Headlines for April 2, 2026

Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran “Back to Stone Ages,” Won’t Give Timeline for Ending War, U.K. Hosts Talks with 35 Countries Seeking to Reopen Strait of Hormuz, Iran Continues Drone and Missile Attacks on Gulf Nations and Israel, U.S. Embassy Warns Citizens to Leave Iraq “Now,” Citing Threat of Iran-Backed Militias, NYT: Israel Urges Christian and Druze Communities to Force Shiites Out of Southern Lebanon, Russia Claims Complete Control of Ukraine’s Luhansk Region, House and Senate Republicans Announce Plan to End Partial Shutdown of DHS, SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship, DACA Recipient Returns to California After Judge Rules She Was Unlawfully Deported to Mexico, Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office Rules Death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam a Homicide, NASA’s Artemis II Launches, Beginning Historic Mission to the Moon