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Iambic to Participate in April Investor Conferences

8:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

FILE - Crews walk near the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales before its port call in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

A look at the UK's Royal Navy, which has faced jibe after jibe from Trump and Hegseth

7:17 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the proposed new East Wing of the White House as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s White House ballroom is expected to get approved days after judge's ruling halting work

7:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump uses Iran war address to urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a bit more time

6:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

Serbian journalists block the traffic outside the offices of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in protest of mounting attacks and pressure on the media. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International groups warn of 'spiral of violence' against journalists in Serbia

6:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

International media organizations have joined Serbian journalists in raising concerns about declining press freedoms in Serbia

People take cover in a bomb shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strikes in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Iran fires missiles at Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump talks of winding down Mideast war

3:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack

FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

New Zealand and Cook Islands sign a defense pact, easing tensions over a China deal

2:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

FILE - In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

UK gathers more than 30 countries to plot ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Thirty-five countries are set to meet Thursday to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

A firefighter extinguishes a car at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: Trump says Iran will be hit hard for next 2 or 3 weeks

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even as he touts the success of American operations

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republican plan to fund Homeland Security could get first test vote on Thursday

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history

FILE - Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they've never been to, but end up stuck in limbo

12:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran

10:49 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump's address to the nation on the Iran war did not always hew to the facts

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Takeaways from Trump's address: No end date for Iran war and few details on strategy ahead

5:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump sought to explain his rationale for the war against Iran in a primetime address Wednesday

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump says US forces will 'finish the job' soon in first prime-time speech since starting Iran war

2:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

Today in History: April 2, Pope John Paul II dies at 84

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