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New York -- As the trade wars launched by US President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs that he says will free the US from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said he'll impose “reciprocal” tariffs to match the duties that other countries charge on US products. But a lot remains unknown about how these levies will actually be implemented. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Trump would unveil his plans to...

Democrats are acutely aware of their political problems.On Sunday, for example, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado told Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press”:The Democratic Party has lost touch with working people in our country, at a time when 50 years of trickle-down economics has meant that most Americans feel like, no matter how hard they work, their kids are not going to live a life better than the life they led.The Democratic Party brand, Bennet continued,is really problematic. And I think that it is a brand, with all respect to my colleague from California, that is associated with New York...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday signed a directive to scrap all remaining tariffs on imports from the US with immediate effect, in an apparent attempt to win a reprieve from the Trump administration’s levy of reciprocal duties expected to be announced Wednesday. The order was coordinated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister Nir Barkat, but is subject to final approval by the Knesset Finance Committee. In a letter sent on March 20 to Barkat and Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, Smotrich asked for the removal of tariffs on products from the US, mainly in the area of agriculture,...

President Donald Trump has warned British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that a free trade deal between the U.S. and the United Kingdom hinges on the UK addressing concerns over free speech. Trump is specifically citing the prosecution of a 62-year-old pro-life grandmother as a sticking point. The U.S. State Department said it is “closely monitoring” the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt, who faces trial for holding a sign outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth that read, “Here to talk if you want.” Trump’s administration has tied the resolution of Tossici-Bolt’s case to ongoing trade negotiations, with a source close to the...

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk on Tuesday called for the arrest of leaders of “fake” organizations that receive federal funds — saying they represent a politically connected “uniparty” that’s engaged in “money laundering” of taxpayer resources. The Department of Government Efficiency chief’s call for legal action comes as he spearheads efforts to trim annual federal spending by $1 trillion to halve the deficit. “With respect to the non-governmental organizations, these sort of fake NGOs, I think there needs to be a number of arrests,” Musk said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Five.” “These are fake charities [run by] mostly...

It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.The White House is preparing an estimate of what it would cost the federal government to control Greenland as a territory, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish island into actionable policy. While Trump’s demands elicited international outrage and a rebuke from Denmark, White House officials have in recent weeks taken steps to determine the financial ramifications of Greenland becoming...

Two of entertainment’s most famous brands, Fox and Disney, are parting ways in Century City.Walt Disney Co. acknowledged Tuesday that it will be vacating the storied Fox Studio Lot, where it has been the primary occupant since Disney bought most of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets in 2019. The $71.3-billion deal did not include the studio real estate. However, it featured a provision that Disney would move in as a tenant for at least seven years. Disney’s lease for space on Fox’s Pico Boulevard property in Los Angeles expires next March. The company has no plans to renew...

Republican candidates won both special House elections in Florida on Tuesday night, expanding the party’s slim majority in the lower chamber.According to The New York Times, Republican Jimmy Patronis is projected to defeat Democrat Gay Valimont in the Sunshine State’s 1st Congressional District. Located in the Florida Panhandle, the district’s residents overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The seat was left open following the resignation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who stepped down after being nominated by Trump to serve as attorney general. Gaetz ultimately withdrew his nomination to the position...

Wisconsin voters have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine the state’s voter ID requirement. The amendment passed with approximately 70% support, reflecting a broad consensus among Wisconsinites on the importance of safeguarding elections. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that on the ballot is Question 1, a critical referendum to amend the Wisconsin State Constitution to require VOTER ID — a commonsense measure backed by overwhelming majorities of Americans, yet fiercely opposed by the far Left and their media allies. A “yes” vote on Question 1 supports adding the voter ID requirement to the Wisconsin Constitution, reinforcing the current law....

Oliver Stone, whose controversial 1991 movie JFK posited the claim that the former president may have been assassinated as part of a possible CIA conspiracy, appeared on Capitol Hill this week to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. The hearing centered on the more than 2,000 files, a.k.a. the “JFK Files,” that President Trump released from the national archives last month via executive order. During congresswoman Boebert’s line of questioning, she asked Oliver Stone about a book he allegedly wrote that charged former President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) with...

Former hostage Eliya Cohen, who was abducted from the Nova music festival and held captive for 505 days, said in an interview aired Tuesday that Hamas-led terrorists killed another captive who tried to escape as they were being taken to Gaza on October 7, 2023. Speaking with Channel 12 news, Cohen also described the difficult conditions in captivity, saying that his captors drastically increased the amount of food he was given during his last weeks in the Gaza Strip after the gaunt appearance of hostages released before him sparked international outrage. Cohen was held captive with Eli Sharabi and Or...

Liberal candidate Susan Crawford defeated Elon Musk-backed conservative judge Brad Schimel to preserve a 4-3 liberal majority in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a contest that became the most expensive state Supreme Court race in the country’s history, with nearly $100 million spent on campaigning. Key Facts -The Associated Press called the Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Crawford at 10:16 p.m. ET. . -With 71% of the votes tallied, Crawford was leading with 55.7% of the vote, compared to Schimel’s 44.3%

One of the delights of the last couple of months has been watching the Democrats and their regime media adjuncts running their decades-old political playbook and seeing them completely outflanked by the Trump administration running its modern playbook. Check your calendars, guys. It’s 2025, and what used to work doesn’t work anymore. You guys haven’t changed, but we Republicans have. The fact that we are no longer reacting as you expect and demand us to, along with the revolution in media that has allowed us insurgents to evade the regime media gatekeepers, has made all your old go-to moves utterly...

Democrat Susan Crawford is the projected winner. Several counties in Wisconsin ran out of ballots during a highly contested state Supreme Court race. SEVEN voting sites had ZERO ballots due to “unprecedented turnout.” The GOP encouraged voters in Wisconsin to stay in line. ... Polls already closed in Wisconsin in the state Supreme Court race that pits Republican Brad Schimel against far left Democrat Susan Crawford. The race will decide the future of Wisconsin including election laws, voter ID laws, ballot drop boxes and the redistricting of the state’s eight US House seats. Currently, Republicans in Wisconsin hold a 6-2...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) abruptly canceled all votes for the remainder of the week, halting progress on critical conservative legislation—including the SAVE Act and measures to rein in rogue judicial activism—despite having full authority to keep the House in session. The move comes after a humiliating defeat on the House floor Tuesday when Johnson attempted to torpedo a controversial rule that would allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely. Luna, who’s been locking horns with Johnson over this, celebrated the outcome as a “historical day,” crowing that “parents deserve a voice in Washington.” Teaming up with Rep. Brittany...

Colorado Democrats are pushing House Bill 35-1513, one of the most extreme gender ideology bills in the nation. (Is anyone shocked?) Here's what's at stake if this bill, called the Kelly Loving Act, becomes law: "Deadnaming and Misgendering" as a discriminatory act Using people's biologically correct given names or accidentally using the wrong pronoun could now legally brand you a bigot: "Sections 8 and 9 define deadnaming and misgendering as discriminatory acts in the 'Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act,' and prohibit these discriminatory acts in places of public accommodation." Weaponizing custody battles Parents who refuse to affirm gender confusion could see their...

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of 160,000 men into the army, state media reported, marking the largest draft initiative in years, even as ceasefire talks with Ukraine continue under U.S. mediation. The timing and scale of the draft raise doubts about Russia's commitment to diplomacy. Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of using negotiations to delay while reinforcing its position on the battlefield, particularly in the Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would issue secondary tariffs on Russian oil if he believed Moscow was standing in the way of a peace...

Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (CA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced he is placing a hold on President Trump’s nominee for US Attorney in DC, Ed Martin. Ed Martin is currently the Acting US Attorney for DC and Trump recently announced he nominated him for a permanent position as one of the country’s top cops. Schiff said he is holding up Ed Martin’s nomination because he has “abused the power of the US Attorney’s office in DC” and used his office as a “cudgel to chill dissent…” In a statement released on Tuesday, Adam Schiff vowed to use...

Wisconsin Supreme Court AP logoestimates 0% of votes counted Candidate votes pct. Brad Schimel NP 6,397 60.4% Susan Crawford NP 4,198 39.6% Updated Apr 1, 2025, 8:12 PM

Istanbul mayor's arrest has triggered mass demonstrations.. Imamoglu was expected to challenge Erdogan in next election.. Biggest protests in more than a decade have hit markets.. ISTANBUL, - Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade. A letter from Imamoglu was read out at the rally to cheers from the crowd. "I have no fear, you are behind me and by my side. I have no fear because the nation is united. The nation...