The Daily Populous

Wednesday April 2nd, 2025 day edition

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If Iran realises the US's oil-rich Arab allies are not on board with strikes, it could harden their negotiating position.

The Gulf states were more accommodating on the Houthi strikes, a former US official briefed on the matter told MEE without divulging which Gulf countries the US used as a launchpad for recent strikes.

Diego Garcia: The Indian Ocean base the US can use to target Iran Read More ».

The Trump administration has been courting the Gulf states to come on board as it ramps up a "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.

Trump said on Monday that he plans to visit Saudi Arabia and potentially other Gulf states as early as May.

In response to the Gulf states' ban, the US has amassed B-2 bombers at Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, the official said.

The majority are located in the oil-rich Gulf states, where they are based at a string of strategic air and naval bases. »

Watch: California woman uses world's longest tongue to play Jenga

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March 31 (UPI) -- The California woman with the world's longest tongue -- 3.8 inches -- showed off some of the tricks she can perform with her massive mouth muscle, including removing Jenga blocks.

Chanel Tapper, 34, who has held the Guinness World Record for the longest tongue (female) since 2010, said her tongue, which measures 3.8 inches from the tip to her lips, gets her an array of reactions.

Tapper showed off some of the tricks she has learned to perform with her tongue, including removing Jenga blocks, flipping plastic cups and holding a spoon. »

A PUBG dating sim has been released for April Fool’s, portraying each of its guns as schoolgirls

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Created in collaboration with Krafton‘s AI game development studio ReLU Games, the dating sim has players attending a school and looking for romance.

As well as the dating sim, PUBG Battlegrounds itself will get an in-game event called Land, Love, Survive, which lasts until April 8 and encourages co-op play.

PUBG Battlegrounds isn’t the only game potentially getting an unexpected dating sim for April Fool’s Day. »

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk

Authored by nbcnews.com

Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, NBC News projects, allowing liberals to maintain their narrow majority on the battleground state’s highest court — and defying Elon Musk after he spent millions of dollars to oppose her.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin launched a town-hall tour dubbed “People v. Musk,” on which surrogates including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz further bashed Musk and DOGE.

Liberals won a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years in 2023. »

Cory Booker’s speech in protest of Trump breaks the Senate record

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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor since Monday night with a marathon speech that’s lasted into Tuesday afternoon.

As Booker’s speech rolled past 18 hours, it became the sixth longest in Senate history.

Booker’s speech was not a filibuster, which is a speech meant to halt the advance of a specific piece of legislation. »