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Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary By Alejandra Jaramillo 2 min ago PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2026, 5:18 PM Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector, according to a statement posted Monday by White House communications director Steven Cheung. "Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting Ame ...

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The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars

April 20, 2026Updated 3:35 p.m. ET When Infowars, the website founded by the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones, came up for sale two years ago, an unlikely suitor stepped up. The Onion, a satirical news outlet, planned to convert the site into a parody of itself. That sale was scuttled by a bankruptcy court. Now, The Onion has re-emerged with a new plan: licensing the website from Gregory Milligan, the court-appointed manager of the site. On Monday, Mr. Milligan asked Maya Guerra Gamble, a ...

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Trump is quietly seeking allies to fix Gaza, says Norway

April 20, 2026 9:22 pm CET Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is quietly engaging with international partners including the EU and the Palestinian Authority to stabilize Gaza and prepare for post-conflict governance, Norway’s foreign minister told POLITICO. The U.S. president set up the Washington-led Board of Peace, which held its first meeting in February, as the main vehicle for overseeing reconstruction and governance of the Gaza Strip. But Norway’s Espen Barth Eide, who was in Brussels on Mon ...

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Trump says Energy secretary 'totally wrong' on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year

04/20/26 8:37 AM ET President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year. “No, I think he’s wrong on that. Totally wrong,” Trump said in a phone interview when asked about his Energy chief’s comments. When asked by The Hill when he believes gas prices will drop, Trump said “as soon as this ends,” referring to the Iran war. Wright told CNN on Sunday that gas prices might n ...

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House Ethics Committee releases list of sexual misconduct investigations amid lawmaker scandals

April 20, 2026 WASHINGTON (CN) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday published a complete list of members of Congress it has investigated for sexual misconduct and defended its process for addressing — and publicizing — reports of such behavior. The compilation, which stretches back 50 years, comes as the lower chamber’s ethics panel and Congress as a whole have come under increased scrutiny after a pair of high-profile resignations of lawmakers implicated in sordid sexual harassment and ass ...

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New large-sample poll: The issues that matter the most to Americans right now

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Panicked Trump, 79, Makes Desperate Move as Devastating Polls Pile Up

(Daily Beast) A myriad of recent polls suggest that Americans are particularly concerned about the economy, the spiraling war on Iran, and how the president is handling those issues. But not in Trump’s mind. In an attempt to regain control of the narrative, the 79-year-old shared a screengrab on Truth Social detailing a poll from an X account named “America First Now.” It cites data from a months-old Wall Street Journal poll—then cherry-picks the most flattering numbers, ignoring the bad. In fact, the post completely ignores the WSJ piece’s headline, which was particularly unflattering to Trump. “It’s Trump’s Economy, and Voters Are Unhappy With It,” it read.

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Michigan Refuses Trump Administration Demand for 2024 Election Ballots

(Reuters) Michigan officials on Sunday ⁠pushed ⁠back on a U.S. Department of ⁠Justice demand for Detroit-area ballots and other materials related to the 2024 election, accusing the Trump administration of trying to cast doubt on the integrity of U.S. elections. "This request is as absurd as it is baseless,” Nessel said in a joint statement with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. "If this administration wants to bring this circus to our state, my office is prepared to protect the people’s right to vote.”

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Now Trump Reportedly Wants Nation's Highest Military Honor... For Himself

(Huff Post) President Donald Trump has never served in the U.S. armed forces, but reportedly wants to give himself the nation’s highest military honor anyway. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Trump has “mused” about awarding himself the Medal of Honor. It’s not apparent how or why Trump thinks he may qualify given that he has never served in the military. During the Vietnam War, Trump received four deferments for college and one for bone spurs in his heels. He later told radio host Howard Stern that avoiding sexually transmitted diseases was “my personal Vietnam.”

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Three U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Be In The Middle East

(Forbes) The record-length deployment of the United States Navy’s newest and largest operational nuclear-powered supercarrier continues. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has been at sea for 299 days as of Sunday, surpassing the post-Vietnam War-era record of 294 days of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) set during that aircraft carrier’s 2019-2020 deployment. U.S. Navy officials have indicated that USS Gerald R. Ford could be deployed for up to 11 months, equaling and even surpassing the 332-day deployment of USS Midway (CVA-41), which lasted from April 10, 1972, until March 3, 1973, at the peak of the Vietnam War.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary

11 hrs ago - Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary By Alejandra Jaramillo 2 min ago PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2026, 5:18 PM Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector, according to a statement ... (CNN)

The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars

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