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[ad_1] Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth, has been put on administrative leave for an "unauthorized disclosure," after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, news agency Reuters has reported.A US official said that Caldwell was "escorted" from the Pentagon, the department's Washington-based headquarters."The investigation remains ongoing," the official further said without providing details about the nature of the disclosure.According to a March 21 memo signed by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, the leaks contained "national security information involving sensitive communications."The memo also left open the possibility of a polygraph. However, it was unclear if the test was performed on Caldwell.Also, the decision to send him on administrative leave is separate from a series of firings in the Department of Defense since Hegseth, a former Fox News host and […]

[ad_1] Anthony Karmelo walked out of jail on bond on Monday. He has been charged with first degree murder after he stabbed Austin Metcalf. Amid a racial debate over the stabbing of Texas teen Austin Metcalf by black teen Karmelo Anthony, comparisons with Kyle Rittenhouse emerged. Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf and claimed that it was an act of self-defense as Metcalf pushed him at a track event. Social media users who asked why Karmelo had a knife in his backpack were reminded that Kyle Rittenhouse had a gun and in 2020, at the age of 17, he shot two men dead during civil unrest on Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was later found not guilty of murder. The social media debate shifted focus to the race of the two teens and those supporting Karmelo are saying why people did not have a problem […]

[ad_1] Chinese official Xia Baolong called Americans peasants in his trade war jibe. JD Vance recently used the word 'peasants' for Chinese people. Vice president JD Vance recently used the term 'peasants' when he spoke about Donald Trump's tariffs and how US borrows money from "Chinese peasants" to buy things that "Chinese peasants manufacture". Beijing condemned the comment and said Vance lacked knowledge and respect. Now as the US-China trade war escalated with each hiking its tariff, a top Chinese official Xia Baolong in a television address said: "Let those peasants in the US wail before the 5,000 years of Chinese civilisations."Baolong is the dorector of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. In his statement on Hong Kong's National Security Education Day, he said the US has isolated China by keeping […]

[ad_1] Actor William Levy was arrested in Florida. Actor William Levy, known as 'Cuban Brad Pitt' was arrested in Florida on charges of intoxication in a public place, causing disturbance and trespassing. According to reports, he was arrested by the Broward Sheriff's office. The news became public on Tuesday though the arrest was made on Monday after the police released his mugshot. During a hearing on Tuesday bond was set at $250 for each count. No expected release date or projected sentence has been listed in the jail system as of Tuesday. Levy is a huge star in Latin America and has appeared in several telenovelas alongside Hollywood hits such as 'Girls Trip' and 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'.Reports indicate the incident occurred near his home in the affluent Southwest Ranches neighborhood, though specific details about the events leading to […]

[ad_1] Mohsen Mahdawi showing peace symbol after being arrested by ICE. After Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi became the second Palestinian student at Columbia with a green card who was arrested by ICE for their deportation. Mahdawi and Khalil co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia in 2023 fall. Mahdawi's arrest is one of the most dramatic one so far pulled off by ICE as he was arrested from a Vermont immigration office where he came to give an interview for finalizing his US citizenship. Instead, he was arrested, making the citizenship interview look like a trap that Mahdawi walked into on his own. There were armed, plainclothes police with their faces covered who handcuffed Mahdawi. "This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. Mr Mahdawi, a legal resident of the United States, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately […]

[ad_1] Lauren Sanchez clapped back to the trolls and said their words really get her fired up Lauren Sanchez, philanthropist and author, is aware of the caustic words people are spewing about her 15-minute space sojurn with Gayle King, Kate Perry, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn and she has a reply to it. In an interview with PEOPLE, she said all these words get her really fired up as thre are thousands of Blue Origin employees working for this because they love it. Social media users, including prominent personalities, asked what purpose the 'rich girls' trip' served apart from showing off Lauren Sanchez's fiance Jeff Bezos's money. People viciously trolled them for their reaction after touching down, saying that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were less dramatic than the six women who went to a fancy trip to […]

[ad_1] JD Vance again slammed Zelenskyy, said his claim that US is taking Russia's side is absurd. The showdown between JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zeelenskyy in the White House is not yet a thing of the past. But Vance again slammed Zelenskyy after the Ukraine president recently gave an interview to CBS in which he said the US is siding with Vladimir Putin. Vance said it's absurd for Zelenskyy to tell the US government that they are on the side of the Russians while the US is trying to end the war.“I think it’s sort of absurd for Zelensky to tell the [U.S.] government, which is currently keeping his entire government and war effort together, that we are somehow on the side of the Russians," Vance said to British publication UnHerd. Vance said he had condemned Russia for […]

[ad_1] Today is the last day to file for $1,400 stimulus checks that were part of the government's Covid payouts. April 15 is the deadline to file for the refunds that are part of $2.4 billion in stimulus payments related to 2021 Covid recovery relief payments. Over one million Americans have still not received their $1,400 stimulus checks from the government. During the pandemic, the federal government approved several rounds of stimulus payments. To get the check, one must file for 2021 taxes. The Internal Revenue Service started sending out approximately $2.4 billion to 1 million taxpayers back in December for Recovery Rebate Credit checks that hadn't been claimed yet. However, they estimate another 1 million taxpayers are still missing out on $1 billion in stimulus as they haven't filed their 2021 income taxes.Today marks the Tax Day for 2024 […]

[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron- File Photo (AP) PARIS: France's President Emmanuel Macron told Israel's leader during a phone call Tuesday that the suffering of Gazan civilians "must end" and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages."The ordeal the civilian populations of Gaza are going through must end," Macron posted on X after the call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.He also called for "opening all humanitarian aid crossings" into the besieged Palestinian territory.The United Nation has warned that Gaza's humanitarian crisis is spiralling out of control, with no aid having entered the territory for weeks.Palestinian militant group Hamas said Monday that Israel had offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza.A Hamas official told AFP that Israel had also demanded that the Palestinian militants disarm to secure an end to the […]

[ad_1] In a shocking revelation, US-made weapons were used in the Jaffar Express attack in Balochistan, according to a Washington Post report. The assault on the Peshawar-bound train, carrying 440 passengers, resulted in numerous hostages and a two-day security operation. An M4A1 carbine rifle, traced back to US forces in Afghanistan, was among the recovered weapons. BALOCHISTAN: The US-made weapons were used in Jaffar Express attack, ARY News cited The Washington Post report on Monday.The attack took place on March 11, when the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express -- carrying 440 passengers -- was ambushed. Several hostages were taken during the assault, prompting a two-day security operation to neutralize the threat and rescue the captives.Weapons were left behind by United States forces following their 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. Among the weapons recovered from the scene was an M4A1 carbine rifle manufactured by […]