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Four days after President Donald Trump returned to office, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made an announcement: “Deportation flights have begun. President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: If you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences.”Trump began using U.S. military planes to reinforce his deportation operation, although Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been deporting immigrants on private airlines since 2010. But a month and a half after the White House announcement, the pace of deportation flights is a bit slower than those of his predecessor, former…
Jordan Bardella, the young president of France’s far-right National Rally, plans to visit Israel this month in a powerful symbol of his party’s shift from the home of French antisemitism to a vociferous friend of the Jews.“Antisemitism is a poison,” Mr. Bardella told Le Journal du Dimanche, a Sunday newspaper, announcing that he plans to attend a Jerusalem conference on that subject in late March and visit areas of Israel attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. “Our engagement in this combat is absolute.”No leader of the far-right party, including its perennial presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, has previously made…
President Donald Trump’s choice to be U.S. ambassador to Canada on Thursday said that America’s northern neighbor is a sovereign state, showing some daylight with Trump on the issue. The president has insisted that Canada would be better off as the United States’ newest member. Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra was asked by at his Senate confirmation hearing by Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., whether he agreed that Canada is a sovereign state and shouldn’t be “even jokingly referred to as the 51st state.”“Canada is a sovereign state, yes,” Hoekstra replied. He was questioned shortly before Trump doubled down on his negative…
The texts first started arriving on Eric Moyer’s phone in February. They warned him that if he didn’t pay his FastTrak lane tolls by February 21, he could face a fine and lose his license.The Virginia Beach resident did what the majority of people do: ignore them. But there was enough hesitation to at least double-check.”I knew they were a scam immediately; however, I had to verify my intuition, of course; I accessed my E-ZPass account to ensure, plus I knew that I had not utilized a toll road in recent months,” Moyer said, adding that his wife’s phone also received…
The Israel-Hamas negotiations to extend the cease-fire in Gaza were in limbo on Thursday as the Trump administration turned its attention to talks with Russian officials in Moscow over the Ukraine war.Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, was expected to leave the latest round of Gaza talks in the Gulf emirate of Qatar for Russia on Thursday. Mr. Trump has effectively charged Mr. Witkoff with working to resolve two of the world’s most fraught conflicts — the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.The latest round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in the Qatari capital of Doha this week…
Shantanu Narayen, Chair and CEO of Adobe Systems, addresses the gathering on the first day of the three-day B20 Summit in New Delhi on Aug. 25, 2023.Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty ImagesAdobe shares closed down 14% following the company’s quarterly earnings report as investors fretted over lingering growth concerns and the software maker’s artificial intelligence monetization strategy.The sell-off came despite better-than-expected results, which included adjusted earnings of $5.08 per share and $5.71 billion in revenue. That surpassed analysts’ estimates of $4.97 in earnings per share and $5.66 billion in revenue, according to LSEG.Adobe called for $4.95 to $5.00 in…
Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector.And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those problems at once.The German government in waiting, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, introduced a raft of measures to a lame-duck session of Parliament on Thursday that it was billing as an urgent response to President Trump and his administration’s threats to withdraw American military support for Europe.The package would rip away Germany’s signature limits on government spending and…
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the Department of Education, the nation’s public school system — which educates roughly 50 million students — faces critical changes. That’s why the U.S. education ecosystem is actively seeking ways to counteract diminished support through avenues like technology and, more specifically, artificial intelligence.From targeting states that fail to revoke diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to targeting Dept. of Ed efforts related to disabilities and special education, the federal government is vastly reducing, if not eliminating, its education support, which contributes upwards of 13% of a school’s overall funding, according to the most recent…
Las guerras comerciales simultáneas del presidente Donald Trump con Canadá, México, China y la Unión Europea equivalen a una enorme apuesta económica y política: que los estadounidenses soporten meses o años de penuria económica a cambio de la lejana esperanza de reindustrializar el corazón de Estados Unidos.Es enormemente arriesgado. En los últimos días, Trump ha reconocido, a pesar de todas sus seguras predicciones de campaña de que “vamos a tener un auge como nunca antes hemos tenido”, que Estados Unidos puede dirigirse hacia una recesión, impulsada por su programa económico. Pero, en público y en privado, ha estado argumentando que…
The Binance logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBinance’s BNB token bucked the wider crypto downturn on Thursday, jumping 4% following a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump family has held talks to secure a financial interest in the U.S. arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Such a deal would notably link the Trumps to a firm that pleaded guilty to breaking anti-money laundering laws in 2023.According to the Journal, Binance first approached Trump allies last year, pitching a deal that could help the embattled exchange regain its footing in the…