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- MS NOW Defends Bondi Portrait Report Amid Onslaught of Criticism From Trump DOJ
AP Photo/Alex Brandon MS NOW defended its report showing a portrait of former Attorney Pam Bondi that had been unceremoniously thrown in the trash at federal offices following her firing by President Donald Trump, after the Department of Justice trashed the story as “fake news.” A network spokesperson told Mediaite Friday that the network “stands by its reporting” on the portrait after MS NOW reporter Ken Dilanian exclusively obtained a photo showing Bondi’s portrait in a garbage can, reportedly taken from inside DOJ offices, just one day after her ouster. The image was published on the network’s website on Friday in an article by Dilanian, who later profiled the piece in an on-air segment that afternoon. “Current and former DOJ officials said it’s a reflection of how deeply unpopular Bondi was,” Dilanian wrote, who also tweeted out the image. https://t.co/JTDhqwkXXi pic.twitter.com/NmtVlxFRuT — Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW) April 3, 2026 Reacting to the report, the Justice Department’s Rapid Response communications team quickly posted a screengrab of Dilanian’s tweet, branding it “fake news,” alongside an image of a Bondi portrait hanging on a wall, which it dubbed “real news.” Fake News vs. Real News pic.twitter.com/rMBJ9cGf5T — DOJ Rapid Response (@DOJRR47) April 3, 2026 Notably, the portrait in Dilanian’s image appears to be different from the one in the DOJ’s rebuttal, which contains no mounting board. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon also piled on and called out Dilanian directly, calling the report “extremely tacky.” Fake news @KDilanianMSNOW — and extremely tacky of you. https://t.co/6xRxXK1L7U — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) April 3, 2026 Fake news https://t.co/YZEi75FNBt — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) April 3, 2026 In his piece, Dilanian had noted that several officials revealed private frustration over an early incident in Bondi’s tenure, when she entered a secure area within the Justice Department’s national security division and noticed that portraits of former President Joe Biden and former Attorney General Merrick Garland were still displayed following Trump’s inauguration. In response, Bondi demoted a widely respected career official over the oversight. In subsequent interviews, he added, Bondi said she personally removed the portraits, framing the episode as indicative of what she described as a broader cultural bias within the department.The post MS NOW Defends Bondi Portrait Report Amid Onslaught of Criticism From Trump DOJ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.52 mins ago - Pete Hegseth Wracked by ‘Paranoia’ About Being Fired, Trump Administration O...
AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is increasingly consumed by “paranoia” over the possibility he could be pushed out and replaced by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, according to a Friday report in the New York Post. The report, citing current and former administration officials, said Hegseth’s anxiety about Driscoll’s standing inside President Donald Trump’s orbit helped drive this week’s abrupt ouster of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, along with Gen. David Hodne and Maj. Gen. William Green. “This is all driven by the insecurity and paranoia that Pete has developed since Signalgate. Unfortunately, it is stoked by some of his closest aides who should be trying to calm the waters,” one official told the Post, referring to Hegseth’s March 2025 group chat scandal involving national security officials and an accidentally included reporter. According to a source close to the Trump administration, Hegseth has become fixated on Driscoll as a possible successor. “[Hegseth] has got a big conflict with Driscoll. And he’s been told by the White House he can’t fire Driscoll, at least for the moment,” the source told the Post’s Steven Nelson. “[Hegseth] is very concerned about being fired, and he knows that Driscoll is one of the top contenders, or a natural contender, to succeed him. So what Pete has been doing is taking anyone he perceives to be close with Driscoll and going after them,” the source continued. Driscoll, a close friend of Vice President JD Vance and fellow Yale Law School graduate, has reportedly irritated Hegseth for months — especially after his brief involvement in Ukraine war negotiations last fall. “Pete got very paranoid about Driscoll talking behind his back to others in the military,” another source told the Post. “It’s really gotten under Hegseth’s skin. He’s trying to make everyone around [Driscoll] suffer for no reason.” Sean Parnell, Hegseth’s top Pentagon spokesperson and a possible replacement for Driscoll if he were removed, denied any rift. “Secretary Hegseth maintains excellent working relationships with the secretaries of every military service branch, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll,” Parnell told the Post.The post Pete Hegseth Wracked by ‘Paranoia’ About Being Fired, Trump Administration Official Claims first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.55 mins ago - K-Love to Add a Cape Cod Signal
WFCC(FM)’s Longley-Rice depicted coverage area, from the RadioLand app. Click to enlarge. A longtime full-power home for classical music on Cape Cod will soon be K-Love’s first entry on the peninsula. The Christian radio network filed an application with the FCC to purchase 50 kw Class B 107.5 WFCC(FM), “Cape Classical 107.5,” licensed to Chatham. The deal is for $362,000, according to the FCC filing, and it is pending commission approval. WFCC is owned by Cape Cod Broadcasting Media, also known as Sandab Communications, which also owns 99.9 WQRC(FM), 103.9 WKPE(FM) and 104.7 WOCN(FM) on the Cape. Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Massachusetts governor and then-presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, threw on the switch for the signal for WFCC in March 1987, according to a Barnstable Patriot commentary by original owner Joseph Ryan. WFCC operated under First Class Communications — hence the calls — and the station has prominently featured classical music since. Sandab Communications purchased the signal from Charles River Broadcasting in 2007. It marks K-Love’s first signal on Cape Cod. The network also owns and is heard on Class A 91.1 WTKL(FM) in New Bedford, Mass., to the west. [Do you receive the Radio World SmartBrief newsletter each weekday morning? We invite you to sign up here.] The post K-Love to Add a Cape Cod Signal appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Fox News Analyst Dismayed By Hegseth Firing Army Chief: ‘A Generational’ Lea...
Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired four-star general, Jack Keane, joined Fox & Friends on Friday and expressed his dismay at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissing Gen. Randy George as the chief of staff of the Army. “General George is now out, was asked to retire yesterday. He’s a personal friend of yours. What do we lose when we lose General George?” asked Brian Kilmeade. “He’s a generational Chief of Staff, as far as I’m concerned. I haven’t seen anybody quite like him,” Keane replied, adding: He’s got the intelligence, he’s got the discipline, his warfighting experience is enormous, he has got the warrior ethos, and he’s transforming the Army and taking it into the new technology and warfare that is so changing. The truth is, he’s leading the other services in most of all of that. I don’t agree with his dismissal, for sure, because of what he’s doing to the Army and the change that’s impacting the department writ large. “That’s what I’ve heard, too. General, it was great to see you. Good luck at the Yankee game today, and keep it up with everything. Thanks so much for coming in,” replied Kilmeade. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) was also among the chorus on the right expressing frustration with Gen. George’s removal, telling Newsmax’s Ed Henry that he would be “very curious to know why” Hegseth fired him. “I’ve never heard him say anything contrary to what the president’s trying to achieve,” McCormick said, adding, “I thought he’s done a really good job getting the Army ready for war. So, I’d like to hear more because that’s concerning to me.” Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post Fox News Analyst Dismayed By Hegseth Firing Army Chief: ‘A Generational’ Leader first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon
AP Photo/Omar Havana According to a Friday report from HuffPost, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service at its in-house chapel, with no Catholic Mass scheduled for one of Christianity’s holiest days. The setup, which excludes a Catholic service for the first time, drew frustration from at least one Pentagon employee after an internal email made the arrangement explicit. “Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” read a Friday email sent by Air Force leadership, according to a copy shared with HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery. “I guess so the Catholics know their kind ain’t welcome,” one employee said anonymously to HuffPost in response to the message. “It’s so ridiculous.” A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed the chapel would host no separate Catholic service. “The Protestant service is the only service scheduled in the Pentagon chapel today,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The Pentagon Memorial Chapel serves as a worship and reflection space for employees of all faiths and regularly hosts religious services. The decision not to hold a Catholic observance on Good Friday stands out given the makeup of the U.S. military, where roughly a quarter of service members identify as Catholic. The episode also lands amid mounting scrutiny of Hegseth’s public embrace of far-right evangelical Christianity. In February, he invited Pastor Doug Wilson to lead prayer at the Pentagon. Wilson has advocated for a vision of Christian governance that would ban public Catholic rituals, including Masses, Marian processions, and Corpus Christi devotions. The Protestant-only Good Friday service also comes as Archbishop Timothy Broglio — the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services — just publicly criticized the administration’s posture surrounding the Iran war. Broglio told CBS in a snippet released on Friday that Hegseth’s invocation of Jesus Christ to justify the conflict is “problematic,” and advised Catholic service members to “do as little harm as you can, and to try and preserve innocent lives.” His full interview will air on Sunday.The post Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - House Democrat Accuses Trump of Being Ignorant or ‘Lying to the American Publi...During a Friday appearance on CNN, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) accused President Donald Trump of either being ignorant or “lying to the American public” on Iran’s anti-aircraft capabilities. His comments come as news broke on Friday that a U.S. F-15 jet was shot down over Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defense system. So far, one pilot has been rescued by American special operations forces, while the search for the second remains ongoing. “This happened a day after the president got on TV to the nation and said, among other bombastic claims, that they had completely eliminated Iranian anti-aircraft facilities,” Moulton said, referring to Trump’s Wednesday televised address. “24 hours later,” he continued, “they shoot down an advanced U.S. Fighter jet. This just shows how incredibly out of his league the president is. The commander in chief doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s lying to the American public, and he’s putting our troops at grave risk.” When CNN’s Brianna Keilar asked if Moulton expected to be briefed on the incident, he said: We expect to be briefed well after the fact, because that’s what this administration does. They tell Congress well after the fact what’s going on. They, you know, juice up the briefs so that they sound like pep talks rather than actually doing the proper oversight that’s required here, rather than having serious conversations about the way forward. And right now, this administration is totally lost because they don’t know what to do next. They don’t know how to get out of this mess. They do not know how to end this war. If there’s one thing that came out of the president’s speech the other night, besides the fact that he’s senile and falling asleep, is that there’s no plan. There’s no plan whatsoever; just a whole bunch of things about all the things they’re going to destroy and whatnot. Watch the clip above via CNN.The post House Democrat Accuses Trump of Being Ignorant or ‘Lying to the American Public’ About Iran’s Anti-Aircraft Capabilities first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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