Amer Ghlaib

Mayor of Hamtramck, MI

nominee of Trump-Vance admin.

to be Ambassador to Kuwait

/ / / Laura Loomer has called for

his dismissal / / /

Ralph Goff, his nomination within CIA withdrawn

A vocal supporter of Ukraine within the Central

Intelligence Agency, Ralph Goff, will

no longer be the nominee for

Chief of Clandestine Operations;

he is an agency veteran and had been well-

received at Langley but since leaving the

CIA he had spoken in support of Ukraine.

details at Politico.com

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Caroline Kennedy to present 2025 "Profile in Courage" award May 4 to Mike Pence

jfklibrary.org

"Pence's decision to preside over the

certification of the 2020 Presidential election

even as then POTUS 45 Trump 1.0 's

supporters waged an angry attack/insurrection

on the U.S. Capitol where the Electoral College

results were being counted and accepted"

The former Vice-President accepted the

award and will give an address at the

Ceremony May 4, 2025.

HHS to shutter Freedom of Info. offices as part of 10,000 staff cuts

Details at NPR.org

shots-health-news

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Secy. RFK, Jr. shuttered offices of

branches such as CDC (Center for

Disease Control & Prevention);

POLITICO dot-com has details

on that impact on departmental

transparency news/2025/04/03

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offices-at-hhs

National Security Council members fired by Trump not by Musk

Brian Walsh, Sr. director Intelligence

Thomas Boodry, Sr. director Legisl.Affairs

David Geuth, Sr. director Technology

Maggie Dougherty,Sr. director Intl.Organizations

more staff will be announced as to

firings later

Trump omits N. Korea and Russia, Cuba, Belarus from administration universal Tariff proclamation

Omitted from the list of nations receiving

10 - 20% Tariffs on goods imported into

the U.S. economy were

Cuba, Belarus,  North Korea &

Russia.

Defense Dept. IG (Inspector General) Steven Stebbins

The Pentagon's chief Counsel / Inspector

will investigate the use by Pete Hegseth

of the messaging APP "Signal" and consider

whether he has used the group chat to discuss

details of an air strikes against Houthi rebels

in Yemen last month.  The watchdog opened

the probe after request from leaders of the

Senate Armed Services committee.

Senators Roger Wicker, Jack Reed