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May 2, 2025 - World

An MSNBC columnist pointed out the painful "symbolism" represented by President Donald Trump's decision to replace Mike Waltz as national security advisory, a post he held for just over 100 days.On Thursday, Trump announced that Marco Rubio would take over Waltz's post temporarily, while also serving as Secretary of State."The symbolism of Rubio taking Waltz’s job is almost too on the nose — even for this administration," wrote Michael A. Cohen. "It’s not merely an indication that MAGA world will flush out the unrepentant hawks who once dominated Republican foreign policy — and are now as close to extinction as the once-flourishing 'Republican free trade' caucus. It’s also a reminder that the key to staying in Trump’s good graces is to simply parrot — and help implement — whatever insane policy idea pops into the president’s head."Many speculated that Waltz was made a "fall guy" for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following the Signalgate scandal when classified air strike information was shared via an unsecured app chat.ALSO READ: Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grabBut "Signalgate is hardly the sole reason for Waltz’s downfall," Cohen wrote, postulating that Waltz forgot the "cardinal rule of MAGA" — that "experience and intelligence matter little to Trump."Cohen pointed out that Waltz, who "stood out from the MAGA crowd on matters of policy," should have learned how to survive in the White House by watching Rubio."In the not-too-distant past, Rubio was as much a foreign policy hawk as Waltz," Cohen wrote. "He, too, once talked tough on Russian aggression against Ukraine and supported U.S. foreign aid and, at one point in his Senate career, even tried to broker a compromise immigration bill. Now he says the conflict in Ukraine is 'not our war,' he has played a key role in demolishing the U.S. Agency for International Development, and he has zealously defended Trump’s illegal deportation policy."Cohen concluded that in Trump world, "being an adequate foreign policy hand is as much a scarlet letter as it is a key qualification. Waltz’s mistake was in believing that there’s anything normal about our current political moment."Read the MSNBC article here.

May 2, 2025 - World

Liberal PM will also meet with US president on Tuesday amid tensions over threatened annexation and tariffsKing Charles has accepted an invitation to open Canada’s parliament on 27 May, in “an historic honour that matches the weight of our times”, the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said on Friday.In his first news conference since an election dominated by Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty, the prime minister also confirmed he would meet the US president at the White House on Tuesday. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group has claimed a “sweeping victory” saying it took control of the key town of Al Nahud in West Kordofan state in a fight that intensified a day earlier

May 2, 2025 - World

NBC business analyst Christine Romans shot down enthusiasm over the new jobs numbers released on Friday, stating unusual circumstances related to DOGE government cuts kept unemployment numbers lower than expected.Speaking with MSNBC host Ana Cabrera, Romans was asked about the report that showed unemployment numbers held steady at 4.2 percent, 177,000 jobs added in April.Asked if the job numbers could "cushion" the blow of Donald Trump's tariffs just taking effect, Romans replied, "The job market is resilient and you know we ended last year and came into this year with a strong labor market; cooling but still strong."ALSO READ: 'We’ve made a mistake': Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzy"So I think that's good news considering all the uncertainty that is ahead here," she explained. "An unemployment rate of 4.2 percent that is near historic lows, you look under the hood here and you can see health care hiring a lot. You can see warehouses hiring. I wonder why? Because companies have been pulling forward a lot of their purchases of goods before tariffs.""Then you look also in these numbers in federal workers, you see 9,000 federal workers lost jobs this year, about 26,000, that's probably an undercount and here's why," she offered. "The government, even in this notice, says if you're furloughed or you're still getting a paycheck, you're still counted as as employed. So a lot of these people with buyouts are just not in these numbers yet. So this is a solid position to start from with a lot of tariff uncertainty happening right now."You can watch below or at the link. - YouTube youtu.be

May 2, 2025 - World

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of the northern half of ethnically divided Cyprus’ capital Nicosia to protest what they say is Turkey’s attempt to erode their secular roots and to strengthen the hold of political Islam over their ...