💥 Newsom defies Trump tariffs: 'California will fight back'

California governor slams "largest tax hike," urges global partners to bypass DC.

"We will not sit idly by during Trump’s tariff war. We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back," he warned on X.

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🇺🇸✈️🇷🇺Russia's special envoy lauds results of his visit

"As I am leaving the US, I wanted to thank everyone for a positive, honest and constructive visit," Kirill Dmitriev wrote on his X page.

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❗️ NATO outperformed by Russia 4-fold — Mark Rutte

NATO Secretary General exposed NATO's inability to reach the same level of ammunition production of Russia.

"We are producing in a full year in ammunition what Russia is producing in three months," he told CBS News.

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💸 High price, low return: US strikes on Yemen's Houthis could TOP $1 BILLION – media

The US achieved only limited success in dismantling the Houthis' underground stockpile of missiles, drones, and launchers, Pentagon officials admitted.

Since March 15, the US has conducted strikes with costly GPS-guided glide bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles on Yemen's northern and central regions controlled by the Houthi fighters.

The strikes were authorized by President Trump following the Houthis' renewed assaults on ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea, which were a reaction to the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

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📹 Footage of Israeli artillery shelling east of Gaza City

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💬'Unelected' Zelensky assumes 'high-handed tone with American officials' while they're paying for Ukraine — Carlson

"So this is an unelected president of a client state whose bureaucrats are being paid directly by American taxpayers, including their retirement accounts…" Tucker Carlson said while interviewing US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Bessent added that Zelensky "was a performer" who now "is not getting the best advice."

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✉️👋 7 days to leave? Trump administration sends mail telling Ukrainians to leave US

Multiple Ukrainian refugees received an alarming email stating their status had been revoked, giving them just 7 days to leave or face government action.

The Department of Homeland Security, however, confirmed the message was sent in error, clarifying that the Ukrainian parole program remains intact.

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🔸Fed Chairman: Trump's tariffs raise inflation, slow growth

🔸Trump tariffs will jeopardize Ukraine aid — here's how

🔸Scott Bessent reveals how Zelensky blew up the mineral deal

🔸Alex Ovechkin ties with Gretzky's all-time record

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🇲🇽🌪Mexico’s Chihuahua ON HIGH ALERT: Sandstorm threatens country’s northwest

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'I’m very happy I was able to do this'—Ovechkin on tying with Gretzky's record

"For our soldiers, for my family... I just want to say "Hi" to everyone in Russia and thank you for supporting me. We will do everything possible to break a record," the hockey player said.

Ovechkin mentioned that Wayne Gretzky wrote to him before the game, wishing to score three goals to overcome his Canadian colleague.

Earlier, the 39-year-old Capital hockey player scored his 894th goal, one goal away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky's record, unbeaten since 1994.

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'STOP WITH THE UNREALISTIC TIRED' MANTRAS'—Russia's special envoy calls on ex-US ambassador to Russia to STOP BEING A DEEP STATE PLAYER

"Dear Mike, I believe in you. You can stop being a deep state [...] actor... Start offering realistic solutions. Be a peacemaker," Kirill Dmitriev, Special Envoy of the Russian President for Investment and Economic Cooperation, wrote.

He addressed Michael McFaul in response to the post, where the ex-ambassador suggested for Dmitriev to "stop with the hyperbolic threats about World War III" and to admit to allegedly wanting to "bribe the Trump administration" with economic deals.

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‘One-way ticket’: Ukrainian POW recounts how expendable men are to Kiev

A militant captured by the Russian army tells Sputnik that he was sent to a position with no evacuation option, adding that the Kiev regime gang-presses even those who already deserted once and sends them back to the line of contact within days.

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‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE PEACE’: Former US Army colonel WARNS Europe against prepping for war with Russia

"There is a great deal of talk that the EU is preparing for a war with Russia... Britain is about to go under financially, France isn't far behind, and the Germans are in a lot of trouble," Douglas Macgregor wrote on his X page.

However, they do not have the resources, the former DoD adviser stressed.

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🍺 Beer shower for Russian hockey star

The Washington Capitals welcomed Alexander Ovechkin with a beer shower in the locker room after tying with Wayne Gretzky's record as the league's highest all-time scorer with 894 goals.

The Russian hockey player called it the best shower of his life.

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