News Brief: RFK Jr. Announces Mass Terminations, Major Restructuring at HHS; Canada, EU, and Japan Weigh Response to Trump’s Tariffs on Imported Cars

Mike Rowe: Why Are 7.2 Million Able-Bodied Men Not Looking for Work?

US Firms Demand Crackdown on Tariff-Evading Chinese Importers

New US Fee on Chinese Ships of Up to 10s of Millions of Dollars per Visit

Marguerite Harrison: The Socialite Spy

News Brief: Federal Employees Sue Over Email Termination Threat; Judge Blocks Education Department From Sharing Info With DOGE

Macron to Meet Trump for Talks on Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal

EU Considers Tightening Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariff Plans

Food Shortages, High Prices Set to Hit Some Countries Hard

Russia Facing Exodus of Tech Workers

Biden Says Russian Chemical Attack Is ‘Real Threat’ as He Leaves for Europe

Biden Says Russia ‘Exploring Options’ for Potential Cyberattacks, Warns Private Sector

Private-Sector Coal Financiers ‘Must Be Held to Account,’ UN Secretary-General Says

Dollar Firms as Oil Prices Moderate, Taking Momentum From Euro

Expert Insights on the CCP’s ‘General Strategy’ for Taiwan Proposed at ‘Two Sessions’

UK Sanctions 386 Russian Parliamentarians for Supporting Ukrainian Separatists

China Bet on Russia: Why Does the CCP Think It Will Always Win?

Australia Announces Biggest Expansion of Military Personnel in 40 Years

Ukraine Says 6 Humanitarian Corridors Agreed With Russia, Polish Jet Transfer in Limbo

Assume Taiwan Is the Next Ukraine

IKEA Suspends Operations in Russia, Affecting 17 Stores

US Response to China-Russia Axis: Building Alliances and Extending Sanctions

At Cartel Extermination Site; Mexico Nears 100,000 Missing

US Will Bar Russian Planes from American Airspace: Biden

Putin’s Ukrainian Gamble Blows Up

Trudeau’s Suspension of Civil Rights for a Non-Existent Emergency an Embarrassing Chapter in Canadian History

China Refuses to Denounce Russian Attack on Ukraine, Blames US for Stoking Tensions

Russia–Ukraine Crisis Threatens Global Food Supply; Wheat, Corn Supply Disruptions Anticipated

‘Extreme and Authoritarian Measure’: Freedom Convoy Spokesman on Trudeau’s Emergencies Act

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