Justin Fulcher, a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, was removed from his position at the Department of Defense this week, according to CBS News and confirmed by Jennifer Jacobs. Fulcher, who initially joined the Pentagon as part of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, is the latest senior staffer to be ousted following several months of personnel changes at the Pentagon since the "Signalgate" Scandal in March. Fulcher's removal follows the firings of Hegseth's senior advisor Dan Caldwell and Deputy Chief-of-Staff Dan Selnick amidst a leak probe, and the transition of Chief-of-Staff Joe Kasper to a new role as a special government employee. These changes indicate ongoing shakeups within the Department of Defense, as reported by CBS News. In other developments, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately advised President Donald Trump against attempting to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in recent days, according to people familiar with the matter, as reported by Wall Street Journal correspondent Nick Timiraos. Separately, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that if Trump were Brazilian and committed actions similar to those at the U.S. Capitol, he would face trial for violating the constitution and would be arrested in Brazil, according to a social media post by Ronxyz00. Domestically, Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries offered a mild statement following a meeting with socialist Zohran Mamdani, stopping short of endorsing Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race, as reported by NYP. Internationally, Iranian TV host Hossein Hosseini clarified that the phrase "Death to America" refers to the U.S. leadership, whom he described as "barbaric, colonialist, and deserving curses and death," rather than the general public, according to a video posted by Osint613. Additionally, a study found that YouTube's algorithm directs users toward "happy" and "entertainment-focused" videos if they consume excessive political content, as reported by Dexerto. Republican Representative Tim Burchett also engaged in a social media exchange with Jesse Watters, questioning Watters' presence in Tennessee.