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WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan was removed from his position on April 22, 2026, the Pentagon announced late Wednesday. He is the first service secretary to leave during President Donald Trump’s second term. Pentagon Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell stated:...
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — The U.S. military seized a second oil tanker associated with Iranian smuggling operations on April 23, 2026, in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The vessel, the Guyana-flagged Majestic X (previously named Phonix and sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Senate early Thursday morning, April 23, 2026, adopted a Republican budget resolution by a 50-48 vote after an all-night “vote-a-rama,” advancing the first step toward providing roughly $70-80 billion in dedicated funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia circuit court judge on April 22, 2026, blocked certification of the results from Tuesday’s special election on a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the General Assembly to redraw congressional districts for the 2026,...
By Tommy Flynn
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on April 22, 2026, granted an injunction blocking enforcement of a California law that required federal immigration agents, including ICE officers, to display visible identification and refrain from wearing masks...
By Tommy Flynn
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on April 21, 2026, removed two soldiers from combat duty and sentenced them to 30 days in military prison for vandalizing a statue of Jesus in the Maronite Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon. One soldier used a sledgehammer...
By Tommy Flynn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal grand jury in Montgomery indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts Tuesday, charging the nonprofit with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of false statements to a federally insured bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit...
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired on three container ships in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, 2026, and seized two of them, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and Iranian state media. The attacks occurred hours after President Donald...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment on April 21, 2026, that temporarily hands the Democrat-controlled General Assembly power to redraw the state’s congressional districts for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections. With...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Newly declassified memos and transcripts from the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s 2019 investigation have identified the anonymous “Witness 2” who helped advance the Ukraine whistleblower complaint — the foundation of President Donald Trump’s first...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A newly declassified January 15, 2020, memo from the National Intelligence Council warned that foreign adversaries had the capability to compromise U.S. election infrastructure, specifically flagging voter registration databases and other internet-connected systems...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) stated that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is no longer actively considering the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a key election integrity bill that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to...