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Susie Wiles secretly alarmed Trump has been shielded from disastrous Iran fallout: report
April 2, 2026 7:34PM ET White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is so worried that Donald Trump is being fed a rosy picture of his Iran war that she has privately urged his inner circle to stop telling the president what he wants to hear, and start telling him what he needs to hear, Time magazine reported Thursday. Wiles, who is battling breast cancer while managing a chaotic West Wing, grew alarmed after Trump's own pollster Tony Fabrizio delivered a brutal reality check that the war cratered ...
US moves troops to hotels in Middle East - seemingly in violation of its own rules of war: report
Wednesday 01 April 2026 17:37 EDT The Pentagon may have violated its own rules of war by moving troops from U.S. bases, targeted by Iran, to hotels and other civilian locations in the Middle East region, the New York Times reported. Since the start of the conflict, initiated by President Donald Trump’s missile strikes, Iranian forces have been targeting U.S. bases throughout the region. Bases, such as the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, have been dam ...
Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers
National Security Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers The defense secretary's efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the Biden administration, sources say. -------- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday.Win McNamee / Getty Images April 2, 2026, 8:40 PM EDT By Gordon Lubold an ...
Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets
April 2, 2026 3:54 PM ET The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions. The trio of legal actions against Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona is the furthest Trump officials have gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for a fast-growing industry that has run headlong into thorny questions about insider trading ...
Courts likely to block Trump's effort to curtail mail-in voting
Posted April 2, 2026 at 6:02pm President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail mail voting through executive order will likely be ruled illegal in at least one of several lawsuits filed this week, experts said, the latest in the president’s long-running effort to assert federal control of elections. Democratic party groups and civil rights organizations have already filed three lawsuits over the executive order that Trump issued Tuesday entitled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in ...
A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
A new data center being built with investments from Google will be partly powered by a natural gas project that emits the yearly emissions equivalent of putting more than 970,000 additional gas-powered cars on the road. According to a Texas state air permit application, the Goodnight data center campus in Armstrong County, Texas will be partly powered by private natural gas turbines that will emit more than 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gases each year. This is more than ten times higher the y ...
WTF, Anthropic's Claude Code keeps track of every time you swear
On March 31 artificial intelligence company Anthropic accidentally leaked roughly 512,000 lines of code, and within hours, developers were poring over it. Among the surprises was code inside Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant, that appears to scan user prompts for signs of frustration. It flags profanity, insults and phrases such as “so frustrating” and “this sucks,” and it appears to log that the user expressed negativity. Developers also discovered code designed to scrub references ...
Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George
Updated on: April 2, 2026 / 4:40 PM EDT / CBS News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News. One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army. A senior Defense Department official told CBS News, "We are grateful for his service, but it was time for a leadership change in the Army ...
White House deletes video footage from Easter event where Trump was compared to Jesus
Thursday 02 April 2026 11:38 EDT The White House appeared to delete video footage online from an Easter event where President Donald Trump mused about being king, insulted European leaders, encouraged Charlie Kirk’s widow to sue her critics and was compared to Jesus by his spiritual adviser. A video of the event was initially posted on the official White House website and YouTube channel, but it has since been removed from public view. A thumbnail of the video remained on the site as of Thurs ...
Drugmakers face 100% tariff unless they cut prices or produce drugs in US
The Trump administration said on Thursday it will impose 100% tariffs on branded pharmaceuticals imported into the United States unless manufacturers agree to government drug pricing deals or commit to making their products domestically. The move is intended to push drugmakers to onshore production and cut U.S. prescription drug prices. It offers exemptions and reduced rates through trade agreements, manufacturing commitments and most‑favored‑nation pricing pact ...
- Environment & EnergyStudy - Loss Of Barents Sea Ice Is Increasing Frequency Of Simultaneous Summer Heatwaves in Europe, E. Asia
- Environment & EnergyGoogle Boosts "Net-Zero" By, Uh . . . Powering TX AI Site With Gas Plant That Will Emit More CO2 Than San Francisco
- Environment & EnergyFlorida Power & Light Profit Margin - 27 Cents Per Revenue Dollar - Highest In US; Doesn't Include New $7 Billion Hike
- Environment & EnergyInteragency Fire Center Assigns "Signiticant Fire Potential" To Much Of Southern Wyoming For April Through June
- Liberal YouTubersPam Bondi encounters new Epstein nightmare - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen
- Liberal YouTubersJimmy Fallon - Who Said It?: Donald Trump vs. Cartoon Characters
- Foreign AffairsParis police ban annual French Muslim event over 'major terrorist risk' from far-right groups
- Liberal YouTubersStephen Colbert - Guest Award-winning actor, writer and standup comedian Ramy Youssef
- Liberal YouTubersStephen Colbert - Guest Paul Simon
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- Music AppreciationI ordered a Cordorba Mini II Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar, looking forward to getting and playing it...
- BirdersHear the calls of 50 different bird species from the Eastern United States (5 1/2 minute nature video photography)
- SciencePBS Terra: The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever
- PhotographyFriday Horses - Pete and Maddie and looking back at two old retirees from our former farm. + 'Round The Farm.
- PetsFriday Horses - Pete and Maddie and looking back at two old retirees from our former farm.
- Cooking & BakingBreakfast Friday 3 April 2026
- Classical MusicTomas Luis de Victoria - 'Tenebrae Responsories'
- PhotographySplendid sunset tonight.
- Music AppreciationMeters on my mind. It's literally been days since I posted about these guys
- WritingMore Writing 2
- Asian GroupThe Beauty of Mt.Fuji
- Asian GroupSHIN ZATOICHI Ⅲ - EP2 - Winter Fireworks MULTI-SUB
- Asian GroupJapan is Producing The Best Female Guitarists in The World - And This Video Proves It!
- Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity☦️ Eastern Orthodox Christianity - 'Middle East: True Garden of Eden'
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- Asian Group10 Foods You Think Are Chinese but Aren't
- Asian GroupHOKKAIDO RAMEN
- Asian GroupSHIN ZATOICHI - EP1 - The Keepsake Dolls MULTI-SUB
- LGBTSo, yesterday (April 1, 2026)....
- MarylandBowie Special Mayoral Election Set for April 7
- CaliforniaSAN MATEO ELECTION BOSS HOPEFUL (D) RIPPED OVER YEARS IN FRINGE PARTY
- IdahoIdaho Legislature approves changes to highway district elections; Boise Bicycle Project urges veto
- ArizonaPima County sued over RTA Next vote certification by election transparency activist
- GeorgiaInvestigation into Complaint Against Mayoral Candidate Revealed Election Supervisor Lacked State Certifications
- TennesseeMance (D) seeks judgeship in May election
- GeorgiaWings of North Georgia Air Show returns to Rome Friday, Saturday
- OhioAllen County Dems rally for election momentum
- AlabamaYouth-focused event in Mobile promotes election participation
- Wisconsin152 Green Bay voters mistakenly mailed 2 absentee ballots; prompts election fraud concerns
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Recs"Double Haters" favor Dems in midterms by 31% - 12
Recs"Here's What They're NOT TELLING YOU!" (PoliticsGirl on the save america act & what i did NOT know) - 11
RecsPBS Terra: The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever - 10
RecsHear the calls of 50 different bird species from the Eastern United States (5 1/2 minute nature video photography)
French ship makes first Western European transit of Hormuz since Iran conflict
1 min ago - French ship makes first Western European transit of Hormuz since Iran conflict A French-owned container ship has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route that has been largely restricted since the start of the Middle East conflict. I ... (RFI, Radio France International)
Inspection Finds 49 Violations of Detention Standards at Largest US Migrant Detention Camp
16 min ago - April 2, 2026, at 11:17 p.m. WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from i ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)
Justice Department employee who was prosecuted over Jan. 6 Capitol attack says he resigned
46 min ago - April 2, 2026 / 8:25 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A former FBI agent who was prosecuted for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later hired by the Trump-era Justice Department has left his government post, he ann ... (CBS News)
Susie Wiles secretly alarmed Trump has been shielded from disastrous Iran fallout: report
1 hr ago - April 2, 2026 7:34PM ET White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is so worried that Donald Trump is being fed a rosy picture of his Iran war that she has privately urged his inner circle to stop telling the president what he wants to hear, and start te ... (Raw Story)
Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say
1 hr ago - PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2026, 7:16 PM ET Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets over t ... (CNN Politics)
Courts likely to block Trump's effort to curtail mail-in voting
2 hrs ago - Posted April 2, 2026 at 6:02pm President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail mail voting through executive order will likely be ruled illegal in at least one of several lawsuits filed this week, experts said, the latest in the president’s long ... (Roll Call)
Treasury moves to gut financial research office
2 hrs ago - 04/02/2026 05:38 PM EDT The Treasury Department is moving forward with plans to dramatically shrink the Office of Financial Research, a data hub established to monitor risks to financial stability in the wake of the 2008 crisis. According to internal ... (Politico)
US moves troops to hotels in Middle East - seemingly in violation of its own rules of war: report
3 hrs ago - Wednesday 01 April 2026 17:37 EDT The Pentagon may have violated its own rules of war by moving troops from U.S. bases, targeted by Iran, to hotels and other civilian locations in the Middle East region, the New York Times reported. Since the start o ... (The Independent)
Judge says lawyer could be sanctioned and client could face charges over 'cut-and-paste lawyering'
3 hrs ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 4:48 pm A judge in New York City harshly upbraided an immigration lawyer over the quality of their legal services in an atypical ruling on Wednesday. The three-page order makes exceedingly short work of an ill-fated effort to obtain h ... (Law & Crime)
Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets
4 hrs ago - April 2, 2026 3:54 PM ET The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions. The ... (NPR)
Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers
4 hrs ago - National Security Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers The defense secretary's efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting th ... (NBC News)
'Donald Trump's Vendetta Factory': Top Dem Torches Pam Bondi for Using DOJ to Settle Scores
4 hrs ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 3:51 pm Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN’s Boris Sanchez Thursday that former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s tenure was “plainly a disaster.”. “You know, peop ... (MEDIAite)
Trump cuts US duty rates on steel, aluminum and copper derivative products
4 hrs ago - April 2, 2026 3:28 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump adjusted his national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports on Thursday to cut duty rates on derivative products ... (Reuters)
Hegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military bases
6 hrs ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country. In a video posted to X, Hegseth said ... (AP News)
U.S. oil has its biggest one-day price increase in six years, driving the cost of gas even higher
6 hrs ago - Stocks swung sharply as investors wrestled with mixed headlines. The nationwide average price of unleaded gas hit $4.08, while diesel fuel jumped to $5.51. Updated April 2, 2026, 4:06 PM CDT By Steve Kopack Oil prices surged Thursday, threatening ... (nbc news)
Fact check: Conservative PAC ties Democratic candidate in Nebraska's CD2 race to Trump
6 hrs ago - Josh Reyes Apr 2, 2026 Updated 3 hrs ago With less than six weeks until the May primary elections, Nebraskans might see more and more political advertising on TV and online. In the past couple of days, some have seen an ad featuring an unlikely pai ... (Omaha World Herald)
Amazon Teamsters Become First Union to Win Bargaining Order Against E-Commerce Giant
7 hrs ago - Ruling from National Labor Relations Board Orders Company to Recognize Teamsters (WASHINGTON) – In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon ... (Teamsters)
Doctors, nurses arrested in SoCal health care fraud investigation
8 hrs ago - LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced what they called a major health care fraud takedown throughout Southern California, which included the arrest of doctors and nurses. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli ... (ABC7)
OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show
9 hrs ago - OpenAI has acquired popular tech industry talk show TBPN — Technology Business Programming Network — making this the AI giant’s first acquisition of a media company. The show will report to OpenAI’s chief political operative, Chri ... (TechCrunch)
Epstein Survivors Plead With Newly Ousted Pam Bondi: 'Do Right By Survivors'
10 hrs ago - Paige Skinner Thu, April 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM CDT The firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who received widespread criticism for her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, was celebrated Thursday by the ****** predator’s surviving victims, who ... (yahoo.com)
