Artemis II astronauts prepare for historic Moon flyby

For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will journey around the Moon, marking a major milestone in the Artemis II mission. The historic flyby promises not only breathtaking views and tense moments of radio silence, but also groundbreaking achievements in human spaceflight and exploration.
06/04/2026 
By: FRANCE 24

For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will fly around the Moon on Monday, marking the high point of the Artemis II's lunar mission.

Trump's ballroom fight sheds new light on an underground White House bunker

April 3, 2026
By Rachel Treisman

President Trump's dreams of a White House ballroom have highlighted what was once a relative secret: the construction of a military bunker beneath the now-demolished East Wing.

The administration started knocking down the East Wing in October to make way for Trump's long-desired White House ballroom, a project that will cost at least $300 million. The plan has drawn disapproval from members of the public and ire from architectural and conservation groups, one of which sued to block it back in December.

Scientists Finally Crack Decades-Old Mystery Behind Statins’ Painful Side Effects

April 4, 2026

By SciTechDaily.com

A hidden effect of statins on muscle cells may explain why some patients cannot tolerate them

For millions of people, statins are a daily safeguard against heart attacks and strokes. But for about 1 in 10 users, these widely prescribed drugs come with an unexpected tradeoff—persistent muscle pain, fatigue, and weakness that can be severe enough to make patients stop taking them altogether.

Young German men refusing military service

POLITICSGERMANY

Nina Werkhäuser

04/04/2026April 4, 2026

Military service remains voluntary in Germany. However, with the Bundeswehr needing more soldiers, conscription could soon return. But an increasing number of young men are choosing to opt out.

Why Oil Prices Just Soared 70% Despite A U.S. Supply Glut. Here Are The Surprise Winners And Losers

By Peter Cohan
Senior Contributor, covers stocks
Apr 05, 2026

Forbes

Summary

• Despite a U.S. energy surplus, oil prices soared up to 70% since late February due to global market trading and the Strait of Hormuz cutting 20% of world supply.
• This global integration, solidified by the 2015 U.S. export ban repeal, led to significant price hikes across WTI crude, gasoline, and diesel.
• Energy stocks saw massive gains, some over 60%, alongside certain AI-related hardware firms, while software companies suffered sharp declines from AI displacement fears.

Iran hits Israeli industrial zone for third time, strikes critical energy infrastructure across Gulf

IDF investigating failure to intercept projectile that struck Neot Hovav, home to a toxic waste dump, causing damage but no injuries; regime targets civilian facilities in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

This Was the Moment Donald Trump Lost His Mojo

The Breakdown

He’s forgotten the thing that first got him elected

Jonathan Cohn

Apr 05, 2026

DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK gave an unexpectedly candid riff on his governing priorities—and, in the process, revealed that he’s losing one of his most important political skills.

Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly

The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz, Christopher Flavelle, 

Emily Cochrane and Glenn Thrush

April 5, 2026

US special forces rescue second F-15 airman from Iran

By Phil Stewart and Menna Alaa El-Din, Reuters
Apr 5, 2026, 06:40 AM

U.S. special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis for President Donald Trump, as the war entered its sixth week with little sign of progress in diplomatic efforts for a resolution.

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Escalates Threat to Hit Iranian Power Plants After U.S. Rescues Downed Airman

President Trump used an expletive-laden social media post to taunt Iranian leaders, saying that the United States would attack if they did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

April 5, 2026 

Aaron Boxerman, Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper, 

Eric Schmitt, and David E. Sanger

Here’s the latest.

President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post.

Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers

Story by Laura Paddison, CNN
Mar 30, 2026

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people.

A subdued Wisconsin Supreme Court race tilts Democrats’ way

Both parties are spending a fraction of the total that broke records for a spring election last year. But Democrats are in the driver’s seat in Madison.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

04/04/2026

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election last year was supposed to decide the fate of “Western civilization.” Tuesday’s contest has been a decidedly muted affair.

FBI Pins Hopes on Bitcoin Tracing as Sheriff Nanos Latest Mishap Casts More Doubts on Nancy Guthrie's Fate

April 4, 2026

As the FBI Pins its Hopes on Bitcoin Tracing in the Nancy Guthrie Abduction Case, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is facing scrutiny for an older incident that, according to his critics, adds another level of uncertainty in his ability to solve the case

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC’s Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, remains missing after her abduction from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1. As the investigation continues, FBI experts are focusing on tracing Bitcoin ransom payments as their "best lead" in solving the case.

NASA Artemis II tracker Live: Where is the Orion now, and when will it reach the moon?

The crew is now more than halfway to the Moon, with a lunar flyby set for Monday, April 6. A minor toilet issue posed no threat to the mission.
Dylan Stableford, Jack Brewster
Sat, April 4, 2026 

NASA’s Artemis II — the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century — fired its main engine for nearly six minutes on Thursday, sending the four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and toward the moon for the first time since 1972. The crew is now more than halfway there, with a lunar flyby set for Monday.

3 Greek ministers quit as EU investigates alleged farm subsidy fraud

European chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi checks her notes during a press conference following meetings with Greek officials on various issues, at a custom of Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
April 3, 2026

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three government ministers resigned in Greece on Friday amid a European investigation into alleged European Union farm subsidy fraud.

Marco Rubio says he has stripped Qassem Soleimani’s niece of US residency

In a statement, the US State Department has accused Hamideh Soleimani Afshar of being an ‘outspoken supporter’ of Iran.
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 4 Apr 2026

The United States has revoked the permanent residency of two women it says are related to Qassem Soleimani, the late major general who led Iran’s Quds Force, the foreign branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), from 1998 until his assassination in 2020.

Trump warns Iran it has 48 hours left as airman still missing

Arsalan Shahla and Patrick Sykes
Sat, April 4, 2026
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that time was running out on his 10-day deadline for Iran to make a peace deal with the US and threatened that the Islamic Republic would face “all hell” in 48 hours.

There’s a Major Problem With the Nuclear War Bunkers The Rich Are Buying

"BUNKERS ARE, IN FACT, NOT A TOOL TO SURVIVE 

A NUCLEAR WAR."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Published Dec 21, 2024 11:00 AM EST

As more and more rich people rush to buy and build bomb shelters, experts suggest they’re little more than a psychological defense mechanism for wealthy people who want to feel a shred of control in an unpredictable world.