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CNN — Twenty-five people have been arrested in a global operation over AI-generated child sexual abuse material, said Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, in a statement Friday. Operation Cumberland, which was led by Danish law enforcement, is one of the world’s first cases involving this kind of child abuse material, which Europol said made it “exceptionally challenging for investigators.” The operation spanned 19 countries, including a number of European nations, as well as Australia and New Zealand, according to the statement. The case began when a Danish man was arrested in November 2024, Europol said. The man allegedly…
CNN — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exploded inside what he’s called the “disinformation space” Russia has created around US President Donald Trump, but he may have jeopardized further American support for his country. Unwilling to sit by while Trump and Vice President JD Vance projected a Swiss-style ambivalence about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky threw out the recognized world leader playbook for dealing with Trump — fawning and deference — and talked back. The scene was in stark…
New York CNN — The chief executive of chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, C.C. Wei, is set to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday. The meeting comes as the White House said it is set to announce a more than $100 billion investment in the United States by a chipmaker from Taiwan, amid a push by Trump to encourage investments in American manufacturing. The White House did not name the company that will be involved in the planned announcement, which is slated for Monday at 1:30 p.m. ET in the Roosevelt Room. A TSMC spokesperson confirmed Wei is…
CNN — As consumers face skyrocketing egg prices, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports an increase of people attempting to smuggle eggs across the border from Mexico. The CBP’s San Diego Field Office reported Thursday seeing a 158% increase in egg interceptions since the fiscal year of 2024. A CBP spokesperson told CNN the agency has seen a 29% increase in eggs being detained at ports of entry this fiscal year when compared to the same time-period in the last fiscal year (October 2023 – February 2024). Egg prices have jumped to all-time highs due in part to an…
CNN — Federal employees at multiple government agencies are once again being told to report their work accomplishments over the past week to the Trump administration, according to a union source and several employees who received the Friday evening missives. The emails, titled “What did you do last week? Part II,” were sent to employees at the Bureau of Prisons, General Services Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Personnel Management, Social Security Administration and the departments of Education and Veterans Affairs, among others, the sources said. CNN has viewed a number of the emails. Workers were again directed to…
CNN — The Oval Office announcement caught many immigration experts by surprise. Last week the president known for touting his mass deportation plans floated a new way he wants to draw wealthy foreigners to the US: a “gold card” that offers investors a path to US citizenship for $5 million. “I think it’s going to be very treasured. I think it’s going to do very well. And we’re going to start selling, hopefully, in about two weeks,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the plan could raise $1 trillion to pay down the national debt, and…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeatedly stressed that the United States’ goal is getting Russia to the negotiating table, arguing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky derailed that effort in the Oval Office on Friday by talking about the need for security guarantees, challenging Vice President JD Vance and trying to “Ukraine-splain” history. “We’re trying to get Putin to a negotiating table,” Rubio said on ABC This Week. “Everyone knows the history here, the back and forth. We understand that. We all understand that. But the question now is, can we get them to a table to negotiate? That’s our goal.…
CNN — A federal judge ruled Saturday that the head of a government watchdog agency whom President Donald Trump is attempting to fire is entitled to remain in the post, setting up a dispute that will almost certainly be decided by the Supreme Court. The ruling from US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is a win for the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger, who sued the Trump administration over his firing in a case that has already gone to the Supreme Court once before. The latest decision removes some of the technical legal issues that complicated…
CNN — Former US Rep. Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, faces an increasingly grave prognosis as her condition has worsened while fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to her daughter. Posting to her mother’s X account Saturday, Love’s daughter, Abigale Love, said that she and her mother’s team have decided to prioritize being with her and keeping her comfortable at this time. “Sadly her cancer is no longer responding to treatment and the cancer is progressing,” Abigale Love said. In May, Love appeared on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” to…
New York/New Delhi CNN — In a year of wild tech stories that has seen Elon Musk transform Twitter, cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapse and Silicon Valley Bank implode, this week’s whiplash-inducing turmoil at OpenAI is among the most captivating. Sam Altman — the leader of one of the world’s most influential AI companies, OpenAI, and perhaps the most visible figure in the fledgling industry — was fired Friday night by the startup’s directors in a surprise move. Less than five days later, he’s back as the company’s CEO, now with a board that is, in theory, more supportive of his vision.…