The price of peace: what kind of deal with Iran would Trump accept?
The US president has declared the Strait of Hormuz is open and that Iran has agreed to all his demands. But the real picture is much more complicated - and there is a wildcard.
Michael Koziol / Sydney Morning Herald | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:57:00
'The Pope has to understand Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon' - Trump
Trump says he has 'to do what's right' as he pushes back against Pope Leo XIV on Iran war
Sydney Morning Herald | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:19:22
Donald Trump slams Nato: 'absolutely useless' as he declares Iran war 'almost over'
Donald Trump has slammed Nato as "absolutely useless" in opening the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war. The President said the remarks during a speech at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Arizona, and was introduced by Erika Kirk. He reiterated the Strait of Hormuz has been opened ...
Peter Stevens / GB News | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:18:21
Dose of Witamin
Free speech is a good thing: ask Iranians who've been pounding at Trump with jokes and memes on X. It won't win them the war, but it's certainly winning them fans worldwide. How ironic! A...
TOI Editor / Times of India | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:55:56
Trump's post banning Israel from bombing Lebanon catches Netanyahu off guard - Axios
According to sources cited by the news outlet, Israel asked the White House for clarifications
Tass | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:14:51
Trump thanks Gulf states for their 'tremendous' support
'This will be a great and brilliant day for the world' Donald Trump said as Iran fully opens the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Jazeera | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:54:38
Ilhan Omar Says She Isn't a Multimillionaire
"Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, facing potential investigations pushed by President Trump and House Republicans, said she isn't as wealthy as documents she previously submitted to Congress suggest because there were major accounting errors in her filing," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:37:00
Trump Expects Iran Deal 'In a Day or Two'
President Trump told Axios that U.S. and Iranian negotiators will probably meet this weekend, and he expects them to hammer out a final deal to end the war. Said Trump: "The Iranians want to meet. They want to make a deal. I think a meeting will probably take place over ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:33:17
Agencies in Talks with Trump Family to Resolve Lawsuit
"Federal agencies are engaging in discussions to resolve a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump and his family over the leak of their tax information to news the Washington Post reports. "The lawsuit, when it was filed, sought at least $10 billion in damages, claiming that the federal government did ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:30:39
Iran war live: Tehran says Trump made 'false' claims, amid peace talks
Tens of thousands of people forcibly displaced by Israeli attacks on Lebanon use first day of ceasefire to return home.
Al Jazeera | Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00
US to extract Iranian enriched uranium using excavators - Trump
The president also said that the nuclear materials would be brought to the US
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:43:57
Unsettled Weather in the Midwest: So Glad Trump Cut 600 Staff from National Weather Service
After all, what do those uppity meteorologists know that the DOGE guys didn't. From Ranking Member Meng Opening Statement at the National Weather Service Hearing (March 26, 2026): That is why it was extremely concerning to see the Weather Service lose roughly 600 employees, including many meteorologists, in the early ...
Menzie Chinn / Econbrowser | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:28:53
White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid Mythos AI fears
The Trump administration and Anthropic's CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier this year between the Pentagon and the artificial intelligence firm over how that company's models should be used. The meeting between CEO Dario Amodei and White House staff, which took place ...
Reuters / South China Morning Post | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:17:51
American Airlines Says It Won't Merge With United
American issued the statement after news reports that United Airlines' chief executive had discussed the idea with the Trump administration.
Niraj Chokshi / NY Times | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:16:09
Video shows ships turning away from the Strait of Hormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite Iran's declaration Friday that it is open, maritime freight and oil analysts told CNBC.
CNBC | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:48:17
Trump says he trusts Iran to comply with terms of potential deal
The US president also said that Tehran wants to make a deal
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:27:40
US-Iran talks to continue over weekend - Trump
The US president says Iran and the United States are maintaining contacts
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:12:14
Is the Strait of Hormuz really open?
This story appeared inThe Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is open - but there's no peace deal yet, and there are plenty of ...
Cameron Peters / Vox | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:10:00
US judge blocks Justice Department bid to seize voter data in Rhode Island
Ruling is latest loss for Trump administration, which has sought access to state voter data ahead of the US midterms.
Al Jazeera | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:07:16
White House Wants a Nuclear Reactor Orbiting the Moon by 2028
The Trump administration has grand plans for "ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY." When NASA sent humans to the moon for the first time this century earlier this month, the organization made it clear that this is just the "opening act" for a new and revitalized era of space exploration. Under the ...
Haley Zaremba / Oil Price | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:00:00
Trump seeks 'resolution' of his $10bn lawsuit against IRS, spurring concern
Critics warn that Trump could arrange his own settlement by negotiating with a US Justice Department under his control.
Al Jazeera | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:56:47
Iran says Strait of Hormuz is 'open' but tracking shows few ships moving
US President Donald Trump welcomed Tehran's announcement but said the US naval blockade would continue until a peace deal was reached.
BBC | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:54:20
Strait of Hormuz open, Iran says
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz is open, a declaration backed by US President Donald Trump.
Sydney Morning Herald | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:46:03
Leaving NATO-Even for the Wrong Reasons-Is Good Policy
Although Trump's reasoning is flawed-given NATO rules on engagement-his core point is sound: the US should withdraw from the alliance. It's also a goal that many libertarians and some conservatives support.
Michael Chapman / Cato | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:42:36
Iran rejects Trump claim on deal to surrender nuclear material stockpiles
Iran has rejected suggestions by Donald Trump that it has agreed to hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium.
Al Jazeera | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:25:26
Trump Is Ditching His Biggest Supporter's Birthday at Mar-a-Lago
President Donald Trump is snubbing the Republican congressman who used to be his personal physician by not attending his birthday party at Mar-a-Lago. Trump posted on Truth Social Friday afternoon that he will not be attending Representative Ronny Jackson's birthday party in the evening, as he is speaking at a ...
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:18:02
The Blockade Bluff
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, 'The Blockade Stage of Trump's absurdities," Geopolitical Hour, April 14, 2026. Radhika: Hello and welcome to the 59th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times. I'm Radhika Desai, and you are watching Radhika Desai: Geopolitical ...
Michael / Michael Hudson | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:06:02
Spain signs deals with Brazil as Sanchez builds anti-Trump bloc
Spain and Brazil signed a flurry of agreements at Pedro Sanchez and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first bilateral summit, as the Spanish leader seeks to build an alliance to counter US President Donald Trump. "The relationship between Spain and Brazil goes far beyond the strictly bilateral," Sanchez told reporters ...
Bloomberg / South China Morning Post | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:05:18
Breaking the US imperial self-delusion and pathological addiction to war
by Amal Saad @amalsaad_lb on April 13 2026 Trump's counter-blockade gambit coupled with his threat to Iran, reveals that the real obstacle in these negotiations isn't that Iran and the US have different demands, nor even that Washington still believes it can impose its own terms, and certainly not that ...
Author / Bill Totten | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:00:48
Victor Davis Hanson: They Said 'Forever War'-Reality Says Trump Just Crushed Iran in 5 Weeks
Editor's note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today's edition of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words" from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor... Read More The post Victor Davis Hanson: They Said 'Forever War'-Reality Says Trump Just Crushed Iran in 5 Weeks appeared first on The Daily Signal ...
Victor Davis Hanson / The Foundry | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:52:16
Will Trump's Next Tariffs Be a "Sham," Too?
Section 122 tariffs when their 150-day statutory time limit expires this summer. This has led some observers and interested parties-including our friend Rick Woldenburg, CEO of Learning Resources, Inc., and lead plaintiff in one of the Supreme Court IEEPA cases-to suggest that the Section 301 investigations are a "sham" because ...
Chad Smitson / Cato | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:50:37
US plans to engage in talks with Iran in Pakistan on Monday - media
According to a senior US administration official cited by The Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump's team engaged in the talks are in a standby regime ahead of the negotiations
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:43:21
Israel Strikes Lebanon After Trump Says Bombing Is
Israel has technically already violated the 10-day ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, killing someone with a drone on Friday minutes after President Trump declared they were " PROHIBITED " from bombing Lebanon. "The Hezboolah situation in an appropriate manner. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer," Trump wrote on Truth ...
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:36:18
The Donald J. Trump Guide to Classic Fairy Tales
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump, as even some of his fiercest admirers will admit, is not always ...
David A. Graham / The Atlantic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:12:00
Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is 'Completely Open'
But it's unclear whether the strategic waterway is really open without conditions.
Alexandra Sharp / Foreign Policy | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:08:57
Trump admin ends lease for CFPB's headquarters
The Treasury Department terminated the lease for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Washington, D.C., headquarters; HSBC's Gerry Keefe, head of banking in Europe and the Americas, quit to take a role outside of the financial services industry; Deutsche Bank has reported potential sanctions breaches involving Russian clients to German financial ...
Traci Parks / American Banker | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:00:00
This Senator Penned First Draft of Trump's Federal AI Guidebook
Sen. Marsha Blackburn wants her vision for the future of American artificial intelligence, with strict child safeguards, to prevail over a tech accelerationist push that... Read More The post This Senator Penned First Draft of Trump's Federal AI Guidebook appeared first on The Daily Signal .
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell / The Foundry | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:51:00
Top Fed official warns Iran war could spark 'lasting' price shock
Christopher Waller says higher oil prices coupled with Donald Trump's tariffs raise prospect of prolonged inflation
FT | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:49:33
DOJ Boots Prosecutor From Trump Revenge Probe After She Shared Doubts
A top Department of Justice official was removed Friday from an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan after she reportedly expressed doubts about the probe. Maria Medetis Long, chief of the national security section for the U.S. attorney's office in Miami, notified attorneys working on the probe that she ...
Edith Olmsted / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:48:55
Caitlyn Jenner Begs Trump for Help Changing Passport Gender
Caitlyn Jenner, perhaps the most prominent transgender Trump supporter , made a public appeal to President Trump, begging him to reconsider his executive order requiring passports to only offer options for male and female-and match the gender the passport holder was assigned at birth. Jenner lamented her status earlier this ...
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:33:57
Trump Says Iran Has Agreed to 'Everything'
President Trump told CBS News that Iran has "agreed to everything," and will work with the U.S. to remove its enriched uranium. He insisted that doing so will not involve U.S. ground troops. But when asked who would retrieve it, he would only say "our people." Said Trump: "No. No ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:30:21
US will not pay for transfer of Iranian uranium - Trump
This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, either, Trump added
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:25:35
Donald Trump's war on the Pope
Donald Trump has now started a second war - a war on the pope. Trump is launching political broadsides at Pope Leo XIV - a pope - for saying that he's against war, bombs and death. Trump has accused him of being "weak on crime," claims Pope Leo "wasn't on ...
JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief / Moderate Voice | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:21:30
Iran Dumps Cold Water on Trump's Central Claim on Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Iran had finally agreed to hand over its nuclear stockpile-but Tehran said otherwise. Speaking with CBS News , Trump claimed that Iran had "agreed to everything," including working with the U.S. to remove the roughly 2,000 kilograms of enriched uranium that remains buried in ...
Edith Olmsted / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:17:34
Stonks Go Down, Stonks Go Up
On one hand, it seems a bit nuts that THE MARKET is putting its faith in Donald Trump to unshit the bed. On the other, it is probably a reasonable bet that Trump will do anything (that he can comprehend) to keep those numbers, which are like his own personal ...
Atrios / Eschaton | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:14:00
Tanker diplomacy: Trump faces tests from Havana to Hormuz
From Cuba to the Persian Gulf, Trump is expected to face fresh challenges across a new arc of tanker diplomacy.
CNBC | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:09:44
Trump Says the Strait of Hormuz Is Open Again. About That ...
I regret to inform you that the president of the United States may not be totally on the level this time.
Nitish Pahwa / Moneybox | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:57:06
Scholar Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Turkiye following Trump deportation push
Ozturk says she made the decision to avoid 'losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility' under Trump.
Al Jazeera | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:50:36
What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of April 11: Hungary votes, Trump insults the pope, and the war in Sudan enters its fourth year.
Drew Gorman / Foreign Policy | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:45:25
What We Know About the 'Massive' Military Complex Being Built Beneath the White House
As the court battle over Trump's ballroom drags on, his planned reconstruction of an underground bunker is being pulled into the spotlight.
Chantelle Lee / Time | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:40:26
Iran will receive no frozen assets for suspending nuclear program, Trump says
According to the US leader, an agreement to end the war that was unleashed by the United States and Israel in late February, is largely complete
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:34:20
Trump Prepares to Settle With IRS in Huge Lawsuit Over Tax Records
Donald Trump is in to settle a $10 billion lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service over the release of his tax returns. The president's lawyers asked a judge Friday to extend key deadlines on the multibillion lawsuit against his presidential administration, but hidden within the pages of the legal filing ...
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:34:17
America's Orange Jesus
Susan Glasser: "The point is simply this: in Trump 1.0, Orange Jesus was a snarky shorthand for the hypocrisy of Republicans who knew better but joined up with the cult of Trump anyway." "In Trump 2.0, Trump. thinks he has actually become Orange Jesus." "How else to explain the President's ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:31:15
Trump's Iran Deal Looks a Lot Like the Previous Ones He Hated
What exactly was the point of killing thousands of people and destroying the world economy?
Matthew Petti / Hit & Run | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:29:53
US Congress extends controversial surveillance law by 10 days
Congress passed a short extension to a high-profile surveillance law on Friday after failing to secure the long-term reauthorisation pushed by US President Donald Trump. The brief pause comes after a late-night attempt to reauthorise the law for five years failed in the House. It sets up another round of ...
Reuters / South China Morning Post | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:27:55
Iran Had a Doomsday Weapon All Along
President Trump has said that he went to war to stop Iran from ever having a nuclear bomb. Unfortunately, the war he launched led Iran to discover that it already had an extremely effective doomsday weapon-one that promised the economic equivalent of mutual assured destruction. The Strait of Hormuz has ...
Alan Eyre / The Atlantic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:26:31
What has Trump said before possible US-Iran talks and what could it mean?
In rapid-fire posts, Trump says Iran will give up nuclear material and 'never close' Hormuz, but questions remain.
Al Jazeera | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:24:13
Senate Bails Out Mike Johnson
"The Senate passed a 10-day FISA extension on Friday, sending it to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of Monday's deadline and averting a lapse in authority," Punchbowl News reports. "But Senate Republicans have their work cut out for them as they attempt to clean up the House GOP mess. Speaker ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:21:20
Trump says deal with Iran may be reached in day or two
The US leader emphasized that the Irainian side wanted to make a deal
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:11:26
Iran, not US, cancels Hormuz blockade after Israel-Lebanon truce
Iran said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened to international shipping following an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement, prompting thanks from President Donald Trump - who then said the US naval blockade on Iranian ports will continue. "In line with the ceasefire inLebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels ...
Brett Wilkins / Asia Times | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:11:17
Trump Adviser Compares Him to God in Resurfaced Quote
Amongst the upper echelons of the MAGA movement, Donald Trump's word is God's. Paula White-Cain, a Pentecostal televangelist who has offered Trump spiritual guidance since 2002 and was appointed to run the new White House Faith Office last year, once said that "saying no to Trump would be saying no ...
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:08:06
Trump says may travel to Pakistan for signing agreement with Iran - agency
The US delegation to the last weekend's round of negotiations with Iran was led by Vice President JD Vance
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:06:04
Trump Urged to Act on Iranian Site Feared Impervious
New York Times: "Over the past year, U.S. airstrikes have crippled Iran's nuclear program. Several Iranian nuclear facilities lie in ruins. And Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium - "nuclear dust," as President Trump calls it - is thought to be deeply buried under rubble." "But even after a U.S. ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:04:28
LOLOCRACY
A government with a sense of humour gets our vote Free speech is a good thing. You can see that in Iran, where many people are joking about Trump, using memes and funny posts online....
GenZeditor / Times of India | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:01:52
The Overlooked War China Is Desperate to Contain
As US President Donald Trump says the war in Iran could be over "very soon" and Pakistani mediators in Tehran prepare to meet with officials, another nearby conflict has been drawing Beijing's attention. Since late February, fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has intensified, with Islamabad declaring an "open war" with ...
RFE/RL staff / Oil Price | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:00
One of These Trump Threats Is Not Like the Others
Twelve hours after Donald Trump warned that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again"-after he'd previously threatened to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Ages"-the president agreed to a temporary cease-fire. Since then, initial peace negotiations failed and Trump responded with a naval blockade of ...
Isabel Ruehl / The Atlantic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:59:46
GOP Lawmaker Likens Trump to 'Second Coming' of Christ
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) likened President Trump to a "second coming" amid backlash over the president's feud with Pope Leo XIV and his administration's use of religious language when discussing the Iran conflict, NewsNation reports. Said Nehls: "I believe that Donald Trump is better than sliced bread. I think he's ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:52:31
Trump Seeks More Time in Lawsuit Against IRS Over His Tax Returns
The Justice Department has not responded to the president's suit, which has created a conflict of interest for the government's lawyers.
Andrew Duehren / NY Times | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:47:03
The U.S. Military Has Finally Left Syria
After considering a permanent U.S. presence, the Trump administration instead evacuated American troops once and for all.
Matthew Petti / Hit & Run | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:40:50
Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
The fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.
Tiffany Hsu / NY Times | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:37:10
MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake
As Donald Trump's MAGA base sours on him, some of them now think the 2024 assassination attempt on him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was staged. Wired reports that this conspiracy theory started to take hold after Joe Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration over the Iran war, went on conservative ...
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:35:35
Trump says Iran agrees to indefinite moratorium on nuclear program - media
Iran has not yet commented on the statement by the US leader
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:26:14
Trump Ended Free Trade for Mexican Tomatoes. Prices Are Up 23 Percent in the Last Year.
America gets 90 percent of its fresh tomatoes from Mexico, and those imports were tariff-free until last year.
Eric Boehm / Hit & Run | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:25:21
Trump Judge Shuts Down DOJ's "Fishing Expedition" for Voter Data
A Trump-appointed federal judge handed yet another loss to the Justice Department on Friday, striking down the department's demand for personal voter information in Rhode Island. U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy said the DOJ lacked the authority "to conduct the kind of fishing expedition it seeks here." "In its ...
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:24:13
Episode #18 of The Wake-Up Call: Strait of Confusion: Has Anything Changed?
What a day! Peace has broken out. Trump has pulled off the 5D chess and the United States has won. That is the story. Or is it?
Chris Martenson / Peak Prosperity | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:23:12
Europe to accelerate effort to secure Hormuz despite Trump's order to 'STAY AWAY'
More than 30 leaders joined a video conference call on Friday to map out an international mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Clea Caulcutt / Politico | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:20:58
The 25th Amendment can't save us from Trump
On Easter Sunday, writing on Truth Social, President Trump threatened to destroy Iran if its leaders did not open the Strait of Hormuz. Two days later, he threatened to annihilate Iran and its 93 million people. Five days later, another Sunday, at 9:49 pm Eastern, he posted an AI-generated image ...
KATHY GILL, Associate Editor / Moderate Voice | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:06:16
From inspirational quotes to depicting himself as Jesus, see how Trump's social media posts have evolved since 2009
President Trump's image has long been synonymous with his outspoken social media presence. Here's how his posts have evolved over the years.
James LaForge / Business Insider | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:42
Strait Jacket
Richard Haass: "The principal reality now is that neither the United States nor Iran would benefit from a resumption of fighting. We have all but run out of targets, and the Trump administration should have learned by now that bombing will not lead Iran to capitulate. Nor will it produce ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:01
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire no tidy end to fighting, Hormuz shutdown
After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon, prompting Iran to declare the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" - although US President Donald Trump said the US blockade "will ...
Marika Sosnowski / Asia Times | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:49:05
Price of oil tumbles as Iran, Trump declare Strait of Hormuz 'fully open'
In a series of social media posts, Trump foreshadowed a deal with Iran to end the war, including the US taking Iran's highly enriched uranium, and said he had banned Israel from bombing Lebanon any further.
Michael Koziol / Sydney Morning Herald | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:40:09
Trump's high-stakes trip to China next month
The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit China on May 14-15, 2026 for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. This will be Trump's first visit...
Prabhu Dayal / Times of India | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:30:13
Oil slumps as US and Iran declare Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping
Trump suggests warring sides are closer to a permanent ceasefire
FT | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:21:37
US bans Israel from bombing Lebanon further - Trump
The US President said on April 16 that Israel and Lebanon had introduced a 10-day ceasefire
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:19:27
Lead Prosecutor Removed in Brennan Case
CNN: "The Justice Department has removed the career Miami federal prosecutor leading the investigation into John Brennan, after she resisted pressure to quickly bring charges against the former CIA director and prominent critic of President Donald Trump."
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:13:31
Trump's support hurt rather than helped Orban in elections - Politico
According to the newspaper, head of the parliamentary faction of the National Rally Marine Le Pen called on the deputies to keep their distance from the United States in the wake of the Hungarian elections
Tass | Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:13:29