National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Major U.S. airport on red alert as passenger is diagnosed with world’s most infectious disease after receiving MMR vaccine | 1 May 2025 | Health officials are sounding the alarm over a potential measles exposure at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. An infected adult was mainly confined to the airport’s Terminal 1 area, potentially exposing hundreds of others to the world’s most infectious disease. The person was at the airport — the world’s fourth busiest in terms of passenger numbers — on April 22 and April 23 between 10am and 8pm both days. They had had one prior dose of the MMR vaccine, but they went on to develop a rash on April 25 and tests confirmed they had contracted measles. Another case was identified days later in an adult living in the same county in Illinois.

Experts issue terrifying warning to America: Prepare for pandemic NOW as new virus spreads to all 50 States | 29 April 2025 | Leading health experts have warned that the U.S. is staring down the barrel of another pandemic as bird flu spirals out of control on U.S. farms. So far, the H5N1 outbreak has affected nearly 1,000 dairy cow herds and resulted in more than 70 human cases, including the first confirmed death. Although human-to-human transmission has not yet been observed, experts caution that mutations and reassortments — when two viruses simultaneously infect a host and exchange genetic material — could raise the risk of it occurring. The Global Virus Network (GVN) is warning that countries must prepare for the possibility of human-to-human spread to avoid a chaotic chain of events reminiscent of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UK scientists are about to attempt to dim the Sun | 27 April 2025 | British scientists could experiment with techniques to block sunlight as part of a 50 million-pound government funded scheme to combat global warming. The geo-engineering project is set to be given the go-ahead within weeks and could see scientists explore techniques including launching clouds of reflective particles into the atmosphere or using seawater sprays to make clouds brighter. Another method involves thinning natural cirrus clouds, which act as heat-trapping blankets. Critics have warned it could cause catastrophic disruption to weather patterns and even shift rain from areas that are vital for food production.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Deputy Alex Wong Out at National Security Council – Reports | 1 May 2025 | National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong will be ousted Thursday from their roles at the National Security Council, according to reports. Reports from CBS News, Fox News, and Politico state that Waltz and Wong will be leaving their posts, and that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is having conversations with National Security Council staff. Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together an encrypted Signal group chat that mistakenly included the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, which inadvertently disclosed discussions with top Trump administration officials about plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen… Politico wrote that the ouster could happen any moment but is not necessarily final.

Zelensky openly threatening Victory Day terrorist attack – Moscow | 30 April 2025 | Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has openly threatened to target the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Russia has announced a unilateral three-day ceasefire next week to coincide with the celebration commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Kiev has rebuked the move, instead demanding an immediate unconditional 30-day truce. On Tuesday, Zelensky described targeting Russian “pressure points” to push the country “towards diplomacy” as he reiterated the ceasefire call. “They are now concerned that their parade is in jeopardy and rightly so,” he remarked, referring to the event scheduled for May 9 in Red Square.

Kiev operative charged in Russian general’s assassination | 27 April 2025 | Russian investigators have charged a man with carrying out a car bomb attack that killed a senior general in a Moscow suburb last week. The suspect confessed to acting under orders from Ukrainian security services, the Investigative Committee has said. In a statement released on Sunday, investigators announced that 42-year-old Ignat Kuzin faces charges of committing a terrorist act and illegal handling and manufacturing of explosives. The committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said Kuzin fully admitted his guilt and agreed to confirm his testimony during on-site investigation procedures. Kuzin was detained shortly after the explosion that killed the deputy chief of operations of Russia’s General Staff, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, on April 25 outside his home in Balashikha. Petrenko stated that Kuzin had been recruited by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) in 2023.

Trump responds to Moscow car bombing that killed Russian general | 26 April 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to look into the assassination of a senior Russian general outside Moscow on Friday, telling reporters “That’s a big one.” The incident took place as Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Moscow for high-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy chief of operations of Russia’s General Staff, was killed in a car bomb explosion outside his residence in Balashikha, a suburb east of Moscow. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova suggested there is “reason to believe that Ukrainian intelligence services were involved in the assassination,” noting that Moskalik was involved in talks to resolve the Ukraine crisis before the conflict escalated in 2022. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump, who apparently had not known about the incident until he was asked, said, “That’s hitting close to home, right? That’s a big one.” He added: “I’ll look at it. If I hear anything, I’ll let you know.”

Crimea will stay with Russia – Trump | 25 April 2025 | The Crimean Peninsula will remain a part of Russia under a final settlement of the Ukraine conflict, U.S. President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Time Magazine published on Friday. Crimea officially joined the Russian Federation in 2014 after a referendum that followed a Western-backed coup in Kiev. Ukraine and its backers have dismissed the results of the referendum as illegitimate… In an interview to mark his first 100 days in office, Trump said Crimea “went to the Russians” long ago and suggested that “everyone understands” that Ukraine will not be able to get it back. “Crimea will stay with Russia” under a final settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Trump went on to say, adding that even Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky understands this. “It’s been with them for a long time,” the U.S. president stated, noting that Russia had its submarines there “long before any period that we’re talking about” and that the majority of Crimeans speak Russian.

Israel wildfires spread near Jerusalem, drawing national emergency declaration from Netanyahu | 1 May 2025 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that rapidly spreading wildfires near Jerusalem could reach the city, as he declared the situation a “national emergency.” Thick smoke billowed above highways near Jerusalem as firefighters rushed to control wildfires that have injured several people and prompted the military to deploy troops and other resources to help. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue agency reported that hundreds of civilians were at risk from the worst brushfires in years. It said the alert level had been raised to the highest tier.

Israeli jets bomb Beirut’s southern suburbs – marking third strike on the area since November ceasefire | 27 April 2025 | Israeli jets bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs yesterday – marking the third strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November. A huge plume of smoke billowed over buildings after the attack but there were no immediate reports of casualties. An hour before the strike the Israeli military warned it was targeting Hezbollah facilities in the Hadath area and urged residents to move. In a statement afterwards, it said it had targeted a precision-guided missile storage facility. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun called on the U.S. and France, as guarantors of the ceasefire, to “assume their responsibilities” and pressure Israel to halt its attacks.

Biden admin-linked pilot ignored flight instructor in moments before plane collision over D.C. – report | 27 April 2025 | The pilot of the military Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger airplane over Washington, D.C., in January ignored instructions to change course seconds before the crash, according to a new report. The report, published by the New York Times on Sunday, detailed the Black Hawk’s exchanges with air traffic controllers in the lead-up to the disaster, which left 67 people dead. According to the report, the Black Hawk pilot, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, was conducting her annual flight evaluation and her co-pilot, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, was serving as her flight instructor.

White House calls out the ‘most egregious hoaxes’ pushed by media, Dems in Trump’s first 100 days | 29 April 2025 | The White House released a list of the “most egregious hoaxes” perpetuated by the media in the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term Tuesday. The Trump administration published a press release declaring, “Since President Donald J. Trump took office 100 days ago, it has been a nonstop deluge of hoaxes and lies from Democrats and their allies in the Fake News suffering from terminal cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The administration went on to list 57 purported “hoaxes” spread by the president’s critics, the media and Democrats.

Failure of Highway Patrol to Notify TBI After Suspecting Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Human Trafficking Appears to Contradict Standard Procedure | 30 April 2025 | The Tennessee Star was the first to report that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the recently deported citizen of El Salvador, was stopped by Tennessee Highway Patrol and suspected of human trafficking in December 2022, with the agency ultimately confirming the “Biden-era FBI” instructed officers to release Abrego Garcia and his eight passengers, despite their suspicions of human trafficking and him presenting an invalid driver’s license. The decision by highway patrol not to contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), which is empowered by state statute to train law enforcement officers how to detect human trafficking, and to investigate human trafficking cases across the state, appears to contradict established procedures. For example, Tennessee Code 38-6-102 authorizes TBI to launch its own investigations into organized crime, especially investigations involving “an offense involving any form of trafficking,” establishing its ability to conduct such work.

Woke Boston judge could face brutal punishment for letting illegal migrant slip out of court to avoid ICE | 30 April 2025 | A Boston judge who allegedly let a twice-deported illegal immigrant slip out a side door of her courtroom to avoid ICE agents may soon face a brutal punishment. Judge Shelley Joseph, who now serves as a Boston Municipal Court judge, faces removal from the bench when she appears in Suffolk County Superior Court on June 9 for a public hearing into the April 2018 incident, the Boston Herald reports. She has been accused of allowing Jose Medina-Perez, an illegal immigrant originally from the Dominican Republic, walk out a back door of the Newton District Courthouse to avoid getting arrested by the ICE agents on duty.

Milwaukee Judge who allegedly helped illegal migrant evade ICE is ‘temporarily relieved of her official duties’ | 29 April 2025 | The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an administrative order on Tuesday calling for Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan to be “temporarily relieved of her official duties.” Dugan was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding on Friday after evidence came to light that she had shielded an illegal immigrant from federal agents, according to a criminal complaint. She was also charged with concealing an individual to prevent discovery and arrest. The order on Tuesday reads that Dugan “is temporarily prohibited from exercising the powers of a circuit court judge in the State of Wisconsin.”

Terrorists’ favorite nightclub busted, illegal aliens arrested, U.S. military members detained | 27 April 2025 | Federal authorities announced Sunday that more than a hundred illegal immigrants were detained in a massive raid at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs that officials say was “frequented by TdA and MS-13 terrorists.” The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Division led a multi-agency operation early Sunday morning and arrested 114 illegal immigrants at the venue that contained more than 200 people inside. Authorities uncovered drugs, including pink cocaine, as well as evidence of prostitution and multiple firearms during the operation, according to the DEA. Attorney General Pamela Bondi applauded the operation, which included 300 officials across multiple agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Almost 800 illegal aliens arrested in large-scale ICE operation in Florida | 27 April 2025 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with Miami and Florida law enforcement, arrested almost 800 illegal immigrants during the first four days of Operation Tidal Wave, according to a report from Fox News. Those arrested include Jose Sanchez Reyes, a convicted murderer from Colombia, Rafael Juarex Cabrera, alleged MS-13 gang members and alleged 18th Street gang members such as Aron Isaak Morazan-Izaguirre. Savva Klishchevskii, a Russian national with an Interpol Red Notice for manslaughter, was also arrested, the Fox report said.

Illegal migrant accused of snatching Kristi Noem’s handbag ID’d as serial criminal from Chile | 27 April 2025 | The masked migrant who was arrested for stealing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag containing 3,000 in c-sh is a Chilean national who was previously busted for a similar scheme in London, law enforcement sources told The Post. Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, of Santiago, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly made off with the shoulder bag while Noem, 53, was at an Easter outing with her family at The Capital Burger in Washington, D.C., sources told The Post. Bustamante-Leiva, who is in the U.S. illegally, is believed to be part of a large East Coast robbery organization, with law enforcement still on the hunt for another undocumented immigrant who was his accomplice.

Huge underwater volcano off major U.S. coast is set up erupt ‘any day’ as top scientists issue chilling warning | 1 May 2025 | The most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest could erupt “any day now,” scientists have warn. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It last erupted in 2015, triggering roughly 8,000 earthquakes, producing 400-foot-thick lava flows and causing the bottom of the ocean to sink nearly eight feet.

Power slowly being restored after deadly derecho tears through Ohio, Pennsylvania | 1 May 2025 | A line of severe thunderstorms evolved into a derecho Tuesday evening, bringing destructive wind gusts across parts of the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast, leading to at least three deaths and power outages for hundreds of thousands. By Thursday afternoon, at least 200,000 customers — mostly in Pennsylvania — were still without power, down from around 700,000. The strongest impacts were reported in southeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, where straight-line wind gusts reached 80 mph — stronger than many low-end tornadoes but across a much wider area. Officials said the storms tore off roofs, uprooted trees in saturated soil and brought down power lines throughout the region. In Pittsburgh, a man was killed after being electrocuted by live wires, according to the city’s public safety department.

LA fire investigation will take a year or more, Edison CEO says | 1 May 2025 | The probe into the deadly Southern California Eaton fire is likely to take a year or more as authorities examine Edison International’s utility equipment as the possible cause, according to the company’s chief executive officer. Edison, meanwhile, is conducting its own investigation and has reviewed some “circumstantial information” indicating its power lines may have played a role in the blaze that destroyed much of the town of Altadena in January, CEO Pedro Pizarro said Wednesday during an interview on Bloomberg Television. The Eaton Fire was among the most deadly blazes in California history, killing 18 people. Edison plans to begin settlement talks with victims who have sued the utility if the company concludes its equipment started the fire, Pizarro said. The company would pay for the first 1 billion for any settlement with its own insurance, while the rest would come from the state of California’s 21 billion wildfire fund, Pizarro said.