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What to know about the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island. The allegations come as part of escalating pressure by the Trump administration on Cuba's socialist government to open its economy to American investment and remove U.S. adversaries. In addition, a U.S. blockade of fuel and other goods has caused widespread blackouts, food shortages and an economic collapse on the island.

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One GOP congressman is vowing to end Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund for allies

One Republican congressman says he is exploring ways to end the Trump Justice Department’s move to establish a tax-payer fueled “anti-weaponization” fund, a move likely to draw the ire of President Donald Trump.Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told reporters he “100%” wants to prevent the nearly $1.8 billion fund that could compensate Trump’s allies from moving forward.“Once we get to the bottom of the source of the funding, we’re going to put legislative text together. We got to figure out what we have jurisdiction over. That’s the first question,” he said Wednesday

SpaceX files for long-awaited public stock offering that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire

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NextEra to buy Quantum-backed energy firm Caliber, set up US shale JV, sources say

NextEra Energy has agreed to buy U.S. oil and gas investment firm Caliber Resource Partners for $1.3 billion and has separately set up a joint venture with Caliber's private equity backer, Quantum Capital Group, to manage the power company's U.S. shale assets, four sources told Reuters on Wednesday.The deal gives NextEra greater access to U.S. natural gas supplies just days after it announced a $67 billion deal to merge with Dominion Energy that would make it one of the world's largest electric utilities and suppliers of power to data centers. The data center boom is widely expected to raise

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Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement

Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While many people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk’s death, Larry Bushart’s case stood out as a rare instance in which such online speech led to criminal prosecution. The 61-year-old retired police officer spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October. During his ti

House passes housing affordability bill that softens institutional investor ban

A landmark housing affordability package moved one step closer to becoming law on Wednesday after winning bipartisan approval in the House of Representatives.The measure is an amended version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cleared the Senate in March.The bill, which won approval in a sweeping vote of 396-13, aims to tackle the housing crisis from multiple angles: expanding loans to construct housing, pushing local governments to loosen permitting rules, expanding manufactured housing, and curbing Wall Street’s ownership of single-family homes.Together, the House and Senate pr

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Police officers who guarded Capitol sue to block Trump's $1.8 billion 'slush fund'

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters on January 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to halt President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of political "weaponization."In a complaint filed in federal court in Washington, former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges alleged Trump has "created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name."The lawsuit seeks a court order blocking payments from the

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The Latest: US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government. President Donald Trump has set a calamitous energy blockade on the island and has been threatening military action ever since U.S. forces captured the Cuban government’s longtime patron, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of President Do

US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island's president condemns charges

‘Paige against the machine’: How a Democrat who bucked her party is now targeting a swing House district

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Judge halts White House’s rollback of presidential records-retention policies

A federal judge said Wednesday that White House staff must preserve their official records, including communications that they send via non-official text message services, pushing back on attempts to free President Donald Trump from record-keeping obligations that were set by Congress.The 54-page opinion from Judge John Bates of the DC District Court, puts on hold an attempt by the administration to roll back the Presidential Records Act, which was a major reform following the Watergate scandal and the state of then-President Richard Nixon’s records.“Congress has the enumerated power to re

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One GOP congressman is vowing to end Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund for allies

Florida prosecutor charged with emailing herself the most sought-after documents from Jack Smith’s Trump investigation

Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar to miss Game 1 of Western Conference Final against Vegas

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US Democrats push to rein in Trump on Cuba as White House steps up pressure

A group of Democratic U.S. senators introduced a resolution to stop President Donald Trump from using the military against Cuba on Wednesday, as his administration escalated pressure on the island's government by indicting former President Raul Castro.Democrats Tim Kaine of Virginia, Adam Schiff of California and Ruben Gallego of Arizona introduced a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. armed forces against the Communist-ruled island.They cited the Republican president's repeated threats to send in the troops to change the government in Havana and reports that the U.S. Southern

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US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and blaming Cuba's leaders for shortages of electricity, food and fuel."We in the U.S. are offering to help you not only alleviate the current crisis, but also to build a better future," Rubio said in a State Department message on Cuban Independence Day. The Trump administration is expected to announce criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro on Wednesday, in a move that would mark a step-up in W

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Memorial Day sticker shock: Gas prices near all-time highs

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Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a ‘too big’ financial industry, dies at 86

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Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper indicted in connection with 'towing corruption scheme'

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Democrat "angered" & "saddened" by Republican's primary loss

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IRS barred from investigating Trump or his family for past tax issues, as part of controversial lawsuit agreement

The Internal Revenue Service cannot ever bring claims against President Donald Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues under the additional terms published Tuesday in the agreement the Justice Department reached with Trump to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for the disclosure of his tax returns.

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Trump discloses thousands of stock trades, some in companies directly influenced by his policies

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen

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Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements

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Takeaways from Todd Blanche’s Senate testimony: Weaponization fund, Epstein probes and Trump prosecutions dominate

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Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump considers himself an effective dealmaker but appears to have hit a wall with Iran

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Georgia Republicans dig in for runoffs for Senate and governor as campaigns go into overtime

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls