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Sri Lanka's crackdown on dogs for India PM's visit sparks protest

Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Authorities in Colombo and the Buddhist pilgrim city of Anuradhapura have reportedly deployed dog catchers to impound hounds ahead of Modi's visit, which begins on Friday.

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'They've lost their cojones!' Two Republicans on CNN get in heated Trump trade debate

Two prominent CNN commentators led a lively debate Wednesday night over President Donald Trump’s sweeping set of tariffs – which quickly went south as "The View’s" Ana Navarro refused to back down from Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton.

Singleton, who expressed support for Trump’s steep new tariffs targeting China and the European Union, found himself the lone voice on CNN’s “NewsNight” defending the policy – and slamming free trade.

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'Decimated for 60 years': GOP senator warns tariff backlash has dearly cost Republicans

A Republican senator all but begged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to back off his key economic policy — widespread tariffs.

President Donald Trump enacted new tariffs Wednesday, announcing at a Rose Garden speech a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports from every country, effective Saturday. Trump also announced reciprocal tariffs targeting specific countries, such as 34% on China and 20% on the European Union, which will go into effect on April 9.

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'Warning sign:' Market futures nosedive as Trump touts 'Liberation Day' tariffs

President Donald Trump's announcement of new tariffs on what he is calling "Liberation Day" has already sent stock futures into a tumble.

The president's new tariffs, which come after aggressive further rounds of trade barriers on a number of other countries including allied nations the U.S. has trade deals with, include 34 percent new tariffs on China, 24 percent new tariffs on Japan, and 26 percent new tariffs on India; worldwide, tariffs on products from other countries are going up anywhere from 10 percent to 49 percent.

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Elon Musk 'being driven visibly insane' by anti-Tesla protests: analysis

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly raged in recent weeks about the protests being lodged against his flagship electric car company, and Mother Jones writer Timothy Murphy believes that the demonstrations have been successful beyond their organizers' wildest dreams.

Murphy in particular points to a recent rant from Musk demanding that billionaires whom he baselessly suspects of funding the protests to be arrested.

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Trump says Elon Musk will be out of the White House 'soon': report

President Donald Trump has reportedly determined that billionaire Elon Musk is on borrowed time in the White House.

Politico reports that Trump "has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man."

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'Panicking' Haitians flee hoax-hit Springfield amid fear of Trump crackdown

Six months ago Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, found themselves facing unwanted attention when then-campaigning President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance spread unsubstantiated rumors about them eating their neighbors’ pets.

The dog-, goose- and cat-eating claims were swiftly debunked, but that hasn’t stopped some Springfield residents from continuing to complain about their neighbors who fled the Caribbean nation facing violence and political turmoil, leaders in the Ohio community of about 60,000 people tell Raw Story.

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'It's super unfair:' Cybertruck owner cries foul as random strangers label him a 'Nazi'

An owner of a Tesla Cybertruck revealed to Business Insider this week that he was forced to sell his vehicle after being subjected to a bullying campaign from random strangers.

In an interview with Business Insider, former Cybertruck owner Ben Baker said that his own daughter implored him to return the vehicle because she believed it was making them a target for critics of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who have been protesting at Tesla dealerships across the country for weeks.

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Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre 'stable' after car crash

Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, is in a stable condition after a reported car crash in Australia, the hospital treating her said Wednesday.

Giuffre, a US and Australian citizen, was injured on March 24 in a crash between her car and a school bus in Western Australia, according to her agent Dini von Mueffling.

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'It'll be an issue': Republican Scott Jennings flags GOP problem after 'important' Dem win

Democrats applauded an "important win" on CNN as progressive judge Susan Crawford sailed to victory late Tuesday in Wisconsin's much-anticipated State Supreme Court race, defeating Elon Musk-backed conservative Brad Schimel.

Ashley Allison, a prominent political strategist who held key roles in both the Obama and Biden administrations, called Crawford's victory an "important win for Democrats in Wisconsin," but warned Democrats not to read too much into the result."

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'Republicans should be scared': GOP strategists sound alarm despite Florida victory

Two prominent GOP campaign veterans weren’t ready to take a victory lap after Republican state Sen. Randy Fine was projected as the winner of the special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz.

“Republicans should be scared,” Trump 2020 campaign communications official Erin Perrine declared Tuesday. “And you want to know why? Because this is a safe district.”

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'Lock him up!' Critics rebuke Mike Waltz for reported use of private Gmail account

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used a private Gmail email address for official government business, according to a Tuesday report, and critics demanded Republicans investigate.

The eyebrow-raising Washington Post report comes after a separate report in The Atlantic that Waltz and other officials in President Donald Trump's administration used an unsecured Signal chat to discuss military actions in Yemen.

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Cory Booker staffer arrested as Senator delivers marathon speech

As Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) continued a marathon floor speech which had passed 18 hours by Tuesday afternoon — protesting President Donald Trump's agenda — news was released that one of his staffers was taken into custody by Capitol Police, according to Politico.

Authorities said they arrested the staffer, Kevin Batts, for allegedly carrying a gun without a license.

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