked
The prime minister is believed to be absolutely furious over the handling of Lord Mandelson's vetting, Chris Mason writes.

New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
RFK Jr. Shifts Tone on Vaccines in Congressional Hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has sought to roll back longstanding vaccine policy, testified that the measles vaccine is safe and effective "for most people" and agreed it was safer than getting measles.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 16, 2026
ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says


Yahoo PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Democrat Analilia Mejia wins New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's House seat


Washington Post PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Former FEMA leader set to return after being ousted
Cameron Hamilton had publicly disagreed with previous efforts to dismantle FEMA. While those plans have shifted, the agency's future is still unclear.

Washington Post PoliticsApr 16, 2026
In Las Vegas, Trump's economic pitch meets a skeptical audience
Trump touts "no tax on tips" in Las Vegas as voters grapple with high prices and economic unease.

Politics - U.S. HouseApr 16, 2026
Analilia Mejia, a Progressive Democrat, Wins Mikie Sherrill's House Seat
Ms. Mejia, who helped to run Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign, beat her Republican opponent, Joe Hathaway, to win a seat Ms. Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor of New Jersey.

New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Democrats Make Final Push to Delay Confirmation Hearing of Trump's Fed Pick
Kevin M. Warsh is scheduled to testify on Tuesday despite an ongoing criminal investigation into the chair of the Federal Reserve that stands in the way of a smooth transition.

Foreign PolicyApr 16, 2026
Only Peace Can Make a New World Order
Today's wars are tearing down the existing global system, but they can't replace it.

New York Times PoliticsApr 16, 2026
Panel Advances Trump's Triumphal Arch, Even as Key Member Suggests Changes
The Commission of Fine Arts, a Trump-aligned advisory body, granted preliminary approval. But its vice chairman suggested losing statues atop the structure and other revisions before a final vote.

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Politics - U.S. HouseApr 16, 2026
New Jersey 11th Congressional District Special 2026: Live Election Results, Mejia vs. Hathaway
Get live results and maps from the 2026 New Jersey 11th Congressional District special election.

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New Jersey voters head to the polls for a special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's House seat (Yahoo Politics)

Democracy NowApr 16, 2026
"Depths of Hell": Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis
Sudan marked four years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 2021 military coup left it with diminished political power. The coup itself upended the civilian-led democratic revolution that ousted Sudan's longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Both the RSF and SAF have been accused of major war crimes since the conflict began, reportedly carrying out ethnic cleansing, systemic sexual violence and starvation tactics on the country's civilian population.

"This war is not just fought on the bodies of civilians by happenstance. It's not incidental to the fighting. It is precisely the point. This war is a war of succession between those who want to inherit the military security state," says Sudanese political analyst Kholood Khair, "and they're doing so in large part not just by fighting each other, but also by diminishing as much as possible the revolutionary fervor and the calls for civilian democratic rule in Sudan." Khair adds that the burgeoning U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, separated from Sudan by the Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea, threatens to deepen the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, as supply chain disruptions make agricultural production even harder and opportunities for resource exploitation incentivize other countries to turn the conflict into even more of a "proxy war."


Democracy NowApr 14, 2026
Exclusive: Former American & Iranian Negotiators on Ceasefire Talks & How War Could End
After the first round of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan collapsed over the weekend, we speak to two former nuclear negotiators about prospects for ending the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including what another nuclear deal might look like. Robert Malley, a U.S. negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal (which President Trump withdrew from in his first term), says Trump's "mercurial" behavior makes it difficult to predict his objectives and the course of any future talks. "Iran was in full compliance with the JCPOA" and was blindsided by the U.S.'s decision to pull out of the deal, says Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who served as spokesperson for Iran's nuclear negotiation team from 2003 to 2005. Now its leaders "don't know whether the U.S. is really for diplomacy or not."

Democracy NowApr 06, 2026
Israeli Peace Activist: Gaza, Iran & Lebanon Are All Part of "One Forever War" That Must End
At least 17 people were arrested Saturday as Israeli police violently cracked down on an antiwar protest in Tel Aviv, where hundreds had gathered condemning the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Israeli peace activist Alon-Lee Green, who helped organize the protest and was among those arrested, says the Israeli public's initial support for the war has rapidly declined in recent weeks, as the quick, decisive engagement that was promised has not come to fruition. "I think the Israeli public is waking up. A lot of people are angry. It's been three years now of constant war. People are tired. People want different realities for their families." Speaking from a courthouse where he is filing for a restraining order against right-wing extremists who have harassed him at his home, Green calls for an end to Israel's "forever war" and says that both Israeli law enforcement and right-wing groups have violated peace activists' constitutional right to protest.

Reuters PoliticsJun 17, 2020
Trump supports Senate Republicans' policing bill: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump fully backs Senate Republicans' police reform bill unveiled earlier on Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at a briefing.
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