Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium The US president said Washington and Tehran were 'very close' to a peace deal. Iran has previously insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful. Le Monde with AFP Published today at 12:11 am (Paris) 2 min read President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. JEN GOLBECK / AP US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, April 16 that Washington and Tehran were "very close" to a peace d ...

Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm President Donald Trump is slated to headline a Turning Point USA event Friday in Phoenix as several Arizona Republicans seek the state’s governorship and two competitive House seats in the upcoming midterm election. Trump’s remarks to a “Build the Red Wall” event at Dream City Church will connect him with young right-leaning voters, a key voting bloc with which he has lost ground since returning to office last year. A high turnout in November by younger conse ...

April 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT / Updated April 16, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. At least three injuries were reported after at least five tornadoes developed in areas southwest of the city. Several homes were damaged, trees were downed and recreational vehicles were overturned. But in its Monday afternoon outlook, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, which forecasts severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, did no ...

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Thu, April 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM EDT (Bloomberg) -- Some Gulf Arab and European leaders believe that a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months to be agreed and that the warring sides should extend their ceasefire to cover that timeframe, according to officials from the regions familiar with the matter. The leaders want the vital Strait of Hormuz opened immediately to restore energy flows and are warning in private that a global food crisis may develop if that doesn’t happen by next month ...

(CNBC) The International Energy Agency’s head warned Thursday that Europe maybe has six weeks left of jet fuel as the airline industry continues to grapple with headwinds due to the Middle East crisis. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the Strait of Hormuz blockade will result in “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday. “In the past there was a group called ‘Dire Straits.’ It’s a dire strait now, and it is going to have major implications for the global economy. And the longer it goes, the worse it will be for the economic growth and inflation around the world,” he said.

(CNN) President Donald Trump seems to be leaning in on the idea that elderly conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas might think about a conveniently timed retirement this year. Trump couched his comments to Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo in respect for the jurisprudence and decision-making processes of both justices. But he also repeatedly gestured at the political utility of them retiring soon: “I think he is one of the great justices of all time,” Trump said of Alito, before adding: “It’d be nice to say, now I have somebody for 40 years.”

(Reuters) Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful ‌remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked him again on social media. Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried leaders who used religious language to justify wars and urged a "decisive change of course" in a meeting in the biggest city in Cameroon's anglophone regions, where a simmering conflict going back nearly a decade has left thousands dead.

(Mediaite) A committee of American Catholics on Wednesday issued a statement in response to Vice President JD Vance’s latest attack on Pope Leo XIV. Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, Vance said the Pope should “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” The comment came as Pope Leo had repeatedly condemned the war in Iran and called for peace. The next day, U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine claimed that Pope Leo wasn’t merely trying to “opine” as Vance suggested.

(Axios) Before President Trump posted an image of him as a Christ-like healer, he discussed the meme with his controversial housing finance chief Bill Pulte, Axios has learned. Trump was in South Florida over the weekend and the two spent time together, according to two advisers who spoke to the president about the image. At some point, Pulte brought the image to Trump's attention, the advisers told Axios. It's not clear whether he just displayed the rendering on his phone or actually sent it to the president.