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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The US Justice Department acting to keep President Trump's pick to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey in charge.
Alina Habba named the First Assistant US Attorney after New Jersey federal judges removed Habba naming the First Assistant Desiree Grace to be US Attorney...THE HILL USA
THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUING THE CITY OF NEW YORK OVER ITS 'SANCTUARY CITY' POLICIES.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SAYING THE CITY IS PUTTING THOUSANDS OF CRIMINALS ON THE STREETS TO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES...THE HILL USA
France will recognize a Palestinian state.
President Emmanuel Macron with the announcement saying recognition will come in September at the United Nations.
Praising Macron's decision Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Spain is one of the three European countries alongside Ireland and Norway that have already recognized a Palestinian state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying in part:
"We strongly condemn President Macron's decision...Such a move rewards terror"...Barak Ravid Axios "X"....
BFM-TV France Live Blog
US DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE MEETS GHISLAINE MAXWELL
MAXWELL SEEKING PARDON FROM TRUMP
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
(UPDATED)
US DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE MET WITH IMPRISONED JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL AND HER LAWYERS.
THE MEETING LASTING SIX HOURS.
IT TOOK PLACE AT THE US COURTHOURSE IN TALLAHASSEE NEAR WHERE MAXWELL IS IMPRISONED.
THE BLANCHE MEETING WITH MAXWELL CRITICIZED BY DEMOCRAT US SENATE LEADER CHARLES SCHUMER.
(COMMENT-ANALYSIS)
WHEN JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS FIRST CAUGHT AND GIVEN A SPECIAL PLEA DEAL DECADES AGO THE DEAL INCLUDED NON-PROSECTION OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL.
EPSTEIN WOULD BE ARRESTED, DIE IN PRISON AND AFTERWARDS MAXWELL WAS ARRESTED AND EVENTUALLY TRIED.
IN RECENT MONTHS ATTORNEY-LEGAL SCHOLAR ALAN DERSHOWITZ, ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THAT PLEA DEAL, NOTED THAT MAXWELL IS DESERVING OF A PARDON FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MAXWELL IS SEEKING A PARDON FROM MR. TRUMP COMMUTING HER SENTENCE TO TIME SERVED.
THERE IS TALK OF LENIENCY FOR MAXWELL IN EXCHANGE FOR TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
ANY PARDON OR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE FOR MAXWELL ACHIEVES GOALS SOUGHT BY BOTH MR. EPSPTEIN AND HIS FORMER LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE MR. DERSHOWITZ.
At least six killed and more than 150 injured following explosions at an ammunition dump in northwestern Syria.
The blasts in Syria's Idlib Region the heartland of the jihadist forces now ruling the country.
The cause of the explosions not known at this time...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
"When you build something that requires a HIGH water demand,
it will always take water away from others,
that means people, cities, businesses and surrounding counties and states"
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene warning about AI data centers.
Greene expressing her concerns following President Trump's signing of executive orders reported on later in this summary...Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"...The Hill USA
The US Department of Agriculture reorganizing with multiple buildings closing in the Washington DC.
USDA relocating much of its workforce to five regional hubs in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kansas City, Missouri, Fort Collins, Colorado, Indianapolis and Salt Lake City.
It's expected that the changes will cut costs within the agency...The Hill USA
THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL PULLING OUT OF TALKS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT IN GAZA.
US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF SAYING THE LATEST RESPONSE FROM HAMAS SHOWS 'A LACK OF DESIRE TO REACH A CEASEFIRE'...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"
"There will be a state without the Ultra-Orthodox"
An Orthodox Jewish political leader says religious Jews will leave Israel en masse if young religious students are arrested for dodging the draft.
Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of the United Torah Judaism party, speaking following this week's arrest of three Orthodox men for avoiding the draft.
Goldknopf saying religious Israelis "will not change their way of life because there is an army and a war"...Times of Israel
Eight Israeli soldiers hurt in a car ramming attack in central Israel. The attack at a bus stop. Israeli authorities searching for a suspect...Israel National News
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 316.38 points or .7 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 37.94 points or .18 percent.
At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil at 66 dollars 10 cents a barrel up 85 cents or 1.3 percent...Marketwatch
THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK LEAVING INTEREST RATES AT 2 PERCENT.
THE BANK SPEAKING OF 'EXCEPTIONALLY UNCERTAIN' CONDITIONS RELATED TO TRADE TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The United Nations says there are 6,000 trucks with humanitarian aid for Gaza waiting for permission from Israel to enter.
Israel's government and military offering its version of events in Gaza saying a process of allowing small numbers of trucks into Gaza is underway.
Reports from Gaza including reports from Israeli media outlets speak of 'hunger' and or 'famine' in Gaza...BBC News...
A report on malnutrition in Gaza from the UN's Office of Humanitarian Affairs reporting a sharp rise in child malnutrition...Haaretz Israel
NO SURVIVORS FOUND AT THE SITE OF AN AIRLINER CRASH IN FAR EASTERN RUSSIA.
THERE WERE 40 PASSENGERS AND SIX CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE PLANE...TASS RUSSIA
At least 12 killed including one soldier and 13 other civilians wounded when Cambodia attacked Thailand today.
The Thai military says there were attacks in three provinces.
Thailand using warplanes to attack targets in Cambodia in response.
The Cambodian government calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The two countries dispute territory along their border...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT-OWNED VENUES CANCELLING APPAEARANCES BY AN AMERICAN MUSIC ARTIST LINKED TO THE 'MAGA' MOVEMENT.
CHRISTIAN ROCK MUSICIAN SEAN FEUCHT THE TARGET OF THOSE ACTIONS.
MEDIA REPORTS IN CANADA LINKING FEUCHT TO OPPOSITION TO LGBTQ RIGHTS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND SUPPORT FOR THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE.
FEUCHT BOOTED FROM LOCATIONS OF PLANNED APPEARANCES IN NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND QUEBEC IN RECENT DAYS...CBC NEWS CANADA
Brazil joining a lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
The suit started by South Africa accuses Israel of violating a 1948 Genocide Convention in its warfare against Hamas in Gaza following the brutal October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel...
SBT News Brazil (Translation Prompt)
"There is hunger in Gaza and it has be stated clearly and directly, out loud"
That is what Channel 12 in Israel is saying...UnXeptable "X" (Video Embed)
THIS WEEK TUNISIA'S AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED SHARING PICTURES OF STARVING CHILDREN IN GAZA WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENVOY MASSAD BOULOS.
SAIED SAYING TO MR. BOULOS, FATHER-IN-LAW OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DAUGHTER TIFFANY:
"It is absolutely unacceptable. It is a crime against all of humanity"...
TIMES OF ISRAEL
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND DATA CENTERS.
MR. TRUMP PUSHING THE EXPORT OF US AI SEEKING TO COMPETE AGAINST CHINA IN THE FIELD.
SOME RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BASED ON FEAR OF TECH TRANSFER TO CHINA BEING DROPPED.
THE DATA CENTER EXECUTIVE ORDER DESIGNED TO OPEN UP FEDERAL LANDS AS SITES FOR THOSE CENTERS...AXIOS
Israeli politics Likud Party politician Yuli Edelstein removed as chair of the Defense and Foreign Affairs committee of Israel's parliament.
It's an attempt to move legislation exempting Orthodox Jewish men from the draft. That legislation blocked by Edelstein...The Times Of Israel
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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