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Great Lakes region loses power due to freezing rain while Tennessee braces for high winds
Freezing rain brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region, while forecasters said severe weather was on its way to Tennessee.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Musk: Wisconsin Supreme Court race 'might decide the future of America and Western Civilization'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday stressed the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, saying it could determine โthe future of America and Western Civilization.โ Musk reposted a report from a right-wing social media account suggesting if Democrats win the Supreme Court seat, they would โredraw up districts and add seats for Democrats.โ โ1000%,โ...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump calls 'never ending' Signal leak story 'old and boring,' blasts media
President Trump slammed the media for its โnever-endingโ coverage of the Signal group chat leak, calling it โold and boring.โ In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump praised Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after he pushed back on NBC host Kristen Welker over the matter. โA GREAT...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jacksonโs home in Tennessee. President Trump announced Sunday that, after consulting with the Executive Residence Staff and the National Park Service, the administration has decided to replace the tree, saying it...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s steep tariffs on imported vehicles may affect car prices and the auto industry
Some car buyers have been rushing to showrooms across the country this weekend, as automakers brace for Trumpโs 25 percent tariffs on vehicles and auto parts made outside the United States. The tariffs kick in on Thursday and could raise some car prices by thousands of dollars. Business journalist and author Micheline Maynard joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about a third term as president
In our news wrap Sunday, Trump said he is considering a third term despite the Constitution banning it, the growing Texas measles outbreak is sparking concern in Washington and putting a spotlight on RFK Jr., crews are fighting to contain wildfires in the Carolinas, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas hit another roadblock, and actor Richard Chamberlain has died at age 90.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Aid group describes unfolding crisis in Southeast Asia after deadly earthquake
A new 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattled survivors of Fridayโs devastating earthquake as rescuers worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble in Myanmarโs second-largest city. In neighboring Thailand, more bodies were pulled from a collapsed building in Bangkok. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Jeremy Stoner of Save the Children about the effects of the quake in Thailand and Myanmar.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:New Mexico GOP says its office was damaged in 'deliberate act of arson'
The Republican Party of New Mexico said its office in Albuquerque was damaged in a โdeliberate act of arson.โ The organization said in a statement that someone had spray-painted the words โICE=KKKโ on the outside of its headquarters, calling it a โhorrific attackโ that was โfueled by hatred and intoleranceโ that was directed toward the...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How journalist Masih Alinejad survived multiple assassination plots by Iran
Earlier this month, two men were convicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and womenโs rights activist living in New York. Her attempted assassination was orchestrated by the Iranian government, part of more than a decade of violent plots targeting its critics abroad. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Alinejad about how she sees these times in the U.S. and Iran.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:The history and symbolism of Washington’s iconic cherry blossoms
The Tidal Basin, the entry point to Washington, D.C. and home to the Jefferson Memorial, is at its most colorful and vibrant this weekend. The cityโs historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa Desjardins has more on the history and symbolism behind these national treasures.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-Danish leader: 'Nothing is stopping the Americans' from having more bases in Greenland
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing thatโs stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territoryโs fight to not be acquired by the U.S. Thorning-Schmidt joined CNN on Sunday, where she was asked about what the Trump administration wants from Greenland, the land owned by Denmark. โThere...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-British ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs
Former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take a robust stance against President Trumpโs threats of retaliatory tariffs, saying the U.K. should avoid giving Trump โwins.โ Darroch โ who famously called Trump โineptโ and โdysfunctionalโ as ambassador during Trumpโs first term โ warned that conceding...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election
Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Floridaโs 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump won by more than 30 points in November. Trump called into two tele-town halls for state Sen. Randy Fine (R) in an effort to drive out...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Burgum says 'they certainly have room for' Trumpโs face on Mount Rushmore
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he โcertainlyโ believes that thereโs enough room on Mount Rushmore for President Trumpโs face. Burgum joined Trumpโs daughter-in-law and new Fox News host Lara Trump for an interview that aired on her show โMy View with Lara Trumpโ on Saturday. His appearance came just days after President Trump signed an...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:5.1 magnitude aftershock rattles Myanmar as residents struggle to clear rubble
The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days after a massive earthquake struck that killed more than 1,600 people and left countless others buried.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Goldberg on risk of legal action from Trump administration: 'I donโt get bullied'
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlanticโs editor in chief, brushed off the risk of a legal threat from the Trump administration after he reported on a Signal group chat featuring top Trump administration officials. โJeffrey, I don't have to tell you this, the administration has taken legal action against news organizations,โ NBC Newsโs Kristen Welker said Sunday...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Iran rejects direct nuclear negotiations with the U.S. in response to Trump’s letter
President Masoud Pezeshkiansaid that Iran's response, delivered via the sultanate of Oman, left open the possibility of indirect negotiations with Washington. However, such talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump says he's seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term, despite constitutional limit
The 22nd Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times in a row, says "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Despite constitutional limit, Trump says he's seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term
The 22nd Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times in a row, says "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Warner: 'No question' information shared in Signal chat was 'classified'
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there is โno questionโ that the information shared on the Signal group chat with high-level defense officials was classified. โAbsolutely,โ Warner said in an interview on ABC Newsโs โThis Weekโ when asked whether the information in the group chat, which inadvertently included The...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Former Trump intel official says 'risk of loss' from Signal could have been 'profound' ย
Sue Gordon, the former deputy director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said the โrisk of lossโ from the Signal group chat could have been โprofound.โ Gordon joined CBS Newsโs โFace the Nationโ on Sunday, where she was asked to weigh in on top Trump administration officials using the app to coordinate its...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:What happens to health research when ‘women’ and ‘diversity’ are banned words?
Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimerโs care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks โ all because they focus on gender.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Gabbard, Ratcliffe 'lied repeatedly' about Signal chat messages, Bennet says
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said on Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe โlied repeatedlyโ about messages in a Signal group chat in which top members of the Trump administration discussed an attack on Yemen. โIntelligence officials told your committee this week that no classified information was shared. Do...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Stefanik predicts new Columbia leader 'won't last' because 'they still don't get it'
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) predicted on Sunday the new acting president of Columbia University โwonโt lastโ after the prestigious institution lost its second leader in recent months to scrutiny of its handling of pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism on campus. Columbiaโs former interim president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned Friday amid a tussle with the Trump administration over...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Turkeyโs cautionary tale: The fall of the courts is the fall of freedomย
Turkey's descent into authoritarianism began with judicial independence being dismantled, and now Erdogan has arrested his most formidable political rival, leading to mass protests and a warning to other democracies about the dangers of democratic backsliding.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Russian drone attack kills 2 in Ukraine; Trump 'angry' at Putin over Zelenskyy comments
Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping centre and apartment blocks in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump says he's 'not joking' about a possible third term
President Trump said Sunday heโs โnot jokingโ about serving a possible third term, marking the second time in less than three weeks that he's floated the idea. โI'm hearing โ you don't sound like you're joking. I've heard you joke about this a number of times,โ NBC Newsโs Kristen Welker said during a phone call with the president, discussing a third...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Actor Richard Chamberlain, who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare’ and ‘Centennial,’ dies at 90
Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Medical supplies in great need as international aid flows into Myanmar after deadly quake
Emergency aid has streamed into Southeast Asia in the two days since a massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand. Relief efforts are focused on Myanmar, where the estimated death toll rose to 1,644 by Sunday afternoon.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza’s bakeries on the brink of shutting down under Israel’s blockade of all food and supplies
For four weeks, Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for the Gaza Stripโs population of more than 2 million Palestinians. Itโs the longest blockade yet ofIsraelโs 17-month-old campaign against Hamas, with no sign of it ending.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump says military force not off the table for Greenland after Danish FM’s scolding remarks
The Danish foreign minister on Saturday scolded the Trump administration for its โtoneโ in criticizing Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already investing more into Arctic security and remains open to more cooperation with the U.S.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Protests against Elon Musk’s role in Trump administration swarm Tesla showrooms
Protesters against billionaire Elon Muskโs purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the worldโs richest man.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:A U.S. brain drain could be Canada's brain gain
Over the last few months, academics and scientists in the U.S. have been scrambling to keep their footing on swiftly eroding ground, amid massive Donald Trump-ordered funding cuts and new restrictions.But although a weakening of the American scientific community has far-reaching impacts on the global academic landscape, experts say one side effect could be top talent from the U.S. making the move to Canada โ something...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:In France's southern wine region,ย Trump's tariff threats are already killing business
European winemakers are losing business even before U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new tariffs.His threat of a 200 per cent markup has scared away U.S. importers.
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