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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) called for former Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke to be jailed after he supported lawmakers who left the state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map that was expected to wipe out five Democratic seats.

"I'm taking action to hold Robert Francis O'Rourke in contempt for violating a court order and scamming Texans," Paxton wrote in a Tuesday post on X. "Beto is about to find out that running your mouth and ignoring the rule of law has consequences in Texas. It's time to lock him up."

In Vietnam, villagers whose land is slated to be cleared for a $1.5 billion golf resort backed by the Trump family have reportedly been offered meager compensation by local authorities.

According to a Reuters report published Sunday, sometimes the compensation offered by Vietnam officials is as little as $12 per square metre — along with rice provisions.

President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been described by the president as a tool to address the United States’ trade deficits with countries the world over, however, according to leaked government documents obtained by The Washington Post, the policy had a series of other high-priority objectives that has left experts shocked.

As reported by The Washington Post Saturday, the internal government documents reveal pages of “supplemental negotiating objectives,” among which include using tariffs to pressure countries to offer concessions for companies like the oil giant Chevron or Elon Musk’s Starlink.

As governments worldwide scrambled to sway President Donald Trump and secure favorable trade terms before his so-called reciprocal tariffs took effect this week, India wagered heavily on a single Trump insider – and lost.

According to a report Saturday from Politico, India had paid $1.8 million to Jason Miller, a longtime Trump ally who was the president’s chief spokesman during his 2016 campaign, and senior advisor for his 2020 and 2024 campaigns, and Miller was paid, according to Justice Department documents obtained by Politico, for “strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations assistance.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a sinister message to a CIA official as President Donald Trump's negotiating envoy disbanded after negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

The ceasefire isn't likely to move forward as Putin continues to demand that Ukraine hand over territory, but Putin sent the award, "The Order of Lenin," which is made for Russians who give outstanding service to their country. But he didn't give it to a Russian; he gave it to the family of a dead American who fought in Ukraine beside Russia.

President Donald Trump's idea to have tourists post bonds for their visit to the United States received sharp criticism from an analyst on Tuesday.

Trump's idea would require visa applicants to post a bond between $5,000 and $15,000 as part of their application. Tourists from countries with "high overstay rates" would be required to pay more than tourists from wealthier European countries, The Associated Press reported.