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Watch live: NYC Mayor Eric Adams holds press conference after DOJ moves to drop charges
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to speak at a news conference after the DOJ moved to drop corruption charges. Watch the livestream of his address.
AFP
Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads guilty in US border wall fraud case
Steve Bannon, a former advisor to US President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors who contributed money to a private scheme to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.Bannon was indicted in 2022 for his role in a project called "We Build the Wall," which involved private fundraising to build the southern border wall.
AFP
US farmers say Trump let them down with spending freeze
US farmers caught up in President Donald Trump's short-lived attempt to freeze all federal funding descended on Congress Tuesday to demand answers after grants to their politically influential sector were paused.- 'Provide immediate clarity' - Skylar Holden, a 27-year-old cattle farmer from the Midwestern state of Missouri told AFP that he has also had his USDA funding frozen in the wake of the OMB's short-lived funding freeze.
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An unwanted double: US sales fall for American whiskeys as threats of a trade war heat up
Like a watered-down drink, domestic sales for American whiskeys were unsatisfying in 2024, as inflation reined in consumer spending on some distilled spirits. The biggest risk is in the European Union, where tariffs are set to resume April 1 at double the rate on American whiskey producers, who again find themselves ensnared in a trade dispute over steel and aluminum. The new tariff would undo the strong rebound in American whiskey sales in Europe since a 25% EU tariff was suspended a few years ago, the Distilled Spirits Council said.
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Elliott builds more than $2.5B stake in Phillips 66, wants it to sell or spin off midstream unit
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP has built up a more than $2.5 billion stake in Phillips 66, and is looking for the energy company to either sell or spin off its midstream unit to help boost its stock price. In a letter to Phillips 66's board, Elliott said that it believes the company could get more than $40 billion for its midstream business, or transporting and storing crude and refined products. “This standout business should separate from a corporate structure that both diminishes and obscures its value,” Elliott wrote.
AFP
Pope told to 'stick to Church' after Trump migrant critique
Pope Francis described Donald Trump's migrant deportations as a "major crisis" Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president's border czar, who told the pontiff to "stick to the Catholic Church"."I wish he'd stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us," the president's border czar, Tom Homan, told reporters.
Reuters
Pressure grows on Austrian conservatives to end coalition talks with far right
The conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) came under growing pressure on Tuesday to end its coalition talks with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) as a deal to form the first ever FPO-led government appeared increasingly unlikely. The eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO came first in September's parliamentary election with roughly 29% of the vote but was only asked to form a government last month once a centrist attempt to forge a ruling coalition without it collapsed. The OVP is the FPO's only potential partner.
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Canned tuna sold by major U.S. grocers recalled over botulism concerns
Certain tuna products may have defective lids that could lead to "a potentially fatal form of food poisoning," FDA notice states.
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JD Vance criticizes EU’s ‘massive’ AI regulations at Paris Summit
Vice President JD Vance told Europeans "massive" regulations on artificial intelligence could strangle the technology.
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Russian cybercrime network targeted for sanctions across US, UK and Australia
The U.S., U.K. and Australia on Tuesday sanctioned a Russian web-hosting services provider and two Russian men who administer the service in support of Russian ransomware syndicate LockBit. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and its U.K. and Australian counterparts sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider — which is a web-hosting service that ignores or evades law enforcement requests — and two Russian nationals serving as Zservers operators. Treasury alleges that Zservers provided LockBit access to specialized servers designed to resist law enforcement actions.
Time
Why Eggs Are So Expensive Right Now
The price of eggs is expected to skyrocket by another 20% this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
AFP
Rushdie tells trial of 'lake of blood' after stabbing
Novelist Salman Rushdie described Tuesday the moment a knife-wielding attacker stormed on stage and attempted to kill him with a frenzied attack that left him blind in one eye."It was a stab wound in my eye, intensely painful, after that I was screaming because of the pain," Rushdie said, adding that he was left in a "lake of blood."
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as Trump's tariffs and inflation prey on minds
Investors are braced for more Trump tariffs as focus turns to inflation and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Senate testimony.
Reuters
Trump asks US court to end 'judicial overreach' and allow funding freezes
President Donald Trump's administration has asked an appeals court to put on hold a U.S. judge's decision forcing it to comply with his order barring it from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance, saying the decision constituted "intolerable judicial overreach." The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late on Monday to put on hold an order that a Rhode Island federal judge issued earlier that day, after finding the administration had defied his January 31 ruling by continuing to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding. Monday's order marked the first time since Trump returned to office on January 20 that a court had found his administration was violating a court order blocking part of the Republican president's agenda.
AFP
Swedish woman jailed for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.The woman, a Swedish citizen, had already been sentenced to six years imprisonment in 2022 for allowing her 12-year-old son to be recruited as an IS child soldier.
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Canned tuna sold at Trader Joe's, Costco, H-E-B recalled for botulism risk
Several brands of canned tuna sold at stores including Trader Joe's, Costco and H-E-B have been recalled because they might be contaminated with a type of bacteria that causes botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. Tri-Union Seafoods of El Segundo, California, last week recalled certain lots of tuna sold under the Genova, Van Camp's, H-E-B and Trader Joe's brand names, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Reuters
US agency sends Trump plan to release documents on JFK assassination
A U.S. government agency sent recommendations last week to President Donald Trump on which classified documents he should release to the public related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. The plan comes after decades of fascination in the United States and beyond over the 1963 assassination of JFK, as the 35th U.S. president is known. Trump, who returned to the White House in January, had promised on the campaign trail to release classified intelligence and law enforcement files about the assassination.
Yahoo Finance
Why Tesla's stock has been cratering
Tesla's stock is enduring a violent sell-off.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth booed and heckled by military families protesting against DEI push
Military families protesting the defense department's anti-DEI push heckled Defense Secretary Hegseth at United States European Command headquarters in Germany.
Associated Press
Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border — a case the conservative strategist has decried as a “political persecution.” Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to one scheme to defraud count as part of a plea agreement that spares him from jail time in the “We Build the Wall” scheme. Asked how he was feeling as he left the courtroom, Bannon said, “Like a million bucks.”

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