Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Said To Free Abducted American Journalist Shelly Kittleson — With a Condition
A hostage video of Kittleson admitting to being a spy is released.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Trump’s Iran Threats Prompt Democrats, Former Allies To Call for Invoking the 25th Amendment
Dozens of lawmakers say the president should be forced to step down after he declared that Iran’s ‘civilization will die tonight.’
By MATTHEW RICE
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Bannon’s High Court Win, After Merrick Garland Sent Him to Prison, Is Milestone in Trump’s Push To Reverse January 6 Convictions
The former chief strategist for the president’s appeal this time is backed up by the full weight of the Trump Justice Department.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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NASA Shares New Images From Far Side of Moon as Astronauts Prepare To Head Home
‘Absolutely stunning’ is how a lead NASA scientist describes the images.
By LUKE FUNK
|‘Unacceptable’ Penn Station Closure for World Cup Draws Immediate Backlash
The global event will put local strain on transit systems and inconvenience daily riders.
By GEORGE WILLIS
|With Social Media Addiction on Parents’ Minds, Scientists Draw Connection Between Cell Phones and Physical Ills
With billions of wireless devices now in use, a new study says current public safety guidance, unchanged since 1996, is 200 times below healthy exposure limits.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Ohio Lawmakers Consider Bill That Would Ban Drag Shows in Public Places
The bill, already passed by the state House, would put drag shows in the same category as performances involving strippers and topless dancers.
By LUKE FUNK
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Artemis II Crew Requests Moon Crater Be Named in Honor of Flight Commander’s Late Wife
Carroll Taylor Wiseman died in 2020 after a five-year battle with cancer, leaving astronaut Reid Wiseman to raise their two daughters as a single dad.
By LUKE FUNK
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Scarcity by Design: Masters Ticket Frenzy Once Linked to Suicide Grows Even Tighter
Demand, fraud and tragedy prompts Augusta National to make tournament access harder than ever.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Pope Leo Calls Trump’s Iran Threat ‘Truly Unacceptable,’ Urges Americans To Call Members of Congress
The first American pope’s rebuke of the president came just hours after Mr. Trump said Iran’s civilization will ‘die’ on Tuesday.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Russia and China Veto a Proposed UN Resolution on Freedom of Navigation at the Hormuz Strait
Beijing and Moscow ‘sided with a regime that seeks to intimidate the Gulf into submission,’ the American UN ambassador said after the vote.
By BENNY AVNI
|Kanye West’s Comeback Suffers a Blow as Britain Bars Him From Headlining London Festival
The organizers of the annual London-based Wireless Festival called off the event Tuesday, citing Britain’s refusal to let West enter the country.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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As Diplomacy Appears To Have Reached a Dead End, America Strikes at Iran’s Oil Exporting Hub
‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,’ Mr. Trump writes on TruthSocial.
By BENNY AVNI
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Vance Headed to Hungary in Display of Trump’s Support for Prime Minister Orban in Upcoming Election
Orban, sharing Trump’s outlook on NATO and Ukraine, faces a strong challenge after 16 years in power.
By DONALD KIRK
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Trump Threatens Devastation to Iran’s Infrastructure If a Deal Fails To Materialize by Tuesday Evening
To keep Hormuz strait shut for global traffic, ‘all you need is one terrorist,’ the president says.
By BENNY AVNI
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DeSantis Signs Bill Giving Florida the Power To Designate Domestic Terrorist Organizations
The governor says the state will be ‘very zealous and robust in how we approach dealing with these groups.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Tulsi Gabbard Under Fresh Pressure as Former Deputy Promotes Iranian Propaganda
The former counterterrorism chief promoted a false claim that America sought to kill its own trapped servicemember.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Trump Hands California Democrats a Gift, Endorsing GOP Candidate in Wide-Open Jungle Primary
The endorsement is likely to consolidate Republican support around the president’s candidate, giving Democrats a greater chance of clinching the second spot.
By MATTHEW RICE
|‘He Has Gone Insane’: Expletive-Laden Iran Post From Trump on Easter Sunday Prompts Shock, Dismay
The president’s foul language and threats had some worried about what is to come in the war.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Kamala Harris To Kick Off Tour with Speech at Al Sharpton’s Conference, Signaling 2028 Run
The former vice president is then set to travel through the south, where she will speak at a number of state Democratic party functions.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Democrats’ Obsession With AIPAC a Pretext for Ugly Conspiracies and Fearmongering
By DAVID HARSANYI
Marco Rubio, Echoing Kissinger’s Stature, Emerges as Rising Star of Trump’s Second Term
By MICHAEL BARONE
War Against Iran Exposes Hollowness at the Core of the North Atlantic Alliance
By JOSH HAMMER
Democrats’ Obsession With Diversity Distracts From Party’s Policy Failures
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An Ernst Lubitsch Film Season? ‘Not To Be’ Missed
A new Film Forum retrospective honors the director of ‘Design for Living,’ ‘Ninotchka,’ ‘To Be Or Not To Be,’ and ‘Trouble in Paradise.’
By MARIO NAVES
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What if Godot Actually Arrives? A New Play — in Irish — Imagines the End of Waiting
A sequel to Samuel Beckett’s classic suggests that a new Gaelic Revival could be at hand.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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An Unmissable Descent Into the Unique Artistic Labyrinth of Louise Bourgeois
Rather like one of her trademark spiders, Louise Bourgeois’s artistic legacy was compelling and forbidding in equal measure.
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Global Fertilizer Supply Disruptions Help Domestic Producers but Hurt American Farmers
American fertilizer producers are boosting prices and increasing exports while farmers are seeing costs rise as much as 40 percent.
By LUKE FUNK
|SpaceX Files for IPO That Could Make Elon Musk The World’s First Trillionaire
The aerospace manufacturer reportedly submitted a draft registration to the SEC on Wednesday, with five major banks tapped to lead the offering.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Debut of Crypto-Backed Mortgages Offers Younger Buyers a Pathway to Home Ownership
Fannie Mae says that, for the first time, it will start accepting mortgages that are backed by digital currencies.
By LUKE FUNK
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Reagan-Era Economist Warns Treasury That Figures Show America Is Insolvent
The government’s fiscal year 2025 financial statement shows $47.78 trillion in liabilities against just $6 trillion in assets.
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Federal Appeals Court Allows Iowa To Enforce a Law Banning ‘Sexual Materials’ From School Libraries
The judges say the First Amendment ‘does not guarantee students the right to access books of their choosing at taxpayer expense.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Public School Students in Utah Will Soon Study Bible Verses ‘Alluded To’ in America’s Founding Documents
Utah’s governor says the new standards are not supposed to be a ‘spiritual study.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Harvard Moves To Reassign Civil Rights Suit to Judge Who Has Ruled in Its Favor
Harvard claims that the DOJ manipulated its court filings to avoid Judge Allison Burroughs, who has ruled against the administration in prior Harvard litigation.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Todd Blanche Vowed Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis Will Face ‘Justice’: Can He Pull It Off and Become Attorney General?
The president’s criminal defense lawyer has proven agile at implementing Trump’s priorities, but securing convictions has proven elusive.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Court Orders PLO and Palestinian Authority Must Pay $656 Million to American Terror Victims
A federal appeals court is reinstating a judgment against the groups after a Supreme Court ruling.
By LUKE FUNK
|‘Looming’ Prosecution of Democrats’ Star January 6 Witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, Emerges as Priority for Pam Bondi’s Successor
A new attorney general could take up a criminal referral against the former White House aide whose testimony riveted the nation.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|Front Runner Emerges in Trump’s Search for a New Attorney General
Trump floats the EPA chief, Lee Zeldin, as Pam Bondi’s replacement even before her removal, reports say.
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