Author: Tim Hodges

Trump Initiates Chips and Drug Probes Ahead of More Tariffs  Bloomberg.com US begins probes into pharmaceutical and chip imports, setting stage for tariffs  CNN Trump moves closer to semiconductor tariffs, floats pause on auto duties  Al Jazeera Trump Moves to Put New Tariffs on Computer Chips and Drugs  The New York Times Commerce to launch Section 232 semiconductor probe  Politico

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial  BBC Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly  The New York Times Zuckerberg had a ‘crazy idea’ to boost Facebook’s relevance: Make everyone start from scratch  Business Insider Meta resorted to ‘buy-or-bury scheme’ with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says  CNBC […]

More than 400 killed by rebel group in Sudan says UN  BBC Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover, UN agency says  Reuters Sudanese Paramilitaries Kill Entire Clinic Staff in Famine-Struck Camp  The New York Times In Sudan, hundreds killed in attacks on famine-hit displacement camps  NPR Sudan’s news blackout stokes fear and confusion after […]

Israel makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim  Reuters Gaza hostage talks still stalled, official says, amid reports of incremental progress  The Times of Israel Hamas ‘studying’ Israeli ceasefire proposal, demand to disarm a ‘red line’  Al Jazeera Hamas rejects truce proposal that calls on Palestinian groups to ‘surrender’  Middle East Eye Hamas agrees to release nine […]

Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials  AP News Iran expected to resist US plan to move uranium stockpile to third country  The Guardian Opinion | Trump and the Atomic Ayatollah  WSJ Iranian foreign minister to visit Moscow ahead of second Iran-US meeting  Reuters Trump says Iran must ditch ‘concept of […]

Hungary Changes Constitution to Mandate Two Genders  The New York Times Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights  AP News Hungary’s parliament votes to limit rights of dual nationals and LGBTQ+ people  BBC Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings  The Guardian Budapest goes ‘Gray Pride’ as protesters in […]

FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash  AP News Hudson River Helicopter crash: Rotor from deadly helicopter crash retrieved from Hudson River  ABC7 New York NTSB: Crews recover key components of helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River  News 12 Missing Rotor Is Recovered From Site of Helicopter Crash in Hudson River  The New […]

The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities  WSJ

Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Shuttering of Migrant Entry Program  The New York Times Judge blocks Trump from revoking legal status for 530,000+ migrants who flew into US via Biden program  Fox News Judge blocks Trump administration’s move to end Biden-era migration program  Axios Trump can’t revoke legal status of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, judge rules  CBS […]

Pennsylvania governor’s mansion arson suspect Cody Balmer displays bizarre behavior before court arraignment  Fox News Man accused of setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s home denied bail  CNN Pennsylvania governor’s mansion arson suspect Cody Balmer was out on bail at time of firebombing  Fox News Person in custody after suspected arson at Governor’s residence in Harrisburg  6abc Philadelphia The growing […]