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Trump set to lift U.S. sanctions on Iran, free billions, and unlock uranium enrichment in unexpected peace proposal | 6 May 2026 | Donald Trump is on the verge of securing a sweeping peace deal with Iran that would lift U.S. sanctions, free billions in frozen assets, and open a path to uranium enrichment, mirroring the Barack Obama pact he spent years trashing. A one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding is being negotiated between senior Iranian officials and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The White House believes the memo could finalize a framework to end the war within 48 hours. If signed, a 30-day window would open for both countries to negotiate a larger agreement covering the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of all U.S. sanctions on Iran, and new limits on its nuclear program. The deal calls for Iran to halt all uranium enrichment for 12 to 15 years with automatic extensions if Tehran violates the terms, according to Axios.

Markets rally on Iran deal hopes as oil execs meet Trump at White House | 6 May 2026 | Global markets rallied Wednesday as signs of progress in U.S.-Iran talks fueled hopes of an end to the war, sending oil prices lower and stocks to record highs. Brent crude fell below 100 a barrel — its lowest level in weeks — on expectations that risks to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could ease if a deal is reached. U.S. equities surged, with major indexes extending record gains on optimism around a diplomatic breakthrough. President Donald Trump reinforced that outlook, saying the U.S. has had “very good talks over the last 24 hours” and “it’s very possible that we’ll make a deal.”

U.S. forces fire on and disable Iranian-flagged ship seeking to run blockade | 6 May 2026 | U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday that American forces operating in the Gulf of Oman “enforced blockade measures by disabling an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker attempting to sail toward an Iranian port.” CENTCOM said the incident involving the M/T Hasna unfolded around 9 a.m. ET “as it transited international waters enroute to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.” “American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade. After Hasna’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings, U.S. forces disabled the tanker’s rudder by firing several rounds from the 20mm cannon gun of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72),” CENTCOM said.

2 U.S. Navy destroyers come under ‘sustained’ Iranian attack in Strait of Hormuz | 4 May 2026 | Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian fire Monday as the vessels came under a barrage of small boats, missiles and drones, according to reports. The USS Truxtun and USS Mason were backed by fighter aircraft and AH-64 Apache helicopters during the encounter, with officials describing it as a “sustained barrage,” the CBS report said. Despite the attack, neither of the destroyers was impacted, with forces intercepting or deterring each threat.

Trump Announces ‘Project Freedom’ to Escort Neutral Ships Out of Strait of Hormuz | 3 May 2026 | U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a new initiative aimed at safely escorting foreign vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East. In a statement posted online, Trump said multiple countries had requested U.S. assistance to help free their ships, describing them as “neutral and innocent bystanders” caught in a conflict they are not involved in. The U.S. president revealed that Washington would begin guiding these vessels out of restricted waters under a plan dubbed “Project Freedom,” scheduled to start Monday morning, Middle East time. Trump emphasized that the operation is intended as a humanitarian effort to ensure the safety of crews and allow global trade to continue uninterrupted.

U.S. war on Iran has cost $25 billion so far, says Pentagon official | 29 April 2026 | The United States’ war on Iran has ​cost 25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of the military’s ‌price tag for the conflict. Jules Hurst, who is performing the duties of the ​comptroller, told lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee that most of that m-ney was for munitions. But it is unclear how the Pentagon arrived at the 25 billion amount given that a source had told Reuters last month that President Donald Trump’s administration estimated that the first six days of the war had cost the United States at ​least 11.3 billion.

Israel Halts Artillery Fire, Reduces Strikes in Gaza Following U.S. Pressure –IDF told troops to pause most attacks except in immediate threats to life, following U.S. demands to curb strikes and allow progress in talks with Hamas. On Wednesday, Israeli fire killed two children, the Health Ministry reported | 30 April 2026 | The Israeli government on Thursday instructed the military to halt artillery fire into Gaza and to substantially reduce the intensity of force of attacks there following international pressure led by the United States, sources familiar with the details told Haaretz. The sources said that agencies and organizations involved in diplomatic initiatives for post-war Gaza were also involved, demanding that Israel exercise restraint and avoid steps that could lead to a broader escalation. Following the decision, the IDF instructed troops to temporarily cease fire, except in situations involving an immediate threat to life.

Moscow urges foreign missions to evacuate diplomats, citizens from Kiev –Russia would respond should Kiev go ahead with its “terrorist plans” to disrupt the upcoming Victory Day celebrations | 6 May 2026 | Moscow has formally warned all diplomatic missions and international organizations about a potential large-scale retaliatory strike on Kiev, urging them to leave the Ukrainian capital immediately, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a two-day ceasefire on May 8–9 to mark the end of World War II in Europe, urging Kiev to follow suit and warning of a potential large-scale retaliatory strike on Kiev. The ministry pointed to comments made by Vladimir Zelensky earlier in the day, which it said contained threats to target Moscow during the Victory Day celebrations. Moscow’s warning must be taken with the utmost seriousness, Zakharova said in a statement on Wednesday.

Putin comments on Ukrainian strikes on Russian Black Sea oil refinery –Kiev has turned to openly terrorist methods to compensate for battlefield setbacks, the Russian president says | 28 April 2026 | The Kiev regime has ramped up drone attacks on Russia’s civilian infrastructure, including repeated strikes on an oil refinery port of Tuapse that risk serious environmental impact, President Vladimir Putin has said. He called the attacks an attempt to compensate for battlefield setbacks. He spoke about the increased terrorist threat Russia has been facing during a meeting on Tuesday dedicated to the security of the elections set to take place this fall. The threat stems from the activities of international terrorist and extremist groups, as well as from Ukraine, Putin said. “The Kiev regime and its backers have switched to openly terrorist methods,” the president stated.

UK terror threat raised to ‘severe’ as nearly 200,000 illegal migrants slip in | 6 May 2026 | As the United Kingdom raised its national terror threat level to “severe,” meaning an attack is considered “highly likely,” security experts are warning that Britain’s separate illegal migration crisis is adding to broader concerns over border control and vetting, with small boat crossings now nearing 200,000 arrivals since 2018. The U.K.’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Center raised the national threat level from “substantial” to “severe” last week following a stabbing attack in Golders Green in North London, warning that the broader Islamist and extreme right-wing terror threat in Britain has been increasing “for some time.” At the same time, official figures cited by GB News and The Sun show small boat arrivals across the English Channel are approaching the 200,000 mark, intensifying political debate over illegal immigration, deportations and national security.

Germany’s AfD hits new popularity record – poll | 26 April 2026 | The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has hit a new popularity record and would win a hypothetical election with 28% of the vote, according to a Bild/INSA poll published on Saturday. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic bloc (CDU/CSU) would receive 24%, falling behind the right-wing party by one percentage point compared with earlier polls, according to the survey. The ruling coalition partner Social Democrats (SPD) maintained a 14% approval rating. About 11% of the vote would go to parties that would fail to reach the threshold to enter parliament, Bild wrote, adding that this means a governing majority would require at least a 45% share of the remaining vote.

23 hantavirus cruise passengers returned home to ‘all corners,’ including to the U.S. – and one is already sick | 6 May 2026 | At least 23 passengers from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship MV Hondius have already left the boat and returned home, including to the U.S., according to a shocking new report — and one of them has already gotten sick. The travelers did not realize that they had been exposed to the deadly virus — which has a mortality rate of up to 40% — when they left the expedition vessel during its stop at Saint Helena, a tiny island in the South Atlantic, on April 23, according to a passenger who is still aboard the ship. The passengers were only informed of the terrifying virus outbreak days ago, according to the traveler who spoke to El Pais. The disease usually spreads by contact with mouse or rat offal and urine, but the World Health Organization suspects that the Dutch cruise liner carries a rare strain that spreads human-to-human. [“Rare strain” aka likely lab-generated WEF (or Gates)-engendered bioterrorism. Do not comply.]

Hantavirus outbreak spreads to Europe after MV Hondius cruise passenger tests positive back home | 6 May 2026 | The deadly hantavirus outbreak has spread to Europe after a passenger who had already left the MV Hondius cruise ship tested positive back home, authorities announced in an alarming update Wednesday. Swiss authorities said the man returned home last month following a trip to South America with his wife before testing positive for the virus, which can lie dormant for up to eight weeks. He went to a Zurich hospital for testing after the cruise operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, emailed recent passengers about the spreading virus that has killed three people and sickened at least five, the World Health Organization said. The news is sparking panic given that the virus appears to be spreading via “human-to-human transmission” and can be dangerous for eight weeks — with the cruise stranded at sea with alarmed countries scared of allowing it to dock. [Do not comply.]

Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat | 3 May 2026 | A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has left three people dead and several others ill, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement posted to X. The U.N. health agency said one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, while five additional suspected cases are pending. Of the six people affected, three have died and one is currently in intensive care in South Africa. Oceanwide Expeditions, which operates the vessel, confirmed that three passengers died during the voyage and that one passenger is being treated in intensive care in Johannesburg. Two crew members on board also require urgent medical care, the company said.

DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas for Information on All 2020 Election Workers From Fulton County | 6 May 2026 | On April 17, 2026, a grand jury issued a subpoena to the Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections (BRE) to appear in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia on May 5, 2026. Department of Justice prosecutors obtain a grand jury subpoena by preparing it in connection with an active grand jury investigation and issuing it under the grand jury’s authority. In this case, the subpoena requests that the Fulton County BRE bring specific documents and electronically stored information. That information includes information regarding election staff/members who served in the November 2020 General Election. The records must identify their name, position/function, residential and email addresses, and personal telephone numbers.

NJ Democrat brought nearly 1,000 forged voter registrations to post office in trash bag | 1 May 2026 | Henrilynn Ibezim, a former Democratic mayoral candidate in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to forging nearly 1,000 voter registration applications during the 2021 Democratic primary, New Jersey’s Office of the Attorney General announced Thursday. During the 2021 Democratic primary for Plainfield, New Jersey’s, mayoral seat, Ibezim allegedly brought a garbage bag filled with around 1,000 falsified voter registration applications to a post office in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with the intention of mailing them to Union County’s registration commissioner. Of the 1,000 applications, most were completed with the handwriting of only three or four people, according to the attorney general. None of the slips were marked as completed by somebody other than the voter whom they were supposed to represent.

Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted Again – New Charges Related to Trump Assassination Instagram Post| 28 April 2026 | Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted for a second time, according to CNN and Fox News. The exact charges are not clear; however, Fox News reported that the latest indictment is related to Comey’s Trump assassination Instagram post. The second indictment comes after a judge dismissed Comey’s prior charges of false statements and obstruction based on the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Last year it was reported that James Comey was under investigation for calling for Trump to be killed in a cryptic Instagram post.

Man allegedly opens fire on Secret Service near White House; child injured in chaos | 5 May 2026 | U.S. Secret Service officers shot an armed person Monday near the White House, according to a federal source familiar with the incident. The shooting happened near 15th Street and Independence Avenue, a little over a half mile from the White House and close to the Washington Monument. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers engaged the individual after the person pulled a gun, a federal source told Fox News Digital. In a press conference, Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said that a juvenile bystander was struck by the suspect. The child who was struck did not sustain any life-threatening injuries, but is receiving treatment at the hospital, Quinn said.

Judge apologizes to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen over jail conditions | 4 May 2026 | A D.C. federal judge apologized Monday to the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump and his top aides at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, saying the suspect’s jail conditions are too harsh. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui told alleged wannabe killer Cole Allen, 31, he was sorry that the suspect had been held under suicide watch despite a mental-health exam finding he did not pose a threat to harm himself, according to Politico. Faruqui said it was the court’s job to make sure Allen was jailed responsibly and fairly — and that the accused killer was “being treated differently than anyone I’ve ever observed.” “Whatever you’ve been through, I apologize for the prior week,” the judge told Allen, according to a report by USA Today.

Trump Was Likely Target of Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Says U.S. Official | 26 April 2026 | President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday. The man fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at a checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel before being tackled and arrested. Trump ‌and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner. “It does appear that he, he did, in fact, set out to target folks that work in the administration, likely including the president,” Blanche told NBC News’s Meet the Press, adding that the suspect likely traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to Washington.

Hundreds of jailed illegal aliens released back onto blue-state streets despite ICE detainers, records show | 29 April 2026 | Chicago-area officials released more than 400 illegal immigrants arrested on criminal charges amid the Trump administration’s 2025 immigration enforcement surge, public records obtained by a conservative legal group show. “Cook County and the State of Illinois have turned sanctuary policies into a deadly shield for criminal illegal aliens,” Will Scolinos, an America First Legal attorney, said in a comment to Fox News Digital of the data. “By releasing hundreds of illegal aliens despite explicit ICE detainers in just one year, sanctuary laws endangered American lives. The tragic murder of Sheridan Gorman is the predictable outcome of pro-illegal alien madness that has infiltrated the Blue States,” he added.

DHS taunts media for reporting about ‘Green Bay man’ illegal immigrant charged in vicious machete attack | 28 April 2026 | The Department of Homeland Security called out the legacy media for characterizing the perpetrator of a recent Wisconsin machete attack as a “Green Bay man” when he is actually an illegal alien from Nicaragua. Fox News Digital has learned that David Joel Herrera-Garcia, 24, who is charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and armed burglary, is an illegal immigrant who was marked as a “non-enforcement priority” by the Biden administration, according to DHS. Herrera-Garcia’s charges stem from an alleged break-in and machete attack at the home of his ex-girlfriend. Citing local reports, DHS said the Green Bay police responding to an emergency call discovered bloodied female and male victims in the early morning of April 20.

America’s most hated states revealed… is yours on the list? | 30 April 2026 | Americans have spoken out about which states they love to hate. A ranking has named Illinois the most disliked state in the nation, with 25 percent of its own residents saying it is the worst place to live. New York was ranked third, with a significant portion of residents admitting they believe their own state ranks among the worst… Even rivalries appear to play a role, with Massachusetts residents reportedly naming New York as their least favorite neighbor, possibly fueled by long-standing sports grudges and regional tensions. Connecticut presented an unusual case. While no other states singled it out as their most hated neighbor, nearly 17 percent of Connecticut residents themselves said they disliked living there, suggesting the harshest criticism may sometimes come from within.