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White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: Cole Allen Targeted Trump and Cabinet Members
On April 26, 2026, an armed man attempted to force his way into the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, wounding a Secret Service agent and forcing Donald Trump and JD Vance to be evacuated. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a California tutor with a Caltech background, sent a manifesto to his family ten minutes before the attack, identifying himself as the 'Friendly Federal Assassin.' Authorities determined he targeted Trump and members of his administration.
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Pakistan Steps In as Mediator Between the US and Iran — Then Trump Cancels His Envoys
A second round of US-Iran talks was supposed to take place in Islamabad, with Pakistan hosting both sides as a neutral broker. Donald Trump abruptly cancelled the trip of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, saying negotiations could happen by phone. Iran had already denied any direct meeting was planned. Pakistan's prime minister vowed to remain an 'honest and sincere facilitator.' The episode exposes the fractures in American diplomacy and the growing ambitions of Global South nations as conflict mediators.
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Trump Drops Prosecution Against Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Prepares His Succession: Kevin Warsh Positioned to Take Over
The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve chair, removing the main obstacle to an accelerated succession. Kevin Warsh, Trump's favored candidate to lead the Fed, is now in a strengthened position. Financial markets have reacted positively to the announcement, but economists are alarmed by a scenario in which the American president would effectively control monetary policy through a loyal replacement. A major test for central bank independence worldwide.
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Netanyahu Orders Strikes on Hezbollah as Lebanon Ceasefire Collapses Within Hours
Less than 24 hours after Trump announced a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Hezbollah fired projectiles into Israeli territory and Israel launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least four people. Netanyahu accused Hezbollah of 'sabotaging' the peace process. Beirut called for the truce to hold. Lebanon finds itself trapped between Israeli pressure to disarm Hezbollah and the group's flat refusal to negotiate its own dismantlement.
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Palestinians Vote for First Time Since Gaza War: Single Gaza City, No Electricity, and Ballot Boxes Under Tents
Around one million Palestinians head to the polls for fragmented municipal elections — in Gaza, voting takes place by candlelight in the sole city not invaded by the Israeli military.
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DeepSeek V4 launches with 1.6 trillion parameters and Huawei backing: the AI war shifts
Beijing launches an open-source model that rivals GPT-5.4 — and Washington responds by accusing China of stealing its technology.
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An American soldier bets $33,000 on the raid he was planning himself: Polymarket, the exchange where everything has a price
A Green Beret bets on Maduro's fall using classified information—and opens Pandora's box of prediction markets in wartime.
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Iran Seizes Two Ships at Hormuz Amid Ceasefire, Trump Fires Navy Secretary: Standoff Hardens
Tehran captures two cargo vessels and fires on a third in the Strait of Hormuz while Washington removes its Navy Secretary—both sides are escalating without any clear path out of the impasse.
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EU Unlocks 90 Billion for Ukraine After Orbán's Electoral Defeat: Budapest Yields, Pipeline Flows, Sanctions Fall
Orbán's electoral defeat has removed the final obstacle: the EU approves the 90 billion euro loan and a 20th sanctions package against Moscow on the same day Russian oil begins flowing to Budapest again.
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Israeli soldier destroys Christ statue in Lebanon: Netanyahu apologizes, American right erupts
A viral photo shows an IDF soldier smashing a Jesus statue with an axe in a Christian village in southern Lebanon — and for the first time, American evangelicals raise their voice against Israel.
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Milei prays in Jerusalem, Lula opens the Hannover Fair: two Latin Americas, two worlds
While Milei prays at the Western Wall and meets Netanyahu amid war, Lula inaugurates Europe's largest industrial fair alongside Merz and champions multilateralism. Two presidents, two trajectories, two worldviews colliding.
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