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Polish National Sentenced Under 1948 Defense-Installations Statute for Livestreaming Photos Taken From Tikaboo Peak

Michal Miroslaw Rokita pleaded guilty to photographing and publishing images of the Nevada Test and Training Range — which includes Area 51 — and was sentenced to time served. The charges invoke a Cold War-era statute rarely used against enthusiast photographers who have published Tikaboo Peak imagery for decades.

PowerApr 21

Pentagon Inspector General Bars 'Department of War' Title From Court Filings, Subpoenas, and Criminal Investigations

An April 1 memo from the DoD Office of Inspector General lists the places where the Trump-ordered 'Department of War' rebrand does not apply. They are the places where the name carries legal weight.

WorldApr 21

Amnesty's 2026 Report Names Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu as the 'Voracious Predators' of 2025

In the foreword to the State of the World's Human Rights report released Monday, Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard singles out three heads of state by name and catalogues what she calls a 'predatory world order' of unlawful war, extrajudicial killing, and the abandonment of multilateralism.

PowerApr 21

72 Veterans and Military Family Members Arrested at Cannon Rotunda After Folding Flags for 13 U.S. Troops Killed in Iran War

Center on Conscience and War Executive Director Mike Prysner and a coalition of seven veterans' groups staged a flag-folding ceremony inside the House office building, demanded a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, and were zip-tied by Capitol Police after holding red tulips for Iranians killed by U.S. strikes.

PowerApr 21

Paris Summoned Musk on Seven Criminal Counts. He Didn't Appear.

Procureure de la République Laure Beccuau convened Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for an audition libre on April 20 as subjects of a seven-count cybercrime investigation into X. Neither showed. The U.S. DOJ declined mutual legal assistance three days before the hearing.

PowerApr 21

Virginia's April 21 Vote: Why Congressional Control Now Depends on Who Draws the Maps

Of 435 U.S. House seats in 2026, only 18 are rated genuine toss-ups. Whoever draws the other 417 mostly determines which party wins them. Virginia voters are deciding today whether to let the General Assembly redraw the state's districts to shift four seats toward Democrats — enough, in a chamber where Republicans hold a 218-213 majority, to potentially decide U.S. House control for the 2027-2028 Congress. Polls close 7 p.m. ET.

PowerApr 21

FBI Director Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over article alleging heavy drinking

Kashyap Patel filed a 19-count defamation complaint in federal court Monday, challenging The Atlantic's April 17 account of his FBI tenure and accusing the magazine of publishing with actual malice over the FBI's on-the-record denials.

PowerApr 21

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns; White House Says She'll Go to Private Sector

The White House announced Monday that Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving the Trump Cabinet 13 months after her swearing-in. Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling becomes acting secretary. Neither the White House nor Chavez-DeRemer acknowledged the Labor Department Inspector General investigation that multiple outlets have reported preceded her exit.

PowerApr 19

OSHA Takes Worker-Safety Jurisdiction at Four DOE Nuclear Sites for Private Energy Projects

A Federal Register notice published April 17 formally transfers occupational safety oversight from DOE to OSHA (or state OSHA) at leased private energy parcels inside Hanford, Savannah River, INL, and the Nevada National Security Site — the regulatory gate for DOE's Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative to move into construction.

PowerApr 19

Trump EO Orders FDA-DEA Pathway for Ibogaine Access, $50M for State Psychedelic Research

President Trump signed an executive order directing the FDA and DEA to create a Right to Try pathway for psychedelic drugs — explicitly naming ibogaine — and allocating $50 million in HHS funds to match state psychedelic research programs.

PowerApr 18

UN Rights Experts Demand Full Epstein Trafficking Probe, Warn 'Culture of Impunity' Is Protecting Perpetrators

The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking and five members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls issued a joint statement Thursday calling for a 'full and transparent investigation' of the Epstein files allegations -- their second 2026 intervention after February's warning that DOJ disclosures were 'flawed.'

PowerApr 18

4% of Accounts Generated 23% of the Chappell Roan Backlash, Research Shows

Analytics firm GUDEA found that bot accounts drove nearly a quarter of the social media posts attacking Chappell Roan over a hotel security incident she had nothing to do with. The security guard took full responsibility, and the accuser walked back his claims.