A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to archived copies of his former websites reviewed by Reuters.
President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man. The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses and take on a supporting role, according to three Trump insiders who were granted anonymity to describe the evolving relationship.
He was in at least five movies that could have gotten him an Academy Award for best actor.
Cut the agency and their efforts to battle outbreaks will surely promote the MAGA magic.
BOSTON (AP) " A judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was on trial.
Job cuts at federal health agencies began Tuesday as some employees have received notices that their jobs had been terminated. How many jobs are being cut was unclear as of Tuesday morning, but some employees at health departments lost access to be able to get into buildings, CNN reports. Last week the Health and Human Services Department announced it would be cutting 10,000 jobs as the agency undergoes a reconstruction plan. The workforce will drop from 82,000 to 62,000 positions.
Lauren Boebert drew ridicule online with her latest public faux pas, after confusing acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Stone with MAGA ally Roger Stone. The firebrand Colorado congresswoman made the slip while speaking at a congressional hearing on Tuesday to discuss the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy, and quickly walked back her remarks after being corrected by another witness. "Mr. Stone you wrote a book accusing LBJ of being involved in the killing of president Kennedy. Do these most recent releases confirm or negate your initial charge... being involved in the assassination of president Kennedy," she said, referring to the recent cache of files on the assassination that were released following an executive order by Donald Trump. Read more
Private payrolls increased by 155,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 84,000 rise in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment advancing 115,000 following a previously reported 77,000 gain in February. Read more
The last of the four American soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week was on Tuesday also found dead, the US Army said, without providing additional details. The three other soldiers were found dead on Monday after rescuers recovered their armoured vehicle from a swamp. Lithuanian authorities received a report last Tuesday that the soldiers went missing during a military drill at a training ground in the eastern city of Pabrade, near the border with Belarus. "The fourth US Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division was found deceased near Pabrade, Lithuania the afternoon of April 1," US Army Europe and Africa's public affairs office said in a statement. "The Soldier's identity is being withheld pending confirmation of notification of next of kin," it added.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (TNND) -- A sheriff's office in Texas is mourning the loss of four current and former deputies who died by suicide in just six weeks, according to officials. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced on March 19 that a Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) retiree, later identified as William Bozeman, had "died from an apparent suicide," marking "three for us within the span of a week." Read more
United States Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech in US Senate history with a marathon address railing against President Donald Trump. Booker, a Democratic senator for New Jersey, entered the annals of history on Tuesday after holding the Senate floor for more than 25 hours, shattering the previous record set by the late segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond. Read more
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
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 Trump'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
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.
