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Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu | USA TODAY President Trump calls tariffs ‘medicine’ as stock market plunges President Donald Trump spent the weekend at a golf tournament in Florida as the stock market continued to plunge. WASHINGTON – White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett played down economic concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying the … Read more
Andrew Chung | Reuters Law banning gun sales for adults under 21 unconstitutional: Appeals court US Appeals Court rules federal law banning gun sales to adults under 21 unconstitutional, citing Second Amendment rights. Straight Arrow News The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a challenge to New York firearms restrictions adopted shortly after the justices struck down the … Read more
“Yeah, it’s just a stupid banana taped to a wall,” California artist Joe Morford said in his unsuccessful appeal. Duct-taped banana sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby’s ‘Comedian,’ a sculpture by the artist Maurizio Cattelan, consisting of a piece of duct tape and a banana stuck to a wall, has sold for $6.2 million at … Read more
RAMALLAH, April 6 (Reuters) – A Palestinian teenager with U.S. citizenship was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Palestinian officials said on Sunday, with the Israeli military saying it shot a “terrorist” who endangered civilians by hurling rocks. The incident is the latest in a surge of violence and … Read more
Ahmed Rasheed | Reuters AGHDAD, April 7 (Reuters) – Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately … Read more
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says ‘nobody’s texting war plans’ Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “nobody’s texting war plans” and pushed back against the characterization of the leaked information. WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress demanded answers from the Pentagon on reported book bans at the service’s elite academies, a new policy that is meant remove … Read more
Trump administration deports 17 to El Salvador CECOT prison The Trump administration sent 17 alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 members to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. A federal judge said the Trump administration confessed to a “grievous error” by mistakenly deporting a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran mega-prison, where the risk of his … Read more
Where does the money generated from tariffs go? The Trump administration predicts tariffs will generate billions of dollars, but where will that money go? WASHINGTON ― With the stock market poised to plummet further, President Donald Trump on Sunday night defended his massive tariffs that have rattled investors, telling reporters, “sometimes you have to take medicine … Read more
“I was receiving death threats for seeking the death penalty,” Trump’s attorney general said on Fox. Luigi Mangione to face the death penalty in alleged murder of CEO U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangione. WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pam Bondi said Sunday she … Read more
