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Oil rises, stocks swing as peace talk hopes wobble

Hong Kong, Apr 27, 2026 (AFP) – Oil prices rose Monday while stocks were mixed with the United States and Iran no closer to ending their eight-week-old war after Donald Trump cancelled his envoys’ trip for peace talks at the weekend. Hopes that the two sides could make progress during negotiations in Pakistan were dashed Saturday by the US president, who said there was no point “sitting around talking about nothing”. He said on Fox News that he told his team: “We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making

Trump and top officials were likely targets at media dinner, Justice Dept. head says

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after an unspecified threat at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives traveled across the country before the event and is believed to have been targeting President Donald Trump and members of his administration, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday. Blanche said officials believe the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where in recent days he checked in as a guest to the hotel where one of the glitziest events in the nation’s capital was being held Saturday night with its typically tight security. Investigators have

Trump unharmed after shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists’ dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders on Saturday night, rushing toward the ballroom before Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody. The president was uninjured and was hustled away. Guests went diving under tables as the scene unfolded and some reported hearing shots outside the vast subterranean ballroom in the Washington Hilton where the event was being held. One law enforcement official said a gunman had opened fire. A law enforcement officer was shot in

Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump’s policies, but less Trump

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – With U.S. gas prices up, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings down and the Iran war dragging on, Republicans are recalibrating their blueprint ahead of November’s midterm elections. The strategy? Seek to tap Trump’s ​turnout power without making the races a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president. In a closed-door meeting this week with top conservative campaign officials, Trump’s political advisers – including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, ‌political chief James Blair and longtime pollster Tony Fabrizio – outlined a plan for candidates to promote Republicans’ tax cuts and inflation-fighting policies, according to four people familiar with

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