NYTIMES (Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno) - How Japan Reacted to Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke
Some people criticized President Trump’s decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relations.
STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - ‘It takes money to kill bad guys,’ Hegseth says of funding request for Iran war | Stars and Stripes
Hegseth did not directly confirm the $200 billion figure when asked about it by a reporter, saying “the number could move.”
NPR (The Associated Press) - Cuba readies for first Russian oil shipment of the year as energy crisis deepens
Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit it.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - 'NATO is finally getting its act together': Greg Kelly
On Thursday's "Greg Kelly Reports," Greg talked about NATO's support for President Donald Trump.
YOUTUBE (Owen Report) - Trump Went To War For Israel - Now He Has No Plan
Owen Shroyer says Trump is acting increasingly erratic, has no solid plan in the Middle East, and is unable to provide a reasonable explanation for how this war benefits the US because he doesn't want to admit it's only for Israel.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Tens of thousands of bottles of children's ibuprofen have been recalled over the possible presence of a foreign substance.
Tens of thousands of bottles of children's ibuprofen have been recalled over the possible presence of a foreign substance.
NPR (The Associated Press) - U.S. Mint can begin to produce Trump commemorative gold coin
The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president, clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion.
NPR (The Associated Press) - FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block it
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - The UK Treasury’s Big New Idea: A Tax On Paying Taxes
The British state somehow aims to raise more tax by preventing taxpayers from paying their tax. The post The UK Treasury’s Big New Idea: A Tax On Paying Taxes appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The UK Treasury’s Big New Idea: A Tax On Paying Taxes The British state somehow aims to raise more tax by preventing taxpayers from paying their tax. TakiMag The acerbic American novelist Lionel Shriver, who lived in the UK for over 30 years, recently moved to sunny Portugal to live there instead. For the sand and the sea? No, because she was sick of wasting her entire life filling out endless stupid forms. Writing in the Spectator , Shriver revealed a multitude of reasons for her emigrating from a nation clearly in terminal decline, but the final “straw that broke the camel’s British residency” was something…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - Labour’s Doomed Pivot Toward Europe
The British government is wistfully hoping to relitigate Brexit, but it won’t work. The post Labour’s Doomed Pivot Toward Europe appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Labour’s Doomed Pivot Toward Europe The British government is wistfully hoping to relitigate Brexit, but it won’t work. UK Special Coverage When the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was asked by the Times last week to choose between Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, she replied without a moment’s hesitation: “Ursula von der Leyen.” “I believe that our future is closely intertwined with Europe,” she added. Take that, MAGA man. You might have expected Reeves to have given a rather more diplomatic answer, given that the American…Open