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3:50 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.
Politico:
One pilot rescued after fighter jet crash in Iran … The Defense Department, the Air Force, and U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  The official was granted anonymity to discuss an ongoing military operation.  —  The incident, especially …
Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
American fighter jet downed over Iran, 1 crew member rescued, U.S. officials say
BBC:
American fighter jet shot down over Iran, US and Iranian media report
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Pam Bondi's portrait already taken down at Justice Department  —  It did not take long for the pictures to come off the wall.  —  Within hours of the news that President Donald Trump had fired Pam Bondi as attorney general, images began circulating of her framed portrait …
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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.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes.  But will a new attorney general make a difference?  —  Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump's political enemies.  But there's no guarantee her successor will have any better success at placating the president.
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 …
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Pam Bondi's firing won't have the effect Trump desires
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
What to know about Todd Blanche, Trump's new acting attorney general
M.D. Kittle / The Federalist:
Trump Needs A ‘Vicious Operator’ To Bring Justice Back To The Justice Department
The Atlantic:
Trump's Purge May Be Just Beginning
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:
The White House has a war-funding sales pitch the GOP might not buy … “I'm very wary of voting for excessive spending in defense,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said in an interview Friday morning.  —  The president's budget asks Republicans to pass a large chunk of his defense proposal …
Neil Irwin / Axios:   Trump's all guns, no butter budget proposal
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for Pentagon
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital last month in previously undisclosed incident  —  Supreme Court justices Supreme Court Donald Trump  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital after becoming ill last month at a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia …
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Fox News:
Supreme Court Justice Alito treated for dehydration at hospital in previously undisclosed March 20 incident
Discussion: RedState
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Liberal Group Warns That Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks
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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Colin Demarest / Axios:
Hegseth's wartime firing of top generals stuns officials: “It's insane”
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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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 …
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Relationship with Trump may be beyond repair, Keir Starmer told  —  PM gets widespread backing after president's mocking impersonation takes US-UK relationship to new low  —  Keir Starmer has been warned his relationship with Donald Trump may be beyond repair after the US president derided …
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 …
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 …
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus.  The Pope Disagrees.  —  In sharp contrast to the Trump administration's calls for Christian prayers for the war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”
Discussion: Israpundit
Garrett Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
The Mythology of Pete Hegseth  —  The Iran War cheerleader-in-chief embraces a dangerous alternate history of the 21st Century … I didn't begin this week thinking I would be writing about the Iran War, Chuck Norris, and Kid Rock, but one of the “joys” of living through the Trump era …
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
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Trump's anti-voting order may backfire, damaging DOJ's voter roll campaign  —  President Donald Trump's executive order on mail voting is highly likely to be declared unconstitutional and blocked by courts.  But it might also screw up the Department of Justice's (DOJ) 30 ongoing lawsuits for state voter rolls.
Joseph J. Schatz / Politico:
Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence … When President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he's winding down the U.S. war on Iran and washing his hands of the embattled Strait of Hormuz, he invoked what he likes to call America's “energy dominance”: The United States has become …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits
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