News for April 3, 2025

US tourist Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested after allegedly entering restricted North Sentinel Island and trying to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe.

The Pentagon’s inspector general will investigate whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth broke rules by using Signal to discuss a Yemen strike, including whether classified information was shared.

The Pentagon watchdog said it will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss Yemen strike plans and whether rules on classified information and records were followed.

President Donald Trump’s National Security Council has fired several staffers after Laura Loomer raised concerns about their loyalty, while more firings may still follow.

Srihari Kumar’s LionRock Capital is shifting some money out of the U.S. as tariff worries, policy uncertainty, and higher market risk push family offices to look for safer options abroad.

Donald Trump fired several National Security Council officials after Laura Loomer met with him and urged him to remove people she viewed as disloyal.

President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan even included remote Australian territories, prompting confusion and ridicule over tariffs on places with little or no trade.

Donald Trump left Russia off his new tariff list, with the White House saying existing sanctions already limit trade.

President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on imports, raising fears of higher prices, trade fights, and wider damage to the global economy.

The U.S. has barred government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, tightening security rules amid rising tensions with China.

Marco Rubio said the U.S. is not leaving NATO and tried to calm fears that President Donald Trump will weaken the alliance, even as European allies worry about U.S. troop cuts and a larger shift away from Europe.

Donald Trump’s new tariffs were worked out using a simple formula based on the US goods trade deficit with each country, not on a full measure of existing foreign tariffs.

The U.S. revoked visas for members of Los Alegres del Barranco after the band projected the face of cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes during a concert in Mexico.

Trump’s new tariff plan rattled global markets, sent stocks and oil lower, and raised fears that the world economy could slip into recession.

Lithuania held a farewell procession for four U.S. soldiers, including Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., and Staff Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, after they died during a training exercise.

Donald Trump’s new tariffs hit Lesotho especially hard, raising fears of factory closures and job losses as the country faces a 50% US import tax.

The European Union says it is ready to add more countermeasures against U.S. tariffs if talks with the Trump administration do not lead to a deal.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs drew sharp criticism from the European Union and other countries, as leaders warned they could hurt the world economy and trigger a trade war.

President Donald Trump announced new reciprocal tariffs on imports from many countries, then paused most of them for 90 days while sharply raising tariffs on China.