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the Trump The administration called on Pentagon To provide military options to ensure full access to the country Panama channelTwo American officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Donald Trump He repeatedly said that he wanted to “restore” the Panama channel, which is located in the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America and is considered one of the most important waterways in the world, but he did not provide details about how he did this, or if there is a need for military action.
One of the American officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the document was described as the guidelines of temporary national security by the new administration, asking the army to consider options to ensure “unrestricted access” to Panama channel.
Another official said American army He had a wide range of possible options to ensure access, including ensuring a close partnership with the Panama army.
The Pentagon published the last time a strategy for national defense in 2022, and the priorities of the army. A temporary document determines a wide direction of politics, such as Trump’s executive orders and public notes, before a more considering political document such as official NDS.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
BMW He said that he does not expect the newly imposed customs tariffs until the end of the year, adding that if the situation changes, it will be informed of his future.
BMW expects a 5-7 % profit margin for the auto sector in 2025, but this account was dependent on the assumption that the customs tariff imposed so far will remain in place until the end of the year, which the car maker does not expect to be so, and executives Zipse and Walter Mertel He said. “If the situation changes, we will need to adjust expectations,” added the financial director, Mertel, added.
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Here’s more about comments on correspondents by a member of Congress Alexandria Okasio Cortez. According to the post on X by Kadia GobaA political correspondent in Sephor, Okasio Cortez, said:
There are members of the Congress who won Trump that have held areas in some of the most difficult lands in the United States; Who walked on the wooden plate and took endless dangers in order to defend the American people … just to see some Democrats in the Senate until they think of cruelty to Elon Musk. I think it is a huge slap in her face, and I think there is a wide sense of treason. “
AOC says to the Schumer decision to vote in favor of the Republican Finance Bill and a “huge face in the face”
the Senate He finds himself on Friday in a familiar position, and works to avoid closing the partial government with only hours to spare them while Democrats face two painful options: allowing a draft law they believe is to give the president Donald Trump The extensive discretionary authority in spending decisions or voting, not, and allowing the financing of expiry.
Democratic leader in the Senate Chuck Shomer Members of the gathering gave to venting their frustration over the options by them, but late Thursday he made it clear that he would not allow the government to be closed. Its democratic movement is granted alongside Republicans and allowing the ongoing decision, which is often described as CR, by finding a vote just on Friday, according to Associated Press reports. Congress member Alexandria Okasio Cortez He told reporters Senator Chuck Schumer’s statement was a “huge slap in the face, and I think there is a wide sense of treason.”
On Friday, procedural vote will provide a preliminary test if the package has 60 votes required for progress, before the possible final vote later in the day. At least eight Democrats will need to join Republicans to push the financing package forward.
“Although CR is still very bad, the possibility of closing has consequences for America, which is much worse,” said Shomer.
The majority leader of the Senate John Thun Others used their time on the floor on Thursday to demonstrate that any blame for the closure will fall directly to the Democrats.
Schumer said that Trump will underestimate more power during the closure, because it will give the administration the ability to consider the entire agencies, programs and employees of unnecessary employees, without any promise that they will be re -set at all.
“The closure will give Donald Trump “The keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said.
More about it in a moment, but first, here are some other major developments:
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Senator Chuck Schumer, leader of the Democratic Minority in the Senate, said he would vote to allow the deep partisan Republican spending bill to become a law Because closing the government will harm more damage.
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Members of Congress Alexandria Okasio Cortez He told reporters Senator Chuck Schumer’s statement was a huge slap in the faceAnd I think there is a wide sense of treason. “
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The shares decreased again after Trump to threaten To impose a 200 % tariff “on all wine, champagne, and alcoholic products” from the European Union countries if the commercial bloc gives its threat to revenge for the tariff of steel and aluminum The US President announced the addition of a 50 % tariff to American products, including Kentucky Bourbon.
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In a letter sent to the President of Columbia University and the participating presidents of its Board of Trustees on Thursday, the anti -Semitic work squad in the Trump administration called for nine specific changes to the university’s policies and structures Before negotiations on federal financing begin.
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Colombia announced on the same day that it received the message in which the first element in the demand list was receivedDisputing and commenting on adult demonstrators who support the Palestinians who occupied a building on the campus last year or participated in the Solidarity camp in Gaza.
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Actor Raul Grevaa died after a long battle with cancer, his office Declare Thursday. His seat will remain vacant until September.
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In 1996, a federal judge found that the legal ruling is now used to target Mahmoud Khalil unconstitutional. Donald Trump’s sister was.
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the Trump administration The Supreme Court to support the executive order of the president, which reduces the new citizenship, appealed.
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The American Post service will reduce its employees by 10,000 through early retirementThe director of the post office, Luis Digoy, has announced an agreement with the government efficiency management in Elon Musk to simplify its operations.
