The Treasury Department announced sanctions against three far-left international networks as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on politically motivated violence.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign **** ets Control took action against Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based nonprofit; Palestine Action, a U.K.-based organization which it designated a terrorist group; and Masar Badil, a Spain-based group that allegedly operates as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, already sanctioned by the U.S.
"Far-left extremists, their fronts and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. "Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated."
Pro-Palestinian activists gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the occasion of a hearing granted to Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, to consider whether there should be a temporary block of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 on July 4, 2025, in London.
Rubio Puts Entire World On Notice Against Rise Of 'Poisonous' Far-left Terror 'Masked As Equality'

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(Corrects Aug 20 story in paragraph 5 to remove erroneous reference to Julius Baer)
By Summer Zhen, Selena Li and Xinghui Kok
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A growing campaign to tax offshore wealth is forcing wealthy Chinese people to rethink their trust structures and investment holdings, lawyers and advisers say, as Beijing sharpens its focus on capital outflows and rule enforcement amid growing fiscal strains.
In late July, ‌authorities overhauled rules to impose a 20% income tax on offshore trusts, while tax offices in major cities like Beijing and Hangzhou have started to enforce taxation on returns from offshore insurance policies.
Those measures have ‌triggered a scramble among some wealthy individuals to ***** s their liabilities, raise cash to meet them and revamp investment holdings. They have also fuelled concern that Beijing may widen its tax crackdown and scrutiny of offshore wealth.

#wealth #wealthy #investment

Just one of the wild actions and comments on Donald Trump's manic Monday would rank among the most notorious things another president ever did.
By close of business, Trump had taken strides toward the presidency he's always wanted: one of unfiltered authority flowing from the presidential Sharpie, shredding traditional institutions and providing a platform for demagoguery.
Often, the round-the-clock cacophony from the White House seems expressly designed to stifle public comprehension of each individual act planned to irrevocably change the country and the world.
This was certainly the case on a day that fulfilled some core goals of the Trump base but also helped to explain the plunging presidential approval ratings that have Republicans looking with dread toward the midterm elections.
It all started when one of the president's former personal lawyers, now Appeals Court Judge Emil Bove, swore in another of the president's former personal lawyers, Todd Blanche, as attorney general.

#toward #often

Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is calling on Democrats to ensure that those who do not support Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed face consequences for not holding the party line.
"There are haters in our ranks. Notice how whenever someone comes out and says, 'Yeah that's actually a bad **** ociation,' immediately it's weaponized by the Republicans," he said Thursday while reacting to a clip of Fox News' Bill Hemmer interviewing former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel.
"You can't be out here saying like, 'Oh, I'm a centrist Democrat. And I think Abdul is a bridge too far.' That must be punished."
Mark Halperin Calls Hasan Piker A 'Horrible Person' As Democrats Face Pressure To Distance From Streamer
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker faced renewed scrutiny after viewers spotted a framed newspaper front page from Sept. 12, 2001, in his background.

#face

A high-profile election ***** yst said Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) may give Democrats a real shot at finally winning a statewide race in Texas given the electoral weakness of his opponent, state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).
"Since 1994, I've gotten call after call virtually every day from Texans in politics on the Democratic side, saying, 'This is the year. We're finally gonna do it,'" University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato said Thursday in an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett that referenced a Fox News poll showing Talarico with a 51 percent lead over Paxton's 48 percent.
"But you know what? I'm starting to believe it's actually possible this year," he added.
Sabato argued that while Talarico was a "great candidate," the real opportunity for a win hinged on Paxton's political liabilities. "Paxton is so awful," he said.
The political ***** yst pointed to a string of Paxton's legal troubles and scandals, including being impeached by the Texas House, facing 20 charges of misconduct in office, indictments on three felony securities fraud charges and an extramarital affair.

#texas #Politics #real #finally

The Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on three categories of imports from Canada, dairy, alcohol, and cars, citing discriminatory actions. NBC News' Monica Alba reports on how Trump is also considering additional tariffs due to the Canadian wildfires.

In the early morning of July 1, federal immigration officers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pulled over a white SUV. An unmarked Immigration and Customs Enforcement car stopped in front of the SUV to block its path, while other law enforcement vehicles parked behind it, according to surveillance video obtained by CNN affiliate WGAL.
"Get out of the car now," one officer said after he approached the driver's side.
When the driver did not emerge after officers repeatedly ordered him out of the SUV, an officer shattered the window. The SUV then drove away, appearing to clip the ICE vehicle stopped in front of it before turning the wrong way down a one-way street. One ICE officer fired his gun as the SUV drove away from the officers and hit a parked car.
In a statement, an ICE spokesperson said the driver – who the agency said had a criminal history of ******* ault, hit-and-run, and a domestic incident – had "weaponized his car and rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle."
An ICE officer discharged his weapon, and the driver escaped, the statement said.

A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
The arrest of Jason Watson occurred after he spoke at a news conference organized by Removal Coalition, the grassroots, activist group said. During the news conference, Watson identified himself as an active-duty service member and wore a military uniform. Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas also attended the event.
US Capitol Police, which confirmed the arrest, said members of the public may not demonstrate on the steps of the House unless they are accompanied by a member of Congress.
Watson was "escorted" to the steps by a member of Congress, who "left the area," before police gave Watson "lawful orders to stop the illegal demonstration or he would be arrested," the police said in a statement.
"The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding," US Capitol Police added, noting that there are other spots on the Capitol grounds where demonstrating is allowed.

I'm always tired. I try to prioritize sleep but always end up exhausted despite my best efforts. Why don't I ever feel well rested?
For millions of people, poor sleep has become so normalized that they no longer recognize it as a potential medical issue. Feeling tired all the time gets blamed on stress. Freight train snoring becomes a family joke at the dinner table. Trying not to doze off during that weekly meeting means your job is boring.
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These signs all point to a possible sleep disorder. Yet, most people push through and ignore them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and sleep researchers estimate that between 50 million and 70 million Americans have an active sleep disorder, and most people don't know they do.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today's news cycle, and he drew parallels between Nixon and President Donald Trump — arguing that both were targeted by "deep state" forces.
Vance described his admiration for Nixon during a conversation at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. Widely expected to be a presidential contender in 2028, Vance spoke at the library while promoting his new book, "Communion."
After talking about the book and his faith journey, Vance shifted to Nixon, saying the legacy of the 37th president is "enjoying a bit of a renaissance."
"If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy," Vance said.
He went on: "If you look at the story of how the deep state took down Richard Nixon, it's not all that different from what the same groups of people, the same institutions tried to do to Donald Trump in the first Trump administration."

BUDAPEST, June 15 (Reuters) - Hungary's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Monday that allows ‌prime ministers to serve for a maximum ‌of eight years, effectively barring former premier Viktor Orban from holding the role again.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar ousted Orban in an election in April after 16 years, gaining a two-thirds majority in parliament that allows ‌his party to ⁠roll back or change legislation passed by Orban's Fidesz, including the constitution.
• The ⁠amendment says that those who had previously held the role of prime minister for at least eight years "cannot be elected prime minister." This applies to prime ‌ministerial terms held after the date of May 2, 1990.
• Prime ministers will have to leave office after a total of eight years, or two terms.
• The constitutional amendment also paves the ‌way for the dissolution of the Sovereignty Protection Office, set up by Orban's government, that stigmatised opposition figures ‌and journalists for serving "foreign interests."

The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and ***** ual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for ***** with refugees, according to a confidential internal memo obtained by The ***** ociated Press.
The Doctors Without Borders report — completed in July and first reported Saturday by The ***** ociated Press — found 59 allegations of abuse and said 18 staff members were dismissed and barred from future employment. In some cases, the group told AP, the allegations couldn't be verified or the perpetrators identified. The report also said some of the repeated exploitation suggested potentially organized "sexual trafficking."
The organization said it launched the monthslong investigation in response to AP reporting that women had accused staff of ***** ually exploiting them in displacement sites in Chad, where hundreds of thousands fled from Sudan's devastating civil war, now in its fourth year. The report credited AP as playing "a fundamental role as an external whistleblower."
The findings by Doctors Without Borders — one of the largest employers and biggest aid organizations in the refugee camps in eastern Chad — indicate the abuse was more widespread than previously reported.
Sexual exploitation has repeatedly surfaced during humanitarian crises despite years of efforts by aid organizations to prevent abuse.

A showdown between Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer in the California governor's race would have made climate policy one of the most talked-about issues through November.
Now, environmental advocates are preparing for their work to fade into the background.
Steyer, the billionaire climate activist who ran as a progressive, finished third in the primary behind Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton, the Trump-backed political commentator. His loss ended a campaign that spent millions on ads attacking Becerra for accepting oil industry money and promising to break up power companies.
"I'm proud of the enemies we made," Steyer said in a concession statement Tuesday, singling out energy corporations like Chevron and PG&E that infused millions in independent expenditure committees opposing him.
Steyer also endorsed Becerra in that statement, saying it "would be a travesty" for Hilton to win the governorship.

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A 31-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was found dead along a South Florida beach, and officials say her injuries were consistent with a vessel strike.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) identified the woman as Kellie Melinda Williams, whose body was discovered in the surf near Hollywood Beach on June 3 at about 8 p.m.
According to the agency, Williams' injuries were consistent with being struck by a boat.
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