April 14th, 2026

• ​Trump says 'we may stop by Cuba' after finishing in Iran
• NY Times Columnist Tom Friedman Admits That Even Though He Wants Iran to Fall, He Doesn't Want a Political Win for Trump and Netanyahu
• Trump's Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate - As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as "lunatic" and "clearly insane."
• 'He's not sleeping': Concern raised 79-year-old Trump is suffering 'mental health episode'
• US on high alert for terror attacks as Trump's war hits home - Islamic Republic will try to 'exact revenge' for conflict even if Trump strikes a deal
• Pakistan said trying to get US, Iran back to negotiating table as Washington lays out 'red lines' - IRGC warn enemy vessels could end up trapped in 'deadly vortex' in Strait of Hormuz
• US rejects Iranian request for another meeting in Pakistan
• US-Iran talks on long-term deal doomed as long as both sides insist they won the war
• Oil falls as Vance comments raise hopes for a diplomatic resolution to Mideast conflict
• Vance: Lot of progress made in talks toward 'grand deal,' but ball in Iran's court - Trump's VP says he wants Iran to be 'normal country,' but can't have nukes
• US positions warships in region as it moves to enforce naval blockade of Iran
• Iran taunts Trump, threatens Gulf ports over blockade threat
• Iran Slams US Blockade As 'Grave Violation Of Sovereignty'
• With US military set to blockade Iranian ports, Tehran says move 'amounts to piracy'
• Iran Blockade Sets Up a Test of Which Side Can Endure More Pain - President Trump is trying to choke off the country's lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.
• Oil surge sparks recession fears amid Iran crisis
• Trump Says Gas Prices May Remain High Through November Midterm Election
• Some States Suspending Gas Sales Tax to Ease Consumer Cash Flow
• Starmer, Macron say UK and France to discuss 'multinational mission' to safeguard Hormuz - French president says effort will be 'strictly defensive' and separate from any American operation, as British PM says UK will not join Trump's naval blockade of key waterway
• US-sanctioned Chinese tanker transited Strait of Hormuz despite American naval blockade - shipping data
• How China's Military Weapons Aid of Iran May Cause Larger Geopolitical Rift
• Iran internet blackout enters seventh week
• Iran executed over 1,600 people in 2025, most since 1989, rights groups say
• US Rejects Iran 5-Year Nuclear Pause Proposal, Seeks 20-Year Deal
• Sa'ar: 'Never again' means stopping Iran's nuclear threat - At Holocaust ceremony, FM Sa'ar warns Iran is a global threat and says Israel will act to prevent nuclear weapons, citing lessons of history and appeasement
• Netanyahu rebukes Europe as Israel commemorates Holocaust in shadow of Iran war - PM says continent 'afflicted by deep moral weakness,' Israel now defending it; Herzog urges national unity
• Sirens wail countrywide as Israel remembers Holocaust victims with state ceremonies
• Smotrich blasts German leader's West Bank comments: 'You will not force us into ghettos again'
• Israel slams South Korean leader for comparing IDF activity to the Holocaust
• Netanyahu, after visiting buffer zone in Lebanon: 'There is still more to do, and we are doing it'
• IDF seizes Lebanese stadium where Nasrallah threatened Jewish state in 2000 - "Full operational control of Bint Jbeil will be achieved within days," a military official said
• Hezbollah chief demands Lebanon back out of 'futile' planned talks with Israel - On eve of US-brokered negotiations in Washington, Naim Qassem vows his terror group will never surrender, and threatens to 'capture enemy soldiers' amid ongoing fighting
• 'Blinded by blood and hatred' - Erdogan renews belligerent rhetoric against Israel, Netanyahu - Israeli Heritage Minister calls for severing all diplomatic ties with Turkey after outburst by Erdogan
• Turkish FM: Israel trying to 'declare Turkey the new enemy' after Iran
• Trump admin fires judges who blocked deportations of pro-Palestinian activists
• Reports: Army fires tear gas at Palestinian students on their way to school
• Massive Attack frontman arrested in London for backing banned anti-Israel group - Robert Del Naja decries 'farcical authoritarian overreach' at protest for Palestine Action, proscribed by UK as a terror organization after raids on military bases, defense plants
• 2025 toll of Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic attacks was highest in three decades
• Israel reports 1,000 antisemitic incidents worldwide, 20 killed in past year - During the reporting period, over 300 incidents were recorded in the United States, and over 130 incidents each in the United Kingdom and France
• Hungary's PM-elect vows return to ICC, but stresses 'special relationship' with Israel - After defeating Orban, a close Netanyahu ally, Peter Magyar says he'll reverse Budapest's withdrawal from International Criminal Court, vows continued 'zero tolerance' for antisemitism
• French company Lafarge found guilty of paying $6.54 million to jihadists in Syria
• Syrian Christians Forced to Subdue Prayers Amid Persecution Threats
• U.S. and Indonesia Announce Major Defense Cooperation Partnership To Expand Military Ties and Indo-Pacific Stability
• North Korean leader supervises missile tests from his naval destroyer
• With Hungary's Orban Gone, Europe May Escalate in Ukraine, Triggering a War Without U.S. Backing
• Sen. Rick Scott Celebrates Viktor Orban's Defeat in Hungary - Claims People Have 'Chosen Freedom by Rejecting Putin'
• Spanish Prime Minister's Wife Begona Gomez Formally Charged with Influence Peddling and Bribery
• America's New Tax Mantra: 'The IRS Isn't Going to Catch Me' - The battered Internal Revenue Service shed thousands of enforcement employees and more taxpayers appear eager to cheat
• GOP lawmaker warns 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' will block independent journalists from uncovering fraud in CA - "California Democrats are trying to intimidate citizen watchdog journalists and protect waste and fraud happening in far-Left-wing NGOs."
• Atkinson Transcript Released Showing "Whistleblower" in Trump Impeachment Lied and Lying Schiff Buried It Until Today
• Impeachment Bombshell: Secret memos expose Ukraine accuser's bias, hearsay, and false claim - The new memos declassified by Tulsi Gabbard were not available to the public during the 2019 impeachment trial
• Tulsi Gabbard reveals 'deep state actors' in IC created 'false-narrative' used by Congress to impeach Trump in 2019
• FBI reveals it is reviewing 'closely' new allegations on Ukraine impeachment accuser - DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified new evidence showing the CIA analyst who prompted the 2019 impeachment raised concerns about bias, truthfulness and hearsay
• Alan Dershowitz: Trump could move to expunge 2019 impeachment after release of bombshell evidence - "It's never been done. I don't see any reason why it couldn't be done"
• Hillary Clinton to GOP: Rein in 'Reckless' Trump Before He Does Irreparable Damage
• AI Jesus Might Be the Thing That Finally Breaks MAGA's Faith - Trump has now deleted the image of himself as Christ but many supporters are unhappy
• Trump post appearing to depict him as Jesus removed amid backlash - Before the post was deleted, evangelical and Catholic allies called the image blasphemous in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump
• Trump says he won't apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor
• Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump's unprecedented broadside at the first American pope
• Pope Leo responds to Trump's attack: 'I'm not afraid of the Trump administration'
• Catholic Cardinal Slams Trump Admin's 'Sickening' Social Media Posts About Iran War on 60 Minutes
• Three American Cardinals Use 60 Minutes to Pile On President Trump Over Pope Leo XIV Spat - Desperate Play to Shatter Trump's Catholic Base Before 2026 Midterms
• Vance Says Pope Leo Should Stay Out of U.S. Affairs
• Silicon Blasphemy: Tech Company Introduces 'AI Jesus' that Charges by the Minute
• AI chatbots misdiagnose in over 80% of early medical cases, study finds
• OpenAI Supports Illinois Bill to Limit AI Companies' Liability for Mass Casualty Incidents, Financial Disasters
• Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff - Chief executive is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop 'personal superintelligence'
• 'There's a lot of desperation': skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
• OpenAI Boss Sam Altman's San Francisco Home Targeted in Second Attack in 3 Days
• AI is now powering cyberattacks, Microsoft warns - Hackers are using generative AI to write phishing emails, build malware and scale cyberattacks faster than ever
• Report: 60% of Australian Teens Are Evading Social Media Ban
• It's Not Doomscrolling - We're Just 'Monitoring the Situation' - When everything from oil prices to 'Survivor' is worthy of a wager, everyone needs a bank of screens and a headset
• Moon Denialists Are So Pathetic That They're Using AI to Fake Artemis Footage
• A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns
• The sun is tearing an asteroid to pieces, and Earth is now flying through the fallout
• Map: 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Nevada
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 25,000ft
• Smeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Remote volcano wakes up after 700,000 years of dormant silence in southeastern Iran
• Tropical Cyclone Maila triggers deadly landslides and severe flooding in Bougainville and eastern Papua New Guinea
• Cyclone Vaianu brings destructive winds, heavy rain and widespread disruption to New Zealand's North Island
• Rare tornado touches down in Northern California - Video shows a rare tornado touched down near Vina, California Sunday, but it couldn't be rated on the Enhanced Fujita Scale
• Severe flash flooding disrupts Riyadh and eastern Saudi Arabia, prompting widespread school closures
• Residents being evacuated as brush fire rapidly spreads near major Florida interstate
• TikTok influencer's daring new stunt is a mad dash through LA's Scientology HQ
• Brazil's former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US - Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil
• Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping
• Swalwell to quit Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations after videos leaked by Martin Shkreli and Jack Posobiec
• 'Smart decision': Swalwell's resignation spurs praise from both parties after bombshell allegations emerge - Sen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she was 'glad' to hear Swalwell was leaving Congress
• House Ethics Committee Launches Investigation Into Eric Swalwell Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault
• Swalwell's 'best friend' in Congress turns on him after bombshell allegations torpedo his political career - The Arizona Senator says he had 'no knowledge' of the allegations against his former close friend
• Lefty Billionaire Boots Disgraced Swalwell from His $26 Million Beverly Hills Mansion and Demands $1 Million Back After Heinous Sex Assault and Rape Allegations - Then Changes Political Party
• Embattled Rep Tony Gonzales announces plans to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations - The scandal-plagued lawmaker admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide
• 'Trans Women Are Women': WNBA Players Blast IOC Testing Rules
• Rocker Melissa Etheridge Says Her Late Son Came Out as Straight at 11, Apologized for Not Being Gay - Beckett who died from causes related to opioid addiction in 2020, at the age of 21
• Minneapolis Considers Legalizing Sex Venues for Gay Somali Community - City leaders propose licensing and regulating adult bathhouses and sex spaces to promote public health and safety
• Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument to be restored as Trump administration agrees to settle lawsuit
• Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts
• Justice Department Fires Four Prosecutors Who Weaponized FACE Act Under Merrick Garland and Jailed Christians Praying at Abortion Clinic
• Federal Judge Declines to Block Mail-Order Abortions for Now, but Says Louisiana's Case Is 'Likely to Succeed'
• Toxic airborne chemical detected in US for first time sparking health concerns - Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a field study in Oklahoma that uncovered MCCP's in the U.S. for the first time
• Canadian man refuses MAID for cancer-stricken wife—takes her to US for immediate treatment
• Son of Legendary Australian Cricketer Shane Warne Blames His Father's Sudden Death on 'Forced' COVID Vaccine