Today’s facts 12-04-2025

Today’s facts …

A man has been arrested in connection with two pipe bombs placed the night before the Jan 6 attack.

Jack Smith wants to testify in public but that could expose the Trump evidence he gathered.

The admiral who supposedly authorized the military to fire on survivors of an alleged drug boat is briefing senior lawmakers.

Trump did fall asleep during the recent Cabinet meeting.

A Pentagon watchdog found Hegseth put US personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal app.

Cure-all medbeds do not exist.

Ilhan Omar did not marry her brother and she became a legal US citizen as a minor.

Republican lawmakers are demanding the healthcare subsidy extension include a nationwide abortion ban.

Senators requested a DOJ briefing by tomorrow on the “new” material in the Epstein files that caused Bondi to investigate high-ranking Democrats.

The online US self-deportation portal leaves immigrants in limbo once they complete the form.

A Colombian family filed the first legal challenge against US strikes on an alleged drug boat.

The Institute of Peace has been renamed The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.

Putin says some proposals in a US plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable.

The US does not earn enough tariff revenue to eliminate income taxes.

One of Epstein’s most vocal accusers urged judges to grant the DOJ’s request to unseal records.

Joseph Schwartz pled guilty to a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country. Trump pardoned him.

The US lost 32,000 jobs last month primarily in small businesses.

Small businesses are considered a bellwether for the rest of the economy.

Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.

Patients are being warned to stop using glucose monitors made by Abbott due to bad sensors.

Trump announced a proposal to loosen automaker regulations to control pollution.

Pollution is tied to dementia risk.

A Massachusetts church nativity display has a sign “ICE was here” instead of the figures of Mary, Joseph and Jesus.

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