TODAY’S NEWS FLASH:
Political Landscape
Trump says ceasefire in Gaza possible "within the next week"
President Trump said Friday he believes a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is possible "within the next week."
Pam Bondi fires three Jan. 6 prosecutors, sending another chill through DOJ workforce
At least three federal prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters were fired Friday by the Justice Department, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials familiar with the dismissals.
Global Impact
Trump administration announces $30 million in funding for Gaza aid group called a "death trap" by U.N.
The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that the Trump administration had approved $30 million in funding for the controversial, opaquely run private food distribution organization known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been criticized by a United Nations agency as "a death trap" for hungry Palestinians in the war-torn enclave. It is the first U.S. government funding for the GHF confirmed by the Trump administration.
Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
A collection of groups campaigning on transgender issues have urged Europe’s main human rights body to investigate the UK over the implementation of the supreme court’s ruling on gender.
Economic Pulse
Canada retaliates against U.S. steel imports after Trump terminates trade talks
President Donald Trump said Friday that he had terminated trade discussions with Canada, citing an incoming Canadian tax on tech companies including those based in the U.S.
Trump Speeds Up Tax Bill Deadline as Tentative SALT Deal Reached
President Donald Trump amped up pressure on Congress to speed passage of his tax-cut bill as Republicans reached a tentative deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations.
Quick Takes
More details are emerging about the alleged terror attack that was planned for Taylor Swift’s Vienna Eras Tour concerts.
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A lawyer representing Sean “Diddy” Combs delivered the defense’s closing arguments on Friday morning in the music mogul’s federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, telling jurors that the government’s case against Combs was “false” and “exaggerated”.
After three seasons, hundreds of deaths, billions of Korean wons handed out, and a seemingly infinite roller-coaster of twists and turns, “Squid Game” has now dropped its final episodes on Netflix.
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