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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought six of his children on an official trip to France, with the Pentagon covering travel costs; officials warn the arrangement could strain his protective detail amid heightened threats tied to the Iran war.
Rhode Island officials are being investigated for "bizarre, offensive and unprofessional" behavior during an official trip to Philadelphia in March. A Philadelphia developer has accused one official of making racist and sexist remarks, and has said another declined to stop him. The officials were visiting a building that the developer had redeveloped, as the developer was seeking state funding from Rhode Island for a contract it had won to redevelop a state-owned former armory in Providence, at a cost of $55 million. The Rhode Island governor’s office has asked the state police and state human resources officials to conduct investigations connected to the tour.