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'Look at my big job': The View claims bragging caused Hegseth to stumble into scandal

The co-hosts of "The View" bashed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday after another Signal scandal.

It was discovered Hegseth shared sensitive military information with his wife and brother on the app Signal. The news comes a month after Hegseth and other top administration officials were part of a Signal chat discussing military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.

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Hegseth slammed for throwing colleagues 'under the bus' to dodge blame amid scandal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was accused Tuesday of throwing his former, hand-picked Pentagon colleagues "under the bus" in an attempt to shift blame over "Signalgate 2.0."

The New York Times reported Sunday that Hegseth used an unsecured Signal app to share highly sensitive information about a Houthi airstrike with is wife, brother, and lawyer. This was the second time Hegseth was pegged for using the phone app to transmit attack plans.

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'Show respect': Nancy Mace town hall devolves into chaos over moment of silence for Pope

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) clashed with a constituent this week after she refused to hold a moment of silence for the late Pope Francis.

On Tuesday, Mace shared a video from Monday night's town hall event in her district, where a constituent stood up to complain that the lawmaker had not observed the pontiff's death.

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Begging business leaders flood Trump with pleas for help after Apple wins tariff exemption

President Donald Trump granted Apple and many other tech businesses an exemption from his "Liberation Day" tariff regime so their supply chains in China would not be disrupted — and now a bunch more companies are coming to beg for similar arrangements, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

"Almost immediately, top aides to Mr. Trump insisted they had not strayed from their promise to apply import taxes across the economy with minimal, if any, exceptions," reported Tony Romm. Nevertheless, Trump's policy "still caught the attention of many businesses nationwide, igniting a fresh scramble for similar help in the throes of a global trade war."

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'Don't know who to trust': Ex-general warns US commanders wary of sharing info with boss

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is embroiled in another Signal scandal after it was discovered he shared sensitive military information to his wife and brother. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said that this will likely give the nation's top commanders pause in the future when talking to Hegseth.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Hertling, an Army veteran, said that he hasn't seen much from the National Security Council or the National Security Advisor regarding an investigation. He noted that in a regular administration, there would be a swift probe after such revelations.

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84-year-old man critically hurt in Good Friday crucifixion reenactment: report

An 84-year-old man was critically injured in West Virginia after he fell from a cross during a crucifixion reenactment on Good Friday.

According to local reports, the accident happened around 12:30pm at the Masonic Cemetery in Weston.

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'American version of Adolf Hitler': Major Jewish newspaper makes stark Trump comparison

A historically Jewish newspaper compared President Donald Trump's tactics to a scheme used by Germany's Adolf Hitler before World War II.

In an op-ed for Forward this week, author Terrence Petty likened Trump's demonization of his self-declared enemies to Hitler's attempt to blame Jewish people for Germany's loss in World War I. The tactic was known as the Dolchstosslegende, or stabbed-in-the-back legend.

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Top Pentagon aide reportedly derails high-level meetings with 'bawdy' strip club tales

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came into the Pentagon with little experience in government or management, and current and former officials say his leadership team is in shambles.

The Pentagon chief has been embroiled for over a month in scandal over his use of the non-secure Signal app to discuss military operations with a reporter, family members and others present, and sources told the New York Times that his three-month tenure has produced chaos that's unmatched in recent history.

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'Harassed': Nancy Mace hurls sexual threat insinuations at constituent she berated

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said the South Carolina man who she cursed at in a Ulta Beauty store makeup aisle over the weekend made her feel “threatened and harassed” after he inquired about whether she would be holding more town halls this year.

Mace recapped the events that have since gone viral and show her lashing out as she repeatedly hounds the man, identified as Ely Murray-Quick. He later took to Facebook to tell his followers that he asked Mace “a simple question – 'When are your next few town halls?,'" according to a report in The Independent.

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Revealed: Report shares highly sensitive source of info at center of Hegseth scandals

The highly sensitive military information Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaked to his wife and brother in a Signal chat came from the secure messaging system of a general, reported NBC News on Tuesday morning.

"Minutes before U.S. fighter jets took off to begin strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last month, Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who leads U.S. Central Command, used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth," said the report.

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'Planet you do not want to be on!' CNN analyst aghast as he shares record-breaking numbers

President Donald Trump's trade war has led to a collapse of the stock market that eclipses any other presidency in modern history, CNN forecaster Harry Enten told CNN's Kate Bolduan on Tuesday morning.

"The stock market was down in a big, big, big way yesterday," Bolduan asked him. "How poorly has the stock market done since Trump took office?"

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New poll suggests many Republicans fear America is 'losing credibility'

President Donald Trump’s public approval rating is continuing to decline, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

And among those now unhappy are some of MAGA's past supporters.

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'Veneer has cracked': Report claims White House discipline falling apart after crises

President Donald Trump boasted late last month that his White House had executed "two perfect months' — but April has brought a series missteps.

The president highlighted fewer border crossings, higher military recruiting and a strong stock market, and his chief of staff Susie Wiles was credited with clamping down on infighting that had plagued his first administration. But mistakes and miscommunications have begun piling up, reported the New York Times.

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