Report: IT officials who fought DOGE access put on leave and under investigation.
Val Kilmer, a movie star in the 1980s and 90s who played everything from Batman to Doc Holliday, died on Tuesday, according to his daughter Mercedes Kilmer, who released a statement to the New York Times and the Associated Press. He was 65. The cause of death was pneumonia, Mercedes Kilmer told the media outlets.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned there would be "catastrophic" consequences if the United States attacks Iran's nuclear infrastructure after a threat by President Donald Trump. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department and Iran's foreign ministry for comment.
A New Jersey state trooper faces multiple charges after allegedly shooting and killing his dog, fleeing his home, vandalizing a stop sign, and assaulting a local police officer. Authorities arrested Alexander Lark in Wayne Township. He is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He also faces a municipal violation for discharging a firearm. Animal cruelty charges are pending. An affidavit of probable cause states that Lark appeared to be under the influence of an unidentified substance. An indictment is merely an accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Read more
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", while Tokyo said there was no such discussion.
Felon Musk visited CIA HQ for talks on government efficiency. This is the first time Musk has visited the CIA since the establishment of DOGE. Unlike other government departments, DOGE isn't going to get unlimited access to CIA databases or internal systems because most of it is top secret. CIA has an internal DOGE team that was formed after Trumpf's executive order which includes CIA career officials. CIA officials didn't give Musk an intelligence briefing, but discussed with him "how the CIA is unique" in comparison to other government agencies. Musk visited NSA HQ a few weeks ago, where I'm sure they held their noses too. Read more
Xiaofeng Wang, a prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity, has gone incommunicado. His professor profile, email account, and phone number were removed by his employer, Indiana University, after his home was raided by the FBI. No one knows why. Attempts to locate Wang and Ma have so far been unsuccessful and her profile was also removed. Official statement: "The FBI conducted court authorized law enforcement activity at homes in Bloomington and Carmel Friday. We have no further comment at this time." Read more
USSECDEF Pete Hellsbreath issued a secret memo outlining US military priorities which comes straight from the conservative Heritage Foundation, including some passages that are nearly word-for-word duplications of text published by the think tank in 2024. The memo outlines Trumpf's vision to prepare for and win a potential war against Beijing and defend the US from threats in the "near abroad," which may include Greenland and the Panama Canal. Iran is mentioned several times as a powerful adversary. The author of the Heritage Foundation blueprint now works at the Pentagon. Archived: archive.ph Read more
Unprecedented turnout led to ballot shortages in Wisconsin's largest city Tuesday as voters cast ballots in "historic" numbers to decide a Supreme Court race pitting one candidate backed by President Donald Trump against another aligned with Democrats. The race for control of the court, which became a proxy battle for the nation's political fights, broke records for spending and was poised to be the highest-turnout Wisconsin Supreme Court election ever. Republicans including Trump and the world's wealthiest person, Elon Musk, lined up behind Brad Schimel, a former state attorney general. Democrats including former President Barack Obama and billionaire megadonor George Soros backed Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to protect union power, abortion rights and to oppose voter ID.
China hawks in the United States have made what amounted to a Faustian pact with President Donald Trump. Anxious that Beijing's power was surpassing Washington's and critical of Democrats such as former President Joe Biden for failing to turn it back, Trump seemed to be the best option for a more robust approach to China.
The Republican candidates have prevailed in a pair of special congressional elections in Florida Tuesday, NBC News projects, giving Republicans some more breathing room as they navigate a narrow House majority. NBC News projects that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has won the race in the 1st District to replace former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, while Republican state Sen. Randy Fine won the 6th District race to replace former GOP Rep. Michael Waltz, who is now Trump's national security adviser.
Then new owners jacked up the rent by 365%. Residents of senior living facilities typically expect to live out their remaining years when they buy into a community. But a new dynamic in the industry is altering the deals these residents agreed to.
Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander urged the New York City Law Department to pursue securities litigation against Tesla on behalf of the the New York City pension systems. The basis of the potential litigation are the material misstatements from Tesla claiming that CEO Elon Musk spends significant time on the company and is highly active in its management, despite his helming the Trump Administration's DOGE initiative, spending little of his time actually managing Tesla, and promoting policies that are actively harmful to Tesla's business.
ormer first son Hunter Biden has agreed to give up his law license in Washington, D.C., according to an affidavit that was unsealed by the Board on Professional Responsibility on Tuesday. Biden's law license in D.C. was suspended last June after he was convicted of three felonies in Delaware, but he was pardoned for all crimes in December. The former first son has been an attorney in Washington, D.C., since 2007.
Donald Trump's National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, has been using his personal Gmail account for government communications, The Washington Post reports.
Waltz, who has recently taken responsibility for accidentally adding a high profile journalist to a Signal group chat discussing sensitive military attack plans in Yemen, shared his schedule and other work documents on Gmail, sources told the Post.
A Waltz staffer also reportedly shared sensitive military data on the email service, including discussions about military positions and weapons systems being deployed in current conflicts, according to records reviewed by the paper.
Newsmax stock (NMAX) soared as high as 173% Tuesday, extending its massive 735% gain on Monday following the conservative cable news outlet's IPO.
