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#10 Pope Francis Has Died, Vatican Says - Joshua McElwee for Reuters, Vatican News, Romy, Bill Mitchell, Joey Mannarino, and Terrence K. Williams on X
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.He was 88 and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia this year, but his death came as a shock after he had been driven around St. Peter's Square in an open-air popemobile to greet cheering crowds on Easter Sunday...
#9 Pete Hegseth Shared Details of Yemen Strike in Another Signal Chat Including His Wife and Brother, Sources Say - CBS News, Robby Starbuck, Walter Curt, MAZE, William Wolf, C3, Jack Poso, and Breanna Morello on X
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about impending U.S. airstrikes in Yemen with a private Signal group that included his wife, brother and personal attorney, according to sources familiar with the messages. The messages, sent on March 15, included flight schedules for F/A-18 Hornets tasked with striking Houthi targets, the sources said. The messages were sent the same day Hegseth shared similar operational details in a separate Signal chat that inadvertently included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, sparking widespread concern over how senior officials handle sensitive military information...
#8 Salvadoran President Bukele Proposes Prisoner Swap With Maduro for Venezuelan Deportees - The Associated Press on NPR, Mario Nawfal, Visegrad24, Insider Paper, and Kevin D. Grussing/Candidly Tiff on X
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States, his government has kept imprisoned for what he called "political prisoners" in Venezuela. In a post on the social media platform X, directed at President Nicolás Maduro, Bukele listed off a number of family members of high-level opposition figures in Venezuela, journalists, and activists detained during the South American government's electoral crackdown last year. "The only reason they are imprisoned is for having opposed you and your electoral fraud," he wrote to Maduro. "However, I want to propose a humanitarian agreement that includes the repatriation of 100% of the 252 Venezuelans who were deported, in exchange for the release and surrender of an identical number (252) of the thousands of political prisoners you hold."#7 US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Deportations of Venezuelan Migrants Under Wartime Law - Reuters, Paul A. Szypula, SGAnon, Charlie Kirk, Juanita Broaddrick, and Ben Garrison Cartoons on X
The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members under a rarely used wartime law, but the government urged the justices to lift their order.The court issued the decision after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union asked it to intervene on an emergency basis, saying dozens of Venezuelan migrants faced imminent deportation without the judicial review the justices previously ordered...
#6 Davos Meet Founder Klaus Schwab Steps Down From WEF Board - France 24, Disclose TV, Jim Ferguson, Bernie, and Nioh Berg on X
Schwab informed the WEF's board that "as I enter my 88th year, I have decided to step down from the position of Chair and as a member of the Board of Trustees, with immediate effect". Schwab stepped down as executive chairman last year, with former Norwegian foreign minister Borge Brende taking over daily management. The WEF said Vice Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe was appointed board chairman in the interim and that a search committee for replacement had been appointed. WEF's board hailed Schwab's "outstanding achievements" in his 55 years as the leader of the organisation. "At a time when the world is undergoing rapid transformation, the need for inclusive dialogue to navigate complexity and shape the future has never been more critical," it said in a statement...
#5 DOGE Cleared in NLRB Whistleblower Fiasco — Now the Accuser’s in the Hot Seat - Hawkeye Beacon, Elon Musk/Mario Nawfal/Amuse, Tony C,
Daniel J. Berulis claimed Elon’s DOGE team hacked into the NLRB — that’s the National Labor Relations Board — and funneled sensitive data to Russia.One problem: they never had a login. Not even a password reset email.#4 Conor McGregor Reveals Why His Presidential Bid Must Succeed- Joshua Ryan for MMA Weekly, Tucker Carlson, Wall Street Apes, Bo Loudon, Update News and Conor McGregor on X
Conor McGregor believes his hand has been forced and that he must run for Presidency in Ireland to end his country's recent failings. There has been a wave of crimes being committed in the country of Ireland by immigrants over the past few years. Women and children have seemingly been targeted by these attacks and are being left in critical condition, but McGregor isn't accepting it anymore. The UFC star insists those who run Ireland are neglecting their own people, believing it's time for a change. While speaking to Tucker Carlson, Conor McGregor revealed how his home country is doing...#3 Blue States Rallied for Illegal Immigrants to Obtain Driver’s Licenses Ahead of Trump’s Real ID Crackdown - Emma Colton for Fox News, NewsGate, John A. Miller, Woke Zombie, and Amuse on X
Americans are scrambling to obtain a state-issued REAL ID in order to travel by plane ahead of a federal deadline next month, which comes after states from coast to coast changed their laws surrounding driver's licenses to permit illegal immigrants to drive. Americans will need to obtain a REAL ID, which is a federally-compliant driver's license or other identification that meets higher standards than state-issued licenses, in order to easily travel by air, the Department of Homeland Security explains on its
website. Only legal U.S. citizens or residents can obtain the identification card, while valid U.S. passports can also still be used instead of a REAL ID for domestic air travel...
#2 High-Ranking Dem Jamie Raskin Threatens Countries That Support Trump: ‘When We Come Back to Power … We Are Not Going to Look Kindly’ - Ryan King for New York Post, Derek Hunter, The General, The Post Millennial, and Western Lensman on X
Rep. Jamie Raskin threatened foreign leaders who “facilitated authoritarianism in our country” by currying favor with President Trump on issues like deportation, saying that Democrats will not “look kindly” on his supporters when they “come back to power.” Referencing El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele specifically, Raskin (D-Md.), 62, suggested that Dems should keep score of foreign leaders who brownnose Trump, 78, during his second term. “Implicit in it should be the idea that if and when we come back to power — and we will — we are not going to look kindly upon people who … facilitated authoritarianism in our country,” Raskin told “Pod Save America” host Tommy Vietor in an episode that dropped Saturday. Vietor had told Raskin that a Latin American policy expert suggested to him that Democrats should “threaten to take action against any foreign government that participates in the extraordinary rendition of American citizens.”
