The Cuban government said late Thursday it has pardoned and released 2,010 prisoners, a sweeping move that comes as the island nation grapples with intense pressure from the Trump administration, including an oil blockade that — until recently — cut off fuel shipments. Calling it a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture,” Cuba’s Embassy in the U.S.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 1, 2026. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images The United States government is increasingly looking to New Zealand as a possible space launch site, as the Pentagon warns that existing infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with an
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country. In a video posted to X, Hegseth said he is signing a memo that will direct base commanders to allow requests for troops to
A former FBI agent who was prosecuted for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later hired by the Trump-era Justice Department has left his government post, he announced Thursday. In a post on X, Jared Wise said he came to the Justice Department hoping to expose alleged abuses
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth provides updates on military operations in Iran during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on March 19, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum Thursday allowing Department of War personnel—specifically uniformed service members—to carry privately owned firearms while off duty on military installations, subject
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President Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images U.S. forces destroyed sections of a major bridge running near the Iranian capital city of Tehran on April 2, President Donald Trump said. “The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down,