U.S. fighter jet downed in Iran

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle on 16 July 2020. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. was searching for the crew of an American fighter jet Friday after it was downed in Iran, a U.S. official told MS NOW. It isn’t clear if the plane was shot down or went down for…

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CFTC sues states over prediction market regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal commission on Thursday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it was taking Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois to court…

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Tiger Woods called Trump after DUI crash: video

Booking photo of Tiger Woods. Courtesy: Martin County Sheriff’s Department Golf legend Tiger Woods told a police officer he spoke to President Donald Trump on the phone shortly after his DUI rollover crash in Florida, a bodycam video obtained by TMZ and published Thursday shows. “Thank you so much. All right. You got it. Bye,”…

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Investors are rethinking US assets

A year ago, on April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden with an announcement that would become one of the defining policies of his second term. The president unveiled a vast list of country-specific tariffs in what he dubbed his “liberation day” trade policies — a move that…

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Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, considers Lee Zeldin

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. Bondi’s dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ’s failure to successfully prosecute several of the president’s political enemies. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve…

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Senate advances deal to fund agency with TSA

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to members of the media outside the Senate Chamber after passing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill by unanimous consent at the U.S. Capitol Building on April 2, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The Senate on Thursday advanced a deal to fund…

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