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Fifty-six percent of likely voters say it is “very important” to deport migrant criminals while just five percent say it is “not at all important,” according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. The  April 15-17 poll also showed that Democratic voters mirror the lopsided eleven-to-one national result. Forty-three percent of Democrats say deportations are “very important”, versus eight percent who said it is “not at all important.” The remaining voters say the issue is “somewhat important” or “not very important,” and their voting decisions are not likely to be swayed by the issue. RELATED: Trump: Illegals Know Not to Come, Because…

The EU is providing funds to help boost Ukraine’s domestic arms manufacturing.It’s a strategy to make Ukraine more self-reliant and ease pressure on Europe’s own stockpiles.Ukraine is a far cheaper place to manufacture weapons at scale, one expert told BI.European countries are shifting their strategy when it comes to Ukraine, aiming to boost the country’s capacity to produce enough weapons for its own defense rather than handing over ready-made weapons from their own depleting stockpiles.In March, the European Union said that half of a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) aid package, taken from frozen Russian assets, was being earmarked specifically to…

President Donald Trump’s trade policies may lead to recession due to tariff uncertainty, the economist Paul Krugman said.Unpredictable tariffs hinder business investment and consumer confidence, affecting demand.Recent market volatility reflects concerns over Trump’s shifting tariff policies on trade partners.US President Donald Trump’s trade policies could contribute to a recession, not because of the tariffs themselves, but because of their unpredictability.”A stable tariff rate would not cause a recession, but an unpredictable tariff rate that can change the next day is really a depressing effect on demand,” the economist Paul Krugman said on an episode of the Goldman Sachs Exchanges podcast uploaded…

The US president previously accused the Ukrainian leader of undermining peace efforts US President Donald Trump has admitted that he expected Vladimir Zelensky to be much “easier to deal with” than Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky publicly rejected a reported key point in the proposed US peace framework for resolving the Ukraine conflict, insisting earlier this week that Kiev will not even discuss formally recognizing Crimea as Russian territory. The White House criticized him for revealing sensitive details of the negotiations. Trump warned that Zelensky risks losing the entire country if he continues to stall talks with Moscow.“I think Russia is ready… I think we have a…

Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr President Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court temporarily blocked his ban on transgender troops. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, stacked with leftist judges, denied the Trump Administration’s stay of injunction on the transgender troop ban last Friday evening. The three judges: Wallace Tashima (Clinton), John Owens (Obama), and Roopali Desai (Biden) denied the request for a stay. In January President Trump signed the “Restoring America’s Fighting Force” executive order and the “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive orders, which direct every element of the U.S. military to “operate free from any preference based…

Topline Google parent Alphabet will report first-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon, becoming the first of the trillion-dollar U.S. technology behemoths to report earnings from the first quarter, a period marred by elevated economic uncertainty that could weigh on the advertising-heavy Google. “Underwriting Google might be the closest thing to impossible” with significant macroeconomic and … More regulatory uncertainty, shrugged one Wall Street analyst.Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts In the report due shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, consensus analyst estimates call for Alphabet to report revenue of $89.2 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $2.01 ($24.8 billion net income), according…

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the … MoreGetty Images Trump Executive Order On College Accreditation Reform Has Big Potential Implications For Borrowers President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 23 titled, “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education,” which promises a significant shake-up in how colleges are accredited and, by extension, how federal student aid flows. The Trump executive order is framed as a student loan accreditation reform to raise the bar on college quality, refocus accreditors on student outcomes, and strip access to federal funds from low-performing…

A group of former OpenAI employees is calling on the attorneys general of California and Delaware to prevent the company from transitioning from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, citing concerns over the control and accountability of its powerful AI technology. AP News reports that in a move that has raised eyebrows within the AI community, a coalition of former OpenAI employees, backed by three Nobel Prize winners and other experts, has sent a letter to the attorneys general of California and Delaware, urging them to block the company’s planned restructuring. The group, which includes ex-policy advisers and engineers, is…

U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Russia for launching a major air strike on the Ukrainian capital overnight, calling for a peace deal to get signed. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has cut short his diplomatic visit to South Africa after Russia launched a major air strike on his capital Kyiv which is said to have killed at least nine people. The Ukrainian government said Wednesday night’s strike, which lasted 11 hours and involved hundreds of missiles and drones, was the most significant against the capital city since July 2024, nine months ago. Air strikes against Kyiv itself have been comparatively rare in…

A Virginia town in Loudoun County voted to keep its police force on Tuesday following backlash from residents opposed to disbanding the department to save more than $3 million.  “The town of Purcellville, located in Loudoun County, Virginia, has found itself around $50 million in the red following the construction of a major wastewater treatment facility,” Fox News reported, “and the council sought to tighten the town’s budget by disbanding the local police department and relying on the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement.” The town council’s initial decision to scrap the department led to public outcry and recall petitions to remove…