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Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador's mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller

Friday 25 April 2025 16:47 BST Matt Gaetz visited the El Salvador mega-prison last summer and pitched the idea of sending migrants there to Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to a report. Trump’s failed nominee to lead the Justice Department was invited on a diplomatic visit by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in July 2024, TIME reports. Bukele made Gaetz an offer during a dinner that he would be willing to imprison migrants that Trump wanted removed from the ...

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Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows

Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliana Gallina An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by independent Russian media. Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on 4 April 2024 in “Eastern Europe”, according to an obituary published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who was appoi ...

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville is telling senators he plans to run for governor of Alabama

April 25, 2025, 11:23 AM EDT Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is telling senators that he plans to run for governor of Alabama, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. One of the sources told NBC News, "He's been telling anyone and everyone." Tuberville has long been rumored to be considering a campaign for governor to succeed Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., who is term-limited. Tuberville's Senate term ends in January 2027. Asked for comment Friday, Tuberville's office poi ...

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'Vaguely Threatening': Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal

April 25, 2025, 1:37 p.m. ET A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures. Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of N.E.J.M., described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an interview with The New York Times. At least three other journals have received similar letters fro ...

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Mike Lindell lawyers threatened by judge over briefs loaded with AI-generated fake cases

April 25, 2025 6:52AM ET A federal judge put My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's lawyers "on notice" this week over nearly 30 citations in a legal brief submitted in a defamation lawsuit involving Eric Coomer, the former director of product security and strategy for voting technology supplier Dominion. According to a report from KUSA's Kyle Clark, U.S. District Judge Nina Wang accused the attorneys for Lindell, who maintains the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, of u ...

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Senior Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow

"Russian authorities have launched an investigation after a senior military officer was killed Friday after a vehicle exploded in the town of Balashikha in the Moscow region, the country's Investigative Committee of Russia said. Investigators said in a statement Friday that they had opened a criminal case into the death of Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik." ...

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Four States Have Asked USDA to Let Them Ban Soda, Candy From Food Assistance Program

April 24, 2025, at 4:41 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, according to an agency spokesperson. President Donald Trump's administration has said it will hastily approve such waivers submitted by states as part of its agenda to "Make America Healthy Again," a slogan popularized by health ...

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Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks

Thu, April 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT The State Department is eliminating the Office of Global Change, which oversees international climate change negotiations for the United States. Staff were told about the move verbally Thursday afternoon, according to three people who were granted anonymity to speak about the decision to avoid reprisal. The news thrust the office into chaos and raised questions among staff about when the office would be permanently shuttered. “This will hamstring internatio ...

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Trump administration replaces lawyers in NYC congestion pricing challenge

April 24, 2025 4:37 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is replacing lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan after they accidentally filed an internal government letter that cast significant doubt on the Transportation Department's effort to kill New York's congestion pricing program in New York, a government spokesperson said. Lawyers for the U.S. Attorney's Office erroneously filed an April 11 letter late on Wednesday that said it ...

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US emergency agency plan requires nearly all staff to be deployed, draft memo shows

April 24, 2025 7:05 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that manages disasters plans to require nearly all employees, including full-time headquarters and regional staff, to be deployed to emergency zones, according to a draft memo to agency employees seen by Reuters. This spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will assign all full-time employees roles in leading, managing and supporting disaster response and recovery, according to the draft me ...

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19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

1 hr ago - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools went a step further Friday, filing a federal lawsuit challenging wh ... (Associated Press)

2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Was Deported 'With No Meaningful Process,' Judge Suspects

2 hrs ago - A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.” ... (NYT, No Paywall)

Pope Francis live updates: Pope Francis' coffin has been closed

4 hrs ago - Pope Francis live updates: Pope Francis' coffin has been closed The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. By Morgan Winsor, Kevin Shalvey, and Jon Haworth Last Updated: April 25, 2025, 4:50 PM CDT Pope Francis, whose ti ... (abc news)

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

4 hrs ago - NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty, and the judge warned Justice Departm ... (AP)

Hegseth Dismisses Members of Pentagon Advisory Boards

4 hrs ago - WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has discharged members of Pentagon advisory boards on defense policy and military technology, adding to the upheaval during his time at the Pentagon, current and former officials said. In a memo explaini ... (WSJ)

Largest federal employee union, a leading Trump opponent, to lay off more than half of staff

5 hrs ago - Updated 5:55 PM EDT, April 24, 2025 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The largest union for federal employees is planning to lay off more than half of its staff nationwide after President Donald Trump’s executive actions have rapidly weakened the orga ... (AP)

California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks

5 hrs ago - California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks on public roads. The state’s department of motor vehicles announced proposed regulations on Friday to allow the testing of driverless truck ... (The Guardian)

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.

5 hrs ago - Updated on: April 25, 2025 / 6:07 PM EDT Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root out wasteful or fraudulent government spending. But that effort may also have come at a cost fo ... (CBS News)

Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student from Ice detention

6 hrs ago - Fri 25 Apr 2025 13.02 EDT Last modified on Fri 25 Apr 2025 13.36 EDT A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release the Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk ... (The Guardian)

US judge blocks Trump from ending union bargaining for many federal workers

7 hrs ago - April 25, 2025 5:20 PM EDT Updated an hour ago April 25 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and co ... (Reuters)

Kennedy Center events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration have been canceled, organizers say

7 hrs ago - Kennedy Center events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration have been canceled, organizers say The Associated Press April 25, 2025, 5:58 PM FILE - The Kennedy Center is seen Aug. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)(AP/Jacquely ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)

A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists

7 hrs ago - A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump's policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media 'must answer subpoenas' when authorized." CHRIS GEIDNER APR 25, 20 ... (LAWdork)

Senate Democrat on judge's arrest: 'Gravely serious and drastic move'

7 hrs ago - 04/25/25 1:41 PM ET Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) says the Trump administration’s arrest of a Wisconsin county judge for allegedly helping an immigrant avoid law enforcement is a “gravely serious and drastic move” that threatens to ? ... (The Hill)

Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows

7 hrs ago - Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliana Gallina An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the ... (The Guardian)

'Vaguely Threatening': Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal

8 hrs ago - April 25, 2025, 1:37 p.m. ET A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against ... (New York Times)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is telling senators he plans to run for governor of Alabama

8 hrs ago - April 25, 2025, 11:23 AM EDT Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is telling senators that he plans to run for governor of Alabama, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. One of the sources told NBC News, "He's been telling anyone and e ... (NBC News)

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador's mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller

9 hrs ago - Friday 25 April 2025 16:47 BST Matt Gaetz visited the El Salvador mega-prison last summer and pitched the idea of sending migrants there to Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to a report. Trump’s failed nominee ... (The Independent)

National Weather Service to resume balloon launches in Omaha; staffing set to increase, too

9 hrs ago - Julie Anderson Apr 25, 2025 Updated 1 hr ago Twice-daily weather balloon launches will be back on the schedule at the National Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska, and the office will get additional temporary staff next week, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., ... (Omaha World Herald)

Law firm partners back Susman Godfrey in lawsuit over Trump executive order

9 hrs ago - An association of more than 700 partners at major U.S. law firms submitted a court brief on Friday supporting Susman Godfrey in its federal lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order against the firm. Trump's punitive orders ta ... (Reuters)

Consumer sentiment plunges 8%

9 hrs ago - Updated 10:46 AM EDT, Fri April 25, 2025 Washington CNN — Americans are still dreading a recession and rising inflation, even after President Donald Trump paused his massive tariff hike on dozens of countries. Consumer sentiment plunged 8% in ... (CNN Business)

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