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Proposal for Global Slavery ReparationsThe United Nations is expected to take up a resolution that calls slavery the ‘gravest crime’ in history and could seek trillions in restitution.By LUKE FUNK| |Foreign‘Know Where I Stand’: Trump Wades Into Nasty Online Feud Between Mark Levin, Megyn Kelly over Israel and IranThe president is drawing in a line in an escalating conservative media war.By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY| |PoliticsDecrying ‘Cult of Gun Absolutism,’ Virginia Prosecutor Shifts Blame for Shooting at Old DominionBy DEAN KARAYANIS| |Opinion (Columnists)Teenager Wins Chinese Grand Prix, but War Puts Brakes on F1’s Fast StartBy GEORGE WILLIS| |ForeignColumnists Trump’s Iran War Signals Seismic Shift in Global Balance of Power Between the West and Its Anti-Democratic FoesCONRAD BLACKPlaying Partisan Politics Over the Iran War Will Backfire on DemocratsLAWRENCE KUDLOWBlue States, With Taxes on High Earners, Commit Political and Economic SuicideBETSY McCAUGHEYEditorials Is Tucker Carlson a Traitor?Europe’s Left TurnWhy Would Charles Assent To Ending Hereditary Peers?Taming the Democrats’ LeviathanLew Lehrman: Prophet of Honest MoneyNational Win McNamee/Getty ImagesUFC White House Spectacle Draws Global Attention — and Mounting ControversyCriticism over security concerns and political implications cloud historic event.By GEORGE WILLIS| As New Data Disclose Side Effects of Prolonged GLP-1 Use, Doctors Raise Concerns Over Demands To Be Skinny at Any CostRecent research shows that up to 40 percent of weight lost on GLP-1 medications comes from lean body mass rather than fat, leading to serious health risks, especially among older women.By HOLLIE McKAY| Congress Targets Hidden Ticket Fees at Sporting Events as Fans Face Soaring PricesTransparency bill will force sellers to provide an explanation for every cost.By GEORGE WILLIS| AP/Armando SolisNarcotics Meets Jihad: Inside the Mexican Cartel-Iranian Proxy Alliance Threatening America’s SecurityWith the death of El Mencho, a new Pentagon-led task force is tasked with thwarting opportunities for Hezbollah and other cartel-allied, Iranian-backed terror groups to sow chaos in the homeland.By HOLLIE McKAY| CBS News via XMan Linked to Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s Security Detail Dies in Dallas Police StandoffThe deceased had run an online platform connecting North Texas officers with off-duty job opportunities, all while falsely claiming to be a law enforcement officer himself.By JOSEPH CURL| Trump Releases Renderings of ‘New, Highly Improved’ Kennedy CenterThe center’s president, Richard Grenell, is stepping down as the facility plans to close in July for a two-year renovation project.By LUKE FUNK| Foreign AP Photo/Ramon EspinosaAmerican Socialists To Join New Cuba Aid Flotilla Despite Hints of Negotiations Aimed at Ousting Communist LeadershipThe DSA calls Mr. Trump’s attempts to choke the Communist regime’s resources ‘brazen imperialism’ as everyday Cubans expand protests through a ninth night.By SHARON KEHNEMUI| North Korean Leader’s Daughter, 13,  Shows Up at Missile-Firing Exercise Looking All the More Like His Heir ApparentNorth Korean news outlets make no mention of young Ju-ae even while displaying her prominently in official photographs.By DONALD KIRK| Reuters Claims To Have Unmasked Banksy After Extensive InvestigationSleuths have tried for decades to put a name and face to one of the world’s most enigmatic artists — one whose anonymity has long been considered inseparable from his art.By JOSEPH CURL| United States Navy via Wikimedia CommonsTrump Vows To Keep Strait of Hormuz Open as America Sends Warships, Global Coalition FormsDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the use of ‘an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit’ to safeguard shipping through the strait.By JOSEPH CURL| Ahn Young-joon/APAmericans and South Koreans Train by Building a Bridge in ‘Real War’ ExerciseThe American commanding general ducks questions while Washington is focused on war in Iran.By DONALD KIRK| Saifullah Zahir/APPakistan’s Taliban Partner in Afghanistan Turns on Islamabad in Favor of Separatist KinPakistan’s leadership imagined that if it supported the Taliban next door that it would rein in its Pakistani cohort. That calculus proved dead wrong.By HOLLIE McKAY| Politics Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesTrump’s Iran Strikes Fracture MAGA Coalition Along Foreign Policy Fault LinesAn unexpected offensive by a president who claimed he wouldn’t start a war has put Mr. Trump’s base on edge, requiring complicated navigation ahead of the midterm elections.By HOLLIE McKAY| AP/Andres KudackiConservative Senator Unhappy With FCC Chairman’s Threats To Broadcast NetworksChairman Brendan Carr is threatening to punish networks depending on how they cover the Iran war. By MATTHEW RICE| Brian Blanco/Getty ImagesCampus Spat Over Antisemitism, Israel at University of Florida Highlights Growing Rift in Young Republican Circles NationwideThe disbanding of a chapter of College Republicans has become a flashpoint spotlighting the feud within the Republican Party over ‘cancel culture’ and divergent perspectives on Israel and Jews in America.By SHARON KEHNEMUI| Republican Congressman Calls for Tucker Carlson To Be Prosecuted for ‘Treason’ for Pre-War Contact With IraniansMr. Carlson claims to be facing a criminal investigation for speaking to people in Iran before the war began three weeks ago.By MATTHEW RICE| Trump’s Pared-Back Tariffs Return to Trade Court Under New Legal RationaleThe tariffs are set to expire this summer if Congress does not act. By MATTHEW RICE| Editorials Is Tucker Carlson a Traitor?Europe’s Left TurnWhy Would Charles Assent To Ending Hereditary Peers?Taming the Democrats’ LeviathanLew Lehrman: Prophet of Honest MoneyOpinion Democrats, Beholden to Far-Left Activists, Appear Unlikely To Improve Their Electoral Prospects By MICHAEL BARONEItaly’s Meloni Marks October 2023 as the Starting Day of the War That Now Encompasses IranBy ROSARIO IACONISZohran Mamdani’s Wife’s Political Views Are Hardly as ‘Complicated’ as the Press SuggestsBy DAVID HARSANYIVictory in Operation Epic Fury Is Synonymous With Regime Change at TehranBy JOSH HAMMERPlay The Sun CrosswordPopular1.Republican Congressman Calls for Tucker Carlson To Be Prosecuted for ‘Treason’ for Pre-War Contact With Iranians2.Decrying ‘Cult of Gun Absolutism,’ Virginia Prosecutor Shifts Blame for Shooting at Old Dominion3.Tension at CBS News as Mamdani Cancels ‘Sunday Morning’ Interview Due To Coverage of His Anti-Israel Wife: Report4.Victory for Trump as Appeals Court Denies Liberal Groups’  Request To Release Jack Smith’s ‘Brazen’ Mar-a-Lago Report5.North Korean Leader’s Daughter, 13,  Shows Up at Missile-Firing Exercise Looking All the More Like His Heir ApparentPodcasts The Sanity Interview: Mudar Adnan ZahranWelcome to First Lady Rama Duwaji's New YorkThe Sanity Interview: Karen Elliott HouseArts+ Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesMarilyn Monroe: The 100 Year ItchFor all the social media attention paid to Marilyn Monroe’s star quality, she made acting seem effortless.By MARIE POHL| Carol Rosegg via Irish Repertory Theatre‘Ulster American’ Is a Bawdy Send Up of Progressive Pieties  — and an Irreverent Inquiry Into IrishnessA new production starring Matthew Broderick offers an off-kilter take on the Troubles. By A.R. HOFFMAN| Amazon PrimeSherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Unfaithful Hollywood AdaptationThe slew of screen takes on the 19th‑century detective may be fitfully entertaining, but it’s elementary for Hollywood to now go back to basics.By ALEXANDER LARMAN| Chris Pizzello/APWill Hollywood Bite Its Tongue at the Oscars?Mercedes-BenzLuxury Minivans Are Having a MomentGetty ImagesTwo Billy Joel Tributes Honor New York’s Utmost Piano ManColumbia Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)And the Oscar for Best Best Picture Goes to…Matthew MurphyDaniel Radcliffe Returns to Broadway, Exploring Depression While Celebrating Life in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’Dustin Rabin via A24Paranormal Podcast Film ‘Undertone’ Upends the Horror Movie Genre, To Creepy EffectJoan MarcusA Taut ‘Antigone’ Update Sees Sophocles’ Heroine Battling Contemporary ForcesCarol Rosegg‘Bughouse’ Is an Intense and Intimate Study of the Ultimate Outsider ArtistEmma McIntyre/ Getty ImagesJudy Blume’s Biographer Contends With How To Be as Candid as His Bestselling Author SubjectPrevious slideNext slideEconomy AP/Ng Han GuanTrump Administration Plans Jones Act Waivers in Effort To Lower Skyrocketing Fuel CostsThe administration is trying to speed American oil to refiners as oil and gas prices surge amid the war with Iran.By LUKE FUNK| Oregon Legislature Advances Legislation Regulating How Stores Round Transactions an Economy Without PenniesMore than 20 states are considering similar legislation, while trade associations are calling for Congress to enact a federal standard. By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDemocrats Push Companies To Pass Tariff Refunds Along to Consumers, but Trump Administration Balks at Starting the ProcessThe Trump administration is expected to appeal a court order to start issuing refunds.By LUKE FUNK| AP/Marta Lavandier, fileRetail Gas Prices Skyrocket Across America at Fastest Pace Since 2022 Amid Conflict With IranSome cities are seeing 60-cent increases in gas compared to the previous week. By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| Education John Moore/Getty ImagesMuslim Parents, Schools Excluded From State School Voucher Program Accuse Texas of DiscriminationThe lawsuit says there is ‘no secular, non-discriminatory criterion that would explain the blanket exclusion of every eligible Islamic school generally.’By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| adflegal.orgIndiana School District Settles Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Former Teacher Required To Use Students’ Preferred PronounsA lawyer for the former teacher says schools ‘should learn that refusing to accommodate religious employees can be illegal and expensive.’By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| Rahmat Gul/APSupreme Court Temporarily Blocks California Rules Preventing Schools From Telling Parents About Their Children’s Gender TransitionsA lawyer for the plaintiffs says the ruling is a ‘watershed moment for parental rights in America.’By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| Justice LM Otero/APTexas Convictions Validate Trump Move To Label Antifa as Domestic Terrorist OrganizationA Texas jury has found eight left-wing activists guilty of supporting a terrorist organization while a ninth was convicted of attempted murder.By DAVID JONES| Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via APJudge in Charlie Kirk Murder Case Sets April Hearing on Whether Trial Can Be TelevisedAt a hearing Friday, the Utah judge denied a defense request to block public access to certain pre-trial motions in the case.By LUKE FUNK| Victory for Trump as Appeals Court Denies Liberal Groups’  Request To Release Jack Smith’s ‘Brazen’ Mar-a-Lago ReportThe ultimate fate of the documents dispatch, though, will be decided at oral arguments in June. By A.R. HOFFMAN| Frustrated Fani Willis Denounces GOP ‘Clown Show’ Even as She Suffers Setback in Effort To Avoid Paying Trump’s Legal BillsJudge Scott McAfee rules that she is ‘wholly disqualified’ from any further participation in the case.By A.R. HOFFMAN| SpotlightEditorialsSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesMoody’s Warns on New York City’s DebtBy THE NEW YORK SUN| One War Aim Might Require Boots on the GroundBy THE NEW YORK SUN| NationalAP/Yuki IwamuraTension at CBS News as Mamdani Cancels ‘Sunday Morning’ Interview Due To Coverage of His Anti-Israel Wife: ReportBy BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| ‘Ego Trip’: Colbert Criticized for ‘Wearying’ Months-Long Send-Off Featuring Attacks on Trump, Singing and PoemsBy BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| ForeignVia X‘Best Place in Town When the Siren Hits’: Israelis Take to Google To Review Their Bomb SheltersBy NOVI ZHUKOVSKY| Hegseth Calls Regime Leaders ‘Rats’ Even as They Parade on Tehran StreetsBy BENNY AVNI| PoliticsJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesTrump Names Diplomat To Replace Kari Lake at Helm of America’s Overseas BroadcastersBy JOSEPH CURL| Jack Schlossberg’s Congressional Hopes Imperiled as Bloomberg Endorses Nadler Protégé, Micah LasherBy NOVI ZHUKOVSKY| Arts+Via Warner Bros.The Oscars Are in Thrall to a New Wave of Resistance PoliticsBy ADRIAN NGUYEN| 1980s Spy Musical Comedy ‘Cold War Choir Practice’ Is Stylishly Mounted but Out of TuneBy TOM TEODORCZUK| EconomyAP/Alastair GrantTrump Formally Names Kevin Warsh To Head Federal Reserve, but Nomination Faces Uncertain FutureBy LUKE FUNK| Trump To ‘Cut Off All Trade’ With Spain After It Rejects Use of Its Military Bases for Attacks on IranBy LUKE FUNK| EducationMario Tama/Getty ImagesJewish Groups Sue California, Charging ‘Unchecked Antisemitism’ in State’s Public School SystemBy BRADLEY CORTRIGHT| Larry Summers, in Final Career Blow, Will Leave Harvard Under Epstein CloudBy NOVI ZHUKOVSKY| JusticeVia XJustice Department Attorney Resigns After Submitting Court Filings With Fake AI-Generated QuotesBy LUKE FUNK| Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Denounces ‘Warped’ Way Supreme Court Is Handling Trump CasesBy A.R. HOFFMAN| ColumnistsKent Nishimura/Getty ImagesDemocrats’ Calls To Tax the Rich Overlook Urgent Need To Tame Reckless Government OverspendingBy VERONIQUE de RUGY| Is John F. Kennedy Having a Comeback?By LAWRENCE KUDLOW| OpinionAP/Alex Brandon, fileTrump’s Decisive Move Against Iran Elevates His Stature in the Light of HistoryBy JOSH HAMMER| Trump Resets Foreign Policy by Refusing To Wait for Threats To Become ‘Imminent’By DAVID HARSANYI| SectionsNationalForeignPoliticsArts+EconomyEducationJusticeOpinionPodcastsGamesMoreMembershipBecome a FounderAdvertiseEventsShopSubmissionsContactLegalAboutFollow Us On:FacebookTwitterYouTubeInstagramFlipboardRSS© 2026 The New York Sun Company, LLC. All rights reserved.Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The material on this site is protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used. 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