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The Senate approved a 77-day extension of several major surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that had expired, buying time for lawmakers to debate reforms. The House had fumbled the vote earlier, forcing the Senate's hand. Trump has floated a possible veto, and conservative members continue pushing for warrant requirements on browser history searches.
Democrat Analilia Mejia defeated Republican Joe Hathaway to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's vacated House seat in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District. The race was called minutes after polls closed, dealing a blow to GOP hopes of expanding their fragile House majority. Mejia was backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul endorsed legislation that would allow state residents to sue ICE agents for constitutional violations, continuing her push for the "Local Cops, Local Crimes" Act. The measure would also require judicial warrants before ICE conducts raids in sensitive locations such as schools, churches, and hospitals. Critics have blasted Hochul for prioritizing anti-ICE measures over cooperating with federal law enforcement.
President Trump said he just left a meeting on the mysterious disappearances and deaths of at least 10 scientists connected to U.S. military and government research, some with reported ties to UFO programs. Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William McCasland has been missing since February in New Mexico. Trump told reporters, "I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half."
President Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" after Iran agreed to allow safe passage through the critical waterway as part of a two-week ceasefire deal. The agreement, brokered with help from Pakistani leaders, suspends planned U.S. military strikes on Iran, and Israel has also paused its bombing campaign. Trump claimed the administration is "very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran," though the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports continues.
As part of the wider diplomatic effort surrounding the Iran conflict, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. This comes after 32 days of U.S.-Israel military operations against Iran, with Trump declaring the country "eviscerated." The ceasefire is seen as a potential stepping stone to broader regional de-escalation.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune publicly pushed back on President Trump's renewed talk of the U.S. leaving NATO, saying "you need allies." French President Macron also defended the alliance's role in a pointed response to Trump's repeated criticism. The debate comes as European allies reassess defense spending amid the ongoing Iran conflict.
Researchers at India's IISc and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science observed electrons in graphene flowing like a nearly frictionless liquid at the "Dirac point," violating the Wiedemann-Franz law by more than 200 times. The exotic quantum state, called a Dirac fluid, mimics conditions seen in quark-gluon plasma at CERN and could enable development of highly sensitive quantum sensors.
NASA's Artemis II mission splashed down in the Pacific on April 10 after a nearly 10-day journey that sent four astronauts around the Moon — the first humans to travel there in over 50 years. The Orion spacecraft reached 252,756 miles from Earth, setting a new distance record for crewed spaceflight. NASA continues to target early 2028 for the first Artemis lunar landing.
A man at an Orange County, California gas station sat in his car and refused to leave until he was given $55 in gas. When police arrived, he calmly explained: "I sincerely believe that money as a unit of payment is not real." The standoff was eventually resolved without incident.
