ACTUAL NEWS: Thursday, March 27th 2025 Recap
- Olga Nesterova
- Mar 27
- 11 min read
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Fox showed 🇨🇦 PM Carney addressing the US tariffs
Canada's PM Carney: I understand what President Trump does not - we love our country with every fiber of our being, we will unite, defend and lookout for each other.
Every dollar collected from our retaliatory tariffs will go to supporting Canadian workers.
Carney said that Trump hasn’t contacted him, but they will be speaking soon, in the next day or two. It’s possible that some cabinet members would go to DC as a result of the Carney/DJT talk.
The discussion includes the previously announced retaliatory tariffs, as well as new tariffs on the auto sector, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.
Any negotiation or discussion would need to be based on respect of Canada’s sovereignty.
Carney: I take note of President Trump’s comments, but I do not take direction from such.
“We will have to do things very differently, but we have the ability to do things differently. We take it as a lesson to build up and make Canada stronger.”
Meanwhile, U.S. President Trump said on Thursday that larger tariffs could be placed on the European Union and Canada if they both work together "to do economic harm to the USA".
This was the outcome of the announced tariffs set to be imposed on the auto industry:
This conversation reveals the White House's stance on the matter.
Q: Are American companies going to refrain from cutting jobs as they try to respond to tariffs?
Navarro: The first thing that's really important to understand is that the Big Three so-called American companies -- GM, Ford, Stellantis -- they're not really American companies
Q: General Motors isn't an American company? Ford isn't an American company? Built Ford Tough?
Despite airline schedule changes and capacity being redirected to other markets, a more troubling trend emerges from forward demand data: future flight bookings between Canada and the US have collapsed.
Putin speaking at the International Arctic Forum: President Trump’s plan to seize Greenland is serious, has deep historical roots, and it is evident that the U.S. will pursue it systematically. Adds that it’s a bilateral issue between the U.S. and Denmark and has no bearing on Russia.
*Flip it 180, please.
Putin: Our biggest fears are NATO's repeated threats to us in the Northern region (a made up lie), especially powered by new members - Finland and Sweden. Russia has never threatened anyone (it just kills civilians on a daily basis), but we will strengthen our positions in the Arctic.
I've been telling you that Russia is behind plans to annex Canada and Greenland.
This is how a student of Tufts University was arrested by ICE for co-writing an essay criticizing university’s stance on Gaza
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country.
TODAY IN HISTORY
47 BCE: Cleopatra VII, aided by Julius Caesar, was reinstated as co-ruler of Egypt alongside her brother Ptolemy XIV after a civil war with Ptolemy XIII.
1351: In the War of the Breton Succession, knights loyal to Charles of Blois and John of Montfort fought the Battle of the Thirty near Ploërmel.
1625: Charles I ascended the throne of Great Britain and Ireland following the death of James I.
1814: At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in the Creek War, Andrew Jackson’s forces killed over 800 Creek warriors and captured 500 women and children.
1915: Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, was placed under permanent quarantine on North Brother Island, New York City, where she remained until her death in 1938.
1958: Nikita Khrushchev replaced Nikolay Bulganin as premier of the Soviet Union.
1964: A 9.2-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in the U.S., struck south-central Alaska.
1975: Construction began on the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which was completed in 1977 at a cost of $8 billion.
1977: Two Boeing 747s, operated by Pan Am and KLM, collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 582 people in the deadliest aviation disaster in history.
1998: The U.S. FDA approved Pfizer’s Viagra, the first oral treatment for erectile dysfunction.
2020: North Macedonia became the 30th member of NATO.
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NATIONAL
At a congressional hearing, Republicans accused PBS and NPR leaders of using publicly funded media to promote left-wing views. The broadcast executives defended their programming as unbiased.
The Trump administration’s nominee to oversee a $42 billion government fund for expanding high-speed broadband to underserved areas denied on Thursday that she would administer the program to benefit Starlink owner Elon Musk. Seeing is believing.
The Trump administration has invited companies to email the Environmental Protection Agency by March 31 to request presidential exemptions from nine clean-air regulations, including mercury limits for power plants and restrictions on hazardous air pollutants in plastic production. This move is part of a broader effort to "ease regulatory burdens on businesses".
The U.S. Department of Justice launched a deregulatory task force on Thursday to push back against regulations deemed harmful to competition, particularly in key consumer markets such as agriculture, housing, transportation, healthcare, and energy.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans on Thursday to restructure federal public health agencies, including cutting 10,000 jobs and centralizing some FDA and CDC functions under his authority.
Amid fears that President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement could include European-made pharmaceuticals, some drugmakers are taking the unusual step of shipping more medicines to the U.S. by air, according to industry executives and logistics firms.
Shares of highly shorted Hertz and Avis Budget Group surged on Thursday after President Trump proposed a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, raising speculation that consumers might turn to car rentals rather than purchasing expensive new cars.
The International Monetary Fund is continuing to assess the impact of Trump’s tariff plans, including the proposed 25% auto tariffs. However, the IMF’s baseline forecast does not predict a U.S. recession, spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday.
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmed on Thursday that they have requested a Defense Department inquiry into Trump administration officials’ discussions of sensitive military attack plans on the Signal messaging app, including recommendations for addressing security concerns.
The U.S. Justice Department is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing drug and gun laws as part of a broader government streamlining effort directed by President Trump, according to a memo first reported by Reuters.
A local official in New York on Thursday rejected Texas’ attempt to enforce a $100,000 judgment against a New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to Texas, escalating an unprecedented interstate legal conflict.
Trump asks Elise Stefanik to withdraw bid for U.N. ambassador. In a surprising reversal, President Trump urged New York Republican Elise Stefanik to remain in Congress, citing the need to protect the party’s slim House majority.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and is actively identifying additional cases. His comments came after the Trump administration detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish student earlier this week.
Elon Musk has invested more than $20 million in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, raising concerns among Democrats who view it as an attempt to influence the court’s decision on a Tesla lawsuit.
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to preserve messages sent via the Signal messaging app that discussed attack plans against the Houthis in Yemen. The messages became public after they were inadvertently shared with a journalist.
U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty announced Thursday that its parent agency had rescinded an order to terminate its grant funding, following a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the cuts.
Two U.S. Federal Trade Commission members fired by President Trump sued him on Thursday, arguing that their removal violated federal law and a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent protecting agency independence.
The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration clarified Thursday that members of Elon Musk’s DOGE government reform team did not influence the agency’s decision to test Starlink terminals.
Some U.S. health regulators responsible for reviewing medical devices and tobacco products are struggling to meet congressional deadlines due to layoffs ordered by the Trump administration, according to three scientists involved in the process.
GLOBAL
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that he is willing to reduce tariffs on China to facilitate a deal for TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app, which is used by 170 million Americans.
The Trump administration plans to immediately terminate U.S.-backed programs aimed at combating child labor, forced labor, and other abuses in dozens of countries, according to a Washington Post report on Thursday.
A U.S.-Ukraine agreement on mineral resources will be indefinite, with any modifications requiring American approval, according to Ukrainian MP. The draft agreement covers all natural resources, including oil and gas, but does not include security guarantees. - more on that below
The United States will deploy biometric technology in partnership with Colombia to help manage migration and combat criminal activity, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced during a visit to Bogotá on Thursday.
The Trump administration has instructed two intelligence agencies to focus satellite surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a broad crackdown on illegal immigration and drug cartels.
Republicans in Congress are struggling to determine how to fund President Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax cuts and immigration reform agenda, with the future of the Medicaid program and the national debt ceiling hanging in the balance.
The White House has placed two Trump loyalists at the federal HR agency after allies of billionaire Elon Musk blindsided top administration officials with a surprise government-wide email last month, demanding workers summarize five key achievements from the previous week.
Danish government ministers condemned what they called President Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric on Thursday and praised Greenland’s inhabitants for their resilience in the face of U.S. pressure to take control of the Arctic island.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will provide $73 million in additional financial aid to Rohingya refugees through the U.N. World Food Programme, amid concerns that aid cuts could worsen the crisis for the world’s largest stateless population.
The U.S. Secretary of State warned Venezuela on Thursday that attacking its neighbor Guyana or U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil would result in severe consequences, calling such actions “a very bad day” for Venezuela.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized President Trump’s proposed tariffs, warning they could harm the U.S. economy. He vowed to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the trade levy on Brazilian steel.
Israel’s Parliament approved a new budget that strengthens Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power and includes a significant increase in military spending.
Palestinians in Gaza staged a second day of protests against the ongoing war, a rare display of public dissent against Hamas.
Sudan’s military has recaptured the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of occupation by the rival Rapid Support Forces amid a brutal civil war.
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, will stand trial for attempting a coup following his defeat in the 2022 election.
South Korea has admitted that adoption agencies engaged in widespread fraud for decades, sending children to American and European homes under false pretenses. Agencies allegedly falsified documents to present babies as orphans despite knowing their parents.
British authorities have imposed a record fine on the University of Sussex after regulators determined that its transgender equality policy restricted staff members’ ability to discuss sex and gender issues.
President Trump is tightening his grip on Greenland, with Vice President JD Vance preparing for a last-minute, uninvited visit later this week. “We have to let them know that we need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it,” Trump said in an interview with radio host Vince Coglianese on March 26.
A newly deployed U.S. missile system in the Philippines now places key Chinese military and commercial hubs within striking range.
On March 26, the U.S. government approved a potential $1.96 billion sale to Qatar of eight MQ-9B unmanned aerial vehicles. If finalized, it would be the first sale of General Atomics-produced drones to the Middle East. The deal also includes hundreds of bombs, scores of missiles, several radars, radios, satellite communication ground systems, and related technical support.
The U.S. military is preparing to award several high-stakes contracts for commercial satellite communications services this fall, signaling a growing reliance on private-sector capabilities for battlefield connectivity and global coverage. Key contracts include a $500 million deal to support Marine Corps communications and a new procurement initiative for maneuverable geostationary small satellites.
THE LATEST ON UKRAINE
The Coalition of the Willing has met today in Paris
First, it was reported that a delegation of British and French military personnel will travel to Ukraine to develop the format of the future Ukrainian army, - per French President Macron
Further statements from the French President:
• In three weeks, partner countries will develop proposals for monitoring compliance with the ceasefire in Ukraine.
• Deterrent forces from several countries will operate in Ukraine. The Russian Federation will not decide on this. The forces will cover sea, air, and land areas and will be part of a broader package of security measures.
• Everyone agreed that now is not the right time to lift sanctions against Russia.
• "I hope that Xi Jinping can play a very active role in promoting peace in Ukraine."
Then, WSJ reported that France and Britain's plan to deploy European troops to Ukraine has failed due to inability to get US guarantees of support if peacekeepers are attacked.
Essentially, US said no to fulfilling its NATO member duties if Russia were to attack other NATO members.
New US-Ukraine “Deal”
Here are the demands from the US:
A joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund to be co-managed, but not equally. Five board members—three U.S., two Ukrainian. No decision without U.S. approval.
Who pays what:
The U.S. says it’s already paid in—$100 billion since 2022. Ukraine must contribute future royalties and profits from gas, oil, minerals, and more. The agreement is open-ended. Only the U.S. can walk away.
Who gets paid first:
The U.S. gets its full “contribution” back—plus 4% annual interest. Ukraine sees no profit until that’s paid in full.
The U.S. can pull money out freely. Ukraine cannot.
What Ukraine gives up:
All resource revenues, public and private, across all territory—even occupied. Private firms like DTEK are not exempt.
Funds are to be converted into hard currency and wired abroad to an account controlled by the U.S.
Who gets the minerals:
The U.S. gets first rights to buy what’s extracted—state or private.
Who builds what:
All new infrastructure projects in Ukraine must be offered to the fund first. Only if the fund declines, can other investors be considered.
Even private-sector initiatives may be bound by this, though the language is unclear.
What’s missing:
No security guarantees. No defense clause. Just resource control.
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NEWS CLIPS - NO COMMENTARY
Putin: Russia's friends greatly outnumber the people who don't understand us 🤔
Zelenskyy: Putin fears losing his power. He will die soon.
Trump: We got a lot of votes because of Hannibal Lecter
AG Bondi addressed the #SignalGate.. sort of
Canada's PM Carney: The relationship Canada had with the United States is over
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TODAY IN PHOTOS
Yakutsk, Russia
Scientists perform a necropsy on a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth nicknamed Yana, at the North-Eastern Federal University. The carcass, which was dug up last summer near the Batagaika research station in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia, weighs 180kg and is 120cm (4ft) tall and 200cm long
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Rescuers work to extinguish a fire at the site of a drone strike. A large-scale Russian drone attack on the city overnight injured at least 13 people, including two children, according to Ukrainian officials
Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA
Paris, France
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, centre, and Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, speak during a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the ‘coalition of the willing’ at the Élysée Palace
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AP
Hawaii, US
Lava erupts from Halema’uma’u crater within the Kīlauea volcano’s summit caldera
Photograph: Marco Garcia/Reuters
Nuuk, Greenland
A boat travels though a frozen sea inlet outside the Greenlandic capital
Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
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