Wall Street took a dramatic downturn just one day after what former President Trump dubbed “Liberation Day,” as financial markets responded sharply to his sweeping new tariff strategy.
Stocks plummeted on Thursday, following Trump’s announcement of a large-scale tariff rollout designed to match what he described as unfair trade practices by other nations—a move that investors fear could spark a full-blown global trade war.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a staggering 1,679 points, equivalent to a 4% slide, marking its worst single-day performance since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.

A group of Columbia University students locked themselves to a campus gate in protest over the arrest and possible deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a leading figure in the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) movement, according to a report from Fox News Digital.
The demonstration took place Wednesday outside the university’s St. Paul’s Chapel. Those protesting demanded that Columbia disclose the identity of the individual who allegedly tipped off immigration authorities about Khalil.
The Columbia Palestine Solidarity Committee posted on X: “We will not leave until our demand is met.”

“Telling your wife your needs and wants” is a complete waste of time for married men who want happiness and I’ll tell you why. So many marriage experts claim they have the secret to a happy marriage and that it all comes down to communication, boundaries and bringing in more money. They tell you to help out more at home, talk about the past, go together to a marriage professional but never stop to take inventory of whether ANY of these methods are actually WORKING in creating happiness and joy! I am not saying those strategies don’t work at all, but they are the long… slow… painful way of having a happy home.

US Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen.

POTUS: “The markets are going to boom. The stock is going to boom. The country is going to boom — and the rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a deal,”

Chuck Schumer on tariffs: “Yesterday, the president made one of the dumbest decisions in history.”

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized Pentagon “mid-level” leadership for what he said Thursday was a misguided plan to reduce the number of U.S. troops based in Europe. The Defense Department, however, has not made public any proposal to cut force levels there. “There are some who believe now is the time to reduce drastically our military footprint in Europe,” Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said at a hearing with U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command military leadership. “I’m troubled at those deeply misguided and dangerous views held by some mid-level bureaucrats within the Defense Department,” Wicker said. “They’ve been working to pursue a U.S.

The IDF and Shin Bet announced Thursday that they successfully struck a key Hamas command and control center in Jabalia—eliminating multiple high-ranking terrorists, including individuals directly involved in the October 7 massacre. The strike, carried out on Wednesday, targeted a central hub used by Hamas both for strategic coordination and as a gathering place for senior operatives. Among those killed was Shadi Diab Abd Al-Hamid Falouji, a terrorist from Hamas’ East Jabalia Battalion who infiltrated Israeli territory and took part in the brutal attacks of October 7.