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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth Shared War Plans With Wife, Brother, and Personal Lawyer

Aaron Parnas Apr 20

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• Pete Hegseth revealed specific details about upcoming airstrikes in Yemen during a private Signal chat with his wife, brother, and personal attorney on March 15. He shared the flight plans of F/A-18 Hornets that were set to strike Houthi targets. This is the second Signal chat he shared information in according to the New York Times.

• Trump said that businesspeople who oppose tariffs don't know how to run a business. He also claimed he's the best thing that ever happened to American capitalism.

• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is leaning into his role as one of Trump's toughest critics, showing he's ready for a fight, according to POLITICO.

• A senior State Department official shared that Kilmar Abrego Garcia informed Senator Van Hollen he’s no longer being held at CECOT. According to Abrego Garcia, he’s now in a private room with a bed and furniture, not a standard prison cell.

• Border Patrol arrested a U.S. citizen from Albuquerque while he was walking near their headquarters in Tucson. The agent reportedly lied, claiming the man was caught in Nogales—about an hour south—and had admitted to crossing the border illegally. He ended up being held for 10 days.

• A real estate lawyer from New Hampshire, Bachir Atallah, says he was detained at the U.S.-Canada border without explanation while returning from a short family trip. He and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were crossing back into Vermont on Sunday when U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped them. “I just drove to Canada for the weekend, and on the way back, I was treated like a criminal,” said Atallah, a U.S. citizen for 10 years. He claims an officer ordered him out of his car and even reached for his gun, prompting Atallah to comply immediately.

• Liberal leader Mark Carney rolled out his election platform, highlighting plans for major military spending to help Canada stand up to what he called Donald Trump’s aggressive, expansionist agenda. “We have to be ready for the threats coming from America,” Carney said at an event near Toronto. “They want our land, our water, our resources—they want our country.”

See you in the morning.

— Aaron