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Elon Musk's X hit by 'large-scale' child porn probe weeks after $139M fine

Elon Musk's X is to undergo a large-scale probe from the European privacy watchdog following a multi-million dollar fine and office raid.

The X CEO had initially pushed back against the European Commission and its threat of investigation until a $139 million fine was issued to his company in December. An office raid earlier this month was conducted by the French authorities and the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol. The raid was part of an ongoing criminal probe into the potential “dissemination of child pornography."

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Trump admin still privately relies on international group it moved to decimate: insider

The World Health Organisation and Donald Trump's administration still maintains contact despite the United States leaving the organization this year.

While the WHO is less dependent on U.S. financing, it has made it clear that it believes the world is less safe without its involvement. Insiders and admin officials told The Guardian columnist Devi Sridhar that, even though the U.S. had severed ties with the health body, it was still in touch with it.

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Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84

Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who helped lead the civil rights movement in the 1960s, died Tuesday aged 84, Politico reported.

A colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was a key figure in the fight against racial inequality dating back to the 1950s and, until 2023, was the leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1971 that advocates for civil rights and social justice.

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Mystery midterm meeting scares expert as Trump makes puzzling FBI hire

Donald Trump has put more pressure on voters ahead of the midterms, with a former United States Attorney highlighting a new FBI role.

The president is seemingly nervous ahead of the November elections and is doing all he can to retain the GOP's share of votes. Writing in her Substack, Joyce Vance suggested a new role of "FBI Election Executive," held by Kellie M. Hardiman, could be a sign that Trump's team will try to control as much as they can of the election.

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CNN panelist busts out laughing at analyst's wild claim about ICE facilities

A CNN panelist busted out laughing after a conservative analyst claimed that people living in immigration detention facilities are being treated well.

Leigh McGowan, host of the "PoliticsGirl" podcast, joined the panel on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Monday, where the panel discussed the Trump administration's treatment of immigrants detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement Centers. Lydia Moynihan, a correspondent for The New York Post, claimed that immigrants being detained in the facilities have access to education and health care, a claim that has been disputed by public reporting from The New York Times and other outlets.

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Analyst flags 'the worst part' of the Trump admin's Epstein files releases

A progressive analyst flagged "the worst part" of how the Trump administration has handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files in a new podcast episode on Monday night.

Last December, Congress overwhelmingly passed a law requiring the Trump administration to release all Epstein-related files in its possession. However, the administration has only released approximately 2% of the files it has. At the same time, Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the administration will not release any more files or bring additional charges against perpetrators named in the files.

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Trump's niece slams White House's 'wannabe mafia boss' message on President's Day

President Donald Trump's niece slammed the White House's message on President's Day, calling it something that a "wannabe mafia boss" would say.

On Monday, the White House posted a picture on X that features Trump on a fake cover of Time Magazine under the title "Trump's World." The photo also includes a caption that reads, "I was the hunted, and now I am the hunter."

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Rachel Maddow gleeful as courts deliver Presidents' Day 'present' smacking down Trump

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow kicked off her Monday night show with a victory lap after a federal court ruled against President Donald Trump's efforts to censor and remove exhibits about slavery from the site of the first presidential house at Independence Park in Philadelphia.

"That house has a really interesting story," explained Maddow. "Accidentally, the last remaining walls of that house were, by accident, torn down in the 1950s. That was the last standing portion of the house. It was accidentally demolished in the 1950s. Decades later, once archeologists and historians figured out for sure where that president's house had been, the city got involved. They bought the land, they preserved everything they could. And ultimately, that site was reopened as a national historic site. Today, it is sort of an open-air pavilion where you can see the shape of the president's house. You can see the foundations of the original building. They've got artifacts there from the time that George Washington and John Adams lived in that house."

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Revealed: Epstein's chilling plant collection that 'turns humans into zombies'

Newly uncovered emails from the latest Epstein Files document dump suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have maintained a collection of highly toxic plants capable of producing a mind-altering substance, according to correspondence discovered in the recent release.

In one email, Epstein inquired about his "trumpet plants at nursery," raising questions about whether he was cultivating Angel's Trumpet plants, a species known to produce scopolamine, a drug with terrifying effects on the human body and mind, TMZ reported.

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Steve Bannon lands in hot legal waters with MAGA memecoin: report

MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon is facing legal jeopardy after an investor in his supposedly "uncancelable" memecoin accused Bannon of fraud in a new lawsuit, according to a report.

The memecoin, which was once called "FJB" or the "Let's Go Brandon" coin, was purchased by Bannon and another MAGA figure, Boris Epshteyn, in 2021 and promoted heavily during the Biden administration. The coin was unique in that it had an 8% transaction fee, but it was justified by claiming that 5% of the fee is donated to charity.

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WSJ schools Pete Hegseth after 'embarrassing' legal smackdown

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board read Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth the riot act Monday, after a federal court threw out his efforts to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for his involvement in a video reminding troops they must refuse illegal orders.

Hegseth's "embarrassing" abuse of power, the board wrote, never had a chance of flying in court.

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'Just disgusting': CNN anchor taken aback by new online movement targeting kids

New reporting about an online movement targeting kids left one CNN anchor feeling disgusted on Monday night.

CNN obtained government intelligence reports about a growing movement of "nihilist extremists" who call themselves 764. The group is using the internet to groom children into committing heinous acts, according to the outlet, and law enforcement appears to be just starting to understand how the group works.

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'Stop this madness': Advocates demand more than prayers after hockey rink mass shooting

Child safety advocates renewed calls for tighter gun control measures following a Monday mass shooting at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island that left three people including the gunman dead and three others injured.

WPRI reported that the father of a North Providence High School senior shot five members of his family at a hockey game at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket at around 2:30 pm local time. The student’s mother was killed at the rink, while his sister died after being rushed to a local hospital. Three other relatives are reportedly in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital.

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