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CNN — Last month, after news broke that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was using Signal to discuss sensitive military operations in violation of Pentagon policy, one of his closest military aides made an unusual inquiry to the Defense Department’s chief information officer: Would they grant an exception so Hegseth could keep using Signal freely? The question came from Col. Ricky Buria, a former aide to previous Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who has rapidly established himself as a key member of Hegseth’s inner circle, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN. The Signal inquiry raised eyebrows among other senior…
CNN — Two weeks after President Donald Trump paused plans for steep tariffs with promises that a flurry of negotiated deals would ensue, the relative quiet has been deafening – roiling markets and calling into question the endgame for the administration’s trade war. Since then, there’s been scant evidence of any progress with most of America’s trading partners and few signs of active negotiations with China, despite Trump saying otherwise. A signature pledge from the campaign trail, Trump’s trade war began abruptly and has since been managed haphazardly as the White House moves to deliver on the president’s desire to…
Woman sneaks onto a New York to Paris flight The woman who was able to sneak onto a New York-to-Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year got on the plane by blending into a group of passengers as they passed gate agents. Credit: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey via AP. Newly released video shows how Russian national Svetlana Dali was allegedly able to sneak onto a New York to Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year.The video, provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the Associated Press on…
A federal judge on Wednesday gave the Justice Department another week to provide information on its efforts to return deported illegal migrant and suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis granted the Justice Department a seven-day stay until April 30 to provide testimony and documents related to a case which has drawn a sharp wedge between Democrats and Republicans. Drew Ensign, a deputy assistant attorney general, filed a sealed motion requesting the stay, with lawyers for Abrego Garcia filing a response in opposition to the government’s motion to halt the order. It was under seal in the…
CNN — She’d spent most of her life “checking off boxes” in order “to be deemed a success,” but as New Yorker Melissa Vargas approached her 30th birthday, she started to question the direction she was going in. While she was “killing it” in her career in digital marketing and had “done everything everyone told me I’m supposed to,” Melissa felt that she wasn’t “really experiencing new things,” and had gotten way “too comfortable.” After taking an extended trip to Europe for a wedding in 2016, Melissa, who says she hadn’t traveled much further than Mexico or the Caribbean up…
CNN — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has kept interest rates too high and that he might call the central bank chief. “I haven’t called him. I might call him,” Trump said in an Oval Office executive action signing ceremony Wednesday evening. “I believe he’s making a mistake by not lowering interest rates, and I think, as well as we’re doing, we could do much better.” Trump has publicly attacked Powell over the past several days, calling the Fed chair “a major loser” whose “termination cannot come soon enough.” Trump nominated Powell to his…
CNN — A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador, ruling the removal violated a court settlement protecting some young migrants with pending asylum claims, according to an order issued Wednesday. The person deported was part of a class action case filed in 2019 on behalf of individuals who arrived in the US as unaccompanied minors and later sought asylum. A settlement in that case determined they could not be removed from the United States until their claims were fully adjudicated. US District Judge…
New York CNN — Jack in the Box plans to close approximately 10% of its locations and is exploring a sale of its Del Taco brand amid a broader overhaul of the fast food chain that is struggling as customers cut back on spending. The 74-year-old chain announced Wednesday that it’s planning to close 150 to 200 “underperforming” locations, with 80 to 120 restaurants closing by the end of the year. Jack in the Box has about 2,200 restaurants, which are primarily located on the US West Coast. The closures are aimed at “addressing our balance sheet to accelerate cash…
CNN — Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, a billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and a megadonor to Republican candidates, had some unusually harsh words for the president about his trade war: It’s hurting America’s standing in the world and eroding the nation’s brand. “The United States was more than just a nation. It’s a brand. It’s a universal brand, whether it’s our culture, our financial strength, our military strength …. America rose beyond just being a country,” Griffin said Wednesday at the Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington. “It was like an aspiration for most the world. And we’re eroding…
A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. New York CNN — President Donald Trump appears to be walking back some of his more extreme positioning on the economy — pivoting yet again on his signature tariff agenda and renewing concerns that his haphazard approach has already done serious economic damage. On Tuesday, Trump softened on two key issues that had been giving Wall Street nightmares: He signaled openness to easing tariffs on China, and said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…