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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanLive updates: Trump to call into NewsNation town hall
President Trump is set to call into NewsNation's "Cuomo Town Hall" Wednesday night to mark his first 100 days in office. The town hall can be watched live above from 8 p.m. ET to 9:50 p.m. ET Trump's appearance will come after numerous polls in recent days have shown his approval ratings faltering. A DDHQ/NewsNation...
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Former AG Alberto Gonzales on the rule of law and Trump’s willingness to test its limits
Alberto Gonzales served stints as attorney general and White House counsel under the George W. Bush administration and is now the dean of Belmont Universityโs law school. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the rule of law and President Trumpโs apparent willingness to test its limits. It's part of our series, On Democracy.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Justices appear divided in Supreme Court case over publicly-funded religious schools
Oklahoma's charter school board approved the creation of a Catholic virtual school in 2023, establishing the nationโs first publicly-funded religious charter school. Oklahoma's Supreme Court blocked it, saying it violated the state constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case on Wednesday and John Yang discussed the arguments with News Hour Supreme Court analyst Marcia Coyle.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Sanders mocks Trumpโs crowd size at 100th-day event in Michigan
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday mocked President Trump over the crowd size at an event in Michigan celebrating his first 100 days in office the day prior. โCongratulations to President Trump for drawing 4,000 people last night to a rally Warren, MI. Keep it up,โ Sanders wrote in a post on the social platform...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Economists offer differing views on Trump’s tariffs and trade war
President Trump has made a bold gamble with a fundamental change in economic policy by launching tough tariffs. He argues they will revitalize manufacturing, reduce the national debt and grow the economy. Amna Nawaz has differing perspectives on Trump's claims from Oren Cass of the conservative think tank American Compass and economist Jason Furman, who served as an adviser under President Obama.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Big Tech's rocky 100 days
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump's first 100 days prove rocky for Big Tech The worldโs biggest tech firms have been left scrambling to adjust to the tumultuous first 100 days of President Trumpโs second term, despite their efforts to cozy up to the president and his tech-heavy administration. Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Sen. Slotkin says Democrats need to get ‘Alpha energy’ and fight for middle class
As Democrats grapple with President Trumpโs first 100 days in office, they also contend with a minority in both the House and Senate. Looking ahead at the long road to the 2026 midterm elections, some Democrats are hoping to shape the partyโs messaging and platform well before then. Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been laying out her strategy and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss it further.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:5 ways Trump reshaped energy and environment policy in his first 100 days
President Trump made โunleashing American energyโ a cornerstone of his platform on the campaign trail and a focus of the first 100 days of his second term. He has made his priorities in how to accomplish that goal clear, repeating a slogan of โdrill, baby, drillโ and making moves to boost fossil fuels while going after renewable...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:4 ways Trump has stunted abortion access
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story How abortion rights have been chipped away under Trump President Trump has gradually worn away at abortion access in the first 100 days of his second term. Greg Nash Trump committed to leaving decisions on abortion access...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump loses ground in Ohio, with 44 percent calling term 'worse than expected' so far: Survey
President Trump has lost some ground in Ohio, with 44 percent of respondents calling his second term โworse than expectedโ so far, according to a new survey. In the Bowling Green State University/YouGov survey of Ohio registered voters, 47 percent of respondents said that they either โstrongly approveโ or โsomewhat approveโ when it comes to...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Dems try to pin down Hegseth
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Dems try to pin down Hegseth House Armed Services Committee Democrats have attempted to hold Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accountable for numerous Pentagon scandals, but to no avail. AP During the Tuesday markup of the $150...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:A look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S. 50 years after the fall of Saigon
Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the unification of the country under Communist rule after decades of war. From the ashes, the U.S. and Vietnam now enjoy close relations, due in no small part to American veterans who sought to revive a country they once helped destroy. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:US, Ukraine sign mineral deal
The United States and Ukraine signed their long-awaited mineral deal on Wednesday according to the Treasury Department. โAs the President has said, the United States is committed to helping facilitate the end of this cruel and senseless war,โ Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement on the signing. โThis agreement signals clearly to...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Vance: Russia, Ukraine face 'very big gulf' in peace plan demands
Vice President Vance said Russia and Ukraine both face a โvery big gulfโ as the two countries make demands to negotiate to end the war. Vance sat for an interview with Fox News Digital, highlighting the Trump administrationโs foreign policy efforts and attempts to end the war. President Trump has sought to cease fighting and...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Meta executive apologizes after conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues over AI chatbot responses
A Meta executive apologized to lobbyist Robby Starbuck on behalf of the companyโs artificial intelligence (AI) engine spreading false information about the conservative activist known for his opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. โRobby โ I watched your video โ this is unacceptable. This is clearly not how our AI should operate. Weโre sorry for the...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Watch live: NewsNation's Cuomo hosts townhall with Trump, Stephen A. Smith
President Trump and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith are set to participate in a town hall Wednesday evening hosted by NewsNation's Chris Cuomo. The town hall comes a day after Trump marked his 100th day back in the Oval Office, will also feature other notable Republicans and Democrats, including former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly,...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, U.S. officials sign natural resources deal
Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Parts of Oklahoma and Texas see record rainfall after storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas Wednesday, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations, as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers in the dark.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump has reshaped these 3 major things in his first 100 days
In these past 100 days, Trump worked feverishly to rewrite American policy on immigration, dismantle and restructure many government institutions and exert an amount of executive power that is unprecedented in recent times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Why a woodpecker is breaking car mirrors in this small New England town
During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village of Rockport, Massachusetts, hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings. Now, theyโre slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How this ‘vessel of freedom’ in Oklahoma honors Vietnamese refugees who built new lives in America
A new art installation in the heart of Oklahoma Cityโs Asian District marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Shipments from China fall as Trump’s tariffs loom over economy
The presidentโs massive and unpredictable taxes on imports seems likely to mean emptier shelves and higher prices for American shoppers, perhaps within weeks.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Stocks sink after weak GDP report but storm back after inflation update
Much like its wild month of April, a scary Wednesday for Wall Street found a gentler ending as U.S. stocks stormed back from steep early losses to continue their manic swings amid uncertainty about what President Donald Trumpโs trade war will do to the economy.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trial begins for Australian woman charged with killing ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms
The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husbandโs parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hotel fire in eastern India kills at least 14 people
Police say a fire tore through a hotel in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing at least 14 people.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Whitmer dismisses risk of backlash from Democrats for greeting Trump in Michigan
Tuesday's encounter between the Republican president and the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate risked inviting a second round of backlash for Whitmer from her partyโs base.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Iran says it executed a man who was an Israeli intelligence source
Iran executed a man on Wednesday that it said worked for Israel's foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:‘The unthinkable was happening’: Weinstein accuser testifies at his rape retrial
A former TV production assistant has told a jury that Harvey Weinstein held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her after she told him no.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Weinstein accuser tells jury about alleged sexual assault: 'The unthinkable was happening'
Five years after she first told her story to a jury, a former TV production assistant testified anew Wednesday that Harvey Weinstein held her down and sexually assaulted her in 2006. She is the first of the former studio boss's accusers to testify at his rape retrial.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Judge releases Palestinian student at Columbia who was arrested at citizenship interview
A judge on Wednesday released Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who ledprotests against the warin Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:U.S. judge orders release of Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian arrested at citizenship interview
A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Through 100 days, Trump administration is keeping lawyers busy: Tracking the many court cases
Donald Trump's presidency is 100 days old on Wednesday, and its bold and often controversial moves have spawned over 200 lawsuits. Here's a look at some of the major themes and cases, with a looming question
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:China draws up list of U.S.-made goods exempt from 125% tariffs, sources say
China has created a listof U.S.-made products that would be exempted from its 125 per cent tariffs and is quietly notifying companies about the policy, twopeople familiar with the matter said.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says
About 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine out of a total deployment of 15,000, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump's plans to mine the deep ocean are untested and could cause environmental harm, say mining experts
A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.
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