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Trump eyes next attorney general as key GOP senator signals potential roadblock
President Donald Trump's decision to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi tees up another whirlwind confirmation in the Senate, and some in the upper chamber are already drawing lines in the sand.The Senate confirmed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin last month after a sprint to elevate him from lawmaker to Cabinet official following Kristi Noem’s firing. Lawmakers will again be tasked with confirming Bondi’s replacement in the coming weeks.While Trump has selected Depu...
A U.S. jet goes down over Iran, a U.S. official confirms
A U.S. jet goes down over Iran, a U.S. official confirms April 3, 202610:46 AM ET Tom Bowman A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Iran state media have reported an American F-15 jet has gone down in Iran. A U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly has confirmed the reports and added that a search is underway by U.S. forces. This is a breaking news story...
Scaramucci: Bondi wasn’t doing enough for Trump
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said President Trump removed Pam Bondi from leading the Justice Department (DOJ) for failing to meet the president’s expectations. “She’s just not doing enough,” Scaramucci told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo late Thursday. He added that in the 11 days he served during Trump’s first term, the president told him…
Political scientist says US withdrawal from NATO impossible under current Congress
Konstantin Kalachev pointed out that a law passed in 2024 during the tenure of former President Joe Biden restricts the president's ability to unilaterally suspend, terminate, or denounce treaties like NATO without Congressional approval
Moscow and Cairo reaffirm ‘strategic’ partnership
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty reviewed trade growth, security coordination and regional crises Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed the strategic partnership between the countries during a meeting in Moscow on Friday. The meeting followed talks held a day earlier between Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Imran, Bushra move IHC to fix appeals in Toshakhana-I, £190m cases
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on Friday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the urgent fixation of their appeals to set aside the conviction in the Toshakhana I case and to suspend the sentence in the £190 million corruption case, citing “inordi...
Alina Habba teases she's in the running to replace Pam Bondi with intimate Oval Office pic
Alina Habba teases she's in the running to replace Pam Bondi with intimate Oval Office picBy ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Published: 15:30, 3 April 2026 | Updated: 15:34, 3 April 2026 e-mail View comments
US confirm fighter jet shot down over Iran as hunt underway for survivors
US confirm fighter jet shot down over Iran as hunt underway for survivorsA United States fighter jet has been shot down over Iran with images shown by state media appearing to show fragments of the plane after the pilot is believed to have ejected outWreckage of what Iranian state media claim to be the plane (Image: Press.TV/X)ByTim HanlonNews Reporter15:29, 3 Apr 2026Updated15:41, 3 Apr 2026|commentsA United States fighter jet has been shot down over Iran with state media claiming the pilot eje...
White House seeks $1.5tr defence budget as war on Iran drives costs
United States President Donald Trump asked lawmakers on Friday to approve a massive $1.5 trillion defence budget for 2027, as the country faces rising costs from its war on Iran and mounting global security commitments. The proposal would lift Pentagon spending by more than 40 per cent in a single year — the sharpest increase since World War II — as Washington seeks to sustain military operations and rebuild depleted weapons stockpiles. The request highlights the growing financial pressure of a...
Dem congressional nominee Bobby Pulido faces scrutiny over years performing with convicted child sex offender
Two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning singer Bobby Pulido, who is the Democratic nominee in Texas’ 15th Congressional District, is facing scrutiny over past performances with bandmate Frankie Caballero, who is a registered sex offender convicted of indecent contact with an eight-year-old girl. The 52-year-old Tejano musician first collaborated with Caballero in 1995, when the accordion player performed on Pulido's mega-hit debut album "Desvelado." In May 2014, Caballero was convicted of a second-d...
Iran war enters dangerous new phase as US strikes civilian facilities
The US-Israeli war with Iran is entering a more dangerous phase as Washington intensifies attacks on civilian infrastructure, a shift analysts say is likely to provoke broader Iranian retaliation and push the conflict toward "uncontrollable escalation."In
Cuba says it will release more than 2,000 prisoners amid US pressure
The Cuban government on Thursday said it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes as President Trump has put the island’s government under extreme economic pressure with an effective oil blockade. The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. published the announcement on social platform X. The government said the prisoner release was being done as…
Trump's 2027 budget asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending
Politics Trump's 2027 budget asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending, with 10% cuts elsewhere By Kathryn Watson, Kathryn Watson Politics Reporter Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C. Read Full Bio Kathryn Watson, Aaron Navarro Aaron Navarro Digital Reporter Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cy...
Iran threatens to throw US military back to period before Stone Age — TV
According to the report, the Iranian troops "after many years of intensive training are fully ready" to defend their country
Iran accuses Israel of attacking desalination plants in Kuwait
The statement strongly condemned what it described as an inhumane act
US fighter jet shot down over Iran as locals hunt for pilot who ejected, officials say
NewsWorldAmericasUS fighter jet shot down over Iran as locals hunt for pilot who ejected, officials sayA US fighter jet has been shot down over IranAndrea Cavallier Friday 03 April 2026 15:17 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2951541","articleMeta":{"url...
Trump proposes to begin privatizing TSA screening operations
President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save money. The White House budget proposes cutting funding for the federal agency created after the September 11, 2001 attacks by $52 million and would require small airports to enroll in a program in which TSA pays for private screeners. TSA has about 50,000 federal employees who handle screening at nearly all U.S. airports. Budget...
US fighter jet downed, Iranian media reports
Iran shot down on Friday what appears to be a fighter plane, Iranian state media reported, in what would be the first time that Tehran downed an American jet since the war broke out five weeks ago. The search and rescue is underway for two service members. The Hill has reached out to the U.S. Central Command, which oversees…
British ICC prosecutor who sought to arrest Netanyahu for 'war crimes' faces disciplinary charges over sex harassment claims
British ICC prosecutor who sought to arrest Netanyahu for 'war crimes' faces disciplinary charges over sex harassment claimsBy ELEANOR MANN, JUNIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:16, 3 April 2026 | Updated: 15:17, 3 April 2026 e-mail View comments
Trump: Vance will primarily focus on blue states as ‘fraud czar’
Vice President JD Vance’s new role as fraud czar will “primarily” focus on Democrat-led states, President Trump announced on Friday morning.  “We will call him the ‘FRAUD CZAR,’ and his focus will be ‘EVERYWHERE,’ but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, like those in California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York,…