August 25, 2026

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Suspected Epstein Pimp Found Dead in Paris Home as Authorities Close In– slaynews.com

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Suspected Epstein Pimp Found Dead in Paris Home as Authorities Close In– slaynews.com
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A French modeling scout accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse young women and children has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation in France over allegations that he assisted Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Siad had not yet been questioned by investigators and denied the accusations against him.

“An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,” the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said.

Authorities said an autopsy would be conducted after Siad was found dead at his home in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine.

Republican blocks bill to halt retrofit of Qatari-gifted Air Force One – The Washington Post– news.google.com

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Republican blocks bill to halt retrofit of Qatari-gifted Air Force One – The Washington Post– news.google.com
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  1. Republican blocks bill to halt retrofit of Qatari-gifted Air Force One  The Washington Post
  2. GOP senator blocks Schumer request to stop Trump from using taxpayer money to ‘max out’ new Air Force One  The Hill
  3. White House Says New Air Force One Will Be Out of Service for a Month for ‘Upgrades’  The New York Times
  4. GOP blocks Schumer’s effort to ground taxpayer funding for Trump’s Qatari Air Force One  Fox News
  5. Trump takes his new Air Force One out of service, giving away the game  MS NOW

 

U.S. pledges $5 billion to boost AI in government-backed scientific research– www.scientificamerican.com

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U.S. pledges $5 billion to boost AI in government-backed scientific research– www.scientificamerican.com
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Overall federal funding for scientific research is set to decline in 2027, the most senior White House science figure said on Wednesday. The government, however, pledged to spend $5 billion on promoting artificial intelligence in science.

Michael Kratsios, the White House’s science and technology adviser, told the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology that the money will be drawn from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, as well as other federal agencies.

The goal is to produce “the premier AI for science ecosystem in the world,” he said. The funding will be earmarked for “research awards, funding opportunities, specialized scientific datasets and research facilities,” the White House said in a statement.

Trump Accounts draw 6.5 million sign-ups, but families are waiting on the promised $1,000 funding– fortune.com

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Trump Accounts draw 6.5 million sign-ups, but families are waiting on the promised $1,000 funding– fortune.com
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President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could hoist children out of poverty and give more Americans the chance to benefit from investments in the stock market. But some parents say they’re still waiting for the money to arrive.

Trump on Wednesday plans to speak at a Georgia high school to promote the investment accounts, which offer $1,000 in seed money to every child born during his second term. The accounts went live July 4, two days before Trump rang the opening bells for both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ from the Oval Office.

The tax-advantaged accounts, created last year through Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill, can be opened for any child under the age of 18. The Treasury Department boasts 6.5 million sign-ups for Trump Accounts, with 1.5 million of those eligible for the $1,000 seed funding for babies born from 2025 through 2028.

Boosters of the program say it’s a chance to give more Americans a stake in the stock market. They hope it will stem the rising popularity of democratic socialists, who seek to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy to ease the cost of things like food and healthcare for low-income and middle-class Americans.

Canada cancels joint bridge-opening celebration with US amid trade tensions | US news– www.theguardian.com

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Canada cancels joint bridge-opening celebration with US amid trade tensions | US news– www.theguardian.com
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A planned joint US-Canada ceremony on Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no longer expected to take place after Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on most Canadian goods.

In announcing the tariffs, the president accused Canada of unfairly discriminating against US automobiles, alcohol and dairy products, escalating tensions with one of the United States’ closest allies.

“In light of trade action threatened by the United States earlier this week, it would be inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event between the two countries,” said Jenna Ghassabeh, a spokesperson for Canada’s infrastructure minister, Gregor Robertson, in an emailed statement.

New York Politician Slams the DSA As a White Supremacist Movement– townhall.com

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New York Politician Slams the DSA As a White Supremacist Movement– townhall.com
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If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that a vast majority of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members are lily-white and insanely rich. With that privilege, they’ve decided their moral and political obligation is to destroy the economic structure and nation that made them spoiled brats

This includes a majority-white crowd chanting ‘You’re next’ to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The optics of that are bad enough, but the DSA doesn’t seem to care. The destruction of the Democratic Party, and America, is the point.

But one New York politician is calling a spade a spade and he just blasted the DSA as a bunch of white supremacists. That’s Queens Borough President Donovan Richards

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A prominent black Big Apple politician compared Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America to white supremacists as a bitter rift between Democrats spilled onto social media.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards breathed new life into a longstanding complaint among minority lawmakers that the largely lily-white DSA ignores race in its crusade to grow its ranks and dismantle capitalism.

Newsom pushes California to crack down on sex trafficking — fast– www.latimes.com

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Newsom pushes California to crack down on sex trafficking — fast– www.latimes.com
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SACRAMENTO — California has spent millions of dollars to combat sex trafficking, and yet it can still be found in every city and town, hiding in plain sight.

Whether it’s online, on places such as Figueroa Street in L.A. or Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, or even in the hotel rooms where our World Cup guests stayed, there are thousands of women and girls being sexually exploited in California right now, despite all that money and all the resources it has purchased.

“The reality is that few threats to a woman’s safety are as brutal or as overlooked as sex trafficking,” First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom said Monday, sitting with her husband, the governor, in a tiny second-floor dance studio built for survivors of trafficking.

Siebel Newsom was there to watch Newsom sign an executive order that was driven by her work as an advocate for survivors of trafficking. On its surface, the order may not sound like much and isn’t likely to make the news. It calls for most of the major state agencies to come up with a plan within 60 days to work together to curb trafficking and help survivors.

Japan raises safety concern over Chinese destroyer’s live-fire drills– abcnews.com

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Japan raises safety concern over Chinese destroyer’s live-fire drills– abcnews.com
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TOKYO — Japan expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off a remote Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during its joint exercise with Russia, officials said Tuesday.

The Chinese Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyer conducted a live-fire exercise off Japan’s southernmost island of Okinotori, hours after the Japanese navy spotted it operating alongside two other Chinese warships and a Russian frigate, the Japanese Joint Staff said.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters Tuesday that his government conveyed concerns that the live-fire drills posed a potential safety threat to nearby vessels. He noted that ships near the area received a notice from the Chinese warships just before the drills started.

“We will continue to watch China-Russia operations around Japan with concern, while doing utmost for the warning and surveillance of the Japanese airspace and territorial waters,” Kihara said.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, in a speech Monday in Britain, said the action underscored “the deepening military cooperation between China and Russia,” as he also noted China’s ballistic missile launch from a submarine earlier this month, and at least 10 joint flights conducted by Chinese and Russian bombers around Japan.

Iran warns of Hormuz ‘red line,’ retaliation to Trump’s strike threats– www.cnbc.com

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Iran warns of Hormuz ‘red line,’ retaliation to Trump’s strike threats– www.cnbc.com
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Iran warned Thursday that it would “crush” key targets in the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to target the country’s infrastructure in the coming days are carried out.

Trump said in a Tuesday evening interview with Fox News that U.S. forces would target key Iranian infrastructure next week if a diplomatic breakthrough is not achieved.

“Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants,” he said. “Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”

In a statement published on Telegram on Thursday morning, a spokesperson for Iran’s top military command said that if Trump’s threats were implemented “everything that is still intact … that is, all the infrastructure in the region – will be crushed under the steel blows of the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran; so that no trace of them remains and it is as if they never existed in the first place.”

Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors ‘this afternoon’ after top Republican threatens to block his path to AG– www.independent.co.uk

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Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors ‘this afternoon’ after top Republican threatens to block his path to AG– www.independent.co.uk
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US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit– www.bbc.co.uk

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US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit– www.bbc.co.uk
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The US launched a wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth night in a row, its military said, as the two sides battled over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

US Central Command (Centcom) said the attacks were intended to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities”, before saying it had boarded a vessel as part of its blockade of Iranian ports.

State media and provincial authorities reported that the US had hit civilian infrastructure, including bridges, a train station and an airport. BBC Verify has confirmed an attack on one bridge to the west of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) says it has retaliated by striking US maritime surveillance radar sites in Oman as well as targets in Kuwait and Bahrain. They also claim to have attacked a US special operations command centre in Syria.

The IRGC said the surprise attack at al-Tanf in Syria, near the border with Jordan, was in retaliation for the killing of Iranian soldiers two days ago. Neither Syria nor the US have commented on the claim.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Texas Rangers to conduct investigation into deadly ICE shooting– www.yahoo.com

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Texas Rangers to conduct investigation into deadly ICE shooting– www.yahoo.com
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On Wednesday, a week after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed in a shooting involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, the Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers agreed to conduct an investigation into the incident.

According to a release from DPS, the Texas Rangers, who did not have access to the initial scene, will conduct an investigation alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security.

Salgado Araujo was shot and killed the morning of July 7 after he was pursued by federal agents driving unmarked vehicles while he was taking his crew to their latest job site.

“As previously stated, for decades, it has been the standard, established practice of the Texas Rangers to investigate OIS when requested by an involved law enforcement agency – local, state or federal – or a prosecuting entity,” the statement said.

Husband of Code Pink founder being investigated under federal agent and tax laws– www.cbsnews.com

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Husband of Code Pink founder being investigated under federal agent and tax laws– www.cbsnews.com
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Neville Roy Singham, the wealthy husband of the founder of the progressive non-profit Code Pink and benefactor of far-left political causes, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

The investigation began by looking into possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and has since expanded into a criminal tax probe over whether money was unlawfully funneled through nonprofits he controls and whether he lied on the tax forms for those nonprofits, known as “990s,” the sources said.

The criminal investigation was first reported by Fox News.

Singham is a major financial backer of a New York City-based nonprofit called the People’s Forum, a left-leaning nonprofit that advocates for causes impacting the working class and other marginalized groups.