News for April 28, 2026

The Trump administration has ordered stronger security checks for immigration applicants, causing some cases to be delayed while USCIS updates its screening process.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal teams worked through key pretrial issues in their dispute over “It Ends With Us” as the case heads toward a May trial.

The State Department will issue a limited run of U.S. passports with President Donald Trump’s image as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.

Jakob Marcoulier, an Army soldier in Louisiana, was arrested and charged after federal officials said he threatened to attack a synagogue and kill Jewish people.

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted over a social media post that Trump administration officials say was a threat against President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk testified in his lawsuit against OpenAI, saying Sam Altman betrayed the nonprofit goals he says the company was built on.

King Charles III’s U.S. state visit centered on a formal White House welcome from President Donald Trump, followed by speeches, a state dinner, and a rare address to Congress.

Greg Hogan, a DOGE affiliate, has been put in charge of the government’s Login.gov ID platform, raising new concerns about how the service will be used.

California voters will decide in November whether to approve a one-time tax on billionaires, a union-backed plan meant to raise money for healthcare after federal cuts.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether the Department of Homeland Security, under Kristi Noem, can end deportation protections for thousands of people from Syria and Haiti.

Admiral Michael Rogers told CEOs to focus less on old security assumptions and more on resilience, cyber risk, and how a more uncertain world is changing business strategy.

The United States is not ready to accept Iran’s new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war without first settling the nuclear dispute.

Asian and U.S. markets fell as war worries in Iran lifted oil prices and added pressure on AI stocks, including OpenAI-linked names and chip makers Broadcom and Nvidia.

Kid Rock’s flight in an Army Apache helicopter with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn fresh criticism over whether military resources were used for celebrity publicity.

After a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Trump officials Todd Blanche and Steven Cheung blamed Democrats and the media for worsening political violence, even as Trump briefly called for calm.