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Pete Hegseth shared info ahead of Yemen strikes in a Signal chat with wife and brother

The news comes about a month after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was mistakenly added to a separate Signal chat with national security leaders.
Image: President Trump Presides Over Cabinet Meeting
Image: President Trump Presides Over Cabinet Meeting

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Detainee recounts chaotic near-deportation that was paused amid a court fight

Venezuelan national Eduardo Daboin Rall spoke to NBC News about being boarded onto a bus Friday at a Texas detention facility before the vehicle was turned around.
Detainees are escorted off of a bus at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, in Anson texas ICE immigration and customs enforcement aerial drone
Detainees are escorted off of a bus at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, in Anson texas ICE immigration and customs enforcement aerial drone

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Trump administration live updates: Trump defends Pete Hegseth after new reporting on second Signal group chat

Two sources confirmed that the defense secretary used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person group chat.
President Trump
President Trump

Trump ramps up his attacks on the Fed chair: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Trump stands by Hegseth following revelations of a second Signal chat involving U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Major corporate interests and megadonors gave $239 million to fund Trump's inauguration

Trump's inaugural committee raised more than double the previous record. These committees can accept unlimited donations.
Inauguration Of Donald Trump As 47th President Of The United States
Inauguration Of Donald Trump As 47th President Of The United States
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GOP-led House panel renews referral of Andrew Cuomo for prosecution over Covid testimony

A spokesman for Cuomo, the former governor who is running for mayor of New York City, dismissed the move as "meritless" and "nonsense."
Andrew Cuomo speaks
Andrew Cuomo speaks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag was stolen, with $3,000 in cash, at a D.C. restaurant

A DHS spokesperson said Noem was carrying the money "to treat her family to dinner, activities, and Easter gifts."
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem

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Nadine Menendez, wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez, convicted in bribery scheme

The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts in the same Manhattan courthouse where a different jury convicted Bob Menendez of many of the same charges last year.
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nadine menendez bob bribery case
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S&P 500 tumbles 3% as Trump ratchets up his attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Without interest-rate cuts, Trump said, the economy risks slowing, “unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW.”
President Donald Trump looks on Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell speaks in 2017.
President Donald Trump looks on Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell speaks in 2017.

RFK Jr. to announce plan to remove artificial dyes from food and beverages

The FDA has approved 36 color additives, including nine petroleum-based synthetic dyes used in foods and beverages.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

U.S. citizen visiting Arizona detained by immigration agents for 10 days, family says

Jose Hermosillo, 19, who lives in New Mexico, and his girlfriend were visiting family in Tucson when he was detained, relatives said. His case was dismissed Thursday.
A Border Patrol officer sits inside his car at the fence in Nogales, Ariz., in 2019.
A Border Patrol officer sits inside his car at the fence in Nogales, Ariz., in 2019.

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