Charging documents for the suspected Washington, D.C., pipe bomber were unsealed in court on Thursday as the Justice Department announced the arrest of Brian Cole Jr. According to an FBI affidavit, Cole is 30 years old, 5-foot-6, works as a bail bondsman, and lives with his mother in Woodbridge, Virginia. The feds say that Cole used credit cards to purchase bomb-making equipment from Virginia stores. He bought six pipes, 12 black end caps, and electrical wires from numerous different Home Depots, between May 2019 and November 2020. He also purchased steel wool, which was packed inside the pipe bombs, there. Cole purchased five nine-volt battery connectors from Micro Center, some using cash and bought kitchen timers from Walmart, according to the charging documents. He also bought tools like protective gloves and disinfectant wipes on November 24, 2020. The pipe bomber investigation dragged on for nearly five years, and many Americans doubted that the federal government would ever find the culprit. The FBI offered the public a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who planted bombs at the Republican and Democratic Party headquarters on the eve of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said at a press conference Thursday afternoon that federal investigators closed in on Cole through “internal work” and “not a public tip.” “You are not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices, and get away. We would track him to the end of the earth. We didn’t have to track him that far, he wound up being in Woodbridge, Virginia,” Bongino said. Data from Cole’s cell phone provider showed that he was near the RNC and DNC on January 5, 2021, between 7:39 p.m. and 8:24 p.m. Data from the cell phone company provided in February 2021 contained an error that was corrected two months later, the filing said. Cole drives a 2017 Nissan Sentry with Virginia plates, and it was captured by a license plate reader on I-395 South near the Capitol at 7:34 p.m. Three weeks before the bombs were placed, on December 14, 2020, Cole bought food from a restaurant in the area. Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped the Biden administration for failing to solve the case for four years, saying “The total lack of movement undermined trust in law enforcement.” “It languished for four years until Kash Patel and Dan Bongino came to the FBI. There was no new tip, no new witness, the information had been sitting at the FBI for four years,” Bondi added.

The United States is overhauling how it distributes foreign aid to prioritize direct investment in partner nations and eliminate waste by bypassing the “NGO industrial complex,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. Rubio unveiled the new policy during the signing of a $2.5 billion Health Cooperation Framework with Kenya. The United States will provide up to $1.6 billion over the next five years to support priority health programs, while Kenya will increase domestic health spending by $850 million to foster its long-term health self-reliance. Rubio said the previous system funneled aid through foreign or U.S.-based NGOs that absorbed funding through overhead and administrative costs while limiting host-country control. “We would go to a country and say we are going to help you with healthcare needs and then we would drive over to northern Virginia somewhere and find an NGO, one of these organizations, and give them all the money and tell them to go to this country and do their healthcare program for them,” Rubio said. “By the time it got down to it, the host country had very little influence … and only a percentage of the overall money ever actually reached the patients.” Instead, Rubio made the case for working directly with partner countries, such as Kenya, to cut out what he describes as the “NGO industrial complex.” “If we’re trying to help countries, help the country. Don’t help the NGO to go in and find a new line of business,” he said. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told The Daily Wire that foreign aid funding should “not pad the pockets of overpaid executives in the NGO industry.” Top executives at health NGOs backed by American taxpayer dollars frequently have very high salaries. In 2024, the president of Research Triangle Institute earned over $1.4 million, and two of its vice presidents earned more than $850,000 each. At Johns Hopkins University’s Jhpiego Corporation, one executive earned over $1.08 million. Other top salaries included $598,348 at Management Sciences for Health, $545,290 at Family Health International, and $506,371 at Pact Inc. In 2023, the president of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation earned $577,275, and the president of PATH earned $703,405. “Ultimately, the best aid is the aid that ends because it’s worked to solve problems or build capacity of partner countries. Our partnership with Kenya is an example of this approach in action,” Pigott said. The framework with Kenya will direct American funding to go towards programs focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, polio eradication, disease surveillance, and infectious disease outbreak response and preparedness, according to the State Department. While Kenya is the first, Rubio said he hopes to sign 50 such agreements with other countries during the signing. “When developing the dozens of America First Global Health Strategy bilateral agreements we will sign in the coming weeks, we always start with the principle that American sovereign resources should be used to bolster our allies and should never benefit groups unfriendly to the United States and our national interests,” Jeremy P. Lewin, Senior Official for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, & Religious Freedom said. Brad Smith, Senior Advisor for the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department, said that for over two months, the United States government has been in “very productive discussions” with other governments around the world for similar agreements. In the coming weeks, dozens more multi-year health agreements will be signed, as part of the America First Global Health Strategy, according to the State Department. “These landmark agreements will advance a comprehensive and shared vision directly between the United States and recipient country governments for continued future cooperation on global health issues,” a statement from the State Department’s spokesperson’s office said. The agreements are designed to improve efficiency and accountability by integrating American programs into local health systems, focusing resources on frontline services, engaging private and faith-based partners, and encouraging recipient countries to co-invest in healthcare workers and essential commodities.

Bruce Willis is one of those people whom millions love. His career had many memorable roles in movies like Die Hard, Look Who’s Talking, and The Sixth Sense. And of course, who can forget his hit comedy TV show Moonlighting? Bruce retired in 2022 as his health took a tragic turn. He’s now living with frontotemporal dementia. While Bruce may have lost his ability to communicate, his family and friends still spend as much time with him as they can. Bruce shares daughters Rumor, Scout, and Tallulah with ex-wife Demi Moore. His two younger daughters, Mabel and Evelyn, are the children of Bruce Willis and his current wife, Emma Hemming Willis. Emma recently appeared on the Today Show and spoke about her beloved husband. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Caring Across Generations (@caringacrossgen) Emma Hemming Willis Said Bruce Willis is Surrounded by Love When asked about Bruce Willis, Emma Hemming Willis gave a blunt, but truthful answer. “It’s such a loaded question. It’s hard to answer,” Heming Willis said. “But honestly, today, great. He is surrounded by love and care, and he is doing really well with an unkind disease.” She told Today earlier this year that they’ve adapted to their new normal. “For us, now, our communication is different, but our connection is very much intact,” Emma said. In the wake of Bruce’s illness, Emma Hemming Willis felt connected to other caregivers and their struggles. She met many, like Nikki Stephens and attended The Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s annual gala. Stephens’ husband, John, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2004 while serving as a Marine in Iraq. “My fellow caregivers were absolutely the first ones I talked to,” Nikki told Today. “The support is … I don’t know what I would do without it, to be honest.” Emma Hemming Willis went public with her struggles as Bruce’s caregiver, and she and Nikki both want people to know they’re not alone. “Don’t hide it, don’t be afraid of it, speak about it. Tell it,” Nikk said. “Bring awareness with that, and with that you’ll find your people.” This story’s featured image is by Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images.

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