Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

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Breaking News: Trump introduces a new advisor who will be in charge of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby stated that ticket prices may need to rise by 15% to 20% to offset surging jet fuel costs.-Reuters

A Pentagon intelligence agency assessment says Iran still has significant military capabilities U.S. intelligence is at odds with public declarations by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said the Iranian Air Force was “wiped out” and the Navy is “at the bottom of the...

A Pentagon intelligence agency assessment says Iran still has significant military capabilities

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If they are conducting piracy then it’s closed, these people. Iran controls the SoH.

The US Embassy in Beirut is urging American citizens to leave Lebanon while commercial flights remain available.

Ceasefire looking good.

Belarus dictator Lukashenko who know one when he sees one: “I am not a dictator. I don't have the resource to dictate. Now Trump has this resource, and he dictates."

This is important because these will become the official figures. A whitewash.

PENTAGON ERASES WOUNDED U.S. TROOPS FROM IRAN WAR CASUALTY LIST: "DEFINITION OF A COVER-UP" The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties - inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count. Nick Turse April 222026, 10:50 a.m. Share

The Pentagon has launched a cover-up of the casualty count in the Iran War, The Intercept reports.

15 casualties are now not included and at least one reported death Major Sorffly Davius is missing from the official tally.

The system tracking casualties may be omitting hundreds of injuries.

Donald J. Trump • O @realDonaldTrump "YOU CAN'T COMPROMISE ON SANITY AND COMMON SENSE!"

Nothing to add.

JUST IN: AOC Grills RFK Jr. Over Medicare Advantage Payments Amid Fraud Allegations YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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During a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) grilled HHS Secretary RFK Jr. over medicare advantage payments to UnitedHealth Group.
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April 20, 2026 Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3 that Iranians had shot down an American jet that...

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Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted: “We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it. He’s just burning your tax money.”

Walz: ‘Next Democratic president better figure out a way to get universal health care’ Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years. “We have t…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years.
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Rep. Crow: Iran war is an 'unmitigated disaster' that Trump admin doesn't have a plan to end Senate Democrats announced a fifth war powers vote today over President Trump's war with Iran. Also, Tucker Carlson, a former Trump supporter, apologized for "misleading" his followers on the presiden...

Senate Democrats announced a fifth war powers vote today over President Trump's war with Iran. Also, Tucker Carlson, a former Trump supporter, apologized for "misleading" his followers on the president.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to weigh in.
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To Iran, Trump Blinked First by Extending the Cease-Fire

To Iran, Trump Blinked First by Extending the Cease-Fire... um TO EVERYONE. He DID blink first and gave up the entire threat of more war. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/w...

What Was the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal?

Trump will have to accept a worse deal than JCPOA. For one thing he gave Iran the ultimate bargaining chip www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

Women Are the First To Go Trump’s venom toward women isn’t anything new

The question isn't whether these officials should have been fired; all had serious, multiple allegations pending. The more interesting issue: why the women are the only ones to get booted from a merit-free administration filled with unfit, unqualified, dishonest men open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Women Are the First To Go Trump’s venom toward women isn’t anything new

a double standard is at work, influenced by toxic misogyny coursing through MAGA and embedded in Trump’s psyche. Less tolerance for Chavez-DeRemer’s petty scandals than for Hegseth’s blunders that endanger our national security. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

The Trump administration, after shutting down a resettlement program for Afghans who aided U.S. forces, is now negotiating to relocate up to 1,100 of those individuals to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congrats, Virginia! Thank you! Cheers!! 🍻

US judge blocks Trump administration actions stymieing wind, solar projects A federal ​judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar ‌energy industry groups say have stymied the development ...

A win! A judge just blocked the Trump admin from strangling hundreds of wind and solar projects nationwide. Chief Judge Denise Casper issued a preliminary injunction, striking down a policy that required every wind and solar project to get personal sign-off from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

❗️Reuters: Russia has cut oil output by an estimated 300000 to 400000 barrels per day in April following Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries and ports. The disruption, combined with reduced pipeline flows to Europe, marks the sharpest monthly decline in production since the COVID period. #Russia

Ukrainian border units have destroyed a Russian Msta-B howitzer, a vehicle, and a motorcycle, while striking antennas, shelters, and an ammunition depot on Sumy and Kursk axes. #Ukraine

Ukraine will expand deep strike drone operations from May, with four additional UAV units joining the campaign. The move signals a significant increase in scale and intensity of strikes targeting Russian rear areas and infrastructure. #Ukraine

Belarusian volunteer FPV crews from unit 1514 within HUR’s “Timur” special unit have struck Russian targets on the Zaporizhzhia axis. #Ukraine

❗️Two Rosneft refineries in Tuapse and Novokuybyshevsk have stopped operations after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged key units and port infrastructure. #Russia