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Artemis II pushes Americans farther from Earth than ever before

SOURCE_URL::https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/artemis-moon-lunar-flyby/||SOURCE_NAME::Home – CBSNews.com

NASA’s Artemis II crew is making a historic moon flyby, a high-stakes public mission that puts federal spending and national ambition on display. The question is whether this moment becomes a real step forward or just another expensive milestone.

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Artemis II pushes past humanity’s old distance mark

SOURCE_URL::https://www.timesofisrael.com/artemis-ii-astronauts-reach-farther-from-earth-than-any-humans-in-history/||SOURCE_NAME::Times of Israel

NASA’s Artemis II crew has now gone farther from Earth than any humans before them. The flight is a reminder that public institutions can still do giant things when the mission is funded, staffed, and left to work.

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Netanyahu Presses Trump to Hold Off on Iran Ceasefire

SOURCE_URL::https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-to-ask-trump-not-to-move-forward-with-iran-ceasefire-at-this-stage/||SOURCE_NAME::Times of Israel

A reported push from Israel’s prime minister could shape whether the U.S. president rushes into a ceasefire or keeps the pressure on. This is the kind of cross-border leverage that can steer American foreign policy in real time.

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Trump turns the Strait of Hormuz into a pressure point in Iran showdown

SOURCE_URL::https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-deadline-power-plants-bridges-ceasefire-push-air-force-rescue/||SOURCE_NAME::Home – CBSNews.com

Trump is threatening major strikes on Iran while calling the Strait of Hormuz a top priority. That pushes a regional war into a global oil and security crisis.

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Hegseth’s promotion freeze turns military rank into a political lever

SOURCE_URL::https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gilibrand-calls-information-reports-hegseth-withholding-promotions-rcna266955||SOURCE_NAME::NBC News Top Stories

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pressing the Pentagon for answers after reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking promotions for several Black and female senior officers. The fight is now about whether one official is using the chain of command to shape who gets ahead.

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Trump takes questions on Iran war after F-15 crew rescue

SOURCE_URL::https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch-trump-takes-questions-on-iran-war-after-rescue-of-f-15-crew/||SOURCE_NAME::Home – CBSNews.com

Trump used a White House news conference to field questions about the Iran war after the rescue of an F-15 crew. The focus is not just the conflict abroad, but how the president frames U.S. involvement in real time.

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Trump deadline pushes Iran ceasefire talks to the edge

SOURCE_URL::https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/proposals-for-immediate-ceasefire-us-israel-iran-war||SOURCE_NAME::World news | The Guardian

A last-minute peace push is running into a hard deadline set by Donald Trump, and that deadline is now shaping the whole war. The real power at work is not just diplomacy — it is pressure from the White House in the middle of an international crisis.

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Trump’s Iran threat turns foreign policy into a pressure campaign

SOURCE_URL::https://www.cbsnews.com/video/key-details-on-iran-war-after-trump-posts-profanity-laced-threats/||SOURCE_NAME::Home – CBSNews.com

Trump used a profanity-laced post to issue an ultimatum tied to Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. The move raises the stakes fast because one social media blast can now jolt war policy, markets, and diplomacy at the same time.

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Calls grow to test Trump’s power after Iran threat

SOURCE_URL::https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/25th-amendment-row-can-trump-be-removed-from-office-amid-iran-war-5-things-to-know-as-calls-for-invoking-sec-4-grows-101775480093543.html||SOURCE_NAME::US News: Stay Updated with the Latest US News on Politics, Crime, and Local Stories of today| Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times

Trump’s threat toward Iran has sparked new calls to use the 25th Amendment and impeachment talk. The fight is now about who can stop a president when the crisis grows.

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Jamie Dimon presses Trump on tariffs in a shareholder letter

SOURCE_URL::https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/06/jamie-dimon-us-donald-trump-jp-morgan-tariffs-letter-shareholders||SOURCE_NAME::World news | The Guardian

America’s biggest bank is using a shareholder letter to push the White House on trade and foreign policy. That is corporate leverage, plain and simple.