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APRIL 3, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been...
APRIL 3, 2026
File photo: A person fuels their vehicle at a gas station on March 19, 2026, in Baltimore.
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last month that it will allow U.S. refiners and retailers to supply two gasoline blends with more ethanol than usually allowed in the summer season – E15 and E10.
While E10, a gasoline blend mixed with 10...
APRIL 3, 2026
The unemployment rate for new college graduates is running near 5.6%, almost double its 2019 level. - Thana Prasongsin—Getty Images
The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, a showing that beat economists’ expectations and offered a bit of optimism after a shockingly bad year for jobs.
“March’s jobs report shows the economy...
APRIL 3, 2026
With self-checkouts increasingly blamed as a contributing factor for retail theft, a growing number of states are exploring ways to make them easier to monitor.
A crackdown on self-checkout will soon hit major retailers including Walmart, Target and Costco - with limits on how many items shoppers can scan potentially next.
Under the proposal, stores would be allowed to operate no more...
APRIL 3, 2026
French President - Emmanuel Macron.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump on Thursday to get 'serious' over Iran as he dismissed the demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force as 'unrealistic'.
The French President also took aim at the US President's recent wildly conflicting statements on the war, telling him: 'Perhaps you shouldn't talk every day.'
Mr. Macron insisted that only negotiation...
APRIL 3, 2026
A memorial ceremony for Army Staff Sgt Benjamin N. Pennington, who was killed in an Iranian attack on a US base in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Upon the headstones at the Dayton National Cemetery in south-west Ohio are the names of the numerous wars fallen soldiers buried here have fought in: Korea, Vietnam and Iraq.
At the center of this...
APRIL 3, 2026
Pam Bondi Fired.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump's political enemies.
But there's no guarantee her successor will have any better success at placating the president.
Over the last year, Bondi's Justice Department has encountered resistance from judges, grand jurors and its own workforce in trying to establish...
APRIL 3, 2026
President Trump arrives at the White House podium to talk about the Iran war, delivering a speech that drove the stock market down. ((Alex Brandon / AP))
Since the end of February, the three major stock market indices — the Standard & Poor's 500, the Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite — have fallen by a few...
APRIL 2, 2026
The global population is still rising, but the foot is off the pedal. - Image credit: Khawla Alrehaili/Unsplash - IFL Science
Earth is full. In fact, its sustainable carrying capacity was overshot decades ago. That's the central message from a new scientific study finding that humans have pushed the planet far beyond its long-term limits. If we continue down...
APRIL 2, 2026
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates after Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a...
