In our news wrap Friday, President Trump is asking for $1.5 trillion in defense spending for the upcoming financial year, March was a strong month for the jobs market even as soaring energy prices from the war in Iran had many Americans on edge and Ukrainian officials say that Russian airstrikes killed at least eight people, in what President Zelenskyy denounced as an "Easter escalation." The unemployment rate also dipped slightly to 4.3 percent, though uncertainty about the longer-term impacts of the war is casting a shadow over the broader jobs outlook. In the meantime, in Rome today, Pope Leo marked Good Friday by carrying a cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.
Author: PBS News Hour
Published at: 2026-04-03 22:45:31
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