Trump Warns Iran, U.S. Faces Espionage Charges – 3/8/25

United States

  • Rep. Jasmine Crockett labels President Trump an ‘enemy to the United States’, per Fox
  • President Trump warns Iran of potential military action if nuclear talks falter soon
  • An active-duty U.S. Army sergeant faces charges for allegedly selling defense secrets to China operatives, per ABC
  • CBS denounces Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” edit as an attack on free speech, per HuffPost
  • Bankrupt Nikola gets court approval to auction its Arizona plant, seen as valuable amid tariff uncertainty, per Bloomberg Economics
  • Federal prosecutors charge an Oregon man with attacking a Tesla service center with Molotov cocktails, per HuffPost
  • Chicago researchers explore gaps between chronological and biological aging, per CBS
  • CNN’s Scott Jennings nears a major pay raise as the network cuts 200 jobs, per HuffPost
  • Congress faces a week to agree on a spending bill to avoid a shutdown, with plans unclear, per ABC
  • For the first time in over a year, native-born Americans outpaced foreign-born workers in annual job growth
  • President Trump refutes an NBC reporter’s claim of a “clash” between Elon Musk and Marco Rubio, saying, “There was no clash. Who are you with?” Reporter: “NBC.” Trump: “Oh, no wonder…”
  • Rep. Chip Roy proposes a bill to cut aid to nations refusing to take back their nationals after six months of visa penalties
  • Government jobs reportedly made up 31% of job growth in the Biden economy, though last month, private sector jobs dominated at 97%
  • Trump will issue an executive order creating a White House Task Force for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, per Fox
  • President Trump allegedly suggested revising the U.S.-Canada border during talks with Trudeau, per NYT
  • An illegal staffer allegedly employed by AOC has voluntarily left the U.S. for Colombia
  • Three U.S. Army soldiers—two active, one former—were detained Thursday for selling classified military secrets to Chinese buyers
  • A forthcoming Trump travel ban may target Afghanistan and involve a full review of visa programs, per CNN
  • South Carolina executed an inmate by firing squad, marking the first such execution in the U.S. since 2010, per BNO
  • The Air Force says its new unmanned fighter jets will be operational by this summer, per Fox

International

  • Norway’s prime minister urges avoiding EU membership debates amid rising global tensions, per Bloomberg Economics
  • Poland plans war training for all adult males, per The Telegraph
  • Greece’s credit rating rises, boosted by strong fiscal results and banking improvements, per Bloomberg Economics
  • Record coffee prices leave some European supermarket shelves bare, per Bloomberg Economics
  • Pope remains hospitalized for three weeks with double pneumonia, per AP
  • Myanmar’s junta leader says general elections are delayed until at least December, per Bloomberg Economics
  • A severe collision reportedly between two Australian Defense Force trucks in Tregeagle, New South Wales, has left at least 22 ADF personnel injured, eight in serious condition, per 9 News
  • China reveals plans to slap tariffs on certain Canadian goods
  • China’s Zuchongzhi-3, a 105-qubit quantum computer, outperforms Google’s Sycamore by a million times, dwarfing even the fastest supercomputers, per SciTechDaily
  • The EU is considering an $840 billion initiative to bolster Europe’s defenses following a U.S. pause in Ukraine aid, per Fox