Spiking gas prices have already prompted governments to curb power use. Pakistan shut schools for two weeks; India is rationing natural gas supplies for manufacturers; and in at least one major Indian city, Pune, gas-powered crematoriums have suspended operations. Shock upon shock in EuropeFor Europeans, this energy shock feels uncomfortably familiar. Natural gas is the dominant energy source for EU households, and since the war began, benchmark European prices have almost doubled. Even before that, energy prices were too high, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump's nominee for Homeland Security secretary, departs after his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. Notably, Paul told reporters after the hearing that he will oppose Mullin. Mullin, he said, would have the opportunity to “look [him] in the eye” and repeat those words during the hearing. Repeatedly, Paul pressed Mullin to apologize for his comments, but Mullin refused. A change from NoemDuring the hearing, Mullin emphasized the differences between how he plans to lead the department and how Noem has done the job.

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about why Jane Austen (and Brontë) fans should give Elizabeth Gaskell a read. What about the authors Austen herself grew up reading? Which women authors did Austen love? Romney told us that her favourite women authors were likely Frances Burney and Maria Edgeworth. Advertisement“Austen also learned from their style, including the comic vignettes of Burney, the weighted gestures of Inchbald, and the skilful free indirect discourse of Edgeworth.”Which lesser-known authors should I read next if I loved Jane Austen?

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The two leaders met Thursday as Trump’s war in Iran continues to strain the global economy. Trump took the majority of questions from reporters before asking for one more from one of the “beautiful” Japanese correspondents. When we went in, we went in very hard, and we didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise,” he said. “Hmm,” said the prime minister, who was born two decades after Imperial Japan’s surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii. Advertisement“No, you believe in surprise, I think much more so than us,” Trump went on.

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Straight to the Point: FBI’s Secret Targeting of Team TrumpShare via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! PrintBREAKING: Longtime Trump Advisor Michael Caputo Shares Never-Before-Seen FBI Subpoena And Search Warrant Targeting Him During Biden Administration: Alleges Biden Era Weaponization Continues at DOJ During Trump’s Second Term. This week on Straight to the Point I sat down with longtime Trump confidant and advisor Michael Caputo. In this exclusive interview, Caputo shares a never-before-seen FBI subpoena and sweeping federal search warrant that targeted him during the Biden Administration. Caputo details the horrifying fallout of the secret Biden-era investigation over his Ukraine reporting and anti-weaponization policy work that stayed active even inside the Trump administration and the devastating toll it took on his family.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy ― the point at which abortion is banned in the state. AdvertisementAlthough abortion is banned after six weeks in Georgia, it is not explicitly illegal for a person to self-manage ― or take abortion pills on their own ― to end their pregnancy. AdvertisementSome had warned Georgia abortion law could lead to murder chargesThe warrant said medical records estimated Moore had been pregnant for 22 to 24 weeks, placing her fetus at the threshold of viability. Under Georgia law, the victim became a person at the moment of live birth.”Georgia’s abortion law states that an embryo is legally a person once cardiac activity can be detected. This article has been updated by HuffPost to give more context around self-managed abortion laws in the state of Georgia.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPodcaster and presidential pal Joe Rogan mercilessly mocked his buddy while talking to the chief of Canada’s opposition party on his Thursday podcast. Pierre Poilievre, a Conservative Party Parliament member, addressed President Donald Trump’s dream of making the U.S.’s northern neighbor the 51st state, telling Rogan it’s been a major distraction for relations between the two supposed allies. But then he kept saying it and saying it.”Advertisement“A lot of people got upset about it,” he went on. Though one of Trump’s most influential allies in the mediasphere, the Austin, Texas-based personality hasn’t been shy when it comes to criticizing his friend. Recently, he’s slammed the White House’s war with Iran, the ongoing immigration crackdown and its conduct around the Epstein files.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with President Trump on Thursday in the Oval Office. “Who knows better about surprise than Japan?” Trump said, turning toward a visibly tense Takaichi, seated next to him. “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK?”AdvertisementThe joke hung in the air. In 2016, President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scattered petals together on the waters of Pearl Harbor to honor the more than 2,400 killed in the attack. AdvertisementBy comparison, the Japanese prime minister’s summit in Washington was mild.

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Members of the two largest unions representing teachers and nonteaching staff rally Wednesday at Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. United Teachers Los Angeles and Local 99 of SEIU announced April 14 as the strike date if no deal is reached before then. Los Angeles school officials defended their contract offers Thursday, saying “nobody wants a strike” — a day after the district’s two largest unions set April 14 as a strike date if no agreement is reached. It would mean more than 60,000 essential district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk off the job. The other union participating in the rally was Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, which represents about 3,000 principals, assistant principals and middle managers.

About 1 in 10 Americans who were enrolled in an ACA plan last year now have no health coverage, according to surveys by the health care research nonprofit KFF. AdvertisementThe bigger subsidies dramatically expanded Obamacare marketplace enrollment, which went from less than 10 million people in 2021 to around 22 million last year. As the expiration of the expanded subsidies loomed last fall, Democrats refused to vote for government funding legislation unless Republicans agreed to another extension of the subsidies — resulting in a six-week government shutdown. A group of moderate Senate Democrats eventually caved in exchange for the Senate holding a doomed vote to extend the extra subsidies. AdvertisementA handful of moderate and populist Republicans broke with the party, saying it would hurt them politically to let the health insurance subsidies expire.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — The federal government decided Thursday not to seek charges against Aliya Rahman, the Minneapolis woman who was arrested and dragged out of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in February for standing up, Rahman’s lawyer told HuffPost. “The government did the right thing today when it ultimately decided not to file any criminal charges against Aliya,” Jessica Gingold, senior counsel at the MacArthur Justice Center and Rahman’s attorney, said in a statement. Advertisement“Aliya should never have been arrested in the first place — she committed no crime and did nothing wrong,” said Gingold. Officers were aggressive enough with her that she had to be taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Capitol Police said Rahman was arrested for “demonstrating,” which can carry a sentence of up to six months in prison.