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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accompanied by President Donald Trump, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison (R), and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd-R), at the announcement of an investment in AI infrastructure
Musk bashes Trump's $500bn AI project, claiming its backers don’t ‘have the money’
WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down.“They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority.”Trump said the investment will create a new company, called Stargate, to grow artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. The leaders of SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle stood alongside Trump during the announcement. Their respective companies will invest $100 billion in total for the project to start, with plans to pour up to $500 billion into Stargate in the coming years.The comments are a notable takedown of a major White House project from...
January 23, 2025

Musk bashes Trump's $500bn AI project, claiming its backers don’t ‘have the money’

Refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 27, 2021
Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US
WASHINGTON — Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.The memo comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee admissions and marks another example of the swift impact his actions are already having. The move stands to affect thousands of refugees who had flights already scheduled.“All previously scheduled travel of refugees to the United States is being cancelled, and no new travel bookings will be made. RSCs should not request travel for any additional refugee cases at this time,” the memo states, citing the president’s executive order.Approximately 10,000 refugees had...
January 23, 2025

Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US

President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave
Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave 'immediately'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave.The White House confirmed that all federal DEI workers had to be put on leave by 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday, before the offices and programs in question were shut down.In an executive order issued on Tuesday, Trump also called for an end to the "dangerous, demeaning and immoral" programs.It is unclear how many people are affected by the order, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 800,000 federal workers, said.Since his inauguration, the president has acted swiftly on a number of key pledges through a raft of unilateral actions.He repeatedly attacked DEI...
January 23, 2025

Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave 'immediately'

Emergency crews patrol along a street as flames and smoke billows into the air in the distance
Thousands evacuated as new fast-growing fire ignites near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — A new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in Los Angeles County, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate a region already reeling from the most destructive fires in its history.The Hughes fire ignited about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, near Castaic Lake in a mountainous area that borders several residential areas and schools.The blaze grew to more than 9,200 acres in several hours on Wednesday, fuelled by winds and dry brush. No homes or businesses have been damaged, and fire officials expressed confidence about getting the blaze under control.The new fire is located north of the two mammoth blazes — which are still burning — that destroyed multiple neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area earlier this month.Local news showed residents...
January 23, 2025

Thousands evacuated as new fast-growing fire ignites near Los Angeles

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin speaking at a conference in 2017
Trump tells Putin to end 'ridiculous war' in Ukraine or face new sanctions
KYIV — Donald Trump has warned he will impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine.Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he said that by pushing to settle the war he was doing Russia and its president a "very big favor".Trump had previously said he would negotiate a settlement to Russia's full-scale invasion launched in February 2022, in a single day.Russia has not yet responded to the remarks, but senior officials have said in recent days that there is a small window of opportunity for Moscow to deal with the new US administration.Putin has said repeatedly that he is prepared to negotiate an end to the war, which first began in 2014, but that Ukraine would have to accept the reality of Russian...
January 23, 2025

Trump tells Putin to end 'ridiculous war' in Ukraine or face new sanctions

Trump rallygoers hold a sign of Riley's face saying 'say her name'
US Congress passes Laken Riley Act in early win for Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON — The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.The bill, named after Laken Riley — a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man — passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senate.The measure cruised through the House by a vote of 263 to 156. Forty-six Democrats defied their party leadership and crossed the political aisle to support the Republican-led measure. In the Senate, 12 Democrats gave their support to the bill.It now heads to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign into law — an early legislative win for his fledgling administration on a bill named after a woman whom he often invoked during his...
January 23, 2025

US Congress passes Laken Riley Act in early win for Trump on immigration

Deportees seen at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana on 21 January
1,500 active-duty troops headed to US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump told US government agencies to prepare to "immediately repel, repatriate, and remove" undocumented immigrants as part of a wider effort to fight what he's termed an "invasion" across the southern border.Trump's order comes as US officials announce the deployment of additional active duty troops to the border, and as processes that allow swift deportations are expanded.The US also moved to cancel all refugee travel and processing, leaving thousands stranded as they wait to come to the US.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is "sending a very strong message" to people around the world with the actions.An executive action, posted to the White House's website, argues that the measures are...
January 23, 2025

1,500 active-duty troops headed to US-Mexico border

Iceberg A23a drifting in the southern ocean having broken free from the Larsen Ice Shelf
Giant iceberg on crash course with island — penguins and seals in danger
LONDON — The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger.The iceberg is spinning northwards from Antarctica toward South Georgia, a rugged British territory and wildlife haven, where it could ground and smash into pieces. It is currently 173 miles (280km) away.Countless birds and seals died on South Georgia's icy coves and beaches when past giant icebergs stopped them feeding."Icebergs are inherently dangerous. I would be extraordinarily happy if it just completely missed us," sea captain Simon Wallace tells BBC News, speaking from the South Georgia government vessel Pharos.Around the world a group of scientists, sailors and fishermen are anxiously checking satellite pictures to monitor...
January 23, 2025

Giant iceberg on crash course with island — penguins and seals in danger

On the day of the riot, a mob stormed the US Capitol as the 2020 presidential election was being certified
Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon
WASHINGTON — One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: "We were wrong that day."Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC that there should be no pardons for the riot on 6 January 2021."Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said."I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."Hemphill, who was nicknamed the "Maga granny" by social media users - in reference to Trump's "make America great again" slogan - said she saw the...
January 22, 2025

Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather in front of the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021
Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants 
WASHINGTON — Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters, including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers, just hours after the president entered office Monday.Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, who has warned before about giving a blanket pardon to the rioters, said, “I just can’t agree” with Trump’s decision to commute the sentences or pardon a vast swath of January 6 insurrection participants.He added the move “raises legitimate safety issues on Capitol Hill” before also attacking former President Joe Biden’s pardons in his final hours in office.Trump’s executive action, which many GOP senators had hoped would be directed at only nonviolent...
January 22, 2025

Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants 

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