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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide

By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Apr 02, 2026 4:22 pm - The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday.
Trump’s White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Apr 02, 2026 4:18 pm - President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years.
Trump backs off campaign promises to protect Medicare, help with child care

By Isaac Arnsdorf
Apr 02, 2026 4:04 pm - President Donald Trump said this week that Medicare and day care were too expensive for the federal government to cover, reversing himself on explicit campaign promises to protect the seniors’ health insurance program and address child care costs.
Artemis II’s moonbound toilet is working again to astronauts’ relief after overnight fix

By MARCIA DUNN
Apr 02, 2026 11:08 am - NASA’s moonbound astronauts have reason to celebrate, and not just because their launch went so well. Their toilet is now working.
Trump says Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Apr 02, 2026 10:34 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.
Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. His move bypasses Congress

By KEVIN FREKING, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COLLIN BINKLEY
Apr 02, 2026 10:19 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown that has reached 48 days.
Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station’s control

By HANNAH FINGERHUT
Apr 02, 2026 9:05 am - U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets. Many drivers face wild swings between stations and even from one day to the next.
UK gathers more than 40 countries to plot ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

By JILL LAWLESS
Apr 02, 2026 8:14 am - Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world's economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
Iran fires on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump claims threat from Tehran nearly eliminated

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and WILL WEISSERT
Apr 02, 2026 8:08 am - Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the threat from the country was nearly eliminated.
US jobless aid filings fall to 202,000 as layoffs remain low despite uncertainty of Iran war

By MATT OTT
Apr 02, 2026 8:06 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy costs due to the Iran ...

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