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Trump IRS Settlement Creates $1.776 Billion Fund for 'Weaponization' Claims

The Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund to compensate people who claim they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration.

International Business Times

Trump’s DOJ announces $1.7B fund to pay his allies who were ‘unfairly’ investigated by Democrats

The $1.776 billion ‘slush fund’ will be funded by taxpayers and be administered by a five-member commission appointed by Trump’s ex-defense lawyer

The Independent UK

‘Great unforced errors’: Foreign policy crises rise, yet Trump permanently slashes diplomats and gives jobs to his family and friends

State Department evaluation now come with a check for loyalty.

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I've been studying Big Tech for a long time. What just happened with Anthropic and the Pentagon terrifies me

For years, I watched regulators fail to keep pace with Silicon Valley. The Anthropic-Pentagon standoff is proof we've run out of time.

Fortune

Yale medical school discriminated against Asian and White applicants, claims Trump administration

The Justice Department Thursday revealed its findings of a year-long investigation into the admission policies and practices at the Yale School of Medicine and said its leadership selected applications based on race -- favored Black and Hispanic students than White or Asians. "Yale’s documents reveal that they studied how to…

The Times of India

DOJ finds Yale medical school discriminated based on race in admissions

This is the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month

The Independent UK

Virginia Democrats file motion asking for stay in map ruling as Trump touts ‘huge win’ for Republicans – as it happened

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US Air Force Doctor Assures Staff Not To Fear Lawsuits Over Sex Changes Done On Minors

A senior Air Force doctor reassures military medics of legal protection for performing gender-reassignment procedures on minors, following policy changes under the Biden administration.

International Business Times UK

The Pentagon announces AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and more — LLMs to be deployed on classified Department of War networks ‘for lawful operational use’

The U.S. Department of War announced agreements with seven AI providers, allowing it to deploy multiple LLMs for its use and avoiding lock up with a single vendor.

Tom’s Hardware

Pentagon's DoD Pushes for $125M Rebrand to Department of War as Officials Call for 7,600 Changes to Federal Law

The Pentagon seeks to rename the Department of Defence to the Department of War, a move projected to cost up to £92.5 million and facing opposition from Democrats over financial concerns.

International Business Times UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump welcomes Putin’s offer of Victory Day ceasefire in ‘very good’ phone call

Trump says he expects Putin to observe 'a little ⁠bit of a ceasefire', while Ukraine is yet to respond to the proposed truce

The Independent UK

D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Require That Journalists Be Escorted While in Pentagon

The panel (by a 2-1 vote) stayed a district court order that, among other things, blocked the newly established escort requirement.

Reason

US justice department to allow firing squads as federal death penalty method

Trump’s DoJ says it is taking steps to ‘strengthen the federal death penalty’ in opposition to Biden-era policies

The Guardian - US

Is Hung Cao the New Acting Navy Secretary? Inside John Phelan's Resignation and Sudden Leadership Shake-Up

Hung Cao becomes Acting Navy Secretary following John Phelan's sudden resignation. Cao's controversial past remarks and military background spark debate amid Pentagon leadership changes.

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Claim Over Firing for Kirk-Assassination-Related Post Can Go Forward, Court Rules

From McVeigh v. Kelly, decided last week by Chief Judge Allen Winsor (M.D. Fla.): The facts come from the complaint,… The post Claim Over Firing for Kirk-Assassination-Related Post Can Go Forward, Court Rules appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Pam Bondi could face contempt charges over Epstein testimony after failing to show up for deposition

Former attorney general is ‘evading a lawful congressional subpoena,’ according to top Democrat on House Oversight Committee

Reason

D.C. Circuit Declines to Stay Department of War's "Supply-Chain Risk" Designation of Claude

From today's order by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Gregory Katsas, and Neomi Rao in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Dep't of… The post D.C. Circuit Declines to Stay Department of War's "Supply-Chain Risk" Designation of Claude appeared first on Reason.com.

The Guardian - US

Pam Bondi will not appear at scheduled House hearing on Epstein files, DoJ says

Justice department says Bondi will not appear for House deposition since she was ousted as US attorney general

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The Independent UK

Amid husband’s ‘bimbofication’ scandal, Kristi Noem hit with yet another allegation

Kristi Noem is being questioned over her former department giving five government contracts to one GOP donor

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Attorney General Pam Bondi gets the boot as Trump adds another name to his firing spree

Another Lackey, another firing. The spree has begun.

The Guardian - US

Democrats vow to fight Trump’s ‘morally bankrupt’ request for billions in additional defense and DHS spending– as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears

Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November

Roll Call

Trump unites divided GOP leadership behind Homeland Security deal

President Donald Trump and GOP leaders united behind a plan Wednesday to end the record-breaking partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, committing themselves to a two-track strategy that includes passing a reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement funding by June 1. With the shutdown stretching into its seventh week…

Reason

A Fifth Circuit Bait-and-Switch to Ignore Crime Victims' Rights

In 2023 the Fifth Circuit denied the victims' families challenge to the illegally negotiated Boeing DPA as being "premature"--but today the Circuit denied the families' challenge as coming too late.

The Guardian - US

Hegseth reportedly cuts two Black men and two women from military promotion list

US defense secretary axed the four officers’ names from list to become one-star generals, the New York Times reports

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