🗞️NASA’s Artemis II crew breaks record

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April 6th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• NASA’s Artemis II crew has broken the all‑time record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13 during their lunar flyby today

• Over the weekend, U.S. special operations forces successfully rescued the second crew member of the F‑15E that was shot down over Iran…the crew member had evaded capture in mountainous terrain for more than a day and was extracted safely along with the rescue team

• President Trump said his administration will go to the outlet that first reported the second missing F‑15E crew member and demand it reveal its source and threatened jail for the journalist or outlet that published the leak unless they reveal the leaker’s identity framing it as a national security matter

• In terms of an Iran war update, Israeli PM Netanyahu is reportedly urging President Trump not to agree to a ceasefire while U.S., Iranian, and regional mediators have explored a 45‑day truce that could lead to a permanent end to the war and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz…Iran has rejected a short temporary ceasefire and instead sent a 10‑point plan demanding a permanent end to regional conflicts, safe-passage rules for Hormuz, and broader concessions like sanctions relief…Trump has imposed a Tuesday 8 p.m. ET deadline to make a deal and has warned that if no deal is reached by then, he will order massive strikes on Iran

• President Trump has endorsed former Fox News host, Steve Hilton, in the 2026 California governor’s race

• The Association Press announced they will offer voluntary buyouts to an unspecified number of U.S.-based journalists and is planning for dozens of staff cuts as it shifts away from traditional newspaper-focused reporting toward visual journalism and new revenue streams

• A federal appeals court ruled that New Jersey cannot apply its state gambling laws to Kalshi’s sports-related prediction contracts, finding they are financial instruments under the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction…read more here

• OpenAI laid out a policy blueprint for an “intelligence age” economy that would shift taxes from labor to capital, create a national Public Wealth Fund that owns stakes in AI firms on behalf of citizens, treats AI infrastructure like a regulated utility, and backs ideas like subsidizing a four-day work week without pay cuts and portable benefits

• Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a new delivery agreement under which Amazon will still use USPS for last‑mile delivery but will cut the volume of packages it sends through the postal network by about 20%

• The Bank of New York Mellon and Robinhood have been selected to help manage the federal “Trump accounts”, with BNY running the initial accounts and co-developing an app while Robinhood serves as brokerage and initial trustee

• S&P up .44% / Nasdaq up .52% / DOW up .36%

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