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Today — 1 April 2026Main stream

Trump Says U.S. Will Be Out of Iran Within Two to Three Weeks

The White House said the president would address the nation about Iran on Wednesday evening.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he had attained his goal of dealing with Iran’s nuclear program and that gasoline prices in the United States would be coming down.

At the National Archives, the Declaration Gets More Company

1 April 2026 at 06:02
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Visitors looked at the original copy of the 19th Amendment this week. The document was recently added to the permanent display in the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington.

Trump Seeks to Redefine ‘Regime Change’ in Iran War

1 April 2026 at 08:51
President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during his news conference on Tuesday that “this new regime, because regime change has occurred, should be wiser than the last.”
Yesterday — 31 March 2026Main stream

Pentagon Weighs Using Anti-Drone Lasers Near D.C. Military Base

Sightings of drones around Fort McNair, the Army base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, have prompted consideration of deploying the new technology.

© Paul Ratje for The New York Times

The LOCUST, an anti-drone laser system that has been used recently along the border with Mexico, may be deployed in Washington to help protect the military base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio reside.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Vance Wins CPAC Straw Poll, but Rubio Gains Steam Among MAGA Faithful

29 March 2026 at 05:50
Conference organizers presented the poll results as a rebuttal to narratives that Republicans were split over the Iran war and support for Israel.

© Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times

Vice President JD Vance won the CPAC straw poll for the second consecutive year, but his margin of victory was narrower this time.
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