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CBS host presses former AG Eric Holder on defending partisan redistricting efforts in Virginia

Margaret Brennan pressed Eric Holder on Sunday over whether Democratic-backed redistricting efforts in Virginia amount to partisan "stacking the deck," as the former Barack Obama official defended the proposal as a response to Republican-led map drawing nationwide during an appearance on "Face the Nation.""So by holding this referendum and changing the maps, how do you guarantee that this is temporary and that this doesn’t keep happening?" Brennan asked, after questioning how drawing maps along...

CBS host presses former AG on defending partisan redistricting efforts in Virginia

Margaret Brennan pressed Eric Holder on Sunday over whether Democratic-backed redistricting efforts in Virginia amount to partisan "stacking the deck," as the former Barack Obama official defended the proposal as a response to Republican-led map drawing nationwide during an appearance on "Face the Nation.""So by holding this referendum and changing the maps, how do you guarantee that this is temporary and that this doesn’t keep happening?" Brennan asked, after questioning how drawing maps along...

ترامپ: به دنبال راه‌حلی برای سامان دادن به یک بحران ۴۷ ساله‌ام

دونالد ترامپ، رییس‌جمهوری آمریکا، گزارش‌ها درباره تحت فشار بودنش برای رسیدن به توافق با حکومت ایران را رد کرد و با تاکید بر اینکه «زمان دشمن من نیست»، گفت آنچه اهمیت دارد سامان دادن به بحرانی است که به گفته او در ۴۷ سال گذشته شکل گرفته است.

Israeli Forces Arrest Two Youths in Quneitra Incursions

Israeli forces arrested two youths in the countryside of Quneitra, southern Syria, at dawn on April 20, amid continuing military incursions in the area. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Quneitra said Israeli army forces arrested two youths from Bariqa, in the Quneitra countryside, after raiding and searching their home. The two were identified as Nimr Shaaban, 18, and Omran Shaaban, 16. The reasons for the arrest were still unclear, according to the correspondent. Israeli forces also released a ma...

مقام آمریکایی به اکسیوس: نمی‌دانیم چه کسی در ایران مسئول است، خودشان هم نمی‌دانند

اکسیوس به نقل از مقام‌های آمریکایی نوشت ترامپ خواهان پایان کنترل جمهوری اسلامی بر تنگه هرمز است و در صورت لزوم اقدام خواهد کرد. به گفته این منابع، شلیک سپاه به نفتکش‌ها نشانه اختلاف داخلی است و واشینگتن مطمئن نیست که «چه کسی در ایران مسئول است و خودشان هم نمی‌دانند.»

Iranian president says ‘mistrust’ of US government remains ahead of peace talks

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said his country’s “mistrust” for the U.S. government remains as the second round of peace talks will soon kick off in Islamabad, Pakistan. “Honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue,” Pezeshkian wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward U.S. gov…

Several questions remain about potential U.S.-Iran peace talks

The Iran regime said Monday that it has no plans to attend peace talks in Pakistan with President Trump's top three negotiators, including Vice President JD Vance, as Tehran balks at what it considers "unreasonable and unrealistic demands" by the White House. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more.

How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the storyLabour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against.The prime minister has found one: Olly Robbins. Starmer prosecuted his case against the former Foreign Office chief on Monday with th...

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Myanmar Military Regime Sanitary Towel Ban Highlights Gender-Based Violence of War

Rabat – Myanmar’s military regime is broadening its ban on sanitary pads, claiming the resistance People’s Defense Force (PDF) are using them as first aid.  The military is “saying menstrual products are used by the People’s Defence Force for medical reasons and as support for their feet and boots to absorb sweat and blood,” said Thinzar Shunlei Yi, a director at Sisters2Sisters, a women’s rights collective that supports fighters. While the government has not officially confirmed the policy, rep...

Bill Maher, Woody Harrelson sound off on California business climate, say state deserves to be 's--- on'

Comedian Bill Maher and actor Woody Harrelson unloaded on the state of California over its business climate during Maher's "Club Random" podcast on Monday.Maher and Harrelson co-own a cannabis dispensary and lounge in West Hollywood called The Woods. The pair discussed the difficulties of owning a pot shop in the liberal state."We're trying. It's not easy to make a business work in California," Maher said as he explained why he decided to record the April 20 episode at the pot store.Harrelson ag...

Trump says he is 'highly unlikely' to extend a ceasefire with Iran and 'lots of bombs start going off' if no deal is reached

Trump says he is 'highly unlikely' to extend a ceasefire with Iran and 'lots of bombs start going off' if no deal is reachedBy SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER Published: 19:00, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 19:14, 20 April 2026 e-mail View comments

‘Petitioner casting aspersions’: Why Allahabad High Court judge recuses from Rahul Gandhi ‘dual citizenship’ case

During a hearing on April 17, the bench of Justice Vidyarthi had posed a question to the petitioner and the counsel appearing in the matter if a notice was required to be issued to the opposite party no 1 (Rahul Gandhi).

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

PM sets out chronology of Mandelson’s vetting failure – and insists he has not misled MPsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to Peter Mandelson being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what his statement did tell us – and what it was more vague on. Continue reading...

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होर्मुज स्ट्रेट पर चीनी राष्ट्रपति जिनपिंग ने पहली बार ईरान के खिलाफ बोला!

ترامپ: پس از ۴۷ سال موضوع ایران را به‌درستی حل می‌کنیم

دونالد ترامپ: اقدام ما در قبال جمهوری اسلامی کاملا در حال اجراست، مانند ونزوئلا، اما در مقیاسی بزرگ‌تر و پیچیده‌تر به نتیجه خواهد رسید. او افزود: تحت هیچ فشاری برای توافق با ایران نیستم؛ زمان دشمن من نیست و پس از ۴۷ سال این موضوع را به درستی حل خواهیم کرد.

Erdogan promises tighter gun controls after deadly Turkey school attacks

InternationalErdogan promises tighter gun controls after deadly Turkey school attacksBy Reuters -Apr 20, 2026ANKARA: President Tayyip ​Erdogan said on ​Monday that Turkey will tighten gun-ownership rules ​and increase penalties for ‌owners whose children find the firearms, after last week’s ⁠rare, deadly school ​shootings. The second of the ​two separate attacks by students last week killed eight ​pupils and a ​teacher in a southeastern province of ‌Kahramanmaras, ⁠shocking a nation in which suc...

Democratic candidate apologizes for past pro-police, pro-gun posts in key battleground race

A Pennsylvania Democrat is apologizing for Facebook posts defending police officers during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and supporting gun rights as he runs for his party's nomination in a key battleground race.Bob Brooks, a retired firefighter and former union leader, is seeking to unseat Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Penn., who was first elected in 2024 after beating Democratic incumbent Susan Wild by roughly 4,000 votes. Brooks has centered his campaign around appealing to blue-collar Ame...

Starmer 'not certain' to lead Labour into election as he faces Mandelson reckoning TODAY - and 'fall guy' mandarin will appear before MPs tomorrow as he 'threatens to sue for huge payout'

Starmer 'not certain' to lead Labour into election as he faces Mandelson reckoning TODAY - and 'fall guy' mandarin will appear before MPs tomorrow as he 'threatens to sue for huge payout'Get your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREE By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:10, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 18:58, 20 April 2026 e-mail 31 shares