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10:09 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Transatlantic rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over unpopular Mideast war

9:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump's bold and risky bet to wage war with Israel against Iran has exposed more rifts in the transatlantic alliance that flourished for decades under American leadership

People arrive to walk inside the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order

8:43 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily

Foster & Foster Acquires Indiana-Based United Actuarial Services, Inc.

8:30 AM on Wednesday, April 1

FILE - Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats Party and Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party arrive for a press conference regarding the formation of the government, at the Parliament in Stockholm, on Oct. 14, 2022. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Swedish prime minister says he'll let a hard-right party enter a future government

8:15 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Sweden’s prime minister says his center-right party will allow a rival with far-right roots to enter the government if the country’s election this year produces a right-wing majority, taking a further decisive step to bring it into the political mainstream

Ricky Brinkley, a 65-year-old Democrat, is a retired truck driver working in his daughter's beauty supply store in Nashville, N.C., March 11, 2026. Brinkley says he votes in every presidential election but not all midterms — and never hears directly from candidates for high office. Voters like Brinkley will be critical to Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper's campaign this fall. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

North Carolina's electoral future may hinge on rural Black voters who feel ignored by Democrats

7:09 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them

MPS Law Welcomes David Meeks as a Partner

7:00 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Serbian journalists block the traffic outside the offices of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in protest of mounting attacks and pressure on the media. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian journalists protest reported attacks, pressure on media

6:50 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Dozens of Serbian journalists have blocked traffic outside the offices of populist President Aleksandar Vucic to protest what they say are mounting attacks and pressure on the media in the Balkan country

The sun has set behind a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German growth forecast cut as Europe scrambles to contain price shock from Iran war

6:37 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Experts have slashed their 2026 and 2027 growth forecasts for the German economy, Europe’s biggest, while governments across the continent are introducing measures to help soften the price impact of the Iran war

A street view shows the street corner in central Baghdad's Saadoun Street where U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 1 2026. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

US and Iraqi officials say kidnapped journalist had been warned of threats

6:05 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. and Iraqi officials say U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was warned of threats before she was kidnapped in Baghdad

FILE - This satellite image provided by Vantor shows the Natanz nuclear complex in Iran on March 7, 2026, with no new damage seen at the facility or the tunnels. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP, file)

Securing Iran's enriched uranium by force would be risky and complex, experts say

3:56 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Should the United States decide to send in military forces to secure Iran’s uranium stockpile, experts and former U.S. government officials say it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers

The Indian flagged LPG carrier Jag Vasant transporting liquefied petroleum gas, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, after it arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Attacks persist in Iran and across the Mideast as Trump threatens escalation

2:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages” if the Islamic Republic doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., departs following votes at the Capitol, Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

A messy California governor's race raises Democratic fears of potential loss

12:19 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats have run California for years

President Donald Trump's motorcade arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends

12:03 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump is at the Supreme Court to sit in on birthright citizenship arguments in a first such appearance by a president

A firefighter extinguishes a car at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: Trump claims Iran’s president wants a ceasefire ahead of his address to Americans

Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump claims Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire ahead of his speech to the American people

Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps, protest after their food assistance was slashed, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo)

Food assistance slashed for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees trapped in Bangladesh camps

11:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed

FILE - The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases amid review of Noem-era contracts

9:53 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem

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