In Ur Face..

 

Several airports across the United States continued to see long lines and chaotic crowds   prompted by a growing number of callouts from Transportation Security Administration officers who have gone without pay since funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed in February.

To help with the staffing shortages, DHS has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to 14 airports seeing significant impacts – a move condemned by some Senate Democrats.

  President Donald Trump has said he will not strike a DHS funding deal unless Democrats back the “SAVE America Act” – a bill criticized by Democrats, saying it would create unnecessary barriers to vote. 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune called Trump’s demands “unrealistic” and has indicated that he is open to excluding immigration enforcement funding from DHS funding.

Extra Virgin..

 

Scientific evidence, primarily from animal and cellular studies, suggests that Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) can help clear the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. These effects are largely attributed to a "cellular clean-up" process called autophagy and the presence of specific compounds like oleocanthal.  

 EVOO triggers a "garbage disposal" system in brain cells that breaks down and removes toxic proteins like amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles.

 Compounds in EVOO, specifically oleocanthal, increase the expression of transport proteins that move amyloid-beta across the blood-brain barrier and out of the brain.
 

EVOO appears to shift how the body processes precursor proteins, favoring pathways that do not produce toxic amyloid-beta.

Studies in mice show that a diet rich in EVOO preserves the integrity of synapses, helping to maintain memory and learning abilities even as the disease attempts to progress. 

The benefits of olive oil are specific to the "extra virgin" variety because refined oils lose these crucial phenolic compounds during processing. 

Broke..

Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden, has reportedly returned to Malibu after his lawyer told a court that he’s “living abroad” and unable to pay his debts.

In a 14-page legal filing, Hunter’s attorney, Barry Coburn, submitted April 6 in a civil case over unpaid legal fees, Coburn stated, “Mr. Biden lives abroad… He cannot pay his current lawyers.”

However, earlier this month, The New York Post reported that Hunter was allegedly hiding from his creditors in California, avoiding paying over $20 million he owes various people while holed up in a luxury 8,000-acre estate in Santa Ynez.

A source close to the Biden family claimed, “He’s been telling everyone that he is living in South Africa because he has no money, but it’s a ruse to show that he is broke and can’t pay his bills.”

Hunter owes up to $17 million to a high-powered legal team in Washington, D.C., $5 million to his former friend Kevin Morris, and $1 million to his former art dealer.

Water..

 

Bill..

 

The House unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will soon end the 76-day shutdown that has left many critical agencies struggling to maintain operations and pay employees.

The chamber approved the bill by voice vote Thursday afternoon with little fanfare, a sign that lawmakers were finally ready to put the impasse behind them. The House's action send the legislation to President Trump's desk, and the shutdown will end once he signs the bill into law.

The department has been shut down since Feb. 14, making it the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. Democrats have objected to funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the two agencies under DHS that have led the charge on enforcing Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown.

Noem..

The stark reality hit New York City like a cold winter morning when about 20 people were arrested in the predawn operations. Federal agents spread across Manhattan in what officials described as one of the largest immigration enforcement actions in recent years. The majority of those taken into custody had criminal records, but eight did not have any prior criminal history.

This wasn’t just another routine operation. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem joined immigrant enforcement operations in New York that began Tuesday, bringing unprecedented political attention to the raids. The message was clear: sanctuary cities were no longer off-limits.

 Under New York’s sanctuary policies, city authorities generally will only hold suspects for ICE who have been convicted of violent crimes. These protections, built over decades, suddenly found themselves in the crosshairs of federal enforcement. The Trump administration’s approach represented a fundamental shift from previous policies that respected local jurisdictions’ autonomy.

Nominee..

Three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted with Republicans to advance a judicial nominee who refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, and at least one judicial advocacy group is furious about it.

Like all of Trump’s nominees to lifetime federal judgeships, Clarke refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election in her submitted responses to questions from members of the judicial panel. She also refused to denounce the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying it would be "inappropriate" to characterize the events of that day because it is “a significant matter of political debate and also involves cases that are currently being litigated.”

Fraud..

 

The Department of Justice's 2025 healthcare fraud takedown charged 324 defendants with $14.6 billion in losses — more than double the $6 billion record set one year earlier.

For Medicare beneficiaries, it is increasingly a line item: a copay for a service the patient never received, a denied PET scan because records show one was already performed, or a debt-collection call for equipment that was never authorized.

The DOJ charged 324 defendants in a 2025 healthcare fraud takedown involving $14.6 billion in losses — more than double the prior year’s record — including 96 doctors and medical professionals whose licenses enabled schemes ranging from stolen Medicare identities to AI-generated fake patient consent.  

Healthcare fraud-detection companies like UnitedHealth (UNH), Performant Healthcare (PFHC), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK) are positioned to benefit from the fraud-detection market’s projected 21.6% annual growth through 2032 as schemes accelerate using cryptocurrency, AI, and provider roll-ups.

Resigns .

 

Utah Supreme Court justice Diana Hagen resigns before shock probe into ‘inappropriate texts’ with redistricting attorney

The shock move comes after Hagen’s ex-husband Tobin Hagen claimed he found “inappropriate text messages” between the her and attorney David Reymann.

He said these messages began as “silly” but changed and became “more suggestive,” per KSL, which has viewed the complaint.

Reymann argued high-profile cases before the court and worked on challenging the state’s redistricting map that led to the new congressional map.

Oil..