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Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium The US president said Washington and Tehran were 'very close' to a peace deal. Iran has previously insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful. Le Monde with AFP Published today at 12:11 am (Paris) 2 min read President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. JEN GOLBECK / AP US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, April 16 that Washington and Tehran were "very close" to a peace d ...

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Trump to address Turning Point crowd as GOP hopefuls battle in Arizona

Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm President Donald Trump is slated to headline a Turning Point USA event Friday in Phoenix as several Arizona Republicans seek the state’s governorship and two competitive House seats in the upcoming midterm election. Trump’s remarks to a “Build the Red Wall” event at Dream City Church will connect him with young right-leaning voters, a key voting bloc with which he has lost ground since returning to office last year. A high turnout in November by younger conse ...

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'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest

April 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT / Updated April 16, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. At least three injuries were reported after at least five tornadoes developed in areas southwest of the city. Several homes were damaged, trees were downed and recreational vehicles were overturned. But in its Monday afternoon outlook, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, which forecasts severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, did no ...

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NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts

Updated April 16, 2026 12:54 PM ET NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million. They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR's use of digital technology, increasing its connection with audiences, and ensuring the viability of public radio stations after Congress eliminated all federal funding for public media. NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher said the gifts would help to set up the network and its stations for the next 50 yea ...

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US-Iran Deal Will Take Months, Gulf and Europe Officials Say

Thu, April 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM EDT (Bloomberg) -- Some Gulf Arab and European leaders believe that a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months to be agreed and that the warring sides should extend their ceasefire to cover that timeframe, according to officials from the regions familiar with the matter. The leaders want the vital Strait of Hormuz opened immediately to restore energy flows and are warning in private that a global food crisis may develop if that doesn’t happen by next month ...

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Europe could run out of jet fuel in 6 weeks, IEA chief tells AP

(CNBC) The International Energy Agency’s head warned Thursday that Europe maybe has six weeks left of jet fuel as the airline industry continues to grapple with headwinds due to the Middle East crisis. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the Strait of Hormuz blockade will result in “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday. “In the past there was a group called ‘Dire Straits.’ It’s a dire strait now, and it is going to have major implications for the global economy. And the longer it goes, the worse it will be for the economic growth and inflation around the world,” he said.

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Trump leans in on a major 2026 issue: possibly replacing Justices Alito and Thomas

(CNN) President Donald Trump seems to be leaning in on the idea that elderly conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas might think about a conveniently timed retirement this year. Trump couched his comments to Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo in respect for the jurisprudence and decision-making processes of both justices. But he also repeatedly gestured at the political utility of them retiring soon: “I think he is one of the great justices of all time,” Trump said of Alito, before adding: “It’d be nice to say, now I have somebody for 40 years.”

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Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world 'ravaged by tyrants'

(Reuters) Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful ‌remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked him again on social media. Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried leaders who used religious language to justify wars and urged a "decisive change of course" in a meeting in the biggest city in Cameroon's anglophone regions, where a simmering conflict going back nearly a decade has left thousands dead.

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U.S. Catholic Committee Fires Back at JD Vance's 'Theology' Attack On the Pope

(Mediaite) A committee of American Catholics on Wednesday issued a statement in response to Vice President JD Vance’s latest attack on Pope Leo XIV. Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, Vance said the Pope should “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” The comment came as Pope Leo had repeatedly condemned the war in Iran and called for peace. The next day, U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine claimed that Pope Leo wasn’t merely trying to “opine” as Vance suggested.

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Trump discussed "Jesus" meme with Bill Pulte before posting it, sources say

(Axios) Before President Trump posted an image of him as a Christ-like healer, he discussed the meme with his controversial housing finance chief Bill Pulte, Axios has learned. Trump was in South Florida over the weekend and the two spent time together, according to two advisers who spoke to the president about the image. At some point, Pulte brought the image to Trump's attention, the advisers told Axios. It's not clear whether he just displayed the rendering on his phone or actually sent it to the president.

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White House budget director Vought declines to tell senators cost of Iran war

13 min ago - Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, declined to give senators an estimate of the cost of the military operations against Iran when pressed on the issue during a hearing Thursday. Vought said the White House is ... (The Hill)

US House narrowly rejects war powers resolution as dissent grows

14 min ago - The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution that would have prevented further military action against Iran, as Democrats united against continued US involvement in the conflict amid peace talks that have yet ... (The Guardian)

ICE head Todd Lyons planning to leave agency this spring

18 min ago - Updated on: April 16, 2026 / 7:58 PM EDT Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, after leading the agency at the forefront of President Trump's deportatio ... (CBS News)

A California school district is having its first teachers strike in 150 years

53 min ago - By Cierra Morgan and Suhauna Hussain April 16, 2026 2:42 PM PT Hundreds of teachers in southeast Los Angeles County went on strike Thursday in the Little Lake City School District, marking the first teacher work stoppage in the district’s 150-ye ... (LA Times)

Democrat Analilia Mejia wins New Jersey special election for US House over Republican Joe Hathaway

1 hr ago - Updated 8:47 PM EDT, April 16, 2026 DENVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- Democrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey special election for the U.S. House on Thursday, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to President Donald Trump. Mejia, a for ... (AP)

Ben & Jerry's co-founder: Parent company blocking social advocacy

1 hr ago - Posted 2:16 PM, Apr 16, 2026 Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, repeated statements similar to those made by Jerry Greenfield, who left the business in September after claiming the ice cream brand has been “silenced” by its pa ... (Scripps News)

NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts

2 hrs ago - Updated April 16, 2026 12:54 PM ET NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million. They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR's use of digital technology, increasing its connection with au ... (NPR)

Green card holders at risk as feds seek deportation shortcut at SCOTUS

2 hrs ago - April 16, 2026 WASHINGTON (CN) — President Donald Trump heads to the Supreme Court next week in search of a shortcut to deport certain green card holders. A key benefit for lawful permanent residents, as they are formally known, is being able to ... (Courthouse News Service)

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

2 hrs ago - The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped the entirety of the streaming platform’ ... (Engadget)

Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

3 hrs ago - Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium The US president said Washington and Tehran were 'very close' to a peace deal. Iran has previously insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful. Le Monde with AFP Published today at 12:11 am ( ... (LeMonde)

'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest

3 hrs ago - April 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT / Updated April 16, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. At least three injuries were reported after at least five tornadoes developed in areas southwest of the ... (NBC News)

White House to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access, Bloomberg News reports

3 hrs ago - The U.S. government is planning to make a version of Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos available to major federal agencies amid concerns that the tool could sharply increase cybersecurity risk, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Thursday. Ann ... (Reuters)

Trump to address Turning Point crowd as GOP hopefuls battle in Arizona

4 hrs ago - Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm President Donald Trump is slated to headline a Turning Point USA event Friday in Phoenix as several Arizona Republicans seek the state’s governorship and two competitive House seats in the upcoming midterm electio ... (Roll Call)

Senate Democrats move to stall Trump's 'absurd' bid to install new Fed chair

4 hrs ago - Thu 16 Apr 2026 12.14 EDT Last modified on Thu 16 Apr 2026 12.46 EDT Democrats have moved to stall Donald Trump’s effort to exert greater control over the US Federal Reserve, condemning the president’s “absurd” bid to install a ne ... (The Guardian)

US-Iran Deal Will Take Months, Gulf and Europe Officials Say

5 hrs ago - Thu, April 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM EDT (Bloomberg) -- Some Gulf Arab and European leaders believe that a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months to be agreed and that the warring sides should extend their ceasefire to cover that timeframe, accordin ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

Israel agrees to a ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah but will keep troops in Lebanon

5 hrs ago - Updated April 16, 20263:12 PM ET By NPR Staff Israel has agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, which would pause Israel's conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has escalated since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran. The truce w ... (NPR)

Trump nominates Erica Schwartz as CDC director

5 hrs ago - Published Thu, Apr 16 20263:29 PM EDT The White House on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concluding a monthslong effort to install a permanent leader at the embattled health ag ... (CNBC)

'Dear America': HUD workers say they're being blocked from doing their jobs

6 hrs ago - April 16, 2026 6:00 AM ET A small number of current and former employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development launched a website Thursday to accuse the Trump administration of blocking enforcement of federal fair housing laws. They chos ... (NPR)

House breaks with Trump, voting against ending deportation protections for Haitians

7 hrs ago - Updated on: April 16, 2026 / 2:24 PM EDT Washington -- The House delivered rare pushback on President Trump's immigration policies in a vote Thursday on a bill to stop the administration from ending temporary deportation protections for Haitian natio ... (CBS News)

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision

7 hrs ago - Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to the US, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. According to multiple sources, Mandel ... (The Guardian)