🗞️U.S. military plan leaked

...also "secondary tariff" and 23andMe bankruptcy

March 24, 2025

March 24th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Top Trump officials included The Atlantic editor in group chat about plans to bomb Yemen

The National Security Council said the message thread "appears to be authentic" and the administration is "reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain."

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-goldberg-the-atlantic-trump-officials-group-chat-signal

  • Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials including VP Vance and Defense Secretary Hegseth, where top-secret plans related to airstrikes in Yemen were being discussed

  • President Trump announced that countries purchasing oil and gas from Venezuela will face a 25% tariff on their trade with the U.S. He referred to this as a "secondary tariff", describing it as a measure to penalize Venezuela for what he said was an intentional effort to flood the U.S. with criminals…for more click here

  • President Trump has cut off access to classified information and revoked security clearances for President Biden, VP Harris, Secretary Clinton, and others

  • Former U.S. House of Representatives member from Utah, Mia Love, has passed away at the age of 49 after a long fight with brain cancer

  • Susan Monarez, the CDC's acting director, had been nominated to head the agency full-time

  • Hyundai will invest $21 billion in U.S. manufacturing and $5.8 billion will go towards building a new steel plant in Louisiana that will hire 1,500 people

  • Disney’s remake of Snow White premiered on March 21st and made $43 million its opening weekend, this was below their expectations as it cost about $250 million to produce

  • 23andMe, the DNA-testing company, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and will search for a buyer to take over the company

  • DOW up 1.42% / S&P up 1.76%

  • U.S. negotiators met with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, one day after holding talks with Ukrainian officials to try and get closer to a partial ceasefire

  • Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has called a snap election that will take place on April 28th

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