advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World

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 ...
Trump defends decision to attack Iran, says conflict is ‘nearing completion’

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Karen DeYoung
Apr 01, 2026 8:45 pm - Facing economic and political headwinds a month after launching a surprise attack on Iran, President Donald Trump defended the increasingly unpopular conflict Wednesday night, but assured the nation that the military activity in the Middle East was “nearing completion.”
US allies weigh Iran outreach and sanctions to open Hormuz

By Alex Wickham, Joe Mayes and Ellen Milligan
Apr 01, 2026 7:36 pm - A coalition of US allies is preparing a diplomatic push to persuade Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and weighing potential sanctions on Tehran if the waterway remains closed.
Americans have little appetite for sending US troops to Iran, polls show

By Scott Clement
Apr 01, 2026 7:31 pm - As the Iran war rolls into its second month and President Donald Trump weighs launching ground operations, polls show that Americans’ opposition to the conflict has hardened and few support sending U.S. ground troops into action beyond very limited circumstances.

Showing 471-480 of 243,808 previous next