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A year ago Thursday, President Trump raised the average effective tariff rate to 22.5%, and proclaimed April 2 “Liberation Day,” which would “forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn.” Financial markets convulsed. Within a week, the president began suspending and modifying his tariffs. By the time the Supreme Court ruled that tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unlawful, the average effective rate had fallen to 11.6%, still higher than at any point between World War II and Liberation Day. Convinced that his tariffs were “quickly building the greatest economy in the history of...

A new law requires new cars to include some rear seating, so to speak, for Big Brother. According to reports such as this one in Blaze Media, the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires that: “Car manufacturers will need to comply with new AI tracking technology requirements by the end of the year. The add-ons will place cameras pointed directly at the driver's face to monitor eye movements, among other bodily functions.” The bill is ostensibly intended to "ensure the prevention of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities” via advanced prevention technology that "must be standard equipment in all new passenger motor...

Should the US decide to send in military forces to secure Iran’s uranium stockpile, it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers, according to experts and former government officials. US President Donald Trump has offered shifting reasons for the war in Iran but has consistently said a primary objective is ensuring the country will "never have a nuclear weapon." Less clear is how far he is willing to go to seize Iran’s nuclear material. Given the risks of inserting as many as 1,000 specially trained forces into a war zone to remove the...

Iranian authorities Thursday executed a teenager convicted over January protests after a fast-track trial rights groups labelled as "grossly unfair", as the country ramps up executions during the war with the US and Israel. Amir Hossein Hatami, 18, was sentenced to death in February along with six others by a Tehran revolutionary court and was hanged at dawn in the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison outside the capital, according to Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website said he acted "against national security" on behalf of Israel and the United States by breaking into "a military center...

As we enter the Sacred Triduum, Hollywood is celebrating Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), if not always the underlying message contained on those two ancient stone tablets Moses received at Mount Sinai c. 1446 BC. The American biblical epic, starring Charleton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Ramses II, was a filmmaking masterpiece three years in the making. Narrated by DeMille himself, it tells the story of Moses as an infant, as related in Exodus 2:5, rescued by Pharoah’s daughter, played by Nina Foch, who, discovering the crying babe lying in a papyrus basket in the...

河合ゆうすけ【戸田市議選歴代最多得票トップ当選】1st@migikatakawaiTranslated from JapaneseTo Everyone Around the WorldIf you follow me on X, you can enjoy watching the antics of illegal foreigners running wild in Japan. That's because I'm the politician who does the most awareness-raising activities in Japan about illegal foreigners.Please feel free to tell me about the situation with illegal foreigners in your country as well. April 1, 2026河合ゆうすけ【戸田市議選歴代最多得票トップ当選】1st@migikatakawai·16hTranslated from JapaneseTo Everyone Around the WorldIf you follow me on X, you can enjoy watching the antics of illegal foreigners running wild in Japan. That's because I'm the politician who does the most awareness-raising activities in Japan about illegal foreigners.Please...

An unfathomable amount of child sexual abuse material pollutes the internet. INHOPE, an international hotline network, processed nearly 2.5 million online records of suspected materials in 2024. The Netherlands and the United States hosted the most web addresses distributing this material. Eko (last name withheld) works with Offlimits, a Dutch nonprofit that combats online child abuse. Offlimits operates a hotline where the public can report web addresses where they’ve encountered an image or video of abuse. The short film above, “10 Reports in 10 Minutes,” follows Eko as he works through a series of incoming reports, describing out loud what...

The ongoing confrontation between Hizbullah and Israel, which began on March 1, has highlighted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s pivotal role. This role is evident through the restructuring of the group's military apparatus, its influence over war decisions, and coordination of missile operations. With more than 100 officers present in Lebanon, the IRGC is currently exercising direct control over Hizbullah’s strategic military decisions. These officers simultaneously manage the group's military operations and coordinate missile attacks between southern Lebanon and the Iranian regime. After Hizbullah’s crushing defeat by Israel in 2024, IRGC officers rebuilt the command structure, trained new fighters,...

Illegal immigrants will no longer receive in-state tuition at Kentucky’s public colleges after a federal judge ruled the policy violated U.S. law and permanently blocked its enforcement. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, hands a win to the Trump administration and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman after they challenged the policy as giving benefits to those in the country illegally that federal law does not allow. The decision forces Kentucky’s higher education system to end the discounted rates after a months-long legal fight. The lawsuit argued the policy violated federal law, which states that, "an...

3 minute video clip at the link:Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller says it PERFECTLY after a fake "asylum seeker" in Mexico says they're just waiting for Trump to LEAVE OFFICE before storming the border"We’re just waiting for that president to go."MILLER: "Everyone involved in the asylum system knows and understands the claims are all FAKE: the aliens who make them, the free NGO lawyers who file them, the judges who hear them, the federal officers who process them.""Everyone. Everyone knows the real reason these migrants come. Even a small amount of US welfare is 10x what they would earn in...

On Tuesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough blithely delivered his legal judgment on potential U.S. strikes against Iranian infrastructure, declaring: “that’s a war crime, by the way.” The remark came after a clip of NBC correspondent Garrett Haake pressing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on President Trump’s warning that Iran should make a deal or face overwhelming U.S. military force. HAAKE: “Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the U.S. military?” LEAVITT: “...the United States Armed Forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination, and the president is not afraid to use them.” Co-host...

🚨 BREAKING: The "experts" are in a state of SHOCK after local news is forced to report rent prices are PLUMMETING in Arizona Apartments are even offering up to 3 MONTHS FREE Glendale: -8.3% Tempe: -7.6% Chandler: -6.4% Scottsdale: -4.6% Phoenix: -3.2% We voted for this! 🇺🇸

Explanation: We are one small step closer to returning to the Moon. A new chapter in human exploration began yesterday when NASA's Artemis II launched aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) from Kennedy Space Center. Carrying four astronauts, the Orion spacecraft's planned lunar flyby will be the first in over half a century. This historic test flight, echoing the legacy of Apollo while pushing beyond it, will carry its crew farther from Earth than any humans since 1972, looping around the Moon before returning home. During the approximately ten-day journey, Orion's systems--from life support to navigation--will be tested in deep...

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the U.S. after using an app expanded by the Biden administration to schedule appointments with immigration officials. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ordered the administration to reverse its move last year to revoke the legal status of migrants who used the CBP One app. The app was used under former President Joe Biden starting in 2023 to address the crisis at the border by allowing some migrants to make appointments to...

Elon Musk's Japanese version of X continues to win fans as Americans and the Japanese trade humor and memes:https://x.com/hirahira22222/status/2039029890432033171 Reasonable Man 🇺🇸@GoodAmericanMan·Mar 31We should give nuclear weapons to Japan. ベーコンTempたまご@hirahira22222Translated from JapaneseIt arrived twice, but the shipping method is way too American.Next time, pack it carefully, alright?ransomnote: Elon Musk retweeted this exchange and called it a 'Banger'. @GoodAmericanMan praised Elon for bridging the gap between America and Japan. Reasonable Man 🇺🇸 @GoodAmericanMan · Apr 1Great job man 🔥It's been an honor and a privilege interacting with Japanese users on this website, thank you Elon and team for bridging the gap...

The FBI arrested a married couple Thursday accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for $7.45 million while running a hospice with a survival rate reported to be more than 97% after five years. They were the first in a series of arrests planned Thursday, federal officials told CBS News. A high survival rate at a hospice provider is one of a series of red flags identified by state auditors for fraud because most people enter hospice care in the final stages of a terminal illness. In past cases of fraud, operators were found to be using false or stolen identities to...

Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to “monitor transit” through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported Thursday morning, citing an official.Tanker traffic through the key oil-shipping route “should be supervised and coordinated” with the two countries, said Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister of legal and international affairs, according to a translation of IRNA’s report.“Of course, these requirements will not mean restrictions, but rather to facilitate and ensure safe passage and provide better services to ships that pass through this route,” Gharibabadi reportedly said.U.S. stock indexes, which were trading sharply lower Thursday morning after President...

ALBANY– Gov. Kathy Hochul is quietly negotiating a possible deal with one of New York’s top labor leaders to allow public workers from teachers to nurses hired after 2014 to retire at 55, sources said. The age is currently 62 for those hired in the past 14 years. The potential fat pork deal pact would involve more than a billion dollars in sweetening pensions for the unionized public employees. Legislative leaders are being kept in the wings of the talks – which could be wed into the state budget package and lead to taxpayers footing billions – with Hochul dealing...

Giuliani claimed Muslims 'wanna take over' Britain and called the Quran a 'cult of death' on Piers Morgan's showfacebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonmessenger sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing button Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, has said that the king of England might be a Muslim and that Muslims "wanna take over" Britain, calling the Quran a "cult of death". Giuliani made the outburst in an interview on British journalist Piers Morgan's YouTube show on Monday, while arguing in favour of the US-Israeli war on Iran. "I have...

The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has launched an interactive online tool tracking knife attacks across Berlin, as the party seeks to make rising violent crime a central issue in the city’s election campaign. The so-called “knife app” provides a detailed overview of incidents reported by police over the past 30 days, including an interactive map showing where attacks occurred, the number of injuries, and comparisons with official police crime statistics (PKS). AfD leader Kristin Brinker accused the ruling CDU-SPD coalition of failing to provide sufficient transparency on violent crime, arguing that public concern over safety has grown. Domestic policy spokesman...