Also, French authorities raid Elon Musk's offices
| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 1. 🇫🇷 French authorities raided X's Paris headquarters. The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office searched the French office of Elon Musk's social media company X as part of an investigation into alleged unlawful data extraction and complicity in child pornography possession. X has characterized the investigation as an assault on free speech. | 2. 🇮🇷 US and Iran held nuclear talks in Oman. Iran and the United States held two rounds of indirect negotiations in Muscat on Friday, with both sides expecting further talks in the coming days. Iran's foreign minister said nuclear enrichment was an "inalienable right" for Tehran, while signaling openness to a "reassuring" deal with the US. | 3. 🇨🇴 Trump and Colombia's socialist leader met at the White House. The two leaders discussed exporting Venezuelan gas through Colombia, eradicating coca crops, and capturing major drug traffickers. Trump described the meeting as "terrific," coming after he previously labeled Colombia's leader Gustavo Petro a "sick man," while Petro recently accused Trump of modeling his immigration policy on the Nazis. | 4. 🇷🇺 Russian military intelligence figure shot in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was shot multiple times by an attacker posing as a delivery person at his apartment building and was hospitalized. The suspected Ukrainian attack comes as the two warring sides agreed to a sizable prisoner swap this week, releasing hundreds of POWs. |
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| | | CORRECTION | In yesterday's newsletter, we identified Rep. Maxine Waters as representing Florida, but she actually represents California. | Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame the French raid on X's offices | | | Behind the paywall: How PBS News and Al Jazeera frame the story on the left, and ZeroHedge and The Daily Caller on the right. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Elon Musk cuts off Russian troops | |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | How the "spy sheikh" secretly fueled Trump's company | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | Sheikh Tahnoon's investment firm agreed to pay $500 million for 49 percent of World Liberty Financial, with $187 million going to Trump family entities upfront and $31 million to entities tied to Steve Witkoff's family. Even with the supposed gains of this deal, the back scratching involved is extremely apparent…
| | Behind the paywall: How a UAE royal quietly took a major stake in the Trump family's crypto business, why the deal coincided with a dramatic reversal of US AI export policy, and how the arrangement is already drawing scrutiny. Plus, our thoughts on the story. |
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| | | Do you believe this deal is evidence of corruption? | |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Benjamin Netanyahu on Jeffrey Epstein | | Behind the paywall: Benjamin Netanyahu, Jeffrey Epstein, Ehud Barak, María Corina Machado, Mikee Waltz, and Jim Jordan. |
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| TODAY'S DEBATE | 📊 Do the Trump family's financial ties to the UAE concern you?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. | |
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| POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Which ICE reforms would you support? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 📸 Body cameras (1,307)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🪪 Visible name ID (7)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🏛️ Judicial warrants to enter homes (50)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ❌ None of the above (154)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (13) | 📸 Body cameras: "Cameras are an essential tool to manage and audit people who are authorized to use deadly force. Power requires accountability" — Mark 🏛️ Judicial warrants: "A warrant to enter private property is standard policing procedure." — James ❌ None of the above: "I know that regular law enforcement officers are required to comply with all of the above requirements. However, the overwhelming number of violent immigrants that have been welcomed in requires special consideration and a quick turnaround." — Carol | | | | 1,531 votes |
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