JUSTTHENEWS (The Foreign Desk Staff) - Israel's Netanyahu opens the door to talks with Lebanon
The fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire could be bolstered if Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon halt attacks on each other
JUSTTHENEWS (Eric J. Lyman) - U.K. leader Starmer lashes out about impacts Iran conflict is having on his country
Starmer said he was 'fed' up with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin controlling global energy prices, and said the U.K. needed to chart a 'new path'
NPR (The Associated Press) - Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil's appeal
The Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mahmoud Khalil's latest attempt to dismiss his deportation case. This decision brings the Palestinian activist one step closer to possible expulsion.
NYTIMES (Trish Bendix) - Jimmy Kimmel Salutes Melania’s White House Surprise
The first lady addressed her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a prepared statement that the talk show host called “better than her movie.”
NPR (The Associated Press) - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel tells NBC News that he will not step down
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has told NBC News' Meet the Press that he would not step down in his first interview with a U.S. network.
NYTIMES (Chris Buckley) - Xi Seeks to Sway Taiwan, and Trump, With Message of Stability
Ahead of a summit with Donald Trump, the Chinese leader is using a rare meeting with a Taiwanese politician to cast Beijing as a peacemaker and squeeze the island’s president.
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - American Crime Blotter: 4/10/26
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism […] Source
NYTIMES (Ghada Abdulfattah) - Gaza’s Rubble Is the Grave of Its Future
Six month’s after the cease-fire, ordinary Gazans contemplate their future while living with the wounds of war.
NYTIMES (Nicole Grajewski) - For Putin, Iran Is Something Close to Irreplaceable
Vladimir Putin has spent years building a coalition of the discontented on the premise that authoritarian states can outlast Western pressure. Iran is his proof of concept.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (James P. Pinkerton) - Is America a Republic? Or an Empire?
Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. The post Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken time away from running the country’s third-largest state to talk ancient history—literally. Those seeking perspective on troubling current events are better off for this trip down memory lane. The colloquy started on March 30, when DeSantis X-ed (tweeted) out praise for The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition . “Looks like a volume worth having, especially as we approach America 250,” DeSantis X-ed , adding, “The Founders were products of the Western tradition and they…Open