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Trump's Quiet Gift to Wall Street: New 401(k) Rules Could Unleash Private Equity Boom

The Trump administration is quietly opening retirement accounts to private equity, hedge funds, and other alternative investments through a sweeping new Department of Labor proposal that just enter...

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Trump's Name Game: President Adds Himself to Federal Real Estate

President Trump has accelerated the decades-old tradition of naming landmarks after sitting and former chief executives, affixing his identity to multiple federal buildings and installations across...

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Iran Turns Cyber Warfare into Personal Terror Campaign

Iranian hackers are abandoning the rulebook of traditional cybercrime by targeting individual government officials and corporate employees with leaks and intimidation tactics designed to destabiliz...

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Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Trump Signature on Currency

Nearly 60% of Americans disapprove of adding President Trump's signature to U.S. currency, according to a new YouGov poll that reveals deep public resistance to the plan.The Treasury Department has...

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New Covid Strain Spotted in 29 States; Scientists Say Stay Calm

Health officials have identified a fresh coronavirus variant spreading across much of the United States, but infectious disease experts are pushing back against panic, saying the threat level remai...

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China, Pakistan Drop Peace Bomb: Iran Ceasefire Plan Includes Strait Opening

Pakistan and China unveiled a sweeping peace proposal Tuesday aimed at halting the conflict in Iran, centering on an immediate ceasefire and restoration of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.Pak...

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North Korean Hackers Hit JavaScript Library Used by Millions

Google researchers have tied a major breach of the Axios JavaScript library to a North Korean hacking group, exposing a vulnerability that affects millions of developers worldwide.The attack compro...

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Trump's Iran War Goals Keep Shifting: Missiles, Navy, Nukes, or Something Else?

Five weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the Trump administration's stated rationale for military action against Iran has become a moving target.When the campaign launched on February 28 alongside Isra...

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Judge Blocks Trump's $400M White House Ballroom Blitz

A federal judge has temporarily halted President Trump's ambitious plan to demolish the White House East Wing and replace it with a sprawling ballroom, dealing a significant setback to a project th...

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Johnson Draws Line in Sand: Zero Dollars for Border Patrol? Not Happening

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hardening his stance on homeland security funding, rejecting any path forward that leaves immigration enforcement agencies without money.The Louisiana Republican told ...

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Trump Drops Diplomatic Mask, Taunts Iran With Blunt War Rhetoric

The Trump administration has abandoned the coded language typically favored by American leaders when discussing military action, instead opting for stark, even celebratory descriptions of potential...

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Trump Slashes Daycare, Medicaid to Fund War Machine

President Trump's new Pentagon budget exposes a stark calculation at the heart of his second term: he is choosing military buildup over nearly everything else the federal government does.The number...

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THEFT IS EASY. GETTING PAID IS THE HARD PART.

Stealing a $10 million painting takes three minutes. Converting it into cash takes something closer to a miracle.That's the mounting reality facing thieves targeting museums and cargo trucks across...

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Courts Win Battles, But Democracy Needs More Than Judges

Recent judicial victories against Trump administration actions offer a glimmer of institutional pushback, but they expose a deeper problem: courts alone cannot rescue American democracy from erosio...

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JPMorgan Boss Says Iran War Long Overdue, Worth the Risk

Jamie Dimon, CEO of America's largest bank, delivered a forceful defense of the escalating Iran conflict in a television interview, calling the Western world's tolerance of Tehran's activities over...

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Women Lag Behind in AI Recognition at Work, Study Finds

A new survey reveals a troubling pattern: women are falling behind in gaining professional credit for their use of artificial intelligence, even as AI skills become central to workplace advancement...

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Trump's Contempt May Force Britain Back to Brussels

A decade after Britain voted to leave the European Union, an unexpected pressure is building to reverse course: Donald Trump's hostility toward the UK is reshaping calculations about Europe's value...

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Supreme Court Poised to Decide Fate of Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on President Trump's executive order that would strip automatic citizenship from millions of children born on U.S. soil, potentially reshaping the nation...

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Oil Could Hit $200 if Hormuz Stays Shut, Analysts Warn

Energy analysts are painting an alarming picture: crude could soar to $200 a barrel if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed indefinitely, a scenario that once seemed far-fetched but now appears dist...

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Trump's Vengeance Tour Tests Europe's Patience, Forces UK Into Hard Choices

Donald Trump's first week back in office has delivered a masterclass in unpredictability, leaving European capitals scrambling to understand whether his attacks on allies are negotiating tactics or...

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Trump's Iran Chaos Baffles Even His Own Advisers

President Trump's shifting rhetoric on Iran has created confusion that extends well beyond foreign capitals and Wall Street trading floors. His own advisers say they are frequently uncertain about ...

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Trump's Iran War: Weapons Work, Strategy Crumbles

One month into Operation Epic Fury, the Trump administration faces a peculiar crisis: military dominance that hasn't translated into strategic gains, mounting costs that voters are paying at the pu...

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Christian Soldiers: How Trump's Defense Chief Is Weaponizing Faith

Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon with a theology that doubles as a battle plan. The U.S. defense secretary, speaking at a Christian worship service inside the building, invoked divine blessing ...

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Trump's Immigration Flip: Tech Gets Slammed, Farms Get Help

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is producing an unexpected winner: agriculture. While visa fees and new salary rules are devastating high-skilled sectors like technology, research,...

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NASA Launches Historic Moon Shot: Women, Minorities Break Apollo Era Barrier

NASA is hours away from sending astronauts beyond Earth's orbit for the first time in 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket, standing 322 feet tall on Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B, carries a c...

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EPA Targets Microplastics, Drug Residue in Drinking Water

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will formally designate microplastics and pharmaceutical residues as contaminants in drinking water, marking the first time these substance...

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Trump, Iran in Secret Ceasefire Talks: Strait of Hormuz the Price

Negotiations are underway between Washington and Tehran over a potential ceasefire deal that would hinge on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials briefed on the tal...

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Consumer Spending Holds Strong, But Storm Clouds Gather

American households are still opening their wallets, but cracks are beginning to show in the foundation supporting robust consumer spending. Fresh economic data released Wednesday painted a picture...

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UW Professor Ousted for Iran War Criticism

A University of Washington professor has been removed from his position directing the school's Middle East Center following complaints about emails he sent through the center's newsletter.Aria Fani...

James Rodriguez April 3, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Dimon Rules Out White House Run, Defends Iran Strike, Blames Feds on Epstein

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon used a new television appearance to draw hard lines on his political future while offering a spirited defense of the U.S. military action against Iran, according to a...

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Trump Watches as Justices Skewer His Citizenship Gambit

President Trump sat in the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday as justices, including some of his ideological allies, tore into his executive order on birthright citizenship. The unprecedented appearan...

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Trump Names Vance 'Fraud Czar', Eyes Blue States

President Donald Trump has tasked Vice President JD Vance with leading a new push against what he characterizes as widespread fraud in Democratic-controlled states, though he provided no evidence t...

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Five Words Hold the Key to Trump's Citizenship Gamble

The Supreme Court is wrestling with a constitutional phrase that could reshape who qualifies as American. At the heart of President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship sits a deceptively si...

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GOP Leaders Abruptly Reverse Course on Border Funding, Split DHS Bill in Two

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday they will advance a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that deliberately excludes immigration enforcem...

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Two Massive Fires Erupt in Southern California as Dangerous Winds Fuel Rapid Spread

Southern California faced a critical fire emergency Friday as two separate blazes tore through the region during the spring's most treacherous weather conditions yet.The Springs fire advanced on Mo...

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Trump DOJ Claims Presidential Records Law Is Unconstitutional

The Trump Justice Department has determined that the 1978 Presidential Records Act violates the Constitution, according to a senior White House official who spoke with Axios. The legal conclusion s...

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Four Astronauts Blast Off for Historic Moon Flyby

NASA's Artemis II roared into the Florida sky Wednesday evening, carrying four astronauts toward the closest lunar approach humans have attempted since Apollo ended more than 50 years ago. The Spac...

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Trump Seeks $152M To Reopen Alcatraz Prison

President Trump is requesting $152 million to restore Alcatraz and return it to operation as a federal prison, according to a budget proposal unveiled Friday for fiscal year 2027.The San Francisco ...

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Trump Threatens to Obliterate Iran's Power Grid in Bombing Blitz

President Trump said during a prime time address that the U.S. stands ready to unleash a devastating bombing campaign against Iran over the next two to three weeks, reducing the country's civilian ...

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Half of College Students Rethinking Majors Over AI Fears

Nearly half of all currently enrolled college students have seriously considered switching majors because of artificial intelligence, according to new polling from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup....

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Trump Orders DHS Payroll Continues During Historic Shutdown

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Homeland Security to keep all employees on the payroll during the partial government shutdown, which has now stre...

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Dimon: America Faces Worst Crisis Since WWII

Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is sounding the alarm about the convergence of threats bearing down on the United States, warning that the nation faces more concurrent dangers ...

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Trump Bypasses Congress Again to Fund DHS Workers

President Trump said Thursday he plans to sign an executive order directing payment to all Department of Homeland Security employees, marking his second attempt in a week to sidestep Congress durin...

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Top Military Chaplain: Iran War Fails Religious Test

The senior Catholic chaplain overseeing all military confessionals in the U.S. armed forces has cast doubt on the moral legitimacy of military action against Iran, arguing it does not satisfy funda...

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How Pam Bondi's Year as Attorney General Became a Spectacle

Pam Bondi is out. The attorney general, who spent just over a year leading the Department of Justice, exited her post Thursday after mounting pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and ...

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Bondi Cannot Hide, Lawmakers Warn After AG Ouster

Congressional investigators from both parties are refusing to let Pam Bondi's firing as attorney general stop them from forcing her testimony about her handling of the Epstein files.Members of the ...

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Dems Launch Legal Blitz Against Trump Mail Voting Crackdown

A coalition of more than 20 Democratic attorneys general moved to block President Trump's newly issued executive order limiting mail voting access, arguing the directive strips citizens of their co...

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U.S. Strikes Iran Bridge After Trump's 'Stone Ages' Ultimatum

The U.S. military bombed a major bridge near Tehran on Thursday, marking the first time American forces have directly targeted Iran's civilian infrastructure. The strike came hours after President ...

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