Ex-Trump ally MTG slams both sides of the political aisle: ‘Nothing ever changes’

‘Voting for both Democrats and Republicans is the worst ROI for the American people,’ Greene asserted

April 21, 2026 6:07am EDT / Fox News

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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asserted in a Monday post on X that regardless of which political party wields power in Washington D.C., the nation continues traveling down the same path.

“Nothing ever changes in Washington. No matter which party is in charge. You still get a bigger debt. You still get foreign wars and you pay for them. Your cost of living still increases and the value of the dollar continues to shrink,” Greene wrote.

“Voting for both Democrats and Republicans is the worst ROI for the American people,” she added.

TRUMP TRASHES MTG AFTER REPUBLICAN WINS CONTEST TO FILL HER OLD SEAT ‘DESPITE THE STENCH LEFT BY GREENE’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 15, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Her criticism comes amid the 2026 midterm election cycle, which will determine whether Republicans maintain their majorities in the House and Senate.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Tuesday.

Greene, who in the past had been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, left Congress in the middle of her term early this year after a falling out with the president last year.

TRUMP PUSHES BACK AGAINST PUNDITS, SAYS ISRAEL DID NOT TALK HIM INTO THE IRAN WAR

President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 16, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Greene wrote “25th AMENDMENT!!!” in part of an April 7 post on X after Trump, in a Truth Social post, threatened regarding Iran that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

The president ultimately announced a ceasefire and did not follow through on his threat against Iran.

Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller won the April 7 special election runoff to fill the House seat that had been vacated by Greene.

In an April 8 Truth Social post, the president congratulated Fuller and blasted Greene as “deranged.”

EX-TRUMP ALLY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE JOINS LEFT-WING CALLS FOR THE 25TH AMENDMENT AS IRAN DEADLINE NEARS

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“Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown’s (GREEN TURNS TO BROWN UNDER STRESS!) seat in Congress has been taken over by a wonderful and talented man, Clay Fuller, who won convincingly, and right from the beginning, despite many people running for that ‘TRUMP’ +37 seat, and despite the stench left by Greene. Congratulations to Clay Fuller, a very large improvement over his deranged predecessor!” the president declared in the post.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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尚未启程赴伊斯兰堡和谈 伊朗：已准备好回应威胁

2026年4月21日 16:26 / 联合早报

4月21日，在美伊谈判前夕，伊斯兰堡红区塞雷纳酒店附近，一名安保人员沿着封闭的道路行走。 （法新社）

美伊新一轮和谈前景出现变数。伊朗国家媒体星期二（4月21日）报道称，伊方代表团尚未启程前往巴基斯坦参加与美国的和谈。

同日，伊朗武装部队哈塔姆安比亚中央总部司令阿卜杜拉希说，伊朗武装部队与政府和人民团结一致，遵从最高统帅指示，已准备好应对敌人的威胁和行动。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）则引述澳大利亚战略政策研究所（ASPI）国防战略高级分析员戴维斯（Malcolm Davis）的话说，他并不看好美伊本周可能在伊斯兰堡举行的第二轮谈判能够取得突破，因为双方诉求分歧过大。

戴维斯指出，若谈判无果，美国将面临两项主要选择：要么继续维持对霍尔木兹海峡的海上封锁，要么“回到战争作战模式”。

不过，他警告，单靠轰炸伊朗并不能保证实现美国的战略目标，这场战争存在失控的风险，最终也可能一无所获。

戴维斯说，伊朗展现出的韧性实际上强于美国原先预期；如果美国总统特朗普在未实现既定目标、例如拆除伊朗核计划的情况下就从战争中抽身并宣布胜利，中国和俄罗斯等对手可能会将此视为美国示弱。

欧盟援乌贷款释放积极信号：俄罗斯无法耗赢乌克兰

2026年4月21日 17:01 / 联合早报

乌克兰东北部靠近边界的苏梅市（Sumy）4月21日遭俄罗斯无人机袭击。图为消防员正在遇袭现场奋力扑灭大火。 （法新社）

欧洲联盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯星期二说，欧盟预计将在周三就向乌克兰提供900亿欧元（约1346亿新元）贷款一事作出“积极决定”。

路透社报道，卡拉斯（Kaja Kallas）周二（4月21日）在卢森堡出席欧盟外长会议前向媒体说：“我们期待明天能就这笔900亿欧元贷款作出一些积极决定。乌克兰确实需要这笔贷款，这也释放出一个信号：俄罗斯无法耗赢乌克兰。”

同日晚些时候，俄罗斯武装力量总参谋长格拉西莫夫称，已完全控制卢甘斯克地区。他指出，俄军目前正在向各个方向推进。在2月和3月，乌克兰武装部队曾试图阻止俄军攻势，但损失了3000名士兵和160多件军事装备。

乌克兰国防部情报总局副局长斯基比茨基日前透露，据乌方掌握的信息，俄方正筹备在乌东南部地区发动新一轮春夏攻势，计划在今年9月前占领顿巴斯地区。

斯基比茨基称，目前，俄军在乌境内部署了约68万兵力，俄方计划再向前线增派2万兵力。此外，俄军近期正在加大对乌重要城市的导弹袭击力度。

乌克兰袭击征兵人员事件激增 厌战与拒服兵役情绪升温美放宽俄石油制裁 泽连斯基：每分钱都化作袭乌导弹

他强调，乌方目前没有足够数量的现代防空系统以覆盖乌领空，乌关键基础设施、尤其是冬季因空袭严重受损的能源设施仍然“很脆弱”。

欧盟援乌贷款释放积极信号：俄罗斯无法耗赢乌克兰

2026年4月21日 17:01 / 联合早报

乌克兰东北部靠近边界的苏梅市（Sumy）4月21日遭俄罗斯无人机袭击。图为消防员正在遇袭现场奋力扑灭大火。 （法新社）

欧洲联盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯星期二说，欧盟预计将在周三就向乌克兰提供900亿欧元（约1346亿新元）贷款一事作出“积极决定”。

路透社报道，卡拉斯（Kaja Kallas）周二（4月21日）在卢森堡出席欧盟外长会议前向媒体说：“我们期待明天能就这笔900亿欧元贷款作出一些积极决定。乌克兰确实需要这笔贷款，这也释放出一个信号：俄罗斯无法耗赢乌克兰。”

同日晚些时候，俄罗斯武装力量总参谋长格拉西莫夫称，已完全控制卢甘斯克地区。他指出，俄军目前正在向各个方向推进。在2月和3月，乌克兰武装部队曾试图阻止俄军攻势，但损失了3000名士兵和160多件军事装备。

乌克兰国防部情报总局副局长斯基比茨基日前透露，据乌方掌握的信息，俄方正筹备在乌东南部地区发动新一轮春夏攻势，计划在今年9月前占领顿巴斯地区。

斯基比茨基称，目前，俄军在乌境内部署了约68万兵力，俄方计划再向前线增派2万兵力。此外，俄军近期正在加大对乌重要城市的导弹袭击力度。

他强调，乌方目前没有足够数量的现代防空系统以覆盖乌领空，乌关键基础设施、尤其是冬季因空袭严重受损的能源设施仍然“很脆弱”。

Warsh faces high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing to lead world’s most powerful central bank

The DOJ is probing current Chair Jerome Powell while the Supreme Court weighs limits on Fed independence

April 21, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News

Paul Gigot hosts a discussion on President Trump’s renewed threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The segment explores Trump’s demand for a criminal probe into Fed headquarters renovations to continue. Panelists discuss the implications of Senator Tom Tillis’s refusal to confirm nominee Kevin Warsh until the probe concludes, highlighting potential legal challenges to the President’s authority over the Fed.

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Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve for the next four years, heads into a high-stakes confirmation hearing Tuesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill set to scrutinize his views on inflation, independence and the Fed’s role.

The hearing comes as the Federal Reserve faces mounting political, legal and economic pressure, making it a key test of how the next chair could reshape the central bank’s independence at a critical moment for the U.S. economy.

And with current Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term coming to an end on May 15, 2026, Republicans are scurrying to get a nominee confirmed even though they face pushback within the party.

THE ONE LINE IN WARSH’S TESTIMONY SIGNALING A BREAK FROM THE FED’S STATUS QUO

The Federal Reserve sets the nation’s monetary policy and influences borrowing costs across the economy.(Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images)

No institution has more influence over what people can afford than the Federal Reserve — an impact Americans feel every month. But that influence isn’t always obvious.

The Fed doesn’t set the price of groceries or cars, but it does determine how expensive it is to borrow money to pay for them. And right now, borrowing is costly. High interest rates mean larger monthly payments on mortgages, car loans and credit cards — even if sticker prices haven’t changed.

This makes the Fed’s leadership especially consequential.

Against that backdrop, Warsh’s potential ascent would come at a turbulent time for the institution.

The pressure is coming from multiple fronts: the Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe involving Powell, the Supreme Court is weighing limits on the Fed’s independence and rising costs are testing Trump’s affordability pledge — intensifying the stakes for the next chair.

Adding to the uncertainty, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has signaled he may not support Warsh’s nomination in committee unless the Justice Department drops its investigation into Powell.

Taken together, what began as tension over interest-rate policy has since broadened into a wider confrontation, marking one of the most challenging stretches of Powell’s eight-year tenure leading the Fed.

TRUMP VS THE FEDERAL RESERVE: HOW THE CLASH REACHED UNCHARTED TERRITORY

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Powell has called the DOJ investigation “unprecedented,” describing it as another example of what he sees as escalating pressure on the central bank. His unusually public response — after days of private consultations with advisors — marks a sharp departure from his typically measured approach.

In March, Powell told reporters at the Federal Reserve he has “no intention of leaving” the central bank until the DOJ investigation is “fully resolved with transparency and finality.” His term is slated to end next month.

Like Powell, Warsh is not an economist by training, instead bringing a background in law and finance that has shaped his views on the central bank.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1992 and a law degree from Harvard in 1995, before building his career at Morgan Stanley. At 35, he became the youngest person to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors in 2006.

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Kevin Warsh, former governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2025.(Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Though he stepped down in 2011, Warsh was widely seen as the Fed’s key liaison to Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis. He previously served in the Bush administration as a special assistant to the president for economic policy and executive secretary at the National Economic Council.

Warsh was also among Trump’s leading candidates to replace then-Fed Chair Janet Yellen in 2017, though the president ultimately selected Powell for the role.

Amanda covers the intersection of business and politics for Fox News Digital.

国际特赦组织秘书长卡拉马德周二（4月21日）发布年度报告。报告称，美俄以领袖否定了二战以来的多边体系，推崇一个“愿景不受道德约束”、“由战争而非外交与规则治理”的世界秩序。 （法新社）

（伦敦法新电）国际特赦组织批评美国总统特朗普、俄罗斯总统普京和以色列总理内坦亚胡为“掠食者”，指他们试图构建一个“掠夺性的世界秩序”，而其他国家大多过于软弱，不敢阻止他们。

国际特赦组织秘书长卡拉马德周二（4月21日）在伦敦发布年度报告。报告称，美俄以领袖否定了二战以来的多边体系，推崇一个“愿景不受道德约束”、“由战争而非外交与规则治理”的世界秩序。

她警告，这份报告发布之际正值“充满挑战的时刻”，过去80年的建设成果可能被摧毁。她说：“2025年全年，特朗普、普京及内坦亚胡等人通过大规模国际破坏、压制和暴力，追求经济和政治霸权。”

她指出，这些领导人攻击普世人权的根基，而大多数政府，尤其是欧洲政府，选择绥靖而非对抗这些“掠夺者”。中东不断升级的冲突只是这种新的掠夺性世界秩序的最新例证，而这种秩序建立在通过种族主义意识形态而去人性化的世界观之上。

报告聚焦以色列在加沙的行动，指世界上最强大的各国政府未能采取切实有效的行动来制止种族灭绝，也未能终结以色列的非法占领和种族隔离。

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卡拉马德说，面对这些“恶霸与掠夺者”，几乎所有世界领导人“都表现得懦弱”。她称此为“懦夫时代”。

她说，中国不在“掠食者”名单，因为它“谨慎得多”，但她指出中国支持缅甸军政府，并涉及支持俄罗斯。

New US coalition lobby group aims to get domestic shipbuilding bill through Congress

2026-04-21 10:04 AM UTC / Reuters

By Lisa Baertlein

April 21, 2026 10:04 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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General view of All American Marine shipyard in Bellingham, Washington, U.S., April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo

April 21 (Reuters) – U.S. unions and shipbuilding industry employers on Tuesday launched a coalition to rally Congress to ​advance legislation they say would help President Donald ‌Trump achieve his vision for a domestic shipyard renaissance.

China’s shipbuilding has leapfrogged the U.S., which was once a global powerhouse. The SHIPS ​for America Act introduced last year enjoys bipartisan ​support and aims to expand the fleet of ⁠U.S.-built and flagged vessels, train mariners to sail them ​and to fund U.S. shipbuilding activity.

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“Revitalizing this critical industry is ​paramount to protecting our national security, creating jobs, and growing our economy,” said Michael Wessel, president of the new USA Shipbuilding Coalition.

The ​lobbying effort comes as the SHIPS Act legislation appears ​stalled amid funding, regulatory and compliance uncertainty.

Wessel’s lobbying firm helped coordinate a ‌union-requested ⁠U.S. Trade Representative investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 that found China uses unfair policies and practices to dominate the maritime sector.

That finding cleared ​the way for ​port fees ⁠and tariffs on China that were put on hold after China retaliated. Those fees, ​along with other tonnage taxes on foreign vessels, ​are ⁠among the revenue streams the SHIPS Act would rely on to fund a planned domestic shipbuilding renaissance.

A representative for the ⁠coalition ​said it includes nearly a dozen ​unions, related companies and shipyards. The group declined to share a list ​of its members.

Reporting by Lisa Baertlein; Editing by Edwina Gibbs

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国际特赦组织秘书长卡拉马德周二（4月21日）发布年度报告。报告称，美俄以领袖否定了二战以来的多边体系，推崇一个“愿景不受道德约束”、“由战争而非外交与规则治理”的世界秩序。 （法新社）

（伦敦法新电）国际特赦组织批评美国总统特朗普、俄罗斯总统普京和以色列总理内坦亚胡为“掠食者”，指他们试图构建一个“掠夺性的世界秩序”，而其他国家大多过于软弱，不敢阻止他们。

国际特赦组织秘书长卡拉马德周二（4月21日）在伦敦发布年度报告。报告称，美俄以领袖否定了二战以来的多边体系，推崇一个“愿景不受道德约束”、“由战争而非外交与规则治理”的世界秩序。

她警告，这份报告发布之际正值“充满挑战的时刻”，过去80年的建设成果可能被摧毁。她说：“2025年全年，特朗普、普京及内坦亚胡等人通过大规模国际破坏、压制和暴力，追求经济和政治霸权。”

她指出，这些领导人攻击普世人权的根基，而大多数政府，尤其是欧洲政府，选择绥靖而非对抗这些“掠夺者”。中东不断升级的冲突只是这种新的掠夺性世界秩序的最新例证，而这种秩序建立在通过种族主义意识形态而去人性化的世界观之上。

报告聚焦以色列在加沙的行动，指世界上最强大的各国政府未能采取切实有效的行动来制止种族灭绝，也未能终结以色列的非法占领和种族隔离。

卡拉马德说，面对这些“恶霸与掠夺者”，几乎所有世界领导人“都表现得懦弱”。她称此为“懦夫时代”。

她说，中国不在“掠食者”名单，因为它“谨慎得多”，但她指出中国支持缅甸军政府，并涉及支持俄罗斯。

数百商船受困波斯湾逾七周 海事组织拟疏散“蓝图”

2026年4月21日 17:18 / 联合早报

美以伊冲突爆发以来，霍尔木兹海峡的局势持续高度紧张。图为3月11日从阿拉伯联合酋长国北部的哈伊马角，朝靠近阿曼穆桑代姆省（Musandam）边境方向拍摄的照片，多艘货轮正滞留在波斯湾水域。 （路透社）

美以伊冲突持续逾七周，导致数百艘船只滞留波斯湾。联合国旗下国际海事组织（IMO）正制定疏散方案，准备在局势一旦出现明显缓和迹象时，安排这些船只分批驶离受困海域。

路透社报道，国际海事组织（IMO）秘书长多明格斯（Arsenio Dominguez）星期二（4月21日）在“新加坡海事周”场边说，这些船只自美以开始打击伊朗以来，已受困七个多星期。

多明格斯强调，这项计划只有在局势出现明显降温迹象时才能启动。目前讨论中的细节包括船只离开的先后顺序，其中船员被困时间的长短将是考量因素之一。

他指出，任何通行都将遵循早已确立的“分道通航制”（Traffic Separation Scheme），这条航线最初由伊朗和阿曼提出，并于1968年由国际海事组织采纳。

他还说，伊朗过去几周已建立一套通行安排，其中包括一条靠近其海岸的特定航线，并在某些情况下收取费用。

国际海事组织目前正与包括伊朗和阿曼在内的沿岸国家，以及各船旗国保持联系，以最终敲定这份疏散方案。

Uber found liable for actions of driver who grabbed passenger’s inner thigh

April 21, 2026 / 4:54 AM EDT / AP / CBS News

Rideshare giant Uber is liable for the behavior of a driver who grabbed the inner thigh of a passenger as she was leaving the front seat of his car and asked if he could “keep her” with him, a jury in North Carolina found Monday.

The federal jury in Charlotte awarded the plaintiff $5,000 in damages, said Ellyn Hurd, one of the plaintiff’s lawyers.

The so-called bellwether case is part of a broader group of sexual assault lawsuits filed against Uber in multiple jurisdictions around the country and is the third to go to trial. In February, a federal jury in Arizona ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her during a trip using the platform. Last year, a California jury found Uber not liable for the alleged assault of a rider.

Uber, in an emailed statement, took note of the relatively small financial judgment in the North Carolina case and of the jury finding that battery had occurred and not sexual assault.

“The jury’s award here should further bring these cases back to reality, as it represents a tiny fraction of previous demands,” the Uber statement said, adding that the company has strong grounds for appeal because it believes the jury was incorrectly instructed on the question of liability.

The Associated Press doesn’t typically name people who have said they were sexually abused unless they have given consent through their attorneys or come forward publicly.

Hurd said the verdict bodes well for other plaintiffs, noting that Uber, not the plaintiffs, selected the North Carolina case as a test case for the broader group of pending lawsuits.

“This was a case that they thought going in that they were going to win,” Hurd said. “They picked all the criteria – this is the case that they picked, that they wanted to try. And the jury believed the plaintiff and they lost.”

The lawsuits follow years of criticism of Uber’s safety record, including thousands of incidents of sexual assault reported by both passengers and drivers. Because Uber drivers are categorized as gig workers – working as contractors, rather than company employees – the platform has long maintained it’s not liable for their misconduct.

The judge presiding over the group of lawsuits, U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer, ruled that Uber was a “common carrier” under North Carolina law and was thus liable for the driver’s action. Breyer said Uber holds itself out to the public as a transportation provider through its advertising and the control it exerts over Uber rides and the safety of its passengers. North Carolina could have explicitly exempted Uber and other rideshare providers from its common carrier liability, as Florida and Texas have, but did not, he said.

Hurd said that means the North Carolina jury only had to decide whether the attack happened.

The driver denied touching the plaintiff, Uber said. The company said the plaintiff never reported the incident to law enforcement and it only learned of it when the lawsuit was filed three years later.

Hurd said just because the plaintiff didn’t report it to law enforcement doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. During the trial, which started Wednesday and wrapped up Monday, the jury heard testimony from the driver, the plaintiff and friends of the plaintiff who corroborated her story, Hurd said.

Breyer, who is based in San Francisco in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is due to hear two more sexual assault test case trials against Uber. The next is scheduled for mid-September in San Francisco.