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Special counsel John Durham finds the FBI should not have launched an investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, CNN reports.

President Joe Biden will not negotiate with Republicans on their push to make spending cuts a precondition for extending the US debt ceiling and avoiding default, the White House said Tuesday. “This is not an issue that we will negotiate on,” Press Secretary Karine Jeane-Pierre said.

Regional bank stocks are plummeting after the collapse of First Republic Bank - the largest US bank failure since 2008.

Russia has struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, killing at least five people and injuring 12. The attack comes as the war in Ukraine enters its 11th week.

Yet another country is calling for the end of the US dollar. Syria calls to abandon the US dollar for global transactions and adopt Chinese Yuan.

Charlie Munger has warned of a brewing storm in the US commercial property market, with American banks “full of” what he said were “bad loans” as property prices fall. The comments from the 99-year-old investor and sidekick to billionaire Warren Buffett come as turmoil ripples through the country’s financial system, which is reckoning with a potential commercial property<www.ft.com/commercial-property> crash following a handful of bank failures.

Charlie Munger has warned of a brewing storm in the US commercial property market, with American banks “full of” what he said were “bad loans” as property prices fall. The comments from the 99-year-old investor and sidekick to billionaire Warren Buffett come as turmoil ripples through the country’s financial system, which is reckoning with a potential commercial property<www.ft.com/commercial-property> crash following a handful of bank failures.

Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer. In 2012, Dr. Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto created technology<www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/technology/artificial-intelligence-research-toronto.html> that became the intellectual foundation for the A.I. systems that the tech industry’s biggest companies believe is a key to their future. On Monday, however, he officially joined a growing chorus of critics who say those companies are racing toward danger with their aggressive campaign to create products based on generative artificial intelligence, the technology that powers popular chatbots like ChatGPT.

First Republic Bank has been closed by regulators, as this is the 2nd largest bank failure in U.S. history. First Republic Bank will be acquired by JPMorgan after rescue efforts fails

President Joe Biden announced that he will be running for re-election in 2024. Biden did not give a prime time announcement, instead the President opted for a 6 am Tuesday morning notification.

Don Lemon on Monday was fired from CNN.

Tucker Carlson and Fox News have agreed to part ways.

Several countries such as China, The United States, and others in Europe have begun to evacuate their citizens due to the rapid destabilization of Sudan. Fighting broke out on Saturday after weeks of tension between the army and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces. Both groups were allies during the 2021 coup. However, tensions arose after the proposed integration of the RSF into the military.

Several people are reportedly injured after a parking garage structure failed in New York.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will push for a “higher stage” of relations with Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Tuesday, as G7 foreign ministers condemned the North’s unprecedented string of weapons tests.

Southwest Airlines grounds ALL flights across the U.S. after systemwide computer glitch

A newly released report from the United Nations calls for the decriminalization of all drug use and sexual activity with minors, globally. Specifically, the report states; “With respect to the enforcement of criminal law, any prescribed minimum age of consent to sex must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner. Enforcement may not be linked to the sex/gender of participants or age of consent to marriage. Moreover, sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual, in fact, if not in law. In this context, the enforcement of criminal law should reflect the rights and capacity of persons under 18 years of age to make decisions about engaging in consensual sexual conduct and their right to be heard in matters concerning them. Pursuant to their evolving capacities and progressive autonomy, persons under 18 years of age should participate in decisions affecting them, with due regard to their age, maturity and best interests, and with specific attention to non-discrimination guarantees.” The report was authored by The International Committee of Jurists (ICJ), UNAIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Read More.

European Leaders are growing favorable on the idea set forth by French President Macron regarding “strategic autonomy” and distancing from the United States. According to European Council Boss Charles Michel published by Politico Europe.

The Netherlands has moved to legalize euthanasia for children below twelve.

On Monday, April 17, 2023 Treasury Secretary Yellen stated that economic sanctions on Russia and other countries put the US dollar’s dominance at risk.

On Monday April 17th according to the Department of Justice and the FBI – The Chinese Government was operating an illegal Chinese police station in New York. An FBI Official Added: “Anyone working on behalf of a hostile foreign nation to violate our national security and freedoms from within our borders will be held accountable.”

According to Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, China is eager to collaborate with Russia to make new contributions to the maintenance of global and regional security and stability.

American officials are increasingly worried about another growing threat: attacks by China on U.S. soil. — If China invades Taiwan, they say, it is likely to unleash a volley of digital strikes against the United States at the same time. - Politico

Washington state passed SB 5599 which allows the state to legally take children away from their parents if they don’t consent to their child’s gender transition surgeries.

Shortly after Florida Legislature passed the six week abortion ban bill, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law.