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President Donald Trump addressed concerns about the rise in gas prices as Operation Epic Fury in Iran continues, stating that prices would come “tumbling down” after the United States leaves Iran. While taking questions after signing an executive order focused on election integrity, NewsNation White House Correspondent Libbey Dean asked Trump what the plan was to bring gas prices “back down.” “Mr. President, a couple of questions for you on Iran. The first one affects Americans here at home. Gas prices, today they hit $4,” a reporter said. “Four dollars, yeah, and we have a country that’s not going to…
Moscow has repeatedly described any unauthorized use of its immobilized funds as “theft” The European Commission has announced a new financial aid package for the cash-strapped Ukrainian government using the revenue generated by frozen Russian assets. The sum amounting to €1.4 billion ($1.63 billion) would largely be spent on covering Kiev’s debts to its Western backers, the statement said.Ukraine’s Western supporters froze roughly $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets after the escalation of the conflict in 2022. The majority is held at the Belgian-based Euroclear depository. In late 2023, the EU decided it could tap the annual revenues generated by…
Nicaraguan Catholics were once again prohibited from freely celebrating Holy Week this year after the communist regime, led by dictatorial husband-and-wife couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, banned all Catholic processions in the country for the third year in a row. Christians around the world are presently observing Holy Week to commemorate the Passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For the past few years, Ortega and Murillo have overseen a relentless persecution of Christians in Nicaragua and the systematic repression of the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. The dictators have enforced the unjust imprisonment and banishment of members of the clergy and…
The Phantom Softness in the Labor Market The Dallas Fed published an extraordinary update to its break-even employment framework on Tuesday, and the implications are even bigger than the authors realize. The new analysis—by economists Anton Cheremukhin, Daniel Wilson, and Xiaoqing Zhou—extends their earlier work, which used immigration court microdata obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. The data now run through December 2025, and they paint a picture that undercuts the idea that the labor market has been softening. The break-even rate of employment growth—the number of net new jobs needed each month to keep the unemployment rate constant—has…
Ahead of Easter, Vice President JD Vance announced a new book set for release in June, tracing his return to Christianity and conversion to Catholicism, following his bestselling 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Vance revealed the forthcoming book on Tuesday morning in a post on X: I’ve been writing this book for a long time, and I’m honored to finally be able to share the full story with you all. Communion is about my personal journey and how I found my way back to faith. It will be available in June, but you can pre-order today. According to the book’s description,…
Radio show host Scott Mills was reportedly investigated for “serious sexual offenses” against a teenage boy The BBC has been embroiled in yet another scandal involving child sexual abuse allegations against one of its top presenters.On Monday, the British state broadcaster confirmed that it fired the star of its Radio 2 breakfast show, Scott Mills, “following allegations about his personal conduct.” It did not elaborate further.According to Sky News, the BBC presenter was being probed over past allegations of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16 – the UK’s age of consent.The Metropolitan Police had initially launched an…
Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Monday that his country “experienced numerous cyberattacks” after his public offer to assist Israel in its conflict with Iran. Kainerugaba, who is the son of longtime Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, took to social media last week with a boisterous offer to join Uganda’s “brothers” in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Iran. According to Kainerugaba, an Ugandan brigade would be capable of capturing Tehran in less than two weeks. “We want the war in the Middle East to end now. The world is tired of it. But any talk of destroying or…
American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson was abducted in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday night. According to the U.S. State Department, a suspect detained by Iraqi authorities is linked to an Iran-backed Shiite militia called Kataib Hezbollah. The Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed that a foreign journalist was abducted on Tuesday, but did not officially reveal the identity of the victim. Two unnamed Iraqi security officials later told the Associated Press (AP) that the victim was a female United States citizen. Video of the abduction was caught by security cameras and quickly spread across social media. In the video, two men accost the…
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” political commentator Van Jones said President Donald Trump did not belong at the oral arguments in the Supreme Court birthright citizenship case. Jones said, “First of all, Donald Trump is doing the wrong thing at the wrong time in the wrong place for the wrong reason, as usual. The President of the United States has no business being in the Supreme Court. We have a separation of powers for a reason. It’s not just unprecedented, it’s unwise, it’s unbecoming, and it’s unfair for someone who appointed people to the bench to be sitting there mad dogging…
Some newly elected officials from the National Rally have begun their mandates by removing the bloc’s flags from town halls Paris has lashed out at right-wing mayors who have stripped European Union flags from town halls following their election wins. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has condemned the acts as a “betrayal,” framing them as an erosion of freedom and democracy.The controversy follows municipal elections last month in which Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (RN) won in dozens of small and mid-sized towns, more than tripling its mayoral and council positions since the last vote.In a symbolic gesture, some newly…