“News That Matters” is a daily feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have overlooked. Here’s what you may have missed in the period March 25 through Month 28, 2025.
IN THIS ISSUE
@DEADLINE Powerful Earthquake Rocks Thailand, Myanmar. Soaring Death Toll Feared
@LOBBY BAR Vance Pitches Tent on Greenland Prime Minister’s Lawn, Raises U.S. Territory Flag
@PRESS TIME Appeals Court Maintains Block on Deportation Flights Under Wartime …
Good morning! Today is Friday, the 18th of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at President Trump’s latest comments concerning Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, the “massive blackout” that just hit Puerto Rico, the death of a secretary to a concentration camp commandant, lower interest rates from the European Central Bank, and the quick denial of the Trump Administration’s appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Abrego Garcia …
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 16th of April, 2025. In this issue, “News That Matters” looks at China’s ban on U.S. aircraft imports, what the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting this week was for, the court that may hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt, and the Fed chairman’s suggestion that the Trump-enacted tariff wars will cause the return of inflation.
@IN BRIEF ON WEDNESDAY
Worthy of note: The Economist …
Good morning! Today is Monday, the 13th of April, 2025. In this issue, “News That Matters” looks at the arson attack at the Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Residence the first night of Passover, an Alzheimer’s study in jeopardy, how China is halting the export of rare earth minerals, and Harvard’s response to the Trump administration.
IN THIS ISSUE
@BREAKING NEWS President of El Salvador Won’t Return Mistakenly Deported Man to U.S.
@PRESS TIME China Halts …
Recent news headlines have contended that the Transportation Security Administration would begin to require travelers to present Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses at the nation’s security checkpoint in just a few weeks. Because the implementation of Real ID has been delayed almost as often as a college student might delay writing a term paper, many people are skeptical of this claim. Federal agencies have been making it since at least 2007, …
Since the start of the current century, the holidays of Passover and Easter have overlapped every year but four, namely in 2005, 2008, 2016, and last year, 2024.
It’s not mere coincidence that the two holidays overlap as much as they do and they arrive together almost every spring, just like blossoming tulips, and the fact that they did not do so this year almost makes it seem as if a …
Donald Trump has said that “tariff” is the “most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He further stated that tariffs “make our country rich” and “cost Americans nothing.” And throughout his first months in office, he has given Americans – indeed people across the globe – plenty of cause to google that word’s definition.
For those who could not change the channel quick enough and caught President Trump’s speeches on Inauguration Day, …
Delta Air Lines announced financial results for first quarter of 2025.
The Atlanta-based carrier, which kicked off Q1 earnings reports, reported better-than-expected first-quarter profit early Wednesday, but also said that “growth has largely stalled” amid global uncertainty around global trade.
Delta therefore plans to reduce capacity growth to align supply with demand, but said it remains “well positioned to deliver solid profitability and free cash flow for the year.”
The next major airline …