United States
- Attorney General Pam Bondi reveals that sensitive “national security” details will be withheld from the forthcoming Epstein documents
- Trump declares tariff exemptions for companies relocating operations to the United States
- Home Depot suggests Americans might soon accept elevated mortgage rates as standard and continue investing in homes
- J.D. Power predicts electric vehicle sales growth will plateau in 2025
- Trump has loosened rules on U.S. airstrikes and special ops raids beyond official combat zones, empowering military commanders to act without White House approval, per NYT
- Twenty-two Democratic Senators, including Schumer, Warren, and Booker, caught reciting identical anti-Trump talking points verbatim
- A rescued baby seal found on a Connecticut street has passed away, leaving the aquarium “devastated,” per NYP
- Trump will give his first joint address to Congress of his second term tonight, March 4, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET
- Crypto czar David Sacks reveals White House backing for a congressional push to “rescind the so-called Broker DeFi Rule”
- Reports of suspended U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine are inaccurate; cooperation continues uninterrupted
- The U.S. has revoked Chevron’s Venezuelan oil export license, demanding a full stop within 30 days after it handled 240,000 barrels daily, 20% of Venezuela’s oil exports
- Citigroup narrowly avoided transferring nearly $6 billion to a wealth account due to a copy-paste mistake, per Bloomberg
- Trump declared that colleges and schools permitting “illegal” protests will lose all federal funding, with agitators facing imprisonment or deportation
- California now requires state workers to spend four days a week in the office
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls on parents to vaccinate their kids against measles
- Target’s CEO cautions that tariffs will drive price increases in the “coming days”
- Oil prices have plummeted to their lowest since November 2024 amid growing recession fears
- Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, effective Tuesday, may soon raise costs for American consumers across various products, per CBS
- BlackRock has struck a $22.8 billion deal to purchase two Panama Canal ports from CK Hutchinson, the company confirmed today, per Axios
International
- Ukraine’s Zelensky expresses willingness to collaborate with Trump’s firm leadership for peace, confirming readiness to sign the proposed minerals agreement
- Zelensky announces his intent to finalize the minerals pact between the U.S. and Ukraine
- Zelensky calls his dispute with Trump “regrettable,” stating, “it is time to make things right,” per AP
- Despite a tense White House meeting, Polymarket bettors favor Zelensky accepting Trump’s mineral deal, with a 67% likelihood
- Mexico has unveiled plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to halt electricity exports to the U.S.
- Trudeau accuses Trump of waging a trade war on Canada, vowing, “We will not back down,” per NYP
- Justin Trudeau labels Trump’s tariffs “very dumb,” asserting Canada will stand firm in response
- Trudeau condemns Trump’s tariffs, alleging they appease Russia’s Putin while sparking a trade war with Canada, per AP
- The CDC is actively tracking an unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed dozens of lives, the agency announced Tuesday, per ABC