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World & Nation
Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions, Tariffs
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened Russia with "large scale"
sanctions and tariffs until a peace agreement is reached with Ukraine.
"Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the
battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking
Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and
FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED," Trump posted on Truth
Social. "To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it
is too late. Thank you!!!"
Trump's warnings came after he suspended all military aid and
intelligence sharing channels this week after a contentious meeting at
the Oval Office last Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy.
Trump Says He Sent Letter to Iran Leader to Negotiate Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump said he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with
Iran and sent a letter to its leadership on Thursday saying he hoped
they would agree to talk.
"I said I hope you're going to negotiate, because it's going to be a
lot better for Iran," Trump said in the interview with Fox Business
Network broadcast Friday.
"I think they want to get that letter. The other alternative is we have
to do something, because you can't let another nuclear weapon."
US yanks first visa of foreign student linked to ‘Hamas-supporting disruptions’ on college campus
The State Department has yanked the first visa of a foreign student
linked to “Hamas-supporting disruptions” after President Trump vowed to
crack down on those involved in anti-Israel protests on college
campuses.
“We revoked the first visa of an alien who was previously cited for
criminal behavior in connection with Hamas-supporting disruptions,” a
State Department spokesperson said in a Thursday statement first
obtained by Fox News.
“This individual was a university student. [Immigration and Customs
Enforcement] will proceed with removing this person from the country.”
The State Department has revoked the first visa of foreign student linked to "Hamas-supporting disruptions."
US attorney tells Georgetown law he won’t hire from any school with DEI
A Donald Trump-appointed US attorney has told one of the country’s top
law schools to immediately end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts,
warning that his justice department office will not hire students or
other affiliates associated with a university that utilizes DEI.
In an extraordinary letter sent to the dean of Georgetown law school,
the recently appointed interim US attorney for the District of
Columbia, Ed Martin, said he was investigating the academic institution
after it had come to his “attention reliably” that they were teaching
and promoting DEI.
“This is unacceptable,” wrote Martin, in a letter re-sent this week
after the original sent in February was misaddressed, according to the
Washington Post.
“At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows
program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a
student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to
teach and utilize DEI will be considered.”
Tim Walz stumped with blank stare when questioned on who leads the Democratic Party
Failed vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was left visibly stumped when asked who is in charge of the Democrats.
The Minnesota governor appeared to struggle when CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked
bluntly: “Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is right
now?”
Walz, 60, went silent and stared blankly ahead for several seconds
before bumbling with a small laugh: “I think the voting public, right
now, is what I would say.”
“We’re not going to have a charismatic leader ride in and save us from this,” he conceded of his struggling party.
Russia attack prompts swift NATO action as Putin targets key infrastructure
NATO was compelled to deploy its warplanes over Poland in response to a
massive Russian missile and drone assault on Ukraine's gas and energy
infrastructure. Vladimir Putin launched a devastating attack using
Tu-95MS strategic bombers from an Arctic airbase, striking civilian
targets across Ukraine.
This escalation came mere hours after Donald Trump claimed that Putin -
with whom an insider claims he has built a "friendship" - wanted to end
the conflict, citing a secret reason known only to the US president
that left Putin with "no choice."
However, Russia instead intensified its aggression, unleashing a
barrage of Kalibr and Kh-101 missiles from ships and strategic bombers,
according to unofficial sources.
The attacks ravaged cities and regions across Ukraine, with a gas
pipeline in Ternopil erupting in a massive explosion after a missile
strike, sending towering flames into the night sky.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy Calls for Air, Sea Truce
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a truce in the air
and at sea, as well as additional pressure on Russia, after a massive
attack overnight that hit Ukrainian gas infrastructure.
"The first steps to establishing real peace should be forcing the sole
source of this war, Russia, to stop such attacks," Zelenskyy said on
the Telegram app.
Judge deciding whether to let charges drop against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is about to get key advice
A former U.S. solicitor general who was brought in to help a federal
judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop
corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to
submit written arguments Friday.
Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan appointed Paul Clement, who was solicitor
general under President George W. Bush, two weeks ago to present
arguments on the government’s request.
Ho said the appointment was necessary so he could reach a decision “via
an adversarial process” after Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil
Bove defended the request at a hearing, saying they came too close to
Adams’ reelection campaign and would distract the mayor from assisting
the Trump administration’s law-and-order priorities.
Justin Trudeau in tears after humiliating battle with Trump
Justin Trudeau was in tears during a press conference Thursday after
Donald Trump spent the week tormenting him with a tariff war in his
waning days as prime minister.
The U.S. imposed 25 percent tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico
and Canada rocketing the country into a trade war on Tuesday.
But just days later, Trump reversed his economic slap down saying that
goods that are compliant with the North American free trade agreement
with not be tariffed until April 2 and are apparently considering a
similar carve out for Canada.
Trump has been mocking Trudeau for months, threatening to annex Canada
as the 51st state and referring to the prime minister as 'Governor
Trudeau.'
US Energy Chief Will Seek $20B to Refill Oil Reserve
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he plans to ask Congress for up
to $20 billion to replenish the nation's oil reserves to maximum
capacity, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, created after the Arab oil embargo in
the 1970s, has a maximum capacity of 714 million barrels. However, the
Biden administration depleted the reserve to 395 million barrels.
Wright aims to restore holdings "just close to the top," an effort that
would take years, he told Bloomberg. It would also fulfill a pledge
made by President Donald Trump during his inaugural address to protect
the U.S. from future disruptions to the crude supply.
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s
unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The
president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White
House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and
listening to a litany of attacks from the richest man in the world.
Seated diagonally opposite, across the elliptical mahogany table, Elon
Musk was letting Mr. Rubio have it, accusing him of failing to slash
his staff.
You have fired “nobody,” Mr. Musk told Mr. Rubio, then scornfully added
that perhaps the only person he had fired was a staff member from his
Department of Government Efficiency.
Mr. Rubio had been privately furious with Mr. Musk for weeks, ever
since his DOGE team effectively shuttered an entire agency that was
supposedly under Mr. Rubio’s control: the United States Agency for
International Development. But, in the extraordinary cabinet meeting in
front of the president and around 20 others — details of which have not
been reported before — Mr. Rubio got his grievances off his chest.
Mr. Musk was not being truthful, Mr. Rubio said. What about the more
than 1,500 State Department officials who took early retirement in
buyouts? Didn’t they count as layoffs? He asked, sarcastically, whether
Mr. Musk wanted him to rehire all those people just so he could make a
show of firing them again. Then he laid out his detailed plans for
reorganizing the State Department.
Broke Hunter Biden is a grifter who’s run out of grifts
Spare a thought for Hunter Biden, the grifter who’s run out of grifts.
In a court filing, Hunter claims he’s “millions of dollars” in debt —
so broke, he can’t afford to keep pursuing his lawsuit against Garrett
Ziegler for putting much of the content of his infamous laptop on the
internet.
Part of Hunter’s woes came from the LA fires torching his rental home,
but the far bigger issue is that his income has slowed to a trickle.
Congress needs to help Trump scrap Education Dept.— AND its harmful programs
President Donald Trump’s order to begin dismantling the US Department
of Education, which he’s expected to sign this week, is a welcome step
toward shrinking government and shedding woke policies.
Yet it’s just a step: He’ll need Congress to fully scrap the agency.
And to rethink (or end!) programs that now automatically shovel out cash to benefit blue states and teachers unions.
Recall that the DOE was born of a crass political bargain: Back in
1976, the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education
Association, offered its endorsement to obscure presidential hopeful
Jimmy Carter if he agreed to push one through.
