National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

RFK Jr. exposes how deep-state actors could risk a new pandemic with a ‘leaky vaccine’ | 21 March 2025 | Robert F Kennedy Jr. is warning against vaccinating chickens against bird flu over fears a “leaky” vaccine could create a deadly new strain of the virus. The newly appointed health secretary said if a bird flu vaccine can’t completely protect against infection, it could spur new mutations that could spread to humans. RFK Jr. said “all of [his] agencies” — the FDA, CDC, and National Institutes of Health, among others — “advise against vaccination of birds.” “If you vaccinate with a leaky vaccine, in other words a vaccine that does not provide sterilizing immunity, that does not absolutely protect against the disease. You turn those flocks into mutation factories. It’s much more likely to jump to animals if you do that.”

Heathrow ‘forced to shut down because of net zero’ –Airport bosses face accusations that back-up power supply failed after they replaced diesel generator with biomass version | 21 March 2025 | Heathrow is facing accusations that it was forced to shut down because it replaced its diesel generator with a net zero-compliant biomass alternative. More than 1,300 flights to and from the UK’s busiest airport were cancelled or turned away after it was forced to close following a fire that knocked out a electricity substation. Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, said he had been told by an industry expert that the airport changed its back-up systems from a diesel generator to an environmentally friendly biomass version. He said the biomass generator appeared to have failed because it was designed only to work alongside the National Grid, and not independently if the Grid was shut off… The accusations came as it emerged counter-terrorism police were leading the investigation into the fire. The Telegraph understands specialist detectives are on site at the North Hyde electrical substation after a blast there shortly before midnight.

Kiev blew up metering station for EU-bound gas – Russia | 21 March 2025 | Ukrainian forces retreating from Russia’s Kursk Region have destroyed the Sudzha gas metering station, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. The incident took place early on Friday, roughly 20 minutes after midnight, the ministry said in a statement. The facility had been previously used to deliver fuel to consumers in European nations. Ukrainian forces seized the site in early August during their incursion into Kursk Region and used it as a secure logistics base, the ministry explained. The station, located close to the border, was deliberately blown up as part of the Ukrainian retreat, the military added.

Two dead in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian border region – governor | 21 March 2025 | Two people have been killed in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian Belgorod border region, its governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram on Friday. Kiev’s forces have attacked about a dozen of settlements in the region, according to the governor’s data. One such attack killed a civilian and severely injured another one in a small village located around 18 kilometers away from Russia’s border with Ukraine, Gladkov said. Two other attacks on other settlements also left one civilian injured each, he added. Closer to the evening, a Ukrainian UAV struck a vehicle, killing a staff member of a local security company providing property protection services, according to the governor.

Kremlin reveals Putin-Trump phone call details | 18 March 2025 | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, held a phone call on Tuesday to discuss efforts toward establishing a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin has confirmed. The conversation marks the second time the two leaders have had direct talks since Trump returned to office in January. The Kremlin reported that Putin supported Trump’s proposal for Russia and Ukraine to mutually halt strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days. He has instructed the military to implement this directive. “The Russian President also responded constructively to Donald Trump’s idea of ​​implementing a previously-discussed initiative concerning the safety of navigation in the Black Sea,” the statement said, adding that the leaders agreed to begin negotiations on the matter.

Israel resumes airstrikes in Gaza | 18 March 2025 | Israel has resumed airstrikes in Gaza following the collapse of talks with Hamas over the release of the remaining hostages and the implementation of the ceasefire. In a statement in the early hours of Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were “conducting extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that the strikes are a response to “Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from U.S. Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators. Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,” the prime minister’s office said.

White House releases JFK assassination files –All classified records about the killing of the former US president have been made available to the public, the National Archives has said | 19 March 2025 | The administration of US President Donald Trump has released thousands of pages of government files related to the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The National Archives uploaded some 63,000 pages of documents on its website in two initial tranches on Tuesday, with more files expected to be publish once they are digitized. “All records previously withheld for classification that are part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection are released,” it said.

Trump starts releasing secret JFK assassination files – 80,000 pages now available to public | 18 March 2025 | Eighty thousand pages of previously-unseen files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday after President Donald Trump made the long-awaited announcement just one day earlier. “So, people have been waiting for decades for this, and I’ve instructed my people… lots of different people, [director of national intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, that they must be released tomorrow,” Trump said during a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington. “You got a lot of reading. I don’t believe we’re going to redact anything. I said, ‘just don’t redact, you can’t redact.'” As of Tuesday night, over 1,123 unredacted documents — totaling roughly 80,000 pages — are visible on the National Archive’s website. The files can be viewed by clicking here.

Attorney General Pam Bondi accuses 3 Tesla vandals of ‘domestic terrorism’ after string of attacks | 20 March 2025 | Three people accused of destroying Tesla cars and charging stations are facing up to 20 years in prison for “domestic terrorism,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. “The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi said in a statement. “Let this be a warning: If you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars,” she added. The defendants — whose cases are being brought in Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina — are accused of using high-powered weapons and explosives to destroy property belonging to the Elon Musk-owned car company, which has been targeted in recent weeks over his role in the Trump administration.

Doxxing website that shows personal details of Tesla owners has Molotov cocktail as cursor – report | 19 March 2025 | A website called “Dogequest” reportedly has published the personal information of Tesla owners nationwide in an apparent bid to shame and intimidate them as Elon Musk’s ties with the Trump White House have grown. The site, called “Dogequest,” reportedly reveals the names, addresses and phone numbers of Tesla owners throughout the U.S. using an interactive map — and uses an image of a Molotov cocktail as a cursor. The site’s operators, who also posted the exact locations of Tesla dealerships, said that they will remove identifying information about Tesla drivers only if they provide proof that they sold their electric vehicles, according to 404 Media.

New outbreak of deadly bird flu strain confirmed for first time in 8 years | 20 March 2025 | new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the U.S. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first time since 2017. The infection of 47,654 commercial broiler-breeder chickens was confirmed on March 13 by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). Samples of the flock were tested at the Mississippi Veterinary Research & Diagnostic Laboratory and came back positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, the State of Mississippi Board of Animal Health announced in a press release on March 12.

More than a dozen bridges in NY, NJ – including George Washington Bridge – must be checked for risk of collapse| 21 March 2025 | More than a dozen bridges in New York and New Jersey are among 68 U.S. crossings that need to be checked for risk of collapse if struck by a vessel, the National Transit Safety Board said. The Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and George Washington Bridge — the most heavily trafficked bridge in the world — were named in NTSB’s new report as in need of assessment and risk-reduction plans following the stunning Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse last year. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing — which link Brooklyn and New Jersey to Staten Island, respectively — also made the list. In New Jersey, the Newark Bay Bridge and Commodore Barry Bridge were named as in need of inspection.

Trump revokes security clearance for Joe Biden and entire family, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and other political foes | 21 March 2025 | President Trump issued a memo Friday rescinding the security clearances of more than a dozen individuals, including former President [sic] Joe Biden and his entire family, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. “I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information,” Trump wrote in the memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies, before naming those he’s barring from receiving classified information. The list includes his three past presidential election opponents — Clinton, Biden and Harris — as well as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Any other member of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s family” will also be impacted by the memo.

Trump strips Hunter and Ashley Biden of Secret Service protection ‘effective immediately’ | 17 March 2025 | President Trump revoked Hunter and Ashley Biden’s Secret Service security detail on Monday after the former first son, surrounded by more than a dozen agents, was spotted on an “ultra-luxurious” getaway in South Africa when he was due for a deposition in court. “Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous! He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned,” the president added. “…Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection,” Trump announced.

Trump says Education Dept. to transfer student loan, nutrition programs to other agencies | 21 March 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that critical programs handled by the Education Department for student lo-ns and nutrition would be transferred to other departments as part of his effort to shutter the agency. Trump, who signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the Education Department, told reporters in the Oval Office that its student lo-ns portfolio would be handled by the Small Business Administration. Special needs and nutrition programs would be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, he said.

Lutnick says Trump has agreed to eliminate income taxes for Americans making less than $150K | 21 March 2025 | Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday said that he has received confirmation from the president that the U.S. will eliminate income taxes on households making less than 150K a year, if he successfully balances the budget. President Donald Trump previously teased eliminating the federal income tax in January, claiming that if his plans with tariffs work out then he would eliminate the federal tax. Lutnick told the All In podcast that he was recently in the car with the president when the idea was floated again… The secretary highlighted how the United States did not have a federal income tax until 1913 and had used tariffs instead.

Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans | 21 March 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration. The move, effective April 24, cuts short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants under former President [sic] Joe Biden that allowed them to enter the country by air if they had U.S. sponsors. Trump, a Republican, took steps to ramp up immigration enforcement after taking office, including a push to deport record numbers of migrants in the U.S. illegally.

Trump hits back after Obama judge tried to block migrant deportation flights – as White House exploits ingenious loophole | 17 March 2025 | President Donald Trump denied that he refused a court order to turn around two planeloads of illegal Venezuelan gang members who were being deported from the United States. Trump defended his operation to deport back to El Salvador the 200 “monsters” who were linked to gangs responsible for kidnapping, extortion, and contract killings. A federal judge, at the last minute, tried to block the planes when they were already in the air due to Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to make the deportations. But Trump said: “These were bad people…” Asked about using the controversial law outside of wartime, Trump added: “This is a time of war because Biden allowed millions of people — many of them criminals, many of them at the highest level. They emptied jails out — other nations. It’s an invasion and these are criminals.”

Judge who ordered illegal Venezuelan gang members returned to U.S. faces calls for impeachment | 17 March 2025 | After Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg issued an order Saturday halting President Donald Trump’s rapid deportation of Venezuelan gang members [terrorists], Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill swiftly announced plans to file articles of impeachment in an effort to remove him. Gill made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday, noting he would be filing the motion this week. Republicans have been piling on Boasberg after he issued a 14-day restraining order halting the Trump administration from deporting violent Venezuelan gang members who entered the U.S. illegally, via powers laid out in the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act. “Another day, another judge unilaterally deciding policy for the whole country. This time to benefit foreign gang members,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, posted on X.