New York City claims to have solved its rat problem with trash bins. The rats are considering filing a lawsuit with the Housing Department for illegal eviction.
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☢️ The Iranian Ayatollah says that Iran is now “capable of producing nuclear fuel starting from the mine and all the way to the power plant.”
🇺🇸 President Trump signed a memorandum directing an investigation into who ran the White House while President Biden was in office.
🚄 The Trump administration is threatening to pull funding from California’s high-speed rail project because of incompetency and broken promises.
💶 The European Commission will allow member states to use their unused COVID relief money o war. The funds were locked up in bureaucratic red tape but the EU will happily skip over that bureaucracy if nations commit to war funding!
🤖 Meta signed a 20-year deal to invest in nuclear energy to power AI in the state of Illinois.
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Lead: Putin’s Call Logs
President Trump acknowledged that Russia will retaliate against Ukraine in a summary of a call with Russian President Putin.
The tone was very: A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.
“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attacks on the airfields.”
What President Trump didn’t say was that whatever Russia destroys in Ukraine, the U.S. will replace because weapons shipments to Ukraine have not stopped, despite the U.S. insistence on peace talks.
President Putin also had a call with Pope Leo on Wednesday. During the call, Pope Leo reportedly urged Russia to take meaningful steps toward ending the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of dialogue and humanitarian support, including facilitating aid and prisoner exchange.
In response, Putin claimed Ukraine was escalating the war and conducting sabotage, labeling such acts as terrorism. He reiterated Russia’s demand for Ukraine’s neutrality and an end to NATO’s eastward expansion.
In response to this, Ukrainian President Zelensky proposed a ceasefire until a meeting with President Putin can be reached.
The White House announced a new travel ban “to protect the nation from foreign terrorist or other national security and public safety threats from entry into the United States.”
The ban fully restricts and limits people from 12 countries and partially restricts people from an additional seven countries.
The full ban applies to: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The partial ban applies to: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
The White House says that a high percentage of residents from these places have overstayed their visa expirations and many of them do not cooperate with the U.S. on deportations.
President Trump instated a travel ban during his first term. Despite lawsuits to stop it, the courts upheld his authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict entry for national security reasons.
This ban does NOT apply to current Visa holders or permanent residents and there is a provision to make exceptions for “individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests.”
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Israel Blocks The Popemobile
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The late Pope Francis left his Popemobile to the people of Gaza to be used as an ambulance. Unfortunately for them, Israel won’t let it into the region.
The Catholic News Agency reports that “ongoing border restrictions, including the sealing of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, have prevented the vehicle, which was refurbished with essential medical equipment, from reaching its destination.”
Catholic representatives have also not been able to secure the right permits from Israel.
“Obtaining permits to enter Gaza from Israel is a very arduous and lengthy process. From Egypt, it is a little easier, but as I said, all borders are currently closed,” a representative for the Church said.
Think of that: Israel is bombing Gaza daily, but still finds time to block a symbolic ambulance over permit issues. It would be funny if it weren’t so grotesque.
This is yet another reason that Israel is losing global support. A new YouGov poll shows a new low in support for Israel’s attacks on Gaza throughout Europe. Importantly, this is not antisemitism – the poll didn’t ask about Jewish people. It asked about Israel’s military response, which most Europeans say has “gone too far” and caused “too many civilian casualties.”
The U.S. government doesn’t share that view. The United Nations representative to the UN Security Council vetoed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
What’s Trending?
Photo credit: IMDB
Wicked: For Good is trending because the trailer for the second film was released on Wednesday.
Meghan Markle is trending for posting this video of herself dancing before delivering her second child who turned 4 on Wednesday.
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is trending because a trailer for the video game was released on Wednesday. The game is due out in 2026.
News By The Numbers
Photo credit: PlayStation
2026. That is when the new 007 video game will be released. The trailer was released on Wednesday.
$1 billion. That is how much a group of three friends sold their hot chicken pop-up store for in Los Angeles. That must be some good chicken!
5.7%. That is how much Japan’s birthrate plummeted from last year. There were only 686,061 Japanese babies born last year, the lowest number since 1899 when the government began tracking birth rates.
His posts center largely on how he felt—whether safe or affirmed—while entering and filming in women’s spaces. The comfort and privacy of the women and girls around him? Entirely ignored.
Under Florida law (§ 810.145), it is illegal to film or photograph inside bathrooms where individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Violators can be charged with a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Many people on Tino’s posts claim to have notified the police.
So far, Disney has taken no action—and they probably won’t. It’s a no-win situation for them. If they condemn the male impostor, they risk being labeled bigots. If they ignore it, they appear complicit in the violation of women’s spaces. Their strategy? Say nothing, do nothing, and hope silence buys them time.
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