Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-intervened-military-promotions-dozen-senior-officers-rcna266062
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of th
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Medical Examiner Rules That a Rohingya Refugee’s Death Was a Homicide https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/nyregion/rohingya-refugee-buffalo-homicide-medical-examiner.html
An autopsy showed that the man suffered dehydration and hypothermia after Border Patrol agents dropped him off on a cold night in Buffalo. Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned their actions as cruel and inhumane.
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Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars' https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-not-possible-us-pay-medicaid-medicare-daycare-re-fighting-w-rcna266381
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it's "not possible" for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to "take care" of those programs wh
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US President Donald Trump removes US attorney general Pam Bondi https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9gjwdw9ygt
The US president said Bondi will be moving to a job in the private sector and Todd Blanche will take over.
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The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes - bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04/02/war-uae-iran-infuencer-dubai-conflict-drone-successful-strike-intercept-fire/
A review of official statements shows that the public account does not always align with what can be observed through open sources.
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FACT FOCUS: False claims from Trump in address to the nation https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-fact-focus-gas-prices-inflation-821374c3c249ad0abf471843ce8e9557
President Donald Trump's address to the nation on the Iran war did not always hew to the facts. In his remarks Wednesday night, Trump declared that he inherited a “dead and crippled country” and delivered an economy with “no inflation.” But in 2024, the last year of Joe Biden's presidenc
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Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide, study finds https://fortune.com/2026/04/01/ai-data-centers-heat-island-hyperscalers/
Researchers warn these “heat islands” could have a “remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare,” and affect more than 340 million people.
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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Macron says 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz Strait by force, urges Trump to 'be serious' https://www.france24.com/en/macron-says-unrealistic-open-hormuz-strait-force-urges-trump-be-serious
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump challenged allies to work towards reopening it. In unusually strong criticism, Macron accused
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Placing U.S. Troops in Middle East Hotels May Violate Laws of War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/troops-iran-hotels.html
U.S. commanders have kept many troops away from bases in the region to protect them from Iran’s ballistic missile attacks.
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