Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Starving Gazans Ransack UN Food Storage Warehouse Where Israel Says Hamas Is Hoarding Supplies
Officials of the world body accuse Israel of starving the Strip’s residents, saying that food in Gaza has been drying up since the cease-fire collapsed.
Trump Imposes Across-the-Board 10 Percent Tariff as Well as Reciprocal Tariffs for Specific Nations
‘For nations that treat us badly … we will charge them approximately half of what they are and have been charging us,’ he said.
USDA Freezes Federal Funding to Maine After It Refuses To Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports
The department will ‘focus on a Department that is farmer-first and without a leftist social agenda,’ Trump’s agriculture secretary says.
Boston District Attorney, in Showdown With Trump Administration, Weighs Criminal Charges Against ICE Agent for Detaining Illegal Migrant
Who Needs Caitlin Clark? Women’s Final Four Is Packed With Intrigue
Columnists
Trump’s Tariffs Could Add to Prosperity — With Even More Tax Cuts
Liberal Critics, Echoing Reagan’s Insight That ‘Government Is the Problem,’ Decry Democrats’ Fondness for Regulation
As DOGE Exposes the Greatest Robbery in World History, Democrats React as If Elon Musk Is the Villain
Editorials
Opinion
Will Trump’s Tariff Diplomacy Usher In a New Golden Age?
Whatever Happened to Deciding Elections at the Ballot Box, Not in the Courtroom?
Amid Europe’s Push To Rearm, Would Italy — Home of Physicist Enrico Fermi — Revive Its Nuclear Weapons Program?
Monsieur Macron Takes a Page Out of Erdogan’s Book
National
Amazon Steps in With Last-Minute Bid To Acquire TikTok Ahead of Looming U.S. Ban
President Trump is weighing numerous proposals with key administration officials.
Maryland Legislature Expected To Pass Slavery Reparations Measure Despite State Budget Struggles
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland says the reparations bill is a priority this session.
California Lawmakers Block Ban on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports Amid Federal Funding Threats
Proposals to overturn the existing laws were sparked by Newsom’s recent comments.
Oliver Stone Calls on Congress To Reopen JFK Assassination Investigation
The filmmaker is, again, blaming American intelligence agencies for the 35th president’s death.
New Bill Would Allow Property Owners To Shoot Down Renegade Drones Over Private Property
The Defense Against Drones Act, nominally introduced to protect privacy, faces backlash from law enforcement and industry leaders.
Oliver Stone, After Release of New JFK Files, Set To Walk House Republicans Through His Own Theories
The three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker will testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
Foreign
Trump Reportedly Set To Meet Syrian Interim President Amid Israeli Concerns About Turkey’s Role in That Country
The Israeli air force consistently aims at targets across Syria, including the Palmyra base. The Turkish presence there ‘is a potential threat,’ an Israeli security official says.
With Court Decision Nearing on South Korean President’s Impeachment, Fears of Violent Demonstrations Prompt Warning From American Embassy
China and Russia, at odds with America on issues ranging from Ukraine to Taiwan, agree: They’ve put out similar warnings, with the Chinese reportedly telling its citizens not to ‘stay near, participate in or watch’ protests.
With the Value of Paper Currencies Collapsing, Low-on-Cash Brits Are Selling Their Gold Teeth To Make Ends Meet
Interest in gold — which is viewed as a safe haven asset and also a hedge against inflation — has skyrocketed amid increasing geopolitical and economic uncertainties.
A Rising French Politician Tells the Sun That Her Country Must Not Succumb to ‘Extremism’
Shannon Seban visits the Sun’s offices to urge resistance to both Marine Le Pen, on the right, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on the left.
By Attempting To Shift Focus to North Korea, China Looks To Woo Japan, South Korea as All Three Face American Tariff Pressures
It does not seem coincidental that Beijing is raising the idea of exerting pressure on North Korea to slow down if not abandon its nuclear program exactly when the Japanese and South Koreans would be most receptive.
Despite Public Outcry, Legal Guidelines Suggesting Harsher Jail Sentences for White Criminals Set To Take Effect in Britain
The Sentencing Council may, however, cave to the pressure and suspend the guidelines after previously refusing to do so.
Politics
Biden’s Top Aide Who Repeatedly Claimed the Mentally Declining Leader Was ‘Sharp as a Tack’ Is, in New Book, Finally Disclosing the Truth
Ron Klain’s comments are exposing his own charade to prop up the octogenarian president.
Republican Senators Join With Democrats To Try and Quash Trump’s Canada Tariffs
The president says that by working with Democrats, his fellow Republicans are playing into the hands of the drug cartels.
Trump Plans To Downgrade Elon Musk’s Role After Tesla Head Complained of ‘Great Difficulty’ Balancing Businesses: Report
The decision is framed as a mutual one, and the transition will likely happen at the end of May or early June.
Staffing Shortages Following Hochul’s Firing of 2,000 Corrections Officers Force New York To Release Inmates Early
‘In the litany of dumb ideas I’ve seen over the years, this one takes the cake,’ one state senator says.
Politico Rebuked for ‘Insufferable’ Prediction That Trump Will Lose Gen Z for Seeking Death Penalty Against Luigi Mangione
‘Highly recommend that whoever came up with this framing go outside and touch some grass,’ writes a senior advisor to the Republican National Committee.
Editorials
Opinion
Will Trump’s Tariff Diplomacy Usher In a New Golden Age?
Whatever Happened to Deciding Elections at the Ballot Box, Not in the Courtroom?
Amid Europe’s Push To Rearm, Would Italy — Home of Physicist Enrico Fermi — Revive Its Nuclear Weapons Program?
Monsieur Macron Takes a Page Out of Erdogan’s Book
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Biden’s Top Aide Who Repeatedly Claimed the Mentally Declining Leader Was ‘Sharp as a Tack’ Is, in New Book, Finally Disclosing the Truth
Trump Plans To Downgrade Elon Musk’s Role After Tesla Head Complained of ‘Great Difficulty’ Balancing Businesses: Report
Pam Bondi Could Release Files on ‘Potential Misconduct’ by Jack Smith in His Prosecutions of President Trump
Two Cheers for Elon Musk
Trump Imposes Across-the-Board 10 Percent Tariff as Well as Reciprocal Tariffs for Specific Nations
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