President Donald Trump on Friday said he was waiving many Russian-related sanctions and tariffs under a new law backed by late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. The Graham Act, which Trump signed into law last month, would have imposed sanctions of up to 100% on all goods brought into the United States from the largest importers of Russian crude oil and gas, along with countries that knowingly bought Russian oil 30 days after the law went into effect.
In a manifesto, Alexandros Paporakis identified as "a sociopathic white supremacist Neo Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day," according to court records. read more
Two Americans were "severely" beaten Thursday and Friday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and outrage poured in as U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee remained silent on the matter. Heidi Levine, a veteran journalist and photographer for The Washington Post, was "severely" beaten Friday, the Post reported, while "wearing a protective vest clearly marked PRESS on front and back." She was "kicked repeatedly" after being knocked to the ground, and "stripped of her cameras and phone" by Israeli settlers. "I just got back actually two days ago from three weeks in Ukraine," Levine said from a hospital bed, video shared by independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel showed. "I've been covering this conflict here for over three decades, and this is the second time that I've been brutally attacked " 15 years ago I was also attacked in front of the [Israeli] army." read more
Reuters reported Thursday that the order to limit Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink service that Ukrainian troops use for drone operations and battlefield communications, came from inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. read more
Two women this week sued former GOP Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and two others " including a former state legislator " in federal court and accused the men of engaging in an alleged sex trafficking scheme during a time when Gaetz was still in Congress. The lawsuit, which seeks damages from Gaetz and other defendants, was filed in Orlando by two women who were in their early 20s when they first met Gaetz. The women are not named in the lawsuit. The details mirror allegations that were at the center of a House Ethics Committee probe that found Gaetz had sex with a minor, solicited prostitutes and used illegal drugs.
Youngest victim in Oregon school shooting ID'd as 5-year-old kindergartener Rhoam Summer
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