JUST IN - Belarus frees 123 prisoners, including leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, in return for the U.S. agreeing to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash - a key component in fertilizers — Reuters
NEW - U.S. officials say, a special ops team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized "military-related articles" headed to Iran from China — WSJ
NOW - Trump wears a cowboy hat in the Oval Office with the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e0ea6162f81a5535d8167fcf71a4d7d702783eb291bdd667d4bb5b2b2898c735.file
ICYMI - Trump admin's new de-banking report, designed to "Guarantee Fair Banking For All Americans," indicates porn companies were inappropriately discriminated against. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f11e6ef97fd9728dca846bf015a2cc03c2e843e635999cfe290b4e770c775ad1.file
JUST IN - U.S. removes sanctions imposed on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes — Bloomberg https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d21ec8656224e791cbb7652988969941e615d1d28620dfb93527ad86c076e938.file
JUST IN - California and other U.S. states to sue Trump admin over Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas — Reuters
NEW - Europol releases 48-page report detailing how AI and robots may brainwash humans, trigger a Human-Machine war around 2035, and lead to a human uprising with "populist calls to 'put people first.'" https://hell.twtr.plus/media/debe256443d92df0844a2c43aa56fd8ec1cb46f06c6819b300ca7f38a2750e38.file
JUST IN - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signs "Medical Aid in Dying" bill into law, legalizing assisted suicide — CBS https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b004b3c00eb9ae5607cfcf1b78b8a5b4f37c09d3ef4fa97761dca70623f9ab3f.file
NEW - Canada's Mark Carney names top former BlackRock manager Mark Wiseman, as Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. — Globe and Mail https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6fd67b08a5a7b925aa880f86526d053a0a0131f3afe47103a9727f29f59d0ece.file
JUST IN - Trump admin prepares to enlist private businesses and cybersecurity firms to mount offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries — Bloomberg