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Apr 7, 2026 - World

The Trump administration will spend nearly $39 billion in the next several years on rapidly building the first parts of the new Golden Dome nationwide missile defense system.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

A California man who co-founded one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

A prototype of an autonomous fighter jet designed and built by General Atomics crashed in the California desert on Monday during takeoff, the company said in a statement.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump's gambit to force Iran to negotiate has reportedly backfired."A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," Trump warned on Tuesday in a Truth Social post.Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alex Ward revealed that Iran had reacted by cutting off direct communication with the Trump administration."Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. over President Trump's threat to destroy Iran's 'whole civilization' Monday morning, though talks with cease-fire mediators continue, Middle Eastern officials said," Ward reported on X. "Unclear if direct talks will resume before the deadline," he added.