April 21, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – April 20, 2026

April 21, 2026 by George Bounacos

BP cleanup workers in yellow hazmat suits remove oil from Port Fourchon beach during 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill cleanup

Workers contracted by BP scraped tar from Port Fourchon, Louisiana in May 2010 after Deepwater Horizon exploded. Interior approved BP's new ultra-deepwater Gulf project this month, 16 years later. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by PO3 Patrick Kelley)

The first man walked up to Rumeysa Ozturk like he was going to ask for directions. He was the point man on an arrest team that whisked her off a Somerville, Massachusetts street for co-authoring a student op-ed. After 45 days in a Louisiana cell, an immigration judge ruled her status had been lawful all … Read more