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The Senate Armed Services’ Subcommittee on Strategic Forces holds hearings to examine the Department of Energy’s atomic energy defense activities and Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference at 3:30 p.m. ET on April 20.

A new round of U.S.–Iran peace talks were set to happen on Monday. NTD looks at how President Donald Trump is warning Iran after accusing it of violating the ceasefire, and what happens after the United States fired at and…

FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and its staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick over an article, alleging its claims were false. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

The Supreme Court hears arguments in Sripetch v. SEC (25-466) to consider whether the Securities and Exchange Commission can seek disgorgement without proving investor harm at 10 a.m. ET on April 20. ...

On Tuesday, voters in Virginia will head to the polls for a high-stakes referendum that will decide whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Under the proposal put forward by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the state’s Democratic trifecta, the…

Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel on April 19 rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to turn over 2024 election ballots and other voting materials from Wayne County. Nessel’s statement followed an April 14 letter from the DOJ demanding the…

Notable moments from the past week in America.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. military forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that attempted to bypass a naval blockade earlier in the day. In an announcement posted on Truth Social, Trump said the ship, called the Touska,…

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that U.S. representatives will arrive in Pakistan on Monday evening in preparation for negotiations with Iran. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social and said that Iran had violated a ceasefire agreement by firing…

BOSTON—A front swept away the rain clouds, leaving a bright moon overhead as Paul Revere made his way through Boston’s shadows on a chilly April night in 1775. The British were coming. Revere got the news from Dr. Joseph Warren…

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Joint Base Andrews on April 17.

A U.S. appeals court on April 17 put on hold a lower court order that had halted construction of the White House ballroom, allowing the project to proceed for now. Previously, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a preliminary injunction…

Settlement talks are underway between President Donald Trump and the IRS over a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the tax collection agency, according to a federal court filing submitted on April 17 in Miami. Trump’s lawyers asked a U.S.…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders at the White House at 9 a.m. ET on April 18.

PHOENIX—President Donald Trump predicted a Republican sweep in November’s midterms and pledged to press ahead with his “America First” agenda amid chants of “USA! USA!” during a rally in Phoenix on April 17. “Together, we’re making America great again, and…

Iran’s military said on April 18 it has reinstated “strict military oversight” over the Strait of Hormuz due to Washington’s ongoing naval blockade of Iranian shipping, signaling an apparent reversal to a brief reopening of the critical global oil transit…

President Donald Trump said on April 17 that talks aimed at ending the war in Iran are ongoing and will carry on over the weekend, though he suggested that “good things” may come out of the negotiations. “We’re having a…

President Donald Trump said on April 17 that talks aimed at ending the war in Iran are ongoing and will carry on over the weekend, and there had been some “good news” about Iran. “We’re having a big day. We’ll…

President Donald Trump announced April 17 that he expects his administration to begin releasing documents “very soon” related to extraterrestrial life and unexplained phenomena. “As you remember, I recently directed the Secretary of War … to begin releasing government files…