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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president’s allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.
@AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/.E_C3x
An Italian court has convicted the former CEO of Italy’s main highway operator and 31 others on charges linked to the 2018 collapse of the Genoa highway bridge that killed 43 people. Read more from @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com
After 6 years, Trump brings his 2020 election obsession to primetime at the White House.
@AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports on tonight's speech: https://flip.it/H._34C
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed him because of the minister’s conflict with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi over military reforms. Thousands of people in Ukraine have taken to the streets to protest his removal. Read more from @euronews@flipboard.com
An agreement has lifted the border controls between the British territory of Gibraltar and the Spanish mainland, closing what Spain’s leader called “an open wound. “Today, we are making history, good history, because today, the last wall in continental Europe falls,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. Read more from @euronews@flipboard.com
Hundreds of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now pardoned by President Trump, many are clamoring for payouts via the controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Read more from @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com:
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., declines to temporarily block President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Read more from @npr@flipboard.com:
Colombians voted Sunday in the first round of a presidential election between two candidates with radically diverging visions for the future in a country haunted by a decadeslong fight for peace inside its own borders. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports:
Israeli forces make deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years as Netanyahu vows to continue military’s expansion. Read more from NBC News:
What's going on in the race to be California governor? @COYOTEMedia@flipboard.com has rounded up the 61 "politicos, cranks, and other randos vying for the hottest seat in Sacramento," and assigned each a Dungeons & Dragons class.
Louisiana’s Legislature passes a new congressional map designed to give Republicans another seat ahead of November’s midterm elections. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports:
U.S. and Iranian negotiators reach a tentative ceasefire extension and agree to launch talks around Iran’s nuclear program, pending Trump sign off. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports:
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a Hamas leader and one of the last surviving architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that killed around 1,200 people, has been killed in an airstrike. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com has more:
U.S. Supreme Court rejects a long-shot Democratic effort to revive a voter-approved congressional district map. NBC News has more:
Judge declares mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes case after jury remains deadlocked. NBC News reports:
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, according to @abc@flipboard.com. His price? The creation of a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded reserve that would compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration. This includes nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and potentially entities associated with Trump. "Under the terms of the potential settlement agreement, President Trump would have the authority to remove members of the commission running the fund without cause, and the commission would be under no obligation to disclose its procedures or decision-making process for awarding more than a billion dollars," ABC says.
President Trump says ICE should continue traffic stops despite new policy to halt them.
@AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports on the fallout from the latest ICE shootings: https://flip.it/KWqRup
An agreement has lifted the border controls between the British territory of Gibraltar and the Spanish mainland, closing what Spain’s leader called “an open wound. “Today, we are making history, good history, because today, the last wall in continental Europe falls,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. Read more from @euronews@flipboard.com
China may be providing weapons to Iran, including missile used to shoot down U.S. fighter jet, sources say. Does this complicate President Trump’s relationship with Beijing? Read more from NBC News:
U.S. bombs Iranian military sites and Tehran targets American troops in Kuwait.
@AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: "The nominal ceasefire ... has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war."