Home Blog
APRIL 13, 2026
A digital billboard in Yemen displays a map of Bab al-Mandeb. - yahya arhab/epa/shutterstock/Shutterstock
Saudi Arabia is pressing the U.S. to drop its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and return to the negotiating table, fearing President Trump’s move to close it off could lead Iran to escalate and disrupt other important shipping routes, Arab officials said.
The blockade is aimed at...
APRIL 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV addresses journalists during the flight heading to Algiers on April 13, 2026. / Credit: Alberto PIZZOLI / POOL /AFP via Getty Images
Algiers — Pope Leo has responded to sharply-worded criticism from the President, saying he has "no fear of the Trump administration" and will continue to speak out "loudly" for the message of the Gospel.
Late Sunday, Trump lashed...
APRIL 10, 2026
Re-Entry Awaits the Artemis Astronauts. - Isaac Watson/NASA
This is an edition of The Future of Everything newsletter, a look at how innovation and technology are transforming the way we live, work and play. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here.
Earlier this week, the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission rode their Orion craft into the record books,...
APRIL 10, 2026
Donald Trump, whose war in the Gulf has led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has been urged to counter the threats to routes in the Bering Strait - Getty Images
Donald Trump’s obsession with acquiring Greenland has blinded him to a security crisis brewing on his own doorstep, Arctic leaders have warned.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the...
APRIL 10, 2026
US Army soldiers raise their right hands as President Donald Trump conducts during a re-enlistment ceremony in Washington, DC, in June 2025. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/File
Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last...
APRIL 10, 2026
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new consumer price index data, including data on energy and gas. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
The new CPI report showed the inflation rate sped up in March from 2.4% to 3.3%.
Economists expected inflation of 3.4% due to higher energy prices.
Gas prices spiked 21.2% between February and March, a record...
APRIL 7, 2026
President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. - AP
President Donald Trump threatened the death of an entire civilization in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social, the latest violent warning for the Iranian regime ahead of an 8 p.m. deadline for reopening...
APRIL 7, 2026
U.S. Vice President JD Vance attends a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, at the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday as a U.S. official separately...
APRIL 6, 2026
Trump moves to scrap utility bill aid program LIHEAP that affect millions of low-income Americans.
The White House is moving to scrap a program that helps low-income people pay their utility bills at a time when Americans’ energy costs are surging.
In its proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year, the Trump administration eliminated the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
APRIL 6, 2026
A postmark rule change could affect tax penalties. - Shutterstock/CiEll
On Christmas Eve, the Trump administration quietly changed the rules that formally define what a postmark is and when it is applied (1). Under the new rule, the official postmark date reflects the first date the mail was automatically processed, not the date it was dropped in a mailbox....
