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Missouri House advances legislation on gender definitions and sex offender oversight

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The Missouri State Capitol Building is seen on September 4, 2025, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) The Missouri House of Representatives advanced two bills this week aimed at tightening state policies concerning biological sex and sex offender oversight, further protecting women and children from predators and sex offenders. The first measure, which passed Monday with a 101-48 vote, seeks to codify the legal definitions of “male,” “female,” and “sex.” It restricts access to private spaces, such as restrooms, based on biological sex. The House also passed a second bill on Tuesday with overwhelming 141-4 support. The legislation updates Missouri’s sex offender registry laws to ensure that individuals convicted of sex crimes in other states are included in the local registry. State Representative Becky Laubinger (R-Mo.), the bill’s sponsor, highlighted how the legislation provides “vital protection for women.”   “This is about our government facil...

Trump Demands Apology from Schumer

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(L-Top) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) / (L-Bottom) President Donald Trump Truth Social post / (R) U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks as he hosts NCAA champion athletes during a NCAA Collegiate National Champions Day event in the State Dining Room at the White House on April 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) President Donald Trump took to social media to demand an apology from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his “unpatriotic” statements about U.S. immigration agencies. “Wow! Cryin’ Chuck Schumer just said, for the whole World to hear, that “NOBODY RESPECTS BORDER PATROL OR ICE.” That is one of the most egregious, incorrect, unpatriotic, and dangerous statements I have EVER heard from a “professional” politician. HE MUST IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZE TO THESE GREAT PATRIOTS, AND I MEAN NOW!” the president po...

Trump announces eight Iranian female prisoners will not be executed at his request

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US President Donald Trump claimed he was informed by Iranian authorities that the eight women due to be executed tonight will not be killed, the president wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday. Four of them will be released immediately, and the other four will be sentenced to one month in prison, he wrote. Trump claimed responsibility for the lifting of the death sentence, based on a previous post where he told Iranian authorities that not executing the prisoners would be a "great start to our negotiations."

U.S. Seizes Another Oil Tanker

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Screen capture of video footage shared by the Department of War of the seizure of Majestic X on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (via: Department of War; X) The United States military seized another oil tanker allegedly smuggling Iranian crude in the Indian Ocean, shortly after the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire agreement was extended. On Thursday, the Department of War released video footage showing the tanker, the Majestic X, as U.S. military helicopters flew above, lowering soldiers onto the deck of the vessel. “We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,” the Pentagon stated on X. “International waters cannot be used as a shield by sanctioned actors. The Department of War will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain.” Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vesse...

Two Israel Air Force technicians charged with spying for Iran - KAN

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Israel Air Force fighter jet F-15, at the Tel Nor airforce base. January 01, 2024. (photo credit: MOSHE SHAI/FLASH90) Two Israel Air Force technicians from  Tel Nof Airbase , near Ashdod, will be charged with spying for Iran during Operation Roaring Lion, Israel's public broadcaster KAN News reported on Wednesday. The two technicians, who worked on IAF  F-15 fighter jets , handed over documentation of the engine diagrams, as well as photographs showing the face of a flight instructor, which is against military censorship rules, according to suspicion. Go to the full article > >

Hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists killed in 24 hours before Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, IDF reveals

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Israeli military vehicles are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 8, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) The IDF killed hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists and attacked infrastructure used by the terror group in the 24 hours before the  ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon  took effect, a statement on Sunday from the military revealed. During the IDF’s strikes, more than 150 Hezbollah terrorists were killed, and about 300 infrastructure targets were attacked, including launchers, command centers, and weapons storage facilities across Lebanon.  Among the terrorists killed was Ali Reza Abbas, commander of the Hezbollah unit operating in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. Go to the full article > >

Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in upcoming World Cup - Financial Times

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A picture shows flags of Italy and of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) at the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) headquarters during a meeting of the Italian football authorities after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup, in Rome on April 2, 2026. (photo credit: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images) A top envoy to US President  Donald Trump  has asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the  Financial Times  reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy's Prime Minister  Giorgia Meloni  after the two fell out amid the American president's attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the  FT  reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Iran had said earlier that it would decide on participation in the World Cup only after receiving a response from FIFA regarding the relocation of its matches from the US to Mexico. Go to the full arti...