Month: March 2025

The POTUS announced news of the action on Truth Social on March 15, stating he had made the order to the US military after rebels attacking Red Sea shipping had waged an ‘unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones’.

The Houthi group controls Sanaa and the north-west of Yemen, though it is not recognized internationally as the country’s government. The rebels began targeting vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in 2023 as they sought to show support for Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas, which is ongoing in Gaza.

Trump described his predecessor Joe Biden’s response to the group as ‘weak’, adding: “The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.”

The airstrikes resulted in the deaths of at least 53 people and left almost 100 others injured, according to latest figures from the Houthi-run health ministry.

In response to the attacks, the rebel group not only said it would continue to target Red Sea shipping until Israel lifted its blockade of Gaza, but that it had responded to the US air strikes by attacking an American aircraft carrier group.

The Houthis claimed they had launched 18 missiles and a drone at the ‘aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships’, which were located in the Red Sea. Later, the group claimed it had fired a second round.

The rebels made clear they would continue to attack US ships as long as the US continues to target Yemen, saying: “This aggression will not go without response and our Yemeni armed forces are ready to answer escalation with further escalation.”

The warning from the Houthis comes despite the fact Trump said in his initial Truth Social post that continued attacks would only lead to even further action.

In a message aimed directly to Houthi rebels, the president wrote in all caps: “YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!”

Since the Houthis began seeking targets in the Red Sea , they have sunk at least two vessels, seized one, and killed four crew members, BBC News reports.

The 78-year-old Republican expressed his eagerness last month to send convicted criminals of any nationality to a notoriously violent ‘mega-prison’ in El Salvador, where inmates are denied visitation rights and are never allowed outside.

Now, more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan criminal organization have been flown to the Central American country, despite US District Judge James E. Boasberg having temporarily halted the deportations to having taken place on Saturday (March 15).

The order came after Trump attempted to force them through via a wartime declaration designed in the 18th century that would assist in deporting the alleged gang members.

After Boasberg informed the Trump administration that his ruling meant that all flights should be halted for the time being, he was informed by attorneys that two flights were already in the air.

One was bound for El Salvador while the other was jetting to Honduras. Despite verbal instructions, the planes weren’t turned around.

Taking to Twitter yesterday (March 16), President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador reacted to a post about Trump disobeying court orders. He wrote: “Oopsie…Too late.”

However, White House secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a statement to say that Trump and his administration ‘did not refuse to comply with a court order’.

Posting on social media about his new arrivals, Bukele wrote: “Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).

“The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.

“Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.”

He continued: “On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure.

This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.

“As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.”

Adding: “May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.”

Concerns have been raised over the welfare of the Canadian ‘Baby’ singer since his trip to New York last month, with his following worried over his physical appearance, then again on Thursday (March 13), due to a cryptic Instagram post.

In a heartbreaking admission, the 31-year-old took to the social media site and hinted that he has imposter syndrome over his rapid rise to fame, writing last week: “People told me my whole life ‘wow Justin you deserve that’.

“And I personally have always felt unworthy, like I was a fraud, like when people told me I deserve something.

“It made me feel sneaky like, damn if they only knew my thoughts. How judgmental I am, how selfish I really am… They wouldn’t be saying this.

“I say all this to say, if you feel sneaky, welcome to the club. I definitely feel unequipped and unqualified most days.”

Now, in a similar tone the two-time Grammy-winner took to the platform again to break his silence on ‘all of the hurt’ that has experienced.

“I WAS ALWAYS TOLD WHEN I WAS A KID NOT TO HATE BUT IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASNT ALLOWED TO HAVE IT AND SO I DIDNT TELL ANYONE IVE HAD IT,” Bieber wrote.

“WHICH MADE ME FEEL LIKE LIKE I HAVE BEEN DROWNING FEELING UNSAFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

“I THINK WE CAN ONLY LET HATE GO BY FIRST ACKNOWLEDGING ITS THERE HOW COULDNT WE FEEL HATE FROM ALL OF THE HURT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED?”

The singer has taken to his Instagram frequently over the last few weeks to post cryptic messages, with one confessing that it was ‘time to grow up’ in February.

It comes after the father-of-one welcomed the birth of his son, Jack Blues, with wife, Hailey Bieber in August.

At the time, Bieber’s reps said the celeb has had a ‘very transformative’ year, having severed ties with close friends and business relationships ‘that no longer serve him’.

His representatives also slammed allegations that he was on drugs as ‘absolutely not true’, adding that he is actually ‘in one of the best places in his life’.

They continued to explain Bieber has been working on some new music while juggling parenthood and called the baseless rumors as ‘exhausting and pitiful’.

“[D]espite the obvious truth,” the rep continued, “people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”

Earlier this week, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to share a lengthy post about his thoughts on the neighboring nation.

The US president penned: “Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.”

Trump went on to say: “This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th. Also, Canada must immediately drop their Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products, which has long been considered outrageous. I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada.”

He also warned that he will ‘substantially increase’ on 2 April and ‘permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada’.

However, what Trump claimed appears to be incorrect.

In fact, Canada is actually a low-tariff country compared to many others in the world.

The World Bank figures show that Canada had a lower average tariff rate than the US in 2022, and of 137 published countries, Canada was 102nd from the top in the most tariffed countries.

Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and trade at the Cato Institute think tank, refuted Trump’s claim, calling it ‘nonsense’.

However, Daniel Schwanen, senior vice president at the C.D. Howe Institute in Canada, said that Canada’s high dairy and poultry tariff makes Trump’s claim contain ‘a grain or an element of truth’, but it’s still ‘wrong as a general statement’.

“It would be really unfortunate if people got the impression that Canada is in general a high-tariff country, especially vis-à-vis American products. That’s not the case. It is the case with respect to, really, a sliver of trade,” Schwanen said as per CNN.

Trump has recently been engaged in ‘trade wars’ with allies of the US, such as Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

He has insisted his moves will be better for American citizens and businesses, but there have been some reservations.

Tensions between the two countries have increased, with the US inflicting 25 percent tariffs on goods, including steel and aluminum, which Canada has been unhappy about and responded with its own tariffs on the US.

To sweeten the deal, Trump said Canada can dodge the tariff hikes entirely – if it becomes the US’ ‘cherished 51st state’.

It’s a tense situation.

Damon, 54, has an uncanny resemblance to another Hollywood star, who was even cast in one of Damon’s movies as his younger self.

Damon and his lookalike are one of a few celebrity doppelgängers. For example, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson look so alike, they’re even considering taking a DNA test to see if they’re actually brothers.

Meanwhile, Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley also have a strong resemblance.

Damon’s doppleganger is, of course, Jesse Plemons – and once you see it, it’s hard to un-see.

Plemons has previously commented on the resemblance he shares with Damon, admitting there are definitely ‘worse things to be called’.

Speaking on The Today Show, he continued: “It’s definitely flattering. But yeah, throughout the course of my career, I’ve had various Matt Damon-associated nicknames and such.”

Damon himself has now weighed in on the matter, and he’s more than aware of the comparisons that have been made.

In an interview with Access Hollywood for the release of his movie The Instigators, Damon was asked if he agrees with the comparisons.

He responded: “Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.”

The actor pointed out that Plemons was even cast as a younger version of his character in the 2000 movie All the Pretty Horses, before his scene got cut.

Damon recalled how the crew was ‘freaking out’ when Plemons came to set to film, adding: “Five people came up to me before I met him and said, ‘You’re not gonna believe how much this kid looks like you’.”

Even Damon himself was blown away by the resemblance when they finally met, so much so that the pair decided to take a picture together.

“I couldn’t believe it. He looked more like me than I did when I was little,” the actor said.

“Like my little 11-year-old face did not look like it [was going to become me]. He looked exactly like me. I was like, ‘This is really weird’.”

Casey Affleck, who stars alongside Damon in The Instigators, added that Plemons and Damon even speak similarly and have ‘similar mannerisms’.

Describing Plemons as a ‘great actor’, Damon said he’s ‘proud of the comparison’, though he noted no one has tried to cast them as brothers in more recent years.

Sharing his thoughts on why, Damon said: “I think he’s so much younger than me. He’s got to be 20 years younger than me, or almost that. But I would love to do something with him. I think he’s great.”

Cyrus and 35-year-old Hemsworth met on the set of the 2010 movie The Last Song, and having starred in the romantic film together, it trickled its way into real life.

Concerned Hemsworth, who was 19 at the time, would consider her a ‘loser’, Cyrus told him she’d already lost her virginity to someone else.

“I couldn’t think of anyone so I just made somebody up that I knew but we’d never actually had sex before,” she said.

While appearing as a guest on the hit Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper, the 32-year-old admitted that she had lied to her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth about having sex with a guy she met – while never telling him about a hook-up she had with her girl friends years earlier.

She ‘held on’ to the lie for nearly 10 years, but was forced to own up when one of Hemsworth’s friends ended up marrying the man she claimed to have lost her virginity to.

“So then [Hemsworth] was like, ‘Now my friend is marrying someone you’ve hooked up with’,” Cyrus recalled. “So then ― when I was like 24 ― I had to say that I lied when I was 16.”

But that wasn’t the only thing she kept quiet.

She also spoke about her love life and explained that she was actually ‘attracted to girls way before [she] was ever attracted to guys’.

Cyrus continued: “I was like 11 or 12, my friends were starting to tell me what they were doing with guys and I didn’t really understand it ― so I got most of my girlfriends to hook up with me.”

“The first time I ever hooked up with anyone was with a girl — two of them,” Cyrus revealed.

The ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker explained that these hookups went ‘past first base’, and revealed while on the podcast that she ‘didn’t go all the way with a dude’ until she was 16 years old.

“But I ended up marrying the guy, so that’s pretty crazy,” she continued.

Cyrus and Hemsworth went on to get married in 2018, but ultimately split less than a year later as a representative said they wanted to ‘focus on themselves and careers’.

The polyamorous musician has spoken previously on his views that people should be able to marry more than one person, but has never identified the ladies he is romantically involved with.

Well, now he has and he has even revealed how their ‘relationship schedule’ works.

But before we get into that, let’s introduce the four women who he’s dating. Doing just that, he took to Instagram and posted: “Since the world is so intrigued, I guess I should introduce my loves properly. LADIES AND GENTS I PRESENT MY PYRAMID.

“CRISTINA aka PB (Pretty Baby) @daddys_pretty_baby__ @glowingtouch_atl. ARIELLE aka TF (Twin Flame)

@ariellehill @thrutunnelvision. MONEII aka PF (Phoenix Feather) @phoenixx__feather @facesbysecret_. BRI aka SLS (Sexy Lil’ Somethin’) @bestofbri @move_with_bri.

“Say something nice or move on with your life. We happy over here.”

Now, invited onto BigBoyTV by host Kurt Alexander, who goes by the alias Big Boy, he was asked to dive into how he love life works.

The podcast host asked: “Y’all all go out together, like all five of y’all?”

“Yeah, absolutely, all the time,” he replied.

He was then asked what their schedules was like in terms of date nights and when he sees them.

Speaking about how he makes it work, he explains: “So for example, on this tour, you know, I’ll let this one come out for seven days, then she go on, then this one come out for seven days, and then this will come out for seven days, and then we do something altogether.”

If there’s four women all dating the same guy, you’d imagine there’s a bit of tension between the quartet, wouldn’t you?

Well, the singer touched on that. He added: “They all get along with each other. I have no problem with them hanging out with each other, but I think one of the most important things about this is understanding that these are four individuals.”

Last year, Ne-Yo was spotted holding hands with two of his girlfriends in the street by a TMZ reporter who stopped him to ask him for his thoughts about being in a relationship with more than one person.

He said: “I feel like in the realm of love and romance you should let people do whatever the hell they wanna do, can’t see how it’s hurting anybody.”

Maitland Ward – real name Ashley Maitland Welkos – rose to fame for her role as Rachel McGuire on Disney ABC sitcom Boy Meets World.

However, she retired from mainstream acting shortly after and ended up moving into the world of adult film instead which she says she ‘got a lot of positivity’ from.

In 2022, Ward revealed she earned 10 times as much money than she did during her time in Hollywood, saying: “Don’t get me wrong. I was paid well in Hollywood, but nothing near what I am making now.”

She claimed she ‘never thought about content to make money’, saying, ‘I was just showing myself and showing who I am’, and explaining that she wanted to have ‘total control over what comes in and what goes out’ when it comes to her career and brand.

Despite many being worried people ‘were just going to rip’ Ward ‘apart’, judge’ and ‘rake [her] across the coals’ for moving into the world of adult film, the actor told Fox News Digital she ‘got so much positivity’ from her decision to change the direction of her career.

She reflected: “I didn’t get anybody coming out hating me for it or anything. I really got a lot of positivity overall, which shocked everyone I knew. […] I think it’s because I was so positive about it, and I was so happy about it.”

So positive has the response been that Ward ‘really think[s] people treat [her] with more respect now’.

“Especially in Hollywood,” she added, before revealing the response she’s received to some upcoming plans.

She explained she’s pitching her memoir in TV format and people have been ‘so respectful’ to her ideas.

“They’re so positive about my story, especially younger people and different people that I speak to in Hollywood and stuff. They’re just much more receptive to the story. And I really feel like I have a lot of positivity around it,” Ward said.

Echoing comments she’s made in previous years, she added: “I’m able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it.”

That’s not to say Ward didn’t have ‘a great time’, on Boy Meets World, with the actor noting how ‘very well received’ she was on the show in a previous interview with Fox News Digital in 2022.

However, now, she’s able to create ‘full-length movies’ and do projects she ‘really feel[s] passionate about’.

Working with a female director on ‘long erotic, pornographic art pieces’ has been ‘really special’, alongside finding ‘confidence in [her] body’ from being ‘naked’, and her on-set experiences always seeing ‘a lot of conversation’ to ensure everyone is ‘the most comfortable’ they can be – Ward’s experience in the adult film industry has been one of ’empowerment’.

She resolved: “To be able to stand in my own skin, to be able to create projects that I want to create and be proud of, to go against the mold and do something that other people haven’t done or have been too scared to do and to have the courage and confidence to do that. When you succeed at it, it’s like you feel so much more confident, because you’ve done something like nobody else has done.”

Iga Swiatek, a Polish tennis champion, has received backlash online from those who watched the footage of her during the Indian Wells tournament on Friday (March 14).

The 23-year-old, who was ultimately eliminated by Mirra Andreeva in the semi-final match, became visibly frustrated after realizing that her win was surely slipping from her grasp.

Even though she was on a 10-match winning streak at the Californian tournament, her 17-year-old opponent managed to win 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 6-3.

In the video, which shows the Polish former champ in the third set, viewers can see just how frustrated she appears as she complained to the chair umpire about alleged movement from ball kids behind when she was preparing to receive Andreeva’s serve.

Just moments later, her fury at those movements seemed to reach boiling point as she was thrown a ball by a ball boy.

Immediately after, she turned and smashed the ball back at him, leading to him lifting his arms in surrender as the ball zoomed past him and into the crowd.

Spectators were not happy with her outburst, and a round of boos could be heard from the stands.

As the clip went viral on social media, people were quick to share their thoughts on her behavior.

One user posted: “Swiatek literally hitting a ball back at a ball kid. Poor sportsmanship and dangerous play. I’ve never seen such ugly behaviour before.”

Someone else wrote: “Tennis like most individual sports is a mind sports 100% of the time. If you cannot handle the pressure of losing don’t play. One has to understand how to lose sometimes and be able to deal with it, even losing to a teenager. STOP BEING A SORE LOSER IGA SWIATEK.”

However, she did have people rooting for her regardless of her outburst, with one writing: “Although I wish it didn’t happen and that Iga would only sail through with ease and only had happy moments at work, it’s refreshing to see Iga Świątek having a whole range of feelings. That she’s a human and not a machine. Big hug, Iga! You’re still a legend and an inspiration.”

Swiatek’s not the only tennis star to be booed during a match, as American Danielle Collins was jeered at for making a lewd gesture towards the Australian Open crowd earlier this year.

Since Andreeva won, she is now the youngest Indian Wells finalist since 2001’s 17-year-old Kim Clijsters.

JD Vance clearly isn’t done with dishing out advice, not only warning Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskky of not being ‘disrespectful’ towards the US during his trip to the White House’s Oval Office, but now offering a few choice words to Europe too.

Asked how he sees the US’ relationship with Europe, Vance told Fox News: “I really believe we have great deal in common with Europe. And yes the Europeans annoy me sometimes and I disagree with them on certain issues but we have to remember that is the cradle of Western civilisation.

“The entire idea of Christian civilisation that led to the founding of the United States of America, that was formed in Europe – the cultural bonds, the religious bonds – these things are going to last beyond political disagreements.”

However, Vance warned Europe is ‘at risk’ of ‘engaging in civilisational suicide’.

While noting he would’ve said the US was at risk of doing the same a year ago, Vance continued: “They are unable – or unwilling – too many countries to control their borders. You see them starting to push back against that and that’s a good thing.

“You see them starting to limit the free speech of their citizens, even as their citizens are protesting against things like the border invasion that got Donald Trump and a number of European leaders elected.”

He added: “I want Europe to thrive. I want them to be an important ally. Part of that is going to be Europe respecting its own people, respecting its own sovereignty and America can’t do that job for them.”

Vance later resolved when looking at Europe, the US sees ‘a great civilisation’ and a ‘great ally’ but ‘also sees some free speech issues’ and ‘sees that they’re doing things on borders which aren’t ultimately bad for their countries but are bad for us’.

“Friends can have honest conversations with each other,” he went on.

Whether or not he could argue his comments ‘about UK troops’ were all part of ‘friends’ having ‘honest conversations with each other,’ well, others weren’t left so convinced.

While speaking on Fox News on March 4, Vance said: “The president knows that if you want real US security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine.

“That is a way better security guarantee from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”

One Twitter user commented: “JD Vance’s claim that the UK hasn’t fought a war in 30-40 years insults the 600+ British troops who died in Iraq and Afghanistan alongside Americans.

“Disrespectful to their sacrifice and our alliance, time for an apology, not ignorance.”