Another Plane Crash In Arizona As Trump Imposes Massive Tariffs | Evening News Rundown

There has been yet another plane crash, now in Arizona, Trump has imposed massive tariffs on aluminum and steel, and Trump suffers a big loss in court today.

Today was an extremely busy news update. I am currently in the airport, so this will be a text-based news update, but I still wanted you all to know what happened around the world today. If you want to support my work, and help me continue doing this work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber today. We will be having our first paid subscriber live tomorrow at 9 PM EST.

With that, here is a long rundown of all the news you missed from today:

• Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel products coming into the United States with no exemptions. These tariffs will raise costs on American families, but the timeline for implementation is unknown.

• There has been yet another plane crash in the United States, this time in Arizona, where, according to the FAA, “A Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet on the ramp” at the Scottsdale airport, it is unclear whether there are any injuries.

• Donald Trump has now said that if all hostages are not released out of the Gaza strip by 12 PM on Saturday of this week, then the ceasefire should be cancelled and “all hell to break loose.”

• The Trump Administration suffered a major loss in Massachusetts where a federal judge blocked their plan to cut funding for critical NIH and other medical research. This block is temporary.

• Elon Musk offered more than $97 billion to purchase OpenAi and the technology associated with the company. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAi rejected the offer.

• The 19 year old kid that Elon Musk has dubbed “big balls” is now a Senior Advisor at the State Department and has access to highly sensitive information. This same kid was previously fired from an internship for sharing highly sensitive information with a competing company.

• Donald Trump made clear that while JD Vance is doing a great job in his opinion, he is not ready to label Vance his successor in 2028 and won’t make an endorsement of Vance yet.

• There was a bomb threat at a Walmart in Fresno, California. Authorities are currently conducting an investigation.

• The Trump Administration was smacked down by a federal judge in Rhode Island who said that the Administration is willfully violating a previous order that blocked the federal funding freeze issued two weeks ago.

• An ethics official, the former leader of the Office of Special Counsel, was terminated by the Trump Administration. He has now filed a lawsuit against the government for unlawful termination.

• Donald Trump pardoned ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

• Google has now updated its Calendar application, and has removed Pride Month and the start of Black History Month from its application.

• Nevada has reported its first ever human case of bird flu.

• Donald Trump set to sign an executive order that pauses enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, allowing businesses to once again bribe foreign officials overseas.

Yes, that’s a lot of news, but I promised to keep you updated. See you in the morning for my news update (on camera)!

Aaron