News for April 20, 2026

A federal magistrate recommended that Hayam El Gamal and her five children be released from a Texas immigration detention center after being held for months.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump’s Cabinet after a White House announcement tied her exit to allegations of misconduct and a move to the private sector.

California’s attorney general says Amazon used its market power to push other retailers to raise prices online, and he is asking a court to stop the practice now.

Singer D4vd has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found in his Tesla.

The Justice Department has widened its criminal probe of former CIA Director John Brennan by subpoenaing cooperating witnesses to testify before a grand jury.

Two U.S. Embassy officials and two Mexican state officers were killed when a convoy crashed after a major drug lab raid in northern Mexico.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a parental rights case from Massachusetts over a public school’s handling of a child’s gender transition, leaving a lower court ruling in place.

ICE detained the wife of an active-duty Army sergeant at an immigration appointment in Texas, sparking a dispute over whether her detention and possible removal are lawful.

The U.S. military said it killed three people in another strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, as President Donald Trump’s campaign against suspected trafficking vessels continues.