An F-15E Strike Eagle from the U.S. Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron was shot down over southern Iran on April 3, 2026, marking the first confirmed combat loss of a manned U.S. aircraft over Iranian territory since the war began five weeks ago.
One crew member was rescued by U.S. special forces during a combat search and rescue operation, while the fate of the second remains unclear—reports vary on whether they are still at large in Iran or possibly in Iranian custody. Iran has offered a bounty for the capture of the downed airman and urged civilians to assist in the search, with some outlets even instructing locals to shoot if encountered.
Let’s all pray that the missing pilot is found safe and uninjured.
Today in the Christian world, we observe the death of Jesus. In Jerusalem, pilgrims follow the Via Dolorosa (The Way of Suffering/Grief), which is the path that Jesus followed, carrying the Cross.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where Jesus was crucified, died, and rose from the dead, is open to visitors.
Bondi’s dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ’s failure to successfully prosecute several of the president’s political enemies.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will as acting interim attorney general, Trump said.
NASA’s Artemis II crew NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, arrived at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with Orion spacecraft atop stands ready for launch. The opening of today’s launch window is slated for just over 4 hours from now, at 6:24 p.m. EDT.
In the next few minutes, the crew will take the elevator up the pad’s fixed service structure and walk down the climate-controlled crew access arm to the White Room, their final stop before climbing aboard their Orion spacecraft. In this clean, controlled environment at the end of the crew access arm, the closeout crew will assist the astronauts with hatch operations and verify that all safety systems are ready for launch.
Since the late 1960s, pads A and B at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 have supported America’s major space programs, with Pad A used most frequently for launches under the Space Shuttle Program. After the retirement of the shuttle in 2011, Pad A helped usher in a new era of human spaceflight as launch pad for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, which returned human spaceflight capability to the United States. Pad B saw the launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission in November 2022 and will continue to be the primary launch pad for America’s efforts to return to humans the Moon.
The goal, recover hundreds of billions of dollars in stolen taxpayer funds and reward the tipsters who help the federal government find the money.
It’s almost like a suitcase in an airport, if you see something say something,” Bessent told Fox News Monday.
Managed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the program incentivizes whistleblowers with potentially huge paydays, upwards of 30% of what’s collected, to help the federal government recover stolen taxpayer money. It targets fraud in Medicaid & Medicare, government relief programs, and Covid-era economic relief. Beyond standard fraud, it covers money laundering, sanctions violations and the bank secrecy act.
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