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President Donald Trump signaled that he envisions cutting tariffs on China from 145 percent to 80 percent as a result of the trade negotiations, which begin this weekend.
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For the second time in about a week, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey lost communication with airplanes for about 90 seconds on Friday.
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About 1,000 troops who have been identified as having gender dysphoria are being discharged from the military.
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Russian leadership is seeking unrealistic concessions in exchange for initiating a cease-fire with Ukraine, according to Vice President JD Vance.
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President Donald Trump speaks while signing legislation relating to household consumer energy policies, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 9, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) |
Ahead of a meeting between the White House and top Chinese regime officials over the weekend, President Donald Trump signaled that he envisions cutting tariffs on China from 145 percent to 80 percent as a result of the negotiations.
The meeting is scheduled to take place in Switzerland, marking the first talks between the two major economies since Trump announced 145 percent duties on Chinese imports and Beijing responded with 125 percent tariffs on U.S. imports.
An “80 percent Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B,” Trump wrote on his social media account on Friday morning, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
The Republican president also suggested in a separate Truth Social post on Friday that China open its markets to the United States and its businesses, writing in all caps: “Would be so good for them!!! Closed markets don’t work anymore!!!”
Trump previously stated that he wouldn’t lower the tariffs on Chinese products to hold trade talks. But on Thursday, when he was asked about the tariffs, the president said he may lower the rates if the negotiations over the weekend are productive.
“We’re going to see,” Trump told reporters. “Right now, you can’t get any higher. It’s at 145 [percent], so we know it’s coming down.” (More) More Politics: |
- A confrontation erupted Friday at a New Jersey detention center after three Democratic members of Congress and a group of protesters entered the federal immigration facility without authorization, according to the Department of Homeland Security, accusing the lawmakers of storming the gate and endangering public safety.
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken away in handcuffs for trespassing at a federal detention facility for illegal immigrants in the city, said U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
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A federal appeals court ruled that the Constitution allows laws barring felons from owning guns, even if their past crimes were non-violent, finding such restrictions consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of disarming individuals deemed dangerous or lawbreaking.
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A federal judge ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, from immigration detention, more than six weeks after her visa was revoked and she was taken into custody in Massachusetts.
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died at age 85.
- President Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday.
- The Trump administration is once again reviving the National Space Council as it pushes forward with ambitions in low Earth orbit, on and around the moon, and on Mars.
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Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey lost communication for about 90 seconds on Friday, said the Federal Aviation Administration. The 90-second outage took place earlier in the day at around 3:55 a.m. local time, the federal agency said.
The FAA also said that due to weather and low cloud bases, there is a traffic management program in effect for air traffic arriving at the Newark airport, which has caused some arriving flights to be delayed.
Air traffic monitoring website FlightAware said at the time of publication that Newark airport, or EWR, is seeing departure delays of more than an hour and arrival delays of 45 minutes to an hour, while inbound flights are being delayed at their origin by 4 hours and 22 minutes.
FlightAware also showed that nearly 300 flights at Newark have been delayed, representing about 28 percent of all flights. Another 131 flights, or 12 percent, had been canceled.
It’s the second time in about a week that air traffic controllers lost contact with planes over Newark since last week, triggering widespread flight delays and cancellations. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed this week that the airport lost contact with planes for about 30 seconds, adding that the issue “has to be fixed.” (More) More U.S. News |
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The California Highway Patrol rolled out its newest weapon to crack down on what the department calls “video-game-style” driving by deploying specially marked patrol vehicles on busy highways.
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Arizona has signed into law a bill to combat the Chinese communist regime’s practice of forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience, joining four other states that have similar laws in place to counter the abuse.
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The Department of Education is investigating the University of Pennsylvania over the receipt of foreign funds and has sent a request for records to the institution.
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Russian leadership is seeking unrealistic concessions in exchange for initiating a cease-fire with Ukraine, according to Vice President JD Vance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had demanded that Ukraine surrender some territories that Russia has thus far failed to occupy or capture, Vance told Fox News.
Despite Russia’s overreach, Vance said the Trump administration anticipated that both sides of the conflict would initially set unrealistic goals with the hopes of achieving a more favorable outcome when real negotiations began. “We knew that Russia would ask for too much because the Russian perception is that, on the ground, they’re winning,” Vance said. “We don’t want Ukraine to collapse. We obviously want Ukraine to remain a sovereign country. But Russia can’t expect to be given territory that they haven’t even conquered yet, and that’s one of the things that they put down in that initial peace plan.”
That territory likely refers to the provinces of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia, which Putin claimed to have annexed in 2022 but which Russia still does not completely control. Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas and Luhansk regions initially rebelled against the Ukrainian government in 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. That uprising began a brutal guerrilla war that lasted until Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. (More) More World News: |
- India and Pakistan accused each other of further attacks as hostilities between the two nations continued.
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Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic plans to terminate 10,000 workers globally as part of a reform to resolve “structural issues.”
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📷 Photo of the Day: Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day and call for an end to the persecution in China, in New York City, on May 9, 2025. (Larry Dye/The Epoch Times) |
Bird (Morgan Wolk) hopes for a better future in “As the Crow Flies.” (GJW+) |
It’s a tasty treat to sample indie film hors d'oeuvres now and then, especially when many big-name studios seem content to serve up reheated leftovers from a franchise buffet.
This excess of CGI explosions and minimal meaning has driven many movie lovers to seek out something more nourishing, so it’s no surprise that faith-and-family films and other heartfelt indies are gaining traction.
“As the Crow Flies” isn’t faith-based, but it fits the bill. It’s a film that celebrates loyalty, family, and that rarest of cinematic spices: sincerity.
Set against the lush backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains, our tale begins with a voiceover from the main character, Bird (Morgan Wolk). She gives the lay of the land—Red Pine, North Carolina, population 1,152.
There she lives in the only cabin on Silver Cove Lake with her brother Boe (Alec Shaw), their buddy Larry (Anderson Boyd), and two kids they raise like their own. The group is tight-knit, fiercely loyal, and seen by the town as lovable outlaws.
Bird and Boe have been running moonshine since they were barely out of elementary school. Yep, Appalachian career planning starts early. But moonshine takes a backseat in this story. When a group of masked bank robbers needs someone to sneak their stolen loot past law enforcement roadblocks, they call in the best “’leggers” in the game, Bird and Boe. What follows is a cross-country delivery run fraught with peril, colorful characters, breathtaking scenery, and the kind of heartfelt dialogue that makes you forget you’re watching a low-budget indie film. (More) “As the Crow Flies” is now available on Gan Jing World. As an exclusive to our subscribers, the film will be available to watch for free until May 11. |
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