Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | April 30, 2026

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The Supreme Court handed Republicans a redistricting win in Louisiana—but analysts say the celebration is getting well ahead of the math.

Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) claimed that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had committed war crimes.

President Trump is expected to receive a high-level briefing on new military options targeting Iran as his blockade continues. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper will reportedly outline plans that include a "short and powerful" wave of strikes against key infrastructure. The development comes as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a defiant warning, saying the only place Americans belong in the Persian Gulf is "at the bottom of its waters." [Full Story]

Trump is expected to sign an order that would broaden access to retirement savings for workers whose employers don’t offer 401(k)-type plans.

Rowan Jacobsen

The U.S. economy revved up in the first three months of the year, despite a spike in energy prices caused by the war with Iran.

Nuchem Yasir Ebeth’s mutilated remains were discovered inside the abandoned closet after it was dumped on a street in Bogota on Sunday — just days after his family had reported him missing.

A platform backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos lets day-to-day “investors” become landlords, twice removed, by buying shares in rental homes. It’s the app-ification of investment in the building blocks of social life.

Oil prices surged above $120 a barrel before pulling back in volatile trading on concerns that the war could escalate. Gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.30 a gallon.

At the White House, the president embraced the idea that the nation is an Anglo-Saxon one.

After decades of social isolation, people are realizing proximity is a resource.

SCOTUS Narrows the Reach of the Voting Rights Act

SG Sauer argued that the law governing TPS bars courts from reviewing a president’s decision to designate or terminate TPS status for groups of foreign nationals.

The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.

“Ahmad Vahidi is the one calling the shots,” expert Kamran Bokhari told Newsweek of the now-IRGC chief he once met 15 years ago.

A provision unrelated to domestic spying got the hard-right GOP members on board — but it won’t work in the Senate.