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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump secured a sweeping trade deal with Japan, cutting tariffs on Japanese auto imports and pausing new levies in exchange for a $550 billion U.S.-bound investment and loan package.

🚨 BREAKING: Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at 71. Further details to follow.

🚨 BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne, legendary Black Sabbath frontman and “Prince of Darkness,” has died at 76.

🚨BREAKING: Alaska Airlines grounded all its flights for roughly three hours Sunday night due to an unspecified IT outage. The airline resumed operations later that night but warned of continued flight delays as aircraft and crews are repositioned.

🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department has asked a federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s case following a directive from President Trump.

🚨 BREAKING: Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans in exchange for the return of over 250 Venezuelan migrants held in El Salvador after being deported by the US.

🚨BREAKING: The House has passed the Anti-CBDC bill, aiming to block the Fed from launching a digital dollar. The bill codifies Trump's executive order banning federal development or promotion of a central bank digital currency.

🚨BREAKING: President Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency after leg swelling and hand bruising raised concerns. The White House says it's a benign, age-related condition and all tests came back normal. He has no discomfort and remains in "excellent health."

🚨BREAKING: A judge has lifted the gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s murder case after he pleaded guilty to killing four Idaho students in 2022. With no trial ahead, the court says there's no longer a need to limit public discussion.

🚨BREAKING: A devastating fire ripped through a five-story hypermarket in al-Kut, Iraq, killing at least 60 people and leaving 11 missing.

🚨BREAKING: President Trump denies recent reports that he plans to fire Jerome Powell, calling such a move “highly unlikely”.

🚨BREAKING: President Trump has privately indicated he may soon fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, asking GOP lawmakers for input during a recent White House meeting. Several expressed support, and Trump signaled a move could come soon.

🚨BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance cast two tie-breaking votes in the Senate to advance a $9.4 billion rescissions package that would eliminate funding for PBS, NPR, and global development programs.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to resume mass layoffs at the Department of Education, lifting a lower court's block on firing 1,400 staffers.

🚨BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo announces he will run for New York City mayor as an independent.

🚨BREAKING: Trump says the U.S. will send billions in weapons to Ukraine through NATO allies and threatens 100% tariffs on Russia in 50 days if no peace deal is reached.

🚨BREAKING: A deadly fire broke out Sunday at the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaving multiple residents dead and many others injured.

🚨BREAKING: President Trump announced the US will send Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, saying they are urgently needed to defend against Russia's ongoing missile strikes.