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This section currently has 128 approved stories, with the latest update on Apr 28, 2026.
Federal court
Soldier pleads not guilty in Maduro prediction-market case
Prosecutors say Gannon Ken Van Dyke used classified information about a January operation to place Polymarket bets that paid more than $400,000
Bahrain citizenship crackdown
Bahrain revokes citizenship of 69 over alleged Iran support
The Gulf kingdom says the move targets disloyalty and foreign ties; a rights group says the unnamed people were denied basic safeguards
Late-night television
Jimmy Kimmel pushes back after Trumps urge ABC to fire him
The late-night host said his “expectant widow” joke was about the Trumps’ age difference, not a call to violence after a security scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Digital health
Conservatives seek auditor general probe of PrescribeIT
The electronic prescribing program is set to end May 29 after low uptake, raising questions over spending, oversight and intellectual property
White House security
Republicans move to approve Trump’s White House ballroom after press dinner shooting
A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has revived a stalled $400 million project that critics say needs congressional approval
UK politics
Starmer faces Commons vote over Mandelson vetting claims
Labour ministers are working to hold the line as opposition parties seek a Privileges Committee inquiry into whether the prime minister misled MPs
Official residences
Carney calls state of 24 Sussex ‘an embarrassment’ as decision looms
The prime minister says he will not live at the long-vacant official residence but wants future leaders to have a suitable home for hosting and security needs
Federal justice legislation
Bailey’s Law clears House of Commons, heads to Senate
The private member’s bill, named for Kelowna mother Bailey McCourt, proposes Criminal Code changes tied to intimate partner violence and bail
UK cost pressures
UK prices could stay higher for eight months after Iran war, minister says
Darren Jones said ministers are planning for supply-chain disruption, though price pressure is seen as more likely than empty supermarket shelves
Presidential security
Inside the security layers at the ‘Hinckley Hilton’ after dinner shooting
The Washington Hilton’s design reflects decades of Secret Service planning, but Saturday’s incident showed the hard limits of securing a busy hotel around a presidential event