(Headline USA) With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era…

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(Headline USA) Iran on Monday rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum loomed within hours. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran had conveyed its response through Pakistan, a key mediator. “We won’t merely accept a ceasefire,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour,…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has said that the US sent “a lot of guns” to protesters inside Iran during demonstrations and clashes that took place in January, though he believes the weapons may have been “kept” by Kurdish groups. “President Trump told me the United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters,” Trey…

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(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The successful Easter rescue of the downed F-15 airman who went missing in Iran was “one of the largest, most complex, most harrowing” combat search and rescue missions “ever attempted by the military,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday. Search and rescue missions like this in enemy territory are rare…

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(Dave Mason, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has endorsed former Fox News anchor Steve Hilton in California’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Trump picked Hilton over the other prominent GOP candidate – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is an outspoken Trump supporter. Sunday night’s endorsement on social media comes as Democrats face the risk of…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” is demanding that Hamas finalize an agreement on its disarmament by the end of this week, The New York Times reported on Monday, as Israel continues launching attacks across Gaza in violation of the October ceasefire deal. The report said that the demands were delivered…

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(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, exceeding expectations, after one month of conflict between the United States and Iran. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, according to a new report from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.  The March job’s report shows a significant uptick from…

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(Headline USA) Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to increase fees. The first piece of checked luggage will now cost customers $45 on flights within the…

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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The surprise firing of former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday has triggered considerable tongue-wagging in political circles over to the reason for her departure. President Donald Trump reportedly expressed his growing frustration with the “ineffective” Justice Department head as far back as last September. Trump publicly criticized Bondi over the…

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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Move over, Kamala. There’s a new czar in town. Following in the footsteps of former President Joe Biden in deputizing his vice president to oversee a major policy issue, President Donald Trump named current VP JD Vance as the nation’s new “fraud czar” according to a post Friday on Truth Social.…

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