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Trump says the US knows where Iran’s leader is hiding but won’t kill him — ‘for now’. Apnews

President Trump is working for all of us, he is very good and promotes US because he wants to help the economy. On his opinion, tariffs are useful. How much? Very much and he knows how to go on with it. He’s fighting like a lion.

Rubio, Kaine clash on South African refugees: ‘You don’t like that they’re White’. Dozens of White South African refugees landed in the US last week with the State Department saying they are victims of ‘government-sponsored racial discrimination’ .www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-clashes-kaine-south-african-refugees-you-dont-like-theyre-white

Russia and Ukraine look set for first direct talks since war began. The new round of negotiations comes amid a long history of delaying tactics by the Russian side as the fighting in Ukraine grinds on. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/13/russia-direct-talks-ukraine-istanbul/

https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/be-cool-trump-says-as-massive-reciprocal-tariffs-take-effect/

Ukraine urges US action over Russia’s alleged violations to partial ceasefire
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370678007112

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa may have been dead for days or weeks.
How sad!

After devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are going forward.
The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. . Oscar presenters will include Selena Gomez and Oprah Winfrey

Three Israeli hostages arrive in Israel as ceasefire passes first hurdle. A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday following an almost three-hour delay after Hamas was late to name the three hostages it planned to release.

Trump fills Cabinet with loyalists, competing ideologies and government skeptics
The Cabinet is almost complete just three weeks after the president-elect’s reelection, offering an unusually quick window into his plans. – washingtonpost

Trump gained 95,000 votes in New York City. Democrats lost half a million. In every neighborhood, Kamala Harris received markedly fewer votes than Joe Biden did in 2020, while Donald Trump notched modest increases in most areas – nytimes

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

AP. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
GREAT !!!!!

The 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival officially kicked off this past Friday with the critically acclaimed Opening Night selection: RaMell Ross’s NICKEL BOYS.
Visit the photo gallery (featuring shots from our Opening Night screenings, press conference, red carpet) and watch all of NYFF62 videos related to NICKEL BOYS at http://filmlinc.org/ON24

Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South. Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it. (apnews)

As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have faced each other on the debate stage for the first and possibly the last time.
Candidates spar on economy and abortion in first presidential debate. Trump wins!

Telegram founder is charged with wide range of crimes in France. Pavel Durov was arrested near Paris over the weekend as part of a broad investigation into criminal activity on the platform. (nytimes)

AP – Late french film star Alain Delon wanted his dog buried with him. The dog gets to live.
Me – What love is this Alain?

President Joe Biden says he’s ready to return to the campaign trail, even as a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called for him to step aside.