National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG
Gunman opens fire at White House Correspondents’ Dinner as Trump and Melania rushed out and guests dive under tables for cover | 25 April 2026 | President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after a shooter opened fire. D.C.’s biggest night of the year was plunged into chaos after shots rang out in the lobby of the Washington Hilton at around 8.15pm. The president and First Lady were immediately taken to safety followed by members of the cabinet. The glitzy event was barely underway when a suspect armed with a “major weapon” stormed the hotel lobby. Thousands of guests were forced to dive under tables and chairs after Secret Service agents stormed the ballroom instructing everyone to take cover. A Secret Service agent was shot but he was wearing a protective vest a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Mail.
Secret Service agent shot by gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, expected to be okay | 25 April 2026 | A gunman entered the Washington Hilton hotel, rushed past a magnetometer and opened fire, striking a Secret Service agent in the vest, Fox News has learned. The agent is okay. The suspect has been detained. The individual has not been identified.
‘No time frame’ for ending Iran war – Trump | 23 April 2026 | The U.S. is not setting any deadlines for concluding the war against Iran, President Donald Trump has said. The remarks contrast with Trump’s earlier claim, made shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, that the fighting would last “four to five weeks.” He also repeatedly said over the past month that the war would be over “very soon.” The U.S. president told Fox News on Wednesday that there is “no time frame” and no rush to end the conflict. “People say I want to get it over because of the midterms, not true,” Trump said. Trump’s approval rating on the economy has fallen to a new low of 30% as energy shortages caused by the Iran war continue to drive prices higher, according to an AP-NORC poll published earlier this week.
Israel threatens to bomb Iran into ‘the Stone Age’ –Defense Minister Israel Katz made the comment following the indefinite extension of an ongoing truce by the U.S. | 24 April 2026 | Israel is waiting for a go-ahead from the US to resume the campaign against Iran and bomb the Islamic Republic back to “the Stone Age,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has stated. The message comes after U.S. President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Tehran indefinitely on Tuesday to allow time for a potential deal, while keeping American naval blockade of Iranian ports in place. “Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran,” Katz said on Thursday. “We are awaiting a green light from the United States…to complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty…and to return Iran to the Dark Age and the Stone Age” by destroying its key energy facilities and economic infrastructure, he said.
Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as U.S. naval blockade of Iran continues | 22 April 2026 | Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving his position “effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” Parnell said in a post on X. “We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.” The announcement comes while the U.S. Navy is carrying out a blockade of Iranian ports during a ceasefire in the Iran war. Thus far, U.S. forces have redirected 29 vessels to return to port and have also boarded two ships.
EU approves $105 billion for Ukraine | 23 April 2026 | The European Union has formally approved a 90 billion EUR (105 billion) emergency loan for Ukraine [“Big Israel”] for 2026-2027 and adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, the bloc’s presidency said on Thursday. European Council President Antonio Costa said in a statement that increasing pressure on Russia was part of a strategy “to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.” EU ambassadors approved the loan and sanctions package on Wednesday after Hungary lifted its veto following the election win of pro-EU politician Peter Magyar, who is slated to soon take over the government. The controversial loan to Kiev was the focus of a months-long standoff with Hungary.
Would-be UFO whistleblower died of accidental drug overdose after agreeing to testify to Congress –The FBI indicated in a statement that Sullivan’s death could be under investigation along with the dozen other missing or dead U.S. scientists. | 25 April 2026 | An Air Force veteran who agreed to testify before Congress about secret government UFO programs died just months before the hearings of an accidental drug overdose, The Post has learned. Matthew James Sullivan, 39, died at his home in Falls Church, Va., on May 12, 2024, from a lethal mix of alcohol, alprazolam, cyclobenzaprine and imipramine, according to the Northern District Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The mysterious death is of “grave concern” to Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), who referred the matter for investigation to the FBI due to “implications for national security,” according to a letter obtained by The Post… Sullivan earned a Bronze Star for valor in Operation Enduring Freedom and later worked for the Air Force Intelligence Agency, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, and the National Security Agency, according to an obituary.
NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year | 23 April 2026 | A NASA nuclear scientist died after a fiery crash in a rural Alabama town last year, which at the time caused suspicion among family members. Joshua LeBlanc, 29, died in a fiery crash in his Tesla on July 22, 2025. The crash happened in Huntsville, Alabama where his Tesla was found burned beyond recognition at about 2:45 in the afternoon, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency told Fox News Digital. At 4:32 a.m. on the same day, LeBlanc’s family reported him missing, according to KLFY. He uncharacteristically failed to show up to his job as an aerospace technologies electrical engineer at NASA, where he worked on nuclear propulsion projects.
Vance task force reveals Biden admin ‘protected’ 562K pandemic loans in $22.2B suspected fraud scheme | 24 April 2026 | The U.S. Small Business Administration referred 562,000 suspected fraudulent loans totaling over 22.2 billion to the U.S. Department of Treasury for collections. “From Day One, the Trump SBA has worked tirelessly to crack down on billions in pandemic-era fraud that the Biden Administration forgave or ignored,” SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler told Fox News Digital in a statement. “After extensive review, and with the strong support of the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force, we are taking our most decisive action yet to end a Biden-era scheme that protected over 560,000 borrowers tied to more than 22 billion in suspected pandemic-era fraud,” Loeffler added.
Under Trump, Green Card Seekers Face New Scrutiny for Views on Israel | 25 April 2026 | Under new guidance issued by the Trump administration, immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests, posting criticism of Israel on social media and desecrating the American flag, according to internal Department of Homeland Security training materials reviewed by The New York Times. The documents, which have not been previously reported, show how expansively the Trump administration is carrying out a directive from last August to vet green card applicants for “anti-American” and “anti-Semitic” views. The administration includes criticism of Israel as a potentially disqualifying factor, with the training materials citing as an example of questionable speech a social media post that declares, “Stop Israeli Terror in Palestine” and shows the Israeli flag crossed out.
DOJ says Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled $3M+ to extremist groups, funded Charlottesville ‘false flag’ –The SPLC was paying roughly 270,000 to a member of the leadership group that planned the Unite the Right protests [false flag] in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, that resulted in the death of one person and injured dozens more. | 21 April 2026 | FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a sweeping indictment Tuesday against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing the far-left nonprofit of fraudulently paying members of extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. A grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Between 2014 and 2023, according to the DOJ, the SPLC “secretly funneled” more than 3 million in donations to at least eight individuals associated with violent extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, the Nationalist Socialist Movement, Unite the Right…and more. According to Blanche, the SPLC paid members of these extremist groups so it could create a “work product that reported on these activities.”
Virginia court declares state’s redistricting vote was unconstitutional in legal win for Republicans | 22 April 2026 | Republicans are cheering a circuit court victory in Virginia that showed Democrats’ redistricting efforts in Virginia are not quite over yet despite a referendum to accept a new map drawn by Democrats getting approved by voters Tuesday. Virginia Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled Wednesday, one day after the Democrat redistricting referendum passed, that all votes for or against the proposed redistricting amendment were unconstitutional, citing rules that impose certain requirements that the referendum did not meet. There are a handful of cases making their way through the Virginia court system challenging various aspects of the referendum, including the one Hurley ruled on Wednesday.
‘Stop this insanity’: Angel mom rips Newsom, Dems for bill to use taxpayer dollars for illegals’ defense | 22 April 2026 | California Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney, who lost her son in an illegal alien-involved shooting, is blasting Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democrats over a proposed bill that would use taxpayer dollars to fund legal defense for immigrants facing deportation. She urged voters to “stop this insanity.” This comes as California, and other sanctuary states across the country, are facing increasing pressure and scrutiny from the Trump administration for allegedly prioritizing illegal aliens over citizens. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Gibboney, whose son, Ronald, was shot and killed by an illegal alien, ripped into Newsom and California Democrats over the bill. She claimed that it is further proof that they care for illegal immigrants more than citizens. “My son was murdered,” she said. “Not one politician has ever contacted me. Not one politician said, ‘I’m so sorry that this previously deported criminal illegal alien shot and killed your son.’ Not one of them.”