WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/">story posted online</a>&nbsp;Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”

Trump initially told reporters he was not aware that the highly sensitive information had been shared, 2 1/2 hours after it was reported. He later appeared to joke about the breach.

The material in the text chain “contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Iran-backed&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-yemen-houthis-rebels-attack-airstrike-11b0e080b3982542dd621338a7b18afd">Houthi-rebels in Yemen,</a>&nbsp;including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing,” editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported.

It was not immediately clear if the specifics of the military operation were classified, but they often are and at the least are kept secure to protect service members and operational security. The U.S. has conducted airstrikes against the Houthis since the militant group began targeting commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea in November 2023.

Just two hours after Goldberg received the details of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-war-911e99729c71e3c59420f8b511afa2e9">attack on March 15</a>, the U.S. began launching a series of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

The National Security Council is looking into the matter

The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat. In addition to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, it included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence.

Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.

Hegseth in his first comments on the matter attacked Goldberg as “deceitful” and a “discredited so-called journalist” while alluding to previous critical reporting of Trump from the publication. He did not shed light on why Signal was being used to discuss the sensitive operation or how Goldberg ended up on the message chain.

“Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that,” Hegseth said in an exchange with reporters after landing in Hawaii on Monday as he began his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as defense secretary.

In a statement late Monday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the president still has the “utmost confidence” in Waltz and the national security team.

Earlier Monday, Trump told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.” He added that The Atlantic was “not much of a magazine.”

By early evening, the president jokingly brushed it aside. He amplified a social media posting from Elon Musk spotlighting a conservative satirical news site article with the cutting headline: “4D Chess: Genius Trump Leaks War Plans to ‘The Atlantic’ Where No One Will Ever See Them."

Government officials have used Signal for organizational correspondence, but it is not classified and can be hacked. Privacy and tech experts say the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging and voice call app is more secure than conventional texting.

The sharing of sensitive information comes as Hegseth's office has just announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/leaks-pentagon-polygraph-trump-investigation-685b08e14d813050a722cec89eb5c323">crackdown on leaks</a>&nbsp;of sensitive information, including the potential use of polygraphs on defense personnel to determine how reporters have received information.

Sean Parnell, a spokesman for Hegseth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the defense secretary posted war operational plans on an unclassified app.

The administration's handling of the highly sensitive information was swiftly condemned by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called for a full investigation.

“This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a floor speech Monday afternoon.

“If true, this story represents one of the most egregious failures of operational security and common sense I have ever seen,” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a statement.

He said American lives are “on the line. The carelessness shown by Trump’s Cabinet is stunning and dangerous. I will be seeking answers from the Administration immediately.”

Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that he was “horrified” by the reports.

Himes said if a lower-ranking official “did what is described here, they would likely lose their clearance and be subject to criminal investigation. The American people deserve answers,” which he said he planned to get at Wednesday’s previously scheduled committee hearing.

Some Republicans also expressed concerns.

Sen. Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters Monday, “We’re very concerned about it and we’ll be looking into it on a bipartisan basis.”

Reed said he would be speaking with Wicker about what the committee will do to “follow up” on the Signal leak.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he wants to learn more about what happened.

“Obviously, we got to to run it to the ground, figure out what went on there,” said Thune, a South Dakota Republican.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson offered a notably forgiving posture.

“I think it would be a terrible mistake for there to be adverse consequences on any of the people that were involved in that call," Johnson said. "They were trying to do a good job, the mission was accomplished with precision."

There are strict laws around handling defense information

The handling of national defense information is strictly governed by law under the century-old Espionage Act, including provisions that make it a crime to remove such information from its “proper place of custody” even through an act of gross negligence.

The Justice Department in 2015 and 2016 investigated whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke the law by communicating about classified information with her aides on a private email server she set up, though the FBI ultimately recommended against charges and none were brought.

In the Biden administration, some officials were given permission to download Signal on their White House-issued phones, but were instructed to use the app sparingly, according to a former national security official who served in the Democratic administration.

The official, who requested anonymity to speak about methods used to share sensitive information, said Signal was most commonly used to communicate what they internally referred to as “tippers” to notify someone when they were away from the office or traveling overseas that they should check their “high side” inbox for a classified message.

The app was sometimes also used by officials during the Biden administration to communicate about scheduling of sensitive meetings or classified phone calls when they were outside the office, the official said.

The use of Signal became more prevalent during the last year of the Biden administration after federal law enforcement officials warned that China and Iran were hacking the White House as well as officials in the first Trump administration, according to the official.

The official was unaware of top Biden administration officials — such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and national security adviser Jake Sullivan — using Signal to discuss sensitive plans as the Trump administration officials did.

Some of the toughest criticism targeted Hegseth, a former Fox News Channel weekend host. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said on social media that Hegseth, “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat.”

Leak reveals internal debate on Houthi operation

Vance in the chain of the messages questioned whether Americans would understand the importance of strikes that came with the risk of “a moderate to severe spike in oil prices” and if the timing of the operation might be a “mistake.”

“I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself,” Vance argued. “But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

Vance also made the case that Europe would benefit much more than the U.S. by the action aimed at decimating the Houthis and securing Red Sea shipping lanes.

“If you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again,” Vance said in a back-and-forth with Hegseth.

“I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC,” Hegseth replied. He added, “I think we should go.”

The vice president’s communication’s director, William Martin, in a statement downplayed the debate. He said Vance “unequivocally supports this administration’s foreign policy.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/">story posted online</a>&nbsp;Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> Hegseth on <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffreyGoldberg</a>: &quot;You&#39;re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who&#39;s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again...This is a guy who peddles in garbage...Nobody was texting war plans and that&#39;s all I have to say.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/IEYyMPYQBz">pic.twitter.com/IEYyMPYQBz</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1904315678842097972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Trump initially told reporters he was not aware that the highly sensitive information had been shared, 2 1/2 hours after it was reported. He later appeared to joke about the breach.The material in the text chain “contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Iran-backed&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-yemen-houthis-rebels-attack-airstrike-11b0e080b3982542dd621338a7b18afd">Houthi-rebels in Yemen,</a>&nbsp;including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing,” editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported.It was not immediately clear if the specifics of the military operation were classified, but they often are and at the least are kept secure to protect service members and operational security. The U.S. has conducted airstrikes against the Houthis since the militant group began targeting commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea in November 2023.Just two hours after Goldberg received the details of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-war-911e99729c71e3c59420f8b511afa2e9">attack on March 15</a>, the U.S. began launching a series of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.<h2>The National Security Council is looking into the matter</h2>The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat. In addition to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, it included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence.Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.Hegseth in his first comments on the matter attacked Goldberg as “deceitful” and a “discredited so-called journalist” while alluding to previous critical reporting of Trump from the publication. He did not shed light on why Signal was being used to discuss the sensitive operation or how Goldberg ended up on the message chain.“Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that,” Hegseth said in an exchange with reporters after landing in Hawaii on Monday as he began his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as defense secretary.In a statement late Monday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the president still has the “utmost confidence” in Waltz and the national security team.Earlier Monday, Trump told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.” He added that The Atlantic was “not much of a magazine.”By early evening, the president jokingly brushed it aside. He amplified a social media posting from Elon Musk spotlighting a conservative satirical news site article with the cutting headline: “4D Chess: Genius Trump Leaks War Plans to ‘The Atlantic’ Where No One Will Ever See Them."Government officials have used Signal for organizational correspondence, but it is not classified and can be hacked. Privacy and tech experts say the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging and voice call app is more secure than conventional texting.<h2>Reaction poured in quickly</h2>The sharing of sensitive information comes as Hegseth's office has just announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/leaks-pentagon-polygraph-trump-investigation-685b08e14d813050a722cec89eb5c323">crackdown on leaks</a>&nbsp;of sensitive information, including the potential use of polygraphs on defense personnel to determine how reporters have received information.Sean Parnell, a spokesman for Hegseth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the defense secretary posted war operational plans on an unclassified app.The administration's handling of the highly sensitive information was swiftly condemned by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called for a full investigation.“This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a floor speech Monday afternoon.“If true, this story represents one of the most egregious failures of operational security and common sense I have ever seen,” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a statement.He said American lives are “on the line. The carelessness shown by Trump’s Cabinet is stunning and dangerous. I will be seeking answers from the Administration immediately.”Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that he was “horrified” by the reports.Himes said if a lower-ranking official “did what is described here, they would likely lose their clearance and be subject to criminal investigation. The American people deserve answers,” which he said he planned to get at Wednesday’s previously scheduled committee hearing.Some Republicans also expressed concerns.Sen. Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters Monday, “We’re very concerned about it and we’ll be looking into it on a bipartisan basis.”Reed said he would be speaking with Wicker about what the committee will do to “follow up” on the Signal leak.Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he wants to learn more about what happened.“Obviously, we got to to run it to the ground, figure out what went on there,” said Thune, a South Dakota Republican.Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson offered a notably forgiving posture.“I think it would be a terrible mistake for there to be adverse consequences on any of the people that were involved in that call," Johnson said. "They were trying to do a good job, the mission was accomplished with precision."<h2>There are strict laws around handling defense information</h2>The handling of national defense information is strictly governed by law under the century-old Espionage Act, including provisions that make it a crime to remove such information from its “proper place of custody” even through an act of gross negligence.The Justice Department in 2015 and 2016 investigated whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke the law by communicating about classified information with her aides on a private email server she set up, though the FBI ultimately recommended against charges and none were brought.In the Biden administration, some officials were given permission to download Signal on their White House-issued phones, but were instructed to use the app sparingly, according to a former national security official who served in the Democratic administration.The official, who requested anonymity to speak about methods used to share sensitive information, said Signal was most commonly used to communicate what they internally referred to as “tippers” to notify someone when they were away from the office or traveling overseas that they should check their “high side” inbox for a classified message.The app was sometimes also used by officials during the Biden administration to communicate about scheduling of sensitive meetings or classified phone calls when they were outside the office, the official said.The use of Signal became more prevalent during the last year of the Biden administration after federal law enforcement officials warned that China and Iran were hacking the White House as well as officials in the first Trump administration, according to the official.The official was unaware of top Biden administration officials — such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and national security adviser Jake Sullivan — using Signal to discuss sensitive plans as the Trump administration officials did.Some of the toughest criticism targeted Hegseth, a former Fox News Channel weekend host. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said on social media that Hegseth, “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat.”<h2>Leak reveals internal debate on Houthi operation</h2>Vance in the chain of the messages questioned whether Americans would understand the importance of strikes that came with the risk of “a moderate to severe spike in oil prices” and if the timing of the operation might be a “mistake.”“I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself,” Vance argued. “But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”Vance also made the case that Europe would benefit much more than the U.S. by the action aimed at decimating the Houthis and securing Red Sea shipping lanes.“If you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again,” Vance said in a back-and-forth with Hegseth.“I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC,” Hegseth replied. He added, “I think we should go.”The vice president’s communication’s director, William Martin, in a statement downplayed the debate. He said Vance “unequivocally supports this administration’s foreign policy.”

🎥Defense Secretary denies anyone was texting war plans 

BY&nbsp;&nbsp;MICHAEL KUNZELMAN&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/lindsay-whitehurst">LINDSAY WHITEHURST</a>

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af">deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador</a>&nbsp;under an 18th century wartime law — a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts.

The declaration comes as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-judge-boasberg-venezuela-supreme-court-ccc7e61ccf8e8062d7075b617c87cdb5">Chief Judge James Boasberg</a>&nbsp;weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of people alleged to be gang members without due process.

He has asked for details about when the planes landed and who was on board, information that the Trump administration asserts would harm “diplomatic and national security concerns.”

Government attorneys also asked an appeals court on Monday to lift Boasberg’s order and allow deportations to continue, a push that appeared to divide the judges.

Circuit Court Judge Patricia Millett said Nazis detained in the U.S. during World World II received better legal treatment than Venezuelan immigrants who were were deported to El Salvador this month under the same statute.

“We certainly dispute the Nazi analogy,” Justice Department attorney Drew Ensign responded during a hearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Millett is one of three appellate judges who will decide whether to lift a March 15 order temporarily prohibiting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. They didn’t rule from the bench Monday.

A second judge appeared open to the administration’s argument that the migrants should be challenging their detention in Texas rather than the nation’s capital. The third judge on the panel didn’t ask any questions.

The administration has transferred hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, invoking the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II.

Also on Monday, attorneys representing the Venezuelan government&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-deportees-us-venezuela-beb288b05df201e5fc42c3811fcf6c57">filed a legal action in El Salvador</a>&nbsp;to free 238 Venezuelans who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison after the U.S. deported them.

President Donald Trump’s administration appealed after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-judge-boasberg-venezuela-supreme-court-ccc7e61ccf8e8062d7075b617c87cdb5">Chief Judge James Boasberg</a>&nbsp;blocked those deportations and ordered planeloads of Venezuelan immigrants to return to the U.S. That did not happen.

The Alien Enemies Act allows noncitizens to be deported without the opportunity to go before an immigration or federal court judge. Trump issued a proclamation calling the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela-us-a12c8fee9dc4a0ca73769ea893e09e53">Tren de Aragua gang</a>&nbsp;an invading force.

Ensign argued that Boasberg’s ruling was an “unprecedented and enormous intrusion upon the powers of the executive branch.”

“The president has to comply with the Constitution and the laws like anyone else,” said MiIlett, who was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2013.

Judge Justin Walker, whom Trump nominated in 2020, seemed to be more receptive to the administration’s arguments based on his line of questioning. Walker pointed to the government’s arguments that the plaintiffs should have filed their lawsuit in Texas, where the immigrants were detained.

“You could have filed the exact same complaint you filed here in Texas district court,” Walker told American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt.

“We have no idea if everyone is in Texas,” Gelernt said.

Walker also pressed the plaintiffs’ lawyer to cite any prior case in which a judicial order blocking “a national security operation with foreign implications” survived appellate review.

Gelernt accused the administration of trying to use the law to “short circuit” immigration proceedings. Plaintiffs’ attorneys had no way to individually challenge all the deportations before planeloads of Venezuelans took off on March 15, he added.

“This has all been done in secret,” Gelernt said.

Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, who was nominated by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990, was the third judge on the panel. She didn’t ask any questions during a hearing that lasted roughly two hours.

Boasberg, an Obama nominee, ruled that immigrants facing deportation must get an opportunity to challenge their designations as alleged gang members. He said there is “a strong public interest in preventing the mistaken deportation of people based on categories they have no right to challenge.”

“The public also has a significant stake in the Government’s compliance with the law,”&nbsp;<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf" target="_blank">the judge wrote</a>.

Trump and his allies have called for impeaching Boasberg. In&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-judges-impeachment-29da1153a9f82106748098a6606fec39">a rare statement</a>, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”

Just after midnight Monday, Trump posted a social media message questioning Boasberg’s impartiality and calling for him to be disbarred.

During&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportations-boasberg-venezuelans-8c1287a1fec1c026efb2bde51ffdda9a">a hearing Friday</a>, Boasberg vowed to determine whether the government defied his oral order from the bench to turn planes around. The Justice Department has said that the judge’s oral directions did not count, that only his written order needed to be followed and that it couldn’t apply to flights that had already left the U.S.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/3/1742866027364.png" alt="Image from video provided by El Salvador President&nbsp;Nayib Bukele and U.S. Senator from Missouri Eric Schmitt" />
 <figcaption>Image from video provided by El Salvador President&nbsp;Nayib Bukele and U.S. Senator from Missouri Eric Schmitt</figcaption>
 </figure>BY&nbsp;&nbsp;MICHAEL KUNZELMAN&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/lindsay-whitehurst">LINDSAY WHITEHURST</a>WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af">deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador</a>&nbsp;under an 18th century wartime law — a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts.The declaration comes as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-judge-boasberg-venezuela-supreme-court-ccc7e61ccf8e8062d7075b617c87cdb5">Chief Judge James Boasberg</a>&nbsp;weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of people alleged to be gang members without due process.He has asked for details about when the planes landed and who was on board, information that the Trump administration asserts would harm “diplomatic and national security concerns.”Government attorneys also asked an appeals court on Monday to lift Boasberg’s order and allow deportations to continue, a push that appeared to divide the judges.Circuit Court Judge Patricia Millett said Nazis detained in the U.S. during World World II received better legal treatment than Venezuelan immigrants who were were deported to El Salvador this month under the same statute.“We certainly dispute the Nazi analogy,” Justice Department attorney Drew Ensign responded during a hearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">While you slept, your government sent three planes full of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 thugs to the beautiful prisons of El Salvador. Thanks to the leadership of this administration—and our friend <a href="https://twitter.com/nayibbukele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nayibbukele</a>—America is safer today than it was yesterday. <a href="https://t.co/eO76KRqOuG">pic.twitter.com/eO76KRqOuG</a>&mdash; Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1901344554000793658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Millett is one of three appellate judges who will decide whether to lift a March 15 order temporarily prohibiting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. They didn’t rule from the bench Monday.A second judge appeared open to the administration’s argument that the migrants should be challenging their detention in Texas rather than the nation’s capital. The third judge on the panel didn’t ask any questions.The administration has transferred hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, invoking the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II.Also on Monday, attorneys representing the Venezuelan government&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-deportees-us-venezuela-beb288b05df201e5fc42c3811fcf6c57">filed a legal action in El Salvador</a>&nbsp;to free 238 Venezuelans who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison after the U.S. deported them.President Donald Trump’s administration appealed after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-judge-boasberg-venezuela-supreme-court-ccc7e61ccf8e8062d7075b617c87cdb5">Chief Judge James Boasberg</a>&nbsp;blocked those deportations and ordered planeloads of Venezuelan immigrants to return to the U.S. That did not happen.The Alien Enemies Act allows noncitizens to be deported without the opportunity to go before an immigration or federal court judge. Trump issued a proclamation calling the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela-us-a12c8fee9dc4a0ca73769ea893e09e53">Tren de Aragua gang</a>&nbsp;an invading force.Ensign argued that Boasberg’s ruling was an “unprecedented and enormous intrusion upon the powers of the executive branch.”“The president has to comply with the Constitution and the laws like anyone else,” said MiIlett, who was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2013.Judge Justin Walker, whom Trump nominated in 2020, seemed to be more receptive to the administration’s arguments based on his line of questioning. Walker pointed to the government’s arguments that the plaintiffs should have filed their lawsuit in Texas, where the immigrants were detained.“You could have filed the exact same complaint you filed here in Texas district court,” Walker told American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt.“We have no idea if everyone is in Texas,” Gelernt said.Walker also pressed the plaintiffs’ lawyer to cite any prior case in which a judicial order blocking “a national security operation with foreign implications” survived appellate review.Gelernt accused the administration of trying to use the law to “short circuit” immigration proceedings. Plaintiffs’ attorneys had no way to individually challenge all the deportations before planeloads of Venezuelans took off on March 15, he added.“This has all been done in secret,” Gelernt said.Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, who was nominated by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990, was the third judge on the panel. She didn’t ask any questions during a hearing that lasted roughly two hours.Boasberg, an Obama nominee, ruled that immigrants facing deportation must get an opportunity to challenge their designations as alleged gang members. He said there is “a strong public interest in preventing the mistaken deportation of people based on categories they have no right to challenge.”“The public also has a significant stake in the Government’s compliance with the law,”&nbsp;<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf" target="_blank">the judge wrote</a>.Trump and his allies have called for impeaching Boasberg. In&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-judges-impeachment-29da1153a9f82106748098a6606fec39">a rare statement</a>, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”Just after midnight Monday, Trump posted a social media message questioning Boasberg’s impartiality and calling for him to be disbarred.During&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportations-boasberg-venezuelans-8c1287a1fec1c026efb2bde51ffdda9a">a hearing Friday</a>, Boasberg vowed to determine whether the government defied his oral order from the bench to turn planes around. The Justice Department has said that the judge’s oral directions did not count, that only his written order needed to be followed and that it couldn’t apply to flights that had already left the U.S.

Court battle escalates over Trump's deportation effort

By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post

The Hays USD 489 school board will consider several capital purchaes during its meeting at 6:30 tonight.

The board will consider a project to install softball bleachers and a press box at a cost of $178,160 from Heartland Seating.

It will consider the purchase of three sets of additional bleachers at the new Hays Middle School athletic field from Heartland Seating for $127,442.

It will consider the purchase of laptops for Hays High students from Dell Technologies for $605,935. This is part of the budgeted device replacement program for the district.

The board will consider the purchase of weights and equipment from BSN Sports for $54,492 for the new Hays High School.

The board is also set to consider moving the election of officers to January instead of July.

The baord will discuss hiring a seperate project manager just for the school board to oversee the bond projects.

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 </figure>By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays PostThe Hays USD 489 school board will consider several capital purchaes during its meeting at 6:30 tonight.The board will consider a project to install softball bleachers and a press box at a cost of $178,160 from Heartland Seating.It will consider the purchase of three sets of additional bleachers at the new Hays Middle School athletic field from Heartland Seating for $127,442. It will consider the purchase of laptops for Hays High students from Dell Technologies for $605,935. This is part of the budgeted device replacement program for the district.The board will consider the purchase of weights and equipment from BSN Sports for $54,492 for the new Hays High School.The board is also set to consider moving the election of officers to January instead of July.The baord will discuss hiring a seperate project manager just for the school board to oversee the bond projects.

Hays USD 489 to consider capital purchases at meeting tonight

BY&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/tara-copp">TARA COPP</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/aamer-madhani">AAMER MADHANI</a>&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/eric-tucker">ERIC TUCKER</a>

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/" target="_blank">story posted online</a>&nbsp;Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”

Trump told reporters he was not aware that the sensitive information had been shared, 2 1/2 hours after it was reported.

In response to the report, Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said on social media that Pete Hegseth, “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat.”Duckworth said, “Hegseth and Trump are making our country less safe.”

The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat, which included Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.

Trump told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.” He added that The Atlantic was “not much of a magazine.”

The sharing of sensitive information comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office has just announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/leaks-pentagon-polygraph-trump-investigation-685b08e14d813050a722cec89eb5c323">crackdown on leaks</a>&nbsp;of sensitive information, including the potential use of polygraphs on defense personnel to determine how reporters have received information.

The breach in protocol was swiftly condemned by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called for a full investigation.

<figure>
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 </figure>BY&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/tara-copp">TARA COPP</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/aamer-madhani">AAMER MADHANI</a>&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/eric-tucker">ERIC TUCKER</a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/" target="_blank">story posted online</a>&nbsp;Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”Trump told reporters he was not aware that the sensitive information had been shared, 2 1/2 hours after it was reported.The material in the text chain “contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Iran-backed&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-yemen-houthis-rebels-attack-airstrike-11b0e080b3982542dd621338a7b18afd">Houthi-rebels in Yemen,</a>&nbsp;including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing,” editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported.It was not immediately clear if the specifics of the military operation were classified, but they often are and at the least are kept secure to protect service members and operational security. The U.S. has conducted airstrikes against the Houthis since the militant group began targeting commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea in November 2023.Just two hours after Goldberg received the details of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-war-911e99729c71e3c59420f8b511afa2e9">attack on March 15</a>, the U.S. began launching a series of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat... Hegseth and Trump are making our country less safe.<a href="https://t.co/aamNQGjZeo">https://t.co/aamNQGjZeo</a>&mdash; Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenDuckworth/status/1904232684425261286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response to the report, Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said on social media that Pete Hegseth, “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat.”Duckworth said, “Hegseth and Trump are making our country less safe.”<h2>The National Security Council is looking into the matter</h2>The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat, which included Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a>: This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time...It&#39;s bad enough that a private citizen was added to this chain...it&#39;s far worse that sensitive military information was exchanged on an unauthorized app. <a href="https://t.co/bafUvKFZdy">pic.twitter.com/bafUvKFZdy</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1904261892329079255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In a statement late Monday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the president still has the “utmost confidence” in Waltz and the national security team.Trump told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.” He added that The Atlantic was “not much of a magazine.”Government officials have used Signal for organizational correspondence, but it is not classified and can be hacked. Privacy and tech experts say the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging and voice call app is more secure than conventional texting.The sharing of sensitive information comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office has just announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/leaks-pentagon-polygraph-trump-investigation-685b08e14d813050a722cec89eb5c323">crackdown on leaks</a>&nbsp;of sensitive information, including the potential use of polygraphs on defense personnel to determine how reporters have received information.Sean Parnell, a spokesman for Hegseth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the defense secretary posted war operational plans on an unclassified app.The breach in protocol was swiftly condemned by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called for a full investigation.“This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a floor speech Monday afternoon.“If true, this story represents one of the most egregious failures of operational security and common sense I have ever seen,” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a statement.He said American lives are “on the line. The carelessness shown by Trump’s Cabinet is stunning and dangerous. I will be seeking answers from the Administration immediately.”Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that he was “horrified” by the reports.Himes said if a lower-ranking official “did what is described here, they would likely lose their clearance and be subject to criminal investigation. The American people deserve answers,” which he said he planned to get at Wednesday’s previously scheduled committee hearing.Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he wants to learn more about what happened.“Obviously, we got to to run it to the ground, figure out what went on there,” said Thune, a South Dakota Republican.<h2>There are strict laws around handling defense information</h2>The handling of national defense information is strictly governed by law under the century-old Espionage Act, including provisions that make it a crime to remove such information from its “proper place of custody” even through an act of gross negligence.The Justice Department in 2015 and 2016 investigated whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke the law by communicating about classified information with her aides on a private email server she set up, though the FBI ultimately recommended against charges and none were brought.In the Biden administration, some officials were given permission to download Signal on their White House-issued phones, but were instructed to use the app sparingly, according to a former national security official who served in the Democratic administration.The official, who requested anonymity to speak about methods used to share sensitive information, said Signal was most commonly used to communicate what they internally referred to as “tippers” to notify someone when they were away from the office or traveling overseas that they should check their “high side” inbox for a classified message.The app was sometimes also used by officials during the Biden administration to communicate about scheduling of sensitive meetings or classified phone calls when they were outside the office, the official said.The use of Signal became more prevalent during the last year of the Biden administration after federal law enforcement officials warned that China and Iran were hacking the White House as well as officials in the first Trump administration, according to the official.The official was unaware of top Biden administration officials — such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and national security adviser Jake Sullivan — using Signal to discuss sensitive plans as the Trump administration officials did.Some of the toughest criticism targeted Hegseth, a former Fox News Channel weekend host. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said on social media that Hegseth, “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, is demonstrating his incompetence by literally leaking classified war plans in the group chat.”

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat that included a journalist

&nbsp;DECATUR COUNTY —Law enforcement across the state continue to find drivers traveling far above the posted speed limit.

On his department's social media page, Decatur County Sheriff David&nbsp;Wachendorfer wrote, " I figured my post a few days ago about the high-speed driver I stopped would be a one-off, because we don't see those high speeds out here that often."

"However, now I'm wondering if there is a "Hold My Beer" button on Facebook, because yesterday, I stopped two more drivers on our local two-lane highways for excessive(!) speed."

"It seems that the speeds on our highways are edging higher and higher on average. So, real talk here for a minute...This Sheriff's Office certainly writes fewer citations than the average <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kshighwayPatrol?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Kansas Highway Patrol</a> trooper, and we generally try to use education over enforcement if given a reasonable opportunity. However, sometimes, you just need to write a ticket, or as my good friend over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wabaunseesheriff?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office</a> says, some people just gotta be law enforced. "

"I don't want to change that policy, but I am certainly willing to reevaluate a lenient policy that is not getting results.There's been a lot of publicity on Facebook about Troopers over in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KHPTroopC?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C</a> and around the state stopping people for speeds in excess of 100 mph."

"That's bad enough but now consider this knowledge:  The majority of those stops are on the interstate, which as anyone who has attended a Kansas Driver's Education class knows is a four (or more)-lane controlled access highway designed for higher speeds.  The people your Sheriff's Office are stopping are doing these same speeds on TWO-LANE country highways, with gentle rolling hills, curves, draws, and cross traffic at least every mile.  Come over a hill or out of a draw at 102 mph to a tractor pulling onto the highway, and there is almost no way that outcome is going to be pretty."

"And to add to my indigestion, one of these citations I ended up handing out was to a local resident who drives these roads all the time.  Not who I expected to have to "law enforce" in this manner. So, one more time, spoken loudly for those in the back:  PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!!  YOU ARE NOT ON THE AUTOBAHN.  Driving 90's and 100's+ on our local highways will get you nothing but a ride in an ambulance or blue lights in your rearview mirror.  Oh, and our local judge won't be very happy to see you either.  He drives on these highways too."

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 </figure>&nbsp;DECATUR COUNTY —Law enforcement across the state continue to find drivers traveling far above the posted speed limit.On his department's social media page, Decatur County Sheriff David&nbsp;Wachendorfer wrote, " I figured my post a few days ago about the high-speed driver I stopped would be a one-off, because we don't see those high speeds out here that often."<figure>
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 </figure>"It seems that the speeds on our highways are edging higher and higher on average. So, real talk here for a minute...This Sheriff's Office certainly writes fewer citations than the average <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kshighwayPatrol?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Kansas Highway Patrol</a> trooper, and we generally try to use education over enforcement if given a reasonable opportunity. However, sometimes, you just need to write a ticket, or as my good friend over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wabaunseesheriff?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office</a> says, some people just gotta be law enforced. ""I don't want to change that policy, but I am certainly willing to reevaluate a lenient policy that is not getting results.There's been a lot of publicity on Facebook about Troopers over in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KHPTroopC?__cft__[0]=AZUxBwYqpafDwg054yBbBTqa5SzCKsNxA4g0pf-y1geQV1n8vTQRYPx5V8FlmavMvObty_9v7dbdLrXFL3mhbPwZ9D-D_1zRkR8a7lp3GU2ZXt5z6QIqFFtuUm1YzWywvQYfzBo3Qv64199dwRMUQb1Zg2bloFi8sN4Fh8rQYSycEg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R">Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C</a> and around the state stopping people for speeds in excess of 100 mph.""That's bad enough but now consider this knowledge: The majority of those stops are on the interstate, which as anyone who has attended a Kansas Driver's Education class knows is a four (or more)-lane controlled access highway designed for higher speeds. The people your Sheriff's Office are stopping are doing these same speeds on TWO-LANE country highways, with gentle rolling hills, curves, draws, and cross traffic at least every mile. Come over a hill or out of a draw at 102 mph to a tractor pulling onto the highway, and there is almost no way that outcome is going to be pretty.""And to add to my indigestion, one of these citations I ended up handing out was to a local resident who drives these roads all the time. Not who I expected to have to "law enforce" in this manner. So, one more time, spoken loudly for those in the back: PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!! YOU ARE NOT ON THE AUTOBAHN. Driving 90's and 100's+ on our local highways will get you nothing but a ride in an ambulance or blue lights in your rearview mirror. Oh, and our local judge won't be very happy to see you either. He drives on these highways too."

NW Kan. sheriff issues more excessive speeding tickets

WASHINGTON (AP) —Tiger Woods has confirmed his relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump,&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/TigerWoods/status/1903951000781701415">publishing two images to social media</a>&nbsp;in a post that said, “Love is in the air.”

Woods and Vanessa Trump, who was married to Donald Trump Jr., had been seen at Torrey Pines in San Diego along with her daughter, Kai, when Woods arrived for the final round to hand out the trophy to the winner of the Genesis Invitational. He is the tournament host.

Kai Trump goes to the Benjamin School with Woods' two children, Sam and Charlie. She and Charlie competed on an invitation at a high-profile junior golf tournament this week.

“Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together,” Woods said on X, where he has 6.4 million followers.

He added: “At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts.”

One photo shows Woods and Vanessa Trump posing together, another with them lying in a hammock with her arm draped across his chest as he gazes skyward.

Woods and Vanessa Trump had been featured in gossip outlets for the last several weeks. She was married to Donald Trump Jr. for 12 years. They had five children together.

Woods announced March 11 that he ruptured his left Achilles tendon, knocking him out of the Masters and likely for the rest of the year.

It was not clear what prompted Woods, who keeps his personal life fiercely private, to publish photos confirming the relationship.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-ab00c74ea79940e28e2a23f19adda3e2">It was reminiscent of 2013, when he and Lindsey Vonn both posted photos of them together to confirm they were dating</a>.

Woods said at the time he and Vonn “wanted to limit the 'stalkarazzi’ and all those sleazy websites that are out there following us,” saying it could lead to dangerous situations involving his children. He also said their photos would devalue anything the paparazzi had.

Woods has two children from his marriage to Elin Nordegren, who divorced him 2010 after he had been exposed for multiple extramarital affairs.

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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) —Tiger Woods has confirmed his relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump,&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/TigerWoods/status/1903951000781701415">publishing two images to social media</a>&nbsp;in a post that said, “Love is in the air.”<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together. At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts. <a href="https://t.co/ETONf1pUmI">pic.twitter.com/ETONf1pUmI</a>&mdash; Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/status/1903951000781701415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Woods and Vanessa Trump, who was married to Donald Trump Jr., had been seen at Torrey Pines in San Diego along with her daughter, Kai, when Woods arrived for the final round to hand out the trophy to the winner of the Genesis Invitational. He is the tournament host.Kai Trump goes to the Benjamin School with Woods' two children, Sam and Charlie. She and Charlie competed on an invitation at a high-profile junior golf tournament this week.“Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together,” Woods said on X, where he has 6.4 million followers.He added: “At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts.”One photo shows Woods and Vanessa Trump posing together, another with them lying in a hammock with her arm draped across his chest as he gazes skyward.Woods and Vanessa Trump had been featured in gossip outlets for the last several weeks. She was married to Donald Trump Jr. for 12 years. They had five children together.Woods announced March 11 that he ruptured his left Achilles tendon, knocking him out of the Masters and likely for the rest of the year.It was not clear what prompted Woods, who keeps his personal life fiercely private, to publish photos confirming the relationship.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-ab00c74ea79940e28e2a23f19adda3e2">It was reminiscent of 2013, when he and Lindsey Vonn both posted photos of them together to confirm they were dating</a>.Woods said at the time he and Vonn “wanted to limit the 'stalkarazzi’ and all those sleazy websites that are out there following us,” saying it could lead to dangerous situations involving his children. He also said their photos would devalue anything the paparazzi had.Woods has two children from his marriage to Elin Nordegren, who divorced him 2010 after he had been exposed for multiple extramarital affairs.

Tiger Woods asks for privacy for dating Vanessa Trump

By MONIQUE KOERNER Cottonwood Extension District

Sleep-related deaths are the leading cause of death for infants over 28 days and claim 3,500 lives each year in the United States. According to the most recent data provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas 2021 infant mortality rate was 5.3 per 1,000 live births. This means nearly 200 babies did not survive to celebrate their first birthday.

The good news is that overall, the infant rate has declined significantly from 2002 to 2021. Furthermore, the 2022 Kansas State Child Death Review Board reported that 58% of all Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths were found sleeping in an adult bed and 98% of the SIDS deaths had one or more factors contributing to an unsafe sleep environment.

“Too many babies are dying, which means too many families are grieving” says Christy Schunn,&nbsp;executive director of Kansas Infant Death and SIDS (KIDS) Network.

&nbsp;"While we have made progress over the last ten years, the KIDS Network remains committed to working with partners across Kansas to continue intervention efforts to decrease infant mortality and protect the lives of our state’s youngest and most vulnerable population."

Together with Cottonwood District and Infant Toddler Services- Kid Link, the KIDS Network will host a Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower, Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Nicholas Church, 2901 E. 13th St., Hays.

Community Baby Showers are an interactive and educational event for expectant parents or new parents (under six months) and their support people to learn the ABCs of Safe Sleep—all babies should sleep Alone, on their Backs, and in Clutter-free Crib. 

The pregnant women who attend the shower and receive the safe sleep training will receive a free portable crib and a wearable blanket, based on availability. Breastfeeding, tobacco awareness, and mental health resources will be available in addition to many other vendors who will have giveaways and door prizes. Refreshments will be served. 

Do you know someone who could benefit? Encourage them to attend the Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower in either Barton or Ellis County. Educational sessions begin every 15 minutes from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Pre- and post-surveys will be required to receive crib and wearable blanket.

To sign up for the Ellis County Community Baby Shower visit:<a href="https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUqqdieTFCaHqrY"> bit.ly/ellisco-communitybabyshower</a>

Barton County Health Department and Kansas Children’s Services League Healthy Families will be co-hosting the Barton County Community Baby Shower on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. This event is at an indoor location this year at the Great Bend Events Center, Great Bend.&nbsp;

Over 20 different organizations will be providing information for attendees. Door prize drawings will be held during the event. Safe sleep demonstrations will be presented throughout the event. Pregnant women or those with infants 6 months of age and under who complete the safe sleep pre- and post-test as well as the safe sleep demonstration will receive a portable crib and sleep sack until supplies run out. 

We will also be providing a car seat check lane in the parking lot. Certified Car Seat Technicians are available to teach attendees to properly install car seats. Technicians can also check already installed car seats to make sure they are installed properly. 

Tdap vaccine will be available to pregnant women or caregivers to protect newborns from pertussis. Nurses will be available to check immunization records for attendees and make recommendations if vaccines are due.

Come check out the local resources for new families at the Great Bend Events Center on Thursday, April 24, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

The KIDS Network is a nonprofit agency serving individuals who have been touched by the tragedy of infant death or SIDS in Kansas and those individuals or organizations who strive to reduce the risk of infant deaths by providing supportive services, community education, professional training and supporting associated research.

Monique Koerner is the Family and Community Wellness Agent with K-State Research and Extension – Cottonwood District. You may reach her at 785-628-9430 or MONIQUEK@KSU.EDU.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668522152076.jpeg" alt="Monique Koerner is the Family and Community Wellness Agent with K-State Research and Extension – Cottonwood District. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Monique Koerner is the Family and Community Wellness Agent with K-State Research and Extension – Cottonwood District. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>By MONIQUE KOERNER Cottonwood Extension DistrictSleep-related deaths are the leading cause of death for infants over 28 days and claim 3,500 lives each year in the United States. According to the most recent data provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas 2021 infant mortality rate was 5.3 per 1,000 live births. This means nearly 200 babies did not survive to celebrate their first birthday.The good news is that overall, the infant rate has declined significantly from 2002 to 2021. Furthermore, the 2022 Kansas State Child Death Review Board reported that 58% of all Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths were found sleeping in an adult bed and 98% of the SIDS deaths had one or more factors contributing to an unsafe sleep environment.“Too many babies are dying, which means too many families are grieving” says Christy Schunn,&nbsp;executive director of Kansas Infant Death and SIDS (KIDS) Network.&nbsp;"While we have made progress over the last ten years, the KIDS Network remains committed to working with partners across Kansas to continue intervention efforts to decrease infant mortality and protect the lives of our state’s youngest and most vulnerable population."Together with Cottonwood District and Infant Toddler Services- Kid Link, the KIDS Network will host a Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower, Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Nicholas Church, 2901 E. 13th St., Hays.Community Baby Showers are an interactive and educational event for expectant parents or new parents (under six months) and their support people to learn the ABCs of Safe Sleep—all babies should sleep Alone, on their Backs, and in Clutter-free Crib. The pregnant women who attend the shower and receive the safe sleep training will receive a free portable crib and a wearable blanket, based on availability. Breastfeeding, tobacco awareness, and mental health resources will be available in addition to many other vendors who will have giveaways and door prizes. Refreshments will be served. Do you know someone who could benefit? Encourage them to attend the Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower in either Barton or Ellis County. Educational sessions begin every 15 minutes from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Pre- and post-surveys will be required to receive crib and wearable blanket. To sign up for the Ellis County Community Baby Shower visit:<a href="https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUqqdieTFCaHqrY"> bit.ly/ellisco-communitybabyshower</a>Barton County Health Department and Kansas Children’s Services League Healthy Families will be co-hosting the Barton County Community Baby Shower on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. This event is at an indoor location this year at the Great Bend Events Center, Great Bend.&nbsp;Over 20 different organizations will be providing information for attendees. Door prize drawings will be held during the event. Safe sleep demonstrations will be presented throughout the event. Pregnant women or those with infants 6 months of age and under who complete the safe sleep pre- and post-test as well as the safe sleep demonstration will receive a portable crib and sleep sack until supplies run out. We will also be providing a car seat check lane in the parking lot. Certified Car Seat Technicians are available to teach attendees to properly install car seats. Technicians can also check already installed car seats to make sure they are installed properly. Tdap vaccine will be available to pregnant women or caregivers to protect newborns from pertussis. Nurses will be available to check immunization records for attendees and make recommendations if vaccines are due.Come check out the local resources for new families at the Great Bend Events Center on Thursday, April 24, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.The KIDS Network is a nonprofit agency serving individuals who have been touched by the tragedy of infant death or SIDS in Kansas and those individuals or organizations who strive to reduce the risk of infant deaths by providing supportive services, community education, professional training and supporting associated research.Monique Koerner is the Family and Community Wellness Agent with K-State Research and Extension – Cottonwood District. You may reach her at 785-628-9430 or MONIQUEK@KSU.EDU.

KOERNER: Safe Sleep community baby showers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/charles-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a>&nbsp;says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234">spending bill</a>&nbsp;that avoided a government shutdown.

“Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday. The New York senator said he knew voting for the bill backed by Republican&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">President Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;would spark “a lot of controversy.”

“I did it out of pure conviction as to what a leader should do and what the right thing for America and my party was,” he said. “People disagree.”

Democrats last week were confronted with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234">two painful options</a>: allowing passage of a bill they believe gave Trump vast discretion on spending decisions or letting funding lapse. After Schumer said he’d vote to advance the spending measure, 10 Democrats supported breaking the party’s filibuster and allowing the bill to pass.

Schumer’s move has sparked outrage from some Democrats and progressive activists who protested at his office and called on him to resign his position. They said they’d like to see him face a primary challenge — perhaps from New York Rep.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a>.

The uproar prompted Schumer last week&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-schumer-senate-democrat-book-tour-spending-vote-afbfed35d906f9ad6c8e6e9114f8a431">to postpone</a>&nbsp;his&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chuck-schumer-book-antisemitism-america-676fb58a6529429a88726a7233e85047">book tour</a>&nbsp;amid a series of planned progressive demonstrations.

Schumer isn’t up for reelection until 2028. He told NBC that the spending bill that funds the government through September was “certainly bad.”

But he argued that not voting to provide the funding would have been “15 or 20 times worse.” He called his action “a vote of principle,” arguing that “sometimes when you’re a leader, you have to do things to avoid a real danger that might come down the curve.”

In an interview that also aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Vermont Democratic Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-democrats-trump-c213d5ae42737c956d46f6f7f17e5abd">Bernie Sanders</a>&nbsp;criticized Schumer and other members of Democratic Senate leadership. But he abruptly ended the interview when asked about Ocasio-Cortez potentially being elected to the Senate.

“I don’t want to talk about&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-democrats-trump-cbc249cc4de978acb1333adae5735404">inside-the-beltway</a>&nbsp;stuff,” Sanders said.

Another outspoken progressive, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “There is no doubt that there is anger there, and people were very, very disappointed in the Senate.”

Khanna said the anger stemmed from Senate Democrats not seeking concessions for their support of the GOP-backed spending package — including possible limits on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0">government spending and job cutting efforts</a>&nbsp;being led on Trump’s behalf by billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>.

Asked if he’d support Ocasio-Cortez challenging Schumer during a 2028 Democratic Senate primary in New York, Khanna said the decision to run was up to the congresswoman.

“I haven’t talked to her directly,” Khanna said.

He added: “But here’s what I will say: The American people are fed up with the old guard. There needs to be a renewal.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668518697058.png" alt="Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer-courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer-courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/charles-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a>&nbsp;says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234">spending bill</a>&nbsp;that avoided a government shutdown.“Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday. The New York senator said he knew voting for the bill backed by Republican&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">President Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;would spark “a lot of controversy.”“I did it out of pure conviction as to what a leader should do and what the right thing for America and my party was,” he said. “People disagree.”Democrats last week were confronted with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234">two painful options</a>: allowing passage of a bill they believe gave Trump vast discretion on spending decisions or letting funding lapse. After Schumer said he’d vote to advance the spending measure, 10 Democrats supported breaking the party’s filibuster and allowing the bill to pass.Schumer’s move has sparked outrage from some Democrats and progressive activists who protested at his office and called on him to resign his position. They said they’d like to see him face a primary challenge — perhaps from New York Rep.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a>.The uproar prompted Schumer last week&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-schumer-senate-democrat-book-tour-spending-vote-afbfed35d906f9ad6c8e6e9114f8a431">to postpone</a>&nbsp;his&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chuck-schumer-book-antisemitism-america-676fb58a6529429a88726a7233e85047">book tour</a>&nbsp;amid a series of planned progressive demonstrations.Schumer isn’t up for reelection until 2028. He told NBC that the spending bill that funds the government through September was “certainly bad.”But he argued that not voting to provide the funding would have been “15 or 20 times worse.” He called his action “a vote of principle,” arguing that “sometimes when you’re a leader, you have to do things to avoid a real danger that might come down the curve.”In an interview that also aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Vermont Democratic Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-democrats-trump-c213d5ae42737c956d46f6f7f17e5abd">Bernie Sanders</a>&nbsp;criticized Schumer and other members of Democratic Senate leadership. But he abruptly ended the interview when asked about Ocasio-Cortez potentially being elected to the Senate.“I don’t want to talk about&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-democrats-trump-cbc249cc4de978acb1333adae5735404">inside-the-beltway</a>&nbsp;stuff,” Sanders said.Another outspoken progressive, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “There is no doubt that there is anger there, and people were very, very disappointed in the Senate.”Khanna said the anger stemmed from Senate Democrats not seeking concessions for their support of the GOP-backed spending package — including possible limits on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0">government spending and job cutting efforts</a>&nbsp;being led on Trump’s behalf by billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>.Asked if he’d support Ocasio-Cortez challenging Schumer during a 2028 Democratic Senate primary in New York, Khanna said the decision to run was up to the congresswoman.“I haven’t talked to her directly,” Khanna said.He added: “But here’s what I will say: The American people are fed up with the old guard. There needs to be a renewal.”

Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader

Sensitive personal information including Social Security numbers was unveiled in the newly unredacted&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-51224feebb8742a8a4e604da845c7fa8">John F. Kennedy assassination</a>&nbsp;documents&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-assassination-documents-release-trump-c56ed5075b38af809f36a6388797d4ca">released this week</a>, and that is not sitting well with the people affected.

<a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/available-online">Click here to read the files</a>&nbsp;from the National Archives

Joseph diGenova, a former campaign lawyer for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">President Donald Trump</a>, was among those whose personal information was disclosed. He said he is planning to sue the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for violating privacy laws and is concerned about identity theft.

“It should not have happened,” diGenova said in a phone interview Thursday. “I think it’s the result of incompetent people doing the reviewing. I don’t believe it had anything to do with rushing the process. The people who reviewed these documents did not do their job.”

His personal information was on documents relating to his work for a U.S. Senate select committee that investigated abuses of power by government officials in the 1970s, including the surveillance of U.S. citizens.

Officials at the White House said Thursday that a plan was in place to help those whose personal information was disclosed, including credit monitoring offered by the National Archives and a screening of the records that began Wednesday to identify all the Social Security numbers that were released. Officials also said new Social Security numbers will be issued to those affected.

The White House did not respond to questions about why the personal information was unredacted.

“President Trump delivered on his promise of maximum transparency by fully releasing the files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “At the request of the White House, the National Archives and the Social Security Administration immediately put together an action plan to proactively help individuals whose personal information was released in the files.”

The National Archives did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-files-trump-release-381cd547e10e4f41d27a8e020bb6a435">Trump ordered</a>&nbsp;the release of the remaining classified files relating to the 1963 assassination shortly after being sworn into office in January.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-release-trump-3e8f31e18468d96b53210572e0992c07">About 2,200 files</a>&nbsp;consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the National Archive’s website on Tuesday evening. Many of those pages revealed what had previously been redacted.

The vast majority of the National Archives’ more than 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts related to the assassination had previously been released.

The National Archives posted assessments of the newly released documents on its website, but noted that there wasn’t enough time as of Wednesday to review more than a small fraction of them. The documents released this week provided&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-released-trump-4e82e40715312f68b4f1f0d0592a8c42">more details of Cold War-era covert U.S. operations</a>&nbsp;in other nations, but they didn’t initially lend credence to conspiracy theories about who killed Kennedy.

One of the newly unredacted documents, for example, discloses the Social Security numbers of more than two dozen people seeking security clearances in the 1990s to review JFK-related documents for the Assassination Records Review Board.

The National Archives began screening the documents on Wednesday to identify all the Social Security numbers in the assassination records, the White House said.

The National Archives will share those numbers with the Social Security Administration, which will identify the people who are living and issue them new numbers, according to the White House. The National Archive also will offer creditor monitoring services for affected people until they receive their new Social Security numbers, officials said.

Kennedy was killed on a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-298388ef0d6e41d98a47c70c86c64788">visit to Dallas</a>, when his motorcade was finishing its parade route downtown and shots rang out from the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/travel-and-tourism-e9f33c5e647d45149c1738d64ea0e3c5">Texas School Book Depository</a>&nbsp;building. Police arrested&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/national-national-general-news-808c313725d849fd884794fe49b6fd39">24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald,</a>&nbsp;a former Marine who had positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor. Two days later, Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer broadcast live on television.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/11/1700660678254.png" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas. Riding with Kennedy are First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. (AP Photo/Jim Altgens, File)" />
 <figcaption>FILE - In this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas. Riding with Kennedy are First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. (AP Photo/Jim Altgens, File)</figcaption>
 </figure>BY&nbsp;DAVE COLLINSSensitive personal information including Social Security numbers was unveiled in the newly unredacted&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-51224feebb8742a8a4e604da845c7fa8">John F. Kennedy assassination</a>&nbsp;documents&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-assassination-documents-release-trump-c56ed5075b38af809f36a6388797d4ca">released this week</a>, and that is not sitting well with the people affected.<a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/available-online">Click here to read the files</a>&nbsp;from the National ArchivesJoseph diGenova, a former campaign lawyer for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">President Donald Trump</a>, was among those whose personal information was disclosed. He said he is planning to sue the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for violating privacy laws and is concerned about identity theft.“It should not have happened,” diGenova said in a phone interview Thursday. “I think it’s the result of incompetent people doing the reviewing. I don’t believe it had anything to do with rushing the process. The people who reviewed these documents did not do their job.”His personal information was on documents relating to his work for a U.S. Senate select committee that investigated abuses of power by government officials in the 1970s, including the surveillance of U.S. citizens.Officials at the White House said Thursday that a plan was in place to help those whose personal information was disclosed, including credit monitoring offered by the National Archives and a screening of the records that began Wednesday to identify all the Social Security numbers that were released. Officials also said new Social Security numbers will be issued to those affected.The White House did not respond to questions about why the personal information was unredacted.“President Trump delivered on his promise of maximum transparency by fully releasing the files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “At the request of the White House, the National Archives and the Social Security Administration immediately put together an action plan to proactively help individuals whose personal information was released in the files.”The National Archives did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-files-trump-release-381cd547e10e4f41d27a8e020bb6a435">Trump ordered</a>&nbsp;the release of the remaining classified files relating to the 1963 assassination shortly after being sworn into office in January.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-release-trump-3e8f31e18468d96b53210572e0992c07">About 2,200 files</a>&nbsp;consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the National Archive’s website on Tuesday evening. Many of those pages revealed what had previously been redacted.The vast majority of the National Archives’ more than 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts related to the assassination had previously been released.The National Archives posted assessments of the newly released documents on its website, but noted that there wasn’t enough time as of Wednesday to review more than a small fraction of them. The documents released this week provided&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-released-trump-4e82e40715312f68b4f1f0d0592a8c42">more details of Cold War-era covert U.S. operations</a>&nbsp;in other nations, but they didn’t initially lend credence to conspiracy theories about who killed Kennedy.One of the newly unredacted documents, for example, discloses the Social Security numbers of more than two dozen people seeking security clearances in the 1990s to review JFK-related documents for the Assassination Records Review Board.The National Archives began screening the documents on Wednesday to identify all the Social Security numbers in the assassination records, the White House said.The National Archives will share those numbers with the Social Security Administration, which will identify the people who are living and issue them new numbers, according to the White House. The National Archive also will offer creditor monitoring services for affected people until they receive their new Social Security numbers, officials said.Kennedy was killed on a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-298388ef0d6e41d98a47c70c86c64788">visit to Dallas</a>, when his motorcade was finishing its parade route downtown and shots rang out from the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/travel-and-tourism-e9f33c5e647d45149c1738d64ea0e3c5">Texas School Book Depository</a>&nbsp;building. Police arrested&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/national-national-general-news-808c313725d849fd884794fe49b6fd39">24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald,</a>&nbsp;a former Marine who had positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor. Two days later, Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer broadcast live on television.

People named in JFK assassination docs not happy their personal info released

Reporter Cristina Janney speaks with Doug Williams of Grow Hays about population growth and the local economy.

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🎙 Post Podcast: Doug Williams on Hays' population growth, local economy

NEW YORK (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tb-who-tuberculosis-covid-c0fd5cc6542e7f9135833366b71546d2">Tuberculosis continued to rise</a>&nbsp;again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tb-data/2024-provisional/index.html#cdc_report_pub_study_section_2-provisional-data">data</a>&nbsp;posted this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Both the number of cases and the rate of infections rose. Rates were up among all age groups, and 34 states reported an increase.

CDC officials say the rise is the mainly due to international travel and migration. The vast majority of U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries. Other illnesses that weaken the immune system and allow latent TB infections to emerge may also be at play.

Outbreaks in several states have contributed to recent TB trends, including a recent&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tuberculosis-tb-outbreak-kansas-largest-b6b58f4f5461abb430745e3a8e7dc758">one in the Kansas City, Kansas area</a>. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data. Alaska and Hawaii continue to have the highest case rates.

Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infectious person coughs or sneezes. If not treated properly, it can be fatal. In the late 1800s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe. But the development of antibiotics and public health efforts succeeded in treating infections and tracking down those they infected, leading to cases falling for decades.

The new CDC statistics are not a count of how many people were newly infected, but rather of how many people developed a cough or other symptoms and were diagnosed.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/2/1707492278650.png" alt=" A digitally colorized scan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Although tuberculosis cases have been rising, public health departments say they lack the resources to stop the disease from spreading (Courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)." />
 <figcaption> A digitally colorized scan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Although tuberculosis cases have been rising, public health departments say they lack the resources to stop the disease from spreading (Courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).</figcaption>
 </figure>NEW YORK (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tb-who-tuberculosis-covid-c0fd5cc6542e7f9135833366b71546d2">Tuberculosis continued to rise</a>&nbsp;again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tb-data/2024-provisional/index.html#cdc_report_pub_study_section_2-provisional-data">data</a>&nbsp;posted this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Both the number of cases and the rate of infections rose. Rates were up among all age groups, and 34 states reported an increase.CDC officials say the rise is the mainly due to international travel and migration. The vast majority of U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries. Other illnesses that weaken the immune system and allow latent TB infections to emerge may also be at play.Outbreaks in several states have contributed to recent TB trends, including a recent&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tuberculosis-tb-outbreak-kansas-largest-b6b58f4f5461abb430745e3a8e7dc758">one in the Kansas City, Kansas area</a>. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data. Alaska and Hawaii continue to have the highest case rates.Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infectious person coughs or sneezes. If not treated properly, it can be fatal. In the late 1800s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe. But the development of antibiotics and public health efforts succeeded in treating infections and tracking down those they infected, leading to cases falling for decades.The new CDC statistics are not a count of how many people were newly infected, but rather of how many people developed a cough or other symptoms and were diagnosed.___

Tuberculosis cases in Kan. and the US rose to highest levels in years

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Police investigators are aware of an emerging scam targeting individuals who have lost a pet and have posted about it on social media platforms, such as Facebook, often offering a reward for the safe return of their pets, according to a social media statement from Wichita Police.

 Scammers are taking advantage of the emotions of pet owners by falsely claiming to have found their lost pet and requesting money before they will return it.

To help protect yourself from this type of scam, police encourage you to follow these precautions:

1. Never send money before reclaiming your pet. Legitimate individuals will not demand a reward in advance.

2. Verify the person's claim. Ask for detailed information or photos of your pet to confirm they genuinely have it.

3. Reclaim your pet safely. We recommend reclaiming your pet at your local police substation, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

4. Contact your local police department. If you suspect or you have fallen victim to fraudulent activity or feel uncertain about any communication.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Police investigators are aware of an emerging scam targeting individuals who have lost a pet and have posted about it on social media platforms, such as Facebook, often offering a reward for the safe return of their pets, according to a social media statement from Wichita Police. Scammers are taking advantage of the emotions of pet owners by falsely claiming to have found their lost pet and requesting money before they will return it.To help protect yourself from this type of scam, police encourage you to follow these precautions:1. Never send money before reclaiming your pet. Legitimate individuals will not demand a reward in advance.2. Verify the person's claim. Ask for detailed information or photos of your pet to confirm they genuinely have it.3. Reclaim your pet safely. We recommend reclaiming your pet at your local police substation, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.4. Contact your local police department. If you suspect or you have fallen victim to fraudulent activity or feel uncertain about any communication.

Police: Scam targets owners who have lost a pet 

By TONY GUERRERO Hays Post

Take a stroll at the inaugural Jana Jordan Memorial run and walk, a fundraiser honoring a longtime supporter of the Fort Hays State University tourism program.

Hosted by FHSU’s Tourism and Hospitality Management program and the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau, the event honors Jana Jordan and funds the tourism scholarship established in her name.

Stacy Smith, director of the Tourism and Hospitality Management Program at FHSU, was mentored by Jana Jordan before Jordan’s passing in 2019.

"It's our way to give back, honor and support Jana, and then turn around and support Fort Hays students that are going to school to become tourism professionals," Smith said.

The event will begin at 8 a.m. April 12 at Lewis Field Stadium and feature a 5K run and a one-mile walk. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt and entry into prize drawings.

Registration ends April 9. You can sign up <a href="https://runsignup.com/Race/KS/Hays/TourismTrot?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1x9TL37qYWzBfvJ4tFsEpfrdCTPCh5Ala3T5mqfgfaNkOke5cowZk2I4A_aem_NPTp1NmXRBDLVsTjftKSMQ">here</a>.

Prize drawings will include Fly Hays tickets, concert passes, restaurant gift cards and gym memberships. Awards will also be given to winners in each age category.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/3/1742565670160.jpg" alt="Courtesy of Pixabay" />
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 </figure>By TONY GUERRERO Hays PostTake a stroll at the inaugural Jana Jordan Memorial run and walk, a fundraiser honoring a longtime supporter of the Fort Hays State University tourism program.Hosted by FHSU’s Tourism and Hospitality Management program and the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau, the event honors Jana Jordan and funds the tourism scholarship established in her name.Stacy Smith, director of the Tourism and Hospitality Management Program at FHSU, was mentored by Jana Jordan before Jordan’s passing in 2019."It's our way to give back, honor and support Jana, and then turn around and support Fort Hays students that are going to school to become tourism professionals," Smith said.The event will begin at 8 a.m. April 12 at Lewis Field Stadium and feature a 5K run and a one-mile walk. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt and entry into prize drawings.Registration ends April 9. You can sign up <a href="https://runsignup.com/Race/KS/Hays/TourismTrot?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1x9TL37qYWzBfvJ4tFsEpfrdCTPCh5Ala3T5mqfgfaNkOke5cowZk2I4A_aem_NPTp1NmXRBDLVsTjftKSMQ">here</a>.Prize drawings will include Fly Hays tickets, concert passes, restaurant gift cards and gym memberships. Awards will also be given to winners in each age category.Tourism-related facts will be displayed along the race route, showcasing the economic impact of tourism in Hays and across Kansas.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/3/1742565123614.jpeg" alt="Jana Lyn (Salmans) Jordan" />
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 </figure>"Jordan worked really hard to support students and the program. She went across the state talking about our program," Smith said. "She was a huge support, and she's been around the industry a long time."Born in 1955 in Dodge City, Jordan graduated from Hanston High School in 1973. She then attended Colby Community College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from FHSU in 1977.She started her tourism career as an international group tour guide for Hays Travel and later served 26 years as director of the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau before retiring in 2014.Smith said Jordan was a longtime advocate of tourism in Hays and throughout the state, playing a key role in boosting tourism and economic development during her time at the Convention and Visitors Bureau."You never forget those people that have given to you and mentored you. This is our way to give back to her," Smith said.Since the FHSU Tourism and Hospitality program began in 2008, Jordan was a strong supporter who helped establish scholarships and actively promoted the program, encouraging students to explore careers in the industry.Cally Anderson, president of FHSU’s Eta Sigma Delta, said her honor society is gaining valuable hands-on experience while organizing the event in tribute to Jordan."By hosting&nbsp;this 5k in her honor, we can bring more awareness to her legacy and raise funds for the FHSU scholarship that is established in her name," she said.If you cannot attend the race but would still like to contribute to the Jana Jordan Scholarship Fund, you can make a donation <a href="https://foundation.fhsu.edu/donate/?fund=4914&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1n_Ma5nRP6NltcH8n2qWSHFplEobLg5A_BGvnUMyYshHmTrkmjUuvV1Ok_aem_pXdnah6dhjLKaaYOqrHGsA">here</a>.You can email Anderson at cmanderson9@mail.fhsu.edu if you have questions."We have been working hard over the past couple of months to create this event, and I am excited to see it all come together. I hope lots of the community can join us," Anderson said.Following Jordan’s passing, her son helped create the Jana Jordan Tourism and Hospitality Scholarship to carry on her legacy.You can follow FHSU Tourism and Hospitality Management on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fhsuthm">Facebook</a>.<figure>
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