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Paramount wants the states that are suing over the Warner Bros. Discovery deal to post a $1.9 billion bond. The states are scoffing at the idea.The media company made the request in a motion on Monday, asserting that “this is a textbook case for requiring bond.”It remains to be seen if the judge overseeing the case, Araceli Martinez-Olguín, will agree, but there is reason to be skeptical.Such bonds are up to the judge, and earlier in the case Martinez-Olguín waived the bond requirement because, she wrote, the states had demonstrated that they were bringing the suit “to enforce importan

Paramount wants a $1.9 billion bond from state AGs fighting the Warner Bros. merger

Teen lifeguard and boy he rescued are honored at White House after Trump saw dramatic viral video

LIV Golf to end season early and cancel the Michigan team event

ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct. The agency is proposing to subsidize liability insurance for state and local officers who are trained and deputized to enforce federal immigration laws, according to a planning document published Friday. ICE’s partnerships with local departments have soared since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year and may get an additiona

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French presidential candidate Philippe wins support of minister Darmanin

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IMF staff to visit Senegal this week, reflecting progress toward new program

The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that its staff would visit the West African country from August 19 to September 1 to continue discussions on policies and reforms that could be supported by a new lending arrangement.The two-week visit by a full IMF team reflects progress toward a new lending program for Senegal, and will involve more technical discussions, said a source familiar with the discussions.• On August 3, an IMF spokesperson told Reuters that "IMF staff stand ready to visit as soon as the authorities indicate they are prepared for the next phase of discussions."• Th

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Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran should surrender to end a war with the U.S. as talks between the countries remained stalled."They should put up the white flag of surrender," Trump told a Fox News reporter during a phone interview.An interim deal agreed to in June declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts", but quickly unraveled, with Trump saying it was "over" on July 7 and Iran's foreign ministry declaring it "suspended" a week later.Under that memorandum of understanding, Iran and the U.S. committed to negotiating a final deal

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Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy's declining mental state before she killed her children

Lindsay Clancy's mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children. Clancy's mother, Paula Musgrove, sounding at times emotional, described her daughter as a dedicated and loving mother whose mental health began declining in October 2022 — about three months before Clancy strangled the children and attempted to kill herself. “Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong,” Clancy wrote in a t

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Exclusive: Ukraine reveals its Achilles’ heel to CNN as Patriot missile launchers run dry

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Trump says US will reduce joint military exercises with key ally South Korea

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States would reduce military exercises with key regional ally South Korea, just hours before they were due to get underway, citing his positive relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Seoul’s lack of assistance with Iran.“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.“These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid

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Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with long-term Asian ally South Korea, citing the cost of the drills and Seoul's refusal to take part in actions against Iran. Hours before exercises were scheduled to begin, Trump said on his Truth Social site he was "not happy" that the U.S. had agreed to participate and highlighted his "very good relationship" with Kim Jong Un, the leader of nuclear-armed and heavily sanctioned North Korea."These exercises are not only costly... but send a signal that is totally inappropriate a

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Hayden Panettiere, 'Heroes' and 'Nashville' actress, dies at 36

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British PM Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Trump’s chief of staff

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating the White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who is one of US President Donald Trump’s closest advisers, a source with knowledge told CNN.It’s unclear when the exchange happened or what was discussed but Politico, which first reported the breach on Monday, said the British embassy in Washington was so concerned it raised the incident with the White House. Downing Street told CNN it does not comment on national security matters.CNN understands that the communication was in the form of messages and “no mes

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Lindsay Clancy’s mother says daughter thought medication was ‘destroying her mind’ as defense begins case in murder trial

Lindsay Clancy’s defense on Monday started calling its own witnesses – several of whom described her as a dedicated and loving parent – after prosecutors rested their case against the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children.“She always wanted to be a mother, have many children, and I felt it was the best thing that ever happened to her,” Clancy’s mother testified, before describing her daughter’s apparent spiral into darkness and paranoia in the months before the killings.“She would mention that this wasn’t her mind,” Paula Musgrove said. “She w

Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on a Strait of Hormuz deal, and other Middle East news

Trump seeks cuts to US-South Korea drills, reviving earlier objections

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Xi says China needs ‘indomitable fighting spirit,’ praises Tiananmen crackdown

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his country to show an “indomitable fighting spirit” in a bullish speech on Monday in which he also praised the ruling Communist Party’s decision to clamp down on the Tiananmen democracy protests.Xi made the comments at a landmark speech marking the centenary of the birth of one of his predecessors – Jiang Zemin, who was China’s leader from 1993 to 2002. He died in 2022.Addressing thousands of officials and delegates at the Great Hall of the People, Xi portrayed China as a country that was facing tough times, but one that would emerge unscathed

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Marathon US-Israel meeting produces optimism but no firm commitment to American plan for Gaza

A marathon meeting Monday between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear, with officials signaling moderate optimism but offering no concrete commitment by Israel to the latest U.S.-proposed plan. Hamas has already agreed to the proposal. American negotiators appeared to acquiesce to Israeli demands that Hamas disarmament must come before any reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian enclave. They did not publicly signal that Israel had made any commitments to withdraw from the 60% of Gaza that I

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Cristiano Ronaldo hints at retirement: ‘Probably my last year of football’

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‘A million dollars over asking’: AI wealth is fueling housing market frenzy in San Francisco

States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California

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British PM Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Trump’s chief of staff

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Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news

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What the death sentence for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad tells us about the future of the country

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JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran

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Trump wants more economic pressure on Iran. What are his options?

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Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House

Hurricane Lala leaves thousands without power in Hawaii amid 'life-threatening' conditions

Hurricane Lala approached Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, leaving more than 40,000 utility customers without power across the state as the

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Republicans worry their chances of keeping Congress are slipping away. Inside the Trump campaign plan to change that

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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