Estrogen patches face shortage as more women seek hormone therapy More women are seeking treatment for menopause and perimenopause, driving a shortage of estrogen patches, one of the most commonly used forms of hormone therapy. Manufacturers are struggling to keep u...

More women are seeking treatment for menopause and perimenopause, driving a shortage of estrogen patches, one of the most commonly used forms of hormone therapy. Manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand. https://to.pbs.org/4ceAf9o

The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars and turn it into a parody platform The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies.

The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies.

Exclusive: US firm in key Congo minerals deal overstated its mining experience, documents and sources show A U.S. firm central to the Trump administration's push to secure critical minerals from Congo overstated its mining experience, Reuters has found.

Exclusive: Virtus, a US firm central to the Trump administration's push to secure critical minerals from Congo, overstated its mining experience, Reuters has found reut.rs/4cAqwu7

French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over allegations of child abuse images and deepfakes on X Musk was summoned after a search took place in February at the French premises of X as part of an investigation opened in January 2025 by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.

Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.”

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This week in Palestine:

- Israel continued its genocide in Gaza
- Israeli settlers raided a village in the West Bank
- Israel is allowing soldiers suspected of rape back on duty

🔗 Zeteo’s weekly roundup as Israel enforces violent crackdowns & apartheid across Palestine — zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

EXCLUSIVE: Documents Reveal US Contractor’s Modifications of Spy Plane Just Before Flights Over Gaza A US defense contractor flew spy planes over Gaza. FAA docs show Sierra Nevada Corporation installed a military air traffic control device and surveillance equipment before the plane’s deployment.

EXCLUSIVE:
"UK surveillance flights over Gaza were conducted with more US involvement than previously known, Federal Aviation Administration documents obtained by Zeteo reveal... [and] put the countries at risk of aiding and abetting war crimes, international legal experts told Zeteo."

Kavanaugh Stops

U.S. military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Caribbean Sea The strikes, dating to September, have killed at least 181 people. The U.S. hasn’t provided evidence that any of the numerous vessels were carrying drugs.

The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people.

Inside the Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.

For the past decade, the Supreme Court has relied on a rushed and secretive system to make major rulings. A New York Times investigation brings to light the precise moment when that system began.

Listen to “The Daily.”

Yikes — “Military advisers intentionally excluded Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, WSJ reported…” www.jpost.com/internationa...

NFL is not investigating Patriots coach Mike Vrabel for behavior regarding reporter Dianna Russini The NFL is not investigating Mike Vrabel’s behavior after published photos of the New England Patriots coach and former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort prompted her resignation and an internal investigation at The New York Times-owned sports outlet.

The NFL is not investigating Mike Vrabel's behavior after published photos of the New England Patriots coach and former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort prompted her resignation and an internal investigation at The New York Times-owned sports outlet.

AI Is Finding More Bugs Than Open-Source Teams Can Fight Off Anthropic’s Mythos and similar AI tools can identify threats and vulnerabilities faster than small teams can fix them, putting the internet at risk.

Much of the internet is still maintained by small teams of dedicated, human bug-fixers. Powerful AI models are now putting them under huge strain.

Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.

NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

AUDIO: “The Strait is still closed. We will open it by the order of our leader, not by the tweets of some idiot.”

GROK tries to claim Iran’s Navy wasn’t talking about Trump here 🤔 🤥

Meanwhile ABC shares audio of Indian ships being fired on in the (Trump-caused) confusion👇🏽

AP: “Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran reimposes restrictions” apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

Iran Parliament Speaker: “Trump lied 7 times in an hour”

Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers

See key takeaways, including that the chief justice was the driving force in the shadow docket’s creation.

A headline reads: "Times Exclusive: The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade the Supreme Court. Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine 'shadow docket' rulings on presidential power."

Confidential memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a rushed and secretive new way of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

2/By contrast, the papers reveal a court wielding those same powers to block Mr. Obama. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own ‘institutional legitimacy’ would be threatened.”

DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYIN' EYES

1) The whitewashing of Jan 6 resumes

2) And the impossible effort today by Trump Admin and GOP to convince Americans that their personal finances are better

JUST FILED: My daily editorial note for @meidastouch.com

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Trump Seen as a Risk by Europe’s Far Right After Orban Loss After Viktor Orban’s massive loss in Hungary’s election on Sunday, far-right parties in Europe are reassessing the political cost of being seen as too close to US President Donald Trump’s administration.

After Orban’s loss in Hungary’s election on Sunday, far-right parties in Europe are reassessing the political cost of being seen as too close to Trump.

Applying total systemic friction on the cartels. On April 11, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted two lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed, and one narco-terrorist survived the first strike. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during the second strike. Following the engagements, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

Meanwhile, the lawless killing spree at sea continues.

Cuba’s President Projects Defiance in Standoff With the U.S. Miguel Díaz-Canel’s stance on “Meet the Press” reflected how Cuba is digging in against pressure from a Trump administration distracted by the war in Iran.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba on Sunday defiantly blamed his nation’s economic crisis on the U.S. amid escalating tensions driven by the Trump administration’s crippling energy blockade of the island.

Strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific, U.S. military says The attacks bring the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes to at least 168 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists.”

The U.S. military says that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor.

Looks like time wasn’t the only thing wasted last night

Alex Jones is not holding back on his old pal Trump after Trump attacked him and others and called him stupid for opposing the war

Family sues US over 8-year-old's death in custody after crossing the border A Honduran family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government after their 8-year-old girl with a heart condition died in federal custody after crossing the border in 2023.

A Honduran family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government after their 8-year-old girl with a heart condition died in federal custody after crossing the border in 2023.

"US dominance has been fading." Maleeha Lodhi has represented Pakistan in Washington, London, and at the United Nations. She says brokering US-Iran talks shows Pakistan has emerged as a geopolitical player.

Read this weekend's interview with Mishal Husain here: bloom.bg/4mmqgn7

📷: Bloomberg

Female rickshaw drivers in Sierra Leone rise above stigma to earn a living and empower women A small but growing number of women in Sierra Leone are entering a male-dominated commercial transport sector.

A small but growing number of women in Sierra Leone are entering a male-dominated commercial transport sector.

Wild that Trump has sent his son in law who has billions in business deals in the Middle East to negotiate with Iran and that isn’t a scandal that will end his presidency or even really mentioned by the networks