The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters. read more
Praising the tireless efforts of the hundreds of agents who worked around the clock on the case, FBI director Kash Patel announced Friday that after almost two anguishing weeks, Savannah Guthrie had at last been located. "This morning before dawn, a hostage rescue team stormed a New York City townhouse and freed Savannah, who miraculously did not appear to be injured or even malnourished in any way," said Patel, adding that cooperation from state and local law enforcement had been instrumental in leaving no stone unturned in the search for the missing Today show anchor. "Analysis of thousands of hours of recent footage positioned her repeatedly at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, and we were able to further pinpoint her whereabouts with the help of many, many ordinary Americans who called our tip line to report seeing her enter and exit the building where she was eventually found.
Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Nephi Johnson, 54, was arrested Tuesday for alleged aggravated child abuse. The first-degree felony charge is applied when a person intentionally or knowingly commits abuse of a person under the age of 18. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Johnson allegedly "waterboarded" his teenage daughter. Defense attorney Sam Schultz said Johnson is "maintaining his innocence." The Utah Division of Child and Family Services notified the Heber City Police Department about the incident on Jan. 21. The affidavit states the teen went to DCFS to report the situation, which allegedly happened the same month. Allegations against Johnson include grabbing the girl by the back of her neck and repeatedly forcing her head under water in a bathroom sink.
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling about 62.5 million liters of their plasma, a more than 30% increase in the amount of plasma collected since 2022, according to Peter Jaworski, a professor at Georgetown University who studies the ethics and economics of the plasma business. The transactions occur in more than 1,200 plasma centers " there are now more places to sell plasma than there are Costco stores " and more are popping up in solidly middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns, Jaworski said. As America's economic divide widens, with the top 1% of households owning more than 30% of the country's wealth, the payments people receive for selling plasma are playing a quiet role in keeping households above water financially.
At least 177 new measles cases have been reported in the last week in the U.S., according to newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 910 infections have been confirmed in 24 states ... read more
Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.
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Did pickled Pete get liquored up again and start some ----?
COVID chokes out 1.3 million Americans.
That's why I worship pedo 47
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