## Trump escalates feud with low water pressure by signing executive order targeting 'weak and worthless' shower heads

Authored by businessinsider.com

President Donald Trump has been a prolific signer of executive orders in his second term.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order reversing a federal regulation on water pressure, a longstanding source of concern for the commander-in-chief.

"I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair," he said during remarks in the Oval Office.

Trump in the past has pointed to the regulation — a relic of the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden — for contributing to less-than-optimal water pressure.

In the president's executive order, he rolled back restrictions pertaining to the water flow from shower heads.

"So shower heads — you take a shower, the water doesn't come out.

Biden in 2021 reversed Trump's rule that sought to boost shower head water flow. »

### Luxury hotel apologises for refusing to plug in terminally ill child’s breathing device

Authored by independent.co.uk

A luxury hotel in Scotland has issued a “humble apology” to a family after denying them access to plug in a breathing device for their terminally ill child.

His family claims that a staff member at the hotel on Loch Lomond denied them access to a plug socket to use a nebuliser – a device that converts liquid medication into a breathable mist.

TripAdvisor has temporarily suspended publishing new reviews for the Duck Bay Hotel in the aftermath of the incident. »

### Elon Musk’s xAI powering its facility in Memphis with ‘illegal’ generators

Authored by theguardian.com

It’s been known that xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has been using around 15 portable generators to help power its massive supercomputer in Memphis without yet securing permits.

When the first few methane gas generators appeared outside the xAI facility last summer, it caused a stir because the Shelby county health department and the Environmental Protection Agency said xAI wasn’t using permits to run those generators.

A representative for the Chamber of Commerce, which has worked with xAI to set up its facility in Memphis, told the commissioners that xAI didn’t get the emails. »

### Trump says Israel would be ‘leader’ of Iran strike if Tehran doesn’t give up nuclear weapons program

Authored by thehindu.com

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) that Israel would be the “leader” of a potential military strike against Iran if Tehran doesn’t give up its nuclear weapons program.

He added that Israel and the U.S. share the same goal of ensuring that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon.

Mr. Netanyahu, however, led efforts to persuade Mr. Trump to pull out of a U.S.-brokered deal with Iran in 2018. »

### Florida teacher loses job for calling student by ‘preferred’ name

Authored by clickorlando.com

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Thousands are signing a petition to try to help a teacher get her job back at Satellite High School.

The district said Calhoun knew she wasn’t allowed to call the student by the preferred name but did so anyway.

“There was no harm, no threat to safety, no malicious intent, just a teacher trying to connect with a student,” Staniec said at the board meeting. »

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