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  1. Trump Is Urged to Act on Iranian Site Feared Impervious to Airstrikes

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:39:40 -0000

    Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

  2. Trump Frames Iran War as All but Over in Optimistic Social Media Flurry

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:52:11 -0000

    Iranian officials did not confirm most of Mr. Trump’s claims and disputed several of them.

  3. Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-CIA Director John O. Brennan

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:55:56 -0000

    A career Justice Department lawyer, Maria Medetis Long, in Miami is said to have raised concerns about whether the evidence justified moving forward with a bid to prosecute John O. Brennan.

  4. Federal Appeals Court Opens Door to Moving Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:22:14 -0000

    A three-judge panel gave a group of 17 transgender women a few weeks to seek further recourse in court before their transfer to men’s facilities could take effect.

  5. Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts Student Held in Immigration Detention, Returns to Turkey

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:14:51 -0000

    Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.

  6. Carney Courts Investors to Reduce Canada’s Economic Dependence on U.S.

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:47:35 -0000

    Prime Minister Mark Carney has set up a meeting and a new office to speed project approvals and make Canada more attractive to investors.

  7. Lutnick Says Canada Trade Deal Needs to Be Reworked Ahead of Talks

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:45:40 -0000

    Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s commerce secretary, derided Canada’s trade strategy and said a North American deal needed to be reworked.

  8. Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:37:10 -0000

    The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.

  9. Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:55:41 -0000

    The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.

  10. Orban Lost. But Populism Is Very Much Alive.

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:22:05 -0000

    Critics of populists need to do more than thrive off the missteps of their opponents.