US forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple reports. CNN was the first to report Wednesday night that the DOJ’s probe focuses on whether Carroll committed perjury while speaking at a deposition as part of her two civil…
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Frustrated White House insiders who are looking at Donald Trump’s cratering approval numbers and have been attempting to get him to address issues that are causing his collapse have been warned off by powerful White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. According to a report from MS NOW, while voters are consumed with anger over exploding costs of living and the unpopular Iran war, Trump has instead devoted his energy to pursuits that make his own staff cringe: a new White House ballroom, renovation of the National Mall reflecting pool, purges of insufficiently loyal Republican lawmakers including four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" that could compensate Capitol riot participants.In response to staff concerns, Wiles has implemented a stark directive: "let Trump be Trump.""There are two tracks: There is what the president says, and then there's what you as a staff member message on," a White House official lamented while speaking anonymously about internal strategy.Cabinet secretaries have scrambled to fill the messaging void by grafting affordability language onto unrelated initiatives — the Small Business Administration reducing loan fraud and the EPA rolling back refrigeration requirements, for example — both sold as cost-cutting measures.According to MS NOW, the two-track approach is failing spectacularly. A New York Times/Siena survey found just 38 percent of Americans approve of Trump's performance — a record low for his second term. A Gallup poll found economic confidence at a nearly four-year low, with only 16 percent rating the economy as "excellent" or "good," and three in four Americans saying conditions are worsening.One recent moment crystallized the problem. During a ballroom construction site visit, Trump dismissed rising gas prices as "peanuts" and thanked people for "putting up with it for a little while.""While beautifying our nation's capital is surely important and appreciated, if you don't live, work, or visit DC, you don't really reap the benefits of the president's passion projects," said a former Trump White House official. "What people do feel is $4.50 gas, and that's the real passion point for Americans."One former Trump adviser concluded that current staff have been handcuffed. "I think it's a failure on the part of his staff. They're not focused on the issues that Americans are focused on, which is obviously, affordability," the adviser told MS NOW.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son has been secretly working as a political appointee attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department, raising serious conflict of interest questions as high-stakes cases involving the agency have made their way to the nation's highest court, according to a report.Philip Alito was hired to Treasury's office of the general counsel in the early months of the second Trump administration, according to four former government officials, yet his presence there has been treated as something close to a state secret, reported NOTUS."If people were introducing themselves by first and last name, he'd just say 'Phil,' not Phil Alito," said one former official. "He's a pretty soft-spoken guy."The younger Alito maintains no public resume, has no LinkedIn profile and his name appears nowhere on the Treasury Department's website. Colleagues recall that he went out of his way to avoid drawing attention to his famous surname.But the low profile belies the significance of his role. As an attorney-adviser in the general counsel's front office, Philip Alito was briefed on important Treasury matters across the board and offered legal feedback at the highest levels."There's no doubt he got that position because of who he is," a second source said.The Treasury Department's general counsel office handles legal matters related to taxation, economic policy and law enforcement. It could be involved in multiple federal lawsuits challenging Trump's controversial anti-weaponization fund — which allocates public money to individuals claiming unfair targeting by the Justice Department — that could ultimately reach the Supreme Court.While Philip Alito was working at the Treasury, a lawsuit challenging Trump's use of emergency powers to issue tariffs was argued before the justices in November — with the Treasury Department named as a defendant, but the department never disclosed Philip Alito's employment in court documents.His father did not recuse himself from the case, ultimately joining a dissent when the majority ruled against the administration in February.Justice Alito's office did not responded to requests for comment from NOTUS.
As strikes strain the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, at home, President Donald Trump held a cabinet meeting where he defended the war and insisted he’s not concerned with the war’s political consequences heading into the critical midterm elections. It comes as the president is threatening to "blow up" ally Oman in response to a deal in which Iran and Oman would share control of the Strait of Hormuz. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
President makes comments after reports Iran and Oman have discussed jointly charging a toll for ships. Plus, how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising energy costsGood morning.In a casual aside during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman, a US ally, if it failed to “behave” over the reopening the strait of Hormuz.What is the latest on a deal to end the war? Negotiations are continuing but the US earlier this week struck Iranian targets, reportedly killing four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which prompted an apparent Iranian retaliatory attack on an American airbase in Kuwait.What is happening inside Iran? Internet restrictions were partially lifted this week, revealing increasing anger from Iranians over rapid food price inflation.What is the humanitarian toll of the war? More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been displaced in the latest round of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, which began in March. At least 3,213 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since the start of the war, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The office of Israel’s prime minister reported that 23 Israeli soldiers and a defence contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon, and two civilians have been killed in northern Israel.What is life like inside Israel’s “yellow line”? The Guardian’s William Christou, in Kfarchouba, Lebanon, spoke to the villagers living in fear of nightly raids and daytime bombings from the Israeli military occupying their land. Continue reading...
Iran fired a missile at an American airbase in Kuwait Thursday just hours after the U.S. attacked the Islamic Republic, with both sides accusing the other of violating their shaky ceasefire and further imperiling diplomatic efforts to end the war