#Hegseth reportedly ordered Ukraine aid pause without Trump's knowledge

The order, issued about a week after U.S. President Donald #Trump began his second term, caused immediate concern in #Kyiv and among officials in Poland, who contacted Washington for answers.

Top national security officials at the White House, Pentagon, and State Department were unaware of the decision and could not respond to inquiries.

The flights resumed Feb. 5, after a three-day pause, following an alleged intervention from U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz,

https://kyivindependent.com/us-defense-secretary-reportedly-ordered-ukraine-aid-pause-without-white-house-knowledge/

#coup #DictatorTrump #RussianAsset #US

Hegseth reportedly ordered Ukraine aid pause without Trump's knowledge

The suspension reportedly affected 11 shipments of artillery shells and weapons from Dover Air Force Base and a U.S. base in the United Arab Emirates.

^{Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)}

FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration officials

#Dictatorship

The county circuit judge, Hannah #Dugan, was apprehended in the #courthouse where she works in #Milwaukee,# Wisconsin, at 8.30am local time on Friday on charges of obstruction, a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service confirmed to the Guardian.

Kash Patel, the #Trump-appointed FBI director, wrote on X: “We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be #arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject – an illegal alien – to evade arrest.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee-arrest

#AgentOrange #fascism #DictatorTrump #Trump

FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration officials

Hannah Dugan apprehended in courthouse where she works after agency says she helped man evade authorities

^{Marina Dunbar (The Guardian)}