During live coverage of anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles, Fox 11 helicopter reporter Stu Mundel surprised viewers by launching into an emotional, unscripted monologue about his personal life—including his failing marriage, fondness for gin, and love for his cats. The on-air confession, delivered mid-flight over downtown LA, quickly went viral. credit: Getty Images
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🌍 President Trump made headlines Monday at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Canada by calling for Russia to be reinstated in the elite economic alliance—reviving his long-standing push to return the group to its former “G8” configuration.
👩💼 Britain just appointed the first woman ever to lead MI6. Her name is Blaise Metreweli.
🇵🇸 At least 37 Palestinians were killed at yet another shooting at aid distribution centers. Witnesses again said that Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians.
🏛️ Senator Tim Kaine introduced legislation to prevent the U.S. from entering Israel’s war with Iran without a Congressional debate and vote.
📱 Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing calls to resign after falsely linking the Minnesota shooting suspect to leftist politics in a viral social‑media post—despite the suspect’s conservative affiliations and no supporting evidence.
📉 Senate Republicans unveiled their edits to President Trump’s spending bill. It extends Trump-era cuts, includes budget cuts to Medicaid, raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and phases out clean-energy credits.
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The Lead: Trump Tells Tehran to Evacuate—While Israel Escalates a War He Doesn’t Control
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President Trump warned the civilian population of Tehran to “immediately evacuate.”
In a social media post, he wrote: “Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
Before Trump’s message came a similar warning from Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee, who issued a “final warning” to residents of Zone 3 in Tehran. He urged civilians to evacuate, stating that the Israeli army would soon “operate in this area, which in recent days has been used by the Iranian regime for military activity, including underground facilities.”
Underground facilities. Just like in Gaza. What do you know.
Israel bombed an Iranian news station while they were on the air. Iran says Israel has killed at least 224 people since the attack began on Friday.
This is terrifying.
The U.S. President is publicly warning that another country—not the United States—is about to unleash hell on a capital city where at least 9 million civilians live. Why is he doing this bidding?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is going to do whatever it wants in this new war with Iran – just like they do in Gaza. He says that he hasn’t ruled out assassinating the Ayatollah. He added that the U.S. “is helping,” that he speaks to President Trump daily, and that Trump “will decide on what is good for America.”
That’s what Abraham Lincoln reportedly said in 1861, when asked whether the Union should provoke a second front with Britain while still fighting the Confederacy.
Today’s version might be: One fake peace effort at a time.
The U.S. has quietly postponed peace talks with Russia over the war in Ukraine—probably because it’s too busy pretending to want peace in the Middle East.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that U.S. negotiators canceled the next peace talks. She said, “As of today, the next meeting within the framework of bilateral consultations on eliminating ‘irritants’ to normalize the operation of diplomatic missions of both countries has been canceled at the initiative of the American negotiators.”
I guess the war in Ukraine will just have to tread water for a while. People are still dying but…that’s how it goes sometimes.
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ProPublica says it saw secret U.S. documents showing El Salvador’s President Bukele protected gang leaders from U.S. prosecution—and diverted USAID money straight to the gangs his government claimed to be fighting.
According to the report, an international task force investigated USAID money they believed to have been laundered into MS-13. And while Bukele was publicly playing tough on gangs, key suspects that the U.S. wanted for extradition or prosecution disappeared and extradition requests were ignored.
Officials now allege that high-ranking MS-13 figures were quietly released, relocated, or shielded—in exchange for calm on the streets.
So where are those gang leaders? No one knows. They’re gone. Up in smoke.
The story hinges on classified memos, diplomatic cables, and off-the-record sources. But none of that is public. ProPublica says that they have the proof but we don’t see it.
Maybe it’s true. Maybe it’s spin. It is convenient that U.S. intelligence has this information on a leader that they’ve openly clashed with but those clashes involved prosecution of bad guys who have in fact disappeared and USAID does have a long history of facilitating drug violence under cover of foreign aid.
American Express Platinum is trending because the company announced that it is rolling out major updates to its U.S. Consumer and Business Platinum Cards later this year. Experts predict this may come with a $1,000 per year price tag. JPMorgan Chase may roll out new perks for its luxury card too.
Naked Gun is trending because the official trailer for the film sequel came out on Monday.
News By The Numbers
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$47. That is the new monthly price for Trump Mobile, a mobile phone plan from the Trump Organization, which is run by the President’s sons. There is also a gold Trump phone priced at $499, now on pre-order.
7,000. That is how many university students were caught using AI from the 2023-2024 school year, according to The Guardian. That represents 5.1 per 1,000 students.
31%. That is how many parents said that they would let their teenagers walk a short distance to a coffee shop alone while on vacation, according to a recent poll. That means that 69% will not! Only 46% said that they’d leave their teen alone in the room while they step out for breakfast and 21% said that they’d let them walk alone in an amusement park. Psychiatrists say that the lack of independence is hurting teens and making them anxious and depressed.
They Knew It Could Collapse—and Threw the Party Anyway
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The owners of the Dominican Republic nightclub that collapsed during a star-studded party knew the building was unstable and they threw the party anyway.
More than 200 people were buried alive when the roof caved in, killing famous athletes, musicians, and guests in what officials now say was a completely avoidable disaster.
According to the government, siblings Antonio and Maribel Espaillat overloaded the roof, made illegal structural changes, and ignored clear warnings hours before the event. One of those warnings? Chunks of debris falling from the ceiling.
They went ahead with the April 8 bash anyway.
They face multiple lawsuits, and authorities have seized their assets. Given the sheer number of victims, the case is expected to drag on for some time.
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This newsletter is written and researched by Natali Morris. Please feel free to reach Natali at [email protected] for any editorial feedback.
