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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters. Caldwell was placed on administrative leave for "an unauthorized disclosure," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The decision has not been previously reported. "The investigation remains ongoing," the official said without providing details about the nature of the alleged disclosure, including whether it was made to a journalist or to someone else. President Donald Trump's administration has moved to...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will no longer give wire services a permanent spot in the White House press pool following The Associated Press’ victory last week in a lawsuit over its exclusion, The Post has learned. Instead, the White House is giving a second spot to “print” journalists — a term henceforth including wire reporters — who will get access to President Trump in small event spaces. ... DC US District Judge Trevor McFadden last week ordered the AP’s restoration to the press pool — after weeks of exclusion over editors’ refusal to update the AP Stylebook to refer...

The EU needs to strive for progress in building its own defense capability and improving its competitiveness, Ursula von der Leyen saidBERLIN, April 15. /TASS/. European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen has asserted that a renewal of the European Union is needed so it can actively participate in the shaping of a new world order. "We need another, new European Union that is ready to go out into the big wide world and to play a very active role in shaping this new world order that is coming," she said in an interview with Die Zeit. That said,...

The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered administration officials to turn over evidence of their efforts to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. since she first ordered his return, saying the government had shown her "nothing" to date.

Tesla remained far ahead of the competition in Q1 2025, selling 128,100 EVs — more than the next 10 brands combined. The Model Y and Model 3 continued to lead the charts, showing Tesla’s strong grip on the U.S. electric vehicle market. Overall, EV sales in the U.S. grew to nearly 300,000 units, with Tesla driving the momentum forward. Source: Teslarati TESLA DOMINATES U.S. EV SALES IN Q1 2025 Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 remained the top-selling EVs in the U.S. during the first quarter, with 64,051 and 52,520 units sold, respectively. Despite a year-over-year drop for the Model...

Gov. Ron DeSantis came out swinging Monday against allegations that first lady Casey DeSantis’ charitable initiative, Hope Florida, funneled taxpayer money for political purposes. The DeSantis administration is accused of steering $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to Hope Florida. Shortly after that disbursement, Hope Florida sent $5 million each to two separate not-for-profit organizations, Secure Florida’s Future, run by the Chamber of Commerce and Save our Society from Drugs, according to reporting from the Tampa Bay Times.

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo would prevail over socialist Zohran Mamdani in a ranked-choice voting Democratic primary for mayor, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Cuomo led Mamdani 34% to 16% when voters were asked about their first choice even as Mamdani chipped away at Cuomo’s dominance in early polling, the Siena College/AARP survey of 556 registered city Democrats found. Three other candidates in the crowded primary each got 6% support — city Comptroller Brad Lander, his predecessor Scott Stringer and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. State Sens. Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos received 4% apiece, according to the survey.

Millions of dollars in gold and jewels were stolen from a downtown Los Angeles jeweler’s two enormous safes after burglars tunneled into the Broadway shop through multiple reinforced walls, police said.In a security video of the weekend break-in, a massive drill can be heard carving through the main castle-like wall, making a hole big enough for a person to slip through to enter Love Jewels, Reina de Oro at Broadway and 5th Street.Los Angeles Police say the thieves sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning cut through a room next to the gold merchant at 510 S. Broadway. LAPD Cmdr....

Pete Buttigieg. Wes Moore. Gavin Newsom. Gretchen Whitmer. Stephen A. Smith!!!???!!??Since the November election, the ESPN commentator has been bashing Democratic leadership for losing to Donald Trump and floating himself as a potential 2028 candidate and savior for the party and the country. And Smith’s dalliance with politics isn’t one-sided. Pod Save America, Fox News, CNN, ABC News, the New Yorker and other major outlets have sought out Smith for his first takes on immigration, tariffs and other issues.President Stephen A. Smith? Has everyone gone crazy? Not completely. Many nonpartisan pundits and Democrats themselves think the party needs a leader...

President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world’s wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom.The Trump administration is seeking to exert extraordinary influence over American universities by withholding the kind of federal financial support that has flowed to campuses for decades.President Trump and his allies contend that some schools, especially a handful of elite universities, have become bastions of antisemitism and ideological indoctrination. Though the higher education industry has acknowledged shortcomings and failures, especially since the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023, it has warned that reducing...

U.S. President Donald Trump's moves to take China to task on trade are likely to backfire as his sweeping global tariffs hit allies as well as rivals, according to former national security advisor John Bolton.

Exactly two years ago, the war erupted in Sudan and the atrocities have continued to mount each day since. Mass Killings. Rape, famine and ethnic cleansing.

On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education.Both sides are digging in for a clash that could test the limits of the government’s power and the independence that has made U.S. universities a destination for scholars around the world.On Monday, Harvard became the first university to openly defy the Trump administration as it demands sweeping changes to limit activism on campus. The university...

"We are by long odds the most ill-mannered nation, civilized or savage, that exists on the planet today. Our president stands for us like a colossal monument."I have often wondered at the condition of things which set aside morality in politics and make possible the election of men whose unfitness is apparent. We have never had a president before who was destitute of self-respect & of respect for his high office; we have had no president before who was not a gentleman; we have had no president before who was intended for a butcher, a dive keeper or a bully,...

Director Chris Columbus is obviously desperate for attention and a job. Why else would go full-Orwell and disgrace himself by calling for President Donald Trump’s cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York to be memory-holed? “Years later, [Trump’s cameo has] become this curse. It’s become this thing that I wish it was not there,” the Home Alone 2 director told the far-left San Francisco Chronicle. “But it’s there,” he added. “It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone.” “I can’t cut it,” he lamented. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of...

Biden will make his first remarks since leaving the White House during the Chicago speech

The number of school district employees receiving a total compensation of more than $200,000 have more than doubled since 2019, according to new salary data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s transparency website. A total of 75,056 school district employees received six figure compensation – representing nearly one-third (31.3%) of NYSTRS educators. Out of these, 81 educators received more than $300,000, and 1,688 received more than $200,000. Among the upstate regions, Timothy Backus, who recently retired as the Deputy Superintendent at South Colonie Central School District, topped the list with a total pay of $443,517.

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨Mike Benz says U.S. Intelligence Agencies KNEW AHEAD OF TIME That Ryan Routh Had Plans To Assassinate President Trump, He Was On Their Radar: "Routh was on their radar. He was specifically referred to DHS for investigation. Highly likely they knew Ryan Routh had this plan." 0:27 / 4:55 2:21 PM · Apr 15, 2025

An advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was put on leave for leaking. Dan Caldwell was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday for “an unauthorized disclosure,” according to Reuters. Details of the unauthorized disclosure are unclear. Reuters reported: One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.

VIDEOPresident Trump, while he was signing the declassification of the FBI "Crossfire Hurricane" files, was absolutely right about the media showing NO interest at looking at the newly available information because they wouldn't like what they would find. Eerily, during the signing ceremony, there seemed to be a strange yet familiar ghostly presence in the room.