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CNN  —  An arrest has been made in the investigation of the theft of a high-end Gucci bag belonging to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells CNN. One person is in custody and multiple additional arrests are expected in a theft ring recently targeting Washington, DC’s, Penn Quarter area, the source said. Authorities have not yet released specific details about the man’s identity, but the arrest came after the US Secret Service launched an investigation to find the perpetrator who stole her bag as she ate dinner with her family on Easter Sunday.…

Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with public pushback on many of his policies and extensive economic discontent, including broad fears of a recession, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.Yet he still beats the Democrats in Congress in terms of trust to handle the nation’s main problems.Thirty-nine percent of respondents in this ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll said they approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, down 6 percentage points from February, while 55% said they disapprove.The previous low in approval for a president at…

VANCOUVER (AP) — The driver of a car struck revelers at a street festival in Canada, killing and injuring an unknown number of people at the event celebrating Filipino culture, police said.The vehicle entered the street at 8:14 p.m. Saturday where people were attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.“A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” police said. The exact number of dead or injured was not immediately available.A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene and the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily.Giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible, according to experts. It would require a change to the Ukrainian constitution and a nationwide vote, and it could be considered treason. Lawmakers and the public are firmly opposed to the idea.“It doesn’t mean anything,” said…

David Sacks, the White House crypto czar and close friend of Elon Musk, said on the latest All-In podcast that Musk’s decision to spend less time at the White House DOGE office is indicative of his management style at his companies.On the Friday episode, Sacks said that Musk is simply running DOGE like he typically runs his other companies, recalling the Twitter acquisition. Sacks was invited to help Musk purchase the social media platform and was a trusted confidant during the transition.”I saw this before when I was part of the Twitter transition — is that for the first three…

From “The White Lotus” to “Breaking Bad,” a handful of actors, entertainers and other notable figures turned up for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an event that President Donald Trump and his administration opted to skip.The annual dinner, which raises funds to support the journalists who cover the president, was held at the Hilton in Washington, D.C. The event is famous for being an inside-the-Beltway opportunity to poke fun at U.S. presidents and unite celebrities, media executives and luminaries under one roof.Trump, who has not attended the dinner since 2015, indicated he would not attend the gala. He did not…

Washington CNN  —  Gas. Groceries. Eggs. Over the last week, President Donald Trump has lied about the price of all of them — using this repeated deception to try to minimize widespread concerns that his tariffs will fuel inflation. Here is a fact check. Trump claimed last Thursday that gas prices “hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states.” That wasn’t true. No state had an average gas price below $2.70 per gallon on Wednesday, according to data from AAA, which reported a national average of about $3.17 per gallon. And the lowest individual Wednesday price found by the firm…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had one before.That legacy is now throwing a wrench in the traditional sport of speculating about the next pope, since these far-flung cardinals don’t know one another well and haven’t coalesced into clear voting blocs going into the conclave, the centuries-old ritual to elect a new pope.As a result, all that is certain about the upcoming conclave is that there is no certainty. Cardinals pay…

Quantum computing companies are learning from missteps made during the artificial intelligence boom and are investing heavily in training programs to ensure the fledgling industry maintains its momentum.The goal is to avoid a talent shortage like the one AI companies are trying to navigate. While hiring for AI-related roles has surged in recent years, the pool of potential workers with the educational background and technical know-how to train large language models, write AI algorithms, and engineer new AI applications hasn’t kept up.Erik Garcell, director of quantum enterprise development at quantum computing software company Classiq Technologies, told Business Insider that quantum…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is displayed outside its headquarters in Washington, DC, US on Oct 8, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP)WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday projected that growth in Asia and the Pacific will slow to 3.9 percent this year amid escalating trade tensions, marking a 0.5 percentage point decline from its previous projection.”A leader in global trade, Asia accounted for nearly 60 percent of global growth in 2024. However, the region’s successful growth model, based on trade liberalization and integration into value chains, faces mounting challenges,” IMF officials said in a blog published on Thursday.”The…