Energy Secretary Rick Perry is reportedly planning to leave the Trump administration, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.
The former Texas governor is reportedly finalizing the terms and timing of his departure, two people familiar with his plans told Bloomberg.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on Perry’s plans. Perry has served as the secretary of the Department of Energy since being confirmed in 2017.
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Attorney General William Barr will hold a press conference Thursday morning on the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.
Both Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who previously oversaw the Mueller probe, will be at the press conference, scheduled for 9:30 a.m.
The release of Mueller’s report is highly anticipated, as it’s expected to include the special counsel’s findings during the course of his 22 month investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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New York-born, London raised, Israel dwelling hitmaker Sruly Lipschitz (Lomir Machen Kiddish, Eliyahu Hanavi, Tzeedrait) delivers again with this stunning performance Music, composed and performed: Sruly Lipschitz Vocal recording and graphics by Yanki Braun EQ Studios Mix: Ronen Hillel

The Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly intends to release special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Thursday with limited redactions, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
People familiar with the matter reportedly told the Post that the report will show that Mueller could not reach a conclusion on whether President Trump obstructed justice because it was too difficult to determine the president’s intent. They added that some of Trump’s actions could be interpreted innocently, according to the Post.
However, the lightly redacted report will detail evidence collected during the probe, including an analysis of tweets and “private threats” and other reported episodes at the center of Mueller’s investigation, according to the paper.

North Korea announced Thursday that it had test-fired a new tactical guided weapon, its first missile test since the breakdown of a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in February.
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon the North Koreans fired, but experts said the description appeared to rule out a ballistic missile, meaning the move would not violate North Korea’s self-declared moratorium on testing.
Nevertheless, experts said the action was a calibrated sign of defiance by Kim after a stalemate in the denuclearization talks and a reminder that his country was continuing to develop its conventional weapons program. But they said it does not close the door on diplomacy or negotiations about North Korea’s nuclear program.

The brain is fragile, and if deprived of oxygen – for example from a massive heart attack, or through drowning – it will quickly and catastrophically degrade, leading to irreversible brain death. And that’s it – the end.
But that medical orthodoxy now must contend with a major report published Wednesday in the journal Nature that is simultaneously fascinating and disturbing: Researchers at Yale School of Medicine say they have restored some cellular function in pig brains from animals decapitated four hours earlier at a local slaughterhouse.

by Rabbi Yaakov Klein
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov relayed the following mashal for Pesach.

Ecuador said this week that it has been hit by more than 40 million cyberattacks since last week’s arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the country’s embassy in London.
Ecuador’s deputy minister for information and communication technologies told Agence France Presse (AFP) that the attacks primarily came from the U.S., several European countries, Brazil and Ecuador itself.
Assange, who had been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for years in self-imposed exile, was arrested last week after Ecuadorian officials allowed British police to enter the facility and arrest him.
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White House adviser Ivanka Trump says that President Trump asked her if she wanted to lead the World Bank, but she told him no.
Ivanka Trump said in an Associated Press interview published Wednesday that her father asked her “a question” about whether she wanted to work for the international financial institution, but that she is “happy with the work” she does currently.
Asked if the president had offered her any other positions, Ivanka Trump told the AP she’d “keep that between” the two of them.
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