Trump may have dropped his ‘slush fund’ but not the agreement for tax amnesty: report

President Donald Trump may have shelved plans for his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund — part of a broader settlement resolving his unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service — but one controversial element remains intact, according to a new report.
Last week, a federal judge in the capital temporarily blocked the Trump administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund,” designed to pay out victims of alleged government wrongdoing.
On Monday, the Department of Justice said it would comply with the court order and halt the creation of the $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded cache, which critics have derided as a no-strings-attached “slush fund” for Trump’s allies.
However, a separate provision in the settlement is poised to proceed: one granting Trump and his family broad tax amnesty, The Daily Beast reported.
A representative for the president’s legal team told the outlet that an agreement barr..

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Trump’s AI order seeks security safeguards without slowing race with China

US President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) on Tuesday, which asked technology companies to voluntarily share advanced models before they are released, signalling a shift in the administration’s largely laissez-faire approach to the industry.
The voluntary framework allows the government to vet powerful new AI systems up to 30 days before their public release, but stops short of mandating review regulations, which were reportedly considered.
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‘They’ll fix the building, but not our souls’: Sleepy Kyiv neighbourhood hit in Russian strike

'They'll fix the building, but not our souls': Sleepy Kyiv neighbourhood hit in Russian strike2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleVitaly ShevchenkoKyivBBCUkrainians knew a huge strike was coming. Since Russia threatened to step up attacks on the capital, Kyiv, about a week ago, many spent nights in underground shelters.
We were two floors underground, and yet we could feel and hear the massive explosions above. Then came the Russian drones, possibly carrying more explosives or scouting out the damage done by the missiles. Then more missiles.
More than 41,000 people – including almost 4,500 children – sheltered underground in the Kyiv metro overnight, a record number in recent years, the metro company said.
Even though Moscow had said its attacks would get much worse, this one was not much different from what Kyiv had seen already, many times. Yet again, Russia said it would strike military targets, but civilians suffered.
As they emerged from shelters after the..

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Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold

Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJohn Sudworth & Samantha Granville,Tyre, southern LebanonandDavid GrittenWatch: BBC in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, where a hospital was damaged by an Israeli airstrikeIsrael continued its attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, but did not strike Beirut following a partial ceasefire agreement with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
Lebanon said that, under an agreement announced by US President Donald Trump late on Monday, Israeli forces would not bomb the capital in exchange for Hezbollah not attacking Israel.
It came after Iran said Israeli action in Lebanon jeopardised talks on a deal to end its war with the US.
Following the ceasefire announcement, the Israeli military said it had intercepted two projectiles fired into northern Israel. Hezbollah said it had attacked Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, where officials reported deadly Israeli strik..

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US politician trolled for his ‘HinJew’ family photo: ‘Your kids are 0% Jewish’

Baltimore City Council president was trolled for his Hindu wife and 'HinJew' family photo. Baltimore City Council president Zeke Cohen was trolled mercilessly after he posted a family photo, taking pride in his Hindu-Jewish family and calling it 'HinJew'. Social media users commented that it is just an Indian-American family and their children are not Jewish. “Love my HinJew blended family. Baltimore, nothing beats being your City Council President! Except for being their Dad,” Cohen posted.The reactions to the photo on X were mostly racist and hateful.”I mean, they're not really Jews anymore are they?” one wrote.”You mean Indian Hindu family. Those aren’t Jews. You know that,” another wrote. “Your kids are 0% Jewish,” a third user wrote targeting the kids.”You're Jewish, they're Hindu. Important to keep that organized,” another wrote.Before becoming the city council president, Cohen was a councilor in District 1. He was sworn into the Baltimore City ..

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Who was Dave Fiji? Indian-origin pilot killed in helicopter crash hours after marrying

Dave Fiji, an Indian-origin pilot with Delta Air Lines, was killed in a helicopter crash in Georgia, United States, hours after marrying his long-time partner, Jesni.The couple boarded a Robinson R66 helicopter following their wedding ceremony in Dawsonville on Friday night. The aircraft was scheduled to fly to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport as part of a post-wedding send-off, according to Atlanta News First.The helicopter crashed shortly after take-off in a heavily wooded area near the wedding venue. The helicopter pilot was also killed. Jesni survived the crash and is recovering in hospital.Around 400 guests attended the wedding at The Revere in Dawsonville.According to family members, Dave and Jesni met through church connections between South Carolina and Georgia and later began a relationship. Dave's father, George Fiji, described them as friends who became life partners. The crash triggered a search operation in the wooded area. George Fiji said it took rescuers several hours to l..

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Report: Scott Pelley of ’60 Minutes’ accuses CBS News head Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the show

In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss of “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job, according to reports.
Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting Monday between the newsmagazine’s staff and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer named by Weiss last week, according to a detailed report on the Status website, which said it had heard a recording of the meeting. Weiss herself was not present, according to the report. Status specializes in media news and analysis.
Status reported that Pelley, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent, began grilling Bilton at the 10 a.m. meeting about the firings last week of Bilton's predecessor, Tanya Simon, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega. Status also reported that Pelley told Bilton, a former technology journalist and filmmaker with no traditional broadcast news experience, t..

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Woman killed in ‘random’ stabbing on MARTA train in Atlanta

A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a woman to death on an Atlanta commuter train in an apparently random attack.
John Elijah Matthews was arrested around noon Saturday, moments after he stepped off the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train at the Oakland City Station.
First responders tried to resuscitate Margaret Swan, 66, but she died at the scene, MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher said.
Matthews waived a bond hearing set for Monday morning, and a defense attorney named in his court documents did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment. Matthews has not yet had the opportunity to enter a plea.
Kreher said video from the train depicted an unprovoked and chilling attack on an apparent stranger, and that Swan was stabbed up to 20 times.
“There's no evidence at this time to suggest they knew each other — this was merely a random act of violence,” Kreher said.
“He walked over, stood next to her, and within 30 seconds he h..

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Trump’s US$1.8 billion ‘weaponisation’ fund is on hold, sources say

US President Donald Trump’s US$1.8 billion ⁠fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponisation” has been put on hold, two sources familiar with the plan said on Monday.
The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the ‌Justice Department to resolve an unprecedented lawsuit in which the president had sued the Internal Revenue Service for US$10 billion over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
The US$1.776 billion was meant to pay people who said they had been the…

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China’s SAIC plans to build first EU car plant in Spain’s Galicia

China’s SAIC Motor plans to set ⁠up a car ⁠factory in Spain’s ⁠northwestern region of Galicia that would be its first production facility in the European Union, the regional government said on Monday.
Galicia’s leader Alfonso Rueda said his administration ‌had given strategic priority to the project, with an initial investment envisaged at around €200 million (US$232 million).
The project, which includes a logistics hub, still requires the central government’s approval for foreign direct…

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