On a warm and mostly cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Hamas releases their last living American hostage Edan Alexander.
From FrontpageMag, how President Warren Harding got the twenties roaring.
From Townhall, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) explains why the DOGE vote didn't come.
From The Washington Free Beacon, 44 major law firms are hit with a discrimination complaint over race-based internships.
From the Washington Examiner, a former Alcatraz prisoner recalls his time there and discusses President Trump's plan to convert the place back into a prison. (Alcatraz is currently a museum and highly visited tourist destination. I visited it in 1990. If it were to become a prison again, the conversion would probably require the tourist activity to be curtailed or discontinued.)
From The Federalist, with his tariffs, Trump is waging a global war against slave labor.
From American Thinker, "the forgotten midnight riders" of April 1775.
From NewsBusters, the CBS show 60 Minutes admits that the U.S. government loses up to $750 billion per year due to fraud.
From Canada Free Press, Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
From TeleSUR, Torres del Paine National Park is the natural paradise of the Chilean region of Patagonia.
From TCW Defending Freedom, a U.K. soccer team gives a vindictive red card to a gender critical fan.
From Snouts in the Trough, the amazing power of artificial intelligence, including the creation of musical parody.
From EuroNews, according to Russian disinformation, French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz were caught consuming she-don't-lie while riding a train to Kyiv.
From Free West Media, how the transgender movement exposed the stupidity of Western elites.
From ReMix, an Afghan migrant terrorizes Güstrow, Germany.
From Balkan Insight, international observes condemn alleged "abusive practices" seen in Albania's parliamentary elections.
From The North Africa Post, Morocco and the U.S. start their annual joint military exercise.
From The New Arab, residents in the Syrian province of Quneitra set fire to aid sent from Israel. (Why should Israel send aid if people are going to burn it, or in the case of Hamas in Gaza, steal it?)
From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim teacher in Vienna tells her students that Christians and unbelievers will all go to [bleep]. (If you read German, read the story at Unzensuriert.)
From Gatestone Institute, what most of the Palestinians actually want.
From the Colombo Gazette, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya assures that there is an ample supply of medication for everyone injured in a bus accident near the village of Kotmale.
From Radio Free Asia, the Myanmar junta bombs a school in the village of Oe Htein Kwin.
From The Straits Times, Singaporeans welcome their new canine robot overlords.
From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia's Directorate General of Corrections grants Vesak remissions to 1,077 inmates and reduces the sentences of two underage Buddhists. (Vesak is a Buddhist festival that commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.)
From Free Malaysia Today, when in Malaysia's forest, don't drive too fast.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysian Buddhist leader Dato Sri Dr. Tay Chin Kin, the Buddha's teachings from 2,600 year ago are still relevant today.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese and Belarusian leaders meet to establish a strategic partnership and sign a joint statement about it.
From the Taipei Times, the tired imperialist trope of a "shared culture".
From China News, Chinese hospitals near the border with Russia see an influx of people seeking traditional Chinese medicine.
From The Korea Herald, South Korean presidential candidates launch their campaigns three weeks before the vote.
From The Mainichi, a unique hybrid cherry tree is in bloom at a botanical garden in Yamagata, Japan.
From Japan Today, Japan's oldest brand of sake is determined to keep its taste unchanged.
From The Stream, lawless Democrat officials just might be on their way to jail.
From The Daily Signal, Congress is urged to defund Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood for facilitating sex-change surgery for children.
From The American Conservative, as the left cries for illegal aliens, where are their tears over Gitmo?
From The Western Journal, Trump shatters the myth that he is a crony for the wealthy by floating the idea of a tax increase for the wealthy.
From BizPac Review, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki faces a big blow after her hyped up new gig.
From The Daily Wire, the left is horrified that the new pope is actually Catholic.
From the Daily Caller, a lawsuit alleging that ICE deported a U.S. citizen is dropped after its main claim falls apart in court.
From the New York Post, Kate Middleton's younger brother James gives a rare insight into her battle with cancer.
From Breitbart, the Department of Homeland Security terminates former President Biden's Temporary Protected Status for Afghan migrants. (It's supposed to be, you know, a temporary status.)
From Newsmax, Democratic candidates seeking to replace New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) signal their opposition to Trump.
And from The Babylon Bee, Trump accepts the generous gift of an Imperial-Class Star Destroyer from galactic Emperor Palpatine.
