Unreal
#Trump Can Withhold Billions in #Aid, #AppealsCourt Rules
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that #ForeignAid groups who sued to recover funds that #Trump froze lacked the legal right to bring the challenge.
The decision, which centered on Trump’s authority to withhold #funding already appropriated by #Congress, handed the White House a significant victory.
#impoundment #law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/foreign-aid-trump-appeals-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Since taking office, #Trump & his advisers have consistently claimed expansive #authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out — an action known as #impoundment that legal scholars & #aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal #law.
#AbuseOfPower
Unreal
#Trump Can Withhold Billions in #Aid, #AppealsCourt Rules
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that #ForeignAid groups who sued to recover funds that #Trump froze lacked the legal right to bring the challenge.
The decision, which centered on Trump’s authority to withhold #funding already appropriated by #Congress, handed the White House a significant victory.
#impoundment #law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/foreign-aid-trump-appeals-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
They agreed the photos showed extensive activity at the Pankovo test site on the Barents Sea archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, including increases in personnel & equipment & ships & aircraft associated with earlier tests of the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel).
"We can see all of the activity at the test site, which is both huge amounts of supplies coming in to support operations and movement at the place where they actually launch the #missile," Lewis said.
#Russia #nuclear #Putin #Trump #Ukraine
A Western #security source, who asked not to be further identified, confirmed that #Russia is preparing a #Burevestnik test.
Lewis said a test could occur this week, raising the possibility it could overshadow the #Trump - #Putin summit in Alaska.
…Putin has said the weapon - dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO - is "invincible" to current & future #missile defenses, with an almost unlimited range & unpredictable flight path.
#nuclear #Ukraine
#Russia appears to be preparing to test its new #nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise #missile, acc/to 2 US researchers & a Western #security source, even as #Putin readies for talks on #Ukraine with #Trump on Friday.
Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies & Decker Eveleth of the CNA research & analysis org reached their assessments separately by studying imagery taken in recent weeks until Tues by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite firm.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-appears-ready-test-new-missile-he-prepares-trump-talks-researchers-say-2025-08-13/
They agreed the photos showed extensive activity at the Pankovo test site on the Barents Sea archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, including increases in personnel & equipment & ships & aircraft associated with earlier tests of the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel).
"We can see all of the activity at the test site, which is both huge amounts of supplies coming in to support operations and movement at the place where they actually launch the #missile," Lewis said.
#Russia #nuclear #Putin #Trump #Ukraine
#Russia appears to be preparing to test its new #nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise #missile, acc/to 2 US researchers & a Western #security source, even as #Putin readies for talks on #Ukraine with #Trump on Friday.
Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies & Decker Eveleth of the CNA research & analysis org reached their assessments separately by studying imagery taken in recent weeks until Tues by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite firm.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-appears-ready-test-new-missile-he-prepares-trump-talks-researchers-say-2025-08-13/
#TACO #Trump said Wednesday that there will be “very severe consequences” if #Russia President Vladimir #Putin doesn’t agree to stop his war in #Ukraine after their Friday summit in Alaska, though he did not say what those consequences might be.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-13-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-13-Breaking+News
Ridiculous
#Trump said he would host the #KennedyCenterHonors himself in December, as he announced this year’s honorees: the actor Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss, the recording artists George Strait & Gloria Gaynor, & the British actor Michael Crawford. Trump has been intensely interested in the center, naming himself its chairman & purging its traditionally bipartisan board, & said he had rejected prospective honorees he called “wokesters.”
#idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-announces-kennedy-center-honors-strait-stallone-kiss-2025-08-13/
#Trump said he was asked to host the event, which will air on CBS in December, and reluctantly accepted.
"I didn't want to do it. OK?" Trump said. "They're going to say he insisted. I did not insist. But I think it will be quite successful." 🙄
#AttentionWhore #wannabe #loser #idiocracy
Ridiculous
#Trump said he would host the #KennedyCenterHonors himself in December, as he announced this year’s honorees: the actor Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss, the recording artists George Strait & Gloria Gaynor, & the British actor Michael Crawford. Trump has been intensely interested in the center, naming himself its chairman & purging its traditionally bipartisan board, & said he had rejected prospective honorees he called “wokesters.”
#idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-announces-kennedy-center-honors-strait-stallone-kiss-2025-08-13/
Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky says he told #Europe leaders & #Trump on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir #Putin “is bluffing” ahead of the planned summit with the #US in Alaska. Putin, Zelensky said in a meeting, “is trying to apply pressure...on all sectors of the Ukrainian front” in an attempt to show that #Russia is “capable of occupying all of #Ukraine.”
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-13-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-13-Live+updates
#Farmers in #Canada are reeling from China's decision to impose hefty duties on their #CanolaSeed, after the surprise move spooked #grain buyers into halting purchases & stoked worries there will be little demand for crop deliveries this autumn.
#China hit Canadian #canola seed imports with preliminary 75.8% duties on Tuesday following an anti-dumping investigation, escalating a year-long #trade dispute.
#economy #commodities #trade #markets
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/canadian-farmers-reel-china-blocks-top-canola-seed-market-2025-08-13/
#China announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian #canola imports on Tues, escalating a year-long #trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of #tariffs on Chinese #ElectricVehicle imports last Aug.
The 75.8% provisional rate will be effective from Thursday.
The #Canada disputed the Chinese finding saying in a statement late Tues the country does not dump canola & that it was "deeply disappointed" w/China's decision, but remained open to dialogue.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/china-slaps-temporary-duties-canadian-canola-2025-08-13/
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