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The premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, has threatened the U.S. over Donald Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Canadian exports. After initially putting a hold on his planned tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Trump confirmed this week that he would move forward with plans to 25 percent tariffs on both countries until both countries agreed to his demands surrounding border security. In an interview on NBC News, Ford said he had never met a single American who supported the idea of tariffs, despite the fact that the majority of Americans voted for Donald Trump. Ford ranted: We are the largest...

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday that he had directed his crypto working group to “move forward” with establishing a Crypto Strategic Reserve, which would include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano. The announcement triggered a major rally in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin initially surged from around $85,000 to nearly $95,000 before stabilizing at approximately $93,000. Cardano and XRP also saw substantial gains, rising about 40% and 16%, respectively. Bitcoin at $500k? Standard Chartered’s Head of Digital Asset Research, Geoff Kendrick, noted the sharp fluctuations and reaffirmed his long-term bullish outlook on Bitcoin. He maintained his $500,000...

The 2025 Oscars brought in an impressive audience, though not as big as last year. The 97th annual Academy Awards scored 18.07 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, according to Nielsen figures. The show began airing on ABC at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, and was live-streamed on Hulu, though not Disney+ with Hulu. That’s down 7% from the 19.5 million total viewers brought in by the 2024 Oscars, and builds on the year-over-year viewership growth seen by the show. In 2023, the show scored 18.8 million viewers, while the 2022 show brought in 16.7 million viewers. The Conan O’Brien-hosted...

Still very few people know about this... In 2014, Senator Chris Murphy bragged about the United States successfully overthrowing Ukraine's government: "I think it was our role, including sanctions and threats of sanctions, that forced, in part, Yanukovych from office." "We have not sat on the sidelines. We have been very much involved. Members of the Senate have been there. Members of the State Department have been on the Square." "The Obama administration passed sanctions. The Senate was prepared to pass its own set of sanctions, and as I've said, I think that the clear position of the United States...

Today, years after Ashli was gunned down in the US Capitol, the Trump administration signaled that they will resolve this case for the family. Paul Bedard @SecretsBedard · Follow Justice signals settlement in $30M Ashli Babbitt ‘wrongful death’ suit brought by @JudicialWatch https://washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3335232/justice-signals-settlement-30m-ashli-babbitt-wrongful-death-suit/ via @dcexaminer

For some time, monthly consumer retail spending reports from the Census Bureau have had a touch of amazement about them. Many would strong economic growth would be spread close to evenly across each wealth class. However, according to a Moody’s Analytics analysis of Federal Reserve data, the bustling economy is not a story of all consumers spending shoulder-to-shoulder. Instead, according to The Wall Street Journal on Moody's numbers, the tale is of how statistical distributions are always critical in looking at data.The top 10% of earners — households making $250,000 a year or more — are responsible for 49.7% of...

Whiz kid offered Google job out of high school but got rejected by 16 colleges —now he’s suing for discrimination Out of the more than two million kids who take the SAT annually, he’s one of roughly 2,000 to score a 1590 or higher. His high school GPA was a 4.42 on a 4.0 scale. He even had an offer in hand to work a PhD level job at Google before graduating high school. Stanley, who intended to study computer science, also managed his own startup, e-document signature platform Rabbit-Sign, while still a high schooler. By anyone’s expectations the Palo...

The NATO split is deepening as Donald Trump accuses the UK-led 'coalition of the willing' of being weak for relying on an American backstop for peace. As bombs and drones rained down on Ukraine yesterday, Emmanuel Macron proposed a 30-day end to the fighting – but without any security guarantees for Kyiv. Britain and other allies gave the plan the cold shoulder, as the UK supports the Ukrainian position which is that any end to the war must be secured by an agreement which Russia will be too scared to break. European leaders were hoping a common policy on Ukraine...

Each year, tens of thousands of inmates in the U.S. are converting to Islam while incarcerated. The latest installment of the "CBS Mornings" series "The State of Spirituality with Lisa Ling" explores why the faith is connecting with so many behind bars. Converting to Islam in prison Most days, Rami Nsour heads to his local post office to find his mailbox stuffed with letters from incarcerated people from all over the country seeking his spiritual guidance and Islamic education resources. Nsour is the founding director of the Tayba Foundation, the first organization in the U.S. to offer a distance-learning program...

"Thousands of pages of documents." "I have the FBI going through them." "It's now in the possession of the FBI." "Kash is going to get me a detailed report as to why all these documents and evidence had been withheld."

What a difference twenty-four hours makes. Yesterday, President Donald Trump was walking back his recent criticisms of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, going as far as to say he could not believe that he had called Zelenskyy a “dictator.” Today, Trump held an acrimonious meeting with Zelenskyy that culminated in Ukrainian president being asked to leave the White House and a joint press conference being canceled. The Trump-Zelenskyy meeting before the press pool spray, which Vice President JD Vance joined, has no precedent. Heads of government generally do not bicker in front of the cameras. But in today’s meeting, Trump accused...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, a White House official, deepening the fissure that has opened between the two one-time allies."President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution," said the official on Monday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.The White House had no immediate comment on the scope and amount of aid...

Multimillion-dollar estates in the wealthy cliff-dwelling enclave of Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California are slowly sliding toward the ocean, yet they still carry hefty price tags. Almost 200 homes in the area are listed for sale, ranging from an $899,000 condo to a $22 million seven-bedroom mansion. However, most are not affected directly by the land movement, which is concentrated in an area called Portuguese Bend. "Portuguese Bend is clearly on borrowed time," says LAist. New aerial mapping showed the long-known and slow-moving landslides on the bluffs have sped up due to heavy rain in 2023 and early 2024,...

Ukraine’s 450-seat parliament – the Verkhovna Rada – released a statement on Monday evening saying that US President Donald Trump will play a key role in negotiating a peace deal between Kiev and Moscow. The public endorsement of Trump’s mediation efforts comes after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has refused to apologize for last week’s public spat with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the White House. In a statement on the parliamentary website, the MPs stressed the “decisive” role of American aid and said that the Rada “welcomes President Donald Trump’s initiatives to launch a negotiation process aimed at...

"Reasonable concerns have been raised about various aspects of Ms. Peters’ case. ... the exceptionally lengthy sentence imposed relative to the conduct at issue, the 1st Amendment implications of the trial court’s Oct 2024 assertions relating to Ms. Peters, & whether Colorado’s denial of bail pending appeal was arbitrary or unreasonable under the 8th and 14th Amendments Parallel to these .. DOJ is reviewing cases across the nation for abuses of the criminal justice process. See Attorney General Memorandum, Restoring the Integrity and Credibility of The Department of Justice (February 5, 2025). This review will include an evaluation of the...

HELL — Infernal sources have just confirmed that Satan has decided to join the communion of the Episcopal Church. According to Hell's spokesdemon, Satan had been attending ELCA and United Methodist churches for the past few years before deciding that the Episcopal Church was right for him. "The Devil just lines up theologically with everything the Episcopalians are preaching," said Junior Devil Shmerklwitz, who serves as Satan's media liaison. "He wasn't really convinced for many years, but one fire-and-brimstone sermon from a gay transwoman bishop on how circumcision was an Old Testament picture of gender transitioning young babies really changed...

Now that another Ramadan is upon us, it is important to remember that Ramadan is the month of jihad. https://www.memri.org/reports/ramadan-%E2%80%93-month-spirituality-devotion-jihad-and-martyrdom In keeping with the spirit of the season, I have decided to offer some inspirational statements from Muslim leaders, as quoted in my new book The History of Jihad. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682616592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520858729&sr=8-1&keywords=History+of+Jihad Today’s comes from a renowned Muslim leader, addressing a Christian emperor in a Pope-Francisy spirit of “interfaith dialogue”: "If you wish to live in peace…renounce your vain religion, in which you have been brought up since infancy. Renounce this Jesus and convert to the great God whom I serve, the...

Washington — Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a measure that sought to ban transgender girls and women from competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. The 51-45 vote fell short of the 60 required to advance the bill. Republicans, who control 53 seats in the upper chamber, needed at least seven Democrats to join them if all members were present and voting

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband, died Monday, March 3, according to the country star. He was 82. "Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," the "Jolene" singer wrote on social media. "Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy."

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~Happy Fat Tuesday!Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, is a festive day celebrated on March 4, 2025, marking the last day of the Carnival season before the start of Lent, a period of fasting and reflection in many Christian traditions. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession, the ritual burning of the previous year's Holy Week palms, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, as well as eating pancakes and other sweets.Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) dates back to an ancient...