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“Liberation Day,” as President Donald Trump calls it, has now arrived. April 2 was slated as the day when the administration’s large-scale tariffs on other countries would take effect. In response, many countries from Europe, to the Americas, to Asia are now looking to form new trade alliances to work around the United States. Trump is saying they’ll be back and that he intends to fight on the issue even if it takes all summer.
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Police officers in Rochester, NY are being accused of violating sanctuary city rules for helping border patrol agents. And now, border czar Tom Homan is weighing in behind the officers, saying “help is coming.” In other news, the White House just declared what it called “MAGA Madness.” It gave a nod to "March Madness" and the NCAA basketball tournament, but went further to declare the administration’s vision for the United States.
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President Donald Trump has now changed the election laws across the United States. The March 25 executive order includes changes such as proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections. Critics argue the order will have the effect of changing the process of how people register to vote and say it could disenfranchise voters. And already, there are groups saying they will challenge the election law changes in court.
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The latest political storm in Washington surrounds a Signal chat that included Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Their communications on plans to attack Houthi terrorists were leaked to the press, and it turned out that someone had inadvertently added a journalist to the secure chat. The incident has now turned into a debate on the security of government communications and whether laws could have been broken. But what’s being left out of the discussion is that Signal is actually approved for government and even some military communications.
Meanwhile, 23andMe is going bankrupt, and now there are warnings that the DNA data could get sold off.
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The attacks on Tesla are being taken seriously. The FBI has now reportedly launched a special task force looking into an anarchist group involved in the attacks. This follows public comments from President Donald Trump and recent arrests by the Justice Department, and could now be aimed at organizations behind the incidents. In other news, the DHS has revoked legal protections on another wave of illegal immigrants, this time it's those on parole.
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The actions of President Donald Trump have been regularly stalled or blocked by court actions. Many of these are in turn brought about by lawsuits from various agencies. And now, Trump is taking action to prevent attorneys and law firms from blocking the actions of the president.
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The Department of Education, as we knew it, has come to an end. President Trump has signed an executive order essentially dismantling the department and returning education back to the states to decide on. In other news, a new campaign to get heavy metals out of baby formula, and to make sure that formula is reliable and nutritious, has been launched by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He’s referring to this campaign as “Operation Stork Speed.”
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The campaign against Tesla as a form of protest against President Donald Trump is growing. Boycotts, incidents of arson, and vandalism are being reported in various parts of the United States and Europe, with some public figures also speaking out against the company. The attacks against the electric vehicle company are seen as an attempt to harm the interests of the company’s owner, Elon Musk, in retaliation for his role in the Trump administration. On the other side of the issue, Attorney General Pamela Bondi is now also saying the attacks could qualify as domestic terrorism.
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The United States’ manufacturing has been declining, and there’s now a push to bring it back. Vice President JD Vance recently spoke at the American Dynamism Summit about the unseen impacts of losing manufacturing, how this happened, and the emerging policies to restore it.
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President Donald Trump has declared that the presidential pardons issued under the Biden administration are now null and no longer in effect. He alleged that the documents had been signed with an autopen and that the former president was likely unaware of them. The move could clear the way for new criminal investigations.
Meanwhile, new polls on approval ratings are showing new records. Trump has matched his record high, while Democrats are showing record-low ratings. The polls suggest that a change in approach may be necessary for Democrats to win back voters in the midterm elections.
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Over 200 gang members from Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have been deported from the United States, and have now arrived at a prison in El Salvador. Videos were posted online showing the gang members being taken from the planes and sent to the country’s Terrorism Confinement Center. The deportation follows a recent action from President Donald Trump to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, where he declared an invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. Now, a legal battle is beginning as well, after a federal judge blocked Trump’s invocation of the act and also ordered the deportation of gang members to stop.
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The push for mass deportations could soon get the backing of a major order. President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. He discussed using this order when he was on the campaign trail, and it would give the president broad authority to deport noncitizens.
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The coordinated attacks being launched on Tesla are now being called acts of terrorism. This began with organized protests at Tesla dealerships. It then expanded to dozens of locations across the United States—and then began escalating into threats of violence, arson, and other actions targeting Tesla as a form of retaliation for Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration. Musk went public and alleged that the attacks were being coordinated by a group of far-left organizations and major left-wing figures. And now, the Trump administration is saying the attacks represent a form of domestic terrorism, which could result in criminal charges.
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A policy that could have brought an end to America’s suburbs has now been discarded. The zoning policy under the Obama administration, and later the Biden administration, created a type of equity program that localities had to follow. And the program has now been eliminated by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.
In other news, the Department of Homeland Security has repurposed the CBP One app that could formerly be used to schedule illegal entry into the United States. It has been relaunched for self-deportation.
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Cryptocurrencies could soon be part of the U.S. national strategic reserve. During a recent event, President Donald Trump announced his administration is exploring ways to do this through bitcoin.
The move follows another Trump order where he banned central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), or government-backed digital currencies. Both actions could represent a break of the United States from a global trend of mass surveillance in digital payments.
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President Donald Trump is expected to abolish the Department of Education. A draft of the executive order was detailed by several news outlets ahead of the expected announcement, and this also aligns with what Trump had promised early in his campaign. The plan is to have the school systems handled by the states, and not by the federal government.
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An anti-Trump resistance has formed within government agencies. A secret network of federal workers has organized to fight back against the Trump administration. The group is now working to form strategies and share information on encrypted apps. Alongside this, new U.S. intelligence shows that the Chinese regime is attempting to recruit disgruntled U.S. federal employees.
In other news, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Trump’s freeze on some USAID payments will have to go through. The denial of Trump’s attempts to block a lower court order could signal how other legal challenges over money heading to international programs may go.
- Visa fler
