Nightly News Roundup for Apr. 14, 2026

Pam Bondi ghosted a bipartisan Epstein subpoena after getting fired while Justice said her own subpoena "no longer applies" — Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro went to prison for this exact move; Iran threatened every Gulf port then offered a Strait of Hormuz pause as a peace gesture, using the same chokepoint as sword and olive branch with one week left on the ceasefire; oil cracked $100 a barrel, the IMF warned of a fifth global recession since 1980, and Trump issued conflicting statements about why his warships are blockading Iranian ports while finance ministers gathered in Washington to price out the damage; Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger stripped Confederate tax exemptions and United Daughters of the Confederacy president Julie Hardaway called it discrimination — their state-gifted marble headquarters may revert to Virginia; Nebraska burned a million acres in March, the Morrill fire killed 86-year-old Rose White before she could flee her home, and the administration dismantling NOAA has the cleanup; and Trump's DoorDash woman was a paid GOP actress recycled from previous testimonials, while the actual pitch — a 70-year-old delivering McDonald's to fund her husband's cancer treatment — was meant to be inspirational. Tape rolls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.