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April 26, 2026
Mexico Says 2 US Federal Agents Who Died Were Not Authorized to Participate in Any Local Operation
April 25, 2026, at 3:54 p.m. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear. Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend a ...
Go to discussionIran war throttles global fluoride supply, impacting US waterworks
04/25/26 5:00 PM ET Fluoride is becoming harder to source as the war in Iran places more strain on global supply chains, leading some local governments to reduce their own use of the widely used cavity-fighting agent. Two major water supply systems in Maryland, which serve the Baltimore and suburban D.C. areas, announced this month they would be temporarily reducing the concentration of fluoride, citing the conflict in the Middle East as the cause of a wider national shortage. A Pennsylvania ...
Go to discussionSecret Service agent hospitalized after being shot in protective vest at WHCD: report
April 25, 2026 10:26PM ET A law enforcement agent was reportedly hospitalized after being shot by a gunman who stormed the entrance to the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. CNN's John Berman reported that the shooter injured a law enforcement agent. Fox News host Sean Hannity also reported that a Secret Service agent was shot while the shooter stormed the entrance. The shooter has since reportedly been identified as a 30-year-old man from Los Angeles, according to CNN law ...
Go to discussionTrump renews call to 'terminate' filibuster over SAVE America Act impasse
04/25/26 3:03 PM ET President Trump on Saturday renewed his call to “terminate” the filibuster to ensure the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act passes through the Senate as it remains in limbo in the upper chamber. Not passing the Republican-led bill would lead to “the worst results for a political party in the HISTORY of the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “An Unrecoverable Death Wish!!! Likewise, the FILIBUSTER – TERMINATE IT NOW!!!” The president h ...
Go to discussionWhite House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect worked as California teacher
Updated Apr 26, 2026, 2:59 AM ET PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2026, 12:17 AM ET The man suspected of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night worked as a teacher and video game developer from Southern California, according to public records. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, has been identified by law enforcement as the armed man subdued near the dinner where President Trump and other officials had gathered, two sources fam ...
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