News for April 12, 2026

A CBS News investigation says Super Ego Holding and similar trucking schemes are using fake company identities and weak oversight to hide safety problems and put drivers and the public at risk.

President Donald Trump’s blockade threat around the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices sharply higher, as markets worried about tighter global energy supplies.

Oil prices jumped after the United States said it would block Iranian ports starting Monday, raising fears of tighter global oil supply.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost power in a surprise election, and challenger Péter Magyar and his Tisza party won on a pro-European message.

A nationwide rush to build AI data centers is facing strong pushback from local communities and top lawmakers, including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Digital Realty.

U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan ended without a deal, leaving Vice President JD Vance and Iran far apart as the ceasefire and war remain fragile.

Jennie Rangel and her family are struggling to buy a home as high housing costs, rent, and mortgage rates put homeownership out of reach for many middle-class Americans.

Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his government would defend the island against any U.S. invasion and again rejected U.S. demands for political change.

President Donald Trump said U.S.-Iran talks failed, then ordered a Navy blockade tied to Iran, deepening uncertainty around the fragile ceasefire.