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• Environmental Protection Agency telah mengklasifikasikan mikroplastik dan antidepresan sebagai kontaminan air minum, merespons advokasi dari gerakan MAHA dan kekhawatiran kesehatan masyarakat. • Klasifikasi ini menandai langkah regulasi yang signifikan dalam menangani kontaminan yang baru muncul dalam pasokan air AS yang telah memicu kekhawatiran di kalangan pakar kesehatan dan advokat lingkungan. • Penetapan ini dapat mendorong tindakan regulasi di masa depan untuk menetapkan standar air minum dan persyaratan pengolahan bagi zat-zat tersebut.

Perusahaan telah berjuang untuk meningkatkan permintaan pascapandemi sebelum perang di Iran mendorong kenaikan biaya bahan bakar jet. Daftar email Breaking News US untuk mendapatkan peringatan buletin di kotak masuk Anda. Spirit Airlines sedang bersiap untuk menghentikan operasional setelah perusahaan yang didera masalah tersebut kehabisan uang tunai dan upaya penyelamatan oleh pemerintahan Trump tampak terhenti. Perusahaan tersebut berjuang untuk mencapai kesepakatan dengan para kreditornya dan mengamankan pendanaan demi mempertahankan operasional, menurut laporan Wall Street Journal yang mengutip sumber-sumber yang mengetahui masalah tersebut. Lanjutkan membaca...

Perusahaan melaporkan pendapatan sebesar $111,2 miliar dalam laporan laba pertama setelah pengumuman rencana pengunduran diri Cook. Apple melampaui ekspektasi Wall Street dalam laporan laba pertamanya sejak mengumumkan bahwa CEO Tim Cook akan turun jabatan. Cook melaporkan “kuartal Maret terbaik Apple yang pernah ada” dan “pertumbuhan dua digit di setiap segmen geografis”. Ia juga mencatat “permintaan luar biasa untuk jajaran iPhone17”. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Lee Zeldin mengklaim di hadapan Senate bahwa rencana Trump administration akan membuat Environmental Protection Agency ‘lebih efisien’ • Senate Democrats menuduh Trump administration meninggalkan misi Environmental Protection Agency untuk melindungi kesehatan manusia dan lingkungan dalam sidang kongres hari Rabu, mengecam kepemimpinan lembaga tersebut atas proposal untuk memotong anggarannya menjadi setengah. • Kehadiran Lee Zeldin di hadapan Senate environment committee adalah yang terakhir dari tiga budget hearings administrator EPA minggu ini di mana ia berargumen untuk pengurangan tajam pendanaan bagi lembaga tersebut, yang jumlah stafnya sudah berkurang ke level terendah dalam beberapa dekade di bawah kepemimpinannya.

• Gubernur Louisiana Jeff Landry mengumumkan rencana pada 29 April 2026 untuk menangguhkan pemilihan pendahuluan DPR setelah putusan pengadilan mengenai peta kongres mengintensifkan perselisihan penataan ulang daerah pemilihan. • Keputusan tersebut berakar dari perselisihan yang sedang berlangsung terkait gerrymandering rasial, dengan puluhan kasus lainnya yang membayangi sebelum pemilihan sela. • Penangguhan tersebut dapat menunda pemilu dan membentuk ulang strategi GOP di negara bagian tersebut.

• Fadi Saqr dituduh melakukan pembunuhan massal terhadap warga sipil di Tadamon, Damaskus, di mana masyarakat menuntut agar ia diadili • Komisi hak asasi manusia Suriah tengah menyiapkan kasus yang menuduh Fadi Saqr, seorang pemimpin milisi dalam rezim Assad, atas keterlibatan dalam kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan dan kejahatan perang, menurut keterangan seorang pejabat senior Suriah kepada The Guardian. • Saqr adalah mantan komandan milisi National Defence Forces (NDF) dan secara luas dituduh terlibat dalam pembunuhan massal dan penghilangan paksa warga sipil di lingkungan Tadamon di Damaskus, serta wilayah lain di ibu kota Suriah tersebut.

• Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe didenda dan dideportasi setelah mengaku bersalah atas pelanggaran imigrasi dan senjata api yang tidak terkait dengan penembakan baru-baru ini • Tiga bulan setelah seorang karyawan tertembak di punggung di rumah keluarga Mugabe di kawasan pinggiran kota Johannesburg yang kaya, putra bungsu Robert Mugabe telah didenda dan diperintahkan untuk meninggalkan Afrika Selatan setelah mengaku bersalah atas dua dakwaan yang tidak terkait. • Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28 tahun, dan sepupunya Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, 33 tahun, awalnya keduanya didakwa dengan percobaan pembunuhan setelah insiden pada 19 Februari. Lanjutkan membaca...

• PM akan menghadapi Kemi Badenoch dan anggota parlemen lainnya pada PMQs terakhir sesi parlementer 2024-26

• Seorang rookie Boston Red Sox memberikan performa yang kuat dalam pertandingan pertama tim tanpa manajer Alex Cora, menyebut hari itu sebagai momen yang 'sangat cepat dan intens'. • Sang rookie bereaksi positif terhadap perubahan mendadak tersebut, membantu menstabilkan tim di tengah masa transisi. • Keluarnya Cora menciptakan ketidakpastian bagi Red Sox, menguji ketangguhan roster muda mereka di awal musim.

• Studi terbaru menunjukkan bahwa formulasi vaksin terbaru mengurangi kunjungan departemen gawat darurat dan rawat inap di antara orang dewasa sehat sekitar 50 persen selama musim lalu. • Peningkatan efikasi yang signifikan ini merupakan kemajuan besar dalam pengembangan vaksin dan strategi perlindungan kesehatan masyarakat. • Temuan ini berkontribusi pada lanskap kebijakan vaksin AS yang terus berkembang, sebagaimana didokumentasikan dalam laporan status kebijakan vaksin terbaru CIDRAP tertanggal 28 April 2026.

• Subjek dakwaan masih belum jelas, setelah kasus sebelumnya mengenai kesaksian di kongres dibatalkan • Politik AS live – update terbaru • Daftar newsletter email Breaking News US

Suspect in Saturday evening’s shooting – Cole Tomas Allen – expected to be formally charged in court todayGood morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics.The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today.He is expected to be formally charged with using a firearm during a violent crime and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon. Continue reading...

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers. Continue reading...

Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quickRise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsYou have just bought a secondhand car. It was older than you wanted, but were reassured because it had recently passed its MOT.Within a few days, you notice a problem with the steering and take it into a garage to be checked. As well as that issue, they find the tread depth of the tyres is so low it should not have passed the test. Continue reading...

Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako, and four other citiesIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali on its website Azallaq. It said the attacks were carried out jointly with the Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-led separatist group. Continue reading...

Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s South Australian leader has paid back Australia’s richest person for private flights he took while campaigning in the state’s recent election.Cory Bernardi confirmed on Saturday that he had reimbursed a “substantial” sum of money to Gina Rinehart’s company S Kidman & Co, to comply with new state laws that prohibit political parties and candidates from receiving electoral donations or gifts from individuals, businesses or unions. Continue reading...

Move creates conflict between state and administration as Trump seeks federal framework over states handling issueSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US justice department said on Friday it had intervened in a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s xAI challenging a Colorado law aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems.In its intervention, the justice department said the law violates the 14th amendment’s equal protection guarantee by requiring companies to guard against unintended discriminatory effects while allowing some discrimination aimed at promoting diversity. Continue reading...

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant who ran the Brexit department.Philip Rycroft, who was permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the EU, said the “argument was there to be won” about going back into Europe, adding that a “clear-headed appraisal of what is in the country’s best interests” was needed. However, he said rejoining the bloc could be a “long and windy” road. Continue reading...

The department of justice has refused to hand over key evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files and could delay Scotland Yard’s criminal inquiry.Good morning. The UK criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson has reportedly ground to a halt after the US justice department refused to hand over evidence contained in the Epstein files.The documents relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Scotland Yard believes could hold key evidence related to Mandelson, who served as business secretary and US ambassador. While the Met has asked for voluntary disclosure, the US department of justice is insisting on a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) request, a legal back and forth between countries to obtain evidence, the Telegraph has reported. Continue reading...

• The acting Attorney General announced charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center alleging fraud in its informant program. • Authorities assert that the SPLC's informant program paid sources to "stoke racial hatred," suggesting deliberate misuse of funds and inflammatory activities. • The investigation remains ongoing with the possibility of future indictments naming SPLC executives as defendants.

Mandated release of files was marred by missed deadlines, leaked victims’ information and excessive redactionsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of Justice’s office of the inspector general (OIG) announced on Thursday that it is launching an audit of the justice department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.In a news release, the deputy inspector general William M Blier, who the statement said is performing the duties of the inspector general, said that the “preliminary objective” of the internal probe “is to evaluate the [justice department’s] processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act”. Continue reading...

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic waterway once the Iran war comes to an end.The UK military also offered to deploy mine-hunting drones and specialist divers to help clear the strait mined by Iran – but no decision has been made on whether HMS Dragon or another warship would also be deployed. Continue reading...

Exit of John Phelan, navy’s top civilian official, comes a week after Pete Hegseth fired army’s top officerThe Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the navy’s top civilian official, John Phelan, the secretary of the navy, is leaving his job.In a statement posted to social media, Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, said Phelan was “departing the administration, effective immediately” Continue reading...

Newspaper broke embargo on confidential briefing note about the royal couple’s movements five days before they arrived in Melbourne for their Australia visitThe Daily Mail’s “aggressive” approach to reporting on Prince Harry and Meghan’s Australian visit has “irreparably damaged” the Sussexes’ ability to brief press ahead of trips, Guardian Australia has been told.The Daily Mail broke the embargo by publishing the royal couple’s movements five days before they landed in Melbourne, despite that information being strictly non-publishable until they arrived. Continue reading...

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Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance figures warned over its impact.Anthropic, which has so far limited the release of the new model to a small clutch of primarily US businesses, including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, said it would expand that to UK financial institutions in the coming days. Continue reading...

Democratic representative from California has suspended gubernatorial campaign and resigned from CongressThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened an investigation into Eric Swalwell following his resignation from Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter.The news of a federal investigation comes days after the Democratic representative from California stepped down due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

• The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against cartel-linked casinos and key associates operating on the U.S.-Mexico border on April 14, 2026. • The action represents a continued enforcement effort targeting financial networks connected to organized crime along the southwestern border. • The sanctions highlight the Treasury's commitment to disrupting illicit financial flows and money laundering operations tied to criminal organizations.

As treasurer Jim Chalmers weighs ‘extreme uncertainty’, one economic scenario sees global growth plunging to just 2% in 2026Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe International Monetary Fund has warned the US-Israel war on Iran risks creating an “energy crisis of an unprecedented scale” that could tip the global economy towards recession.The grim warning contained in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook comes as Jim Chalmers prepares to attend the organisation’s spring meetings in Washington DC this week, where he said he would be “joining with other countries continuing to call for an enduring end to the war”. Continue reading...