Elon Musk says he’s ‘disappointed’ with domestic policy bill in break with Trump

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk broke with President Donald Trump on the House-passed domestic policy bill, saying in a new interview that he was “disappointed” that the legislation would increase the federal deficit. “I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it, and undermines the…

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Federal judge denies attempt to block commuted death row inmates’ transfer to ‘Supermax’ prison

A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by then-President Joe Biden to the “Supermax” in Colorado, the highest-security federal prison in the country. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington, D.C., ruled Tuesday against issuing a preliminary injunction requested…

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Former surgeon sentenced to 20 years in prison as France’s largest child sexual abuse trial ends

Joël Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon at the center of France’s largest-ever child sexual abuse case, was handed a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison Wednesday as his three-month-long trial reached its end. French courts convicted Le Scouarnec, 74, of sexually assaulting 299 victims over three decades, most of them girls and boys whose…

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Czech Republic blames China for cyberattacks against its foreign ministry communication network

PRAGUE — The Czech government has identified China as being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a a communication network of the Czech Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry said the malicious activities started in 2022 and targeted the country’s critical infrastructure. The ministry said it believed the Advanced Persistent Threat 31, or APT31…

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