The United States Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Dr. David Morens, once a top aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, was indicted for his role in hiding data on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Morens, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-niaid-official-indicted-concealing-federal-records-during-covid-19-pandemic-0">press release</a> from the DOJ, was &#8220;charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting.&#8221;
Morens served as a top adviser in the NIAID’s (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Office of the Director for 16 years, from 2006-2022 — where Fauci served as the director from 1984-2022.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a statement on the indictment, saying, &#8220;These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic. As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19. Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.&#8221;
&#8220;Circumventing records protocols with the intention of avoiding transparency is something that will not be tolerated by this FBI,&#8221; FBI Director Kash Patel added in a separate statement. &#8220;Not only did Morens allegedly engage in the illegal obfuscation of his communications, but he received kickbacks for doing so. If you have engaged in activity conspiring against the United States, we will not stop until you face justice.&#8221;
At NIAID, much of the information the so-called &#8220;experts&#8221; had was funneled through channels that Morens either had access to or influence over, and the indictment alleges that he used that position to manipulate the data that eventually became public knowledge with regard to COVID-19 and its origins. Morens allegedly accomplished this in part by steering grant funding away from research that might support theories that strayed from the accepted narrative. He and others involved also allegedly conspired in writing to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/22/us-news/explosive-emails-show-top-nih-adviser-deleted-records-used-secret-back-channels-to-help-fauci-ecohealth-evade-covid-transparency/">hide their efforts</a> to manipulate public data lest someone use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain access to it in the future.
&#8220;[I] learned from our foia [sic] lady here how to make emails disappear after I am foia’d [sic] but before the search starts,” Morens explained in a Feb. 24, 2021, email. &#8220;Plus I deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to gmail [sic].&#8221;
“[T]here is no worry about FOIAs. I can either send stuff to Tony on his private gmail [sic], or hand it to him at work or at his house,” Morens wrote in April of 2021. “He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.&#8221;
In another email sent the same year, he advised the addressees to only send such communications directly to his Gmail account to avoid the extra hassle of forwarding and deleting them from his official accounts.
Even in June of 2020, Morens was eyeing the possibility that certain communications could potentially raise red flags. &#8220;We are all smart enough to know to never have smoking guns, and if we did we wouldn’t put them in emails and if we found them we’d delete them,&#8221; he wrote at the time.<iframe style="aspect-ratio: 9/16; max-width: 220px; display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/006T3IDuGH7D01ET64iu024a5HPHryXvn2g?metadata-video-content-type=short&amp;metadata-video-id=8cfcc1ad-ba0c-4820-a397-31cc59dfbbf9&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=DOJ%20charges%20Fauci%20adviser%20as%20email%20trail%20could%20reopen%20COVID%20origin%20debate&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fshorts%2F87c15e82-bded-489c-b40e-b660277b9b46.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
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According to the DOJ press release, Morens could face up to five years in prison for the charge of conspiracy against the United States — as well as up to 20 years on each count of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations. He could also face up to three years for each count of concealment, removal, or mutilation of records. His sentence, should he be convicted, would be determined by a federal judge following consultation of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
The case was investigated by the FBI in conjunction with the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, and will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph R. Baldwin and Bijon A. Mostoufi for the District of Maryland.

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Newly-released footage showed the moments after United States Secret Service agents tackled and subdued the man who attempted to breach security and open fire on members of President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
The video showed agents first attempting to get through a door, and then, once the door was opened, several other agents could be seen walking around the suspect — who by then was lying facedown on the floor, his arms twisted and tied behind his back.
&#8220;Open the door! Open the door!&#8221; one agent can be heard shouting before the camera pans to show the suspect.  <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/wqjSFXZZRch01Qso98DVPHbAkENWtWqHx?metadata-video-content-type=short&amp;metadata-video-id=919ae34e-38d8-4f0c-b3de-a934bbbe26ca&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=WATCH%3A%20Secret%20Service%20tackles%20suspected%20gunman%20moments%20after%20shots%20fired&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fshorts%2F81fc09f6-eb7c-4c52-915d-33c94c2da71e.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
The suspect on the ground has since been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, whose social media footprint includes anti-Trump and anti-Christian commentary and who has been linked to Bluesky posts calling for President Trump&#8217;s immediate removal from office.
He was apprehended on Saturday night after he attempted to charge through a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, where the event was being held, armed with a shotgun and a handgun in addition to several knives.
Allen was taken into custody, and although it is believed that he intended to shoot as many Trump administration officials as he could, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday morning that, thus far, the suspect has not been cooperating with law enforcement.
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“From what we&#8217;ve learned in our preliminary investigation, he&#8217;s not actively cooperating,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> about the alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter. <a href="https://t.co/uxx8EM1AxF">pic.twitter.com/uxx8EM1AxF</a>
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Blanche also confirmed that at least one Secret Service agent had been shot as they apprehended Allen, but that he had been protected by the vest he was wearing at the time.
Allen is believed to have been staying at the Washington Hilton in the days leading up to the event, Blanche added. &#8220;We&#8217;re still understanding the security protocols that led to him being able to have firearms in that hotel.&#8221;

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday after a whistleblower complaint prompted an investigation launched earlier this year by the Inspector General&#8217;s Office.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung made the official announcement in a post on X, saying Chavez-DeRemer would leave the administration to work in the private sector.
&#8220;Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives. Keith Sonderling will take on the role of Acting Secretary of Labor,&#8221; he posted.
Chavez DeRemer is the third Cabinet member to leave the Trump administration this year.
News of the U.S. (NOTUS) was first to report that Chavez-DeRemer was likely to step down, while <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/us-news/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-resigns-from-trump-admin-after-misconduct-investigation-first-exposed-by-the-post/">The New York Post</a> tied her exit to the probe into her alleged use of government-funded travel to visit family and friends, among other things.
According to the report, DeRemer was accused of encouraging staffers to fabricate &#8220;official&#8221; government trips to areas where she had friends and family so she could visit them at government expense. Also at issue were claims that she had been drinking during work hours and in the office, and allegations that she had been carrying on an extramarital affair with one of her security guards.
The investigation also delved into a series of <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/labor-dept-watchdog-probing-texts-lori-chavez-deremers-husband-and-father-sent-staffers/">text messages</a> between Chavez-DeRemer&#8217;s staff members and her husband and her father.
In one such exchange, a staffer identified only as a woman, texted Shawn DeRemer, &#8220;I’ve been having so much fun traveling with LCD and being in the moment for everything!! I promise from now on I’ll check in.&#8221;
&#8220;You better. I was feeling forgotten. I figured you were still in church repenting after your exposure to the demon state of Oregon,&#8221; was DeRemer&#8217;s reply.
The Inspector General&#8217;s investigation is ongoing.

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Two U.S. Embassy officials and two Mexican officials were killed in a car accident in northern Mexico on Sunday.
A <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2026/04/19/mexico-us-embassy-staff-police-officials-die-in-chihuahua-accident-after-drug-lab-raids/89692343007/">report</a> published by the El Paso Times stated that all four had been killed in a car accident in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua — which shares a border with southwest Texas. They had been participating in an operation to locate and destroy drug labs in the area.
The two Mexican officials were identified by Chihuahua State authorities as Chihuahua State Investigations Agency Director Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes and officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes. The two U.S. embassy officials have not yet been identified.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson shared his thoughts in a post on X, offering his condolences to the families of those who had been killed and commenting on the inherent risk present in the jobs they did every day.
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We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two U.S. Embassy personnel, the Director of Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency (AEI), and an AEI officer in this accident. We honor their dedication and tireless efforts to confront one of the greatest challenges of our time. Our…
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&#8220;We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two U.S. Embassy personnel, the Director of Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency (AEI), and an AEI officer in this accident. We honor their dedication and tireless efforts to confront one of the greatest challenges of our time. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their loved ones,&#8221; Johnson posted. &#8220;This tragedy is a solemn reminder of the risks faced by those Mexican and U.S. officials who are dedicated to protecting our communities. It strengthens our resolve to continue their mission and advance our shared commitment to security and justice, to protect our people.&#8221;
The accident came just one day after Chihuahua State police had announced the discovery of two large <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/04/19/u-s-and-mexican-police-officials-killed-in-highway-crash-after-lab-raids/">methamphetamine labs</a> in the mountains near Morelos — in the southern part of the state. The labs were reportedly located using drones.

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A gunman who appeared to be targeting his own &#8220;descendants&#8221; opened fire in three different homes across the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, on Saturday night — and was shot and killed after he attempted to carjack a vehicle in order to escape.
The suspect in the horrific murder spree was identified later in the day as 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran Shamar Elkins.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/8-kids-ages-1-to-14-killed-in-mass-shootings-across-shreveport-louisiana/">report</a> published Sunday by The New York Post, Elkins shot ten people, eight of them fatally, in two homes on one street and one other home on a nearby street. The two survivors were adult women, and all eight of the deceased were children ranging in age from one year old to 14 years old. Some of the children are believed to be his.
&#8220;The individual responsible once leaving this scene performed a carjacking right here in close proximity to the corner of West 79th and Lynnwood, at which point in time, Shreveport police patrol officers got behind that vehicle in a chase incident,&#8221; Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said during a press conference. The suspect was shot and killed by police.
&#8220;You have three different scenes, the shooting itself occurred just down the road over here, the 300 block of West 79th,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-shreveport-mass-shooting-rcna340868">Bordelon added</a>. “There’s also another shooting related to this on Harrison Street, and then there’s an adjacent residence on West 79 where one of the victims ran to after the shooting.&#8221;
&#8220;This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,&#8221; Police Chief Wayne Smith said, noting that the official crime scene included the scene of the carjacking in addition to the three homes.
&#8220;This is a tragic situation, maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had in Shreveport. So, right now we’re going to process the information and it&#8217;s in very good hands,&#8221; Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said. &#8220;It’s a terrible morning.&#8221;
A motive for the shooting has not been determined, although several reports indicated that the suspect may have been involved with one of the women who was shot.

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Country singer Shane McAnally responded on Friday to a wave of backlash directed at him over a video he&#8217;d posted to Instagram. In the video, his five-month-old called out for &#8220;mama&#8221; — and he laughed as he informed the baby that he had two dads and no mama.
&#8220;We found it hilarious,&#8221; McAnally <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2044911121916997764">said of the video</a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s five months old, he obviously doesn&#8217;t understand English.&#8221;
&#8220;Babies usually say dada first, but people wouldn&#8217;t then say the babies are only wanting their dads? It doesn&#8217;t really make sense,&#8221; he added.
The musician also complained that the whole thing had been taken &#8220;out of context,&#8221; saying that he was &#8220;appalled&#8221; by some of the comments he&#8217;d seen.
McAnally did not explain what &#8220;context&#8221; he believed critics were missing, but a number of them pointed out the fact that it was not the first time McAnally had set the baby up as a social media punchline: a video posted in December of 2025 showed the same baby, all smiles as dad (off-camera) talked about his siblings and pets — and then suddenly appeared concerned at the mention of &#8220;two dads.&#8221; The video, still pinned to McAnally&#8217;s Instagram page, is titled &#8220;6 week old homophobic baby.&#8221;
The country singer has been dabbling in stand-up comedy recently, but the &#8220;homophobic baby&#8221; got more backlash than laughs.
&#8220;He may say — oh it&#8217;s just a joke. But mothers don&#8217;t joke about their children this way. Frankly, no father I know does either. It&#8217;s like making a joke about your kid dying and it shows a tragic absence of familial connection. This baby is a fetish for them. God help this child,&#8221; Kira Davis <a href="https://x.com/Kiradavis/status/2045157915800285306">posted</a>.
&#8220;This is not the first time Tony winning musician Shane McAnally has made a joke out of his son&#8217;s instinctive desire for his mother, rather than two fathers. Children deserve better than this,&#8221; Concerned Women for America added.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles called it &#8220;the most horrifying video I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life.&#8221;

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper repeatedly insisted that President Donald Trump had openly called for &#8220;genocide&#8221; in Iran, prompting a quick response from his Sunday morning guest, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
Stefanik joined the longtime host of &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; to discuss her book, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-the-moment-the-ivy-league-lost-the-country">Poisoned Ivies</a>&#8221; — where she confronts the &#8220;academic and moral rot&#8221; that have taken over America&#8217;s elite educational institutions — and Tapper used her criticisms of the recent pro-Hamas protests to lay a rhetorical trap for her.
Stefanik shared a clip from Sunday morning&#8217;s interview along with her own caption that read, &#8220;@jaketapper falsely compares President Trump to the radical pro-Hamas antisemites who physically assaulted, spit on American students faces, drew swastikas on their doors, and rioted and destroyed university property. President Trump has targeted the Iranian terrorist regime to save the Iranian people and the world from the largest state sponsor of terror that has slaughtered their own people.&#8221;
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And here it is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥from <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cnn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> falsely compares President Trump to the radical pro-Hamas antisemites who physically assaulted, spit on American students faces, drew swastikas on their doors, and rioted and destroyed university property.
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Tapper began by noting that Stefanik had called out the anti-semitic protests at the time, saying, &#8220;You were praised by many in the Jewish community when you criticized the college presidents who refused to condemn students for chanting ‘From the river to the sea,’ which many Jews interpret to be, and you agreed — you characterized it as a genocide, a call for genocide, to wipe out all the Jews in Israel, ‘From the river to the sea.'&#8221;
But then he pivoted: &#8220;So just to be clear, you believe that wiping out an entire civilization is genocidal and nobody should make a call to do such a thing?&#8221;
Stefanik said yes, genocide is always bad.
&#8220;That’s why the question I asked, which was, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate your university’s code of conduct, yes or no? I worded it because it was a very simple straightforward question. It was not a political one. And the world heard as these universities equivocated saying it depends on the context or it’s a context-dependent decision. It is not,&#8221; she said.
Tapper dropped the other shoe then, referencing Trump&#8217;s blustery Truth Social posted threatening the Iranian regime and asking, &#8220;What did you think when President Trump threatened to obliterate the entire Iranian civilization?&#8221;
Stefanik pushed back immediately, noting that Trump had been speaking directly to the Iranian regime in an attempt to verbally strong-arm them to the negotiating table.
&#8220;And what did it do? It brought the Iranians to the table. It led to the ceasefire. We know that President Trump has very strong statements when it comes to his tweets, but it has been targeted towards the Iranian terrorist regime,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;He said the entire civilization will die,&#8221; Tapper insisted.
&#8220;He was focused on the Iranian terrorist regime. And Jake, isn’t it true that it brought the Iranians to the table to a cease-fire agreement?&#8221; Stefanik continued.
&#8220;I don’t know,&#8221; Tapper replied.
&#8220;It did, because they had a ceasefire agreement going on for days. And President Trump is correct to call out the Iranian terrorist regime, which has financed Hamas and Hezbollah, which I believe has led to some of the financing of the skyrocketing antisemitism,&#8221; Stefanik said.
&#8220;Yes, but I’m not talking about the regime,&#8221; Tapper protested.
&#8220;Jake, you can ask this question, but the reality is it was targeted towards the Iranian terrorist regime. It was an effective tool to bring them to the table. They have no cards,&#8221; Stefanik added.
Tapper continued to insist that he was not talking about the regime, and that what Trump had said was clearly a call for genocide — but Stefanik was not convinced.
&#8220;I just have to say it’s interesting that a 20-year-old college kid on a campus yelling ‘From the river to the sea,’ that’s worthy of condemnation, but a President of the United States who actually has—&#8221; Tapper began.
&#8220;You don’t think it’s worthy of condemnation? Jake, you don’t think it’s worthy of condemnation of students that are targeting Jewish students, that are physically assaulting them, that are spitting in their face, that are drawing swastikas on their doors, these students who have to hire security?”
“I don’t need a lesson on what it’s like to be a Jewish student,” Tapper replied.
“But you’re equivocating, like those university presidents,&#8221; Stefanik declared.
The two went on in that same vein for several minutes as Tapper tried unsuccessfully to end the interview.
&#8220;President Trump was not calling for genocide. Shame on CNN for saying that,&#8221; Stefanik jabbed as they wrapped the segment.
&#8220;I read the quote. Thank you so much,&#8221; was Tapper&#8217;s reply.

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Jake Tapper Claims Trump Called For 'Genocide' In Iran. Elise Stefanik Is Having None Of It.

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Nearly one in ten children born in the United States is born to an illegal alien mother — or, in colloquial terms, would be considered an &#8220;anchor baby.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/31/about-9-of-us-births-in-2023-were-to-unauthorized-or-temporary-legal-immigrant-mothers/">data published</a> in late March by the Pew Research Center, Illegal immigrant mothers were responsible for approximately 9% of the 3.6 million babies born in the United States in 2023. Of the 320,000 babies born, the data indicates that nearly 260,000 would not be eligible for citizenship if President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order ending birthright citizenship had already been in place.
The breakdown of some of those numbers showed several different scenarios: first, 60,000 of the babies born to illegal immigrant mothers had fathers who were living in the United States legally and would thus qualify for citizenship through their fathers. Another 15,000 babies were born to mothers whose legal status in the United States was temporary and fathers who were either not citizens or not in the United States legally. The remaining 245,000 were born to mothers and fathers who had no legal statues in the United States.
Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14160 on January 20, 2025, in an attempt to put an end to birthright citizenship. The Trump administration has argued that his order sought to &#8220;restores the original meaning&#8221; of the citizenship clause — which was to determine the citizenship of freed slaves — and therefore it should not be applied to babies born of parents who are either in the United States temporarily or unlawfully.
While the support for Trump&#8217;s order is almost solely from Republicans, that has not always been the case. In 1993, for example, former Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-clips-top-democrats-echoing-trump-birthright-citizenship-spark-online-uproar-wow">Harry Reid</a> (D-NV) called for an end to birthright citizenship, saying that it had been a mistake.
&#8220;If making it easy to be an illegal alien isn’t enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant?&#8221; Reid said at the time. &#8220;No sane country would do that. Right? Guess again. If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenship and [a] guarantee of full access to all public and social services this society provides — and that’s a lot of services.&#8221;
The Democratic Party has shifted its stance dramatically in the years since, and challengers to Trump&#8217;s order have argued that illegal aliens, despite not having legal status in the United States, were nonetheless living in the country and subject to its laws.
The order, which never went into effect due to the numerous legal challenges, was argued before the Supreme Court in early 2026, and a decision is expected sometime in late June or early July.

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Round two of negotiations with Iran will take place this week despite attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said on Sunday— but he also put the regime on notice, warning that the United States is prepared to resume an all out barrage of strikes on Iran.
While officials originally said the negotiation is being led by JD Vance, on Sunday morning the president revealed that the vice president would not be making the trip to Pakistan due to security concerns.
Trump told several outlets by phone that the vice president would not be making the trip to the Pakistani capital for the second round of meetings, explaining that the Secret Service was not comfortable with him doing so with just 24 hours advance notice. Instead, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive on Monday evening ahead of the talks and President Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner is also set to attend the Tuesday meetings.
Trump did not rule out making a trip to Islamabad himself, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/iran-war-negotiations-will-resume-this-week-trump-tells-the-post/">reported</a>, but said that he wanted to see how the next round of negotiations went before he committed to his own next move: &#8220;I would say maybe at a little bit later date. We have to see how it works out tomorrow.&#8221;
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&#8220;I just got off the phone with President Trump yet again, he told me that Vice President Vance will not be leading the U.S. delegation to Islamabad, he said it&#8217;s because of security concerns,&#8221; ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl explained after also speaking with Trump. &#8220;The Secret Service did not feel comfortable having the vice president go to Pakistan on 24 hours notice. [Trump] added, &#8216;JD is great.'&#8221;
Trump lashed out at the Iranian regime via Truth Social on Sunday morning, following reports that the Iranian military had opened fire on ships in the Strait of Hormuz after agreeing to keep it open.
&#8220;Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom,&#8221; Trump posted, adding, &#8220;That wasn’t nice, was it?&#8221;
&#8220;My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations,&#8221; he continued, and then confirmed to several outlets on Sunday that Vance would not be part of those conversations in person.
Trump concluded by warning the Iranian regime to take the deal being offered by the United States, saying, &#8220;We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!&#8221;

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Pope Leo attempted to put some distance between himself and the prevailing media narrative surrounding his relationship with President Donald Trump — namely that the two are at odds — and said that he was not at all interested in debating the American President.
The Catholic leader framed the narrative as beginning with Trump&#8217;s most recent comments about him, calling him &#8220;weak&#8221; — although their public differences stretch back to comments Pope Leo made about the Trump administration&#8217;s military actions in Iran — and claimed that the media was creating a spectacle where one did not really exist.
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NEW: Pope Leo downplays tensions with President Trump, addressing a &#8220;narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects.&#8221;
He says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate the president and will keep preaching a message of peace. <a href="https://t.co/DwG6BiUsaP">pic.twitter.com/DwG6BiUsaP</a>
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&#8220;There has been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects,&#8221; Pope Leo explained. &#8220;But because of the political situation created when — on the first day of the trip, the President of the United States made some comments about myself. Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary trying to interpret what has been said.&#8221;
&#8220;Just one little example, the talk that I gave at the prayer meeting for peace a couple of days ago was prepared two weeks ago, well before the president ever commented on myself and on the message of peace that I am promoting,&#8221; he said, arguing that it could not possibly have been a response to Trump&#8217;s attacks. &#8220;And yet, as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate again the president, which is not in my interest at all.&#8221;
Vice President JD Vance thanked the Pope for addressing the dishonest media narrative, saying, &#8220;I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this. While the media narrative constantly gins up conflict – and yes, real disagreements have happened and will happen – the reality is often much more complicated. Pope Leo preaches the gospel, as he should, and that will inevitably mean he offers his opinions on the moral issues of the day. The President – and the entire administration – work to apply those moral principles in a messy world. He will be in our prayers, and I hope that we&#8217;ll be in his.&#8221;
Pope Leo has been broadly commenting on military action against Iran since the war between the Iranian regime and Israel in 2025 and through Operation Epic Fury, which began at the end of February. He has repeatedly called for peace through meaningful dialogue in spite of repeated demonstrations proving that the Iranian regime is neither interested in good faith negotiations nor willing to facilitate any kind of lasting peace.
Trump has pushed back, pointing out the clear examples of Iran&#8217;s aggression and refusal to negotiate honestly and arguing that continuing diplomacy in the face of such aggression was as unwise as it was dangerous. During a recent press gaggle, when asked what he&#8217;d say to Iran about the fact that four civilian protesters — one of them a woman — were set to be executed, Trump suggested that the press <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-the-message-trump-wants-passed-along-to-the-pope">inform the Pope</a> of that development.

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Pope Leo Addresses 'Narrative' Suggesting He And Trump Are At War

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Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman described the moment he called for the ship&#8217;s chaplain at the end of the historic lunar mission, saying that even though he did not think of himself as terribly religious, he &#8220;broke down in tears&#8221; when he saw the cross on the officer&#8217;s collar.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-what-nasas-artemis-ii-commander-stole-before-he-left-the-capsule">Wiseman</a> and his crewmates sat for a joint interview that aired on Fox News on Thursday evening, and the mission commander tried to explain what had been going through his mind at the time as he struggled to grasp the enormity of what he and his team had just witnessed.
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NEW: Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman reflects on being MOVED to tears by the Christian cross after returning to Earth from the historic expedition:
&#8220;When I got back on the on the ship — I&#8217;m not really a religious person — but there was just no other avenue for me to explain… <a href="https://t.co/yk2JBIkxrN">pic.twitter.com/yk2JBIkxrN</a>
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&#8220;When I got back on the on the ship — I&#8217;m not really a religious person — but there was just no other avenue for me to explain anything or to experience anything,&#8221; Wiseman said of the moment they were retrieved from the Orion capsule after splashdown.
&#8220;So, I asked for the chaplain on the Navy ship to just come visit us for a minute, and when that man walked in, I&#8217;d never met him before in my life. But I saw the cross on his collar, and I just broke down in tears,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s very hard to fully grasp what we just went through.&#8221;
Wiseman also issued a challenge to the world, saying that it was very easy in today&#8217;s society to get used to a more passive existence – but that progress depended on embracing hard work.
&#8220;We&#8217;re starting to lose scope as a society that you do have to go do things. You have to go do really hard, really challenging things,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have got to get our hands out there and engaged — our hands, and our minds have got to be engaged.&#8221;
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NOW: Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman shares an inspirational message to those who want to become astronauts and all of society as a whole:
&#8220;We&#8217;re starting to lose scope as a society that you do have to go do things. You have to go do really hard, really challenging things.&#8221;… <a href="https://t.co/yNjI4QTGaN">pic.twitter.com/yNjI4QTGaN</a>
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Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, in contrast, took every possible opportunity throughout the mission to express his faith and to point to God. He delivered a brief Easter message from space, and then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/artemis-ii-pilot-gets-a-front-row-seat-to-the-universe-and-then-points-straight-to-god">another one</a> just before the mission lost contact.
&#8220;Christ said in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are … He said the second … that is to love your neighbor as yourself,&#8221; Glover said.
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JUST IN: Astronaut Victor Glover shares the Gospel from Artemis II before losing communication.
&#8220;Christ said in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are.&#8221;
&#8220;He said the second &#8230; that is to love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221;
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President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday, asking via Truth Social who was “dumber” — former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson or former intelligence official Joe Kent.
“Who’s dumber, Tucker Carlson or Joe Kent? It’s very interesting!” Trump’s post began, and he went on to lay out his case for Kent.
The president explained that he’d first met Kent at Dover Air Force Base during the dignified transfer of Kent&#8217;s late wife, who was killed by Iranian terror proxies in Syria.
“Her casket was being brought to Dover, along with the rest, although he married again, quite quickly, in my opinion,” Trump continued, jabbing at Kent over his Congressional losses. “In any event, a number of years later, I noticed the same person was running for Congress in Washington State, and lost. I then noticed a couple of years later, he was running again, and lost.”
Trump then explained that he’d felt bad for Kent, who had run as a Republican, and for that reason had offered him a position in the administration.
“I told my people, ‘Hire him for the White House. Give him a job, make him feel good, he lost his wife and two Elections.’ They did so and, while I rarely saw him, I certainly didn’t expect disloyalty, but that’s what I got,” Trump added. “He was really a SLEAZEBAG, and some would say, on top of it all, A LEAKER!”
Trump concluded by suggesting that he would no longer make hiring decisions just because he felt bad for someone: “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!”
Lumping in several other relatively recent critics, Trump compared Kent to Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens as well: “Kent is a LOSER, just like Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and the rest of them are LOSERS — You’re born that way, LOW IQ, and there’s not a damn thing they’re going to be able to do about it!”
Kent, who recently resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, cited disagreements over the Trump administration&#8217;s actions in Iran as the reason for his exit and claimed that the United States was acting in Israel&#8217;s interest.

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