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Trump Ripping Up the Free Trade Playbook Comes With $1 Trillion Cost The ominous trajectory of the US president’s tariff overhaul looms over the G-7 gathering.

If Trump's tariff regime endures, the world economy will lose $1 trillion by 2030, and will cost the US 650,000 jobs, Bloomberg Economics predicts

Citi Drops Gun Policy After Trump Accuses Banks of Discriminating The president has fueled allegations that banks discriminate on political grounds.

Citibank is dropping its policy restricting banking services to businesses that sell firearms to those under 21

Corporate America's retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs "I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.

"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.

'Clone': Trump shares conspiracy theory about Joe Biden being 'executed in 2020' Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.The president took to his own social media site, Truth Social, over the weekend, first to withdraw his own nominee to head NASA and then to re...

Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.

N.Y. judge finds Alien Enemies Act use illegal, blocks removals to ‘evil’ jail A federal judge in New York ruled that the Trump administration does not have legal justification to deport Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants without a hearing, saying the White House has failed to prove the existence of an “invasion” or another conflict that would justify invoking the centuries-old law.

Can we put him there??

How much you wanna bet he wants to privatize it???

ICE is increasingly looking like it is operating in the half space between secret police and paramilitary group. Yet another authoritarianism klaxon.

Trump left hanging by Macron in humiliating moment at Pope's funeral

Donald Trump appeared to be snubbed by Emmanuel Macron at Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.

Trump’s Executive Order on Proof of Citizenship for Elections Is Partly Blocked by Judge The president does not have the authority to require proof of citizenship for all voters, a federal judge ruled.

A federal judge blocked part of an expansive executive order signed last month seeking to overhaul election laws, writing on Thursday that President Trump did not have the authority to require documentary proof of citizenship for all voters.

You’re kidding

Tax policy, Medicaid funding cuts could scuttle Republicans' ‘big, beautiful bill’ • Ohio Capital Journal Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already begun to divide…

Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already begun to divide centrists from far-right members of the party. buff.ly/LmkRQjc

Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4

Why you could see more school levies in Ohio's future • Ohio Capital Journal A provision passed in the Ohio House's budget that schools say will require them to go back to the voters more frequently to ask for money.

A provision passed in the Ohio House's budget that schools say will require them to go back to the voters more frequently to ask for money buff.ly/CxBO1a0

Donald Trump set to change bank overdraft fees: What to know

The House of Representatives voted to approve resolutions striking down a $5 cap on bank overdraft fees.

International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked.

Probably a higher percentage than that…

A chart showing bitcoin’s price since inauguration

🔻 78 days into Trump’s second term and bitcoin continues to plummet

Art Scholars Pledge to Boycott Columbia University Art historians and professors are among the hundreds who signed an open letter denouncing the school’s capitulation to Trump’s demands.

More than 1,800 academics, including art historians and art professors, have committed to boycotting Columbia University in an open letter denouncing the school’s compliance with Trump administration crackdowns on pro-Palestinian dissent.

Mark Cuban warns that Trump's tariff plan plus DOGE cuts could lead the country to 'a far worse situation than 2008' Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.

BBC star hits back at cruel comments about her appearance after viral interview

A BBC News presenter has taken to TikTok to hit back at trolls sending her cruel comments about her appearance.

Tribune editorial: Utah Legislature turns its back on victims of domestic and sexual violence “The Legislature’s priorities, helping the rich get richer and leaving the victimized out in the cold, do not, as is so often the case, reflect the values of their constituents,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.

“The Legislature’s priorities, helping the rich get richer and leaving the victimized out in the cold, do not, as is so often the case, reflect the values of their constituents,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.

Nationwide 'Hands Off' protests erupt against Trump and Musk Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."

Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."

Jaguar Land Rover to pause shipments to U.S. over tariffs Britain’s car industry, which employs 200,000 people directly, is highly exposed to the new tariffs.

Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, it says, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Trump’s 25% tariff.

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance Ordinary people have more power than they know.

"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me."

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.

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Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’ Vice-president and US delegation visit amid growing tension and Trump targets Smithsonian Institution – key US politics stories from 28 March 2025 JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on his criticism of Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”. As the US vice-president toured Pituffik space base, Donald Trump reiterated his previous claims that the US needs Greenland for “world peace”. “I think Greenland understands that the United States should own it,” the US president said at a press conference at the White House on Friday. “And if Denmark and the EU don’t understand it, we have to explain it to them.” Continue reading...

Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’

Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends 'fearlessly independent' judiciary amid Trump attacks Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and fealty to the rule of law amid harsh rhetoric from the Trump administration against judges who have impeded its policies.

Hi Justice Sonia!!!!

Typical Suckerberg move!

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: 144 dead and 732 injured, disaster feared Myanmar hit by 7.7 magnitude quake with epicentre near Saigang. The Red Cross fears damage to dams as rescuers fight against time to save lives among the rubble The provisional toll of the Myanmar earthquake has risen to 144 dead and 732 injured. The 7.7-magnitude quake, with epicentre near Saigang, was followed by another of […]

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: 144 dead and 732 injured, disaster feared