On April 2, President Trump announced a sweeping policy of reciprocal tariffs aimed at severing America’s economic dependence on China. His goal: to reshore American industry and restore national self-sufficiency. How can the United States defend its independence while relying on Chinese ships, machinery, and computers? It can’t. Tariffs aren’t just about economics. They are…
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Vatican Warns Mourners: No Selfies With The Late Pope
Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin. Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff, many queuing for hours to glimpse him lying in…
New Jerusalem Temple burns down after Ukrainian attack (VIDEO)
The orthodox complex in Russia’s Belgorod Region was “deliberately” targeted by drones, according to the governor and local metropolitan bishop The iconic New Jerusalem orthodox temple has burned down as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov and the local metropolitan bishop have said. Since the escalation of the conflict…
Here’s a blueprint for resolving the Iran-US impasse
Various interests are staked on the outcome of negotiations between Washington and Tehran. If they align just right, all can benefit The current phase of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States marks a notable convergence: the return of a moderate tendency to power in Iran coincides with Donald Trump’s leadership…
‘The Future of the World’ Open Dialogue essay contest presents submissions
Participants from 102 countries have sent in nearly 700 papers on economic change and global challenges that lie ahead Nearly 700 essays from around the world have been unveiled in Moscow ahead of a major global forum on the future economy, with authors sharing bold ideas for shaping a better world. Moscow hosted a presentation…
Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser dies of suicide – family
Virginia Giuffre’s accusation of sexual abuse by the senior British royal was settled out of court in 2022 Virginia Giuffre, a prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring and a leading advocate for victims of sexual abuse, has died by suicide at the age of 41, her family said in a statement to NBC…
Epstein Victim Kills Herself
Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday. Giuffre, 41, died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living for several years. Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein and his enablers. Other Epstein…
‘Has-Been’ Jon Voight and MAGA Actors Set to Help Trump ‘Save’ Hollywood
Jon Voight is all but ready to apparently save Hollywood alongside President Trump, as he will make sure the industry caters more to the MAGA crowd. In January 2025, Trump assigned Voight and fellow “has-beens” Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone the job of “Special Ambassadors” in hopes of shaking up movies and television, Knewz.com can…
Ukraine conflict, recognizing Russia’s Crimea, tariffs, immigration: Highlights from Trump’s sit down with Time Magazine
The US president has given an extensive interview marking his first 100 days back in office US President Donald Trump has stated that Kiev will never join NATO, suggested that Washington could officially recognize Crimea as Russian, and signaled that he expects the Ukraine conflict to be resolved soon. Speaking to Time Magazine to commemorate…
Putin-Witkoff talks ‘constructive’ – Russian presidential aide
The meeting has brought the positions of Moscow and Washington “closer,” Yury Ushakov has said Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has hailed “very useful” talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow on Friday. According to Ushakov, the three hour meeting brought the positions of Moscow and…
Zelensky ‘blatantly lying’ over claims Russia sabotaging Ukraine-Africa ties – politician
Kiev is helping to fuel unrest in the Sahel region, Themba Godi has said Claims by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky that Russia is undermining Kiev’s diplomatic efforts in Africa are “pure lies,” South African politician Themba Godi has told RT. In a speech during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, Zelensky accused Moscow of pursuing…
Brits no longer confident in future – survey
UK households have grown increasingly downbeat about the outlook for the country’s economy, data shows UK consumer confidence has dropped to its lowest point since 2023, driven by soaring bills, tax increases and fears that US tariffs could push living costs even higher for British households, a survey published on Friday has shown. The consumer…
Elementary School Faces Blowback For ‘Whites Only,’ ‘Colored Only’ Signs
A group of parents said they are upset after their kids walked inside Honey Creek Elementary and found segregation signs posted inside the school. The parents told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington the signs seen in the school April 15 read: “For Whites Only” and “For Colored Only.” The signs were reportedly posted above water fountains…
They Said Trump’s Wrong About Tariffs — Look What Just Happened
President Trump’s bold economic policies are triggering a historic manufacturing resurgence as major corporations pour billions into domestic production, creating thousands of high-paying American jobs. At a Glance Major corporations including TSMC, Eli Lilly, GE Aerospace, Apple, Hyundai, and NVIDIA are collectively investing hundreds of billions in U.S. manufacturing facilities President Trump’s tariff policies and…
Vatican asks mourners to stop taking ‘selfies’ with Pope Francis
Officials urge visitors to maintain respect during the late pontiff’s lying-in-state Vatican officials have urged mourners to refrain from taking photographs with Pope Francis’s body as he lied in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, emphasizing the need for solemnity and respect during the period of mourning. The appeal came after images and videos surfaced online…
Ukraine ‘pressuring’ Italy for sideline summit at Pope’s funeral – media
Numerous international dignitaries, including US President Donald Trump, are planning to attend the ceremony at the Vatican Kiev is reportedly “pressuring” Rome to organize a mini-summit on the Ukraine conflict on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral this week. Around 140 delegations are expected at the Vatican on Saturday morning to pay their final respects…
Kiev and its backers reject key aspects of Trump’s peace plan – Reuters
The counteroffer is “on the table” of the American president, Vladimir Zelensky has stated Kiev and its European backers have turned down President Donald Trump’s reported peace plan for the Ukraine conflict in several significant respects, according to a report by Reuters, citing the full texts of the US proposal and the response. Washington tabled…
Russian finance minister issues budget warning
The country needs to revise rules in order to weather falling oil revenues and global trade wars, Anton Siluanov has said Russia should brace for potential budgetary stress due to declining oil revenues and global economic instability, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has warned. At a recent ministry meeting, Siluanov backed boosting fiscal reserves and revising…
Ukraine confirms its own POWs were on plane it blasted out of sky
An Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian servicemen destined for an exchange was shot down by Kiev in 2024, according to Moscow A senior official in Kiev has confirmed that Ukrainian prisoners of war were among those killed when a Russian Il-76 military transport plane was downed in the border Belgorod Region in January 2024. The 65…
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DOJ Authorizes Subpoenas, Search Warrants Of Media In Leak Investigations
The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists. New regulations announced by Bondi in a memo to the…
Army suspends Wisconsin training base’s first female commander after Trump portrait flipped to wall; Fort McCoy’s website saying Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended as the base’s garrison
Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, met Pope Francis in Vatican City in 2017. The US president was one of the first world leaders to say that he would attend the pontiff’s funeral Credit: Vatican Pool placed message and not hers to send in that forum; so yes, good move! You can dislike and disagree…
Biden’s Cognitive Decline Was “Biggest Sham in Media History” and Dem Collusion, with Mark Halperin
Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin, host of "Next Up with Mark Halperin," to discuss the media’s complicity in covering up Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive decline, Elizabeth Warren’s weak defense of his mental acuity, the collusion between media and Dems’, and more. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/3Aw93yw Watch full clips of…
UK state energy company will not source solar panels made with slave labor from China
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The British government says a new state-owned renewable energy company will not be allowed to source solar panels made with Chinese slave labor. The government announced Wednesday that it will introduce an amendment to ensure that the planned company, Great British…
DOGE isn’t dead — it’s growing beyond Elon Musk
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his role at the Department of Government Efficiency sparked the media frenzy we all expected. Corporate media outlets wasted no time celebrating. They’ve declared the project dead, mocking the effort that has — by every metric — cut bureaucratic waste, exposed entrenched fraud, and disrupted the…
Ukraine may have to cede land to Russia – Kiev mayor
The move could pave the way for “temporary peace,” Vitaly Klitschko has said Ukraine may have to give up land to Russia to secure peace, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has admitted, although he has portrayed the concession as a “temporary” measure. In an interview with the BBC aired on Friday, Klitschko acknowledged that Ukraine cannot…
Spy for Ukraine from EU state detained in Russia – FSB (VIDEO)
A Romanian national had been collecting classified data for Ukrainian intelligence, the agency has said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Romanian citizen in the southern city of Sochi on suspicion of gathering intelligence for the Ukrainian special services on the deployment of Russian air defense systems. According to an FSB statement on…
Trump envoy in Moscow for talks with Putin: As it happened
Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia aims to advance a US-proposed peace plan that faces opposition from Ukraine and its Western supporters Steve Witkoff, the special envoy for US President Donald Trump, has arrived in Moscow for another series of discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This trip is part of a larger diplomatic initiative by Washington…
Trump’s peace plan triggers ‘concern’ among allies – CNN
European and Asian diplomats have claimed a territorial settlement in Ukraine could send a “dangerous message” Officials in Western Europe and Asia have claimed US President Donald Trump’s reported framework to end the Ukraine conflict could set a precedent for territorial conquest, CNN reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources. The framework, which has not been officially confirmed…
How Undocumented Immigrants Are Committing Heinous Crimes
President Donald Trump has made it his administration‘s mission to deport dangerous “invaders” who have illegally crossed into the country. While a majority of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country are hard-working people, some are hardened criminals with violent pasts. Knewz.com can reveal some of the most heinous crimes committed by undocumented…
Zelensky demands ‘at least’ Israel-style support from US
Kiev expects sustained American aid despite growing tensions over Trump’s peace plan Kiev expects Washington to provide long-term security assistance modeled on the US relationship with Israel, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed, after Ukraine’s European backers reportedly rejected several significant points of President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan. Washington presented its draft deal to end hostilities…
Trump envoy arrives for talks with Putin – Kremlin
Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia aims to advance a US-proposed peace plan that faces opposition from Ukraine and its Western supporters Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, at the Kremlin, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed. The visit, part of a broader diplomatic push by…
Crimea will stay with Russia – Trump
The US president has claimed that even Zelensky understands the peninsula will remain under Moscow’s control in a final settlement The Crimean Peninsula will remain a part of Russia under a final settlement of the Ukraine conflict, US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Time Magazine published on Friday. Crimea officially joined…
Zelensky’s visit a show for NATO – South African anti-fascist group leader
Zelensky is being forced to seek partners in the Global South due to tensions with the US, according to Thato Senabe The recent visit to South Africa by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is a diplomatic show for NATO, which has been a destabilizing force around the world, Thato Senabe, leader of the local chapter of the…
Bomb kills Russian general
Yaroslav Moskalik, general staff deputy chief of operations, has been assassinated in a car bomb plot outside Moscow A Russian two-star general serving as deputy operations chief of the general staff has been killed by a car bomb, officials have confirmed. The incident that claimed the life of Lt.Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik occurred on Friday morning…
California prioritizing illegal immigrants over DUI victims — where was their ‘due process’?
California was set to release an illegal immigrant named Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, who killed two American teenagers in a drunk driving crash — despite his 10-year sentence and ICE detainer. However, California “was set” to release him, as border czar Tom Homan and the DOJ stepped up to the plate. “Everybody asks why I get…
Another Judge Foils Trump, This Time On Federal Collective Bargaining
A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for the president this week. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said President Donald Trump’s March directive stripping federal workers at…
Spare Nord Stream pipes still stored in Germany – media
The stockpile is reportedly sufficient to fully repair the gas pipeline, made inoperable in an act of sabotage in 2022 Germany continues to store spare pipes for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which was rendered inoperable by sabotage in September 2022, Ostsee Zeitung has reported. The stockpile is reportedly large enough to fully repair the…
German senator brands Tesla a ‘Nazi car’
Social democrat Cansel Kiziltepe has linked a slump in the car maker’s sales to CEO Elon Musk’s “far-right positions” A Berlin senator has branded Elon Musk’s Tesla a “Nazi car,” while commenting on the company’s declining sales. Social democrat Cansel Kiziltepe attacked the electric vehicle maker in a now-deleted post on X on Wednesday. Musk…
Musk mocks Zelensky’s aid transparency claims
Ukrainian assurances that all US weapons and funds are fully accounted for are the “funniest thing,” the billionaire has quipped US government efficiency tsar and tech billionaire Elon Musk has ridiculed Vladimir Zelensky’s claims that all American aid received by Ukraine is fully accounted for. Washington has provided around $200 billion to Kiev, according to US…
Ukraine recruiting terrorists for attacks in Russia – security chief
The Crocus City massacre, in which 145 died, is a model for attacks envisaged by Kiev, Sergey Shoigu has said Ukrainian military intelligence is enlisting migrants and others in Russia and equipping them to carry out high-profile attacks, Sergey Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s National Security Council has said. The former defense minister cited atrocities such as…
📖 Graham Allison – Destined For War
Remember to add your book recommendations in the comments below. Today’s book is: China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred…
DoorDash driver brutally beats up restaurant owner, cops say; victim notes suspect got angry, violent after restroom dispute
A Michigan DoorDash driver brutally beat up a restaurant owner earlier this month, police said. Believe it or not, the victim said the suspect got angry — and violent — following a restroom use denial. Police in St. Clair Shores said 20-year-old Daveon Jahmel Godbold of Eastpointe went to Amigos Street Tacos in the 22000…
UN watchdog chief says North Korea’s nuclear arsenal ‘completely off the charts’
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has grown “exponentially,” and urged talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Since taking office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in…
Fine-print fiasco: More carmakers charging subscription fees for once-free features
Hey, automakers: Enough with the upsells! According to a new survey, most drivers are fed up with being asked to pay subscription fees for features such as heated seats or remote start that are already built into their cars. Automakers argue that it’s about safety or innovation, but locking horsepower behind a $1,200 Mercedes paywall…
Pakistan did ‘dirty work’ for the West in supporting terrorists – defense minister
Khawaja Asif has admitted that Islamabad backed terrorist groups on behalf of the US and UK Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has called out the West – and the US in particular – for its role in security tensions in the region. Asked about his country’s support for terrorism in an interview with Sky News…
Russia warns conflict vets of possible arrest in EU
Political bias in the West could lead to unfair prosecution, officials have said Ukraine conflict veterans who have fought for Moscow could face prosecution in the EU, Russian diplomats have told Izvestia. Officials believe that entrenched Western support for Kiev could lead European nations to bend laws to target Russian citizens. ”The German criminal code…
Trump names Russia’s ‘big concession’ on Ukraine
Moscow has compromised by not seizing the whole of the neighboring country, the US president has said Russia has made a major concession in Ukraine peace talks by refraining from taking over the entire country, US President Donald Trump has said. Speaking during a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Thursday,…
India-Pakistan standoff following Kashmir attack: What we know so far
The two neighbors have effectively severed trade and diplomatic ties in a raft of tit-for-tat measures, with airspace, visas, and treaties suspended Tensions between India and Pakistan have sharply escalated following a deadly attack in India’s Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory that left 26 people dead. While no concrete evidence has been presented linking Islamabad…
Trump: Time For Russia, Ukraine To Finish Peace Deal
President Donald Trump on Friday night called for Russian and Ukrainian officials to meet and finish their peace deal that would end the years-long war in Ukraine, stating it was time to “stop the bloodshed.” The comment was made on social media as the president landed in Rome for the late Pope Francis’ funeral. U.S….
International Students Warned Against Traveling Overseas This Summer
Universities are continuing to warn international students about traveling abroad this summer as the Trump administration said Friday it would restore legal status to those who’d had it revoked. The University of California, Berkeley, reiterated hours after the announcement that overseas travel by international students remains a high risk because immigration policies can change rapidly….
