It's Thursday. Happy Opening Day! and my first pitch for both teams (the Red Sox and the Nationals) is 4:05pm. So, if the office is quietly cleaned up, you can see why. Or if this is you, cheers! 🍻 Here is the list of today's games.

In today's issue:

• Group chat criticism shifts to Pete Hegses
• Hegseth's inadequately timed foreign trips
• Tufts students detained by PlainClothes agents
• HHS eliminates 20k position
• Toddlers slide down the White House fence

The focus of group chat Snafu, which consumed Washington this week, has shifted to Secretary of Defense Pete HegsesIncorrect misleading of sensitive military information in an unsafe app.

Clearly, Mike Waltz ruined it: He somehow accidentally added a journalist. Journalists have spare with the Trump team for years! – In a private group chat, he sought top members of President Trump's national security team for their best contact points and chatted about political strategy. Waltz said it was “embarrassing” and he took full responsibility for it.

However, it was Hegzes who escalated this.: He cried out together Delicate military information For *attack* before it happened. The White House claims that this information is not classified, but most Intel experts find it difficult to believe, but the use of text messaging app signals has added a major national security impact.

But so far, he still has his job.

It's not just Democrats who are looking at the red: Republican lawmakers were critical of Hegses' handling of military intelligence. The hill Alexander Bolton He's been chatting with Republicans and hasn't called on Hegses to step down, but they certainly think it's a “strike” against him.

What timing:Hegseth is a public trip to Guam, the Philippines and Japan. Politico pointed out that both of his foreign travel took place during the major controversy (ooof). Remember how his trip to Brussels last month happened during the blow against Hegses, suggesting that Ukraine should not join NATO? 😅 (He later said, “It's all on the table” Re: Ukraine and Russia.)

read: “Hegseth slides down during an international trip – again.”

President Trump He announced on April 2 that he was leviing a 25% tariff on automobile imports.

What does this mean?: Trump is trying to put pressure on other countries to move car production to the US, while car prices could rise in the meantime.

Which country will be hit hardest? : Japan, Korea, Germany.

plus: This morning, Trump threatened greater tariffs on the European Union and Canada if he cooperated in an escalating trade war.

Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This morning, he announced that his department would cut 10,000 jobs. Additionally, other measures, including early retirement, have cut 10,000 jobs by cutting.

include: 19% of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 18% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 6% of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 4% of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), According to the Wall Street Journal.

why? : To reduce costs.HHS said the restructuring will save taxpayers $1.8 billion a year and “providing multiple targets without affecting critical services.”

Related: “HHS scrap research on vaccines and treatments for future pandemics”

Federal agents dressed in plain clothes flock to Tufts University's Ph.D. Students And the Fulbright Scholar I took her into custody this week on the streets.

Rumeysa Ozturk I'm a Turkish citizen Her lawyer says She had a legal student visa, The New York Times.

This is dramatic: The new video shows an argument. Ozturk can be seen screaming as an agent, but some of them are in the mask, swarming her on the sidewalk in Somerville, Massachusetts, and taking her away. They grabbed her wrist and told her “We are the police,” but they had no visible badges on their clothes. Officers pulled out the straps to display their badges after she was confronted.

📹 Wbur shared surveillance footage – It's quite cold to watch.

Where is she now? : Her lawyer said they couldn't find her for hours, and she is reportedly currently in custody at a Louisiana detention center. According to Report. No fees have been submitted. On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered that he cannot be excluded from Massachusetts. And it is unclear when she was transferred or whether the court order was denied.

why?: Staff Claim She was “engaged in activities to support Hamas.” She is one of the students who wrote OP-ED in a Tufts student thesis last March. 🔎 Read the March 2024 Op-Ed

This sends a shock wave: President of Tufts University He told the Associated Press The school was not given advance warning.

A senior Homeland Security official confirmed to the hill that Ozturk's student visa had ended. Her lawyers demanded that the government give birth to her.

💡 Why is this important?: The Trump administration targets foreign students with American visas over support for Palestinians in the Israeli-Hamas War and is raising serious questions about the First Amendment rights. What's particularly calm about this story is its lack of transparency. She was lathered on the streets during the daytime by authorities wearing a mask and ordinary clothes. And being detained and transferred on charges is a major inclination to the Trump administration's efforts to deport the country.

The University of Alabama says one of the doctoral students has been arrested for immigration and customs enforcement. If so, it's unclear what he's facing.

house And then there's the Senate. President Trump I'm in Washington. (All Times EST)

2pm tRump Sign Sign Exagution Orders.

2pm The Senate has received confirmation votes Paul Lawrence Become Deputy Director of Veteran Affairs. 📆 Today's Agenda

8pm tLamp will be attending the Iftar dinner at the White House.

🍲 Why celebrate:Today Paella Day in Spain nationwide.

🏃‍♂️Toddlers go to toddlers: A little boy ran through the White House fence. The Secret Service agent grabs the boy and returns him to his parents. 📹 Watching Secret Service Agent grab the boy

📺 In Quote Victoria Ratliff“neaaaaaux!”:actor Patrick Schwarzenegger I posted an interesting interaction He had it when he was recognized in public.

You've made it up to this point, so let's channel everything This dog's life outlook. When life gives you rain…make it a snack!

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