April 22, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – April 21, 2026

April 22, 2026 by George Bounacos

U.S. Army Special Forces meeting with Afghan resistance fighters in October 2001

U.S. Army Special Forces met with Afghan resistance fighters in October 2001, the alliance Trump is now negotiating to send to Congo or back to the Taliban. (U.S. Army photo)

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been exposing the Klan for 55 years. Today, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who defended Donald Trump at his 2024 criminal trial, indicted the civil rights organization for paying those informants. Blanche accused SPLC of “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose.” Paying informants is how SPLC has mapped … Read more