The Daily Populous

Saturday March 15th, 2025 evening edition

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The campaign urges French citizens to support European-made products instead of American imports, reflecting growing discontent with Trump’s tariffs and broader policies.

The campaign urges French citizens to support European-made products instead of American imports, reflecting growing discontent with and broader policies.

Canada: As the US's closest ally and largest trading partner, Canada has been a primary target of Trump's tariffs.

As the US's closest ally and largest trading partner, Canada has been a primary target of Trump's tariffs.

The backlash has been particularly severe: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) removed US-made spirits, including brands like Jack Daniel’s, from shelves.

In Norway, the country’s largest fuel supplier, Haltbakk Bunkers, announced it would no longer supply fuel to US Navy ships.

US President Donald Trump ’s sweeping tariffs—initially targeting Canada, Mexico, and China before expanding to all steel and aluminum imports—are triggering an international consumer backlash. »

Report: Bobby Kotick Files Defamation Suit Against Gizmodo And Kotaku

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Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has filed a defamation suit against G/O Media over a pair of 2024 articles.

Courthouse News, which first reported on the suit, writes that Kotick is “seek[ing] damages to be determined at trial” regarding articles on former G/O Media site Gizmodo and current G/O Media site Kotaku about Kotick’s reported interest in buying TikTok.

As context into Kotick, the articles both discussed a California Civil Rights Department investigation into Activision Blizzard that was settled in 2023. »

‘He’s underwater on everything:’ Fox News host breaks down latest Trump approval polling

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President Donald Trump is “underwater on everything” when it comes to his approval ratings, a Fox News host declared Thursday.

Jessica Tarlov pointed to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week that found 53 percent of voters disapprove of the president’s second term performance.

Meanwhile, a similar CNN poll released this week found 54 percent of voters disapprove of Trump, while 45 percent approve. »

Trump set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US including Russia and Belarus - with nations warned they will stay on banned list 'if governments do not address deficiencies within

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Donald Trump is set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US - with visas from Russia being 'sharply restricted'.

Some of the countries in the new proposal were also on the 2017 list, but many more are new.

Critics of the Trump presidency have been left baffled by some of the list, including Bhutan, from which travel is banned. »

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks

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The nonprofit Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is one of seven food banks that receives funding through federal programs like this one.

“But statewide, it's an $11 million impact for the food banks across North Carolina.

In the 34 counties that the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina serves, Beros said hunger has been steadily increasing in recent years. »