🗞️Military base leader fired after controversial email

April 11th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The head of the U.S. military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email that was critical of VP Vance's comments about Denmark

• Luigi Mangione’s lawyers have asked the federal judge to prevent U.S. prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for Mangione

• The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of the Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador

• As the back-and-forth trade war continues China has announced they have increased tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%…India, however, will work to finalize a new trade deal with the U.S. during the 90-day U.S. tariff pause

• The Senate has officially confirmed Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Indeed’s CEO, Chris Hyams, has said that Artificial Intelligence can perform the skills for “roughly two-thirds” of jobs on Indeed’s employment platform

• Baby Boomers own 57% of the vacation homes in the U.S. and 58% of investment income-generating rental properties, per the National Association of Realtors

• WeightWatchers is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy as the company has been struggling with lower sales due to the increase in popularity of new weight loss drugs

• Gold price has risen to $3,225 per ounce, a new all-time high

• March PPI inflation comes in at 2.7% year over year below the expectations of 3.3% and -.4% month over month below the expectations of .3%, Core PPI inflation comes in at 3.3%, below expectations of 3.6%

• General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric delivery vans at a plant in Ontario, Canada due to slow sales, this will result in eliminating 500 jobs 

• DOW up 1.56% / S&P up 1.81%

• President Trump's diplomatic envoy, Steve Witkoff, traveled to Russia and met President Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine

• Prince Harry met with war victims during an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans

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