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Cuban President Díaz-Canel tells NBC he won't step down under U.S. pressure as Washington leverages oil embargo in diplomatic talks.
"Would you ask that question of Trump?"
Source: USA Today
April 9, 2026
Treasury builds centralized database of pandemic aid recipients' Social Security numbers and financial data, drawing 40+ organizations' privacy objections.
Critics call scope "astonishing departure" from prior practice
Source: NextGov
April 9, 2026
Trump DOJ settles predatory lending case against Texas developer without compensating victims, redirecting $20 million to immigration enforcement instead.
Over 15,000 lots foreclosed on immigrant buyers
Source: ProPublica
April 9, 2026
FBI extracts deleted Signal messages from iPhone notification database in first prosecution under Trump's domestic terrorism designation of "Antifa."
Disappeared messages preserved in Apple's internal memory
Source: 404 Media
April 9, 2026
Texas education board gives preliminary approval to required reading list that includes Bible texts after cutting Frederick Douglass and Frankenstein.
Educators say full list impossible to teach in 36 weeks
Source: The Texas Tribune
April 9, 2026
Postal Service suspends pension contributions to avoid running out of cash within 12 months, plans to raise stamp prices to 82 cents in July.
Expects to free up $2.5 billion this fiscal year
Source: Federal News Network
April 9, 2026
