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President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) Alex Brandon/AP Pool hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Pool BOSTON — A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston on Friday granting the preliminary injunction follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general. It…

KISKUNHALAS, Hungary — Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says a crucial election next week where he’s facing pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be a “referendum” on whether Hungary continues on its drift toward Eastern autocracies, or can retake its place among the democratic societies of Europe.Magyar, once an Orbán ally, poses the most serious threat to the nationalist prime minister’s hold on power since he took office in 2010.In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Magyar said the European Union’s longest-serving leader has led the country on a “180-degree turn” in recent years, endangering its Western orientation while…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities have reportedly uncovered a series of new leads stemming from the disappearance of an American college graduate who vanished while on a tropical vacation with her family 28 years ago. The circumstances surrounding Amy Bradley’s 1998 disappearance – and the subsequent investigation – have since been revisited in a three-part Netflix documentary series, titled “Amy Bradley is Missing.”Nearly one year after the documentary’s release, director Ari Mark has reportedly revealed a few new breaks in the investigation into Bradley’s whereabouts. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Mark revealed “two people of interest who have…

Union BerlinUnion Berlin are sitting in ninth spot after winning eight, drawing seven and losing 12 of their 27 league games this season. Die Eisernen would have been grateful for the timing of the international break, giving them time to reset after losing three of their last four matches. After losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach and Werder Bremen, Union returned to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 victory against Freiburg at the Europa-Park Stadion. However, they were no match for Bayern Munich in their final outing before the international window, as they fell to a heavy 4-0 defeat to the league…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back, including a unique requirement among states that they must have fully paid their child support costs.The Republican-supermajority Legislature approved the Democratic-sponsored change, which now lets people prove they have complied for the last year with child support orders, such as payment plans. The legislation also unties the payment of all court costs from voting rights restoration.Advocates for years have sought various changes to Tennessee’s voting rights restoration system at the statehouse and in court.…

As the war in Iran erupted five weeks ago, social media sleuths across Western and Chinese platforms flagged a wave of viral posts detailing equipment at U.S. bases, the movements of American carrier groups and granular breakdowns of how military aircraft were assembling for strikes on Tehran.

INDIANAPOLIS — Arizona freshman power forward Koa Peat was what college basketball scouts call an early bloomer in high school. He was bigger and stronger than his peers at an early age and also more productive.He’s the son of a former NFL offensive lineman and he looked the part even as a 15-year-old. He was physical, able to play through contact and had an early knack for getting to his spots inside of 12 feet. While he would take his conditioning and consequent athleticism to new levels in the next three years, the DNA of his game would remain largely…

After Trump ousted Pam Bondi, her deputy is set to lead the department — and take on many of the same challenges.

A young man named Zac Brettler walked onto the balcony of a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London early one morning in 2019 and leapt towards the black water of the River Thames. He didn’t make it. Brettler’s hip clipped the embankment and he ended up face-down in the muck along the river bank. A passerby found his body after dawn. Brettler was just 19, a recent graduate of an expensive private school, and the grandson of a famous London rabbi. The apartment from which he jumped was worth more than $5 million, owned by a Saudi princess and occupied…

EPA to study microplastics in drinking waterThe EPA proposed to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to limits on those substances for water utilities.April 3, 2026