TIME: You said you might annihilate Iran TRUMP: Yeah, I would do that. It's possible. TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for annihilation of an entire people? TRUMP: Bc by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace.
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Yikes
Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5d agoNew: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
“In a decision released Wednesday, the Arizona Court of Appeals concluded Gabriel Paul Horcasitas must be resentenced in the 2021 shooting death of Christopher Pelkey because the AI video wasn't reliable.”
Sentence tossed in Arizona case where deceased victim was depicted speaking in AI-generated video
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man’s 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by artificial intelligence portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the p...
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This KFF headline really gets directly to what's happening today
US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims - KFF Health News
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect ...
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In February, the Kansas state legislature passed a law that required all driver’s licenses to reflect sex at birth. Roughly 1,700 intersex and transgender Kansans received a letter saying to get new licenses, including Dakota West. Now, she’s suing. https://wapo.st/3VaB9yX
"During the final threesome," she said, "I remember being totally disgusted at the situation, and I felt very tired and intoxicated ... it was the most intoxicated I've ever been in my life. I felt like I was unable to make any decision because of how intoxicated I was." abcnews.com/US/cornell-s...
Cornell student said encounter at fraternity house 'felt like coercion' in 2024 statement to police
ABC News obtained the woman's 2024 statement to campus police.
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Wells' mother, Christine Wonsley: "...Both medical examiners, as well as his death certificates, states that the cause and manner of his death is undetermined ... How can a jury come to the conclusion of drowning, despite knowing that there was trauma to his body?" abcnews.com/US/nolan-wel...
Nolan Wells' parents make plea for justice after no charges filed in his death
Nolan Wells' family held a press conference Tuesday and said they will not give up after a grand jury found that no criminal charges are warranted in his death.
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WAPO EXCLUSIVE -- Sources: Architect McCrery "withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures." @Blaskey_S @jocwapo www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Breaking news: The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin is a recruit who was issued a body camera but was not using it during the incident, according to two former DHS officials briefed on the matter.
ICE officer in Texas shooting was recruit not using a body camera
The officer joined ICE last year during the agency’s hiring spree. DHS is facing mounting scrutiny over how the new recruits were vetted and trained.
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"Apparently, agents are being commanded to violate state laws to access private voter information and fabricate law enforcement records [...]," Schumer said, adding that DHS agents allegedly were "hunting for, or worse, manufacturing evidence of voter fraud claims." abcnews.com/Politics/dhs...
DHS agents allegedly directed to 'misrepresent' themselves to access state voter rolls, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims DHS has directed agents to "misrepresent" themselves and "violate state laws" in a voter probe, Democratic lawmakers say.
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WaPo reports Kennedy Center may close by Tuesday and faces bankruptcy if Trump's name is not added to the center. "Trump is unlikely to provide “fundamental oversight” of that project or lead a financial rescue without “appropriate recognition” of his role." GIFT LINK: wapo.st/4cLnDHP
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Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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Update: a crew showed up to replace the pole and promptly punched a hole through my wood fence with their equipment
Melanie Schmitz@melslien.bsky.social · 4w agoI've spent the last 5 days since Mega Storm getting bounced DC gov, subagencies and utility companies, who all say there's nothing they can do about the giant tree that fell on the giant utility pole behind my house, knocking it over my patio, which is now covered in loose wires...
I've spent the last 5 days since Mega Storm getting bounced DC gov, subagencies and utility companies, who all say there's nothing they can do about the giant tree that fell on the giant utility pole behind my house, knocking it over my patio, which is now covered in loose wires...
The judge has set a date of Sept. 29 to determine next steps after declaring a mistrial. Defense request for emergency stay, requiring jury to continue deliberations/potentially consider removing a holdout juror, was denied by a MA Supreme Judicial Court. abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Judge declares mistrial after emergency request denied
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stage.
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WCVB is reporting the holdout appears to one of the three men on the jury, according to Reddington's comments in open court earlier.
Melanie Schmitz@melslien.bsky.social · last mo.Reddington will ask the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to effectively force Sullivan to allow the jury to continue deliberating. Reminder that the jury split appears to be 11-1, with a single holdout that seems to favor conviction, based on Reddington's comments. abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Reddington will ask the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to effectively force Sullivan to allow the jury to continue deliberating. Reminder that the jury split appears to be 11-1, with a single holdout that seems to favor conviction, based on Reddington's comments. abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Defense attorney asks for emergency stay to prevent mistrial
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stage.
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Reddington (defense attorney) has requested time to file an emergency stay to prevent a mistrial and compel jury to continue deliberations; Sullivan (judge) has granted him one hour.
Melanie Schmitz@melslien.bsky.social · last mo.Judge in Clancy case has just declared a mistrial More tk
Judge in Clancy case has just declared a mistrial More tk
This is chaotic; Reddington has asked the judge to remove 1 juror who he says is not heeding the judges instruction on benefit of doubt/prosecutor burden, and now the jury has been sent back for a third time in 6 days. Deliberations continue.... abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Judge tells jurors to keep deliberating after tense sidebar
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stages.
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This is the fifth day of deliberations and nearly 30 hours in. abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Jury says it is deadlocked for 2nd time, unable to reach verdict
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stages.
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The jury has been deliberating for about 18 hours total across four days so far: abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Jury unable to reach verdict, judge asks jurors to resume deliberations
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stages.
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Our team has been covering the Lindsay Clancy trial for the past several weeks (s/o to Peter Charalambous' detailed reporting, Mason Leib's tireless digital writeups, and Katie Kindelan for flagging it all from the start). You can follow along here: abcnews.com/GMA/News/liv...
Lindsay Clancy trial: Prosecution calls final witnesses
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stages.
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"Drawing on a network of cameras that logs the movements of drivers in more than 6,000 communities, the tool can pick out potential witnesses by how often their cars pass through a neighborhood, or surface a driver's 'associates' from the cameras they pass together." www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...
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“I need people to know that this is still our reality. Going to the movies, they’re there. Grocery store, they’re there. All parts of day-to-day life now feature armed supervision.”
The 51st@51st.news · 2mo agoNEW: A year ago, President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency in D.C. We asked readers to reflect on the past twelve months in our city. Here's what they said:
per this source: the blue ash ICE office said that for some of these Haitian clients, who got ankle monitors on today, the feds were placing them on a 75-mile restriction, but….. the court they’d need to go to is more than 75 miles from Springfield, Ohio.
That's a big kick in the guts. Payrolls is much weaker, and the U.S. lost -23k jobs in March, well below expectations of +80k. Huge downward revisions, too: May now +63k (instead of +129k), June now +20k (down from +53k). Very bad news. Revise down your views substantially.
"The shooting happened at The Debsirin School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province. Police have identified the suspect as a student." abcnews.com/Internationa...
At least 6 people killed, more than a dozen injured in Thailand school shooting
At least six people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in a school shooting that took place at a high school in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
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