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Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, has been removed as the interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by Daniel Driscoll, the Army secretary, four people with knowledge of the switch said on Wednesday. The highly unusual move places a civilian military leader in charge of a domestic law enforcement entity.White House officials decided to make the switch in late February, just after Mr. Patel was named the A.T.F.’s director, because the responsibilities of running two agencies was seen as too time-consuming, according to an official briefed on the situation. Mr. Driscoll was selected because…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy got into an online exchange with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) after an anti-Israel mob took over Grand Central Station. On Monday night, anti-Israel agitators with the group Within Our Lifetime (WOL) protested in the train station’s main concourse. The protest took place hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House. Anti-Israel activists protest in Grand Central Station on April 7, 2025. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)NY LAWMAKERS BLAST MTA AFTER COMMENTS ‘DISMISSIVE’ OF CRIME ISSUEDuffy condemned the protesters in a post on X, saying it was “disgusting” to see “antisemitic mobs shutting…

One of Canada’s most celebrated show jumping venues now has the royal seal of approval. Located just south of Calgary, Spruce Meadows has announced that Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is its royal patron. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh feeds a rescue horse as she visits Mane Chance Sanctuary, a horse rescue charity which aims to rehabilitate abused, abandoned and old horses by integrating them with the local community on September 25, 2024 in Guildford, England. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images The venue was named the top show jumping facility in the world in 2001 and 2003. Trending Now Story continues below advertisement It…

A long awaited plan to construct an artificial surfing reef in Bunbury could be finally back on the cards, with designs for a multi-purpose granite reef at The Clam revealed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national carrier has posted an annual profit for the first time in more than two decades ahead of a second attempt by the government to sell the airline, the country’s defence minister said. The disclosure was made at a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) board meeting, the minister said late on Tuesday (Apr 9). “PIACL Board today has approved its accounts FY 2024, and after 21 years, it has achieved an operating profit of PKR 9.3 Billion (US$33.14 million) & Net Profit of PKR 26.2 Billion (after deferred tax adjustment),” Defence and Aviation Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in…

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NewsFeedIran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country is “not after a nuclear bomb,” ahead of indirect US-Iran talks in Oman this weekend. He also floated allowing direct US investment in Iran if a deal is reached.Published On 9 Apr 20259 Apr 2025

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, received a warm welcome from the Republican legislature in Arizona – while Democrats walked out of the special joint session in protest within seconds of his 30-minute speech.”I think this is just another reason why it just shows again that the Democrats are totally out of touch with Americans,” Arizona Senate President Warren Peterson told Fox News Digital in an interview. “We expanded our majorities because immigration is a top issue, especially here in Arizona as a border state. I guess what’s surprising is that they keep doubling down on issues that they’re…

Parental leave is hardly a cutting-edge subject in the year 2025.The 20 largest employers in the United States have for years offered paid parental leave to at least some of their workers. During his 2018 State of the Union address, President Trump endorsed paid family leave as a way to support working families.But Congress, which is exempt from labor and anti-discrimination laws, has long held itself apart from the way the rest of the country operates. And the failure this week of a bipartisan effort to update House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely after the birth of…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 9, 2025 1:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 35-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after he allegedly got into an altercation with a driver who had just hit a pedestrian in the Montréal-Nord borough. Justin Philip Cockburn was expected to appear in court Wednesday to be charged with killing 67-year-old Antonio Zaccagna. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Police say the altercation happened after Zaccagna…