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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanPutin tests Trump's patience
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Putin tests limits of Trumpโs patience in ceasefire talks President Trump is expressing increased frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose shifting demands in negotiations with Ukraine have drawn out ceasefire talks. Getty Putinโs demands on...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:
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News Wrap: Le Pen banned from public office in France after embezzlement conviction
In our news wrap Monday, a court in France found far-right politician Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement and barred her from running for office for the next five years, the Israeli military ordered sweeping evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and three U.S. have been found dead in Lithuania after four went missing during a training exercise.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump to make Middle East trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
President Trump said Monday that he will travel to the Middle East in the coming weeks for what is slated to be the first foreign trip of his second term. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with a possible stop in the United Arab Emirates....
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Top vaccine official sends warning
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Top FDA official's exit sends ripples through Washington Peter Marks, who led the Food and Drug Administrationโs Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) for nearly 10 years, submitted his resignation letter Friday. Greg Nash, The Hill...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump administration deports more immigrants to El Salvador amid battle with judiciary
The State Department deported more immigrants to El Salvador over the weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the removals a โsuccessful counter-terrorism operation.โ It comes after a federal judge had blocked the administration from invoking a rare wartime authority to deport hundreds of migrants without due process. William Brangham discussed more with Deborah Pearl-Stine.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump signs executive order targeting ticket scalping, reselling
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed to crack down on ticket scalping and resale practices, alongside rock star Kid Rock. The order will direct the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to enforce laws, in collaboration with state attorneys general, to prevent entertainers and fans from being overcharged and price...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Experts raise alarms about eliminating FEMA
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Experts raise alarms about eliminating FEMA Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemโs vow to โeliminateโ the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is raising alarm from experts on disaster assistance, who say it could leave communities at risk. Alex...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights deep political divides in battleground state
As President Trump escalates fights with federal judges, he's also bolstering a judicial candidate in the battleground state of Wisconsin. The loud and expensive race has become a fight over Trump's agenda and it's testing the limits of presidential advisor and billionaire Elon Musk's money and popularity. Deema Zein reports.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump's economic test
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump faces crucial week on the economy President Trump is entering a critical week for the economy amid growing fears that his penchant for tariffs could stall growth and undercut progress on inflation. AP Trump has...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Scientists sound alarm on Trump administration’s dismantling of research funding
The Trump administration is waging a โwholesale assault on U.S. scienceโ that threatens the countryโs health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence. That's according to an open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers. William Brangham discussed the letter with Dr. Steven Woolf, one of its authors.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump plans to launch more tariffs on April 2. Here’s what it could mean for you
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called April 2 โLiberation Day,โ with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Examining Trump’s claims that tariffs will revitalize American manufacturing
The impact of tariffs is starting to become real and more are on the way. One of the biggest questions around President Trump's approach is whether it can help revitalize American manufacturing. Economics correspondent Paul Solman breaks that down.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump welcomes idea of hypothetical run against Obama as he floats third term
President Trump on Monday welcomed the idea of a hypothetical election match-up with former President Obama in the event the two men were allowed to run for third terms, something that is prohibited by the Constitution. โI know itโs hypothetical right now, but if you're allowed for some reason to run for a third term,...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump eyes TikTok deal
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump expects TikTok 'deal' ahead of deadline President Trump indicated he expects to reach a deal on TikTok ahead of an April 5 deadline to begin enforcing a ban on the popular video-sharing app. Damian Dovarganes, Associated Press file When asked aboard Air Force One whether he...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trump sparks debate with third-term talk
President Trump canโt stop talking about the prospect of a third term. Trump over the weekend spoke at length in an interview with NBC News about the idea of pursuing a third term in office, saying โthere are methods which you could do it.โ While the idea was broached in an interview, it is at...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:The Memo: Trumpโs third-term suggestion alarms some Democrats while others roll their eyes
President Trump is leaving the door open to the idea of seeking a third term โ even though that door is apparently firmly closed by the Constitution. His suggestion is eliciting divergent reactions among Democrats and liberals. Some see the speculation over a third term as part of an ominous, autocratic push by the president....
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Election watchdog groups sue Trump administration over executive order, calling it unconstitutional
Mondayโs lawsuit marks the first major legal challenge to last week's executive order, which election lawyers have warned may violate the U.S. Constitution and asserts power they say the president does not have over an independent agency.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Why this young activist is risking his freedom to speak out against Turkey's president
Youth activist Enes Hocaoฤullarฤฑ is preparing for the possibility of arrest upon his return to Turkey, following his speech about the anti-government protests at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg, France.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:NASA astronauts speak after unexpected 9-month stay on the International Space Station
After returning home earlier this month, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke to the media about their extended nine-month stay on the International Space Station.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they take some responsibility for Starliner issues in 1st news conference back on Earth
Both astronauts said they would strap into Starliner again. โBecause we're going to rectify all the issues that we encountered. We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work,โ Wilmore said, adding he'd go back up โin a heartbeat.โ
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:White House says case ‘closed’ on Signal chat despite calls for investigations
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trumpโs confidence and that it was done discussing the embarrassing matter of senior officials communicating about plans for an airstrike on a commercial messaging app.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:LISTEN: Supreme Court weighs whether group affiliated with church should get tax exemption
The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Live results: Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
President Donald Trump's narrow win last year and a highly competitive 2023 state Supreme Court contest could foreshadow the possible paths to victory for this year's statewide campaigns.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Live results: Florida special elections to replace Gaetz and Waltz
Control of the U.S. House is not at stake, but the outcome of the special elections could give congressional Republicans some breathing room in the narrowly divided chamber.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Bondi instructs Justice Department to dismiss lawsuit challenging Georgia election law
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Massive earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
Myanmar was already one of the worldโs most challenging places for humanitarian organizations to operate because of civil war that displaced millions of people.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:WATCH: White House says Trump’s signing of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will be first Rose Garden event
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to place reciprocal tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners on Wednesday.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:U.S. airstrikes kill at least 3 around Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Houthis say
Suspected U.S. airstrikes have struck around Yemenโs rebel-held capital overnight into Monday morning.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Musk PAC spends big and goes door to door in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesdayโs outcome.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:4 things to know about Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement sentence and the political impact
French far-right leader Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office, a major political earthquake. The ruling, which takes effect immediately, is likely to bar her from running in Franceโs next presidential election.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Base’s anger puts Democratic Party leaders on shaky ground
The Democratic base is angry. Not just at Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the โMake America Great Againโ movement. Democrats are mad at their own leaders they view as outmatched and out of touch.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Israel tells Palestinians to evacuate Rafah amid new proposed hostage deal
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said "intense operations" were planned in the south of the enclave.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:IN PHOTOS | Celebrating Eid al-Fitr
Worshippers are marking the end of Ramadan with Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election
A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years with "immediate effect."
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Bodies of 15 aid workers recovered in Gaza; 1 still missing
Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defence and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand, though a ninth worker is still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said.
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