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Former Swiss President Defends International Legal Order
Alain Berest, Switzerland’s president in 2018 and 2023, encouraged future leaders to rely on international legal frameworks as Europe’s political future remains uncertain.
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Supreme Court allows rapid third-country deportations, for now
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can resume rapidly deporting immigrants to countries other than their own, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday.
At White House, Trump asks AI titans to police themselves
President Donald Trump summoned the world’s most powerful technology executives to the White House on Tuesday and praised the assembled billionaires as “very brilliant” minds who wanted to make the world a better place through job creation, the construction of data centers and…
Pentagon chief set to announce additional cuts in senior officer positions
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut in the number of positions for generals and admirals when he speaks with hundreds of junior service members at Quantico, Virginia, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
Appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement
WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court declined on Tuesday to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald Trump who a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president filed against the Internal Revenue Service.
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith tells Senate he won’t be silenced by prosecution threats
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that he will not be silenced by threats of prosecution, as he faced Republican accusations of abuse of power in his investigations of President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court allows rapid third-country deportations, for now
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can resume rapidly deporting immigrants to countries other than their own, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday.
Trump launches government chatbot that contradicts some of his claims
WASHINGTON — A new artificial intelligence-powered search tool that President Donald Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans get information from the federal government provides facts that contradict false claims he has made about topics such as election fraud and immigration.
Trump dice que los republicanos están más unidos que nunca pese a discrepancias por la IA
WASHINGTON — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, defendió este martes la unidad del Partido Republicano a poco más de un mes de las elecciones legislativas de medio mandato, en un momento en que el debate sobre la inteligencia artificial (IA) ha entrado con fuerza en…