J, a Venezuelan immigrant with his daughter, doesn’t feel safe leaving home after his wife was taken by federal agents while driving near their home in St Croix county in February. The Mexican restaurant where multiple workers were taken in February still sits dark, across the road from a travel plaza where people were also arrested by federal agents. An Ecuadorian market in a nearby town targeted by immigration agents is back open again, with a sign on the door telling people to ring the bell before entering. And J was still staying inside – the federal agents had already … Read more

April 18, 2026

Iran war’s “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” Trump says

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President Trump claimed in a post on his Truth Social network on Wednesday that Iran’s president had “just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Mr. Trump said Iran’s “New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors,” had requested the ceasefire. Iran currently has the same president it’s had since July 2024, however, when President Masoud Pezeshkian took office.  Pezeshkian, long viewed as a more moderate figure than the Islamic clerics and Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders who’ve long wielded most of the power in the country, did say Tuesday that Iran had the … Read more

April 17, 2026

Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving her position, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, amid reports that he was frustrated with her handling of some of his key priorities. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,” he said in a Truth Social post, adding that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would take over as the acting attorney general. A senior administration … Read more

April 17, 2026

US Initial Jobless Claims Lower Than Expected, BTC Price Reacts

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The US initial jobless claims came in lower than expected, according to an official release on Thursday, April 16. The Department of Labor revealed that initial jobless claims reduced significantly for the week ending April 11. BTC price dropped immediately after the figures were published. Bitcoin Drops Amid US Initial Jobless Claims Data According to Department of Labour data, the US initial jobless claims declined by 11,000 compared to the previous week’s revised figure of 218,000. Moreover, the latest figure of 207,000 came in lower than the consensus estimate of 213,000. The data suggests a strong labour market in the … Read more

April 16, 2026

US aircraft carrier breaks record for longest deployment since the Vietnam War

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, broke the U.S. record Wednesday for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span that saw it take part in both the military raid in Venezuela and the Iran war. The ship’s 295th day at sea surpassed the previous longest deployment by an aircraft carrier in the past 50 years, when the USS Abraham Lincoln was sent out for 294 days in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data compiled by U.S. Naval Institute News, a news outlet run by the U.S. Naval Institute, a … Read more

April 16, 2026

Pete Hegseth forces out Army’s top officer and two other generals

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, four U.S. military officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Chief Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed George’s departure in a statement Thursday on X, saying George, the Army’s top officer, would be “retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately.” “The Department of War is grateful for General George’s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement,” Parnell added. Gen. Randy George at … Read more