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Citizen Frank
April 04, 2025
Good evening. Itās Thursday, April 3.
Six people were injured after a man who was in an āaltered mental stateā from an unknown substance began stabbing people in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood, police said.
The suspect, who also stabbed himself in the incident, is in custody, police said.
The incident was reported around 3:22 p.m. on Thursday in the area of Montello Avenue and Meigs Place NE, in the Trinidad neighborhood, police said.
The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe and counterterrorism, according to three defense officials familiar with the deliberations.
Internal discussions are exploring trimming the force to between 360,000 and 420,000 troops ā down from its current level of roughly 450,000. The potential cuts would mark one of the most dramatic force reductions in years, as military planners aim to reshape the Army from a blunt conventional force into what they hope could be a more agile, specialized instrument better suited for future conflicts. Itās unclear whether any cuts are being mulled for the Army Reserve or National Guard.
The move comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the budget. Hegseth has long criticized what he describes as āwokeā initiatives within the military, though that critique has centered on ill-defined cultural grievances and confused the force on how to comply and on what exactly needs scrubbing.
President Trump proudly showed off the design of his administrationās new $5 million āgold cardā to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
Back in February, Trump revealed plans to begin selling gold cards that would feature āgreen-card privileges-plusā to deep-pocketed foreigners by effectively revamping the backlogged and cumbersome EB-5 visa program.
āFor $5 million, this could be yours,ā Trump told reporters. āThat was the first of the cards. You know what that card is?ā
President Donald Trump arrived at Miami International Airport on Thursday afternoon, April 3, at 4:45 p.m. aboard Air Force One, but an apparent tire issue with his presidential helicopter forced him to switch choppers on the tarmac taxiing to and from runways.
The president boarded a helicopter, known as Marine One when the commander-in-chief is aboard, for the short ride to his Doral golf club. He scheduled to speak at the resort, which is hosting a LIV tournament, on Thursday evening.
However, just before take-off, a āwheel issueā was discovered. The president was escorted to a second helicopter on the airport tarmac. His helicopter and a second one then took off for Doral just before 5:30 p.m.
When the European Commission goes to war, it doesnāt send tanks. It dispatches compliance officers with angry emails and billion-dollar fines.
The European Unionās eurocratsās next target is Elon Muskās social media fixer-upper, X.
According to the New York Times, four anonymous whisperers from inside the EU machine say the bloc is loading up a billion-dollar bazooka aimed squarely at X, citing violations of their shiny new Digital Services Act, the latest attempt to regulate speech by committee. And what better way to showcase the importance of online civility than by dragging the worldās loudest billionaire into court?
FBI agents tracked down and arrested a top leader of the notorious MS-13 gang who was wanted on charges connected to at least 11 murders. Joel Vargas-Escobar, also known as āMomiaā within the gang, was arrested by agents in New York.
He was brought before a federal magistrate and ordered to remain in custody and is being transferred to Nevada.
Agents reported Vargas-Escobar was a top leader of a branch of MS-13 operating in Nevada and California. He was indicted in Nevada on racketeering conspiracy charges involving 11 murders.
Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones announced Thursday that she is leaving CondƩ Nast after a 7-year run helming the culture and celebrity-focused monthly magazine.
Jones, who took the reins after editor Graydon Carter retired in 2017 ending a 25-year run, told staffers in a 12:30 pm meeting at Vanity Fairās offices at One World Trade Center in New York that she will depart later this spring.
āIt was a difficult decision, because it has been a tremendous privilege to lead this team. Our work has been a beacon,ā Jones said in a company-wide memo obtained by The Post. .
A battery recycling company that the Biden administration urged to apply for a $375 million green energy loan in November warned investors this week that itās at risk of going out of business.
Li-Cycle Holdingsās annual report filed with the SEC on Monday states that it has āincurred significant losses since inceptionā and that there is āsubstantial doubtā about its ability to continue operating.
The Department of Energyās Loan Programs Office finalized the loan for Li-Cycle just two days after former president Joe Biden lost the November election. It was part of a flurry of last-minute loan approvals, totaling over $20 billion, issued by the Biden loan office in the final weeks of the administration.
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