📌 ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Houthi Rebels, More

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the lawsuits the White House face to advance its agenda is creating a “constitutional crisis.”

Bondi told Fox News: “Just since January 20, we’ve had over 170 lawsuits filed against us. That should be the constitutional crisis right there, 50 injunctions. They’re popping up every single day, trying to control his [Trump's] executive power, trying to control where he believes our tax dollars should be allocated.”

Several judges have played a key role in blocking elements of the President’s agenda, with rulings standing in the way of efforts to cut $11 billion in Covid, mental health and substance abuse funding to states and mandating the return of a Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador.

Trump has responded to the judicial disruption by attacking judges seen to be stifling his powers, contending that they are overstepping their authority. Republican backers have also launched efforts to impeach federal judges who have attracted Trump’s ire.

Most of the rulings are temporary, pending fuller court proceedings. “It’s basically a game of whack-a-mole with these district court judges around the country who have a tremendous amount of power. … But that’s why we’re appealing all of these cases of course up to the Supreme Court.

“The President is going to comply with the law,” Bondi said. “He was overwhelmingly elected by an overwhelming majority of the United States citizens to be our commander-in-chief. And that’s what he’s been doing.”

Suspected US airstrikes over the weekend targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least six people, the group said Sunday.

A bombing video posted by President Donald Trump suggested casualties in the overall campaign may be higher than the rebels acknowledge.

A strike Sunday night in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital of Yemen, hit a house, killing at least four and wounding 16 others, the Houthis said. Their al-Masirah news channel showed images of the damaged home and people receiving care in a hospital.

The strike on the house in Sanaa’s Shu’ub district allegedly targeted a Houthi leader, part of a wider decapitation campaign launched by the Trump administration to kill rebel leaders. The campaign targeting the rebels over their attacks on shipping in Mideast waters has killed at least 73 people, the Houthis said.

Early on Saturday, Trump posted what appeared to be a black-and-white video from a drone showing over 70 people gathered in a circle. An explosion detonates during the 25-second video. A massive crater is left in its wake.

Moammar al-Eryani, the information minister for Yemen’s exiled government opposing the Houthis, claimed the strike killed some 70 Houthi fighters and leaders, as well as “experts” from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. He offered no evidence for the claim, though Iran has backed the Houthis.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman (below) said that America is heading toward a self-inflicted “economic nuclear winter.”

Ackman’s declaration follows President Donald Trump’s tariff policy rollout. Ackman said the “massive and disproportionate tariffs” are “launching a global economic war against the whole world at once,” adding they are "destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner.”

Ackman endorsed Trump during the elections and voiced his discontent on social media platform X. “Business is a confidence game. The president is losing the confidence of business leaders around the globe,” Ackman said.

“The consequences for our country and the millions of our citizens who have supported the president — in particular low-income consumers who are already under a huge amount of economic stress — are going to be severely negative. This is not what we voted for,” the hedge fund manager said.

In a separate tweet, Ackman also took potshots at US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “He profits when our economy implodes. It’s a bad idea to pick a Secretary of Commerce whose firm is levered long fixed income,” Ackman said, adding that it is an “irreconcilable conflict of interest.”

On Sunday, Lutnick told CBS that the Trump administration will remain steadfast in its reciprocal tariffs against key trading partners even in the face of a global stock rout.

Scientists developed a 3D-printed imitation of human skin with living cells, which could test cosmetics without requiring animals.

The skin imitation mimics the natural three-layer tissue structure of human skin and is ready for testing cosmetic nanoparticles, the scientists said. Scientists worldwide are looking for alternatives to test the absorption and toxicity of cosmetics like sun creams and serums.

The latest research provides a protocol for fabricating scaffolds similar to human skin using 3D printing. “The process is simple, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and allows customization by adjusting treatment parameters,” scientists write in the study.

The starting point for making these skin imitations is a hydrogel formulation, printed together with living cells. The cells growing on the hydrogel need to be stabilized without toxic chemicals.

“We are now working together to further optimize the hydrogel formulations and validate their usefulness as a substitute for animal experiments,” Karin Stana Kleinschek, a study author said. Researchers say the protocol offers a method to develop sustainable biomaterials for tissue regeneration medicines.

The Huskies moved to the top of the women's basketball world again, defeating South Carolina 82–59 in the NCAA final Sunday.

With guards Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, healthy at the same time, and the top freshman in the nation in forward Sarah Strong, UConn looked like so many of its championship teams of old. Not just the best team, but also the team that played the best.

Fudd and Strong finished with 24 points each, and Bueckers had 17. For her efforts, Fudd was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

UConn now has 12 wins in the Final Four by 20 or more points. All other teams in Division I women's history have 11 combined. The Huskies' 23-point margin of victory ties for the third largest in championship game history behind two UConn teams that won by 33 (vs. Louisville in 2013) and 31 (vs. Syracuse in 2016).

Bueckers was asked before Sunday's game how she would like to be remembered at UConn. “As a great teammate, a great leader. I think those are the two most important things to me, just being somebody that people love to play with, make their teammates better, wears a UConn jersey with pride,“ she said.

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered in Sao Paulo Sunday to show their support with his trial looming. Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled he would face trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after a 2022 election defeat to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. If found guilty in the court proceedings expected later this year, Bolsonaro could face a long prison sentence. Bolsonaro called on supporters to take part in the event on Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue following a similar demonstration on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach last month when turnout fell short of what organizers had hoped for. The former president said that Sunday's demonstration's formal agenda is to push for amnesty for people convicted for participating in the January 8, 2023 storming of government buildings in Brasilia. Thousands of Bolsonaro’s supporters ransacked Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace a week after Lula's inauguration, an action the federal police have tied to an attempted coup. A bill granting rioters pardons has been presented to Congress. Bolsonaro has been barred from running for public office until 2030 by Brazil's top electoral court for his efforts to discredit the country's voting system. Local authorities did not immediately provide an attendance figure for Sunday's demonstration.

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, set a record by detecting 109 landmines and 15 war remnants in Cambodia since August 2021.

Belgian aid organization Apopo revealed Ronin’s achievements on Friday, World Rat Day, marked every year on April 4. Ronin, 5, is the most successful rat in Apopo’s 25-year history. More than 300 “HeroRATS” are working on projects.

Rats are too light to detonate landmines and can track the explosives in landmines faster than traditional metal detectors.

Phanny, Ronin’s handler, paid tribute to her charge. “Ronin’s achievements are a testament to the incredible potential of positive reinforcement training. He’s not just an asset; he’s a valued partner and colleague,” she said.

Apopo said it ensures that its rats work for just 30 minutes a day, in the early hours of the morning. This allows them to rest and play the rest of the day. Their work is considered an enrichment activity that keeps their minds and noses stimulated.