Tuesday, April 8, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/8/2025*TRUMP TO TARIFF PHARMA*PAXTON CHALLENGING CORNYN IN TEXAS*SHARP MARKET DROPS*HIGH COURT PROHIBITS NETANYAHU FROM FIRING DOMESTIC SECURITY CHIEF*UN CHIEF CALLS GAZA 'KILLING FIELD'*CHINA DENIES US HACKING ALLEGATIONS*

 


                                    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


"We're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals"



In a statement aimed at major pharmaceutical producing nations like China President Donald said tonight he will soon be announcing a tariff on pharma products.


Trump expecting the move to bring pharma production back to the United States.



The President speaking at the National Republican Congressional Dinner in Washington...Benny Johnson "X" (Video Embed)



"I'm proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street; who protects the middle class, not the political class; and who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe"



President Trump also had that to say tonight at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner...Truth Social (Video Embed)...









PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTING TO BOLSTER THE COAL INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.


EXEMPTIONS FROM POLLUTION REGULATIONS GRANTED TO DOZENS OF COAL PLANTS THAT HELP SUSTAIN THE ELECTRICITY GRID OF THE UNITED STATES...THE HILL USA




US politics Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging incumbent Republican US Senator John Cornyn.


Paxton making the official announcement on Fox News with host Laura Ingraham.



He says Texas needs another US Senator who is comparable to Ted Cruz.


Paxton saying that he will 'fight for the values of the people of Texas' and 'support President Trump...in a very significant way'...Texas Tribune




(UPDATED) THE LATEST OF THE NIGHTLY US AIR ATTACKS IN YEMEN TONIGHT.



MEDIA IN YEMEN SAY 16 KILLED, OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACKS.


LOCAL RESIDENTS SAYING THE ATTACKS ARE THE HEAVIEST SINCE THE US BOMBING CAMPAIGN BEGAN BACK ON MARCH 15TH...ALI AL-SAKANI "X" (PHOTO EMBED)...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...





A US federal district judge ordering the White House to allow the Associated Press into areas it has been denied access to...The Hill USA





AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN LEBANON'S BEKAA VALLEY.    ISRAEL SAYING IT ATTACKED A WEAPONS DEPOT LINKED TO HEZBOLLAH...TIMES OF ISRAEL





In the Democratic Republic of Congo, dead hippos floating in the river of a national park.    At least 50 hippos and some other large animals killed by anthrax poisoning.


People are being warned to stay away from the dead animals and boil water as precautions...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT (SUPREME COURT) ORDERING THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU NOT TO FIRE 'SHIN BET' DOMESTIC SECURITY CHIEF RONEN BAR.


THE ORDER ALSO STATING THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT LIMIT MR. BAR'S RESPONSIBILITIES.


THE COURT ORDERING THE GOVERNMENT AND ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WORK OUT A COMPROMISE IN THE FACE OF MR. NETANYAHU'S DESIRE TO FIRE MR. BAR.



THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER IN THE GOVERNMENT SHLOMO KARHI SUGGESTING THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT OBEY THE ORDER...TIMES OF ISRAEL




"Gaza is a killing field...and civilians are in an endless death loop"



That's UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres rejecting a new Israeli proposal to control humanitarian aid in Gaza.


Israel cut off aid to Gaza on March 2nd but says it is willing to allow more aid in under strict guidelines.



Guterres linking the Israeli plan to 'further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour'.



He says the UN will not be involved in any plan that does 'fully respect...humanitarian principles' that include 'humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality'...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The markets today sharp drops.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 320.01 points or 4. 84 percent.




The NASDAQ down 335.35 or 2.15 percent.



At 445 pm New York Time the price of oil at 58 dollars 31 cents a barrel down two dollars 39 cents or 3.94 percent...Marketwatch



                                 (UPDATED INFORMATION IN THIS STORY)



IN SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AT LEAST 79 DEAD (NEWS AGENCIES) AND MORE THAN 150 INJURED AFTER A NIGHTCLUB ROOF COLLAPSED.


A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION UNDERWAY FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE TRAPPED UNDER THE RUBBLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)




THE US SUPREME COURT HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FIRE PROBATIONARY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.



THE COURT SAYS THAT THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LABOR UNIONS SUING OVER THE FIRINGS DO HAVE LEGAL STANDING TO SUE.



THE CASE INVOLVES ONE OF TWO INJUNCTIONS THAT FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE ISSUED TO STOP THE FIRING OF THE PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES...THE HILL USA



(UPDATED WITH UKRAINE'S CLAIM REGARDING FOREIGN FIGHTERS)

In the Ukraine War, Russia says its facing mercenaries from Colombia fighting for Ukraine in the Kursk Region of Russia...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...


Within hours of that news Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that two Chinese nationals had been captured in eastern Ukraine fighting for Russia...BBC News



IN ISRAEL TODAY A HIGH COURT HEARING ON PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S PLAN TO FIRE SHIN BET SECURITY CHIEF RONEN BAR DISRUPTED BY A PRO-NETANYAHU DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COURTROOM.


PARLIAMENT MEMBER TALLY GOTLIV WAS ULTIMATELY REMOVED FROM THE COURTROOM.     EARLIER THE FATHER OF A SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WAR WITH HAMAS DISRUPTED THE COURT HEARING...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



AT THE HEARING HIGH COURT PRESIDENT ISSAC AMIT SAID THAT MR. NETANYAHU HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN FIRING BAR.



AMIT NOTING NETANYAHU'S COMMENTS ON CASES AGAINST HIS AIDES FOR LEAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SAYING THEY WERE A 'WITCH HUNT' AGAINST HIM. 


BAR'S SHIN BET AGENCY A KEY PLAYER IN THAT INVESTIGATION OF MR. NETANYAHU'S AIDES AS WELL AS THE MORE RECENT 'QATARGATE' SCANDAL INVOLVING OTHER NETANYAHU AIDES...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to be leaving Washington DC today after a disappointing trip.


President Trump did not agree to end a 17 percent tariff on Israeli goods and Iran and the US will hold direct talks this coming weekend...Times Of Israel




        "a mistake on top of a mistake"


China's commerce ministry reacting to US President Donald Trump's latest tariff plan for China.


Mr. Trump pledging a new 50 percent tariff on China starting tomorrow.   This would be on top of 54 percent tariffs already imposed.


China said to see an opportunity in economic warfare with the United States...CNN



THE US IS MAKING ACCUSATIONS OF HACKING ATTACKS FROM CHINA BUT HAS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THEM UP.


THAT IS THE MESSAGE FROM CHINA'S AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA.



ZHANG HANHUI CITING RECENT ACCUSATIONS ABOUT HACKER GROUPS NAMED 'VOLT TYPHOON' AND 'SALT TYPHOON'.



HE SAYS THE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT CHINA BASED HACKING ATTACKS ON THE US LACK ANY 'SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT WOULD STAND UP TO INTERNATIONAL SCRUTINY AND TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTION'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"What is actually concerning me is the shift away from agreed rules and the risks of actually backsliding into a global trade war"


New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon expressing his concern over the tariffs imposed by the United States on nations around the world.


Luxon saying a trade war will slow economic growth.



Finance Minister Nicola Willis saying tariffs could create .5 percent more global inflation.  Willis calling the economic situation an 'historically significant global event'...One News New Zealand






    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



A volcanic eruption in the Philippines.  The Kanlaon volcano on the island of Negros sending a plume of ash four thousand meters in the sky.


Local authorities monitoring the situation an evacuation order in place in some areas with recommendations for school and work activities to be cancelled...ABC News Australia







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