A bipartisan duo of senators fired off a furious letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, demanding to know how a delegation of Russian lawmakers was allowed to visit Capitol Hill and tour it with members of Congress. As you know, unlike the U.S. Congress, the Duma is not a separate and equal branch of government," the senators wrote. "Its members include Kremlin subordinates who have committed numerous cyber and ransomware attacks on Americans and have facilitated war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. Remarkably, they are today helping Iran target U.S. military and diplomatic personnel across the Middle East. The delegation came onto U.S. soil for one purpose: to advance the Kremlin's strategic aims including gathering additional useful intelligence. They did not come to engage in dialogue or in pursuit of democratic aims."
The White House quietly scrubbed footage of a bizarre Easter event after a presidential adviser compared Donald Trump to Jesus Christ"and he didn't exactly look offended. The now-deleted video, briefly posted Wednesday on the White House website, showed an East Room gathering that quickly veered from prayer into full-blown flattery, with Trump's spiritual adviser Paula White, 59, likening his legal and political battles to the crucifixion. The event had initially been scheduled as closed to the press, with a tight guest list for select MAGA allies. The guests included the son of late evangelical pastor Billy Graham, Reverend Franklin Graham, who told Trump in a letter that his "soul is secure" to go to heaven after Trump helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
President Donald Trump has been promoting the White House's new mobile app " pushing it to become the third-most downloaded item on Apple's popular App Store. But the app reportedly has numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities, does not properly disclose the data it shares, and uses software components from a Russia-founded company. Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White House's new app regularly shares users' IP addresses, time zones and other data to third-party services," NOTUS reports. "But most of its users wouldn't know that, because the app doesn't disclose its data sharing the way most others do." Cybersecurity experts were shocked by the app's "slipshod" approach to cybersecurity, especially as it is essentially a product of the White House, and especially since the U.S. is at war.
For the first time since the war against Iran began, some South Florida gas station managers are reporting temporary shortages of gasoline. CBS News Miami found several stations with no gasoline Thursday morning, while one station had only premium fuel for sale. Experts attribute the interruptions to supply chain disruptions and a surge in demand, tied in part to panic buying. CBS News Miami visited a Shell station on S.W. 87th Ave., which had no gasoline until a tanker truck arrived at 2 p.m. Thursday. Customer Steve Vega expressed his frustration, saying, "I guess I have to get my gas somewhere else." Further south on S.W. 87th Ave. at Coral Way, an Exxon station was only selling premium gasoline. Manager Felix Colon of a Westar station in Coral Gables also reported having "no gas at all" while waiting for a delivery.
An American's whereabouts were unknown on Friday after Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet, as questions mounted online over what happened to the missing service member and if the Trump administration would comment on it. President Donald Trump had not yet commented on the attack, which was the first time an American jet had been shot down since the military strikes launched five weeks ago. It was unknown what had happened to the missing pilot. The president has apparently been briefed on the situation, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN.
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