The News Roundup For April 4, 2025
A woman shouts slogans against the deportation of 238 Venezuelans from US to a Salvadorean jail, in Maracaibo, Venezuela. PEDRO MATTEY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A woman shouts slogans against the deportation of 238 Venezuelans from US to a Salvadorean jail, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
PEDRO MATTEY/AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump unveiled his so-called "Liberation Day" plans this week. On Wednesday he announced a slew of tariffs that will affect goods being imported into the U.S.
Elon Musk took a hit in Wisconsin. Liberal candidate Susan Crawford emerged victorious in the special election to the state's Supreme Court. There are reports that Musk's involvement has some in the administration rethinking his role.
After being indicted on corruption charges six months ago, a federal judge permanently dismissed the case against New York City mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday.
The White House is working to find countries that will take migrants deported from the U.S. Reporting this week found that the Trump Administration has contacted governments in South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
The war in Gaza is the deadliest for journalists in history. Brown University reports:
The war in Gaza has, since October 7, 2023, killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined.
French politician and far-right leader Marine le Pen was barred from running for public office for half a decade as she was found guilty of embezzlement by a court in Paris.
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