By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Former Acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe, who helmed the agency in the tumultuous aftermath of two assassination attempts against President Trump last year, remains on the Secret Service payroll holding the title of senior adviser, according to three sources in the Secret Service community. News […]
By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge An American citizen identified as Akinyela Sawa Taylor hijacked a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan with 14 souls on board in Belize on Thursday. Taylor held the pilot at knifepoint and demanded a new flight path out of the country. He also demanded more fuel for the plane, according to ABC News, citing local law enforcement. […]
Iran and the United States have agreed to initiate expert-level discussions to develop a framework for a potential nuclear agreement, following a second round of indirect talks in Rome. The discussions, mediated by Oman, involved Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. The next round of technical talks is scheduled […]
By AFP Staff Writers SpaceWar Chinese security officials said Tuesday they had implicated three U.S. “secret agents” in cyberattacks during February’s Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin, offering a reward for information on the alleged spies. Harbin police released a statement on Weibo accusing three U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) agents of […]
This Easter, Pope Francis is delivering a quiet yet unmistakable message to the world — and particularly to America’s political elite. Skipping his usual Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, the aging pontiff stayed home, reportedly in a bid to conserve his strength. But the move also allowed Francis to redirect attention to the increasingly […]
By AFP Staff Writers Space War U.S. President Donald Trump scuppered an Israeli plan to strike Iranian nuclear sites, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, as Washington attempts to reach a deal to curb Tehran’s weapons program. The United States and Iran, which have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary “Easter truce” in Ukraine, declaring a unilateral ceasefire from Saturday evening through midnight Sunday, April 20. The Kremlin said Russian forces will pause military operations during Orthodox Easter celebrations, expressing hope that Ukraine would follow suit. However, Putin also ordered troops to remain prepared to respond to […]
The distinction between error and deceit is not always clear, particularly when the latter wears the garb of the former. This is the conundrum we face when assessing the work of PolitiFact, a so-called fact-checking organization that has functioned not as a neutral arbiter of truth, but as a partisan instrument of semantic obfuscation. Nowhere […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced an ambitious and fast-moving initiative to investigate the root causes of autism, promising a transparent process and actionable findings within a year. In an interview Thursday night with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Kennedy emphasized that the research effort would be conducted openly, with rigorous […]
In one of the most dramatic downsizing efforts in modern U.S. bureaucratic history, over 22,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees have accepted a voluntary resignation offer from the Trump administration, agency sources confirmed Tuesday. The mass departure — part of what’s been dubbed a “deferred resignation program” — allows employees to continue receiving full pay […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to offer financial assistance and airfare to illegal immigrants who voluntarily leave the United States under a new “self-deportation” initiative — and pledged to help some return legally if they’re good candidates. Speaking in a taped interview with Fox Noticias that aired Tuesday, Trump said the federal government […]
SCOTUS Breaking All Norms By Vetoing The Alien Enemies Act
The stroke of a pen just after midnight can reveal more about a court than a hundred pages of published prose. In the small hours of April 19, the Supreme Court directed the Trump administration to halt every deportation undertaken pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act. That unsigned stay did not confine itself to the […]