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Top News Stories for Monday, April 27th 2026
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
US authorities are charging a gunman in a shooting at the hotel that hosted the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, an incident that forced President Donald Trump to be rushed from the stage and the event to be postponed. Jeanine Pirro , the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Saturday the suspect is being charged with using firearm in a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Pakistan's top political and military leadership are scrambling to reignite talks between the United States and after President Donald Trump told his envoys not to travel to Islamabad for negotiations this weekend, two Pakistani officials said Sunday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. After mounting tensions torpedoed a second round of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
The Chicago police officer fatally shot Saturday at a Lincoln Square hospital was identified as John Bartholomew, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Bartholomew, 38, was shot alongside another officer at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital by a robbery suspect who had been arrested earlier that morning, Police Supt. Larry Snelling told reporters Saturday. The second officer remains in critical ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sen. Thom Tillis drops blockade of Trump's Fed chair nominee, clearing path for Warsh's confirmation
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Sunday said he'll vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. The announcement comes after Tillis for weeks blocked Warsh's nomination from moving forward as he protested a Justice Department investigation into the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "We worked a lot over the weekend to make sure that we were very clear that we have ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
United States authorities believe a gunman who is accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was targeting US President Donald Trump and members of his administration, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says. Blanche said on Sunday that authorities believe the suspect travelled from California to Washington, DC, by train via Chicago. Shots were fired on Saturday evening near the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? LONDON (AP) — The fabled 2-hour barrier for a marathon has been broken, officially, in an once-inconceivable achievement in sports. Not by one ...
Source: huffpost.com
'I've studied assassinations': Trump on why White House dinner shooting keeps happening to him - The
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump said he has "studied assassinations" and suggested that leaders who make the biggest impact are often targeted, after a shooting scare disrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on Saturday night. Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a shooter rushed the media gala venue, triggering panic and a major security response. Watch "I ask respectfully, why ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Tesla chief believes Altman broke company's founding agreement – and legal battle promises to be explosive T he bitter rivalry between two of the tech world's most powerful men arrives in court this week, as Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI heads to trial in Oakland, California. The case is set to feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north. The Malian government confirmed the death of the defense ...
Source: pbs.org
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...
Source: wbur.org
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
A 26-year-old man is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two University of South Florida doctoral students who went missing last week, local authorities said Saturday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida said that evidence presented to the state attorney's office resulted in the charges against Hisham Abugharbieh, the roommate of Zamil Limon, one of the doctoral ...
Source: cbsnews.com