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Apr 29, 2026 - World

Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions.

Apr 29, 2026 - World

The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Apr 29, 2026 - World

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got in a fiery exchange during a congressional hearing on Wednesday with a lawmaker who accused him of lying about the number of military service members injured since the Iran war started. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY), a West Point graduate and Iraq war combat veteran, spoke to Hegseth at the House Armed Services Committee hearing about the wounded soldiers and what they described from the attack on March 1 at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait that left six Americans dead and more than 30 wounded. "Before the war started, there was clear intelligence that was high on Iran's target list," Ryan said. "Internal analysis that said the site was indefensible from aerial attack and should not be used. Yet you sent our soldiers from 103rd sustainment command there anyway. Is that true or false? True or false? Straightforward question."Hegseth got defensive with Ryan over the question. "Are you going to give me a chance to answer or just play 'gotcha?'" Hegseth said. Ryan continued and pressed Hegseth to respond to him. "Let's talk about what defenses they had prior to the attack," Ryan said. "Officers on the ground knew our troops were vulnerable. In fact, they requested additional force protection. Did they receive it?"Hegseth said the soldiers did have additional security resources — Ryan said they did not. "In fact, when asked to describe the base's defense, one survivor who's come forward from the unit said, 'I mean, I would put it in the none category from a drone defense capability. None,'" Ryan said. "So let's be clear. No counter-drone capabilities, no counter-rocket systems, no counter-mortar or counter-artillery, not even the basic overhead protection that you and I had 20 years ago in Iraq. And now six of our soldiers are dead," Ryan said. "The next day, you downplayed the attack. You said it was a squirter that squeaked through fortified defenses. But since then, thankfully, brave survivors have come forward to set the record straight. One of our surviving soldiers told CBS, 'painting a picture that one squeaked through is a falsehood.' Another said the unit was, 'unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.' Another survivor said the building's protection was about as weak as one gets. Secretary Hegseth, that is obviously in direct contradiction to what you said from the Pentagon podium the next day. So are you saying that these soldiers, our soldiers who survived this horrific attack, are lying?"Hegseth claimed the Pentagon had set a "maximum defensive posture," and Ryan pushed back, interjecting. "Can I speak or are you just going to monologue falsehoods all over the place?" Hegseth said. "It's not a falsehood," Ryan said. The two got into a heated back-and-forth over the questions. "I'm reclaiming my time," Ryan said. "Stop! Stop! I'm reclaiming my time on the behalf of these survivors.""Just because you yelled doesn't make you right," Hegseth quipped. Ryan demanded Hegseth to resign — just as he had said a year ago. "I'm not playing games," Ryan said. "I want to finish. With one more quote from a survivor of the attack and this on the record. Telling the truth is important and we're not going to learn from these mistakes if we pretend these mistakes didn't happen, Secretary Hegseth, those soldiers told the truth. Those soldiers are braver than you are. They are asking for accountability. They deserve accountability. And I'm asking for the same, starting with you."

Apr 29, 2026 - World

Nine justices were hearing Trump administration that it has authority to strip immigrants’ temporary protected status The US supreme court heard oral arguments on Wednesday over whether the Trump administration can strip the temporary protected status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of immigrant Haitians and Syrians, under a program that has shielded them from deportation owing to safety concerns in their countries of origin.During the arguments, justices in the conservative-leaning majority appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration’s attempts to strip humanitarian protections for the Syrians and Haitians in this case. Continue reading...

Apr 29, 2026 - World

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got defensive when questioned by a Democratic lawmaker about his close adviser Timothy Parlatore.Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) asked the Pentagon chief about Parlatore's role at the Department of Defense, and he expressed surprise multiple times when Hegseth was unable to answer some of his questions about President Donald Trump's one-time personal attorney. "I'm not privy to every professional position he has held," Hegseth said when asked about his time working on the president's legal team."I will help you out, he did," Crow said. "You appointed him as your senior advisor, correct?"Hegseth told the congressman that Parlatore served in the Navy Reserves but conceded he was an adviser to him, and Crow confronted him with evidence when the defense secretary evaded his question about whether they traveled together."He travels with you, doesn't he?" Crow said. "There is public Instagram that shows this, just say yes."Hegseth also evaded a question about whether Parlatore worked at the Pentagon."He sits in meetings with you and advises you, doesn't he?" Crow said, and Hegseth agreed that he sometimes did. "He maintains a desk and an office in the Pentagon, does he not? You don't know?""I'd have to check," Hegseth said. "It's a big Pentagon."Hegseth agreed that he had commissioned Parlatore as a commander in the Navy Reserve in March 2025 and was proud to do so, but he was less willing to say whether his adviser had gone through a Senate confirmation process."I will tell you what I'm getting to," Crow said. "He didn't maintain a security clearance when you appointed him as a special advisor, is that right? You don't know?"Hegseth said anyone with access to sensitive material would obtain appropriate clearance, but Crow pressed for more details."So when you appointed him as special advisor, he had security clearance?" Crow said. "I'm asking a simple question, did he have —"Hegseth interrupted Crow. "No, you are playing a 'gotcha; game like you do on TV and everywhere else," Hegseth said."Clearly you are concerned about my line of questioning," Crow fired back. "You know where it is going, don't you? I think you do. Does he represent foreign governments? He has a private law practice, does he not? You don't know? Someone who sits in meetings, you don't know? Does he currently represent any senior officers who are under consideration by promotion from you or your office?"Hegseth said only he made those decisions, and Crow again asked whether Parlatore represented any senior officers under consideration for promotion."No, I'm the one who makes decisions," Hegseth said. "He doesn't represent anyone. He's a legal advisor and always has been. He's a legal adviser to me on reserve duty and he always has been, and he does a fantastic job." - YouTube www.youtube.com