Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed an emergency order to stop people from freely celebrating the 250th anniversary of America in Times Square.
Americans are being locked out of the July 4th ball drop. New Yorkers have some "thoughts" about this.
https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/2042580664793383222
such a commie muslim pos move
Xi Jinping meets with Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-Wun — 1st time in over 9 years.
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/2042477101626827130
French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived at the Vatican today, where Macron held a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV and exchanged gifts with the pontiff. Their talks focused mainly on the war in the Middle East, focusing on Lebanon.
This was the French president’s first meeting with Pope Leo XIV. Macron’s last papal meeting was with Pope Francis in Ajaccio, France, in 2024.
https://x.com/colmflynnire/status/2042572596454035736
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to postpone his testimony in his corruption trial for at least the next two weeks, citing classified security and diplomatic reasons.
The state is expected to respond by Sunday, per N12.
https://x.com/ElectionWiz/status/2042599146620665962
Top Overnight News
President Trump on Thursday demanded Iran stop charging tolls for tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran's supreme leader promised the country would control the crucial waterway. Axios
The truce remained shaky, as Kuwait reported overnight drone attacks. Israel is preparing for talks with Lebanon but said it’ll continue strikes on Hezbollah, with Trump’s push for an exit straining relations. BBG
President Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that he was “very optimistic” a peace deal with Iran was within reach as a diplomatic delegation led by Vice President JD Vance prepared to head to Pakistan for high-stakes talks aimed at ending the nearly six-week conflict. NBC
Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s top negotiator with Russia said he sees Ukraine nearing a peace deal with Vladimir Putin. “They all understand the war needs to end,” Kyrylo Budanov said in an April 4 interview with Bloomberg. BBG
While every administration crafts its own defense strategy, Trump’s second is making the unusual move of discarding a policy that was formulated by his first. That bipartisan approach sanctioned by Trump 1.0 characterized China as the most consequential U.S. adversary. The Trump 2.0 framework is instead a seismic shift in U.S. policy, trade practices and rhetoric toward Beijing driven by a new mantra: Don’t rock the boat. WSJ
China made a rare diplomatic foray in the Iran war, nudging Tehran to agree to sit down for talks with the U.S. Beijing’s role wasn’t decisive, but Chinese leader Xi Jinping now has something valuable: diplomatic capital with President Trump. WSJ
China's factory-gate prices rose for the first time in more than three years in March, in an early sign that the war in Iran is feeding cost pressures into the world’s second-largest economy. China’s PPI came in a bit firmer than anticipated at +0.5% Y/Y (vs. the Street +0.4% and up from -0.9% in Feb) while the CPI ran a touch cooler at +1% (vs. the Street +1.1% and down from +1.3% in Feb). RTRS
Trump administration reportedly considering a new crackdown on Chinese telecom Carriers' US operations, according to the agency.
Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own chips, three sources said, as the company and its rivals respond to a shortage of AI chips needed to power and develop more advanced AI systems. Also, Scott Bessent and Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street CEOs to warn of potential cyber risks from Anthropic’s new AI model and others. RTRS, BBG
CPI Preview: We expect a 0.28% increase in March core CPI (vs. +0.3% consensus), corresponding to a year-over-year rate of 2.69% (vs. +2.7% consensus). We expect a 0.87% increase in headline CPI (vs. +1.0% consensus), reflecting sharply higher energy prices. Our forecast is consistent with a 0.23% increase in core PCE in March. Goldman
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2042574876095947157
CPI 0.9% MoM, Exp. 0.9%
CPI Core 0.2% MoM, Exp 0.3%
CPI 3.3% YoY, Exp. 3.4%
CPI Core 2.6% YoY, Exp. 2.7%
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2042580969991901496
JUST IN - President Trump just issued a statement: "WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL RESET!!!"
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/2042597758759243929
thx for the heads up stephen
New Yorker drops a bomb on Altman. OpenAI insiders say the CEO of the world's most important AI company can't really code and confuses basic ML terms.
> Built influence through strategy, not technical depth.
> Sets up structures — then removes them when constraints apply.
> A Microsoft exec warned he could be remembered like figures from financial scandals.
The CEO of the company building AGI doesn't understand the G.
https://x.com/Mayhem4Markets/status/2042423777074823538
global exorcism sounds purty good
NOW - Kamala attempts to impersonate Trump as a mob boss: "Well you know—you take Eastern Europe, and I'll take the Western Hemisphere, and then you over there you get Asia, and we'll just divide it up. Right?"
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2042628501304492493
whoever invented the "fog of war" should be dragged out in a public square and flogged until they scream uncle
RIP Alexander Kazanowski. 25 years old. He is a new father. Beaten to death in Chicago.
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2042430462715457780
concur…possibly just stating facts
🚨NEW: I'm launching an investigation into radical UNT officials over DEI policies and calling for the firing of a woke staff member who bragged about illegal teachings.
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2042624875756396905
in the last week he's coming for the sharia law and DEI………..dont forget about India taking over Ken