President Donald Trump appeared to pin responsibility for the growing Signal chat scandal on National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, marking a shift in his response to the controversy that has rattled his administration. When asked who was to blame while signing an executive order on Wednesday evening, Trump responded bluntly: “It was Mike, I guess. I don’t know, I always thought it was Mike,” he told reporters, before downplaying the entire affair as a media-driven “witch hunt.” The president’s latest remarks stand in contrast to his previous explanation. Just a day earlier, in a phone interview with NBC, Trump suggested that an unidentified staffer—not Waltz—was at fault, saying, “It was one of Michael’s people on the phone.

The U.S. cities most vulnerable to a trade war with Canada turn out to largely be in the states that helped return Donald Trump to the White House — a sign of the possible political risk he’s taking with his tariff plans. A new analysis released Thursday by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce detailed the areas most dependent on exports to Canada, with San Antonio and Detroit topping the list of 41 U.S. metro areas. The findings show that the United States’ 25% tariffs on Canada and Canada’s retaliations could inflict meaningful damage in key states for U.S. politics. The analysis was conducted before the Republican president announced Wednesday that he was placing additional 25% tariffs on imported autos and parts starting on April 3.

BROOKLYN: NYPD Brooklyn North Chief Scott Henderson held a pre-Pesach meeting with Williamsburg community leaders and organizations, including Hatzolah, Shomrim, and Chaveirim, at the NYPD Boro office. The meeting focuses on ongoing preparations for Pesach and the days leading up to it, with representatives from various city agencies in attendance.

A growing number of teenage boys from across Israel have recently shown interest in acquiring tefillin and having them made available in schools, following a controversy at a Ramat Gan school where a student was suspended for putting on tefillin.
In response to this surge in interest and numerous inquiries, Tze’irei Chabad has launched a new initiative to place tefillinin educational institutions throughout Israel, making sure that any student who desires to do so can easily fulfill the mitzvah.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky boldly stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin “will die soon,” referencing the growing speculation surrounding Putin’s declining health. Zelensky also cautioned the United States against aiding Russia in escaping its current political and economic isolation.
“He [Putin] will die soon, and that’s a fact, and it will come to an end,” Zelensky declared during an interview with Eurovision News on Wednesday.
This stark comment from Zelensky follows ongoing rumors about Putin’s deteriorating health, which have circulated for years, including claims of strokes, cancer, and even Parkinson’s disease.

ELIMINATED: Abd al-Latif Rajab Jumaa Qanou, a long-serving key spokesman for Hamas, has been eliminated after years of spreading lies, inciting terrorism, and systematically using media platforms to propagate psychological terror and false information.

SECRETARY RUBIO: “We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree — not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses….. If we’ve given you a visa and then you decide to do that, we’re gonna take it away.”

A recently declassified document reveals that the CIA allegedly confirmed the existence of “the Ark of the Covenant” – meaning the Aron Hakodesh – through a remote viewing session. This mysterious process, known as extrasensory perception (ESP), supposedly uncovered that the Aron is protected by “entities” possessing an “unknown” power.
On December 5, 1988, a remote viewer identified only as #32 was instructed to find a target without knowing what it was. As it turned out, this target was the Aron, according to a document released on August 8, 2000, which has recently resurfaced online.