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Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia Amid Talks Of Temporary Cease-Fire

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Aviation, Drones, Featured, Headlines, International, Oil, Gas, Energy, Russia, SCW Russia Report, Ukraine

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Iran’s Conservative Camp Split Over U.S. Talks To End War

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, International, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Persian Gulf

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VIDEO: Powell era ends, Iran war costs $25B – Reuters World News – Thursday 4.30.26

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Economy, Business, Elections, Featured, Federal Reserve, Government, Politics, Headlines, International, Iran, U.S. Supreme Court, UK

Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds rates steady, pledges to remain involved as a fed governor; Pentagon claims $25[…]

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California gas prices hit $6 per gallon as fuel costs jump nearly 30 cents in a week across the U.S.

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Funding bill to end Homeland Security shutdown signed into law

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Congress clears short-term FISA extension

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit New Highs as Stocks Wrap Up Big Month of Gains

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Pope Leo XIV’s May prayer intention: ‘That everyone might have food’

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Agriculture, Catholic Faith, Faith & Values, Featured, Headlines
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Catholic Mass Readings: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter 4.30.26

04.30.2026 SCW SteveWire Catholic Mass Readings, Faith & Values, Featured, Headlines
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Gas Prices Jump to $4.23, Highest Since 2022—See Prices in Your State

04.29.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Stocks Closed Little Changed Ahead of Tech Earnings Barrage

04.29.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Fed holds rates steady amid sharp divide over policy easing bias; In its most divided decision since 1992

04.29.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines
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Nasdaq, S&P 500 end lower on renewed so-called ‘AI’ growth worries ahead of big tech earnings

04.28.2026 SCW SteveWire Economy, Business, Featured, Headlines, Investment, Stocks, Bonds, Metals
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TRANSCRIPT: Text of King Charles III’s Full Address to Congress 4.28.26

04.28.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, History, International, UK, Ukraine
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Trump extends ceasefire in Iran, citing ‘seriously fractured’ Iranian government

04.21.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, International, Iran, Middle East, Military, Persian Gulf
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Monday 4.20.26 – Stocks Down Slightly, Oil Up, As Iran, Middle East Scenarios Become Even More Problematic

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Economy, Business, Featured, Headlines, International, Investment, Stocks, Bonds, Metals, Iran, Middle East, Persian Gulf

Major U.S. stock markets closed slightly lower, and oil rose, amid blockage of the Strait of Hormuz and doubts about[…]

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NASA coordinating with relevant agencies in missing scientists probe; Trump vows answers ‘in the next week and a half’ as White House works with FBI to identify potential patterns

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Government, Politics, Headlines, Missing Persons, National Security, Science, Space, Unsolved Mysteries
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$50 billion worth of oil lost in 50 days of Iran war

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, International, Middle East, Oil, Gas, Energy, Persian Gulf
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Israeli soldier’s anti-Catholic desecration of Crucifix in south Lebanon draws condemnation

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Catholic, Faith, Faith & Values, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, International, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Religion
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Budget resolution for immigration funding headed to Senate floor; Graham says a second reconciliation bill will include defense, anti-fraud measures

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Budget, Congress, DHS, ICE, Featured, Government, Politics, Headlines, Immigration
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Mexico’s president says Chihuahua raid bypassed federal government

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire China, Drugs, Featured, Headlines, International, Mexico, National Security
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FAA grounds New Glenn rocket after botched satellite release

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, Space, Spaceflight
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VIDEO: Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Black Sea Oil Hub For Second Time In 4 Days

04.20.2026 SCW SteveWire Drones, Featured, Headlines, Oil, Gas, Energy, Russia, SCW Russia Report, Ukraine

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Iran Gas Crunch Is the Latest Cost-Of-Living Squeeze Hitting Households

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Cars, Trucks, SUVs, Autos, Hybrids, EVs, Motorcycles, Economy, Business, Featured, Headlines, International, Investment, Stocks, Bonds, Metals, Iran, Oil, Gas, Energy
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Oil claws back losses as Strait of Hormuz is closed again; Oil prices rebounded more than 6% after tumbling more than 9% on Friday on news the Strait of Hormuz is closed again.

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Economy, Business, Featured, Headlines, International, Iran, Oil, Gas, Energy, Persian Gulf
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Trump Approval Hits New Low as Young Republicans Break Away Over Economy

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Donald Trump, Economy, Business, Featured, Government, Politics, Headlines, Republicans
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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Third Sunday of Easter 4.19.26 – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Catholic, Catholic Faith, Catholic Mass Videos, Faith, Faith & Values, Featured, Headlines

TV Mass for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2025, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin … [click[…]

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Third Sunday of Easter 4.19.26 – Catholic TV (Boston)

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Catholic, Catholic Faith, Catholic Mass Videos, Faith, Faith & Values, Featured, Headlines

TV Mass for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2025, from Catholic TV in Boston … [click here for[…]

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Tariff refund portal to go live on Monday

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire Featured, Headlines, Tariffs
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U.S. struck, seized Iranian-flagged ship Touska in Gulf of Oman, Trump says

04.19.2026 SCW SteveWire CENTCOM, Featured, Headlines, International, Iran, Middle East, Military, Persian Gulf, Shipping, U.S. Navy
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