'Nato would be paper without us!' Donald Trump's latest attack on defence alliance backed by GB News guest
Political commentator Aman Bhogal has launched a scathing assessment of Nato's military strength, arguing the alliance would be virtually worthless without its two most powerful members. Speaking to GB News, Mr Bhogal declared: "You take out Britain and the United States of America out of Nato, yes, pretty much what ...
Georgia Pearce / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 18:08:38
Trump's Approval Has Sunk to Biden's Lowest Point
The Economist: "Beyond his loyal, red-capped base, Donald Trump has never been especially popular. Our tracker of polling data from YouGov shows that, across both his terms in office, he has spent only eight weeks with more Americans approving of his performance than disapproving. Even so, the latest numbers should ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:15:54
Trump says “all hell” will rain down on Iran if no deal within 48 hours
Seeking Alpha | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:07:55
U.S. Arrests Relatives of Late Iranian Commander
The Guardian: "U.S. federal agents have arrested the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after the Trump administration's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, revoked their lawful permanent resident status."
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:07:09
Royal Navy in talks to join US Independence Day celebrations despite Donald Trump insults
The Royal Navy is engaged in discussions about dispatching HMS Prince of Wales across the Atlantic to participate in America's Independence Day festivities, despite President Trump's repeated disparagement of British warships. The Labour government is considering sending the 65,000-ton aircraft carrier to New York for the July 4 celebrations, which ...
Oliver Partridge / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:03:55
US arrests niece and grandniece of slain Iran general Qassem Soleimani
The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or US visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported. The latest actions were taken just this week when Secretary of ...
Associated Press / South China Morning Post | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:01:54
Trump Warns Iran 'All Hell' Will 'Reign' Down on Them
President Trump warned Iran that "time is running out" before the U.S. rains "all hell" down on the country. Said Trump, on Truth Social: "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:41:10
Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal as search for US pilot continues
Trump does not reference a downed US jet in his post but points to a deadline for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Jazeera | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:35:27
Trump makes fresh Iran threat as fighter jet crew member remains missing
US president threatens to rain 'hell' down if Strait of Hormuz does not reopen within 48 hours
FT | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:33:16
What the Iran-Iraq war can tell us about the US-Israeli war on Iran
Trump and Netanyahu are harbouring the same illusions Saddam Hussein had in 1980 when he invaded Iran.
Al Jazeera | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:32:20
Donald Trump has done Europe a favour - he's uncovered weakness, says Nana Akua
Donald Trump is right. He was right at the start of his presidency when he demanded Nato pay up, and he's right now. You see no matter how you look at it, Donald Trump responded to a call for help from the Iranian people from a murderous theocratic regime that ...
GB News Reporter / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:05:53
Trump Claimed Total Control of Iran's Airspace. Then Two Warplanes Were Downed
Trump and Hegseth's claims to have uncontested control of Iran's airspace have been undermined by the apparent shooting down of two U.S. warplanes in one day.
Rebecca Schneid / Time | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:58:28
Meritocracy
Great stuff. A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump's threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty NYTimes Communications April 3, 2026 at 8:08 ...
Atrios / Eschaton | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:30:00
Iran has 48 hours to make a deal, says Trump, or US will unleash 'hell'
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or face "Hell". "Remember when I gave Iran 10 days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. ...
Agence France-Presse / South China Morning Post | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:08:45
Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal or open strait
Time is running out: 48 hours remain before all hell rains down on them, US President said
Tass | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:00:19
Donald Trump warns 'time is running out' for Iran as he threatens to 'rain down all Hell' in 48-hour ultimatum
Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a 48-hour ultimatum suggesting a bombardment of strikes may be imminent if Tehran fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. More than a month into the US-Israeli conflict, the key shipping route remains blocked, disrupting oil and gas routes and fueling a devastating energy ...
Oliver Partridge / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:32:35
[Ilya Somin] Birth-Right Citizenship as a Second-Best Policy
I oppose Trump's efforts to deny birthright citizenship chiildren of undocumented immigrants. But birthright citizenship is not the ideal policy.
Ilya Somin / Volokh Conspiracy | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:30:24
Trump's relationship with Starmer 'significantly damaged' in Iran war fallout
The prime minister has stood firm in his decision to not join the US and Israel in their war with Iran- despite relentless derision from Trump
Maryam Zakir-Hussain / The Independent | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:17:12
What Trump's Address to the Nation Revealed
Editor's Note: Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss growing opposition to President Trump's attacks on Iran and what winning a war with unclear objectives could like. Earlier this week, Donald Trump delivered his first national address since the war with Iran began more than a month ...
The Editors / The Atlantic | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:11:14
Donald Trump looking to reopen Alcatraz in major $152 MILLION prison bid
US President Donald Trump is proposing to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison for $152million (£115million) as part of his budget for the 2027 fiscal year. The infamous prison located on an island near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge has long been regarded as America's most famous prison, but it has ...
Fintan Starkey / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:01:24
Warsh nomination moves ahead, putting Trump's competing Fed plans on a collision course
A Senate committee will consider Kevin Warsh's nomination even as one of its members still plans to block it.
CNBC | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:19:30
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Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:00:26
'Unconstrained' Trump seems to be on a quest to name most everything after himself
President has affixed his name to institutions and edifices, and his visage now glowers from several federal buildings The US has a history of naming things after its presidents. Washington DC has the Ronald Reagan airport, while John F Kennedy international airport is New York's main air transport thoroughfare. The ...
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:00:21
Trump Slashed Funding for Science. Now the U.S. Faces a Costly Brain Drain.
The White House's attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
Vivienne Walt / NY Times | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:00:02
Trump Seeks $1.5T Military Budget as Iran War Burns Cash, Private Credit Breaks, and Nations Hoard Fuel
Today's Digest covers Trump's $1.5T military budget and Iran War costs, US aircraft losses, German conscription rules, emergency energy supply measures, private credit redemption gates, and LinkedIn browser scanning.
Ivor / Peak Prosperity | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:36:50
Trump and the myth of American oil independence
The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.
Joseph J. Schatz / Politico | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:36:07
Donald Trump says 'Cuba's next' but what what does it mean? - video explainer
The US president seems to have turned his attention to Cuba in recent weeks, saying that it was 'next'. Officials from both countries have reportedly been in negotiations since February however the content of the discussions remains unclear. The Guardian spoke with professor emeritus of international relations Dr Philip Brenner ...
Laure Boulinier, Sofia Couceiro and Boglarka Kosztolanyi / Guardian | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:33:32
Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US
Despite hostile rhetoric Trump let a Russian ship break his blockade - could it herald a Venezuela-style outcome? When a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at Cuba's Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, unloading 700,000 barrels of crude, it was not immediately clear why the ship had been ...
Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana / Guardian | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:00:19
How one Democratic senator is tackling Trump's corruption
President Donald Trump's blatant, sometimes open corruption can feel disorienting. While other White Houses have made a point to show their administration is not for sale, this one has seemingly done the opposite - making a big show of their transactional relationship with corporations, Silicon Valley, and other governments, given ...
Astead Herndon / Vox | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:00:00
Trump Adviser Compared Trump to Jesus Christ
"The White House quietly scrubbed footage of a bizarre Easter event after a presidential adviser compared Donald Trump to Jesus Christ-and he didn't exactly look offended," the Daily Beast reports. video, briefly posted Wednesday on the White House website, showed an East Room gathering that quickly veered from prayer into ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:51:04
"Among the Private Spies: 'The name's Steele, Christopher Steele.'"
From Vadim Nikitin at the London Review of Books, April 2, 2026: Unredacted: Russia, Trump and the Fight for Democracy by Christopher Steele. Mariner, 336 pp., £24, October 2024, 978 0 06 337343 3'The name's Steele, Christopher Steele.' That's the way a former MI6 operative who wrote the notorious dossier ...
climateer / Climateer Investing | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:44:00
Downed Jets Puncture Trump's Claims of Invulnerability
"An Iran war that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase. That comes with the news that a US fighter jet was shot down over Iran... And that was followed by news that Iran hit a second US combat aircraft on ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:43:31
US job growth shatters expectations, in boost to Trump
That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
Victoria Guida / Politico | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:34:59
New Attorney General, Same Albatross
"President Trump's pick to replace Pam Bondi will face the same conundrum that every attorney general he has hired and fired has confronted: It is hard to steer the Justice Department when the president is grabbing the wheel and stepping on the gas," the New York Times reports. "Mr. Trump ...
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:31:04
Trump Realized He Can Just Do Things. Who Can Stop Him?
There are far too few checks left on executive power.
Gene Healy / Hit & Run | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:00:09
More than 2 in 5 Britons think UK 'too close' to US and should distance itself from Donald Trump
More than two in five Britons believe the UK is "too close" to the US and should distance itself from President Donald Trump, fresh data has revealed. The latest findings from YouGov saw 43 per cent of respondents backing a cooling of relations with Washington in favour of closer ties ...
Marcus Donaldson / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:48:54
Who Could Possibly Want the Worst Job in Trump's Cabinet?
Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge.
Jim Newell / Moneybox | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:45:00
Trump seeks $152m to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars".
BBC | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:17:10
Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it.
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.
Mike Soraghan / Politico | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:12:10
Why Trump's 'God Squad' decision to expand oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico is a vote for a whale's extinction
A federal decision, approved upon the request of the Trump administration, to expand Gulf oil drilling has heightened fears of extinction for the critically endangered Rice's whale, with fewer than 50 individuals remaining. Scientists note the species already lost over 20% of its population after the Deepwater Horizon spill, warning ...
TOI World Desk / Times of India | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:02:02
Trump Budget Does Little to Address Nation's Fiscal Challenges
While the federal deficit has started to shrink under President Trump, his plans could make the long-term situation worse.
Andrew Duehren and Alan Rappeport / NY Times | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:01:49
'I Got Back Every Penny': Inside Trump's Supercharged Tax Season
The law Republicans passed last year has so far been largely imperceptible to most Americans. That's changing as tens of millions file their taxes this spring.
Andrew Duehren / NY Times | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:00:32
The Attorney General and the Solicitor General Just Discovered the Limits of Blind Loyalty
Unable to jail the President's enemies, a terrible attorney general discovers venality and bootlicking are not enough.
Dahlia Lithwick / Moneybox | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:00:00
Can world markets ride out the rest of Trump's reign?
A century on, T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men strikes a disturbingly ominous note: This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper. With the way things are going at present, we could be about to find out which of these endings it will ...
Anthony Rowley / South China Morning Post | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 08:30:07
Melania Trump teases State Visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla in behind-the-scenes video
The First Lady, Melania Trump, has teased the upcoming royal visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla with a behind-the-scenes video of preparations at the White House. The couple are due to visit the US at the end of April, having officially accepted Donald Trump's State Visit invite. It will ...
Lewis Henderson / GB News | Sat, 4 Apr 2026 08:18:42