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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 1st 2026
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
April 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of November's midterm elections, drawing condemnation and vows from critics to challenge in court what they called unconstitutional voter suppression. The order , signed by the president during an Oval Office press conference , is the latest executive effort by the Trump administration to exert ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
The President's comments are the latest threat to America's allies after their reluctance to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. European allies see the U.S.' war against Iran as one of choice, and a conflict they were not consulted on beforehand. Trump has lambasted NATO allies for their reluctance to get involved in U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids' Existence Gets No Protection At All The Supreme Court ruling has far-reaching, terrifying potential consequences — and not just for trans youth. April 1 2026, 5:00 a.m. Supreme Court marked International Trans Day of Visibility with yet another ruling that puts the lives of trans people at risk. The justices that Colorado's statewide ban on ...
Source: theintercept.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
The Artemis II mission crew includes the first woman, the first Black person, and the first non-American astronaut to travel to the lunar environment. The Artemis II crew poses for a group photograph during their visit to the SLS Artemis II rocket on March 30, 2026. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration is about to write a new chapter in the history of space exploration. The agency is preparing for ...
Source: wired.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Countries began regulating gen AI in 2023, and a raft of new policies is slated to go into effect this year. Technology moves quickly and regulations always lag behind. But AI has thrown everything into overdrive, both the pace of technological change and the rate at which regulators are having to come up with new laws. China's AI laws were first enacted in 2023, just months after the release of ChatGPT. The EU's ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
April 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the illegally occupied West Bank would amount to a war crime. The appeal from U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday comes amid mounting international opposition to Israel's newly passed bill to make ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
The cost of gasoline hit an unwelcome benchmark in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday as the average price per gallon officially reached the $6 mark, according to the American Automobile Assn. National gas prices also hit an unpleasant peak Tuesday when they surpassed the $4 mark for the first time in nearly four years. Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent prices up in 2022, and this time the surge in cost is due to ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Our community is sharply divided over the King's US visit. While some have called it an 'embarrassment' amid Donald Trump's attacks on the UK, others have urged diplomacy to 'calm the waters' Removed from bookmarks I ndependent readers have shared sharply divided views on whether the King should go ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
BAGHDAD (AP) — An American journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad had tried to cross from Syria into Iraq three weeks earlier and was initially turned back, an Iraqi official said Wednesday. U.S. and Iraqi officials said Shelly Renee Kittleson had also been warned of threats against her in the days before her abduction. A freelance journalist who has worked for years in Iraq and Syria, Kittleson was ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on March 30 that would make it easier for 401(k) plans to include cryptocurrency, private equity, and other alternative assets. The proposal, titled "Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives," follows an August 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to to alternative assets. The White House's Office of ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
A supply chain compromise involving the widely used JavaScript package Axios is now being tied to a North Korea-linked threat actor, turning what already looked like a serious open-source incident into a much bigger security story. Google Threat Intelligence Group said the attack targeted the official Axios package on npm and attributed the activity to UNC1069, a financially motivated North Korea-nexus group that ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
A Russian military plane crash in annexed Crimea has killed six crew and 23 passengers, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the Defense Ministry. The An-26 military transport plane was carrying out a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula, the reports said. The military lost contact with the plane around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Key Takeaways: OpenAI finalized the largest funding round in Silicon Valley history, they secured $122 billion in commitments at a post valuation of $852 billion. The round was led by Amazon ($50 billion), NVIDIA ($30 billion), and SoftBank ($30 billion), with participation from Microsoft and VC firms. The capital will be used to expand AI infrastructure, develop custom chips with Broadcom, and build the generation ...
Source: techiexpert.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he's "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment" after pleading not guilty to charges including driving under the influence following a rollover crash in Florida on Friday. "I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today," Woods said in a statement posted to Instagram. "I am stepping away for a period of time to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 'The Army takes any allegations of unauthorized or unsafe flight operations very seriously,' officials said in a statement earlier in the day Removed from bookmarks on Tuesday lifted the suspensions of a group of helicopter pilots who were pulled from duty after flying near MAGA musician Kid Rock's ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
BULVERDE, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old student who shot and injured a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself appeared to have been struggling academically before coming to the campus armed with a gun he brought from home, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting Monday at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde is still being investigated, the Comal County Sheriff's Office ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time. Someone is celebrating a birthday tomorrow—it's Gmail. The iconic email service debuted 22 years ago on April 1, forever altering what people expected from free email. But 22 years is a long time, and the username you chose when you finally got your hands on an invite in 2004 may not have stood the test of time. Starting ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. The operational impact of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss' ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Class-action suit against FBI and justice department alleges agents were wrongfully terminated for investigating Trump Three former FBI agents filed a class-action lawsuit against the bureau and justice department on Tuesday, along with the FBI director, Kash Patel, and attorney general, Pam Bondi, claiming they had been wrongfully terminated for working on the criminal cases related to Donald Trump. The agents ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Spice giant McCormick is buying Unilever's food business, including Hellmann's mayo. McCormick will pay a combination of cash and equity to expand further into condiments and spreads. Unilever plans to focus on its personal-care business, which is growing faster. In this article McCormick will buy Unilever's food business for a combination of cash and equity, in a deal that values the Unilever unit at nearly $45 ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A U.S. government panel was due to convene Tuesday for the first time since 1992 to consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act due to unspecified national security concerns, a move critics say could doom a rare whale species and harm other marine life. Nicknamed the "God Squad" by groups who say it can decide a species' fate, the Endangered ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By RIO YAMAT U.S. carrier JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees by as much as $9 as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies and increases fuel prices . The new fees took effect Monday. For most domestic economy passengers, the first checked bag now costs $39, up from $35. During peak travel times such as April spring breaks, major holidays and the summer, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A Russian-owned tanker carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of crude oil has docked on the northern coast of Cuba, ending a near-total fuel blockade by the US on the communist-run island. The tanker's arrival marks the first crude oil shipment to dock in one of Cuba's ports since early January. It follows an apparent softening in Washington's oil blockade, after President Trump said last weekend that he had "no ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit says Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" stole the spotlight from the life of a real one. Maren Wade says in the trademark infringement lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in California that the glittery branding of Swift's 2025 album comes too close to the aesthetic of her own "Confessions of a Showgirl." That was the name of a column she wrote on backstage Sin City life in ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Opinion White House Blocks Photo of Karoline Leavitt With Turkey Neck Malcolm Ferguson 1 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump officials are continuing to suppress photojournalists because they don't like how they look in the pictures. On Tuesday, Status reported that White House press secretary Karoline Leavittt hated a November photo of her, her young son, and a ...
Source: yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event." SpaceX's Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. Starlink said there appeared to be "no new risk" to other space operations and did not use the word "explosion." But it seems that something ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
More than 400 hospitals across the United States are at high risk of closing or cutting services because of the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," according to an The fallout could make it harder for millions of people to get care and put thousands of health care workers' jobs at risk as hospitals lose a key source of federal funding. Medicaid covers of all hospital spending. come in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Instagram is testing a new subscription that gives paying users access to several features, including the ability to view another user's Story in stealth mode. Other perks include creating audience lists beyond "Close Friends" and extending a Story by an additional 24 hours. Instagram Stories are photos and videos that expire after 24 hours. Currently, the creator can see who views them. "Our hope from these tests ...
Source: insider.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed State Rep. Meg Weinberger's bill into law to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump . "America's greatest President deserves an airport that bears his name," stated Rep. Weinberger. "It's an honor to recognize President Trump 's lasting impact on our nation by renaming Palm Beach International Airport in his name Donald J. Trump International ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is asking the FBI not to release files related to his past association with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative named Christine Fang, known as "Fang Fang." In a cease and desist letter sent by Swalwell's lawyers to FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday, Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate in California's governor's race, asked that Patel and the FBI agree in writing by ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
March 31 (UPI) -- The man accused of attacking a Michigan synagogue earlier this month "was motivated and inspired by Hezbollah 's militant ideology," federal authorities said. "Based on the evidence gathered to date, we assess this attack to be a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan," Jennifer Runyan, the FBI special agent in charge ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
March 31 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is suing the Minnesota Department of Education, asking a federal court to force it to comply with the Trump administration's policies prohibiting transgender student-athletes from competing in girls' sports. The lawsuit , filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, is the latest in a broad series of federal actions -- including lawsuits, ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
The shortage of TSA officers is still slowing security lines at major airports, where staffing shortages are more severe than the national average, but wait times seemed to be stabilizing Monday. TSA officers were calling out absent at elevated rates Sunday, even as there were signs that part of their back pay over the 45-day partial shutdown was beginning to reach their bank accounts. Although Congress has ...
Source: cbsnews.com