Marita Vlachou

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday said President Donald Trump called him on Saturday, about a week after the arson attack at his home in Harrisburg, describing him as “very gracious.”Shapiro told reporters that he “appreciated” Trump’s gesture to reach out over the weekend, adding that he didn’t immediately pick up his call.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday said President Donald Trump called him on Saturday, about a week after the arson attack at his home in Harrisburg, describing him as “very gracious.”Shapiro told reporters that he “appreciated” Trump’s gesture to reach out over the weekend, adding that he didn’t immediately pick up his call. “I actually didn’t take his call because it came from his cellphone, and I didn’t have that number in my phone, so I didn’t know who it was,” Shapiro said.

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Two Pentagon officials were escorted out of the Department of Defense and placed on administrative leave on Tuesday amid a probe into unauthorized disclosures, according to multiple news reports. Dan Caldwell, a top aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who was named in the infamous Signal group chat, was implicated in a departmental investigation into leaks, according to Reuters, which was first to report his suspension.

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JD Vance on Monday struck back at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s comments that the vice president was “somehow justifying” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine, calling his remarks “absurd.”In an interview with British website UnHerd, Vance said that in order to bring an end to the war, one has to understand the strategic objectives of both Russia and Ukraine.

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Former President Barack Obama on Monday praised Harvard University for its decision to defy the demands made by the Trump administration for the institution to maintain federal funding, calling the government’s effort an “unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom.” The changes ordered by the administration to be made by August 2025 included ending all diversity, equity and inclusion programs, limiting international student admissions, requiring “viewpoint” diversity...