April 2nd, 2026

• Netanyahu casts Iran war as modern Exodus - The Israeli premier invoked Passover's Ten Plagues, citing "ten blows" against Iran and "ten achievements," including Israel's unprecedented coordination with the United States
• Commentary: Is 2026 a re-enactment of the original Passover story?
• President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Indicate that They Will Work with a New Regime in Iran Going Forward
• Iran denies Trump claim that Iran's new leader has asked for a ceasefire
• US intelligence assessments indicate Iran currently unwilling to negotiate end to war - report
• Iran prez Pezeshkian to Americans: 'Why are you fighting Israel's war?' In letter to Americans, Iran president claims US is fighting war as 'proxy for Israel'
• Oil prices surge with Brent rising 5% as Trump vows to hit Iran 'extremely hard' within weeks
• Axios: Oil Prices May Hit $200 a Barrel
• Trump addresses nation, announces Iran 'objectives are nearing completion' - "This is a true investment in your children and your grandchildren's future."
• Trump vows escalated attacks for 2-3 weeks to send Iran to 'stone age'
• US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters
• Trump: Iran was 'the bully of the Middle East, but no longer'
• "Israeli Soldiers will Not Be Participating on the Ground." - Israeli Official Says Israel Will Not Provide Ground Troops if US Forces Invade Iran
• Gulf States Brace for Trump to Declare Victory and Leave Them to Face Iran Alone
• Marco Rubio Blasts NATO After Denial of Bases: 'We Are Going to Have to Re-Examine That Relationship'
• Trump Seriously Considering Leaving NATO, Says the UK 'Doesn't Even Have a Navy' - Failing British PM Starmer Calls a 'Summit' To Discuss Future of Strait of Hormuz
• Trump suggests in new interviews he is 'absolutely' considering withdrawing US from 'paper tiger' NATO
• Trump says seriously weighing bolting NATO over allies' failure to join Iran war
• US-Europe rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over Mideast war
• 'Let them do it': Trump says China, Japan and South Korea should be involved in reopening Hormuz
• Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine unless Europe steps up in Iran War
• 'Not our war...': British PM Keir Starmer defends NATO as Trump says United States to pull out of defence pact
• Will bring together 35 nations, take steps to reopen Hormuz Strait: UK PM
• Trump Downplays US Reliance on Strait of Hormuz
• "Grab It, Cherish It": Trump To Countries That Rely On Hormuz Oil - The Hormuz sea passage, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, is an important route for approximately 25 per cent of the world's oil
• Trump says war in Iran will not end until Strait of Hormuz is reopened
• Iran Extracts Crypto and Yuan Tolls for Safe Passage in Strait of Hormuz
• Iran to reopen Hormuz 'to those who obey our new laws' - UAE is preparing to join US in military operation to re-establish passage through the strait, according to Emirati officials
• UAE denies WSJ report that it is preparing to help US, allies open Strait of Hormuz by force
• Trump aides said to believe he's mostly improvising, rather than following clear plan on Iran
• Trump Advisers Make Stunning Confession About What He's Thinking: "This isn't 3D chess - it's 12-dimensional. He contradicts himself regularly, so nobody knows what he's thinking. It's on purpose."
• Trump Drops Bunker Buster Bombs on Isfahan and Threatens to Obliterate Iran's Energy Infrastructure
• Israel strikes drug factory in Iran, says it made fentanyl for chemical weapons R&D
• Why The War in Iran Could Trigger the Worst Global Food Crisis Since the 1970s - The Middle East war is coming straight for your dinner plate and grocery bills are about to soar
• Iran war economic shocks will last 'months', says Australia's PM
• Iran fears Israel's 'new strategy' after major strikes on steel industry
• Amid Fears Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea Task Force Ready For Attacks
• The Saudis found an escape hatch for some of the world's oil. The Houthis could slam it shut
• Top Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut as IDF presses deeper into Lebanon
• Israel intensifies Lebanon attacks and hits areas not in Hezbollah's control
• Lebanon faces 'humanitarian catastrophe' under Israeli assault - Displaced Lebanese families 'living in constant fear' under Israeli bombardment, warns UN Refugee Agency official
• After Israel's invasion, many in southern Lebanon worry they'll never go home
• Iran, Hezbollah launch attacks as Israelis host Passover Seders, sending millions to shelters
• 14 Israelis injured in latest ballistic missile attack, as Iran continues using cluster munitions on civilian areas
• Argentina declares IRGC a terrorist organization amid probes into embassy, AMIA bombings - Announcement by Milei comes after his office designated the Quds Force a terrorist organization in January; Israel hails move's 'moral clarity'
• NYU shuts Abu Dhabi campus temporarily after Iranian threat to attack US schools - The university acted "out of an abundance of caution," a spokesman told JNS
• Suspect in foiled Paris bank attack hit with 'terrorist criminal conspiracy' charges - Source says man in early 20s remanded in connection to attack on Bank of America branch in Paris, which prosecutors say could be linked to an Islamist group with Iran ties
• English mayor resigns after boosting claim Jewish ambulance arson was 'false flag' - police treating attack as antisemitic hate crime
• After attack, Michigan synagogue calls to add Lego to Seder plate - Detroit's Temple Israel, the site of last month's ramming attack, says suggested new ritual object symbolizes both vulnerability and rebuilding
• Four Palestinians said wounded by settler assailants in West Bank village of Tayasir
• Palestinian Christians Prepare for Easter amid War and Settler Violence - Many in the community have moved abroad. Those who stay are barred from visiting holy sites.
• AOC signals opposition to all Israel aid, including defensive spending
• Kentucky governor: Gaza 'genocide' claims shouldn't be a litmus test for Democrats - Andy Beshear, a 2028 presidential hopeful, says Israel 'has the right to exist as a democratic country, as a Jewish country' while bashing Trump and Netanyahu over the Gaza and Iran wars
• Former British PM Tony Blair blasts West on antisemitism, rejects 'genocide' charge against Israel
• Democrats to weigh resolution against AIPAC, fueling concerns about 'undercurrent of antisemitism'
• Burundi says 13 killed in explosion at military ammunition depot
• Russian oil exports plunge as drone strikes cripple Baltic ports
• Ukraine signals progress on US security guarantees after call with Trump envoys
• Federal Judge Strips Citizenship from Chinese Couple Who Sold Out America to China
• Palantir CTO warns US has only 'eight days of weapons' in hypothetical battle against China - Shyam Sankar argues America has deterrence calculus wrong, says production capacity matters more than stockpiles
• 'Volatile' world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says - The U.K. PM's comments come as his chancellor says she's "angry" with Donald Trump
• U.S. Plans Military Expansion in Greenland
• Cuba pitches US economic roadmap as Trump pressures Havana
• Rubio: Venezuela Will Need Transition Phase, Free Elections
• Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to be fired? Trump could act after midterms amid MAGA backlash over their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, report says
• John Thune and Mike Johnson Announce Plan to Fund DHS and Separately Fund ICE and CBP Through Reconcilliation
• Vance says new assistant AG will make sure 'no fraud' is small or big enough to 'look away from'
• 14-year-old Vermonter qualifies for to run for governor - "I know it sounds crazy, a 14-year-old running for governor, but honestly, look at the people in charge right now."
• DeSantis Signs Florida Election Integrity Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote
• Trump isn't immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 rally speech incited riot, judge says
• MA man arrested for threatening to kill President Trump
• Deja vu: Hunter Biden whistleblower documentary ads 'suppressed' by Big Tech, lawyers suggest
• Banking tech data breach exposes 672K in ransomware attack
• SpaceX files for IPO, offering investors stake in Musk's moon, Mars ambitions - Rocket and satellite company could be valued above $1.7 trillion
• NASA's Artemis II crew successfully takes off in first lunar mission in over 50 years
• NASA launches Artemis II astronauts on mission around the moon - On the 10-day mission, they could travel farther from Earth than any humans have gone before
• Earthquake in Indonesia Kills at Least 1 Person and Sets off Small Tsunami
• Magnitude 7.4 quake hits off Indonesia's Ternate, tsunami warning triggered
• 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• Strong M6.0 earthquake hits northern Peru
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits the Fiji region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Waisai, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Onagawa Cho, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 29,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 12,000ft
• Newsom announces that California has seized 37,000 pounds of fentanyl since 2021
• Solicitor General John Sauer Drops a Major Truth Nuke on Liberal Justice Elena Kagan After She Tries to 'Educate' Him on Birthright Citizenship: "Senator Bingham, the original author of the 14th Amendment, said that within the jurisdiction of the United States, a parent must not owe allegiance to any foreign sovereignty."
• Alito invokes Scalia analogy in birthright citizenship fight over illegal immigration - Alito said illegal immigration 'was basically unknown' when the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868
• You Can't Make This UP: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Claims Stealing a Wallet in Japan Makes You 'Locally Owe Allegiance' in Bizarre Birthright Citizenship Argument
• Trump calls U.S. 'STUPID' for birthright citizenship after attending Supreme Court arguments
• Hundreds of companies provide birth tourism for foreign moms who want US citizen babies
• Yet Another Illegal Alien Charged with Murder in Sanctuary Democrat Run Fairfax County, Virginia; Three Month Old Daughter Died From Blunt Force Trauma by Father: Police
• HIV, AIDS cases rising in Chicago as immigration drives spike in Latino community
• Trump Reportedly Orders Probe on Assisted Suicide of Spanish Gang-Rape Victim, and Socialist Ministers Are Outraged at Him
• Russia overhauls vaccine production after cattle disease triggers mass culling
• Russia's cattle outbreak raises questions over possible cover-up - pointing to containment measures - mass animal slaughter, village lockdowns, and secrecy — that more closely resemble a response to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a far more serious and economically damaging outbreak
• Documents Reveal Biden-Era Push To Crush COVID 'Misinformation'
• Air National Guardsman Being Denied Reenlistment for Refusing Flu Shot Cites Violation of Constitutional Rights