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Federal agents on Friday arrested a judge in Wisconsin on obstruction charges after she allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel said. Patel made the announcement in an X post, which was quickly deleted. The FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the post was removed.

PHILIPPINE SEA – Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Gabriel D. Holt, from Washington, Utah, has been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after being reported unaccounted for Saturday morning while the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was conducting a regularly scheduled port call at Naval Base Guam. Responding assets searched for Holt for 120 hours, covering more than 11,000 square nautical miles. “Our deepest sympathies are with the family, friends, and shipmates of Petty Officer Holt,” said Capt. Doug Graber, commanding officer, USS Nimitz. “After carefully considering all pertinent factors and available information, we made the extremely difficult decision to suspend the search. This has been an extraordinarily challenging case, and the decision to suspend active efforts was not made lightly. We are sincerely grateful for the support and coordination from all units and partners who assisted in searching.” U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 crews searched extensively, as did crews aboard a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Commander Task Force 72, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140), Station Apra Harbor’s 45-foot Response Boat-Mediums, and Guam Fire Rescue’s coastal and offshore teams. “Suspending the search for Petty Officer Holt is heartbreaking—we committed every resource in hopes of bringing him home, and our hearts are with those who knew and served alongside him,” Graber said. For more information, please contact the USS Nimitz Public Affairs Officer at pao@cvn68.navy.mil.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case Monday from medically retired service members who say the Defense Department's misinterpretation of a law prevented them from receiving the maximum amount of disability compensation for their combat-related injuries.

Do you remember this?: People were actually held accountable for their actions... Unauthorized satellite dish on warship lands Navy chief Grisel Marrero in hot water with demotion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press.

A U.S. naval officer was found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in 2022, prosecutors in Virginia said. Emmanuel Coble, 27, was convicted Wednesday, April 23, of first-degree murder, murdering a pregnant woman with intent to terminate pregnancy, the premeditated killing of the fetus of another, concealing a dead body and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, WRIC reported. Read more at: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article304975591.html#storylink=cpy

The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with California towing company Tony’s Auto Center to resolve allegations that it illegally auctioned a deployed Navy Lieutenant’s car, in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). Under the settlement agreement, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jonathan Liongson will receive $7,500 in damages. The United States will also receive a $2,000 civil penalty, and Tony’s Auto Center must implement new policies to prevent future violations of the SCRA.

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The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO, an embarrassing setback to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s efforts to restrict their participation. The memo says the Defense Department is returning to the Biden-era medical policy for transgender service members due to a court order that struck down Hegseth’s restrictions as unconstitutional. The administration is appealing the move, but a federal appeals court in California denied the department’s effort to halt the policy while its challenge is pending.

HONG KONG — China on Thursday directly contradicted President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing and Washington are actively discussing resolutions to a trade war that threatens to upend the global economy. While Trump said Wednesday that the world’s two largest economies are “actively” talking, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson responded that “China and the U.S. have not engaged in any consultations or negotiations regarding tariffs, let alone reached an agreement.”

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President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came into office vowing to to “end these endless wars.” In some areas, the administration has followed through. The US has begun a major drawdown of US troops in Syria, following through on a goal dating back to Trump’s first term, and is threatening to “walk away” from its involvement in the war in Ukraine, with or without a deal to end the fighting. But at the same time

More than a dozen Wisconsin lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to allow for enhanced data sharing between federal agencies to help the state better identify veterans who are eligible for benefits.

President Donald Trump’s advisor Elon Musk and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are locked in a battle of wills over military staffing and spending, plunging the already beleaguered Pentagon even deeper into chaos.

SEOUL (Reuters) -Beijing recently asked South Korean companies not to ship products containing China's rare earth minerals to U.S. defence firms, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Tuesday, citing government and company sources.

PHILIPPINE SEA – The U.S. Navy suspended the active search for a Sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), effective at 9:00 a.m. on April 24, 2025. The Sailor’s family has been notified, and their name is being withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin notification is complete in accordance with Navy policy. The Sailor has been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after being reported unaccounted for Saturday morning while the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was conducting a regularly scheduled port call at Naval Base Guam. Responding assets searched for 120 hours, covering more than 11,000 square nautical miles. U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 crews searched extensively, as did crews aboard a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Commander Task Force 72, U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140), Station Apra Harbor’s 45-foot Response Boat-Mediums, and Guam Fire Rescue’s coastal and offshore teams. For more information, please contact the USS Nimitz Public Affairs Officer at pao@cvn68.navy.mil.

"It appears that the Secretary and other members of the Defense Department staff have not been held to the standards that a normal civilian or military uniform personnel would be held to. It looks like they actually broke the law in terms of what they shared on these Signal apps." Chaos is mounting at the Pentagon as the Trump administration has fired top military and civilian personnel, deepening concern and distrust among lawmakers and national security insiders.

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I have not heard anything on my part... anyone?

Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of President Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS, two witnesses and three sources briefed on the matter tell Axios.

Are you Serious! For starters, what was DEI's function before it was removed? Next, why are you emphasizing the protection of one group only? From the sound of it, this sounds pretty racist and unprofessional coming from the Veterans Administration... The Department of Veterans Affairs has established a task force to determine whether "anti-Christian bias" exists within the federal government's second-largest Cabinet department and is asking its employees to report alleged discrimination by other staff members.

"Hegseth, before becoming defense secretary, was a morning show co-host on Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend." Since his nomination, he has vowed to emphasize improvements in the armed forces' warfighting abilities and military readiness." (He could start by ordering makeup units on Navy bases, ships, subs and airplanes perhaps ) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

PHILADELPHIA — A new national survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals that while public trust in key institutions like the Supreme Court and Congress is fading, Americans across party lines overwhelmingly support the Constitution’s system of checks and balances that limits presidential authority.

"The extent of the feud, which has been previously unreported, helps explain the chaos that has eclipsed the Defense Department in recent weeks. And it affirms skeptics’ concerns that Hegseth lacked the management experience to run a large organization." When President Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary, incoming officials knew they’d need to surround the inexperienced Fox News host with accomplished staff who could handle the nation’s largest bureaucracy. Hegseth would be the show horse, they figured, and others at the top would keep the Pentagon on track. What happened was the opposite.

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