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Due Process Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that his recent trip to El Salvador was not about defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident deported despite a court order, but about defending the Constitution.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who recently met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, slammed the Trump administration for its handling of the Maryland man’s mistaken deportation, telling CNN it poses a threat to “the constitutional rights of everybody in America.” Van Hollen, in an interview which aired Sunday on CNN, argued Abrego Garcia’s due process rights are being ignored as he remains in El Salvador after being mistakenly deported.

The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers from their jobs, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.

Hedgehog, an Army National Guard veteran, should have become cognizant of military secrecy during his service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet he used the Signal app to detail the timing, targets and methods of this military operation against Houthi militants. He endangered American pilots and crews, including those on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, where shipping has been under Houthi attacks.

Poor Leadership American soybean farmers are worried about whether their biggest customer will keep buying. More than half of U.S. soybean exports went to China last year, but the price just went up 135 percent under the tariffs China installed in response to President Trump’s 145 percent tax on Chinese imports.

BALTIMORE — The Naval Academy canceled a speech by author and podcaster Ryan Holiday after he declined a request not to reference 381 books and literary works removed from its library as part of a review of diversity, equity and inclusion materials, according to an opinion piece he authored for The New York Times.

A number of prominent Republicans, including several former members of the first Trump administration, have signed an open letter decrying the president for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him, likening his actions to those of a “royal despot.”

A federal appeals court in California on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency attempt to revive its ban on transgender military service, delivering another legal defeat to the president’s sweeping effort to exclude transgender Americans from public life.

The small, independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. It stores reams of potentially sensitive data, from confidential information about employees who want to form unions to proprietary business information. But according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR, subsequent interviews with the whistleblower and records of internal communications, technical staff members were alarmed about what DOGE engineers did when they were granted access, particularly when those staffers noticed a spike in data leaving the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that four labor law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB and that has nothing to do with making the government more efficient or cutting spending.

Abuse of Power, Illegal, Ethical Donald Trump may be trying to shield his old buddy Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, from being audited by the Internal Revenue Service, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

The Houthis released footage on Friday, alleging to show the terror group shooting down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone during Thursday’s airstrikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen.

Michael Cook, a Navy servicemember, was sentenced to prison for driving from Virginia Beach to Hampton with the intent to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in 2024.

NAPLES, Italy — The Navy has no way of knowing whether its commanders have created a suicide crisis plan as mandated by the service in the face of persistently alarming numbers of sailor suicide deaths, a Defense Department Inspector General audit found. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-04-18/navy-suicide-inspector-general-17507390.html Source - Stars and Stripes

AUSTIN, Texas — A measles outbreak in West Texas has reached Fort Bliss, with at least one confirmed case reported at the installation, military health officials said. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-17/fort-bliss-texas-measles-outbreak-17501571.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Did you know that military hospitals and clinics have support staff who can help you navigate your TRICARE benefit? These include Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators. You can find them at any military hospital or clinic.

Become a Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor (SAMI) and help ensure the navy stays mission-ready. You'll train and qualify Sailors in the safe handling and employment of pistols, rifles and shotguns, directly supporting Fleet-wide Force Protection requirements. For more information email RTCMentorshipConnections@us.navy.mil

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Less than a week remains until a report including recommendations on actions to secure the U.S.-Mexico border will be delivered to the president's desk. Among these recommendations may be the invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Poor Leadership So many departments have infighting issues, firings at the top and meddling, that I wanted to highlight some that are in the news just today. Who is watching China other than the one who leaked some classified information to the public about the Yemen conflict? Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match As Controversies Pile Up, Trump Allies Increasingly Turn on One Another Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hedgehog DOD says it sought resignation of official at center of DEI overhaul Rubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk ‘Little Marco’ Rubio Splits With Trump With Brutal Slapdown on Ukraine Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hedgehog aide leaves post ICE Barbie’s Alleged Lover’s Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare ‘There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building’: Pentagon Reportedly in ‘Chaos’ as Hedgehog Loses Four Staffers in One Day Three Hedgehog aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'

The one problem with their success story: Veterans Guardian’s business model runs afoul of the law, say lawmakers and attorneys general from across the country. But nobody has been able to stop them.

Why is the U.S. Central Command resorting to childish comments such as the #HouthisAreTerrorists hashtag? That is something trump would do... Act a little more professional and don't resort to trumpist behavior. More than a month after announcing an indefinite bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Defense Department has offered little information and the command overseeing the campaign is refusing to answer even basic questions on what U.S. forces have accomplished in the area or whether troops have been under fire or injured.

The circular reasoning is breathtaking: Trump can abuse his power because the White House has concluded that Trump can abuse his power, therefore there’s nothing wrong with Trump abusing his power.

When asked by reporters Thursday afternoon if he believed Abrego Garcia was entitled to due process, President Donald Trump ducked the question. “I have to refer, again, to the lawyers,” he said in the Oval Office. “I have to do what they ask me to do.” A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to suspend a judge's decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.

CFL/ACFLs, - NAVMED 6110/4, NAVPERS 6110.10 AND NAVPERS 6110.11 forms have been added to the PRIMS library. PRIMS UPDATES: PHA Due Date missing for online PARFQ submission: The testing phase of the programming issue that has negatively impacted the ability to submit a PARFQ via MyNavy Portal (MNP) is complete. We anticipate those affected will be able to input their PARFQ online via MNP within the next month.

A military family organization joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing stricter voting requirements, arguing it would add barriers for troops and families who vote by absentee ballot.