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Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

Democratic members of Congress have filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while nearly 100 congressional Democrats are calling for the president’s removal from office over his threats to Iran. Rep. John Larson of Connecticut has filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the president’s “criminal lawlessness” that has “invited blowback against the United States and its citizens risking 9/11 ...

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U.S. has violated ceasefire agreement, Iran parliamentary speaker says

Published Wed, Apr 8 2026 2:42 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the U.S. on Wednesday of violating the two-week ceasefire agreement. "The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States stems from its repeated violations of all forms of commitments -- a pattern that has regrettably been repeated once again," Ghalibaf said in a statement posted on social media. Three parts of Iran's 10-point ceasefire proposal have been ...

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'They Failed': White House Drops Bombshell That Trump Will Discuss US Withdrawal With NATO Leader

Apr 8th, 2026, 2:35 pm White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dropped some bombshell news at Wednesday afternoon’s briefing when she revealed that President Donald Trump would be discussing the United States’ potential exit from NATO with Secretary General Mark Rutte later that day. After being asked, “On NATO, can you tell me, is the United States still considering withdrawing from NATO? Is that still a possibility?” Leavitt replied, “It’s something the president has discussed, and I ...

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Middle East Ceasefire in Serious Doubt as Israel Assaults Lebanon and Iran Blocks Oil Tankers

The fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked uncertain on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because of an alleged Israeli ceasefire breach. Iran and Pakistan, which brokered the 11th-hour truce, both asserted that the ceasefire included Lebanon. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, disagreed and Israeli forces unleashed their heaviest att ...

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55% plastic price spike has toymaker worried about Christmas

PUBLISHED: April 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM PDT Surging prices for plastic caused by disruptions from the Iran war have pushed one US toymaker to buy up more inventory than needed before the conflict boosts costs even higher. Factories in China, Vietnam and India have seen price hikes as high as 55% for materials such as low-density polyethylene, a widely used plastic, according to Rick Woldenberg, chief executive officer of Learning Resources Inc. There have also been reports of shortages, he said. ...

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'A wow moment': Democrats make big gains in key battlegrounds

(Politico) Democrats just had one of their best election nights since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Again. In Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, the Democratic-backed candidate sailed to a nearly 20-point landslide victory Tuesday in a battleground Trump carried less than two years ago. Meanwhile, a Georgia Democrat slashed Trump’s margin of victory by two thirds in the state’s reddest district despite losing the election — the most significant overperformance the party has seen across all seven House special elections so far this cycle.

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How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran

(AP) President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects to pave the way to end the nearly six-week-old war. The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.

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Trump Floats Absurd Fantasy to Cope With Iran Humiliation

(Daily Beast) Trump has suggested teaming up with Iran for a “joint venture” less than a day after threatening to obliterate the entire country. Speaking to ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, the 79-year-old president was asked whether he would accept Tehran charging a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the wake of the two-week ceasefire deal. “We’re thinking of doing it as a joint venture. It’s a way of securing it—also securing it from lots of other people,” Trump said. “It’s a beautiful thing.”

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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

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Senator Chuck Schumer: Trump is a military moron

(Chuck Schumer) "Trump is a military moron. His war, with a price tag of $44 billion and $4+ gas, made us worse off today than we were when he started it. And if he restarts this war we will be in even worse shape. We must pass our War Powers Resolution to end this war for good."

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Oil rises as investors remain wary US-Iran ceasefire will open supply flow

36 min ago - Oil prices rose on Thursday on investors' concerns supply from the key Middle East producing region may not fully resume amid doubts the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran will ‌hold and as the crucial Strait of Hormuz remains r ... (Reuters)

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

56 min ago - White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump's new ballroom. The construction site for the new White House ballroom last mon ... (New York Times)

Zeldin stars at climate denial conference

2 hrs ago - 04/08/2026 01:41 PM EDT EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin embraced a community of climate change contrarians Wednesday in a speech that underscored how scientific outliers have made inroads with the Trump administration. Zeldin acknowledged in his openin ... (Politico)

Exclusive: US SEC taps Gibson Dunn attorney to be new enforcement director

2 hrs ago - April 8, 2026 11:40 AM EDT Updated 6 hours ago NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped David Woodcock, a Gibson Dunn lawyer and former agency official, to be its ‌next enforcement director afte ... (Reuters)

Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97

2 hrs ago - Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97 Nation Apr 8, 2026 5:09 PM EDT SEATTLE (AP) -- Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. ... Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the ... (Associated Press, via PBS)

'They Failed': White House Drops Bombshell That Trump Will Discuss US Withdrawal With NATO Leader

3 hrs ago - Apr 8th, 2026, 2:35 pm White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dropped some bombshell news at Wednesday afternoon’s briefing when she revealed that President Donald Trump would be discussing the United States’ potential exit from NATO ... (MEDIAite)

Trump asks NY court to toss remnants of fraud case against him

3 hrs ago - 04/08/2026 02:49 PM EDT President Donald Trump, rebuffed by the federal courts in his attempt to prosecute longtime foe New York Attorney General Letitia James, is asking a state court to wipe away the last remnants of a victory she once secured over ... (Politico)

Vance tries to boost ailing MAGA ally ahead of Hungary election

4 hrs ago - The U.S. vice president was the star attraction at a rally for Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister who is trailing in the polls days before Sunday’s vote. Updated April 8, 2026, 6:56 AM CDT By Alexander Smith and Ani Horvath BUDAPE ... (nbc news)

Anthropic loses appeals court bid to block Pentagon blacklisting temporarily

4 hrs ago - Published Wed, Apr 8 2026 6:08 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request for a stay in its lawsuit against the Department of Defense. The artificial intelligence startup sought the ... (CNBC)

55% plastic price spike has toymaker worried about Christmas

4 hrs ago - PUBLISHED: April 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM PDT Surging prices for plastic caused by disruptions from the Iran war have pushed one US toymaker to buy up more inventory than needed before the conflict boosts costs even higher. Factories in China, Vietnam and ... (Los Angeles Daily News/Bloomberg)

FedEx sues law firm over alleged staged crashes, bogus injury lawsuits

4 hrs ago - FedEx sues law firm over alleged staged crashes, bogus injury lawsuits By David Thomas and Mike Scarcella April 8, 2026 2:14 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago April 8 (Reuters) - FedEx has sued a New York personal injury law firm and its founder, alleging th ... (Reuters)

Exclusive: AbbVie sues to narrow drug discount patient definition

5 hrs ago - 5h Humira and Botox maker AbbVie is suing the Trump administration to get a clearer definition of who counts as an eligible patient in the government's discount drug program. Why it matters: While it might seem like an arcane debate, drugmakers say a ... (msn/Axios)

Immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions have increased eightfold under Trump, report says

5 hrs ago - Story by Daniella Silva • 3h • Arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions by ICE have surged 770%, while street arrests saw a more than 1,000% increase during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according t ... (msn.com)

LIRR workers warn of 'disaster for Long Island' as they prepare to strike in May

5 hrs ago - By Stephen Nessen Published Apr 8, 2026 at 4:23 p.m. ET The leaders of five unions representing more than half of the Long Island Rail Road workforce on Wednesday warned they were prepared to go on strike next month — and claimed that MTA offici ... (Gothamist-WNYC)

Fourth Circuit sides with West Virginia in religious challenge to vaccine mandates

5 hrs ago - April 8, 2026 RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —A Fourth Circuit panel rejected a West Virginia family’s religious challenge to school vaccine requirements on Wednesday, determining that the state law serves the public interest. “We live in a societ ... (Courthouse News Service)

California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots

6 hrs ago - Updated 1:43 PM EDT, April 8, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the ju ... (AP)

U.S. has violated ceasefire agreement, Iran parliamentary speaker says

7 hrs ago - Published Wed, Apr 8 2026 2:42 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the U.S. on Wednesday of violating the two-week ceasefire agreement. "The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States ... (CNBC)

Middle East Ceasefire in Serious Doubt as Israel Assaults Lebanon and Iran Blocks Oil Tankers

7 hrs ago - The fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked uncertain on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because ... (The Guardian)

Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

7 hrs ago - Democratic members of Congress have filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while nearly 100 congressional Democrats are calling for the president’s removal from office over his threats to ... (Independent)

Russian spooks hack Wi-Fi routers to spy on West

7 hrs ago - April 8, 2026 10:54 am CET Russia's elite hacking group Fancy Bear is behind a large-scale campaign to spy on militaries and governments by hacking Wi-Fi routers, security agencies in the United States and Europe have said. Intelligence and law enfor ... (Politico (EU))