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What Happened Today – April 19, 2026

April 20, 2026 by George Bounacos

Iranian cargo ship Touska seen from U.S. Navy vessel in Gulf of Oman before being fired on and boarded April 19, 2026

The Iranian cargo ship Touska sailed in the Gulf of Oman moments before U.S. Navy forces fired on and boarded it Sunday, the first seizure of Trump's Iran blockade. (Official White House photo)

Harmeet Dhillon wants every ballot Detroit cast in 2024. Her Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department gave Wayne County two weeks to hand over 865,000 ballots, envelopes, and receipts, with a federal lawsuit waiting if it refuses. The justification rests on three fraud cases that aren’t from 2024 and that Michigan’s own officials caught … Read more