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WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House discussions said.

Any potential reshuffling could serve as a reset for the White House ‌as it confronts a politically challenging stretch: The five-week-old war has driven up gas prices, dragged down Trump's approval ratings and intensified anxiety about the consequences for Republicans heading into November's midterm elections.

Some allies said his televised ‌speech to the nation on Wednesday - which one senior White House official described as an attempt to project a sense of control and confidence about the direction of the war - fell flat, adding to the sense that changes in messaging or personnel were needed.

"A shake-up to show action is not a ​bad thing, is it?" another White House official said.

Three White House officials and two other sources with knowledge of administration dynamics spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

The sources did not consistently describe any single cabinet member as certain to lose their job in the near term. But multiple officials are in some degree of danger, they said.

Several of the sources said Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are among those potentially on the chopping block, after Trump ousted Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in recent weeks.

Trump has in recent months expressed displeasure with Gabbard, said one senior White House official. Another source with direct knowledge of the matter said Trump had asked allies about their thoughts on potential ‌replacements for his intelligence chief.

Some high-profile Trump allies, meanwhile, are privately pushing for the ⁠removal of Lutnick, a close personal friend of the president who has faced renewed scrutiny in recent months for his relationship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New files released earlier in the year revealed that Lutnick had lunch with Epstein on his private island in the Caribbean in 2012. Lutnick has said he "barely had anything to do with" Epstein and that the lunch took place ⁠only because he was on a boat near the island.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle said Trump maintained "total confidence" in Gabbard and Lutnick.

"The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people, from Director Gabbard's role in ending the Maduro narcoterror regime to Secretary Lutnick's role securing major trade and investment deals," Ingle wrote in an email when asked for comment.

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence pointed Reuters to a Thursday post by the ​White ​House on X in which White House communications director Steve Cheung is quoted as saying Trump has "total confidence" in Gabbard.

The Commerce Department did not ​immediately respond to a request for comment.

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'BONDI IS NOT THE LAST ONE'

Trump could ultimately decide, ‌however, not to make any changes to his administration's senior ranks. Several others close to Trump have said the president is reluctant to overhaul his cabinet too frequently, after recurrent staffing changes during his first term dominated headlines and created the impression of chaos at the White House.

One of the White House officials said to expect a "targeted churn," rather than a "big, dramatic reset."

Still, after his disappointing speech on Wednesday, doing nothing could be just as politically dangerous as making a significant change that, for better or for worse, would dominate news headlines, one White House official said.

Trump worked with his speechwriting team and top advisers on this week's prime-time address, one official said, after aides had urged him for weeks to speak directly to the nation about the U.S. role in Iran.

During the speech, the president declined to lay out an off-ramp for the war, which began on February 28, leaving the impression that the conflict was open-ended. And instead of offering solutions to voters' economic anxieties, he said ‌the pain would be short-lived and that Tehran was to blame.

"The speech did not accomplish what it was supposed to," the official said, ​adding that while Trump's core supporters still backed him on the war, they are broadly under economic strain.

"Voters tolerate ideological messaging, but they feel fuel ​prices immediately," the official said.

Just 36% of Americans approve of Trump's overall job performance, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos ​survey, the lowest figure of his current term. The war with Iran is particularly unpopular, with 60% of respondents disapproving of the U.S.-Israeli decision to start the conflict.

Two of the White House ‌officials said Trump is extremely frustrated with what he perceives to be unfair media coverage of ​the war in Iran, and he has made clear to ​his team he wants more positive news accounts. He has not indicated, however, that he is interested in adjusting his own messaging strategy.

Such pressures notwithstanding, multiple cabinet members have shown remarkable staying power despite drawing negative headlines or consternation from the White House over their actions.

Some outside allies, for instance, have pushed for Lutnick's ouster since April of last year, when he rolled out a set of global tariffs that puzzled allies and experts during "Liberation Day."

Gabbard, ​a longtime critic of U.S. military interventions abroad, upset the White House as early as last ‌June, when she released a video criticizing "political elite warmongers" in the lead-up to Trump's first military action against Iran.

Still, the sources said the possibility of a shake-up had grown decidedly more serious in recent weeks. ​One senior White House source said Trump wants to make any big changes now, well ahead of the midterms.

"Let's just say, based on what I have heard, Bondi is not the last one," another ​White House official said.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Edmund Klamann)

Not quite so fast.

A potent cold front — with origins in the Canadian Arctic — is forecast to sweep across much of the central and eastern U.S. on Easter Sunday, April 5, putting a temporary end to the recent warm spell. Though the front will set up a cool stretch of weather for the East, warm-weather fans can rejoice knowing that the cool weather should be relatively short-lived.

Indeed, the forecast for the U.S. is"coast-to-coast" warmthfor the April 9-15 period.

Overall, the forecast for April is for above-average temperatures for much of the United States,NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said in a forecast released March 31.

In Texas, for example, theNational Weather Servicesaid that "chances lean towards our streak of warmer than average months continuing into April."

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Weather forecast for early April

In the East, April should continue the recent typical springtime trend of alternating between warm and cool weather, similar to what was seen in March, but not as extreme. But the overall forecast is for a warm month for much of the nation.

First, a warm Easter Sunday morning is in store for the eastern seaboard before the cold front comes through, bringing a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms that will move from the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coast. This front will usher in chillier temperatures that are generally slightly below average across parts of the central to eastern United States through the first half of the week of April 5,NOAA's Weather Prediction Center saidin an online forecast.

For example, in Pittsburgh, highs on Sunday, April 5, in the 80s will be followed by highs in the 50s.

A large area of high pressure will follow the front. It's definitely a "cold" high, rather than a "warm" high, forecasters said.

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"The high pressure area ... has its origins in the North Pacific and southern Canada, so that high is a lot different than the 'homebrew high' that set up the heat dome in the West for 2 weeks recently," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski explained in an e-mail to USA TODAY.

Forecast says warm again, cool again

The high will then take up residence in the Southeast states. The week of April 5 will be cool to start, then should slowly be modified by April sunshine, Sosnowski said. "While we should get to record high levels of warmth after many days, it should not be near the punch in scope and magnitude of the conditions from the West," he added.

Overall, Sosnowski predicts that a gradual warmup is forecast in most cases after a cool start to the week.

"Probably 12 of the first 15 days of April will bring temperatures well above the historical average for the interior Southeast, mid-Atlantic and central Gulf Coast states," AccuWeather lead long-range meteorologist Paul Pastelok said in an online forecast.

Cool ocean breezes may hold back temperatures along parts of the southern Atlantic coast on some days, he said.

"The warm wedge will be the result of an atmospheric traffic jam that develops from the Atlantic to the Gulf Coast," Pastelok explained. "Then, as a large storm forms over central and eastern Canada around the 15th of the month, much cooler air will likely sweep in."

West will be warm, too

For the early part of the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure, the West can expect above-average temperatures that are as much as 10 to 20 degrees above average, the Weather Prediction Center said. "Above normal temperatures should spread into the High Plains by Tuesday [April 7] and gradually farther east Wednesday [April 8] and Thursday [April 9] as the ridge pushes east," the center said.

The ongoing warmth is more bad news for the precipitation-starved West, where snowpack is well below normal, and in some places confined to just the highest elevations, the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) added.

"Gradual melting of accumulated winter snowpack throughout the spring and summer months is a critical component of the water budget of the West," the WPC said. "The below-normal snowpack this past winter therefore places additional stress on alternate water supplies such as reservoirs and groundwater sources."

Doyle Rice is a national correspondent with USA TODAY, focusing on weather and climate.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Coast-to-coast warm weather lurks in April forecast. But when?

Though widely associated with the Easter Bunny, colorful eggs, and baskets of chocolate, it's a significant holiday for members of the Christian faith. The holiday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after he was crucified by the Romans around 30 A.D.

Easter follows Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, and is a day after the last day of Holy Week (April 4), which began on March 29 this year.

Here's everything to know about Easter Sunday as it approaches.

How is Easter celebrated?

Some people celebrate Easter by attending Mass or another type of church service on Easter Sunday. According to polling released on April 2 by theNapolitan News Service, a nonprofit that conducts polling, 65% of American voters plan on celebrating the holiday.

That number, according to the outlet, includes 34% of people who celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, 13% who celebrate it as a secular one, and 16% who celebrate it as both.

Easter is typically celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon, on or after the vernal, according to previousUSA TODAY reporting, which can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.

Some religious sects have chosen not to include secular Easter traditions, such as the Easter bunny or Easter eggs, according toHistory.com.

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The holiday is also marked with a traditional Easter lamb dinner. In Jewish traditions, lambs were often used for sacrifices and are typically served during Passover, according toHistory.com.

Easter's origins

Many Easter holiday traditions and symbols have roots in pagan celebrations, according toHistory.com.

For example, the tradition of Easter eggs stems from pre-Christian pagan traditions, per the outlet. In ancient cultures, eggs symbolized life, renewal, and rebirth. The pagans believed eggs symbolized fertility and birth.

Another great symbol of the holiday is the Easter Bunny. While the exact origins of the character are unknown, it likely stems from German immigrants who arrived in the United States in the 1700s, according toHistory.com. Baby bunnies in springtime are also associated with birth and renewal.

Not all religious followers celebrate the holiday the same way. Traditions vary across Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox.

Eastern Orthodox Christians begin celebrating Easter with Great Lent, starting on Clean Monday, 40 days before Easter, according toHistory.com. Easter is also called Pascha byOrthodox Christians, which means Passover. According toTime and Date, Orthodox Easter falls on April 12.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Easter is on Sunday. Here's what to know as the holiday approaches.

NEED TO KNOW

• The Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara has become infamous for its association with tragic events in the lives of its wearers

• The Oriental Circlet Tiara — which has been worn by Kate Middleton — was redesigned to remove its opals, as they were thought to have brought bad fortune

Mostroyal tiarasare known for their eye-popping jewels, but some have gained an unlucky reputation over the years.

These headpieces have garnered negative attention due to patterns that have emerged among each wearer. For example, anyone who possesses the ill-famed Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara has seemingly experienced great misfortune afterwards.

Meanwhile, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is part of a crown worn by theQueen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, reportedly brings a "grisly" death to any man who attempts to wear it.

Here's everything to know about the British royal tiaras and crowns that have been considered unlucky throughout history.

The Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara

Of all of the British royal tiaras, the Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara is one of the most infamous.

This diadem, which is adorned with diamond foliage and strawberry leaves, was designed byPrince Albertin 1861, most likely as a wedding gift for hissecond daughterwith Queen Victoria, Princess Alice, perThe Royal Collection Trust.

Prince Albert never made it to the wedding, however: He died of typhoid fever on Dec. 14, 1861, perPBS. The tiara's giftee met a similarly tragic fate: Two of the four children Alice shared with husband Louis IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse, died young. Prince Frederich died at the age of 3 in 1873 after falling from a window, while Princess Marie died in 1878 of diphtheria. Princess Alice died from the same disease as her daughter at the age of 35 on Dec. 14, 1878 — the same day as her father died.

The tiara was passed down to her son Ernest, who lent it to his first wife, Grand Duchess Victoria Melita, for the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, perTatler. The couple's only child died of typhoid and they soon divorced.

Ernest remarried Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich in 1905. In 1937, the pair's daughter-in-law, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark wore the tiara to thecoronation of King George VIin 1937. Cecile went into premature labor on Nov. 16, 1937, while traveling to the wedding of her husband Georg's brother, forcing an early landing. The plane crashed, killing everyone onboard, including Eleonore, Georg, Cecilie and their two sons.

The Strawberry Leaf Tiara, which was found in the wreckage, is now housed at the Foundation of the House of Hesse, per theMirror.

Oriental Circlet Tiara

The sizableOriental Circle Tiara, which has been worn byKate Middleton, isn't exactly cursed, but it was redesigned due to superstition surrounding some of its jewels.

Crafted by Garrard in 1853, the piece is one of the oldest ever created for the royal family. Featuring lotus flowers and Mughal arches, the headpiece was originally designed with 2,600 diamonds and an array of opals — a reported favorite of Prince Albert, who commissioned the tiara for his wife, Queen Victoria.

Victoria's daughter-in-law, Queen Alexandra of Denmark, who inherited the tiara as the wife of King Edward VII, had the opals removed, as they had fallen out of favor due to a growing association between the gemstone and bad fortune. According toGarrard, Alexandra had the tiara recommissioned in 1902, replacing all of its opals with a collection of Burmese rubies that also belonged to her mother-in-law and removing several of its arches to make it smaller.

The Oriental Circle Tiara has since been passed down through the monarchy, as Queen Victoria stipulated in her will that theOriental Circlet would be worn by queens and future queens only.

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The Queen Mother remained in possession of the tiara untilher deathin 2002, when it was passed it down to her daughter,Queen Elizabeth.

It was last worn by Kate at Windsor Castle on Dec. 3, 2025.

The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara

TheGrand Duchess Vladimir Tiara, which started out with tragic origins, became a well-loved favorite of Queen Elizabeth.

Before it made its way into the British royal collection, the Bolin-made tiara belonged to its namesake, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna,the wife of the Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and the aunt of Tsar Nicholas II by marriage. She commissioned the diamond-and-pearl headpiece in celebration of her wedding.

It was not a harbinger of good fortune for the Grand Duchess, however. Upon Tsar Nicholas II's assassination in 1918, Marie fled from the Vladimir Palace, leaving the tiara behind. Marie's son and a British art dealer later disguised themselves as workers to recover the jewelry and later brought it to England.

Marie never saw the tiara again. Clinging to her imperial status in the face of the Russian Revolution, she remained the last Romanov in the country until she was forced to flee to France in 1920. She died that same year, and her daughter, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, inherited the tiara, according to theCourt Jeweller.

Elena, who was married to the financially bereft Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, then sold the piece to the Queen Mother, who passed it down to Queen Elizabeth.

The Queen continued to wear the piece, which she had recommissioned to make the pearls interchangeable with emeralds or without jewels, throughout her reign. It was the last tiara she wore ahead ofher deathon Sept. 8, 2022.

The Koh-i-Noor Diamond

Queen Elizabeth's mother, the Queen Mother, also wore a reportedly cursed jewel, known as the Koh-i-Noor, or "mountain of light" diamond — and she donned it on her 1937coronation day.

The 105-carat rock was reportedly found on a bank of the holy Krishna River in southern India some 800 years ago before spending centuries hidden inside a golden statue at a Hindu temple, perNPR, before passing through the Persian, Afghan and Sikh and Mughal empires.

According to the outlet, any men who attempted to wear the diamond have been met with "grisly" deaths. However, royal women have had better luck with the piece: Queen Victoria acquired the diamond in 1849 as part of a treaty marking the end of the second Anglo-Sikh war, per NPR. Women — especially queen consorts — are thought to be able to wear the Koh-i-Noor safely.

Though she originally wore it as a brooch, it was made into a crown for her cousin, the Queen Mother, for her 1937 coronation. She wore the crown again for thecoronation of her daughterin 1953, and it was last seen atop her coffin in 2002, perSmithsonian.

According to NPR, the diamond was deliberately kept off ofQueen Camilla's coronation crown, as India, Iran and Afghanistan have all laid claim to the legendary stone. It's currently on display in the Tower of London as part of the British crown jewels.

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The actor shares son Exton, born in 2012, and daughter Avri, born in 2014, with hiswife of 20 years,Susan. He also raised his son Indio, born in 1993, with ex-wifeDeborah Falconer. Although Downey rarely shares photos of his children, he has stepped out with Indio at several premieres — most recently in 2022 — and he's vocal about his adoration for allthree kids, whether in acceptance speeches or interviews.

When he won theOscarforBest Supporting Actor, he concluded his speech by dedicating the award to his children: "Avri, Exton, Indio, this one's for you."

As he celebrates his 61st year around the sun on April 4, 2026, see his most adorable moments as a father with his three children.

Carry On

Downey Jr. gave his son Indio, then 8, a kiss on the cheek as he carried him during the Silver Lining Benefit for the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic.

Baby Blue

The father and son matched in dark blue at the premiere ofAustin Powers in Goldmemberin Universal City, California.

Fedorable!

Indio met his father'sKiss Kiss Bang BangcostarVal Kilmerat the afterparty of the movie's premiere in L.A.

Premiere Plus-One

The two attended the premieres of several films starring Downey, likeThe Shaggy Dogin Los Angeles...

Walk with Me

...and theZodiacpremiere in Hollywood, California.

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Summer Break

They color-coordinated in graphic tees at Hollywood and Fashion Unite for the Kidstock Music and Art Festival in Beverly Hills, California.

Out for a Ball Game

Outside of films, the father-son duo also enjoyed sports together, and they watched the Lakers take on the Utah Jazz during a playoff game in 2008.

All Grown Up

Fourteen years later, Indio made his first red carpet appearance as an adult when he accompanied his father to the premiere ofSrin Hollywood, California.

Family Tree

Exton appeared inSr, a tribute documentary chronicling the life of Downey's father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

Going Bald

Avri and Exton helped their dad shave his head ahead of his role in HBO'sThe Sympathizer. The actor posted a rare video of his two youngest onInstagram, writing in the caption, "The things we do for our work… and our kids."

In the Zone

Clearly, Exton took his barbering duties very seriously.

Scorpio Season

Downey celebrated Susan's 52nd birthday and Avri's 12th birthday — which are two days apart — with arare photoof his daughter. "Scorpio girls rock," he declared in the caption.

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