The ICC’s irrelevance in Iran demonstrates its structural flaws. It can at most deter liberal democracies, thus tilting the playing field against such states when they confront despotic regimes, writes @EVKontorovich
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Day: April 2, 2026
US Army Chief of Staff Randy George has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and take immediate retirement, two defense officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/4togFhR
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For an industry heavily reliant on global trade, tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump are compounding the challenges for Kentucky’s bourbon makers
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A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was “getting very close” to completing its mission. Trump repeated some false and questionable claims we’ve written about before.
“Why wouldn’t they call? We just blew up their three big bridges last night,” Trump said.
He seems incapable of absorbing information that contradicts his biases. https://t.co/jL9TCjgfmZ— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) April 2, 2026
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.
The departure followed months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation and failed efforts to meet Trump’s unwavering demands for criminal cases against his adversaries. As Trump’s own frustrations mounted, he began privately discussing firing Bondi, people familiar with the matter say.
“Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump said in a statement. He added, “We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”