Trump signs memo directing DHS to pay all employees during shutdown
The president signed a similar memo last week directing pay for TSA workers.
Trump proposes ‘historic’ $1.5trn defence budget
US President Tweety McTreason has proposed a huge increase in defence spending, alongside a 10% cut in non-defence spending, for the 2027 fiscal year.
Tesla reclaims the quarterly EV crown from BYD, but the numbers tell a more complicated story
Tesla delivered 358,023 battery electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, edging past BYD’s 310,389 pure electric sales to reclaim the global quarterly BEV
Tencent is building an enterprise empire on top of an Austrian developer’s open-source lobster
Tencent Holdings has launched ClawPro, an enterprise AI agent management platform built on OpenClaw, the open-source framework that has become the fastest-growing project in GitHub’s
Lawyers search for Epstein survivors for Bank of America $72.5m settlement
Bank of America has become the third major bank to settle with victims over allegations of facilitating Epstein crimes.
Christians in Lebanon observe Good Friday under Israeli attacks
Christians across Lebanon observed Good Friday, praying for peace as Israeli strikes and evacuation orders continue.
Will force be used to reopen Strait of Hormuz?
Some countries threaten action against Iran’s blockade of waterway.
Video doesn’t show downed US pilot in Iranian custody
Online users falsely claimed a months-old video showed one of the two pilots of a downed U.S. Air Force fighter jet being captured in April
White House posted and deleted video of Trump mocking SCOTUS justices, Macron and others
The video was taken at an Easter lunch, where Trump was at one point compared to Jesus.
Faced with new energy shock, Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer
As war drives up gas and fuel prices, Europeans turn again to the issue of energy independence.
Did Israel open ‘sewage dam’ into Gaza’s main river? Claim undersells sanitation crisis
Gaza’s wastewater sanitation crisis is far greater than what a dam opening into a seasonal river could cause.
After 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban finally be unseated?
Hungary is going to the polls in nine days – after 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban be unseated?
Robert Morris, former Trump faith adviser, released on probation after 6 months in jail for child sex abuse
“I don’t know that there could ever be enough time served for stealing a child’s life,” said Cindy Clemishire, survivor of Morris’ abuse.