Daily Dispatch - 24 March 2025

Give Me Liberty Or I'll Kill You

TOP STORIES

1. Donald Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth - Newsweek

2. California AG urges 23andMe users to 'delete their data' in grim warning about the biotech company | Daily Mail Online

3. Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website - Washington Square News

4. US envoy Witkoff optimistic about Ukraine talks, says Putin wants peace | Reuters

5. ‘Snow White’ Remake Completely Misses the Mark

POLITICS

1. Trump and Vance Shattered Europe’s Illusions About America - The Atlantic

2. (21) Mike Benz on X: "Anne Applebaum's credibility should be nuked to zero after she got caught red-handed serving as a secret "Inner Cluster Cell" member of a busted British intelligence operation set up for covert censorship & political warfare operations known as the Integrity Initiative. https://t.co/lQw9hRaRa8" / X

3. Columbia ‘on the right track’ to regain federal funds, education secretary says - Gothamist

4. Prime Minister urged to call 'emergency meeting' after Trump administration cuts funding to seven Australian universities | Sky News Australia

5. Republican lawmaker speaks out after activists disrupt private luncheon | Fox News

6. FBI Agents Scour Jeffrey Epstein Files, Neglect Regular Work

COMMONWEALTH

1. Trump suggests US could be 'associate member' of British Commonwealth: 'I love King Charles'

2. UK Lawmaker Reacts to Trump Suggesting US Could Join British Commonwealth - Newsweek

EUROPE

1. UK: Cambridge slammed for 'chilling' ban on pro-Gaza protests

2. With ceasefire shattered, what's next for Israel’s military invasion of Gaza? - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

3. Man who took pressure cooker bomb into hospital jailed for life | UK News | Sky News

MIDEAST

1. EU and its partners pledge 5.8 billion euros for Syria and its neighbours | Reuters

2. Syrian government-aligned forces captured reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town | CNN

3. EU conference pledges $6.3 billion for Syria’s recovery, boosts legitimacy of new rulers | | AW

4. Syrian Christian volunteers mobilize to defend community amid growing uncertainty | Fox News

5. 'You started this': Attacks on Alawites in Syria highlight deep divisions

6. Thousands still missing after Syria coastal violence: SOHR

7. Syrian government forces kill 72 Alawites in new wave of sectarian massacres

8. Iranian Regime’s Nuclear Crisis and Diplomatic Tensions: Negotiation or Confrontation? - American Thinker

9. Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory’s south - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

OTHER

1. Former U.S. attorney in Virginia found dead at 43

2. (19) i/o on X: "The NYU website has been hacked. This is its main page right now: A graph showing the discrepancies between the mean SAT scores of different racial groups, highlighted by the massive difference between Asians (1485) and blacks (1289) — a nearly 200-point difference. https://t.co/eIFjChZWUU" / X

3. NYU

4. Apple loses $1bn a year on streaming: Why don't its shows work? | Euronews