JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump delays planned strikes on Iran, citing negotiations: 'A deal will be made'
Trump previously backed off a threat to destroy Iranian civil infrastructure due to the advent of a ceasefire brokered by Pakistan.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Why Republican leaders may try a backdoor fund for Trump’s ballroom | THE HILL EDITOR'S CALL
The Hill’s Senate reporter Alexander Bolton breaks down what comes next after the Senate parliamentarian knocked out language tied to funding President Trump’s proposed White House ballroom. He explains the GOP’s potential workaround: a “slush fund." Watch the full episode here: https://thehill.com/homenews/editors-call/5882797-gop-infighting-over-trump-ballroom-bill-cassidy-falls-to-president-join-the-live-discussion/ #whitehouseballroom #ballroom #republicans #trump #potus #slushfund #gop #senate #house #thehilleditorscall
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman
A California federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman, ending the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long feud between the two technology moguls over the artificial intelligence firm’s non-profit structure. The advisory verdict took less than two hours of deliberation from the jury, which listened to three weeks of testimony, including from both Musk, Altman, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. #OpenAI #SamAltman #ElonMusk #ChatGPT #AI
NYTIMES (Jill Cowan) - Los Angeles’s Response to Altadena Fire Hampered by Chaos, Report Finds
A county-commissioned examination of the disaster concluded that its efforts were muddled and confused, but said that it had not discriminated against Black residents.
NYTIMES (Sonia A. Rao) - American Hantavirus Patient Ordered to Stay in Quarantine Despite Plans to Leave
An American passenger from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship had wanted to depart an Omaha quarantine facility.
NYTIMES (Maurice Chammah) - Firing Squads Expose the Brutality of the Death Penalty
America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.
NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren) - What is Trump’s $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund?
The Trump administration is creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people it says were wronged by the federal government, a group that could be largely made up of the president’s allies.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender to Take On Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff
On the eve of their primary, Republicans have grown nervous about their prospects in November against Mr. Ossoff, regarded as the most vulnerable Democratic senator in the fall midterms.
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - Georgia Watchdog Says Democrat-Backed Supreme Court Candidates Broke Judicial Rules
Two Democrat-backed candidates running for Georgia Supreme Court seats violated existing judicial conduct rules, the state’s judicial watchdog agency found. According to a Monday report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) determined that left-wing attorneys Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin broke the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct by publicly endorsing […]
WAR (Elijah Cornish, Army) - Army Advances Barracks Modernization Efforts to Improve Quality of Life
The Army has accelerated efforts to strengthen quality-of-life investments across installations, showing a long-term commitment to ensuring soldiers live and work in facilities that reflect the professionalism, standards and readiness expectations of the service.