RFK Jr argues there hasn’t been a president ‘more sane’ than Trump IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 17
What is Fisa, and why does it allow no-warrant surveillance? Law allows government to spy on emails, texts and phone calls outside the US, including those of some Americans The Guardian - US · Apr 17
Trump puts the FBI on case of missing NASA and nuclear research scientists: ‘No stone will be unturned’ A retired Air Force general who once worked on UFO research disappeared from New Mexico last month The Independent UK · Apr 17
Iran and White House say the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open.’ But it definitely remains closed—at least for now Iran remains unwilling to give up its control over the Strait of Hormuz for now. Fortune · Apr 17
The truce in Lebanon is key to ending the wider Iran war, but challenges remain A truce took hold Friday between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, providing relief on both sides of the border and an opening for Iran and the United States to reach a deal to end the wider war The Independent UK · Apr 17
Keir Starmer ‘threw Olly Robbins under the bus’ in wake of Mandelson vetting row Exclusive: Helen MacNamara calls Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins ‘unacceptable’ The Independent UK · Apr 17
Trump Says Government Investigating Circumstances Surrounding Missing, Dead Scientists President Trump said officials are looking into several cases of U.S. scientists who have either died or gone missing in recent years. International Business Times · Apr 17
Trump Bank Citizenship Plan Could Hit 21.3 Million Americans Lacking Proof Papers and More than 69 Million Women The Trump administration's proposed banking order is beginning to look less like a narrow immigration measure and more like a sweeping paperwork test for millions of Americans, especially women whose legal names no longer match the names on their birth certificates. Latin Times · Apr 17
Democrats use Trump’s AI Jesus post to confront RFK Jr about president’s mental health Donald Trump’s top health official says ‘very, very sane’ president was showing ‘love and compassion’ with threat to destroy Iranian civilization The Independent UK · Apr 17
Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends The Independent UK · Apr 17
Iran says strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ but sounds warning on US blockade Iran’s parliamentary speaker says strait could close again if US blockade continues, but Trump says it will remain in place until ‘transaction’ with Tehran is complete The Guardian - UK · Apr 17
The U.S. Military Has Finally Left Syria After considering a permanent U.S. presence, the Trump administration instead evacuated American troops once and for all. Reason · Apr 17
‘One of the least attractive and talented people’: Fox News host says the quiet part loud, so Donald Trump does what he does best The king of egoistic rants. We Got This Covered · Apr 17
Digested week: Hungary’s election result is rare good news in a depressing and surreal world Not least because JD Vance’s show of support for Viktor Orbán appears to have had opposite of desired effect The Guardian - UK · Apr 17
Barchart · Apr 17 Nike Stock Options Alert: LEAPS Buying Hints at a Bull Call Spread Nike’s options volume on Thursday was its eighth-highest in the past three months. The volume included seven unusually active call options. One of them expiring in 14 months sets up nicely for a Bull Call Spread.
Reason · Apr 17 Trump Ended Free Trade for Mexican Tomatoes. Prices Are Up 23 Percent in the Last Year. America gets 90 percent of its fresh tomatoes from Mexico, and those imports were tariff-free until last year.
The Times of India · Apr 17 Oil's well that ends well? Trump claims nuke deal with Iran to end Hormuz horror TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Iran has agreed to give up its enriched uranium and reopen the Strait of Hormuz - in return for unspecified rewards and concessions, according to reports.
The Times of India · Apr 17 A passage through Hormuz: US and Iran signal end to crisis TOI correspondent from Washington: The Hormuz horror that was choking energy supplies to much of the world is ending, following a deal between Washington and Tehran that US President Donald Trump said is imminent.
The Independent UK · Apr 17 Trump’s former top lawyer said president’s mental health decline has ‘accelerated’: ‘This is somebody who just is lost’ Former White House counsel said Trump’s ‘malignant narcissism’ was more consequential than Joe Biden’s ‘benevolent grandpa losing his memory’
The Mary Sue · Apr 17 ‘I’m not very tauntable’: It’s a Fed Chair nightmare for Trump where one Republican’s ‘no’ could spell disaster for Kevin Warsh Sen. Thom Tillis is making it crystal clear he’s not backing down in his standoff with the administration over Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The outgoing North Carolina Republican is blocking the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Fed chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, until the Justice Department drops its investigation into…
The Independent UK · Apr 17 New Jersey confirms huge World Cup train fare price hikes The train fare prices to get to matches in New Jersey have been confirmed
The Mary Sue · Apr 17 Trump announces Israel-Lebanon ceasefire claiming he solved a 10th war: ‘does it count if he helped start it?’ President Donald Trump just announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, claiming it as the 10th war he has solved. The deal follows a meeting between the two nations’ ambassadors in Washington in their first high-level talks since 1993. But the timing and Trump’s involvement have raised eyebrows, especially…
The Mary Sue · Apr 17 Federal judge slams Trump’s national security excuse for 90,000 sq.ft. White House ballroom as downright absurd A federal judge just called out the absurdity of using national security as an excuse to build a massive 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House. In a sharp 10-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon slammed the attempt to justify the entire project under a loophole meant only for critical…
The Mary Sue · Apr 17 Epstein’s old friend just punished homeless children to settle a score with the Pope Epstein’s old friend just pulled $11 million in funding from a Miami charity that shelters homeless migrant children. The Trump administration abruptly canceled its contract with Catholic Charities, a move that will shutter a program that has housed and cared for unaccompanied minors for over six decades. The decision leaves…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17 Defence spending should not be a choice of welfare or warfare Letters: Readers on the purpose of Nato and the merits of increasing military spending in straitened times