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Maggie was faced with a tough choice in February 2025: quit her job at the US office of personnel management or be unceremoniously fired.

Though she was a few months pregnant at the time, Maggie was offered one of the buyouts that were offered to tens of thousands of federal government employees by the office of personnel management.

“I couldn’t be without health insurance through the delivering of my baby,” said Maggie, who requested to omit her last name for fear of professional repercussions. “I was going to have six to seven months of paid parental leave, because I’d been on my job for five years and I accrued time.”

She took a buyout offer in May 2025 and, like many federal employees who took buyouts, and was placed on administrative leave until September 2025. She delivered her baby in September, just 10 days before she formally lost her job.

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In one of Europe’s most consequential elections of the year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded to the party led by Péter Magyar, ending his run as Hungary’s leader after more than 16 years.

With 60 percent of the votes counted, Magyar’s Tisza Party had more than 52 percent of the vote compared with Orbán’s 38 percent for his governing Fidesz party, according to The Associated Press, despite a last-minute push from Vice President Vance during a rally for Orbán last week.

The vote distribution will change as more votes are counted.

“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory,” Magyar said in a post on the social platform X.

Orbán, a far-right politician and ally of President Trump, sought to hold on to power in the face of a challenge from center-right Tisza Party leader Magyar, once himself a member of Orbán’s governing Fidesz party.

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After the U.S. military launched operations to demine the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy reportedly warned an American destroyer in the passageway.

“This is the last warning. This is the last warning,” the Iranian forces radioed to one of the two U.S. destroyers in the strait, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“Passage in accordance with international law. No challenge is intended to you, and I intend to abide by rules of our government’s cease-fire,” the U.S. ship responded, referring to the temporary pause in hostilities between the two sides.

The Hill has reached out to U.S. Central Command (Centcom) for comment on the reported radio message. The IRGC navy, meanwhile, denied Saturday that U.S. ships passed through the strait.

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Rep. Eric Swalwell announced on Sunday, April 12, that he is suspending his campaign for California governor after several women accused him of sexual assault and misconduct.

"I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made - but that's my fight, not a campaign's," the Democratic congressman said in a statement on X.

The announcement comes after several prominent Democrats withdrew their support for the congressman and called on Swalwell, the leading Democratic frontrunner in the polls, to drop out of California's gubernatorial race. Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that a woman who previously worked in Swalwell's district office accused him of two non-consensual sexual encounters.

CNN also reported that three other women made sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell. He has repeatedly denied the allegations, calling them "absolutely false" and vowing to fight them.

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Colman Domingo wrapped up his first "Saturday Night Live" episode with an emotional closing speech, though viewers watching live didn't get to see it.

At the end of the April 11 episode of "SNL," the "Euphoria" star, 56, got reflective about the significance of hosting the NBC sketch show for the first time. He was joined on stage by Brazilian singer Anitta, the night's musical guest.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/12/colman-domingo-snl-goodnight-speech-cut-off/89580543007/"Tonight is for all the little boys in inner cities, all the little girls in small corners of Brazil," Domingo said. "Tonight is for the dreamers. Tonight is for the people who bring light into the world, especially Lorne Michaels and this beautiful cast."

He added, "Thank you to the band. Thank you to everyone who came, to come together in a dark room and just laugh, when we need more laughter in the world. This has been an epic night, and we want to send you away with a big ol' kiss and love, and to love on each other. Thank you so much to every single one of you in this building."

Viewers watching on NBC missed nearly all of Domingo's speech, as the broadcast suddenly ended and cut to commercial just a few words into his remarks. It's common for "SNL" goodnights to not air in their entirety because the show has run out of time and reached the end of its programming slot, though the cutoff isn't always as abrupt as it was with Domingo's episode.

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Ritaj Abdulrahman Rihan was practising the subtraction of four-digit numbers during a maths lesson in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.

Her teacher had given the pupils an exercise and asked them to solve it.

Ritaj wrote down the questions, but the space left for her answers remained blank - stained instead with her blood.

The nine-year-old Palestinian girl was shot in the head by Israeli forces stationed nearby while attending class alongside around 40 other pupils at Abu Ubaida Bin al-Jarrah School on Thursday.

She was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead before her parents could say goodbye.

The family had been living in a makeshift tent after their home was destroyed in Israeli attacks. Despite this, they insisted on keeping Ritaj in school, walking about 1km to and from classes each day.

She was their first child.

“I wanted her to learn and go to school like any other child around the world. We indeed have another four-year-old child. But Ritaj was our first child, our first joy,” Abdulrahman said.

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Ukraine successfully conducted its 72nd prisoner exchange on Saturday, April 11, bringing home 182 citizens from Russian captivity just ahead of the Orthodox Easter holiday. The swap resulted in the release of 175 military personnel and seven civilians, according to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the return of the defenders in a social media post, noting that the group includes warriors from the Armed Forces, National Guard, and Border Guard Service. “Most of them had been in captivity since 2022,” Zelensky stated. “Finally, they are home. It is a matter of principle for us to return everyone from Russian captivity.”

A major highlight of this exchange was the return of 25 officers, a group the Russian side had previously categorically refused to include in negotiations. More than half of the freed defenders were captured during the siege of Mariupol, while several National Guard members taken prisoner during the occupation of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in the early days of the invasion were also released.

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In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the "delusion of omnipotence" that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.

Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica on the same day the United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held.

History's first U.S.-born pope didn't mention the United States or President Donald Trump in his prayer, which was planned before the talks were announced. But Leo's tone and message appeared directed at Trump and U.S. officials, who have boasted of U.S. military superiority and justified war in religious terms.

"Enough of the idolatry of self and money!" Leo said. "Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!"

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