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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.”
Trans-Atlantic rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over Mideast war

By JILL LAWLESS and JAMEY KEATEN
Apr 01, 2026 2:43 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump says he's strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, ratcheting up his criticism of European allies and exposing a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance — this time over the Iran war.
Republican leaders in Congress say they'll pursue a path to ending the Homeland Security shutdown

By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES
Apr 01, 2026 2:40 pm - House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday what they are calling a path forward to fully funding the Department of Homeland Security and ending a record partial government shutdown.
Russia claims full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks

By The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2026 10:41 am - Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for talks with U.S. envoys trying to mediate an end to Moscow’s invasion.
Attacks persist on Iran and across the Mideast as Trump threatens escalation

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING
Apr 01, 2026 7:36 am - Iran kept up its attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf neighbors on Wednesday as airstrikes pounded Tehran and U.S. President Donald Trump again made contradictory statements about whether he was ready to wind down the war or escalate it.
Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments

By MARK SHERMAN
Apr 01, 2026 7:28 am - The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.
Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats

By SEUNG MIN KIM, ALI SWENSON, MATT BROWN and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Mar 31, 2026 7:34 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal threats from state Democratic officials as the president demands further limitations on voting ahead of this year's midterm elections.
Here’s a look at birthright citizenship, and how the world sees it, as Supreme Court case looms

By TIM SULLIVAN
Mar 31, 2026 3:55 pm - The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.
The Dow surges more than 1,100 points as Wall Street soars to its best day since last spring

By STAN CHOE
Mar 31, 2026 3:32 pm - U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,125 points on Tuesday as doubt swung back to hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran. The S&P 500 leaped 2.9% for its largest gain since May. Just a day before, worries about the war had sent the main measure of Wall Street’s health more than 9% below its all-time high set early this year.
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Mar 31, 2026 2:18 pm - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.

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