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FCC Orders Early Review of Disney’s ABC Station Licenses

By Jill McLaughlin The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered an early review of license renewals for Disney’s ABC television stations. The April 28 order is part of the FCC’s ongoing investigation into whether the company and its television stations are following the federal Communications Act of 1934 and the FCC’s rules, including a prohibition…

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DC Shooting Suspect Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Trump

By Stacy Robinson and Jackson Richman WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice has charged Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. During a brief court appearance on April 27, Allen was also charged with transporting a firearm across state lines with intent to commit a…

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US Accuses China of ‘Industrial-Scale’ AI Theft Ahead of Trump’s Visit

By Michael Zhuang The White House has issued a sharply worded memo accusing China-linked entities of systematically stealing U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) technology on an “industrial scale” and vowing to hold them accountable. The warning, ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China, underscores the sharpening pace of U.S.–China competition, as officials and analysts…

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CDC Investigating Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Backyard Poultry

By Jack Phillips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it is investigating an outbreak of salmonella bacterial infections in backyard poultry in more than a dozen states. In an update released April 23, the CDC said that 34 people in 13 states have been sickened with the Salmonella Saintpaul strain, although the…

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Planned Obsolescence: The Silent Sabotage of the Devices We Depend On

By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News The Illusion of Progress Walk into any electronics store today and you’ll see the promise of innovation—sleeker smartphones, faster tablets, smarter appliances. What you won’t see is the quiet expiration date embedded within many of these products. Planned obsolescence is no longer a conspiracy theory whispered in online forums.…

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Monsanto Weedkiller Case Could Upend Billions in Compensation

By Troy Myers and Jacob Burg Like countless homeowners, John Durnell of Missouri used a popular herbicide to keep his home and community free from unwanted weeds. He used the chemical from the 1990s until 2018, when he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a diagnosis he blames on an ingredient known as glyphosate in his Roundup weedkiller.…

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US Allows Venezuela to Fund Maduro’s Defense After Court Challenge

By Tom Gantert The United States will ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow its regime to pay legal fees for former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. drug trafficking case, according to a court filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The April 24 filing states that the…

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Iran Delegation Leaves Pakistan Without US Talks as Trump Cancels Envoy Visit

By Tom Ozimek Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan for Oman on Saturday without meeting U.S. negotiators. Araghchi met senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad, even as U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned visit by his envoys. Iranian state-affiliated media outlet Fars reported on April 25 that Araghchi departed Islamabad for Muscat, the…

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