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April 7, 2026
Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal
(Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump once again exhorted Iran to make a deal by his Tuesday deadline, saying a "whole civilization will die tonight" if an agreement is not reached to end the conflict. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World."
Go to discussionUS strikes military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, US official says
(Reuters) The U.S. military conducted strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, the Axios news outlet reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified senior U.S. official.
Go to discussionMarkwayne Mullin Plotting to Sabotage America's Biggest Airports
(Daily Beast) Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested Monday that he may retaliate against sanctuary cities by not allowing customs officers in their airports to admit international travelers. Mullin, in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, grumbled about how his department has to deal with cities that limit or rule out cooperating with federal authorities’ attempts to enforce immigration law. “One area we may take a hard look at is [how] some of these cities have international airports. If they are a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?” he asked.
Go to discussionTrump proposes to cut 9,400 TSA workers, $1.5 billion from budget
(Reuters) The White House is proposing to cut more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation Security Administration that handles airport security operations, according to budget documents. The details were part of a budget document for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees TSA, that is part of the White House budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
Go to discussionGOP War on Health Care Destroying Hospitals at Home and Abroad
(American Prospect) As the Trump administration bombs hospitals across the Middle East, it’s blowing them up throughout the United States, too. Since the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, more than 800 hospitals, nursing homes, maternal wards, psychiatric centers, and other health care facilities across the country have either closed entirely, cut services, or are at risk of doing so, according to a Protect Our Care report released last week. That is the early consequence of the law’s more than $1 trillion in health care cuts.
Go to discussionJD Vance due in Hungary to back Orban's re-election bid
(BBC News) US Vice-President JD Vance is due in Hungary to back veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key European ally of the Trump administration, in a tough parliamentary election. Vance is expected to address an election rally with Orban in a football stadium in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon. Last month, US President Donald Trump said Orban had his "complete and total support" in a video message to the Hungarian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest.
Go to discussionRepublicans freak out as Trump plan they applauded comes to red states
(Raw Story) New Hampshire’s Republican governor, frustrated with little information about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to put a new detention facility in her state, joined local Democrats to oppose the move and disclosed DHS plans to retrofit warehouses across the nation to expand immigrant detention. Two Republican members of the U.S. Senate, one who chairs the Armed Services Committee and another running for governor, personally lobbied DHS to find other locations for planned large-scale detention centers in rural Byhalia, Mississippi, and Lebanon, Tennessee.
Go to discussionTrump has really, seriously, frighteningly lost his mind
(Robert Reich) Trump told reporters today that unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, “every bridge in Iran will be decimated” and “every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again,” adding that “the entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.” What about international law, which prohibits nations from destroying civilian infrastructure? What about Trump’s repeated assurance that the United States has already “obliterated” the danger Iran poses? The biggest absurdity here is that Trump is now focusing his war’s endgame on Iran’s willingness to open the strait. But the strait was open before Trump attacked Iran on February 28.
Go to discussionTrump's civil rights chief attended wedding of 'Stop the Steal' organizer: report
(Raw Story) President Donald Trump's assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, attended the wedding ceremony of Caroline Wren, a prominent activist who helped organize the key January 6 rally affiliated with the "Stop the Steal" conspiracy theory movement. According to liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket, "Photos posted to social media show Dhillon celebrating aboard a yacht alongside Wren during the Palm Beach wedding festivities — a gathering that brought together figures from Trump-aligned political circles.
Go to discussionEthics group demands to know whether Trump benefited financially from 'lawfare' lawsuit
(Raw Story) The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a civil suit seeking records that could indicate whether President Donald Trump profited personally from his litigation against the federal government over his prosecutions prior to the 2024 presidential election. Trump faced two federal prosecutions, both brought by special counsel Jack Smith: one for conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, and one for illegally removing thousands of highly classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago country club in Florida. Both prosecutions encountered several procedural hurdles and were ultimately dropped after Trump was re-elected.
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