ACTUAL NEWS: Friday, March 14th 2025 Recap
"Today in History", the Latest National and Global News & the Launch of ONEST Eyes
QUICK HITS
NATO Secretary General Rutte told Bloomberg: "Post-war, it’d be reasonable to gradually rebuild ties with Russia, but we’re not there yet. We must keep pressuring them to take talks seriously. Ukraine’s entry into NATO is no longer being considered."
When asked, "Is Trump really taking Ukraine’s NATO membership off the negotiating table?" Rutte replied, "Yes."
President Trump stated, "We'll know more about the ceasefire on Monday."
Ukrainian officials have disputed claims of direct communication between President Trump and President Putin. Following President Trump's assertion of "productive discussions" with Putin regarding the situation in Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff refuted reports suggesting that Ukrainian troops were encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast, labeling such claims as fabrications
Furthermore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concerns over Russia's maximalist demands in ceasefire negotiations, emphasizing Ukraine's commitment to a sustainable peace process.
Q: What's the plan if Putin doesn't agree to a ceasefire?
DJT: Bad news for this world.
When asked about his campaign pledge to end the war in one day, President Trump clarified that he had been "sarcastic" at the time.
During a meeting with NATO Secretary General Rutte at the Oval Office yesterday, President Trump appeared caught off guard by a question regarding an upcoming summit in Beijing:
Q: Leaders from Russia and Iran are heading to Beijing tomorrow to discuss nuclear programs. What do you think about that?
DJT: Well, maybe they're gonna talk about non-nuclear programs. Maybe they're gonna be talking about the de-escalation of nuclear weapons. I was talking about that with President Putin very strongly. We could've done something had that election not been rigged.
Trump on Greenland: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the United States of America. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark, and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs."
Meanwhile, the U.S. has reportedly asked Denmark "to help with the eggs."
Following their election victory this week, Greenland’s Democratic Party urged political factions to set aside their differences and swiftly form a broad coalition government. The move, they said, is necessary to present a united front against the U.S. campaign to annex the island.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1794: American inventor Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.
1826: The first Pan-American conference convened in Panama with representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Central America in attendance.
1899: German military official Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, received a U.S. patent for a “navigable balloon”; the first zeppelin made its initial flight the following year.
1951: United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War.
1964: In the first courtroom verdict to be televised in the United States, Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
2004: Vladimir Putin, the intelligence officer and politician who became president of Russia in 1999 upon the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, was "overwhelmingly" reelected to a second term as president.
QUICK ACTUAL NEWS
NATIONAL
The Senate narrowly averted a government shutdown, passing a GOP-drafted stopgap spending measure after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and a small group of Democrats joined Republicans in advancing the bill.
A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is implementing a "strategic pause" in its technology modernization efforts to reassess its approach in light of emerging artificial intelligence technologies, a senior IRS technology official said Friday.
A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday denied the city's request to temporarily prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from depleting its reserves and returning the funds to the U.S. Federal Reserve or the Department of the Treasury.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to propose new regulations to expand drone usage for deliveries and other services. "We are in the process of developing a rule to provide more authority and clarity for drone developers," Duffy told reporters after touring Amazon Prime Air's drone delivery headquarters in Seattle. He added that the agency expects to release the proposal "in relatively short order."
Democrats are planning a series of town hall meetings in highly competitive U.S. House districts currently held by Republicans, aiming to capitalize on public anger over President Donald Trump's aggressive efforts to shrink the federal government.
U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing has "lost its way and the trust of the American people" following a mid-air emergency involving a Boeing 737 MAX in January 2024 and two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday.
The United States is expected to revoke more student visas in the coming days, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. This follows the arrest of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, whom the Trump administration seeks to deport over his pro-Palestinian activism.
The Trump administration’s policy of deporting foreign nationals who participate in pro-Palestinian protests is unconstitutional, attorneys for a detained Columbia University student argued Friday. In their first legal filing since U.S. authorities outlined the basis for arresting Mahmoud Khalil, his lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan to order his immediate release, arguing that his free speech rights had been violated.
A second Columbia University student was arrested by federal immigration agents this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday, as another Palestinian activist and recent graduate from the university remains in detention in Louisiana. A third student reportedly chose the “self-deport” option.
GE Aerospace announced Friday that it had secured a contract worth up to $5 billion from the U.S. Air Force. The deal supports the U.S. government's foreign military sales program for F110-GE-129 engines, which power F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft.
President Donald Trump vowed Friday to seek accountability for prosecutors and officials who pursued legal cases against him during his years out of power. Speaking at the U.S. Justice Department—whose prosecutors had handled some of those cases—Trump pledged to hold them responsible.
NASA announced Friday that it had been granted a one-week extension to submit its layoff plans to the top U.S. personnel agency, citing the number of high-priority space missions the agency is currently managing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning Friday advising consumers against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas," due to potentially serious health risks, including death.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to halt a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority proceeding to expel broker-dealer Alpine Securities, in a case challenging the constitutionality of Wall Street's self-regulatory enforcement powers.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pledged Friday to crack down on intelligence community members who leak information to journalists. Gabbard, who oversees 18 spy agencies, said she would "aggressively pursue recent leakers" to hold them accountable for unauthorized disclosures.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday suspending security clearances held by individuals at the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, pending a review of whether such clearances align with national security interests, according to the White House.
GLOBAL
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Friday that the United States is imposing sanctions on Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China. Washington warns that the deported individuals, part of the Muslim minority group, are at risk of persecution.
Italian labor unions are mobilizing against potential job cuts for local staff at U.S. military bases, a consequence of government downsizing efforts led by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
A senior Trump administration official overseeing the dismantling of the primary U.S. foreign aid agency has proposed phasing out assistance to crisis-stricken Lebanon and the Rohingya, the world’s largest stateless population, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters.
A meeting between Trump and Putin to negotiate a potential peace agreement in Ukraine is scheduled for late April or early June. However, The Kremlin has postponed the talks, according to The Moscow Times.
The United States and Israel have reportedly reached out to Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland to explore the possibility of relocating Palestinians from Gaza, according to the Associated Press.
A hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, was struck in a double-tap attack. The first drone strike hit around midnight, followed by two more approximately 40 minutes later. A medic suffered acute stress, while patients survived by sheltering in a secure area.
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VIDEO QUICK NEWS
Prime Minster of Canada, Mark Carney: Canada will create new trade corridors with reliable partners
Will the WH respect court’s orders and rehire federal employees?
President Trump gets smacked with a mic by accident
Rutte: It would be normal for Europe to rebuild relationship with Russia once war in Ukraine stopped
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ICYMI
A federal judge has ruled that California cannot enforce a state law designed to protect children from online content that could harm them mentally or physically. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted a preliminary injunction to the trade group NetChoice, finding that it was likely to prove the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act violated its members' First Amendment rights.
Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President JD Vance expects the general terms of an agreement to resolve the ownership of social media platform TikTok to be in place by the April 5 deadline, according to two White House officials.
TODAY'S COVER PHOTO
Prime Minister Trudeau offers his resignation to Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall.
Ottawa, March 14th, 2025
Credit: Adam Scotti
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