April 28, 2026
U.S., ISRAEL, IRAN WAR | U.S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY | U.S. TARIFFS | FLORIDA | U.S. WIND ENERGY | WYOMING | U.S. AND U.K. | GLOBAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | GREECE | INDONESIA | SOUTH SUDAN | MEXICO | MORE MEXICO | UGANDA | AUSTRALIA | BASKETBALL
U.S., ISRAEL, IRAN WAR | Day 60.
- In an interview yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Iran's proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, end the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and shipping, and end hostilities without addressing, for now, Iran's nuclear program would be unacceptable, saying any deal would have to be one that "definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point." [more]
- Speaking to army commanders yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu estimated that the ability of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon to attack Israel has been sharply degraded, with the group retaining only about 10% of its pre-war arsenal. [more]
U.S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | All members of the National Science Board, which was created in 1950 to oversee the National Science Foundation, advise the president and Congress on science and engineering policy, and approve major NSF funding awards, were fired on Friday. Reports say members were notified in an e-mail sent from the Presidential Personnel Office “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump” that their positions were "terminated, effective immediately." [more]
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY | Cole Tomas Allen, the armed man detained Saturday night outside the ballroom in which President Donald Trump was attending the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, was charged yesterday in federal court with three crimes: attempting to assassinate the president, illegally transporting a firearm across state lines, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. [DOJ press release] [more]
U.S. TARIFFS | The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced hearings on two investigations widely seen as part of President Donald Trump's plans to impose new import tariffs after his earlier global tariffs were blocked by the Supreme Court. A hearing this week will examine whether about 60 countries that account for 99% of U.S. imports do enough to prohibit trade in products produced using forced labor, and a second hearing next week will examine whether 16 major U.S. trading partners put U.S. manufacturers at a disadvantage by overproducing goods and driving down prices. [more]
FLORIDA | Amidst congressional redistricting efforts in multiple states ahead of November's mid-term elections, Florida lawmakers are scheduled to open a special legislative session today to consider a redistricting plan backed by Governor Ron DeSantis that would make it easier for Republicans to win four more of the state's seats in the House of Representatives. [more]
U.S. WIND ENERGY | Following two similar recent deals, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it will pay two companies, Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind, a total of nearly $900 million to end their existing offshore wind power leases and not pursue any new wind projects in the United States. [more]
WYOMING | Saying it is likely to violate the state's constitution, a Wyoming judge granted a temporary restraining order yesterday blocking a new state law that bans abortions after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected. [more]
U.S. AND U.K. | On the second day of his state visit to the U.S. today, Britain's King Charles II will hold a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump, address a joint session of Congress, and attend a state dinner at the White House. [more]
GLOBAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS | The United Nations began a scheduled review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty yesterday. Reports note that the opening of the review, which takes place every five years, was marked by the United States and several other nations objecting to the election of Iran as one of 34 vice presidents of the review conference. [more]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Citing regional production and coordination issues, and amidst tensions linked to the ongoing U.S.-Iran war, the United Arab Emirates announced today that it is leaving the powerful OPEC and OPEC+ oil exporting groups. [more]
GREECE | Police in the Greek capital of Athens are searching for an 89-year-old suspect in connection with two shootings today – one at a social security office and one at a court building. Authorities say several people were wounded in the shootings and that the motive for the attacks remains unclear. [more]
INDONESIA | Emergency response officials say at least 14 people were killed, and more than 80 others were injured, today when a long-distance train crashed into the rear car of a stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station outside Jakarta, Indonesia. [more]
SOUTH SUDAN | Aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders and the U.N. World Food Program, say their efforts to provide aid to thousands of displaced people in an isolated South Sudan village to which they fled to escape widespread violence have been blocked. Government and opposition forces have each blamed the other for preventing aid from reaching the estimated 30,000 people in the village of Nyatim, where, according to reports, dozens of people have died, including some of apparent starvation. [more]
MEXICO | Addressing the deaths of two U.S. Central Intelligence Agency agents in a vehicle accident last week following an anti-drug operation in the northern Mexico State of Chihuahua, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested yesterday that Mexico and the U.S. should move past what was alleged to be the agents' unauthorized participation in the operation and said, "Let us hope this is an exceptional case ... and that a situation like this never happens again." [more]
MORE MEXICO | Mexican authorities say Audias Flores Silva, a top leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest, was captured by Mexico's military yesterday in the northwestern state of Nayarit. [more]
UGANDA | Ugandan authorities say at least 231 foreigners have been arrested since yesterday in the East African nation in a crackdown on illegal migration, human trafficking, and cyberscam operations. [more]
AUSTRALIA | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government announced plans yesterday to introduce legislation that would impose taxes on digital giants Meta, Google, and TikTok to pay for news organizations' content. [more]
BASKETBALL | The Dallas Mavericks' Cooper Flagg was named the NBA Rookie of the Year yesterday after a season in which he became the first rookie since Michael Jordan to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. [more]
TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1952, the Treaty of San Francisco went into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Japan after seven years of rapid social and economic change that followed Japan's surrender in World War II. [more history]