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WATCH: Trump reveals flashy new color for National Mall’s reflecting pool makeover

April 24, 2026 4:42pm EDT / Fox News

The president held up a photo of the progress, saying the pool was ‘filthy’ under the Biden administration

By Peter Pinedo Fox News

Trump teases flashy new color for DC reflecting pool

President Donald Trump revealed the flashy new color for the National Mall’s reflecting pool while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office.

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President Donald Trump revealed the flashy new color for the National Mall’s reflecting pool will be familiar to most Americans.

While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, he said the reflecting pool’s surface is being repainted in “American flag blue.”

When planning the reflecting pool renovation, which Trump said was necessary because it was “filthy,” the president said his original color idea was turquoise, “like in the Bahamas.” But a trusted old pool contractor Trump has worked with in the past convinced him otherwise.

“He said, ‘What color would you like, sir?’ I said, ‘Well, what about turquoise like in the Bahamas?’ He said, ‘Well, this is Washington, sir, we can give you turquoise, but why don’t you try … We have a color, it’s called “American flag blue.” I said, ‘That’s the color I like,’” he said.

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President Donald Trump holds a photo of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool with a fence that says, “We are making DC Safe & Beautiful” during a healthcare affordability event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 23, 2026.(Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“He talked me into it very easily.”

Fox News Digital reported earlier this month that the president was having the famous Washington, D.C., landmark renovated, saying the Biden administration had neglected it for years.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was working with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the project, the latest in a series of beautification initiatives targeted by the Trump administration.

“Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I are working on fixing the absolutely filthy Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument,” Trump wrote.

TRUMP APPEARS ON WHITE HOUSE ROOF AMID TALKS OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS

People enjoy the outdoors in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument in the background in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2021.(Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

“This work was supposed to be done by the Biden Administration, but Sleepy Joe doesn’t know what ‘CLEAN’ or proper maintenance is — The President and Secretary do!” he added.

Speaking in the Oval Office this week, Trump held up a photo of the progress on the pool, saying repairs should be finished in the next three weeks.

“You’re going to end up with a beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool. The way it’s supposed to be. Much better than it ever was, actually.”

TRUMP’S PLAN FOR TRIUMPHAL ARCH MOVES STEP CLOSER TO REALITY

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stands near a reflecting pool during an outdoor event.(Interior Secretary Doug Burgum)

He proceeded to poke at the media, saying, “I hope the media can go over and maybe watch them do it because its I think it’s very exciting.

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“Fraction of the cost and a fraction of the time, and you get a better product than you could ever get the other way, and it’ll be beautiful,” he said. “And, as he said, it will be American flag blue. Any questions?”

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

新闻人间：当AI天才少年也是说唱歌手时

2026年4月25日 05:00 / 联合早报

新闻人间：当AI天才少年也是说唱歌手时 （联合早报）

中国互联网巨头腾讯集团首席AI科学家姚顺雨，入职数月，本周便带队发布了重建的人工智能（AI）大模型“混元Hy3 preview”。这位戴着细黑框眼镜、笑起来有点腼腆的“AI天才少年”，再次成为焦点。

说实话，腾讯的大语言模型“混元”近年在中国舆论场里并没得到很大的关注，去年重金从美企OpenAI把姚顺雨挖过来，是要押注智能体AI，让AI从“会聊天”转向“会办事”，打赢与中国内外各大科技巨头的这场激烈竞赛。

不过，许多网民更感兴趣的，是姚顺雨所代表的职场神话和“学霸天花板”履历：年仅27岁，工龄不足两年，便出任首席AI科学家，直接向腾讯总裁刘炽平汇报；安徽合肥一中毕业，以省內理科第三名考入清华大学“姚班”，后赴美深造，获普林斯顿博士，进入OpenAI任核心研究员，入选麻省理工学院科技评论“35岁以下科技创新35人”，是中国区最年轻者。

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DOJ drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

6:42 PM EDT, Fri April 24, 2026 / CNN Politics

DOJ drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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US Justice Department intervenes in xAI challenge to Colorado tech law

2026-04-24 4:00 PM UTC / Reuters

By Reuters

April 24, 2026 4:00 PM UTC Updated 24 mins ago

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April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. 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 Fourteenth Amendment’s ​equal protection guarantee by requiring companies to guard against ​unintended discriminatory effects while allowing some discrimination aimed at ⁠promoting diversity.

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“Laws that require AI companies to infect their ​products with woke DEI ideology are illegal,” Assistant Attorney General for ​Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement.

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.

In its lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court ​in Colorado, xAI sought to block the state from enforcing ​Senate Bill 24-205, which is scheduled to take effect on June 30. ‌The ⁠law imposes disclosure and risk-mitigation requirements on developers of so‑called “high‑risk” AI systems used in decisions involving employment, housing, education, healthcare and financial services.

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Musk’s artificial intelligence firm said the law violates the ​First Amendment by ​restricting how ⁠developers design AI systems and compelling speech on contentious public issues.

The federal intervention escalates what had ​been a single-company legal challenge into a direct ​confrontation ⁠between the Trump administration and Colorado over state-level AI regulation.

The Trump administration has been pushing for a single legislative framework governing artificial ⁠intelligence that ​can be applied uniformly across the ​country, rather than leaving states to form their own plans.

Reporting by Ryan Patrick ​Jones and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Michelle Nichols and Emelia Sithole-Matarise

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Trump tells Reuters he will discuss digital tax, NATO with King Charles

April 24, 2026 7:09 PM UTC Updated 15 mins ago / Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters ​on Friday that Iran, NATO and the ‌United Kingdom’s digital services tax are among the topics he plans to discuss with King Charles ​during the king’s visit to Washington next week.

“I’m ​going to talk about everything,” Trump said ⁠during a phone interview. “I’m going to ​talk about it. He is a friend of mine, and he ​is a great guy.”

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Charles’ four-day state visit starting Monday will mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence from ​Britain.

He will make stops in Virginia, New ​York and Washington, D.C., where he will privately meet with ‌Trump ⁠and deliver an address before the U.S. Congress.

The visit also comes against the backdrop of the worst relations between the two countries since ​the Suez Crisis ​in 1956, ⁠with by Trump of Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his ​refusal to join the attack on ​Iran ⁠and dismissive remarks about Britain’s military capabilities.

The U.S. president has also threatened to impose tariffs on Britain ⁠if ​Starmer does not drop ​the digital services tax.

Reporting by Steve Holland in Washington; Editing ​by Katharine Jackson, Bhargav Acharya, and Michelle Nichols

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Lancet medical journal declined US Senate COVID origins ask

2026-04-24 18:45:15 UTC / Reuters

By Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija

April 24, 2026 6:45 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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People queue for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a popup COVID-19 testing site in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

BARCELONA, April 24 (Reuters) – Leading medical journal The Lancet will decline a request to provide evidence for a U.S. Senate inquiry ​into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its editor-in-chief Richard Horton ‌told Reuters in an interview on Friday.

“We have received a request to go and give evidence at a Senate inquiry, which we’re not going to do,” Horton told ​Reuters at the Reuters Pharma event in Barcelona.

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Horton said that the ​journal would not engage “with an administration that has attacked some ⁠of the foremost scientists of our age”, citing the treatment by President Donald ​Trump’s administration of a former top U.S. health official, Anthony Fauci, who led the ​country’s COVID-19 response.

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He has faced threats since then as well as the ire of Trump and fellow Republicans. Trump cancelled Fauci’s federal security protection last year.

Horton wrote in February that ​the Lancet had been asked in December 2025 to provide all records ​relating to coronaviruses from 2018 to 2022, including emails, notes and studies. The journal ‌Science was ⁠asked the same thing, according to a story on its website.

Horton was referring to an inquiry by U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who has been looking into U.S. funding provided to a virology lab in Wuhan, China, the city ​where the Covid-19 ​pandemic began in ⁠2020. Paul chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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Paul’s office did not immediately respond to a request for ​comment.

“They’re still perseverating over Wuhan and what took place there ​in ⁠the latter part of 2019,” Horton said.

The World Health Organization and most scientists say a spillover from nature is the most likely cause for the pandemic. ⁠Investigations have ​been hampered by a lack of data ​from China, but U.S. intelligence services said last year that a lab leak was probably the ​cause.

Reporting by Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija in Barcelona; Editing by David Gregorio

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API, farm groups urge Congress to back year-long E15 sales as prices rise

April 24, 2026 4:40 PM UTC Updated 4 hours ago / Reuters

A person pumps their gasoline at a gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

• Summary

• Amendment would let retailers offer E15 higher-ethanol year-round
• Oil, farm and retailer groups support E15 expansion to lower fuel costs
• Refining industry groups oppose E15 expansion, citing compliance costs
• House Rules Committee set to consider amendment next week

NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – Groups representing ethanol producers, farmers, and fuel retailers urged Congress on Thursday to allow gas stations to ‌sell higher-ethanol gasoline blends year-round to combat the higher pump prices that have persisted since the start of the war in Iran.

The groups are supporting an amendment to the omnibus Farm Bill that would allow, but not require, fuel retailers to offer gasoline that ​contains 15% ethanol for sale nationwide on a year-round basis. That blend, known as E15, is typically barred ​during summer months due to smog concerns, though the Trump Administration has temporarily waived that ⁠restriction to try to bring down the cost of retail gasoline that has surged to more than $4 a gallon, ​a pain point for low- and middle-income consumers.

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The amendment was submitted to the House Committee on Rules by a group ​of more than 20 lawmakers, led by Representative Michelle Fischbach, a Republican from Minnesota on Wednesday. That committee is set to consider the legislation next week as part of the Farm Bill, the most important piece of agricultural legislation that is brought up every five ​years.

The Environmental Protection Agency, using emergency waivers, has allowed fuel retailers to sell E15 since late March. Prices have steadily ​marched higher due to a global energy supply crunch caused by Iran’s effective blockade of the crucial Strait of Hormuz following U.S.-Israeli ‌strikes ⁠on that nation, with retail U.S. gasoline surpassing $4 a gallon in early April.

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As of Friday, the average price nationwide was $4.06 per gallon. With gasoline futures continuing to rise, motorists could feel more pain in coming weeks. E15 is typically cheaper than conventional gasoline because ethanol usually costs less than petroleum blendstock.

“Maintaining access to E15 year-round empowers consumers at the ​pump with more options, particularly ​during periods of tight supply ⁠and high fuel costs, while allowing refiners and retailers to meet the demands of the market,” the organizations including the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Convenience Stores ​and the National Corn Growers Association wrote in a letter addressed to members of ​Congress on Thursday.

President Donald ⁠Trump has previously said he supports year‑round E15 sales and would sign legislation approving them without delay.

Jake Barron, communications director at biofuels group Growth Energy, said year‑round E15 sales could save consumers up to 30 cents a gallon.

Refining industry groups, including the ⁠American Fuel & ​Petrochemical Manufacturers, have opposed the move citing additional compliance costs.

The White House has tried ​various moves to limit the economic fallout of the surge in global oil prices, including a large release of U.S. emergency crude stockpiles and the extension of a 90‑day shipping waiver to ease transport of oil, fuel and fertilizer.

Reporting by Siddharth Cavale in New York

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Witkoff and Kushner to travel to Pakistan soon for Iran talks, US official says

2026-04-24 4:04 PM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan soon for talks with Iran’s foreign minister, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday.

Vice President JD Vance is not currently planning to attend but he will be on standby to travel to Islamabad if negotiations progress, according to CNN, which first recorded the travel plans.

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US soldier charged over Maduro removal insider bets released on $250,000 bond

2026-04-24 17:33:23 UTC / Reuters

By Luc Cohen

April 24, 2026 5:33 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more

• Summary

• Gannon Van Dyke due in Manhattan federal court on April 28
• Prosecutors say Van Dyke earned $400,000 by betting on Maduro’s ouster
• Case appears to mark first insider trading charges involving prediction markets

NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. ​Army soldier charged with making $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of ousted ‌Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been released on $250,000 bond, a Justice Department spokesman said on Friday.

Gannon Van Dyke, who prosecutors say was involved in planning and executing the January 3 capture of Maduro from his Caracas home, was indicted on Thursday in Manhattan federal ​court on charges including commodities fraud, wire fraud and unlawful use of confidential information for personal gain.

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In ​ordering Van Dyke, 38, released on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers in Raleigh, ⁠North Carolina, also required him to surrender his passport and give up his firearms unless ordered to possess ​them through military command. Van Dyke did not enter a plea.

Van Dyke is due to appear on Tuesday before ​U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan, who will oversee his case going forward. Reuters could not immediately identify his defense lawyer.

In the Justice Department’s first-ever filing of insider trading charges involving a prediction market, prosecutors said Van Dyke bet more than $33,000 on ​Polymarket between December 27, 2025, and January 2, 2026, that Maduro would soon be out of office and that ​U.S. forces would soon enter Venezuela.

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At the time, the markets assigned low probabilities to those events, meaning the wagers earned him ‌more ⁠than $400,000, according to the indictment.

Van Dyke withdrew the funds from Polymarket after Maduro’s capture, prosecutors said. He later allegedly asked the prediction market to delete his account, in what prosecutors called an effort to conceal his identity.

Polymarket said it referred the matter to the Justice Department and cooperated with the investigation.

“We work proactively with all relevant authorities ​on any suspicious activity on ​our marketplace,” Polymarket founder ⁠and Chief Executive Shayne Coplan said in a post on X on Friday.

Van Dyke, a master sergeant with U.S. Army Special Forces, has been an active-duty soldier since ​2008 and is stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Prosecutors said Van Dyke was ​involved in ⁠the “planning and execution” of the Maduro capture, but did not elaborate. The indictment made note of a photograph Van Dyke uploaded to his Google account in the early morning of January 3, hours after the U.S. military brought Maduro to ⁠the ​USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship.

“That photograph depicts Van Dyke on ​what appears to be the deck of a ship at sea, at sunrise wearing U.S. military fatigues, and carrying a rifle, standing alongside three ​other individuals wearing U.S. military fatigues,” the indictment read.

Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Matthew Lewis

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Trump administration to re-terminate legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app

2026-04-24 18:33:47 UTC / Reuters

By Nate Raymond

April 24, 2026 6:33 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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BOSTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort ​to revoke permissions to live in the United States granted under Democratic ‌President Joe Biden.

The administration detailed its intention in filings in federal court in Boston, where a judge had ruled in March that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully when it ended the legal ​status of more than 900,000 people who were allowed to live in ​the country after using the Biden-era app CBP One.

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That judge, Allison Burroughs, ⁠on Friday scheduled a May 6 hearing to consider barring DHS from following through ​on its plans.

DHS did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

Under Biden, immigrants had ​been generally granted two-year terms of humanitarian parole after using CBP One, an app that allowed them to schedule an appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

After Republican ​President Donald Trump returned to the White House, many non-citizens who received parole through ​the CBP One process received an email in April 2025 from DHS saying it was terminating ‌their ⁠parole and it was “time for you to leave the United States.”

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Burroughs, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, last month concluded DHS needed to undo the parole terminations, saying DHS failed to provide a necessary record showing an official determined the purposes ​of parole had been ​served.

The U.S. Department ⁠of Justice this week told Burroughs that while the administration was complying with her order, it was also issuing new parole termination ​notices to those migrants pursuant to a Tuesday memo from ​CBP’s head, ⁠Rodney Scott.

The memo is not public, but according to the Justice Department, Scott provided an explanation for why, in his opinion, “parole is no longer appropriate for those aliens.”

Lawyers at the ⁠groups Democracy ​Forward and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, representing migrants ​challenging DHS’ actions, in a Thursday filing urged Burroughs to intervene and prevent what they called a “deliberate attempt to ​evade compliance with the court’s order.”

Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Nia Williams

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