U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States is launching a new campaign titled "Operation Economic Outcast." This campaign was put into place to cut Tehran's remaining economic lifelines further, weaken the Iranian regime, and warn other countries and corporations what would happen if they did business against the Trump Administration.
Canada plans to impose tariffs as high as 50 percent on hundreds of American products in retaliation for collapsed trade talks with the United States. This came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media, as reported by the Associated Press, "The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer."
Israel launched air strikes into Gaza on Monday night, killing at least four people, including two children. The attacks came after a United States delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to further push the ceasefire that was put in place last year. The Israeli military announced an evacuation for the targeted area, but one family was unable to flee the area and a four-year-old child was killed.
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