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12:55 PM ET, April 3, 2026

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran, search underway for crew  —  Iran has shot down a U.S. fighter jet, per Iranian media and a source familiar with the incident, and a search and rescue effort is underway to locate two crew. … - The U.S. military and the White House didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Tasnim News Agency:
US Effort to Recover Downed Fighter Pilot Fails  —  Sources told Tasnim's correspondent in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in western Iran on Friday that US forces had been conducting a search operation since earlier today to recover the pilot of their fighter jet, which was shot down by Iran's Armed Forces.
Agence France-Presse:
Iran War Live Updates: Drone Hits Kuwaiti Oil Refinery in New Attack on Gulf Energy Sites  —  The fate of the plane's crew was unclear, as American officials scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation before Iran could get to any survivors, officials said.  Iranian state media also said a jet had been downed.
Associated Press:
Affiliate of Iranian state TV claims a US pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran  —  A local channel of Iranian state television claimed Friday that a U.S. fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran.  The U.S. did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
BBC:
American fighter jet shot down over Iran, US and Iranian media report
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Control Over Strait of Hormuz Will Determine Who Wins the War
New York Times:   One Rescued From U.S. Jet Shot Down in Iran, U.S. Officials Say
New York Times:
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit.  But Trump Wanted Her Gone.  —  Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered.  But she didn't expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi had a pretty good idea her days were numbered.
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Wall Street Journal:
'I Think It's Time': The Inside Story of Pam Bondi's Ouster  —  The attorney general was always on the ropes but thought she was finally on safer footing.  She wasn't.  —  WASHINGTON—On Wednesday morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi descended the sun-splashed steps of the White House with President Trump …
MS NOW:
Pam Bondi's portrait already taken down at Justice Department  —  Just a day after her firing, the former attorney general's pictures have been taken down — and discarded in a trash bin.  —  It did not take long for the pictures to come off the wall.  —  Within hours of the news …
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Pam Bondi's firing won't have the effect Trump desires
Dasha Burns / Politico:
Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster
Adam Wren / Politico:   The Kamala flex  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Happy Friday.
NBC News:
Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers  —  The defense secretary's efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the Biden administration, sources say.
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New York Times:
Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders  —  Senior Army officers reacted with anger and frustration to news of Gen. Randy George's dismissal, characterizing it as the latest blow to the service.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George, the Army's chief of staff …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
All the President's Women Scapegoats
Discussion: Politico
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Hegseth's War on America's Military
Al Jazeera:
Hegseth fires US Army chief of staff in reported string of dismissals
Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request  —  The massive, proposed increase would be offset in part by steep cuts to domestic programs, some of which the administration describes as wasteful.  —  With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world …
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Politico:
Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs … While calling for a historic increase in the military's budget, the White House is also seeking a 10 percent cut to nondefense spending, with a proposed reduction of $73 billion from federal programs outside the military.
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for Pentagon
New York Times:
Is It Legal to Bully the Supreme Court?  —  Emily Bazelon: Hi David.  I should start on a light and friendly note, I know, but I confess that the birthright citizenship case is making me feel trolled.  President Trump began his term with an executive order professing to end the right …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:   Liberal Group Warns That Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks
Liliana Segura / The Intercept:
Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest  —  In the body camera footage, a police officer parks his black SUV on the grass, a rosary swinging from the rearview mirror.  He exits his car, moves briskly past a pair of protesters, and points an accusatory finger …
CNN:
A new CNN poll reveals how people mad at both parties see the midterms  —  Americans' views of both the Democratic and Republican parties remain deeply negative, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.  And in an election year that may turn on which party voters see as the lesser of two evils …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
GOP governor candidate explodes at Black voter: ‘You should be lynched!’  —  A viral clip posted to X on Thursday showed Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blowing up at a Black voter and telling him he should be “lynched” for asking about the allegations of inappropriate behavior with teenagers.
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
The bizarre reason Hegseth's right-hand man is spreading damaging rumors about the Secretary of War  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's top aide Ricky Buria told colleagues last year that he and his boss donned disguises and went out drinking together — a juicy bit …
Discussion: Wonkette and Raw Story
Mike Soraghan / Politico:
Trump wants the world to buy more US oil.  He might regret it. … U.S. crude prices jumped more than $11 on Thursday to land at $111.54 a barrel, their biggest gain in years.  Global crude oil benchmark Brent closed above $108.  The American Automobile Association said the average U.S …
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Joseph J. Schatz / Politico:
Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence
Discussion: CNN and NewsMax.com
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Evangelicals widely backed Trump.  Now pastors denounce his ICE crackdown after it hit their churches.  —  Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed.  “You're deporting the future of American Christianity,” a Latino evangelical leader said.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The six big events that have dragged down Donald Trump's approval rating  —  Note: This article is free to read, but it was not free to produce.  To help grow this newsletter business (doing so incurs costs like paying for polling data and modeling infrastructure, experimenting on biz dev …
Discussion: New Republic and Slate
 
 
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
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