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....
APRIL 5, 2026
The Bible records that Jesus rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion, which became the foundation of Christianity and remains fiercely debated to this day
The Bible records that Jesus rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion, which became the foundation of Christianity and remains fiercely debated to this day.
For centuries, scholars and skeptics...
APRIL 5, 2026
Vistry announced plans to raise cash through a fire sale of some of its homes after bosses underestimated the cost of building houses in the south of England - Maureen McLean/Shutterstock
A housing giant called “Labour’s favourite” builder risks being plunged into fresh financial trouble as the fallout from the Iran conflict intensifies.
With the spectre of an inflationary...
APRIL 4, 2026
Research buildings at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University were among the targets of Israel and US bombardments on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump has threatened that "all hell would rain down on" Iran if it did not make a deal, prompting Tehran to respond with similar rhetoric.
An Iranian military spokesman warned that the entire region would become "hell" if...
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...
