The Daily Populous

These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security.

Although most Cabinet-level officials live in private houses, there is precedent for senior national-security officials, including the defense secretary, to rent homes on bases for security or convenience.

Base living—in the unofficial Trump Green Zone—has also become something of a double-edged status symbol among Trump officials. »

Vice President JD Vance has declared that only a “really terrible person” would mistreat a dog, apparently forgetting that his cabinet colleague Kristi Noem bragged about executing a puppy in her memoir just last year.

open image in gallery Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has never been able to live down her puppy-killing scandal ( AP ).

The scandal may also have cost Noem her shot at being Trump’s running mate, ultimately to Vance’s advantage. »

Trump said that he would go to China in April and Xi would come to the U.S. “some time after that.”

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met face-to-face on Thursday in South Korea.

Despite Trump’s optimism after a 100-minute meeting with Xi in South Korea, there continues to be the potential for major tensions between the world’s two largest economies. »

Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive candidate for Congress, has been indicted on federal charges related to her participation in protests outside an ICE processing facility near Chicago in September.

This case is yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.

Abughazaleh added: “As I and others exercised our first amendment rights, ICE has hit, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, and teargassed hundreds of protesters, myself included. »