NEW YORK, APRIL 16, 2026 — Wall Street hit an all-time high Wednesday as blockbuster bank earnings collided with growing optimism about a U.S.-Iran peace deal — pushing the S&P 500 to a fresh record and capping one of the…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 16, 2026 — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran war is “very close to over” and that Tehran “wants to make a deal very badly” — the most optimistic public language from the administration since peace…
SAIPAN, APRIL 15, 2026 — One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded this early in the year slammed into American territory in the Pacific on Tuesday, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam with catastrophic winds, torrential rainfall,…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 15, 2026 — The United States and Iran are in active discussions about holding a second round of in-person negotiations before the fragile two-week ceasefire expires on April 21 — with mediators in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 14, 2026 — California Congressman Eric Swalwell resigned from the United States House of Representatives Monday, one day after sexual assault and misconduct allegations forced the immediate collapse of his campaign for California governor — a race he…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 14, 2026 — The United States Navy began enforcing a full blockade of Iranian ports Monday morning, sending oil prices above $100 a barrel for the first time since last week’s brief spike — before markets partially recovered…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 13, 2026 — The United States military began enforcing a naval blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports Monday morning, dramatically escalating the six-week war with Iran just hours after peace talks in Pakistan collapsed…
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON, APRIL 12, 2026 — The most significant diplomatic engagement between the United States and Iran in decades ended in failure Sunday morning, as Vice President JD Vance departed Pakistan without a deal after 21 hours of face-to-face…
SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 11, 2026 — At 4:12 AM on Friday, a 20-year-old man walked up to the exterior gate of Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, threw an improvised incendiary device at it, and fled on…
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 10, 2026 — Vice President JD Vance arrived in Islamabad on Friday to lead the first direct diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran since the war began on February 28 — a moment that six weeks…
RIVERHEAD, N.Y., APRIL 10, 2026 — In a packed Suffolk County courtroom on Wednesday, Rex Heuermann — the Long Island architect who spent 17 years killing women and dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach while posing as a suburban family…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 2026 — The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March Consumer Price Index Friday morning — and the number confirmed what economists had been warning for weeks: the Iran war’s energy shock pushed inflation to its highest…