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Politics / April 30, 2025 In the aftermath of an attack that claimed the lives of 26 Indian civilians, Kashmiri locals are afraid of what comes next. Ad Policy Indian soldiers during a search operation around Baisaran meadow in the aftermath of an attack in Pahalgam, 2025(Tauseef Mustafa / AFP) Pahalgam, Kashmir—Last week, Adil Hussain Shah, a 27-year-old horse operator, was taking a group of tourists to the Baisaran meadow, a scenic destination just outside the Kashmiri resort town of Pahalgam. The area is accessible only by horseback, and its views of the Himalayas and the ring of pine forests…

Two people plunged about 380 feet to their deaths from a popular lookout spot at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, the authorities said on Tuesday, the day their bodies were recovered.It was unclear what had led to their falls or how long their bodies had been there, but the two, a man and a woman, appeared to have climbed over a safety railing atop Inspiration Point, said Wade Mathews, a spokesman for the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.Officials identified the two as Matthew Nannen, 45, and Bailee Crane, 58. They said the two had been living in a U-Haul truck…

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David Horowitz, a radical leftist of the 1960s who did a political about-face to become an outspoken conservative author and activist, writing that Barack Obama had “betrayed” America, and an ardent cheerleader for Donald J. Trump, died on Tuesday. He was 86.The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a think tank he founded in Southern California, said the cause was cancer. His wife, April Horowitz, said he died at his home in Colorado.Once a self-described Marxist, Mr. Horowitz executed a dizzying transit from the extreme left to the extreme right. He argued that the Black Lives Matter movement had fueled racial hatred;…

The Senate on Wednesday rejected an effort to undo President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, even as a small group of Republicans joined Democrats in delivering a rebuke to a trade policy that many lawmakers fear is causing economic harm.The vote deadlocked at 49 to 49, meaning it failed despite three Republicans joining Democrats in favor of a measure that sought to terminate the national emergency declaration Mr. Trump used this month to impose 10 percent reciprocal tariffs.Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky and a cosponsor of the resolution, crossed party lines to support it, as well…

Will Trump tariffs boost U.S. manufacturing? Will Trump tariff plan actually boost U.S. manufacturing? 05:12 As concerns mount about the economic fallout from steep U.S. tariffs on key trade partners, President Trump is highlighting what he says is a major benefit of stepped-up import duties: corporate investment in the U.S.The White House on Wednesday unveiled a website to track U.S. and foreign companies that have announced investments in U.S. manufacturing and other projects since the beginning of Mr. Trump’s second term. The so-called investment tracker currently lists 47 projects involving 50 companies based on the size of their financial commitments.”Since…

Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, speaking at a rally in November, was among the Biden appointees the Trump administration removed from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s board of trustees. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration has fired at least some of former President Joe Biden’s appointees to the board that oversees the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Emhoff, who is married to former Vice President Kamala Harris, led the Biden administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism from his history-making vantage point as the first…

President Trump’s deportation in March of more than 200 alleged gang members from Venezuela to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador has emerged as a flashpoint in his administration’s use of wartime powers to expel immigrants.Lawyers for those deported say the March 15 operation circumvented due process and swept up those who are not gang members. The Supreme Court is now poised to weigh in on how the White House has sought to apply the Alien Enemies Act, which had previously only been invoked by presidents in time of war.A team of reporters from The New York Times reviewed court…

President Trump appeared on Wednesday to acknowledge that his high tariffs on China may lead to fewer goods on shelves and at higher prices.As economists warn that Mr. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports will disrupt the supply chain and lead to higher prices, Mr. Trump insisted the real pain is being shouldered by China, while recognizing consumers may see fewer toys on shelves and at slightly higher prices for a while. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, the president said Americans don’t need most many of the goods coming from China. “I told you before, they’re having tremendous…

Politics / April 30, 2025 New laws that effectively criminalize dissent reflect the right’s disgust for politically active citizens. Ad Policy Police detain protesters wearing shirts with the slogan “Stop Arming Israel” during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2024.(Celal Gunes / Anadolu via Getty Images) The Trump administration has defied court orders, menaced law firms, and arrested judges. In Trump’s second term, we are witnessing the most vulgar expressions of a long and multi-pronged right-wing campaign to capture the courts. Through these visible confrontations, the White House seems to want to eradicate any semblance of independence…