President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he intends to name his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a special peace envoy, unveiling the decision at his "Board of Peace" event, attended by more than a dozen world leaders.
FBI Director Kash Patel has taken an agency jet to Italy, where he has plans to hold official meetings and watch Olympic hockey games, CBS News first reported. Patel reportedly took off Thursday morning and landed in Italy hours later. He's expected to attend meetings with law enforcement officials and watch the men's USA Olympic hockey team compete in Milan, sources told CBS News. FBI directors must use government planes for both personal and official travel to ensure they maintain access to secure communications and can move quickly in an emergency, according to CBS News. They're also required to reimburse the government for personal flights. Ben Williamson, the FBI's assistant director for public affairs, responded to the CBS News report in a post on X: "No, it's not a personal trip. Director Patel is on a trip that was planned months ago."
The conservative machine behind Project 2025 hired an adult film star to work on education policy The Heritage Foundation announced Thursday that Corey DeAngelis, a prominent school choice advocate who opposes LGBTQ inclusion in education, is joining the think tank as a fellow at its Center for Education Policy. It is a standard conservative policy hire, with the exception of DeAngelis's history as a gay porn performer. The group proudly celebrated the appointment in a post on X, linking to an announcement article highlighting his work on education reform. Acting center director Jonathan Butcher praised DeAngelis' "high-quality research" on education reform and said the team was "very pleased to add him." read more
Police are investigating a suspected arson on Tuesday night at the memorial for Renee Good in south Minneapolis. read more
For months, President Donald Trump has railed against Latin American narcoterrorists flooding the United States with "lethal poison." He has used the scourge of drug trafficking as a rationale for dozens of military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, which have left more than 140 people dead. But when it comes to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez, who was tried and convicted in the U.S. in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking bribes and allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S., Trump has taken a decidedly softer tone. read more
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