Daily Dispatch - 7 May 2025

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TOP STORIES

1. Top US officials will meet with Chinese delegation in Switzerland in first major talks of trade war

2. Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban

3. India Launches Strikes On Pakistan After Terror Attack

4. Trump Says U.S. Will End Bombings of Houthi Militants in Yemen - The New York Times

5. Cardinals gather for conclave to choose new pope and more top headlines | Fox News

INDIA / PAKISTAN

1. India strikes - how will Pakistan respond? Four key questions

2. What's at Stake for the U.S. if India and Pakistan go to War? - Newsweek

3. US Needs India To Balance An Assertive China: Arun Singh

4. United States-India Joint Leaders’ Statement – The White House

5. The Quad finally gets serious on security

6. Hindus Stripped and Executed in Kashmir — Because They Weren’t Muslim (Video) - RAIR

POLITICS

1. DataRepublican (small r) on X: "I’ll post a full thread on this tomorrow, but the short version is: @SenThomTillis rose quickly to powerful foreign policy positions right after being elected to the Senate (his first federal role) despite having no military background. The reason why is he is a True Believer in" / X

2. (16) DataRepublican (small r) on X: "🚨 DECIPHERING NED DROP 4️⃣: WHY J6 IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT🏛️ Many have asked me to do a deep dive on @SenThomTillis , but before I do that, I think it is important to contextualize why the events of January 6, 2021 were such an existential threat to NED, Open Society" / X

3. Tillis says he’ll oppose Ed Martin, dealing grave blow to Trump's DC prosecutor pick - Live Updates - POLITICO

4. Thom Tillis will reject Ed Martin's nomination for US attorney for DC

5. REAL ID deadline: Requirement for air travel in America | CNN

6. Trump Directs DOJ to Facilitate Release of Election Worker Tina Peters, Who ‘Worked to Expose and Document Democrat Election Fraud’

7. King County public defender among 30 arrested after Antifa occupation of University of Washington building | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

8. REVEALED: FBI used ‘false statements,’ ‘manipulated known facts’ during investigation into 2017 Congressional baseball game shooting | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

ISRAEL

1. Dave Portnoy on X: "For immediate release https://t.co/TLghAIVJpE" / X

2. USS Harry S. Truman: Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from aircraft carrier | CNN Politics

3. Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 59 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

4. Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP

5. BREAKING: Trump says US will cease bombing Houthis ‘effective immediately’ | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

WORLD

1. Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers

2. Labour Government Slammed For India FTA That Will Make it ‘20% Cheaper to Employ an Indian Than a Brit’

IMMIGRATION

1. Brazilian Child Rapist Arrested by ICE While Living at Daycare in Massachusetts

OTHER

1. Austin Metcalf's father responds after Anthony family rep attacks him again | Fox News

2. Neo-Nazi sextortion ring 764 has open cases in every FBI field office