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Liv McMahon / BBC:
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X — The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk's Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn't consent — Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
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New York Times:
Police Search X's Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk — The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media. — The French police searched the premises …
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France 24:
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raids X's French office over ‘algorithm manipulation’
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Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes
X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation — Exclusive: Trump sent national intelligence director to Georgia raid last week in approval of Gabbard's sweeping review — Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is running her own review …
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ elections, take control from states — WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said Republicans should “nationalize” the voting process as he continues to level unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, more than five years after losing to Joe Biden.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump wants to ‘nationalize the voting,’ seeking to grab states' power
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The Hill:
Live updates: House sends funding package ending partial shutdown to Trump's desk
Live updates: House sends funding package ending partial shutdown to Trump's desk
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House clears key hurdle to reopening the government later Tuesday
House clears key hurdle to reopening the government later Tuesday
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Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
Three issues that could sink Trump — This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. — Over the weekend, the Justice Department released yet another tranche of files from its investigation …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Despite 3 million files, Epstein release leaves big questions unanswered
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Gunboats Tried to Stop U.S.-Flagged Tanker — Failed attempt in key waterway for oil shipments comes as Washington continues to build up forces in the region — Iranian gunboats approached a U.S. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday and ordered the vessel to stop …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says — The U.S. military shot down on Tuesday an Iranian drone that approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday. — The Iranian Shahed-139 drone …
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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon — In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. — PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS —
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Politico:
House GOP leaders set noon deadline for Clintons to reach deal on testifying — Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning that Republicans have given Bill and Hillary Clinton a noon deadline Tuesday to provide details of how they plan to comply with a pair of subpoenas issued …
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NBC News:
Jill Biden's ex-husband arrested and charged with killing his current wife — William Stevenson, 77, is facing a charge of first-degree murder more than a month after police responded to a domestic dispute at a home in Delaware. — Add NBC News to Google — Listen to this article with a free account
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Washington Post:
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support — The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts. — The Pentagon issued a warning late Monday …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Pentagon, Scouts ‘near a final agreement’ on continuing partnership
Pentagon, Scouts ‘near a final agreement’ on continuing partnership
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
How to tear gas children … Photo illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images … The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there.
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Donald Moynihan / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Has Built a Clicktatorship — Even the administration's budget proposals read like Truth Social posts. — Gregory Bovino, the man who became the face of Donald Trump's Minneapolis crackdown, lost his job as the Border Patrol's “commander at large” after agents he oversaw shot and killed Alex Pretti.
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Email Reveals Border Patrol Goon's Jaw-Dropping Complaint About Tactics
Leaked Email Reveals Border Patrol Goon's Jaw-Dropping Complaint About Tactics
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'They Couldn't Break Me': A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo — President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different. — When Nekima Levy Armstrong was transported …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
No filibuster deal with House conservatives, Thune says — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Tuesday he has made no decisions about bypassing Senate filibuster rules to skirt the normal 60-vote margin required to advance legislation in the chamber.
Laura Romero / Associated Press:
Judge blocks administration from ending TPS protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants — Temporary Protected Status offers work authorization and deportation protection. — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump escalates feud with Ilhan Omar, appears to suggest she is linked to ISIS … The progressive legislator has drawn the president's ire for years. — Trump has repeatedly accused Omar of profiting off of a widespread fraud investigation in her home state without providing any evidence …
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
DOJ Orders Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys — The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Chicago Sun Times:
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: ‘I am their voice’ — In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government's failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Grassroots’ anti-ICE campaigns funded by left-wing billionaire donors: sources — Its the same dark money, with new signs. — Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” campaigns organized by concerned citizens, but they're really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Wants $1 Billion From Harvard in New Attack — President Donald Trump said he's seeking $1 billion in “damages” from Harvard University, renewing his long fight with the Ivy League school after a report that his administration was backing off its financial demands.
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Wall Street Journal:
Three-Quarters of Greenlanders Don't Want to Be Part of the U.S., New Poll Shows — Citizens are concerned about exchanging Denmark's welfare system for U.S.-provided healthcare and education — WASHINGTON—A new poll shows 76% of Greenlanders say they wouldn't benefit from becoming part of the U.S. …
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Katherine Hapgood / Politico:
SBA cuts off non-US citizens from primary loan program … “We've been too loosey-goosey for too long. There's a tremendous amount of money missing at the SBA back from the Biden administration and so forth,” he said Tuesday. — “Some options aren't the best.
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Election officials grapple with a brain drain as threats rise … The new data on election officials comes at the same time as another report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue — shared first with POLITICO — found a more than 200 percent increase in violent rhetoric toward public officials …
Politico:
Trump prepares to let go of arms control with Russia … “We're looking at a very uncertain path ahead,” said Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association. “Unless Trump and Putin reach some sort of understanding soon, it's not unlikely that Russia and the U.S …
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Pirro Threatens Jail Time for Lawful Gun Owners Who Travel to D.C. With Firearms — The remarks by Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, prompted swift pushback from the Republican Party's pro-Second Amendment wing. — Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District …
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Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
ICE Is Watching You — In the latest stop in Donald Trump's war on liberal democracy, federal agents in Minnesota have shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. It was difficult to avoid the videos of what I can only think of as their executions. The images captured by bystanders …
