The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index fell to 47.6 in preliminary April 2026 readings released Friday -- a 10.7% drop from March's 53.3 and the lowest reading in the survey's 74-year history. read more
Attorneys representing immigrants held at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access ... read more
A national effort to circumvent the Electoral College has gained another state. read more
In the film Mad Max, an oil shortage leaves Australian society teetering on the brink of total collapse. In real-life, things aren't quite that dystopian yet Down Under. But with barely a month of stockpiled diesel left and hundreds of forecourts running dry, the anxiety is palpable.
In a meeting with Israel's Cabinet ministers, Netanyahu said, "I spoke yesterday with Vice President JD Vance. He called me from his plane on his way back from Islamabad. He reported to me in detail, as this administration does every day, about the development of the negotiations. In this case, the explosion in the negotiations." read more
In announcing the deal, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Iran, the U.S. and Israel had agreed to an "immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere" that was "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY."
Sharif appeared to call out Israel in a follow-up statement, saying violations of the ceasefire "across the conflict zone ... undermine the spirit of the peace process."
"I earnestly and sincerely urge all parties to exercise restraint and respect the ceasefire for two weeks, as agreed upon," Sharif said.
Trump Denies Lebanon Part Of Ceasefire, Contradicting Mediator Pakistan
Loved that book. If you get the audio book the people who wrote the individual sections read their parts.