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The Justice Division and the Home Oversight Committee are searching for to interview Ghislane Maxwell, a convicted affiliate of Jeffrey Epstein. This inquiry comes as questions in regards to the Epstein recordsdata proceed to mount, in addition to details about President Trump’s ties to Epstein, the financier and convicted intercourse offender who died by suicide whereas in jail 5 years in the past.
U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman pronounces prices towards Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York Metropolis. A federal decide in Florida has denied a request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a separate Epstein case in Florida.
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🎧 It isn’t recognized what new info Maxwell would supply or what she may get out of testifying, if something, NPR’s Domenico Montanaro tells Up First. The federal government, inspired by Trump, tried to launch grand jury transcripts from the Epstein case. However a federal decide yesterday denied a kind of requests. A report, damaged by the Wall Road Journal, said that Trump was briefed in Could that his title appeared a number of occasions within the Epstein recordsdata. Montanaro says it is very important notice that the looks of the president’s title would not point out wrongdoingas Trump and Epstein have been buddies for years.
Columbia College has settled with the federal authorities and can pay over $220 million to resolve a number of investigations. The settlement, which comes after months-long negotiations, may even restore entry to a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in frozen analysis funding. The college will pay $200 million over the span of three years to the federal government and one other $21 million to the Equal Employment Alternative Fee. Columbia’s performing president, Claire Shipman, says the settlement additionally addresses issues about admissions and hiring, although she did not present particulars on how.
🎧 Columbia’s resolution to settle is a distinct strategy from Harvard College, which has rejected the federal government’s calls for and sued the administration, says NPR’s Elissa Nadworny. Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Affiliation of College Professors, says the settlement is a devastating blow to educational freedom and freedom of speech at Columbia. In March, the Trump administration despatched Columbia calls for, together with requesting strict controls over its worldwide research division and adjustments to scholar self-discipline insurance policies. The administration alleged there was antisemitism on campus associated to scholar protests over the Gaza conflict. Trump expressed that Columbia would want to adjust to the calls for if it wished its funds to be unfrozen and be eligible for extra federal funding sooner or later.
Trump signed an government order yesterday requiring synthetic intelligence corporations that do enterprise with the federal authorities to take away “ideological agendas” from their AI fashions. The order prohibits federal businesses from contracting with know-how corporations that function AI chatbots exhibiting partisan bias. This bias is outlined within the order as associated to ideas reminiscent of variety, fairness and inclusion, important race principle, and “transgenderism.”
🎧 The president’s initiatives purpose to scale back the crimson tape for AI corporations, permitting them to construct huge information facilities quicker, ship AI {hardware} and software program abroad with extra ease and remove AI chatbots which have adopted a liberal worldview, in response to NPR’s Bobby Allyn. The president’s order states that tech corporations would primarily should certify that their chatbots are politically impartial earlier than receiving federal authorities work. Some within the tech business say this exhibits that each one the warming they’ve executed to the president is paying off. Critics of Trump’s plan say it exhibits that the administration is permitting the tech business to make its personal laws.
In the present day’s hear
Michael Vargas in his room on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in Miami.
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Michael Vargas Arango, who received NPR’s 2023 Faculty Podcast Problem, lately despatched NPR a brand new podcast, The Monsters We Saved, discussing the stunning response he obtained worldwide from his story. His profitable entry, The Monsters We Create, was an emotional and private story about transferring to the U.S. from Colombia to check whereas residing with a uncommon psychological well being situation. Vargas Arango used audio results to assist listeners perceive what residing with schizoaffective dysfunction is like for him. The podcast helped him discover a reference to a brand new neighborhood, new alternatives and led him on a journey of self-discovery. Take heed to his new podcast or learn extra about his journey.
Life recommendation
Making an attempt to beat the warmth? There are different strategies that dropping the thermostat.
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This summer time has been no stranger to warmth, and it seems to be prefer it is not about to ease up. An extended-lasting warmth dome is anticipated to convey triple-digit temperatures over giant areas of the Midwest and Japanese U.S. within the coming days. Air conditioners are positive to be on, and folks might strive precooling their houses to remain snug. This includes reducing your private home’s temperature throughout off-peak hours and permitting the cool air to final via when the solar is at its strongest and power prices are greater. Relying on whom you ask, it could or will not be efficient. However don’t fret, listed below are some tricks to maintain you cool this summer time.
🌡️ Use giant, heat-generating home equipment like ovens, dishwashers and garments dryers throughout off-peak hours.🌡️ Preserve the solar out throughout peak hours by closing the curtains and blinds.🌡️ Set your AC system to extend the temperature whenever you’re away.🌡️ Block drafts from home windows and doorways in your house utilizing caulk or climate stripping.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
A 2023 Mannequin X sports-utility automobile sits outdoors a Tesla dealership Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Englewood, Colo.
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Tesla yesterday reported its web revenue dropped 16% year-on-year throughout its second quarter, regardless of CEO Elon Musk pivoting again to specializing in his corporations after working with the Trump administration.The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary this weekend. To commemorate this milestone, it launched new stamps yesterday. (through Hawaiʻi Public Radio)In 2019, Alek Hermon confronted the heartbreaking resolution to take his father, who had suffered complete mind loss of life, off life help. After he died, Hermon left the working room the place his father’s organ donation process was set to start. As he walked down the hallway, a nurse named Ray, who had been by his father’s aspect, adopted him. Hermon’s unsung hero embraced him and made positive he wasn’t alone together with his grief.
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