He's increasingly being tuned out by the oil markets. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

“I know what I want and I won’t stop until I get it,” Gonzales texted the woman working as his campaign’s political director in June 2020, according to the Express-News www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

The coolest thing happening off planet rn www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

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Trump: No Iran won’t charge tolls at the Strait of Hormuz. The United will charge tolls cause it was such a great idea wish we had thought of it first.

The Easter Bunny looks shellshocked during this shambolic presser as Trump rambles from the war with Iran to … “EGGS!”

Depluralize a movie: Cat

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Son Joseph Baena Wins INBA Bodybuilding Title in 2nd-Ever Competition bleacherreport.com/articles/254...

Women were never meant to give birth on their backs. Why do they? It's all because of a Frenchman who decided it was more convenient – for men. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

China surpassed the US in global approval ratings in 2025, with a median of 36% approving of China’s leadership, compared with 31% for the U.S. China’s five-percentage-point advantage over the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded in China’s favor in nearly 20 years. news.gallup.com/poll/707945/...

Student Debt Was Crushing Them. So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/b... 🎁

No other recent American president has talked so openly about committing potential war crimes, legal experts, historians and former U.S. officials say www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

On the ground in Iran, the downed officer’s mission boiled down to 2 words: evasion and survival. Surrounded by potential enemies, he hiked up a 7,000-foot ridgeline and wedged himself into a crevice where he hoped he would be safe until American forces found him. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

The US is “insulated from the economic pain caused by its actions,” Idrees Kalhoon writes. Like in a psychology experiment, “America can administer shocks to other countries, without feeling much pain itself. The man at the control panel is Donald Trump”:

ICE Agents Detain Wife of Soldier Training to Deploy The 22-year-old newlywed spouse of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. from Honduras as a toddler. She was taken from a military base in Louisiana where the couple planned to live. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

So yea oil prices rose again on Monday. Brent futures rose $2.4, or 2.2%, to $111.43 a barrel; U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained $3, or 2.7%, to trade at $114.57 per barrel. | AP

Their Parents Were Taken by ICE. The Children Had to Raise One Another. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

American commandos carried out a risky mission in Iran to extract an injured crew member who bailed out when a U.S. fighter jet was shot down on Friday www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Slowjamastan, a micronation within the US, isn’t joking around www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Russian army records almost no territorial gains in Ukraine for first time since 2023, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

It may be time to clean house. Trump faces a dwindling amount of time to win confirmation of new cabinet members without bipartisan support. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees. Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...

The server says she was once punched in the face by a customer. She saw someone overdose in the bathroom. A man took all the steak knives and threatened the staff. But she’s never seen anyone teleport into the Waffle House, like the FEMA official says he was. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Frost: Bondi’s employment status doesn't matter. She could go on to be an attorney. She could be unemployed. She could go work at a restaurant. It doesn't matter. She has to be in front of the Oversight Committee on April 14th for that deposition.

WSJ: Iranian Strike on U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia on March 3 Caused More Damage Than Previously Disclosed www.wsj.com/world/middle...

JD Vance’s new book features a photo of their church. Members of the church are puzzled because they don't know him. 🎁 wapo.st/41KXZNl

Alito Was Taken to the Hospital Last Month in Undisclosed Incident www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Still "a wonderful world"? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...

What's it like to be shot down in hostile territory? A US Army pilot says it's an existential battle for survival. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...

Elon Musk is requiring banks, law firms, auditors and other advisers working on the I.P.O. of SpaceX to buy subscriptions to Grok www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/b...

NYT: A second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, and the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. The A-10 Warthog attack aircraft went down near the Strait of Hormuz.

Sometimes, when calamity strikes and things fall apart, it starts slowly -- then happens suddenly all at once. --Everyone watching today's news

Iran’s Parliament speaker: “This brilliant no-strategy war they started has now been downgraded from ‘regime change’ to ‘Hey! Can anyone find our pilots? Please?'” he said on X. “Wow. What incredible progress. Absolute geniuses.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

A few days ago, Pete Hegseth said the US had achieved such control of Iran’s skies that it was flying B-52 bombers directly over Iranian territory for the first time since the war began. The downing of the F-15E underscored how a weakened Iranian military can still fight back | Eric Schmitt, NYT

One American Rescued From Fighter Jet Downed Over Iran, Officials Say. The fate of a second airman shot down in a F-15E warplane was unknown. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

ICE detains the parents of two Chinese nationals accused of planting an explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL in March. Homeland Security says the suspects were born in the U.S., but their parents are in the US illegally. www.wfla.com/news/hillsbo...

What U.S. military pilots are trained to do when they are shot down. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

One ‌crew member from ⁠a U.S. ​fighter jet ‌that ​was shot down over Iran has been rescued by ‌U.S. forces, ‌CBS ‌News ‌reported on ⁠Friday, ​citing two ⁠U.S. ‌officials. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the country, U.S. and Israeli officials as well as Iranian state-affiliated media said Friday. The fate of the plane’s crew was unclear, as U.S. officials scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

The White House said on Friday it would ask Congress to approve roughly $1.5 trillion for defense in the 2027 fiscal year, which would set military spending at its highest level in modern history www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Game changer if true apnews.com/article/iran...

Gmail users who have been saddled with now-cringe email handles since the mid-2000s can now change them without losing any data under a policy Google announced on Wednesday 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/t...

They get drunk without drinking: Auto-brewery syndrome www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...

According to the Times:

Could Trump get the chance to replace two justices this year: Clarence Thomas, 77, and Samuel A. Alito Jr., 76 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

She wanted to stay till summer. Make a graceful exit. But suddenly she was out. She couldn’t deliver his retribution. Plus … Epstein. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

CNN: After 5 weeks of war, about half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in its arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets edition.cnn.com/2026/04/02/p...

Sigh www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/...

The war in Iran has hammered global oil markets, with gas prices in the U.S. spiking significantly. Amid the rise in transportation costs, Amazon is rolling out a new 3.5% fuel surcharge for sellers that use its distribution network. techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/a...