As the April 5 deadline approaches for TikTok to find a buyer or face a U.S. ban, Amazon has made a last-minute bid for the popular short-form video app, joining other potential buyers vying for control.

The U.S. confirms that the new 34% tariff against China is in addition to the existing 20% — bringing the total to 54%

Hamas is open to freeing all the hostages still in its custody in exchange for a permanent end to the war, according to a senior Palestinian source involved in the ceasefire negotiations who spoke with The Times of Israel.
Despite Israel’s ongoing opposition to a full cessation of hostilities under these conditions, the official says Hamas is willing to release a smaller number of captives in return for a temporary pause in the fighting.
That offer, however, comes with a key demand: Hamas wants written guarantees from mediators that Israel will agree to enter negotiations for a lasting truce after the short-term ceasefire — something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far flatly declined, the Palestinian official explains.

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ascended the Har Habayis in Yerushalayim on Wednesday morning, igniting a firestorm of criticism and reigniting tensions over the contentious site just days before Pesach. The visit, Ben-Gvir’s first since rejoining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition two weeks ago, drew sharp rebukes from rabbanim, political opponents, and Palestinian groups, underscoring the fragile status quo at one of the world’s most sensitive religious locations. Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, arrived at the Har Habayis under heavy police escort early Wednesday morning, flanked by personal bodyguards and a small group of supporters.

NEW YORK – City Comptroller Brad Lander launched a fierce response to Andrew Cuomo’s accusations, cursing the former governor in Yiddish during a press conference on Wednesday.

The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and other rescue workers from three nations. The 3rd Infantry Division said Wednesday the soldier was Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Michigan. It said Knutson-Collins and two of the other soldiers who died have been posthumously promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. The other two sergeants who were promoted were Jose Duenez Jr., 25, of Joliet, Illinois, and Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, California. The other soldier who died was Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam.

Just one day after posting a video in which he accused law enforcement of effectively keeping two of his aides “hostage” in the ongoing Qatargate investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu returned to social media with another message—this time clarifying that Qatar should not be viewed as a hostile nation.
“Qatar is a complex country, not a simple country,” he says. “It’s not an enemy country, and many praise it.”
Netanyahu also spoke out in defense of Jonatan Urich, a close adviser who was recently detained as part of the investigation.
“Jonatan is a dedicated employee,” says Netanyahu. “He’s my political adviser in the Likud. He doesn’t have access to any classified intelligence material, but they say he praised Qatar.”

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs during a highly anticipated “Make America Wealthy Again” event which he said will restore the American dream and bolster jobs for U.S. workers. “American steel workers, auto workers, farmers and skilled craftsmen,” Trump said from the White House Rose Garden Wednesday afternoon. “We have a lot of them here with us today. They really suffered, gravely. They watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once beautiful American dream. We had an American dream that you don’t hear so much about. You did four years ago, and you are now.