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President Donald Trump's government has moved to resettle white South African "refugees" in Idaho — a state known for its white supremacist movement.

The Idaho Statesman reported that at least nine of the dozens of Afrikaners would be sent to Twin Falls after they claimed to face anti-white discrimination in South Africa.

On Monday, in the lead-up to the annual Cannes Film Festival in France, nearly 400 international actors, directors, and producers released an open letter condemning Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The letter—published by French newspaper Libération and U.S. magazine Variety—begins with Fatma Hassona a 25-year-old Palestinian freelance photojournalist killed in an Israeli military strike on April 16, 2025, just a day after it was announced that Sepideh Farsi's film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, in which she stars, was selected to premiere at a section of the festival.

President Donald Trump is catching heat on social media for his speech a at business forum in Saudi Arabia Tuesday.

Trump covered a wide range of topics, including his wish that the Saudis would join the Abraham Accords and condemnation of Iran. Trump also announced an end to sanctions on Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) pointed out that even "MAGA sycophants" like Laura Loomer and Ben Shapiro found Qatar's gift of a $400 million jet to President Donald Trump to be "gross."

In a Tuesday Senate floor speech, Murphy lashed out at Trump for saying he would accept Qatar's gift of a 747-8 jumbo jet for use as the new Air Force One.

President Donald Trump's first major international trip of his second term was to the Middle East — at which he announced a weapons deal with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Trump's package gives $1.4 billion in arms sales to the UAE, reported Bloomberg News on Monday.

President Donald Trump's deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, spoke to the press while welcoming over 50 Afrikaner refugees on Monday. He told the BBC that one of the main reasons that Trump chose these refugees over others is that they fit in more easily.

"Some of the criteria is making sure that refugees did not pose any challenge to our national security and that they could be assimilated easily into our country," Landau said.

President Donald Trump's deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, spoke to the press while welcoming a group of over 50 Afrikaner refugees.

Trump announced a new executive order on Monday morning that would help individuals who were part of a genocide in South Africa of white farmers, he said.