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President Donald Trump addresses governors from across the country at the White House on Saturday, February 21. The president will address the gathered governors following the Supreme Court ruling against his implementation of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Trump has since enacted world-wide tariffs under different statutes, initially at 10 percent but then raised to 15 percent on Saturday. Read the full article here

Washington has been using trade talks to persuade New Delhi to give up on Russian supplies The US is in “active negotiations” with India, which it hopes to persuade to import oil from Venezuela instead of Russia, the American ambassador in New Delhi has said.The US issued licenses to two trading houses to distribute oil produced in Venezuela after kidnapping the Latin American nation’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, in early January and reaching a supply deal with interim president Delcy Rodriguez.Washington has been using the ongoing trade negotiations to persuade New Delhi to give up on Russian oil supplies. India and…

The British author T.H. White’s classic tales of King Arthur were collected as The Once and Future King, befitting Arthur’s legendary status as a warrior for good.  We can say the same of the American archbishop, Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979).  Today, when we are reminded that civilization is worth fighting for—and must be fought for—Sheen resonates.  In the middle of the last century, Sheen was America’s most prominent Catholic cleric.  On radio, in his syndicated column, on prime-time TV—he went head-to-head with Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra, garnering 30 million viewers—and in countless sermons and speeches, Sheen was everywhere; in…

The bureau reportedly plans to scrap interviews and writing tests for internal candidates amid staffing shortages The FBI is planning to make it easier for existing employees to become special agents by eliminating two long-standing vetting steps, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources. The change comes as Director Kash Patel seeks to reshape the bureau amid an agent shortage.According to the report, Patel is expected to remove requirements for staff already working for the agency to sit for a panel interview and complete a writing assessment. Instead, internal candidates who pass a written exam through an online portal will proceed…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused the left-wing UK government of blocking him from travelling to the Chagos Islands amid ongoing controversy surrounding the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Earlier this week a small cohort of Chagossians embarked on an attempt to resettle on the archipelago’s atolls in a bid to scupper the 2025 deal in which London agreed to hand over control of the territory to the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius. In stark contrast to the open borders approach to illegal migrants landing in Britain, the four Chagos Islanders, who landed on the territory on…

A memo by the Los Angeles Fire Department allegedly revealed plans to “protect” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass regarding her handling of the 2025 wildfires, according to a report. In a 13-page “confidential memo,” that was entitled “LAFD AARR: Strategic Response Plan,” it was revealed that the goal was to “prepare and protect Mayor Bass, the City, and the LAFD from reputational harm,” according to the Los Angeles Times (LA Times). The memo was released before an “after-action review report on the Palisades fire,” according to the outlet. “It’s our goal to prepare and protect Mayor Bass, the City, and…

Jared Isaacman has slammed the aerospace giant’s first crewed flight to the ISS, which left astronauts stranded for nine months NASA chief Jared Isaacman has slammed Boeing for failures that plagued the botched debut mission of its first crewed spaceship, Starliner, which left two astronauts stranded for nine months last year.A billionaire private astronaut and close associate of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Isaacman, who was appointed NASA administrator two months ago, also offered a blistering critique of the agency’s previous leadership, claiming that its decision-making risked creating “a culture incompatible with human spaceflight.” The remarks were made at a press…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia attacked Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones, killing one person in the Kyiv region, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said on Sunday. Another eight people, including a child, were rescued from under the rubble of destroyed buildings, the service said. The attack caused damage and fires to erupt in five districts in the suburbs of Kyiv. In the village of Putrivka in the Fastiv district, emergency first responders worked on saving people buried under debris. Russia also struck energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, resulting in significant fires, which were later extinguished, the emergency…

When Roe v. Wade was reversed, we celebrated in Louisiana. We are a state that has chosen life. We have elected leaders who believe children in the womb deserve protection, and our laws reflect that conviction. Abortion centers have closed. Our legislature classified abortion drugs as controlled substances. We have worked to build a culture that serves women and protects their babies. But while our laws changed, the abortion industry did not retreat. It adapted. And now we are fighting a new and far more chaotic battle: unmarked abortion drugs flooding into our state from places like California and New…

The IDF is reportedly preparing “unprecedented” strikes on Hezbollah and the Houthis Israel’s military is preparing to launch large-scale pre-emptive strikes on Iran-backed armed groups across the Middle East in order to prevent them from lending support to Tehran in any potential regional conflict, the Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Friday.Israeli military sources told the newspaper that West Jerusalem has engaged mediators to warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and armed factions in Iraq that any attack against Israel would be met with a “massive and unprecedented response.”The sources said that Israeli defense officials believe Tehran is…