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By Raphael Satter(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s team working to dismantle the federal bureaucracy and the protesters hoping to stop him have something in common.They use Signal to keep their communications secure.Signal, a text-and-voice app that is a little over a decade old, is seen as the gold standard for end-to-end encrypted communications, according to mobile security experts. It has been widely adopted – not just by privacy-conscious dissidents but by officials, lawmakers, generals, and corporate leaders as well.Even before the app became a national talking point when senior Trump officials inadvertently added a reporter to their sensitive discussions about impending…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is set to receive $7.46 million from its parent US government agency, the broadcaster says Cash-strapped US state broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is set to receive a portion of a grant which was withheld by the administration of US President Donald Trump, the broadcaster announced on Monday. A sum of $7.46 million will be released by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).Kari Lake, Trump-appointed special adviser to USAGM, has pledged to shrink the agency to its minimum possible legal size, describing the body as “a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer”…

Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the last 24 hours. ARTICLE 1:  Corrupt Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Indicted Staffers Reimbursed $900,000 in Legal Fees For Charges Related to $11 Million No-Bid Covid Vaccine Outreach Contract ARTICLE 2:   BREAKING: Trump DOJ Invokes State Secrets Privilege, Tells Judge Boasberg it will Provide Him No More Info on Deportation Flights ➤ Nutronics: Men’s testosterone levels are declining due to lifestyle, diet, and environmental toxins, leading to fatigue, reduced strength, low libido, mood swings, and a loss of vitality. Man’s Edge from…

Austin Hill, driver of the No. 33 United Rentals Chevrolet, drives during the Nascar Cup Series … More AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)Getty Images Nascar Xfinity Series regular Austin Hill will return to the Nascar Cup Series in 2025. Richard Childress Racing announced a five-race slate for Hill, who will pilot the No. 33 Chevrolet. “I’m excited to compete in the No. 33 United Rentals Chevrolet again this year,” Hill said in a statement. “United Rentals has been a longtime supporter of my career…

The Disney Grooming Syndicate has lost the top spot in total television viewing to YouTube. “YouTube has pulled ahead of Disney in Nielsen’s Media Distributor Gauge for February, with a 2% increase to a record 11.6% share of time spent watching TV during the month,” reports The Wrap. “The milestone marks the Alphabet-owned video platform’s best share of TV to date and the second time it topped Nielsen’s list since its launch in November 2023,” the report adds. YouTube commanded 11.5 percent of TV time. Disney was second with 10 percent. Fox, Netflix, and Paramount rounded out the top five…

Paris (AFP) – French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court Tuesday that he was not in the habit of “groping” women, and called the #MeToo movement a “reign of terror.” “I don’t see why I would go around groping a woman, her buttocks, her breasts. I’m not somebody who rubs himself against others on the metro,” he said in his first statement at the trial, in which he is charged with sexual assault on two women during the shooting of a film in 2021. Depardieu said he was “not like that” in response…

Americans hoping to buy a home got some good news Tuesday—as did the Trump administration. When President Trump took office two months ago, his administration announced it would deliver “emergency price relief” to a nation strained by Bidenflation. That included a promise to “drastically lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply.” And that’s what’s happening in the U.S. housing market, as the latest data on sales of newly built homes provides a rare glimmer of relief for homebuyers who have been burdened by high prices and tight supply. New home sales rose in February. The U.S. Census Bureau reported…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said President Donald Trump “cracking down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger” was something he has done right. Host Johnathan Karl said, “Is there anything that you think Trump has done right?” Sanders said, “Yeah. I mean, I think cracking down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger. Look, nobody thinks illegal immigration is appropriate, and I happen to think we need comprehensive immigration reform, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for people to be coming across the border illegally. So, we’ve got to work now on comprehensive…

The European Commission on Tuesday said it has adopted 47 strategic projects to ensure access to critical raw materials in the EU.The European Union is seeking to boost its own supply of key minerals such as lithium, manganese and cobalt, which are important in a number of emerging industries such as the production of batteries and chips.European countries are currently heavily dependent on other countries, including China, for critical raw materials.The move comes one year after the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into force in May 2024, aiming to help the bloc compete in the global race to…

President Donald Trump wants the debt ceiling dealt with in the party-line package to enact his sweeping domestic agenda, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso told reporters Tuesday. The issue, according to Barrasso, came up during a meeting earlier this month when Senate Finance Committee Republicans visited the White House to discuss the path forward for the “one big, beautiful bill” that Trump is envisioning to link an overhaul of the tax code to border, energy and defense policies. “We’ve discussed that with the President … at the White House. He’s called for including it as part of the reconciliation bill,”…