Independent: RFK Jr. either ‘clearly lied to me’ about surgeon general nominee or someone ‘is controlling’ him, ex-running mate claims

Nicole Shanahan is so alarmed by the sudden nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General that she’s now claiming Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. either “clearly lied” to her or someone “is controlling” Kennedy’s decisions.

A day before former Fox News pundit Dr. Janette Nesheiwat was scheduled to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing, President Donald Trump pulled her as his nominee to be the nation’s top doctor. The withdrawal comes amid concerns that Nesheiwat embellished her credentials, as well as growing anger among Trump loyalists over her support for vaccinations.

Means, whom the president said “has impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials,” has been a close ally of Kennedy’s and rose to prominence in recent years as a “wellness influencer” and a practitioner of so-called “functional medicine.” Along with her brother Calley, a former food industry lobbyist who now serves as a White House health adviser, Means appeared on former Fox News star Tucker Carlson’s show last year – which ended up being the most-watched podcast episode of 2024.
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Allison Gill: Abrego Garcia Case Delayed. Again.

If there’s one thing the Trump regime is good at besides crime, it’s delaying court proceedings that they’re likely to lose.

Last week, the government filed a motion in the Abrego Garcia case under seal. News reports, other court filings, and statements from Abrego Garcia’s lawyers indicate that the sealed filing asked Judge Xinis for a week-long pause of discovery to give the regime time to facilitate the release of Abrego Garcia.
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You can read Judge Xinis’ latest order here.

It’s important to note that the briefing on privilege that’s causing this delay is because the Trump regime is being AFFORDED DUE PROCESS – the very thing they’re trying to strip from Abrego Garcia.
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CNN: India launches military operation against Pakistan in major escalation

India has launched a major military operation against Pakistan in a major escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

The missile strikes early Wednesday morning targeted “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan administered-Kashmir, according to India. Pakistan has denied the claim, saying the attack largely harmed civilians – killing at least three, including a child, and injuring at least a dozen.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the country had the right to respond to what he described as an “act of war,” adding that a “befitting reply is being given.”

Kashmir is one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints and is controlled in part by India and Pakistan but both countries claim it in its entirety.
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AP: A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall

SOMERS, N.Y. — Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump’s aggressive agenda before devolving into a chaotic chorus of boos as attendees were removed by law enforcement.

The town hall in Somers, a leafy section of Lawler’s Hudson Valley district, began to teeter off the rails soon after it began.

The first crack emerged when Lawler, in his opening remarks, told the packed prep school auditorium: “This is what democracy looks like.”

A little while later, the congressman’s mention of federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew loud jeers.
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404 Media: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked

A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned. The data stolen by the hacker contains the contents of some direct messages and group chats sent using its Signal clone, as well as modified versions of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat. …

The hack shows that an app gathering messages of the highest ranking officials in the government—Waltz’s chats on the app include recipients that appear to be Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, and JD Vance—contained serious vulnerabilities that allowed a hacker to trivially access the archived chats of some people who used the same tool. The hacker has not obtained the messages of cabinet members, Waltz, and people he spoke to, but the hack shows that the archived chat logs are not end-to-end encrypted between the modified version of the messaging app and the ultimate archive destination controlled by the TeleMessage customer.
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NewsNation: Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

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In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion.”

Responding to a question about Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Putin said: “There has been no need to use those (nuclear) weapons … and I hope they will not be required.”
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Yahoo Finance: Warren Buffett: ‘Trade should not be a weapon’

The first question for Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting involved world trade as President Trump’s tariff policy disrupts the status quo.

“Trade should not be a weapon,” Buffett said at the end of a detailed answer about the history of the United States and how global trade developed.
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David Lat: Lawyers Rally For The Rule Of Law: A Photo Essay

I’ve never seen a protest with this many people in suits.

Yesterday was Law Day—and this year, it took on added meaning for many lawyers.¹ Thousands participated in a National Law Day of Action, centered around public events to express support for the rule of law, which were held in more than 50 cities across the country.

In New York City, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Foley Square, across the street from federal and state courthouses, to rally for the rule of law—and to protest recent attacks upon it. The event was sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and the New York Civil Liberties Union.
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NPR: The U.S. economy shrinks as Trump’s tariffs spark recession fears

As President Trump marks his 100th day in office this week, there’s not much to celebrate about the U.S. economy.
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NY Times: Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures.

The opioid overdose reversal medication commercially known as Narcan saves hundreds of thousands of lives a year and is routinely praised by public health experts for contributing to the continuing drop in opioid-related deaths. But the Trump administration plans to terminate a $56 million annual grant program that distributes doses and trains emergency responders in communities across the country to administer them, according to a draft budget proposal.
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The federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has long shown a passionate interest in addressing the drug crisis and has been outspoken about his own recovery from heroin addiction. The proposed elimination of addiction programs seems at odds with that goal. Last year, Mr. Kennedy’s presidential campaign produced a documentary that outlined federally supported pathways out of addiction.
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