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Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame "I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday. April 18, 2026 at 2:12 p.m. EDT Today at 2:12 p.m. EDT 3 min President Donald Trump joined NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser last year to announce plans to host the 2027 NFL Draft in Washington. (Annabelle Gordon/For The Washington Post) By Dan Diamond The Trump admi ...

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Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope Leo clash simmers

04/18/26 11:41 AM ET President Trump on Friday announced that he will attend a marathon reading of the Bible amid his feud with Pope Leo XIV. The group Christians Engaged listed Trump one of many participants in the “America Reads the Bible” event, which starts Saturday evening and runs for a week. The president said in a statement that he applauds “every citizen participating in the America Reads the Bible initiative. Together, we will honor Holy Scripture, renew our faith, usher in a histo ...

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Scoop: Trump convenes Iran situation room meeting amid renewed Hormuz crisis

4h President Trump convened a White House Situation Room meeting on Saturday morning to discuss the renewed crisis around the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations with Iran, according to two U.S. officials. Why it matters: The situation with Iran is at a critical point, with the ceasefire expected to expire in three days, and no final date set for a new meeting between U.S. and Iranian negotiators. Iran's Saturday announcement about the renewed closure of the Strait, as well as multiple att ...

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'Ignorance and cruelty': former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts

Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.01 EDT Nicholas Enrich was working in Kenya in 2003 when the then US president George W Bush signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat HIV, the largest international health commitment by any nation to fight a single disease. It was the peak of the epidemic, and for the young American government aid worker “it clicked that my government was ready to join the fight against HIV and I was excited to be a part of that”, he ...

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At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages

At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials say. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the man, who lived locally, began shooting at people on the street and then took others hostage in a nearby supermarket. Klymenko said the attacker was killed in the supermarket following a shoot-out with police. His motive is currently unclear. ... Police nego ...

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Trump Officials Are 'Openly Discussing' Kash Patel's Replacement as FBI Director: Report

Apr 17th, 2026, 9:06 pm The Atlantic reporter who broke a wild story about FBI Director Kash Patel said senior officials in the Trump administration are "openly discussing" his successor. On Friday, the publication ran a piece by Sarah Fitzpatrick, who reported that last week, Patel believed he had been fired by President Donald Trump after he was locked out of an FBI computer system: On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend, ...

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Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Iran reimposes restrictions

Updated 7:13 AM EDT, April 18, 2026 CAIRO (AP) -- The dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters on Saturday. The United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian ports and Iran reversed an initial move to reopen the waterway, firing on a ship attempting to pass. Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed c ...

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Native American Group Slams NFL's Washington Commanders for 'Inappropriate' New Logo: 'We Are Not Your Mascot'

Apr 17th, 2026, 3:13 pm A Native American organization has called out the NFL’s Washington Commanders after the team unveiled a new logo featuring a spear. On Wednesday, the Commanders revealed their new uniforms for the 2026-27 season. Included in the redesign was a helmet featuring an alternate logo on the helmet. The logo featured the letter “w” with a spear going through it — a nod to the Native American theming from when the team went by the Washington Redskins. In a statement obtained ...

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White House insists Trump has 'done more for American tourism than anyone' after drop in global visitors

Friday 17 April 2026 15:18 EDT The number of overseas visitors to the U.S. dropped by several million in 2025 compared to 2024, with the World Travel & Tourism Council advising America to make itself welcoming again. However, the White House sees the picture differently, insisting that President Donald Trump has “done more for American tourism than anyone.” The rebuttal came after research by the council revealed that while global travel had a bumper year in 2025, with the number of internat ...

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So many food service workers are being deported that restaurants are now begging lawmakers for help

Friday 17 April 2026 17:29 EDT Restaurants in deep red Texas are making an unlikely call for immigration reform as the Trump administration’s deportation campaign continues to rock the industry nationwide. A group of businesses and food-industry groups came together last month to form Seat the Table, which is lobbying for work permits for immigrant food and agriculture workers. “I think the vast majority of Americans recognize that there is a large group of undocumented immigrants who have b ...

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HistoryTalks event brings former presidents, athletes, and entertainers to Philly

12 min ago - Updated April 18, 2026, 5:26 p.m. ET | Published April 18, 2026, 1:56 p.m. ET A History Channel event at the Kimmel Center in Center City on Saturday drew former Presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama for conversations a ... (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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Kansas senator addresses National Weather Service concerns after tornado

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Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan

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GOP activists giving up hope on the party's future due to Trump's war: report

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Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope Leo clash simmers

10 hrs ago - 04/18/26 11:41 AM ET President Trump on Friday announced that he will attend a marathon reading of the Bible amid his feud with Pope Leo XIV. The group Christians Engaged listed Trump one of many participants in the “America Reads the Bible ... (The Hill)

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame

10 hrs ago - Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame "I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday. April 18, 2026 at 2:12 p.m. EDT Today at 2:12 p.m. EDT 3 min ... (Washington Post)

Scoop: Trump convenes Iran situation room meeting amid renewed Hormuz crisis

10 hrs ago - 4h President Trump convened a White House Situation Room meeting on Saturday morning to discuss the renewed crisis around the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations with Iran, according to two U.S. officials. Why it matters: The situation with Iran is at ... (msn/Axios)

ICE releases delayed detainee death reports as 2026 total rises to 17

11 hrs ago - April 18, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT Immigration and Customs Enforcement released delayed reports Friday detailing the deaths of four detainees earlier this year after the agency failed to meet a 90-day deadline required by Congress. The newly released report ... (NBC News)

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12 hrs ago - Published Apr 18, 2026 at 02:54 PM EDT The U.S. military will reportedly board and seize Iran-linked vessels in international waters as part of Operation Economic Fury, the Trump administration's plan to apply economic pressure on Tehran and force a ... (Newsweek)

Trove of documents shed rare light on Supreme Court's secretive affair with poison

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In Virginia gerrymandering fight, Republicans claim Obama's with them. He isn't

13 hrs ago - April 18, 2026 6:05 AM EDT Updated 6 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats vehemently disagree over whether Virginia should adopt a new congressional map for the November midterms, but they're leaning on the same person ... (Reuters)

'Uniquely unfit': Alan Dershowitz's 'alternate universe of facts' conveniently ignores that he lost defamation case

14 hrs ago - Apr 18th, 2026, 8:24 am Famed criminal defense attorney and law professor Alan Dershowitz was already a "uniquely unfit" person to "force a constitutional showdown" over the First Amendment, but the truth is he's lost his defamation case "no matter ... (Law & Crime)

At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages

14 hrs ago - At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials say. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the man, who ... (BBC)

'Ignorance and cruelty': former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts

14 hrs ago - Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.01 EDT Nicholas Enrich was working in Kenya in 2003 when the then US president George W Bush signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat HIV, the largest international health c ... (The Guardian)