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“We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” Joe Kent, the chief of staff to Gabbard, wrote in an email to a group of intelligence officials on April 3. Read more
South Africa rejects the allegation that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime. Murder rates are high in the country and the overwhelming majority of victims are Black. Read more
Learning to surf often includes a teacher gently pushing a rider’s board with the swell of a forming wave, which is kind of what Hawaii’s Legislature did this year to help expand surfing as a public high school sport. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration has finalized a multimillion-dollar settlement with the Hawaii Government Employees Association involving dangerous COVID-19-era work. Read more
As the Trump administration works to carry out its promised mass deportations, efforts that largely fall under Noem’s jurisdiction, officials have floated the idea of suspending habeas corpus for immigrants being expelled from the country. Read more
In sometimes feisty first testimony as the country’s top diplomat, Rubio was challenged over his role in the administration’s crackdown on immigration, Trump’s engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the decision to prioritize the resettlement in the United States of white South Africans over refugees from elsewhere. Read more
In a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, Trump bluntly warned Republicans in the House of Representatives not to press for further changes to the sprawling bill, which would cut taxes and tighten eligibility for the Medicaid health program. Read more
Musk, the world’s richest person, has signaled that he wants to turn back to his business empire. Read more
The USDA abruptly canceled the program in March as part of President Donald Trump’s plans to gut the federal government. Read more
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Litigation involving the Honolulu Liquor Commission and one of its former investigators who claimed discrimination, harassment and a hostile work environment based on his sexual orientation while working for the agency has advanced toward a settlement. Read more
The White House remains far from realizing its vision for dozens of individual trade deals, and Trump has threatened repeatedly to restore the much larger “reciprocal” tariffs that he announced in early April. Read more
“I’m surprised that the public wasn’t notified a long time ago, because to get to stage 9, that’s a long time,” Trump told reporters today, misstating Biden’s diagnosis. Trump also voiced sympathy on Sunday in a social media post. Read more
After the call with Trump, Putin said efforts to end the war were “generally on the right track” and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a potential peace deal. Read more
The court granted the Justice Department’s request to lift San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Edward Chen’s order that had halted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision. Read more
Overt video monitoring at city-owned parks prone to high crime has advanced under a new Honolulu City Council resolution. Read more
Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after having experienced urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors, the statement said. Read more
Riki Fujitani, executive director of the state School Facilities Authority, has made major strides in one lane of work a little over a year since the fledgling agency’s first leader resigned under fire at the Legislature, though struggles in other areas remain. Read more
Walmart, which sells a broad selection of affordable goods to millions of Americans, said Thursday that Trump’s tariffs, even at their recently reduced levels, would soon force it to start raising prices. Read more
The state Legislature has passed a major reform bill for vehicle window tinting laws, which marks the most significant update since originally enacted in 1983, the House of Representatives announced Friday. Read more
The U.S. government last invoked the Alien Enemies Act during World War Two to intern and deport people of Japanese, German and Italian descent. Read more
Federal law enforcement officials are investigating an Instagram photo posted by Comey of the number 8647 formed by seashells with the comment, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” Read more
