In Case You Missed It … This Week in News

A lot happened in the world this week – Make sure you didn’t miss it with Liberty Nation GenZ’s weekly news roundup!

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump gave Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz. In a Truth Social post on April 4, the president urged Tehran to restore the global chokepoint for oil and gas, otherwise “all hell reign [sic] down on them.” Trump had previously extended his deadline to bomb Iran’s energy infrastructure by another ten days to April 6 to facilitate a resolution to the six-week-old conflict. “Time is running out,” he said.

Marco Rubio Revokes Green Cards for Soleimani Relatives

The State Department revoked the green cards for relatives of slain Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. In a statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, the former commander’s niece, was identified as a vocal supporter of the regime in Tehran. Her husband and daughter were also restricted from entry to the United States.

Global China Approval Rating Topped US in 2025: Gallup

China’s global approval rating topped the United States last year, according to Gallup polling data released on April 3. The polling firm found that China’s international favorability rating for its leadership reached a median of 36%, while the US approval rating was 31%. This was the widest gap in about two decades. A little more than 10% had no opinion on either nation’s leadership.

Monday, April 6, 2026

Trump to Iran: ‘We’re Blowing Up the Whole Country’ in 48 Hours

President Donald Trump on Sunday let Iran know his patience for a negotiated deal to end the military conflict between the Middle Eastern nation and the US is at an end. Trump told ABC News that Iran had 48 hours to agree to a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz or strike a peace agreement. “If it happens, it happens. And if it doesn’t, we’re blowing up the whole country,” he asserted. “We’re blowing up, as I said, it’s going to be bridge day and it’s going to be power plant day in the country of Iran.”

Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Reopen if Iran Compensated Via Tolls

Iran responded to an F-bomb warning from President Donald Trump on Sunday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by saying Iran must be compensated for war damage via a system of tolls on traffic through the crucial waterway to the Persian Gulf.

OPEC+ Agrees to Raise Oil Quotas

Is petroleum relief on the way? “OPEC+ agreed ‌on Sunday to raise its oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, a modest rise that will largely exist on paper as its key members are unable to raise production due to the US-Israeli war with Iran,” Reuters reports.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Iran Rejects Ceasefire as Trump Deadline Nears

Iran on Monday continued to reject any temporary ceasefire in its war with the US as President Donald Trump noted that his 48-hour deadline before he unleashes massive attacks on the Middle East nation’s infrastructure is almost up.

Trump Threatens Jail for Reporter Who Revealed Airman Rescue Operation

President Donald Trump on Monday said he will demand that a journalist who reported that a US airman had been rescued after being downed in Iran reveal how he got his information, and threatened him with jail if he did not comply.

SCOTUS Clears Way to Dismiss Steve Bannon Contempt of Congress Conviction

The US Supreme Court on Monday “set aside a lower court decision that upheld the conviction of Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to President Trump, on two counts of contempt of Congress, paving the way for the case to be dismissed,” CBS News reports.

DeSantis Signs Bill Allowing Him to Classify Domestic Terrorist Organizations

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation “allowing him to identify and label domestic terrorist organizations – and he said state police were already building cases against several of them,” The Miami Herald reports.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Iran, US Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire

After multiple inflammatory threats of annihilation from President Donald Trump, Iran on Tuesday agreed to a two-week ceasefire with the US just ahead of the expiration of Trump’s 48-hour deadline to unleash “hell” on the Middle East nation.

JD Vance Accuses EU of Massive Interference in Hungary Elections

Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday arrived in Budapest to express the Trump administration’s support for Hungarian President Viktor Orban ahead of Sunday’s elections in the Central European nation. Vance excoriated the European Union for what he called “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference” he’d ever seen.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Trump Warns Iran Not to Violate Ceasefire

President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday not to violate its two-week ceasefire with the US while both seek a more permanent agreement to end the war between them. “All US ships, aircraft, and military personnel, with additional ammunition, weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the real agreement reached is fully complied with,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the ‘shootin’ starts,’ bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before. It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary – no nuclear weapons and the Strait of Hormuz will be open and safe. In the meantime, our great military is loading up and resting, looking forward, actually, to its next conquest.”

‘Ketamine Queen’ Gets 15 Years in Death of Matthew Perry

A woman known as “the ‘Ketamine Queen’ who provided the drugs that killed actor Matthew Perry was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison,” The Los Angeles Times reports. “Jasveen Sangha, who prosecutors said operated a high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood home, pleaded guilty in September to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.”