Monday, April 20, 2026

Ships Attacked, Push for Psychedelics & Robots Run Faster 

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Story Links

All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

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U.S. Participating in Iran Peace Talks: Politico, Axios, WSJ, NY Post, ABC News

Mideast Shipping Attacks: NY Times, WaPo, AP, Fox News, Truth Social

Children Killed in LA Shooting: CNN, NPR, NY Post, NBC News

Shooting Near University of Iowa: NY Post, ABC News, CBS News, NY Times

Trump Signs FISA Extension: CBS News, WSJ, AP, NPR

NSA Using Anthropic’s New Model: Axios, Engadget, Reuters, WaPo, CNBC

Robots Run Half-Marathon: The Guardian, NY Times, CNN

Boston Marathon: NBC Sports, AP, CBS News, USA Today

Midwest Severe Weather Recovery: TWC, CBS News, NPR, Fox Weather

Potential Pancreatic Cancer Breakthroughs: NBC News, Live Science, Reuters, TIME

Trump’s Psychedelic Research Order: White House, NPR, NY Times, WaPo, Bloomberg

420 Day: USA Today, Vox, VICE, The Mirror, Buzzfeed

Money Monday: Tariff Refund System Launching: AP, NPR, USA Today, NewsNation