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US stocks rise and oil prices trim their gains on hopes for the ceasefire with Iran

By STAN CHOE
Apr 09, 2026 3:53 pm - U.S. stocks rose Thursday, even though oil prices did too, as financial markets moved more modestly a day after surging on optimism about a ceasefire in the war with Iran.
Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Apr 09, 2026 3:49 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to question...
Pro-Iran groups have used AI to troll Trump and try to control the war narrative

By SAM McNEIL
Apr 09, 2026 3:30 pm - Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel and f...
Melania Trump delivers statement at White House denying ties to Epstein and knowledge of his crimes

The Associated Press
Apr 09, 2026 1:52 pm - First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling online accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.”
Rutte the ‘Trump whisperer’ faces a fresh test as the US leader turns on NATO over Iran

By LORNE COOK
Apr 09, 2026 1:12 pm - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte declined to say Thursday whether President Donald Trump had repeated his threat to quit the military organization, saying only that the U.S. leader was disappointed in some allies for being too slow to help with the Iran war.
‘It’s long past time’ to remove Trump from office: Bill Foster says at Crystal Lake town hall

By Claire O'Brien
Apr 09, 2026 11:55 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster spoke about the Iran war, immigration and whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office at a town hall Wednesday in Crystal Lake.
Lebanon digs for survivors after Israeli attack kills over 300, as surprise word of talks emerges

By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Apr 09, 2026 9:18 am - Lebanon reeled Thursday after the deadliest day of the renewed war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, with the death toll exceeding 300 people as more remains were pulled out of the rubble and bodies identified at hospitals.
Kuwait says Iran launched drones; Israeli PM approves talks with Lebanon

Apr 09, 2026 7:21 am - Kuwait accused Iran and its proxies of launching drone attacks targeting it on Thursday despite the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, as Saudi Arabia said recent attacks damaged a key pipeline in the kingdom.
DHS chief mulls yanking customs from sanctuary city airports, raising O’Hare angst, Pritzker rebuke

By Marni Pyke
Apr 08, 2026 6:18 pm - “Right before the World Cup?” Gov. JB Pritzker asked on X after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested customs isn’t a given for sanctuary city airports, like O’Hare.
RFK Jr is launching a podcast to expose ‘lies’ that have made Americans sick

By ALI SWENSON
Apr 08, 2026 4:06 pm - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new podcast that he says will begin “a new era of radical transparency in government,” according to a teaser video first obtained by The Associated Press.

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