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Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress

By Dan Lamothe, Noah Robertson and Ellen Nakashima
Apr 22, 2026 7:58 pm - It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress — an assessment that means the conflict’s economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond.
Top GOP doctors grill RFK Jr. on vaccines

By Lauren Weber and Rachel Roubein
Apr 22, 2026 4:27 pm - Two top GOP senators who are physicians quizzed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday about his controversial record on vaccines in their first public meeting in over seven months.
CDC won’t publish report showing COVID shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

By Lena H. Sun
Apr 22, 2026 4:03 pm - A report showing the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.
New study finds ‘alarming’ high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Apr 22, 2026 3:51 pm - More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk.
Beneath Trump's ballroom legal case: A brief history of the White House bunker

By MIKE CATALINI
Apr 22, 2026 1:23 pm - President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site. Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by.
Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING
Apr 22, 2026 8:00 am - Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
Pritzker executive order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction markets

By Maggie Dougherty
Apr 21, 2026 8:00 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants

By COLLIN BINKLEY, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and REBECCA BOONE
Apr 21, 2026 7:17 pm - The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Pentagon details record $1.5 trillion budget request

By Tara Copp and Noah Robertson
Apr 21, 2026 7:07 pm - The Pentagon unveiled Tuesday how it plans to spend $1.5 trillion requested in next year’s defense budget, even as some lawmakers cautioned the massive bill is unlikely to pass a sharply divided Congress.
Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Apr 21, 2026 6:26 pm - The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.

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