Articles for category: Politics

April 20, 2026

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Why many Kashmiris are donating gold, breaking piggy banks for Iran | US-Israel war on Iran News

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir — The gold earrings were a gift from her father on her birthday just months earlier. But on March 21, as South Asia marked Eid‑ul‑Fitr, Masrat Mukhtar handed them over to an aid collection effort to help civilians in Iran trying to survive the US-Israel war on the country. She was one of many in Indian-administered Kashmir who paused their customary rituals and celebrations on the auspicious day to contribute cash, household items, and personal assets for a people more than 1,600 km (1,000 miles) away. Her cousins followed, each bringing items of personal value. Families offered copper

April 19, 2026

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‘Open betrayal’ or ‘just and imperative’? Trump’s Iran strikes divide conservative media | US-Israel war on Iran

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to get the US out of “endless wars”, put “America first” and focus on domestic policy. After his first term, he was fond of boasting, somewhat misleadingly, that there were “no wars” during his presidency. Now the Trump administration’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran has shocked the US and the world. It has also divided conservative media in the US – with many journalists and pundits on the right celebrating Trump’s decision to confront a longtime American foe, but others expressing dismay or confusion at the revival of a Bush-style

April 19, 2026

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US attorneys handpicked by Pam Bondi were appointed illegally, judge rules | Trump administration

Three prosecutors installed by Donald Trump’s administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general’s office after the president’s former personal lawyer was disqualified from the role in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge has ruled. Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, handpicked the three to replace Alina Habba, who resigned after a succession of district and appeals court rulings that she was serving illegally because she never received Senate confirmation. On Monday, federal judge Matthew Brann said Bondi’s actions repeated the same error of bypassing congressional approval for the appointments. He stopped short of ordering their removal pending

April 19, 2026

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

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

April 19, 2026

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Jimmy Lutz breaks 10-year-old compound world record with 719

The American compound archer James ‘Jimmy’ Lutz has broken the compound men’s 72-arrow 50m qualification round world record, scoring 719 out of 720 at the 2026 Easton Foundations Gator Cup competition in Newberry, Florida, USA on 18 April 2026. The world record is still subject to ratification.  The score beats the longstanding previous mark of 718 set by Braden Gellenthien at the National Target Championships in Decatur, Alabama in July 2016. His score in Florida was three points higher than the second placed archer, the Netherlands’ Mike Schloesser, one of a handful of elite internationals also competing on the US

April 19, 2026

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War breaking news. Pasdaran: any ship approaching Hormuz will be ‘targeted’

LiveLast updated less than a minute ago Tehran accuses the EU: ‘Hypocritical, calls for legality on Hormuz and gives the US and Israel a free hand’. As for peace, Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf spoke of “progress with the US, but significant differences remain” Trump Pope, Superman and Jesus: anthology of ‘The Donald’s’ trashiest memes by Francesco Prisco Please take away social media from “The Donald”. Take away his Ai, the tools that allow him to ‘meme’ like a bored high schooler, and probably the wine too. Because, tariffs or no tariffs, it certainly seems to be widely used in the White

April 19, 2026

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‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires

In a normal year, the vast grasslands that roll across the American Great Plains would be starting to green. But at the center of the US, where most of the nation’s beef producers graze their herds, this spring brought fire instead of moisture, leaving more than a million acres black and barren. Multiple blazes raged across Nebraska, where the records for the annual acreage burned were obliterated in a single month. The state logged the largest blaze ever recorded when the Morrill fire cascaded across more than 642,000 acres (260,000 hectares) before it was contained in March. Fire is not

April 19, 2026

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USA, New Zealand win in KC and break a rugby record

Lightning flashed. Thunder rolled. Storms came and went. And although the matches were delayed by three hours, women’s rugby fans were boisterous while watching four of the best teams in the world. In the second appearance of the Pacific Four Series at CPKC Stadium, players from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States got to experience playing in Kansas City. Last year, USA and Canada squared off to begin the tournament in the first stadium purpose-built for a professional women’s soccer team — in front of the largest crowd ever for an American women’s rugby match. Purple skies from

April 19, 2026

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Breaking Down MSU’s Fears’ Current NBA Draft Status

Jeremy Fears put together the best season of his Michigan State career, leading the team in both points and assists while also pacing the entire country with 9.4 assists per game. Now he is testing the NBA waters. Fears has declared for the 2026 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility, a move that allows him to gather feedback from professional evaluators without fully committing to leaving East Lansing. The declaration comes as a natural next step for a player who arrived at Michigan State as a McDonald’s All-American with NBA potential, provided he continued to develop his game at

April 18, 2026

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Virginia strips tax breaks for organizations connected to the Confederacy | Virginia

On Monday, Virginia’s governor, Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and the state’s first female governor, signed into law a bill that eliminates tax exemptions for organizations connected to the Confederacy. HB167, passed by Democrats in the Virginia house and senate, specifically removes the Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, the Virginia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, along with other groups, from the state’s list of organizations that are exempt from state property taxes. Founded in 1894, the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is a non-profit