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Claims that U.S. President Donald Trump has been falling asleep during public events have reportedly caused concern among staff, according to a biographer, though the White House has firmly denied the allegations. The Claims Author Michael Wolff stated that Trump's apparent tendency to nod off has left aides unsure how to respond. "Everyone is in a low-level panic all the time about Trump falling asleep," Wolff claimed, adding that the President later "gets angry" and blames those around him. The comments follow two incidents last week where Trump appeared to fall asleep: first during a Cabinet meeting, and days later while hosting leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for a signing ceremony. The Denials White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected the characterization, asserting the President was "listening attentively and running the entire three-hour marathon Cabinet meeting." President...

A Pentagon inspector general report has concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated regulations and potentially endangered U.S. troops by sharing sensitive military details from a classified email in a private Signal group chat, according to sources familiar with the findings. A Pentagon watchdog investigation has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Department of Defense policies and could have jeopardized the safety of American service members by sharing sensitive military information in a private, encrypted Signal chat earlier this year. According to sources familiar with the unreleased report, the Defense Department's Inspector General determined that Hegseth used his personal device to transmit details about U.S. military operations in Yemen that were derived from a classified email marked "SECRET//NOFORN"—meaning the information was restricted to U.S. personnel only.  The report concluded that if the infor...