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With Mideast in conflict, Pope Leo criticizes those who invoke God for warApr 04, 2026 2:12 pm - As Leo XIV approaches his first Easter as pope, a new era of American military might cloaked in religious righteousness is presenting him with a challenge: How to confront a vision of God being articulated by the Trump administration and its supporters that sounds radically different from the view of the Vatican, spiritual epicenter of the world’s largest Christian faith.
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These car brands could suffer the most with soaring gas pricesApr 04, 2026 1:00 pm - The Iran war has contributed to a gas price increase of nearly 35%, adding $1 to the average gallon. On Tuesday, the nationwide average gas price hit $4 for the first time since 2022.
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Trump weighs more Cabinet changes, but wants to avoid ‘massive shake-up’Apr 03, 2026 7:52 pm - After ousting two of his highest-profile Cabinet members from their posts, President Donald Trump is considering making more changes to his administration’s top leadership, according to advisers - a decision that would accelerate the once-slow pace of his second-term staff departures.
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Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for PentagonApr 03, 2026 6:55 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday officially requested $1.5 trillion in spending for the Pentagon next fiscal year, which would be the largest defense budget in U.S. history.
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Todd Blanche takes on DOJ’s top job and the burden of Trump’s expectationsApr 03, 2026 3:36 pm - As Todd Blanche takes charge of the Justice Department next month, he’ll come armed with a deeper history with President Donald Trump than any prior occupant to serve in that role under the famously mercurial president.
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These tiny changes might lengthen your lifeApr 03, 2026 9:09 am - In a new study involving tens of thousands of men and women, Australian researchers determined that adding about five minutes of sleep, two minutes of exercise and half a serving of vegetables a day to people’s normal routines could be expected to add a year or more to lifespans.
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How to cut your risk of traveler’s diarrhea by more than halfApr 03, 2026 9:08 am - Around 1 in 3 people traveling abroad will get diarrhea, most commonly within the first week of the trip. That’s an enormous number of vacationers who end up instead as … party poopers. Luckily, Pepto Bismol has the ingredient you need to feel better.
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Check your numbers: What high blood pressure does to your bodyApr 03, 2026 9:05 am - Nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension, or high blood pressure — but many of them, an estimated 11 million people, don’t know it. The condition is a leading cause of preventable death, increasing the risk of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke.
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Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officersApr 02, 2026 7:49 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top officer to step down and retire, defense officials said Thursday, an extraordinary move amid the war with Iran and the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership.
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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutionalApr 02, 2026 7:25 pm - The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent established in response to Richard M. Nixon’s effort to keep control of records upon his resignation from the Oval Office.
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