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Backchannel peace efforts continue
Backchannel efforts to arrange talks between the United States and Iran are still underway, despite earlier attempts to convene a high-level meeting in Islamabad that could not materialise, sources familiar with the matter said. According to sources, Pakistan had quietly facilitated preparations for a possible round of direct engagement involving a US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian representatives. The proposed meeting, to be held in Islamabad, was seen as a...
Iran shoots down US fighter jets, helicopter
Iran on Friday said its armed forces shot down US fighter jets and an helicopter, raising the stakes for Washington in a conflict that, according to opinion polls, has struggled to win popular support among Americans. US officials said search-and-rescue efforts have so far recovered one of two crew members who ejected an F-15E fighter jet, which has two seats: one for a pilot and the second for a weapons systems officer. It was unclear which of the two was recovered, and the US official w...
Al Sharpton touts Kamala Harris as ‘potent force in the Black community’ among potential 2028 Dem candidates
MS NOW host Al Sharpton feels former Vice President Kamala Harris has been "been ignored" for a potential 2028 presidential run, but will make sure the Black community appreciates her efforts at his upcoming convention. Sharpton is gearing up for next week’s National Action Network’s 35th Anniversary Convention, a New York City event that Politico Playbook said will bring together a "who's who" of Black political power brokers, potential 2028 Democratic candidates vying for Black voters, and top...
Judge won’t reconsider decision blocking grand jury subpoenas of Fed, Jerome Powell
A federal judge on Friday said he won’t reconsider his decision blocking Justice Department subpoenas of the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the chief judge of Washington’s federal trial court, said the government “did not come close” to persuading him to reconsider his ruling that quashed two subpoenas…
Dem fundraising giant ActBlue rocked by allegations it misled Congress about foreign donations
ActBlue, a central piece of the Democratic Party's fundraising infrastructure, potentially misled Congress when it said it was adequately vetting incoming donations, according to a new report released this week.The head of ActBlue, a major nonprofit fundraising platform that helps steer donations to left-wing candidates and causes, wrote in 2023 to Congress — in response to concerns about the platform's ability to vet foreign donors — that it was taking all the necessary steps to ensure it was f...
Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California
US president makes baseless claims about fraud in blue states and says JD Vance will lead clampdown as ‘fraud czar’Donald Trump announced a fresh crackdown on “fraud” in Democratic states and tapped JD Vance to lead the charge. Officials swiftly announced a string of arrests in California.In a Truth Social post on Friday, the US president announced that his vice-president is now “in charge of ‘fraud’ in the United States”, claiming the problem is “massive and pervasive” and that Vance’s new role...
والاستریت ژورنال: تلاشها برای آتشبس میان آمریکا و جمهوری اسلامی به بنبست رسید
والاستریت ژورنال گزارش داد میانجیها اعلام کردند تلاشهای کشورهای منطقه به رهبری پاکستان برای دستیابی به آتشبس میان آمریکا و جمهوری اسلامی به بنبست رسیده است. به گفته آنها، تهران به طور رسمی اعلام کرده حاضر نیست در روزهای آینده با مقامهای آمریکایی در اسلامآباد دیدار کند.
Bushra Bibi petitions IHC for urgent relief
Lawyers for Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday, seeking a ruling for suspension of her sentence in the £190 million case before her appeal against her conviction was taken up. Filed by Barrister Salman Safdar on behalf of Bibi, the miscellaneous application contends that bail-related matters must be prioritised in line with Supreme Court directives, adding that delay in hearing suspension petitions wo...
White House seeks $1.5tr defence budget
United States President Donald Trump asked lawmakers on Friday to approve a massive $1.5 trillion defence budget for 2027, as the country faces rising costs from its war on Iran and mounting global security commitments. The proposal would lift Pentagon spending by more than 40 per cent in a single year - the sharpest increase since World War II - as Washington seeks to sustain military operations and rebuild depleted weapons stockpiles. The request highlights the growing financial pressur...
UNSC divided over US-Israeli war on Iran
UN Security Council members clashed on Thursday over ongoing conflict in the Middle East, with Russia and China calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli strikes on Iran, while Washington reaffirmed support for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Russia's UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia accused Western countries of fuelling instability in the region. "The current conflict did not occur in a vacuum," he said, adding: "it was the direct result of an unprovoked act of ag...
Judge denies DOJ request to revive Federal Reserve subpoenas
Politics Judge denies Justice Department request to revive Federal Reserve subpoenas By Sarah N. Lynch Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C. Read Full Bio Sarah N. Lynch April 3, 2026 / 1:20 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — A federal judge on Friday rejected efforts by the Justice Department to revive two subpoenas it served to the Federal Reserve as part of its...
China urges respect for Palestinian rights after Israel passes death penalty law
China called on Friday for Palestinians’ rights to be protected after Israel approved a bill to allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks. Under the new law, passed by Israel’s parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military...
Video appears to show a US plane and helicopters over southern Iran
Reports from the US, quoting unnamed officials, say a search is under way after the shooting down of a US fighter jet over Iran.
US fighter jet downed over Iran likely conducted strikes on ground targets — media
According to CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean, the pilots of the downed fighter had sidearms
Five things to know about Trump’s 2027 defense budget proposal
President Trump released his budget request for the 2027 fiscal year on Friday morning, including a whopping $1.5 trillion ask for the Pentagon. This year’s defense budget request is a $441 billion increase from the $1 trillion approved by Congress last year. The request includes $1.1 trillion in “base discretionary” spending and $350 billion for…
مقام اسرائیلی: اسرائیل برخی حملات را به دلیل عملیات نجات خلبان آمریکایی به تعویق انداخت
یک مقام اسرائیلی به شبکه سیانان گفت اسرائیل روز جمعه برخی از حملات برنامهریزیشده خود در ایران را به تعویق انداخت تا با عملیات جستوجو و نجات دو خدمه جنگنده آمریکایی که بر فراز ایران سرنگون شد، تداخل ایجاد نشود. او جزئیات بیشتری درباره زمان اجرای این حملات منتشر نکرد.
Relationship with Trump may be beyond repair, Keir Starmer told
PM gets widespread backing after president’s mocking impersonation takes US-UK relationship to new lowKeir Starmer has been warned his relationship with Donald Trump may be beyond repair after the US president derided the prime minister for consulting his team about military decisions, in a mocking impersonation.In a new low for UK-US relations, Trump appeared to imitate Starmer in a weak voice during an Easter lunch speech at the White House, and said the UK was “not our best” as an ally. Conti...
Iran Guards recruiting children as young as 12, putting them on front lines of war
Iran is ramping up the recruitment of children as young as the age of 12 into military-linked roles tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to new reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.The reports underscore mounting pressure inside Iran’s war effort. As U.S. and Israeli strikes intensify, rights groups and analysts say recruiting children points to manpower shortages and a growing reliance on paramilitary forces to hold the home front. It also escalates...
This company used to make weapons for the Nazis. Now it will do the same for Israel
Volkswagen is planning to convert one of its factories to produce Iron Dome components One of Germany’s biggest and most iconic car manufacturers, Volkswagen (VW) and one of Israel’s most well-known arms manufacturers, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, part of the global Rafael Group, are planning to collaborate. If the project is realized, VW will convert one of its German factories in the historic city of...
How Israel’s Prisoner Execution Law Could Affect Syria-Israel Relations
As tensions escalate in the Palestinian territories and controversial Israeli decisions return to the forefront, regional files are once again becoming intertwined, reconnecting Syria to the conflict with Israel, not only through geography but also through politics and popular sentiment. The Israeli Knesset’s recent decision to approve the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners did not remain confined to Israel’s domestic arena. It quickly reverberated across the Syrian street, where demonstrat...