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Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m).Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year.In July 2024, Meta lifted the final restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the lead-up to US presidential elections.The settlement was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.Around $22m of the settlement will go to a fund for Trump's presidential library.The balance will be used to cover legal costs and the other plaintiffs who signed on to the lawsuit. Meta will not admit wrongdoing.The company suspended Trump's accounts in 2021 and said that it...
January 30, 2025

Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban

Gen Mark Milley speaks at a lectern
Pentagon strips Gen Mark Milley of US security detail and clearance
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has revoked the security detail and clearance for retired general Mark Milley, a former top US military commander who has been critical of President Donald Trump.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the move as one of his first acts in office, asking officials to investigate Gen Milley's "conduct" and review his military grade.Gen Milley previously served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during Trump's first term, but later criticized his former boss, and was quoted calling him a "fascist".Since returning to office, Trump has revoked security protections for a handful of former officials with whom he has clashed, including former top health official Anthony Fauci.Trump previously accused Gen Milley of treason for phone...
January 30, 2025

Pentagon strips Gen Mark Milley of US security detail and clearance

Former US Senator Bob Menendez
Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez jailed for 11 years for bribery
WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges.Last July, a jury found Menendez guilty on 16 counts for accepting gifts, including gold bars, cash and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments.Prosecutors were seeking at least a 15-year sentence, citing in court documents the "rare gravity" of the ex-senator's crimes.Lawyers for Menendez, 71, had called for a shorter sentence paired with community service."Somewhere along the way, you became, I'm sorry to say, a corrupt politician," US Judge Sidney Stein said before handing down Menendez's sentence, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.Before receiving his sentence,...
January 30, 2025

Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez jailed for 11 years for bribery

The email from the Trump administration says federal workers who take the buyout will receive pay until September
Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move designed to shrink the US government.In an email sent to millions of employees on Tuesday, his administration told workers they had to decide by 6 February whether they wanted to be part of a "deferred resignation program".If they agreed to leave their jobs by that date, the message said, they would receive about eight months of salary as a severance package.The Trump administration expects up to 10% of employees to accept the offer, or around 200,000 of the more than two million workers the federal government employs, according to CBS News.Senior Trump officials told US media that the buyouts could save the government up to $100bn...
January 29, 2025

Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign

Ripudaman Singh Malik pictured here leaving a Vancouver court in 2005 after he was found not guilty of murder
Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings
TORONTO — A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in Canada without the possibility of parole for 20 years.Tanner Fox, 24, was sentenced on Tuesday by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge.Fox and Jose Lopez pleaded guilty in October to the second-degree murder of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022. Lopez will be sentenced on Friday.The sentencing came after an emotional morning, in which Malik's relatives begged Fox to reveal who hired him to carry out the murder."We plead with you to reveal the names of the people who hired you," said Malik's daughter-in-law Sundeep Kaur Dhaliwal, according to reporters inside the New Westminster courtroom.The two men...
January 29, 2025

Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings

Scientists move Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight
Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction
CHICAGO — The Doomsday Clock symbolizing how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) – which sets the clock annually – said nuclear threats, potential misuse of advances in biology and artificial intelligence, as well as climate change, were the key factors.Daniel Holz, chair of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board, said the latest move was "a warning to all world leaders".The clock was originally placed at seven minutes to midnight in 1947. Last year, it was left unchanged at 90 seconds.In Tuesday's statement, the BAS – a Chicago-based non-profit organization – said: "In setting the clock one second closer to midnight, we...
January 29, 2025

Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction

The deportees finally arrive in Bogota, Colombia, on January 28, 2025
Inside the ordeal of deported migrants as US and Colombia squared off
BOGOTA — “Do you know who the next president is? The fun is over for you here, the music has changed ... you’ve got to go back.”Daniel Oquendo, 33, remembers well the first words US border agents told him after he crossed the US-Mexico border on January 20.Eight days later, Oquendo is back in his native Colombia, after a bitter diplomatic row between US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro. He was one of about 200 Colombian migrants who were supposed to be deported early on Sunday – but were turned around by Colombian authorities.“It was very confusing: Nobody told us anything. US Customs and Border (Protection) took us from our cells in San Diego and put us on a C-130, with seats and all of that. They told us the flight to Bogota was going to be seven...
January 29, 2025

Inside the ordeal of deported migrants as US and Colombia squared off

President Donald Trump at the House Republican Members Conference Dinner in Miami on Monday
Judge temporarily blocks part of Trump administration’s plans to freeze federal aid
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping an order as it appeared.The short-term pause issued by US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan prevents the administration from carrying through with its plans to freeze funding for “open awards” already granted by the federal government through at least 5 p.m. ET Monday, February 3.The judge’s administrative stay is “a way of preserving the status quo” while she considers the challenge brought by a group of non-profits to the White House plans, AliKhan said.“The government doesn’t know the full scope of the programs...
January 29, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks part of Trump administration’s plans to freeze federal aid

The memo encompasses financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal
White House pauses federal grants and loans
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the CBS News.In the memo, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) calls on government agencies to ensure spending is consistent with Trump's priorities — and nods to a number of executive orders that the returning president has made.The full impact of the pause is not yet clear, although the memo specifies that Medicaid and Social Security benefits are not affected. It comes days after the US halted nearly all foreign aid.The move has been criticized by members of the rival Democratic Party, and could face legal challenges.The memo, signed by acting OMB chief Matthew Vaeth, calls on government agencies to temporarily...
January 28, 2025

White House pauses federal grants and loans

President Trump vowed on the campaign trail to cut down on equal opportunity programmes and bring about major changes to the US military
Trump signs orders focused on reshaping US military
LONDON — US President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders focused on reshaping the US military.One order signed late on Monday bans diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the military. It will remove the use of race- or sex-based preferences in the armed forces, the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department.Another reinstates more than 8,000 service members who were discharged for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.The White House added that a third executive order tasks officials with formulating a policy on transgender troops. The action does not immediately ban transgender service members.A fourth order mandates a process to develop an "American Iron Dome" — similar to the one used by Israel in the Middle East; while the White...
January 28, 2025

Trump signs orders focused on reshaping US military

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