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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil, the United States’ second-largest trading partner, saying the move is part of the administration’s broader global tariff strategy.Speaking with ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Hassett said that the president has the authority to impose new tariffs if he thinks there is a national defense emergency or a national security threat — though Trump’s letter to Brazil highlighted the ongoing criminal case against his political ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro.“So how is it a national security threat … how Brazil is handling a…

Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul released a final report Sunday on the committee’s findings from its investigation into the assassination attempt by Thomas Crooks targeting then-candidate Donald Trump, marking one year since the events in Butler, Pennsylvania.The report has few new details and is largely a rehashing of information that was already known about the shooting. It largely mirrors a preliminary report on the investigation put forward by then-committee Chairman Gary Peters in September 2024.The report outlines what Paul calls “stunning failures by the United States Secret Service that allowed then-former President Donald J. Trump…

A small plane was involved in a “collision” at London Southend Airport in Sussex, England, on Sunday, according to Essex Police.Essex Police said they are on the scene after a “serious incident” occurred at the Southend airport at approximately 4 p.m. local time on Sunday. They said they are responding to reports of a “collision involving one 12 metre plane” and said the emergency response will last several hours.The East England Ambulance Service said they’ve sent “four ambulances, a rapid response vehicle, four Hazardous Are Response Team vehicles, three senior paramedic cars and an Essex and Herts Air Ambulance” to…

Home » AIRLINE NEWS » Delta to Unveil Salt Lake City’s Groundbreaking Nonstop Flights to Lima, Peru New Update You Need To Know Sunday, July 13, 2025Delta’s just-launched nonstop service between Salt Lake City (SLC) and Lima (LIM) set a new record. Departing December 4, 2025, this is the first direct link between the two cities and a new way to South America. Delta’s move follows the discovery that Lima is the most-demanded South American destination from Salt Lake City, with 23,000 round-trip customers flying the route in the past 12 months. The service, effective until January 25, 2026, will…

New Delhi: Excessive salt consumption is fuelling a silent epidemic in India with people at increased risk of hypertension, stroke, heart disease, and kidney disorders, according to scientists from ICMR’s National Institute of Epidemiology.The scientists have initiated a community-led salt reduction study to address the issue and are focusing on low sodium salt substitutes.While the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends less than 5 grams of salt per person per day, studies show that urban Indians consume around 9.2 grams/day, and even in rural areas it is around 5.6 grams/day – both higher than recommended.One promising tool in this effort is…

WASHINGTON — In many ways, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop was a perfect storm of failings coming together that allowed 20-year-old Michael Thomas Crooks to climb on top of a nearby building and take eight shots at the once and future president.One attendee was killed, two others wounded and a bullet grazed Trump’s ear before a Secret Service counter sniper opened fire on Crooks and killed him. That day jolted an already chaotic race for the White House and solidified Trump’s iconic status in his party and beyond. It also became a turning point…

One year ago, the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, marked a pivotal and deeply troubling moment for the nation—and especially for the U.S. Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting America’s top leaders.The attack, which occurred at a campaign rally, claimed the life of fire chief Corey Comperatore, who was shielding his family during the gunfire. His death underscored the tragedy of what many now describe as a catastrophic security lapse.For an agency with what has been described as a “zero-fail mission,” the events of July 13, 2024, raised urgent questions about systemic failures.In the…

LONDON — North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Un, will continue to “unconditionally support and encourage” Russia’s war in Ukraine, North Korean state media reported on Sunday.North Korea said it would support “all the measures” taken by Russia in relation to “tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis,” the Korean Central News Agency reported.In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, right, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, in Wonsan, North Korea, Saturday, July 12, 2025.Korean Central News Agency via AP The report followed a meeting on Saturday…

Johannesburg: Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived.Stop all work, it said. The United States under the Trump administration was withdrawing all its funding.The news devastated the researchers, who live and work in a region where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the world. Their research project, called BRILLIANT, was meant to be the latest to draw on the region’s genetic diversity and deep expertise in the…

Dozens of active duty and former Navy SEALs are assisting search and recovery efforts in Texas Hill County in the wake of the deadly flooding last week. ABC News embedded with the volunteers in an exclusive report.More than 30 SEALs are lending their expertise in navigating difficult terrain and diving in the Guadalupe River as miles of destruction and debris line the area.”You saw the violence of this thing,” said former Navy SEAL Greg Froelick. “So, you kind of have to put that in the back of your head, like expect to potentially find the victim. But … I think…