Pentagon restores Jackie Robinson webpage after removing it

The Defense Department says it was a mistake to remove its webpage dedicated to Jackie Robinson yesterday (WED). Although the department is under a Trump Administration directive to delete DEI content…a Pentagon spokesman says it was beyond that guidance to remove the Jackie Robinson webpage, honoring the World War 2 veteran who broke baseball’s color barrier. The page has since been restored, including information about his legal encounters with segregation during Army service as a 2nd Lieutenant, an experience which influenced the Dodger’s legendary president Branch Rickey to select Robinson for his heroic journey to withstand racism in integrating the National pastime.

Judge to weigh whether administration violated deportation order

A federal judge will hold a hearing over the recent deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Last month, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg imposed a two-week ban on deportations of accused members of the Tren de Aragua gang. He issued the pause to consider a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of an 18th century law. Boasberg is now probing whether the administration violated that order by failing to return two deportation flights that were in the air at the time he issued the order.

GOP Dissenters Force House Vote Shutdown Until Monday

A House Republican Calls for Safeguards on Defense Calls

WASHINGTON – A House Republican calls for ‘safeguards’ to be used after a war plan text chat was leaked to the public. Details from correspondent Bernie Bennett.

VERBATIM: GOP Congressman Mike Lawler of New York called for “safeguards” to be implemented to ensure the leaking of war plans doesn’t happen again after a journalist was included in a Signal group chat discussing them.

Lawler said Monday in a post on the social platform X, “Classified information should not be transmitted on unsecured channels – and certainly not to those without security clearances, including reporters. Period.”

National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes confirmed the messages in the chat appear to be “authentic,” adding that the success of the attack on the Houthis shows there were no threats to U.S. troops or national security.

Bernie Bennett, Washington.

New abortion numbers from the Public Religion Research Institute

New abortion numbers from the Public Religion Research Institute

VERBATIM:  The poll indicates that 63% of Americans want abortion to remain legal in all or most cases.  34% want the procedure to be ILLEGAL in all or most cases.  85% of Democrats favor abortion versus just 39% of Republicans.  Majorities of most major faith groups also want abortion to remain legal in all or most cases.  The exceptions are White Evangelical Protestants, Hispanic Protestants and Mormons.  MH SRN NEWS

AM SPORTSCAST – 4-03

AM SPORTSCAST – 4-03