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Opponents warn that the measure, prompted by falling compliance, may be ineffective and open to abuse Plans for automated military conscription during a US national emergency are advancing and on schedule to be in place by the end of the year, according to the federal agency tasked with maintaining the list, the Selective Service System (SSS).Provisions included in the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act passed last December in response to falling compliance shifted the responsibility from individuals to the SSS.The changes drew renewed attention this week after media outlets highlighted a recent update on the agency’s website. The SSS…

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday morning the United States will work with Iran to remove enriched uranium from the destroyed sites bombed in Operation Midnight Hammer last June. Trump detailed the plan in a Truth Social post on the heels of the two-week ceasefire announced Tuesday night. “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!” he wrote. “There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear ‘Dust,’”…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) responded to a question on whether pushing for impeachment is productive or feasible given that Democrats are in the minority by saying that “we must proceed towards the goal of removing Donald Trump from office, and we must do this now. And that has to be the Democratic agenda.” Co-host Pamela Brown asked, “Obviously, Senator, the president did not kill an entire civilization last night. Is impeachment really a productive or even feasible tool at this point with Republicans in control of Congress?” Markey answered, “Democrats must proceed with…

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved another milestone this week when they conducted the first-ever direct communication between astronauts on a lunar voyage and astronauts in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station. Scientific American reports that the Artemis II crew, traveling more than 200,000 miles from Earth, participated in an unprecedented 15-minute audio call with astronauts stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). This marks the first time in space exploration history that a moon mission has established direct contact with an orbital habitat. The Artemis II team consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina…

Reports citing Iranian state media suggested that Iran’s “ten-point plan” to end hostilities with the United States and Israel, which President Donald Trump suggested may be “a workable basis on which to negotiate,” includes provisions such as the lifting of all sanctions on the rogue terror state and “compensation” to Tehran. President Trump spent much of this week threatening to annihilate the Iranian state in its entirety, as well as Persian “civilization.” On Tuesday night, about an hour before the 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time deadline Trump set this weekend, the president and what remains of the Iranian regime announced that, through…

U.S. consumer spending rose solidly in February as households increased purchases of both goods and services, while inflation remained firm and personal income edged lower on declines in dividend income and government transfer payments rather than wages. Personal consumption expenditures, the broad measure of household spending, increased $103.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, in February after a 0.3 percent gain in January, the Department of Commerce said Thursday. Spending on goods rose $58.7 billion and spending on services increased $44.5 billion. The increase was driven in part by a $32.6 billion rise in motor vehicles and parts outlays. Health-care spending rose…

The European Commissioner for Asylum and Migration Magnus Brunner said on a Wednesday internal E.U. parliament document that Spain’s mass amnesty plans for 500,000 illegal migrants may have wider “consequences,” the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports. Brunner, in a missive dated April 8 obtained by the newspaper, noted that Brussels has not received any official note from the government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez over its mass amnesty plans. The Commissioner issued the letter in response to a request presented before the European Parliament by lawmakers from the Spanish center-right People’s Party (PP). “Without prejudice to the division of competences established by Union law…

Dhaka’s Directorate General of Health Services has reported ten suspected deaths and 1,248 cases in 24 hours Bangladesh is battling a major measles outbreak, with the government reporting more than 1,000 suspected cases across the country in 24 hours.The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that 1,248 suspected and 189 confirmed measles cases were reported from 8 AM on Tuesday to 8 AM Wednesday, the Dhaka Tribune reported.Ten suspected deaths were also recorded during the period, including six in the capital, Dhaka, which registered the highest number of suspected cases at 505.The DGHS has reported 11,133 suspected and 1,599…

“A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions!” he wrote. Additionally, the president shared Wednesday morning that the United States will work with Iran to remove buried enriched uranium from nuclear sites the U.S. bombed in Operation Midnight Hammer last Summer. “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!” he wrote. “There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (remember them?) have an April tour of Australia poised for a rocky start as tickets struggle to sell and the couple are warned the trip could build tensions with King Charles due to its timing. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are slated to land in Australia on Thursday to take part in a mid-April tour that will see them participate in a number of “private, business, and philanthropic engagements,” marking their first trip trip to Australia following their October 2018 visit to Sydney and after the pair departed from the British Royal Family. Some of the items…