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Penyelidikan menemukan bahwa Botstein – yang mengaku bukan teman Epstein – melakukan 25 kunjungan ke townhouse miliknya. Leon Botstein telah mengumumkan bahwa ia mengundurkan diri dari kepemimpinan Bard College, setelah tinjauan independen terhadap kontaknya dengan Jeffrey Epstein menemukan bahwa interaksi rutin presiden perguruan tinggi tersebut dengan terpidana pelaku kejahatan seksual itu “seharusnya dapat memperingatkan” dirinya akan kemungkinan bahwa ia dan Bard akan memfasilitasi pelecehan Epstein terhadap perempuan. Penyelidikan oleh firma hukum WilmerHale, yang ditugaskan oleh dewan wali amanat Bard awal tahun ini untuk meninjau interaksi Botstein dengan Epstein, menemukan bahwa presiden Bard tersebut – yang sebelumnya mengeklaim tidak berteman dengan Epstein – melakukan sekitar 25 kunjungan ke townhouse Epstein, kunjungan dua hari ke Little St James Island milik Epstein, serta adanya dua kunjungan oleh Epstein ke Bard. Kunjungan-kunjungan ini, WilmerHale melaporkan, melibatkan “beberapa perempuan” yang sejak saat itu telah diidentifikasi sebagai korban Epstein. Continue reading...

• Presiden US telah mengkritik Kanselir Germany, Friedrich Merz, dan mengangkat prospek penarikan pasukan US dari Italy dan Spain. • Plus, 10 pelajaran besar dalam mengakhiri era fossil fuel • Selamat pagi. Donald Trump telah mengancam akan menarik pasukan US dari Italy dan Spain sehari setelah ia mengatakan sedang mempertimbangkan untuk membatasi jumlah personel yang dikerahkan di Germany.

• House of Representatives AS mengesahkan RUU alokasi Homeland Security pada hari Kamis, membuka jalan untuk mengakhiri penutupan lembaga selama dua bulan yang telah melumpuhkan sebagian operasi imigrasi federal, perbatasan, dan keamanan siber. • Presiden Donald Trump menandatangani kebijakan tersebut tidak lama kemudian, memulihkan pendanaan penuh bagi Department of Homeland Security dan mencegah potensi gangguan terhadap keamanan bandara, operasi deportasi, serta penegakan perbatasan hingga akhir tahun fiskal. • Perselisihan penutupan ini memperhadapkan sekutu Trump dengan Republikan moderat dan Demokrat terkait tingkat penegakan perbatasan, tetapi RUU final tersebut tetap mempertahankan inisiatif perbatasan inti era Trump sambil melunakkan beberapa tuntutan pengeluaran garis keras.

Perusahaan melaporkan pendapatan sebesar $111,2 miliar dalam laporan laba pertama setelah pengumuman rencana pengunduran diri Cook. Apple melampaui ekspektasi Wall Street dalam laporan laba pertamanya sejak mengumumkan bahwa CEO Tim Cook akan turun jabatan. Cook melaporkan “kuartal Maret terbaik Apple yang pernah ada” dan “pertumbuhan dua digit di setiap segmen geografis”. Ia juga mencatat “permintaan luar biasa untuk jajaran iPhone17”. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Langkah dwipartai mencakup pendanaan untuk Secret Service dan TSA, namun mengecualikan operasi penegakan imigrasi • Penutupan parsial pemerintah berakhir setelah Kongres memberikan suara untuk mendanai DHS • DPR AS telah memberikan suara untuk mendanai sebagian besar Department of Homeland Security – tidak termasuk operasi penegakan imigrasi – dan mengakhiri penutupan lembaga pemerintah terlama dalam sejarah.

Kongres memajukan pendanaan Keamanan Dalam Negeri setelah Partai Republik menggunakan mekanisme prosedural untuk meloloskan hingga $75 miliar bagi ICE dan patroli perbatasan Daftarkan diri untuk email Breaking News US guna mendapatkan peringatan buletin di kotak masuk Anda Penutupan sebagian pemerintahan selama 75 hari yang bersejarah telah berakhir setelah House memberikan suara tipis untuk memajukan pendanaan bagi Department of Homeland Security (DHS) menyusul upaya larut malam Partai Republik untuk mendorong cetak biru anggaran GOP. Keadaan berbalik pada Rabu malam ketika House meloloskan resolusi Partai Republik menyusul kesepakatan menit terakhir terkait ketentuan bahan bakar etanol yang tidak terkait, yang berhasil meyakinkan cukup banyak penentang untuk meloloskannya. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Saham Domino’s Pizza, operator KFC Collins Foods, dan pemilik waralaba makanan multi-brand Retail Food Group semuanya mengalami penurunan dua digit • Dapatkan email berita sela, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kami • Pernah menjadi simbol makanan murah, makanan cepat saji kini bertransformasi menjadi kemewahan yang tidak lagi mampu dibeli banyak orang akibat melonjaknya biaya hidup. Pergeseran ini tercermin di ASX, di mana gerai pizza, ayam goreng, dan donat utama mengalami penurunan harga yang signifikan, memicu pertanyaan: apakah konsumen begitu lesu sehingga mereka bahkan meninggalkan makanan cepat saji?

Penangkapan calon pemimpin berikutnya yang ditemukan bersembunyi di pipa drainase menyoroti taktik baru – serta kekhawatiran akan pertikaian internal kartel Politik AS secara langsung – pembaruan terkini Peti mati emas “El Mencho”, mendiang pemimpin kartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), baru saja diturunkan ke liang lahat ketika militer Meksiko memberikan pukulan kedua terhadap jajaran petinggi organisasi tersebut minggu ini. Saat pasukan khusus mendatangi sebuah peternakan di negara bagian Nayarit, rekaman drone yang samar menunjukkan calon penerus El Mencho, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, ditarik dari pipa drainase tempat ia mencoba bersembunyi, semuanya dilakukan tanpa ada satu pun tembakan yang dilepaskan. Lanjutkan membaca...

• HAYI telah mengambil tanggung jawab atas serangkaian insiden yang menargetkan situs-situs Yahudi, namun penyelidik mengatakan klaim terbaru mungkin bersifat oportunistik daripada didukung negara. • Polisi menangani penikaman dua pria di Golders Green sebagai tindakan terorisme. • Hanya butuh waktu satu jam lebih setelah serangan pisau mengerikan terhadap dua orang Yahudi Inggris di Golders Green, London utara, bagi kelompok teroris yang terkait Iran, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), untuk mengklaim tanggung jawab melalui saluran Telegram.

• Federal Reserve memutuskan untuk membiarkan suku bunga acuan federal funds rate tidak berubah pada kisaran 3,5% hingga 3,75% pada hari Rabu, dengan alasan kekhawatiran atas kenaikan inflasi di tengah perang di Iran. • Hal ini menandai kelanjutan dari jeda penyesuaian suku bunga Fed setelah tiga kali pemotongan masing-masing 25 basis poin secara berturut-turut pada September, Oktober, dan Desember 2025. • Ketua Fed Jerome Powell dijadwalkan untuk mengadakan konferensi pers pada pukul 14.30 ET guna membahas keputusan tersebut, yang kemungkinan menjadi pengumuman suku bunga terakhirnya sebagai ketua Federal Reserve.

An Israeli airstrike killed Amal Khalil on Wednesday and injured her colleague in the south of Lebanon. The journalist's colleagues accuse Israel of targeting her deliberately and obstructing first responders from reaching her in time to save her life, which Israel denies.

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel denied making a joke that hinted at the assassination of Donald Trump, hours after the U.S. president said Kimmel should be fired by the network and its parent company ‌Walt Disney. Trump's wife, Melania, was first to call out Kimmel for a monologue he delivered on Thursday.

Federal raids unfold in Twin Cities amid ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Minnesota officialsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFederal agents under the command of the Trump administration have descended on Minnesota’s Twin Cities again to primarily target alleged fraud at daycares after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s so-called “Operation Metro Surge” all but wound down earlier in the year.“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” the US justice department told the Guardian in a statement on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly viciousThe trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI began in earnest on Tuesday with opening arguments, as lawyers for the two tech moguls seek to convince a California jury of their client’s version of the AI company’s history. The trial is set to feature testimony from both billionaires, as well as some of the most powerful executives in the tech industry.Musk argues that Altman, OpenAI and its president Greg Brockman broke a foundational agreement to better humanity when the non-profit pivoted towards a for-profit structure. Musk, who left OpenAI in 2018 after co-founding it with Altman and Brockman three years earlier, also alleges that his co-founders unjustly enriched themselves as the company raised billions of dollars and grew into the AI behemoth it is today. Continue reading...

• Brazilian President announced on Monday a comprehensive enforcement initiative targeting illegal logging and land invasions in the Amazon, deploying 5,000 additional federal agents to protected areas. • The government committed to reducing deforestation rates by 80 percent over the next two years through satellite monitoring and criminal prosecutions of organized trafficking networks. • Environmental groups and the U.S. State Department praised the pledge as a meaningful step toward climate commitments, though skeptics noted enforcement challenges in remote regions.

• The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.48% to 16,240.35 on Monday, April 26, driven by weakness in mega-cap technology stocks including Apple (down 1.2%) and Microsoft (down 0.9%), as investors reassess growth expectations ahead of the Federal Reserve's May meeting. • Treasury yields climbed to 4.35% for the 10-year note amid inflation concerns, pressuring valuations of rate-sensitive tech companies and spurring profit-taking after recent market gains. • The decline reflects growing caution among portfolio managers about earnings sustainability in the second quarter, with earnings guidance from major tech firms expected to dominate trading through early May.

Shareholders including the Church of England back call for protest votes against the bank’s chair NatWest is at risk of an embarrassing showdown at its shareholder meeting this week, as investors and leading scientists call for an urgent reversal of what they describe as “climate backtracking”.Campaigners, including ShareAction, are calling for protest votes against the bank’s chair, Rick Haythornthwaite, at its annual meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Continue reading...

• The United States has suspended a $150 million military aid package to the Philippines following tensions over Manila's softened stance on South China Sea disputes with China. • State Department officials cited the Philippines' decision to reduce joint naval operations in disputed waters as the reason for the suspension, marking a significant shift in regional alliance strategy. • The move reflects US frustration with shifting regional dynamics and concerns that strategic partners may be accommodating Beijing's territorial claims under economic pressure.

• Microsoft issued Patch Tuesday on April 25, 2026, fixing CVE-2026-1234 zero-day in Windows Kernel exploited by Chinese state actors against 15 US agencies. • Vulnerability allowed remote code execution with 9.8 CVSS score, affecting Windows 11 and Server 2025 in 40% of federal endpoints. • CISA urges immediate patching, citing 'active exploitation' in ongoing incident response.

• Booz Allen Hamilton invested in NODA AI's Series A, selecting it as sole orchestrator for a Department of War autonomy initiative. • The investment aligns with DoW's $55 billion funding plan for autonomous systems including orchestration tech. • NODA joins Booz Allen's $300 million portfolio of startups advancing mission-ready autonomy for defense.

Prosecutors say 43 people indicted on charges including murder, kidnapping, extortion and drug traffickingMore than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican mafia were arrested during an early morning crackdown in southern California, federal authorities said on Thursday.The FBI and other federal and local agencies executed search and arrest warrants at locations mostly in Orange county, south of Los Angeles, according to the US attorney’s office. Continue reading...

Bill clears 50–48 vote to boost ICE and CBP funding as Democrats oppose and shutdown continuesUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSenate Republicans on Thursday approved a plan to fund Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants for the remainder of his term and pave the way for an end to the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The budget resolution adopted along a near party line vote in the early morning hours sets the stage for Congress to craft legislation allocating as much as $140b to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two agencies at the forefront of Trump’s mass deportation agenda that have been without funding since mid-February, when the DHS shutdown began. Continue reading...

• Los Angeles-based SimpleClosure unveiled Asset Hub, a marketplace enabling founders to sell intellectual property, source code, data, and equipment during startup wind-down operations as closures rise across the sector. • The platform addresses investor demand for structured, transparent exit processes that preserve value and minimize operational friction during company shutdowns. • Asset Hub reflects broader industry recognition that failed startups retain valuable IP assets and that organized liquidation marketplaces can recover capital otherwise lost in traditional bankruptcy proceedings.

• The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate Medicaid providers as part of a national escalation of anti-fraud efforts, announced by Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday. • This marks a significant expansion from previous anti-fraud initiatives that have largely focused on specific states rather than a nationwide mandate. • The move aims to strengthen program integrity and reduce fraudulent claims across the Medicaid system.

The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channelThe supreme court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court. Continue reading...

Research finds global heating has already lengthened the pollen season in addition to worsening heatwaves and droughtsClimate breakdown has extended the pollen season in the UK and mainland Europe by between one and two weeks since the 1990s, a study has found, adding itchy eyes and runny noses to the harm wrought by fossil fuel pollution.The finding may be less dramatic than the floods and wildfires typically associated with a warming planet but represents a “huge” increase in the combined suffering of tens of millions of people, the researchers say. Continue reading...