USGS estimates final toll could surpass 10,000 as authorities in Thailand also scramble to rescue trapped survivors
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 29.03.2025.
It displays 147 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
29.03.2025 ⇢ Myanmar Quake Death Toll Rises While Columbia President Falls
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The Myanmar earthquake death toll rose dramatically throughout the day, starting at nearly 700 in early reports and exceeding 1,600 by afternoon. The tragedy intersected with US foreign policy events as Trump announced assistance while tensions with Denmark escalated following Vance's controversial Greenland visit, with Danish officials explicitly criticizing the administration's "tone."
Columbia University's interim president resigned after accepting Trump administration demands regarding federal funding, continuing the education sector upheaval that began with agency dismantling earlier in March. The FDA's top vaccine official was forced out, sharply criticizing RFK Jr. for "misinformation and lies," furthering the health department reshaping reported on March 27.
The Signal chat controversy persisted as Trump reportedly considered firing National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, while anti-Tesla protests occurred worldwide, targeting Musk's expanding influence. Trump's impending tariff implementation continued generating headlines as the April 2 deadline approached.
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The Daily Beast
Dr. Peter Marks submitted his resignation on Friday after being given the choice to resign or be fired.
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Associated Press
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700 according to the government, state-run media.
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Vice President J.D. Vance made a pitch Friday for Greenland to consider U.S. leadership, saying Denmark is "failing" at securing the Arctic island.
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00:30⇢Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Nears 700
⌨The newspapers report on a devastating earthquake in Myanmar with a death toll approaching 700, with USGS estimating it could exceed 10,000 (CNN, AP). In domestic news, Wisconsin's Attorney General is suing to block Elon Musk's offer to pay voters $1 million, which critics call an election bribe (Common Dreams, Vox). Columbia University replaced its president shortly after accepting Trump administration demands regarding federal funding (Boston Globe, NY Post). Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for including his wife in sensitive meetings (Newsweek, HuffPost), while the FDA's top vaccine expert resigned after being given an ultimatum, criticizing RFK Jr. (Daily Beast).
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Associated Press
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to nearly 700 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.
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The Epoch Times
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A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Associated Press
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.
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Katrina Armstrong’s exit comes a week after Columbia accepted demands from the Trump administration, which had moved to cancel about $400 million in funds.
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Court orders stopped President Trump from fully punishing two law firms, with one judge calling his action “disturbing” and “troubling.”
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USGS estimates final toll could surpass 10,000 as authorities in Thailand also scramble to rescue trapped survivors
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The Epoch Times
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Associated Press
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.
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New York Post
The Delta aircraft received an “onboard alert” that another aircraft was nearby, and air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft, according to the FAA.
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During his first term, Trump assigned a similar mission to a commission that didn’t achieve its goals. Now, he’s arming his team with more aggressive tools.
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Several countries deploy rescue teams to the country to boost relief operations after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed over 1,000 people
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A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The Washington Post
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07:42⇢Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 1,000
⌨The newspapers report on a devastating earthquake in Myanmar with the death toll now exceeding 1,000 (CNN, AP, Epoch Times). Several countries are deploying rescue teams, though efforts are hampered by heavy machinery shortages (CNN). In domestic news, FDA's top vaccine scientist, Dr. Peter Marks, was forced to resign, sharply criticizing RFK Jr. for "misinformation and lies" (NPR, Washington Post). Other headlines highlight Trump's legal setbacks, with courts blocking his "retribution campaign" against law firms (NYTimes), and concerns about his voter file executive order (NBC). A near-collision between a Delta plane and Air Force jet at a DC airport raises safety concerns (NY Post).
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The Trump administration is considering prohibiting or limiting travelers from more than 40 countries from entering the U.S.
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Los Angeles Times
The death of 17 people in Altadena during the Eaton fire has highlighted L.A. County’s struggle to plan for the evacuation of elderly and disabled residents.
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New York Post
The woman who received “instant karma” when she face planted on a subway platform after berating a Trump supporter has been identified as a creative director for luxury brands, The Post has learned.
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Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in the throes of a prolonged and bloody civil war, which is already responsible for a massive humanitarian crisis.
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Maybe targeting John Roberts’s law school classmates is a bad idea?
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Associated Press
An Associated Press analysis has found that South Dakota taxpayers subsidized Gov. Kristi Noem’s cross-country campaigning to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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The floods that hit Spain last year were more than just a natural disaster. They were exacerbated by housing developers who built homes in the most flood-prone areas.
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The Daily Beast
And it is part of an effort intended to strip away not just our most precious rights but the ideals on which this country was founded.
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The Daily Beast
Make no mistake, executive orders going after “improper ideology” are a dangerous step from a would-be King George.
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Pam Bondi Aims To Revive a Moribund Legal Process for Restoring Gun Rights
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Britain’s government is hoping to reach a last-minute post-Brexit trade agreement with Washington to avoid — or at least mitigate — more tariffs set to be announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump.
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Is the Signal security lapse part of a larger pattern under President Donald Trump? Experts say yes.
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The Washington Post
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Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in the throes of a prolonged and bloody civil war, which is already responsible for a massive humanitarian crisis.
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The Daily Beast
The defense secretary’s third wife, a former Fox News producer, attended at least two meetings where sensitive military intelligence was discussed.
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10:39⇢Tariff Showdown Looms As Britain Seeks Trump Deal
⌨The newspapers report on a deadly earthquake in Myanmar with over 1,600 fatalities (CBS, CNN). In domestic news, Trump-related headlines dominate, with focus on his tariff policies as Britain seeks a post-Brexit trade deal to avoid tariffs (Breitbart, Washington Post). Columbia University's president was replaced amid Trump's threats to university funding (Boston Globe). Defense Secretary Hegseth faces scrutiny for his wife attending sensitive military meetings (Daily Beast, HuffPost), while South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is criticized for taxpayer-funded campaign travel (AP News). California wildfires have highlighted failed evacuation plans, with 17 elderly and disabled residents dying in Altadena (LA Times).
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The rulings barred President Trump’s administration from carrying out punishments, like banning their lawyers from government buildings, meetings, or jobs.
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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen posted a video on social media scolding the Trump administration hours after Vice President JD Vance's visit to Greenland.
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The protests are scheduled to take place at Tesla facilities across the U.S. and in Europe on Saturday, as part of a grassroots campaign against Tesla CEO Elon Musk's work in the Trump administration.
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The New York Times
President Trump has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.
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The Daily Beast
The president has sought to exact retribution on a slew of prominent law firms.
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The Epoch Times
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Nadira Goffe
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The president has circled April 2 as the culmination of his "American first" economic policy, which has already shaken markets and started a trade war.
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The Daily Beast
Anthony Scaramucci said the vice president hasn’t proven he has that MAGA “rizz” and foresees him going “the way of Mike Pence.”
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The Daily Beast
Anthony Scaramucci said the vice president hasn’t proven he has that MAGA “rizz” and foresees him going “the way of Mike Pence.”
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One America News
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting “anti-American Ideology” in the Smithsonian Institution.
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A Tufts University PhD student with a legal visa was taken by federal agents from Massachusetts to Louisiana without being charged with a crime, her lawyers say
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations are getting help from private groups that use facial-recognition technology to identify masked protesters.
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The Daily Beast
Anthony Scaramucci said the vice president hasn’t proven he has that MAGA “rizz” and foresees him going “the way of Mike Pence.”
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12:57⇢Danish Minister Rebukes Trump Over Greenland
⌨The newspapers report on tensions surrounding Greenland, with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen scolding the Trump administration following Vice President Vance's visit (CBS, HuffPost, ABC News, Newsweek). Immigration enforcement continues to draw attention, with reports of a Tufts PhD student being detained without charges and transported 1,500 miles (CNN), and private groups using facial recognition to identify student protesters for possible deportation (AP News). Economic news focuses on Trump's impending new tariffs set for April 2 (USA Today, Washington Post), which have already "shaken markets and started a trade war." Anti-Musk protests are planned at Tesla locations worldwide this weekend (NPR), while his political influence is scrutinized in Wisconsin (Mother Jones, Common Dreams).
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One America News
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting “anti-American Ideology” in the Smithsonian Institution.
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A Delta passenger plane and an Air Force jet flew narrowly close to one another outside Washington, D.C., on Friday, prompting a collision warning and "corrective instructions" from air traffic controllers.
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UWS residents are demanding the head of a police precinct council be removed for “hateful conduct” after he was seen repeatedly tearing down posters of missing Israeli hostages.
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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen posted a video on social media scolding the Trump administration hours after Vice President JD Vance's visit to Greenland.
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Patty Morin, whose daughter was savagely raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant ripped “overreaching” judges who put the brakes on President Trump’s deportation flights.
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Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines. But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.
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One America News
A Las Vegas babysitter has been arrested after allegedly fatally stabbing a three-year-old.
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The price of eggs has taken a sharp plunge as Americans have watched the cost of the grocery staple shift downward since mid-February, per a report.
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Trump's auto tariffs are expected to hit virtually all automakers, including American companies that assemble cars in the U.S.
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The Daily Beast
Amber Ruffin was removed from the annual dinner next month after a Republican melt down.
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The order calls on the Secretary of the Interior to restore public monuments, statues and other markers that have been removed or changed since 2020.
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The Epoch Times
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In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice.
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The Atlantic
The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.
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A third child was in critical condition, while the two kids where were killed were pronounced dead at Maimonides Medical Center.
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One America News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised the “shared warrior ethos” between the U.S. and Japan at a memorial service upon the site of the island battle.
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16:15⇢Danish Officials Rebuke Vance Over Greenland
⌨The newspapers report on diplomatic tensions as Danish officials rebuke Vice President Vance after his Greenland visit (CBS, The Epoch Times, Newsweek, ABC). Trump administration faces scrutiny with National Security Adviser Waltz potentially being fired over a Signal leak (NYTimes) and reports of Trump's golf costs reaching $26 million (HuffPost). Domestic news includes FDA's top vaccine official resigning over Kennedy's "misinformation" (Boston Globe), falling egg prices (Breitbart), and Trump's monument restoration order (NPR). Anti-Tesla protests are occurring at dealerships nationwide (Fox News, The Atlantic).
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order seeking to change how elections are run in the U.S. is creating uncertainty for state and local election officials and worries about voter confusion before the next federal election, the 2026 midterms.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
Pedestrians mowed down after two cars crash on a Brooklyn street and careen into them; a third child is in critical condition.
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New York Post
Pedestrians mowed down after two cars crash on a Brooklyn street and careen into them; a third child is in critical condition.
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Gavin Newsom has taken a swing at his own party, calling Democrats too “toxic” and “judgmental.”
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On the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, socialist Dean Preston championed policies that tackled the gross inequality Silicon Valley brought to the city. That’s why he was targeted by tech capitalists like Garry Tan and Elon Musk last year.
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Los Angeles Times
The CDC’s potential ‘streamlining’ of programs to prevent HIV has two Southern California health agencies worried the potentially deadly virus could infect more people.
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New York Post
Three members of the same family — including two children — were mowed down and killed by a motorist who was driving with a suspended license, police said.
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A plane that left from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa crashed just north of the twin cities in Minnesota. No one aboard the plane survived.
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FCC chair Brendan Carr said he wants a review all of Disney's DEI practices — both past and present — to determine whether the company has ever violated any FCC regulations.
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A plane that left from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa crashed just north of the twin cities in Minnesota. No one aboard the plane survived.
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One America News
Elon Musk has announced that he sold social media platform X to his xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal.
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Trump said he 'couldn't care less' if automakers raise prices due to tariffs, saying he believes it will make people buy American made cars.
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Breitbart News
Jon Kahn — Breitbart News’s COO and the chart-topping songwriter behind the Trump-inspired song “Fighter” — says his recent journey into faith, explored in his latest single “Fingerprints,” has made him further aware of “the left’s attempt to toxify religion”
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19:53⇢Trump Administration Renews Greenland Interest
⌨The newspapers report on Trump administration's interest in Greenland acquisition (ABC News), though experts note few realistic options exist. Universities face pressure with Harvard and Yale removing employees (Boston Globe) and FCC investigating Disney's DEI practices (NPR). Trump's election-related executive order is creating uncertainty for officials before the 2026 midterms (AP News). Elon Musk sold social media platform X to his AI company xAI in a $33 billion deal (OANN). Healthcare concerns include potential HIV prevention funding cuts in Southern California (LA Times) and Trump's statement that he "couldn't care less" if automakers raise prices due to tariffs (NBC News).
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Laid-off Education Department workers packed up their offices Friday – and said goodbye to jobs they loved.
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Associated Press
Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday.
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Jon Kahn — Breitbart News’s COO and the chart-topping songwriter behind the Trump-inspired song “Fighter” — says his recent journey into faith, explored in his latest single “Fingerprints,” has made him further aware of “the left’s attempt to toxify religion”
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The Daily Beast
The deliberation reportedly continued even after Trump publicly stood by his national security adviser.
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The New York Times
In public, President Trump has defended Michael Waltz, his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice.
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The New York Times
In public, President Trump has defended Michael Waltz, his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice.
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The driver accused of fatally running down a mother and her two daughters in Brooklyn Saturday is a wigmaker who lives a luxe lifestyle and who won $2 million from the NYPD in a lawsuit alleging she was raped by a police officer when she was a…
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Los Angeles Times
Adam Schleifer, a longtime financial fraud prosecutor, was dismissed from the U.S. Attorney’s office in L.A. on Friday. He was pursuing charges against the former CEO of Fatburger, a Trump supporter, for alleged financial fraud.
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At a rally in Los Angeles, 65-year-old Phil Ansell said he wanted to participate because "I want to do everything possible to protect democracy in this country."
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Los Angeles Times
Adam Schleifer, a longtime financial fraud prosecutor, was dismissed from the U.S. Attorney’s office in L.A. on Friday. He was pursuing charges against the former CEO of Fatburger, a Trump supporter, for alleged financial fraud.
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Crowds have protested billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe.
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Associated Press
A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts has been announced by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government.
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Israel said it has made a counter-proposal in "full coordination" with the United States.
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The Daily Beast
Susie Wiles’ desires would appear to be at odds with President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.
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Breitbart News
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday is considered the most important race of 2025, with wide-ranging consequences for both the battleground state and the nation.
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23:57⇢Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Takes Center Stage
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's comments that he "couldn't care less" if car prices rise due to tariffs (ABC News, HuffPost). The Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday is highlighted as the "most important race of 2025" with Trump backing candidate Brad Schimel (Breitbart, Mother Jones). International news focuses on Gaza ceasefire negotiations, with Hamas agreeing to a proposal while Israel offers a counterproposal (CBS). The Trump administration continues making personnel changes, with reports of the White House ordering the firing of an L.A. prosecutor pursuing charges against a Trump supporter (LA Times) and Education Department layoffs (USA Today, Daily Beast). Anti-Musk protests are occurring at Tesla locations nationwide (NPR, Common Dreams).