Sunday, April 19, 2026
WORLD_ James Comer to Newsmax: Trump Has All Options on Table With Iran (Charlie McCarthy - NEWSMAX)
James Comer to Newsmax: Trump Has All Options on Table With Iran
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By Charlie McCarthy | Sunday, 19 April 2026 09:22 AM EDT
Options concerning Iran are wide open for President Donald Trump because the country's leaders again have shown "you can’t trust their word," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Sunday.
Appearing on "Wake Up America Weekend," Comer said Iran’s latest actions — including violating a ceasefire and threatening to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz — underscore why the Trump administration is keeping every option on the table as tensions escalate.
"Well, I think everything is on the table," Comer told co-hosts Kenzie Beach and Kyle Lowder.
"Iran has proven, once again, you can’t trust their word when they say there's a ceasefire," he said.
Comer emphasized that Trump entered negotiations with clear-eyed realism about Tehran's track record and has already demonstrated he is prepared to act decisively if necessary.
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/rep-james-comer-trump-all/2026/04/19/id/1253412/
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US_ Rick Scott: Trump Has Authority to Act Against Iran Threats (Charlie McCarthy - NEWSMAX)
Rick Scott: Trump Has Authority to Act Against Iran Threats
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By Charlie McCarthy | Sunday, 19 April 2026 10:02 AM EDT
Despite what Democrat critics claim, President Donald Trump has the right to prevent Iran from killing Americans, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Sunday.
Speaking in a weekend television interview, Scott forcefully defended Trump's authority to take decisive military action against Iran, pushing back on Democrat accusations that the president is overstepping his powers amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
"Every president has said since Truman that they have the ability to use the military to protect Americans," Scott said.
"So this president has that right, and he’s doing the right thing," he said.
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INTERNATIONAL_ As Spanish Premier Urges China to Take Bigger Role in Global Order, Analysts See Risks (Alex Wu - THE EPOCH TIMES)
As Spanish Premier Urges China to Take Bigger Role in Global Order, Analysts See Risks
Pedro Sánchez’s rhetoric doesn’t represent the entire EU but a dangerous trend within it, analysts say.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrives for a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing on April 11, 2025. Andres Martinez Casares/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Alex Wu
4/17/2026|Updated: 4/18/2026
In his recent visit to Beijing, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged the Chinese communist regime to play a bigger role in global issues such as security, inequality, and climate action.
Analysts told The Epoch Times that although Sánchez’s call doesn’t represent the European Union’s stance, it does represent a dangerous trend in Europe.
Visiting China from April 11 to April 15, Sánchez gave a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing, calling upon the Chinese regime to assume more substantial global leadership responsibilities.
“Europe will also have to redouble its efforts, especially now that the United States has decided to withdraw from many of these fronts,” he said.
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US_ Holt to Newsmax: Iran's Strait of Hormuz Closure Claims Show 'Failing Regime' (Jim Thomas - NEWSMAX)
Holt to Newsmax: Iran's Strait of Hormuz Closure Claims Show 'Failing Regime'
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By Jim Thomas | Saturday, 18 April 2026 12:54 PM EDT
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Saturday that Iran's declarations that the Strait of Hormuz is closed amount to posturing by a collapsing regime, even as commercial vessels continue to transit the waterway under tighter conditions.
His comments on "America Right Now" came after reports that Iranian gunboats fired on tankers in the strait and that Tehran had again declared the waterway closed to traffic in response to a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
Holt said maritime tracking data he was monitoring during the interview showed vessels still moving through the strait, though not at normal volumes.
He attributed the slower pace to insurance concerns and precautions against potential mining, rather than to any effective Iranian blockade.
"Well, I can say that the Pacific Ocean is closed. I could do that from right here in Idaho. But if I don't have a Navy, if I don't have the means to close the Pacific Ocean, then I don't think they'd listen to me for very long," Holt said, drawing a parallel to Iran's closure claim.
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/holt-iran-hormuz/2026/04/18/id/1253384/
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Saturday, April 18, 2026
US_ LISTEN: America vs China — Inside the second space race (Threat Status - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
LISTEN: America vs China — Inside the second space race
Jeff Thornburg of Portal Space Systems joins Threat Status

THREAT STATUS
America vs China: Inside the second space race
Ben and Correspondent John Seward host the show from the Space Symposium conference in Colorado.
They break down U.S.-China competition in space, the possibility of bases and nuclear reactors on the moon, the coming space economy, and much more.
Then, Jeff Thornburg, the CEO and co-founder of Portal Space Systems, joins the show to talk about dynamic space operations and how the recent Artemis mission has reignited Americans’ fascination with space.
Plus, the “Threat of the Week.”
READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/17/threat-status-podcast-america-vs-china-inside-second-space-race/
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US_ Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump Is the New OPEC Now (James Morley III - NEWSMAX)
Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump Is the New OPEC Now
By James Morley III | Saturday, 18 April 2026 04:56 PM EDT
On Newsmax’s "Saturday Report," political strategist Dick Morris dismissed Iran’s claim that it controls the Strait of Hormuz, arguing instead that “the U.S. has control of the Straits, and at any point they need to exercise it if they can.”
Morris framed the situation as the culmination of a major shift in global energy power driven by U.S. oil production.
"The world produces 100 million barrels of oil a day," he said, noting that U.S. output had once fallen to "only 4 million barrels out of the 100 million," allowing OPEC to dominate and declare, "your trade is insignificant."
That dynamic, he argued, has now reversed.
"About two weeks ago, [President Donald] Trump increased American oil exports to 14 million barrels a day, completely wiping out everybody else," Morris said, adding that "what Trump basically said was, ‘I am the new OPEC. I will decide who gets to export what to whom, when and where.'"
According to Morris, Iran initially resisted that shift, "Iran said to hell with you. We don’t recognize it," but changed course after the threat of a U.S. embargo.
"Trump said, 'I’ll impose a total embargo and nobody will be able to get any oil in,'" he explained, prompting Iran to "basically back down."
While Tehran has not formally conceded, Morris suggested the outcome is inevitable.
"They haven’t conceded it completely diplomatically, but it’s on the way," he said, calling it "the most amazing triumph you can imagine for Donald Trump."
Looking ahead, Morris predicted a decisive resolution: "In a few days, Iran is going to officially surrender and the U.S. will control it," he said, adding that "the U.S. Navy will basically be the blockade enforcer" in what he described as a "permanent situation."
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/morris-trump-opec/2026/04/18/id/1253395/
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US_ Appeals Court Allows Construction of White House Ballroom to Continue (Aldgra Fredly - THE EPOCH TIMES)
Appeals Court Allows Construction of White House Ballroom to Continue
The order came just a day after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking above-ground construction of the ballroom.

Aldgra Fredly
4/18/2026|Updated: 4/18/2026
A U.S. appeals court on April 17 put on hold a lower court order that had halted construction of the White House ballroom, allowing the project to proceed for now.
Previously, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a preliminary injunction blocking above-ground construction of the ballroom but allowed “below-ground” construction of national security facilities to continue. Leon had said the project cannot continue without authorization from Congress.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 17 blocked Leon’s injunction and scheduled a June 5 hearing to decide on whether the project should be halted.
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UK_ New Survey Reveals UK Teens Afraid to Voice Views Due to Cancel Culture ( Ward Clark - REDSTATE)
New Survey Reveals UK Teens Afraid to Voice Views Due to Cancel Culture
By Ward Clark | 2:30 PM on April 18, 2026
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Time was when people could agree to disagree. Time was when friends and family remained friends and family, even if you disagreed on some issues, inside or out of politics and policy. In my own family, my siblings and I have a quiet truce in place to not discuss politics; they are all '60s hippie libs, and I'm a hard-shell right-of-center soapbox shouter, so when we all get together, we talk about our kids, our grandkids, share memories of when we were all young, and we all get along fine. They are my brother and sisters, after all, and that counts for more than anything else.
Or, at least, it should.
A new survey out of the United Kingdom shows that young Brits are increasingly worried about being "canceled" for their political beliefs, and are keeping their mouths shut because of that fear. Yes, really.
Nearly one in four of the 4,000 students aged between 10 and 17 who took part in the survey said they have been asked to stop voicing their political views at school.
The results also showed that 44% of 15 to 17-year-olds said they would not feel ready to vote in the next election.
So, why ask these kids, you might ask? Here's why, and it's a catastrophically stupid idea, but it has been floated here, in the United States, by the left. That's a key distinction, and I'll get back to that in a moment.
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US_ Report: Trump Planning to Drop Another Hammer on Iran and Their Ships (Nick Arama REDSTATE)
Report: Trump Planning to Drop Another Hammer on Iran and Their Ships
By Nick Arama | 1:58 PM on April 18, 2026
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi agreed on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would be open, albeit using the Iranian-approved route.
But he immediately got in trouble for what he said, because he didn't address the U.S. blockade in his tweet. As President Donald Trump said, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ships continued. The attacks showed the chaos their leadership is in.
The other main negotiator, Mohammad Ghalibaf, after likely seeing what happened with Araghchi, reneged on the deal and said it would remain closed until the blockade stopped.
So then they decided to punctuate their tirade by firing on ships on Saturday.
Iranian Navy Fires On Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz, Demonstrating That Waterway Is Not Open
But they're still in a position where they can't play these games without winning prizes for being stupid.
If the U.S. blockade of any ships coming to or going from any Iranian ports wasn't enough to put the squeeze on them, their tantrums are about to earn them another big consequence.
The report indicates that it could be anywhere, not just near Iran or the Gulf of Oman.
Gen. Dan Caine appeared to touch on this earlier in the week when he said they would pursue Iranian ships in international waters or any ships trying to provide material support to Iran. They generally are talking about sanctioned and "dark fleet" vessels, which are trying to avoid legal restrictions.
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TIPSHEET_ Iran Plays With Fire After Resuming Strait of Hormuz Blockade (Jeff Charles - TOWNHALL)
TIPSHEET
Iran Plays With Fire After Resuming Strait of Hormuz Blockade
Jeff Charles | April 18, 2026 10:45 AM

The Iranian regime has resumed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz the day after President Donald Trump announced that Tehran had reopened the waterway. Iran initially agreed to allow shipping through the strait after Trump gave a two-week extension on his deadline to come to a peace agreement. But it appears the regime has reneged on that promise.
From The Associated Press:
The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz quickly escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade choking off Iranian ports.
Confusion over the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes, threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict. The ceasefire between them is due to run out by mid-next week, and Pakistani mediators were working to put together a new round of direct negotiations to keep the truce going.
Iran’s joint military command said Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
Revolutionary Guard gunboats on Saturday opened fire on a tanker transiting the strait and an unknown projectile hit a container vessel, damaging some of the containers, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said without identifying the vessels. TankerTrackers.com reported that two Indian-flagged vessels were forced to turn around after being fired on by Iran, including a supertanker carrying Iraqi oil.
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READ MORE: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/04/18/iran-resumes-blockade-over-strait-of-hormuz-n2674683
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