Trent Walker, Author at News Addicts

26 Mar

US Official Alleges 23andMe Sold Americans’ DNA Data to Pharma Companies

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On Monday, 23andMe shares crashed after the genetic testing startup filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. While the fate of millions of Americans’ DNA data is now subject to a court-supervised sale, a new report suggests much of it may have already…

25 Mar

Republican Wins Crucial Special Election

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Support for Republicans in deep blue New York is still growing almost two months after President Donald Trump took office.The winner in a local race last week was a Republican in Southampton, a town of 70,000 people on the edge of Long Island. Democrat John Leonard lost to Republican Richard…

25 Mar

GOP Rep Moves to Impeach Judge Who Blocked Trump Federal Funds Freeze

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Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia, will formally introduce articles of impeachment against federal district court Judge John James McConnell Jr.Last month the Rhode Island-based judge ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to unfreeze federal funding grants on which the president had placed a temporary hold so that…

25 Mar

Hegseth Responds to Atlantic Report of Leaked ‘War Plans’

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday addressed a report by The Atlantic that claimed he had shared sensitive details about U.S. military strikes in Yemen on an encrypted messaging app to a group chat with other cabinet members where a reporter was accidentally added.“Nobody was texting war plans and that’s…

25 Mar

DHS Sec. Noem Announces Move to ‘Eliminate’ FEMA

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a Cabinet meeting Monday that she plans to nix the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Noem announced that she was “going to eliminate FEMA” but did not immediately provide details about the future of the disaster response agency, according to a report from the Daily…

25 Mar

AG Pam Bondi Issues Stern Warning as DOGE Uncovers ‘Tremendous Amount of Fraud’

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a stern warning to those engaged in government fraud at the most recent Cabinet meeting on Monday.Speaking with President Donald Trump present at the meeting, Bondi thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk for uncovering “fraud, waste and abuse” through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…

25 Mar

Trump Taps Personal Lawyer Alina Habba for Top Role at DOJ

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Alina Habba, the faithful and fastidious legal counsel to President Donald Trump through his various criminal trials, is headed to a top post in the U.S. Department of Justice.In an announcement on Monday, Trump said that his longtime attorney will be joining U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in enforcing the…

25 Mar

Cause of Death Revealed After Yankees Great Brett Gardner’s Son Dies During Family Vacation

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Former Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner’s 14-year-old son died of “asphyxiation” while on vacation with his family at a Costa Rican resort, according to a report.Miller Gardner was staying at the upscale Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest resort in Pacific Coast tourist hotspot Manuel Antonio when he fell seriously ill…

25 Mar

Hate Hoax: School Employee Charged After Planting Noose on Her Own Desk, Reporting It to Police

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A Pennsylvania school employee has been charged after allegedly planting a noose on her own desk and then reporting it to law enforcement.Allentown police announced on Monday that LaTarsha Brown, a member of the Allentown School District Board of Directors, has been charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence…

25 Mar

First Black Republican Congresswoman Mia Love Dies at 49

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Former US Rep. Mia Love, the first Republican black woman elected to Congress, has died, her family announced Sunday night.She was 49.“With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our lives, we want you to know that she passed away peacefully today,” Love’s family wrote…