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President Donald Trump departs Mar-a-Lago for Washington, D.C., on April 25.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, in Islamabad on Saturday, as Tehran engaged regional partners ahead of a planned visit by U.S. envoys seeking to revive stalled negotiations over the war and Iran’s nuclear program.…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will headline the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25 for the first time as president. The black-tie gala brings together thousands of media personalities, business leaders, celebrities, lawmakers, and Cabinet officials…

A divided federal appeals court on April 24 allowed Texas to enforce a state law that permits the arrest and prosecution of individuals thought to have unlawfully crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be invited to the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December, according to a senior Trump administration official. “No formal invitations have been issued at this time,” the official said on April 24. “But…

President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to discuss the United Kingdom’s digital services tax, NATO commitments, and the conflict in Iran with Britain’s King Charles III when the monarch visits Washington next week for a state visit. “I’m going…

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has joined the national redistricting fight, calling a special session of the legislature to redistrict the state’s congressional maps after an expected Supreme Court decision on race-based districts is made. “I don’t typically make news on…

Starbucks Coffee Company will invest $100 million to expand its North American presence by opening corporate offices in Nashville, the company announced April 21. The plans will include employing up to 2,000 people over the next several years at the…

WASHINGTON—First Lady Melania Trump has expanded the White House’s beekeeping program with the addition of a wooden hive shaped like the famous residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, she announced on April 24. The intricately designed hive featuring the building’s iconic…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday her temporary departure from the position for maternity leave. Leavitt told reporters it would likely be her last time speaking to them for a while, as she’s about to give birth to…

Georgia Democrats spent this week making the case to Democratic National Committee (DNC) leadership that the party’s future runs through the South, as Atlanta became the first of five finalist cities to host a site visit for the 2028 Democratic…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has authorized firing squads, electrocution, and gassing as a means of execution in federal cases. In a press release on April 24, the department said it was directing the Bureau of Prisons to expand its…

The Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned a Chinese refinery and 40 shipping firms and vessels found to be providing a lifeline to the Iranian oil economy. The move, shared with The Epoch Times ahead of the announcement, marks the latest…

Pressure on the Democratic National Committee and its chair, Ken Martin, from Democratic Party supporters to release the party’s internal review of its 2024 election losses has continued. Progressive group RootsAction, which organized mobile billboards outside the DNC’s spring meeting…

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to the press outside the White House on April 24.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are heading to Pakistan on April 25, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt confirmed the move on Fox News on April 24, saying the Iranians…

The White House announced that a fresh round of peace talks with Iran are set for this weekend. Find out who’s going and who’s not, and why the President says he’s under no time pressure to make a deal. For…

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 24 that a nearly two-week-long U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is increasing and “going global” as Washington seeks to exert economic pressure on Tehran ahead of possible negotiations. The U.S.…

The Department of Justice has ended its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, said in an April 24 post on X that she has directed her office…

The Pentagon holds a briefing at 8 a.m. ET on April 24.