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CNN  —  A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife has been spared jail, with the victim’s family decrying the sentence as a “slap on the wrist.” Kristian White was found guilty of manslaughter after shocking Clare Nowland with the Taser while on police duty in the early hours of May 17, 2023, in a case that sparked public outcry. Last November, a jury rejected his claim that Nowland posed a threat and found the former senior constable guilty of breaching his duty of care by deploying his…

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. New York CNN  —  Tariffs are a subject that, for weeks, has been difficult to write about. The Trump administration’s plans seem to shift by the hour; certain industries end up with carve-outs; and new announcements seem to come from out of nowhere. Like Wednesday night, when President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on imported cars — roughly half the vehicles sold in America — starting in one week. While carmakers weren’t terribly surprised by the news —…

Summary Congressional Republicans and Trump allies like Elon Musk are targeting ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform. Some GOP lawmakers are requesting financial transaction reports related to ActBlue from Treasury, while others are demanding inquires to see if the platform violated campaign finance laws. ActBlue spokesperson Megan Hughes called the scrutiny a “coordinated attack” from the right. The platform has raised over $16 billion for Democrats since 2004, according to its website. Some Democrats fear Republicans aim to undermine their fundraising in future elections by attempting to shut down ActBlue. This summary was AI-generated and reviewed by CNN editors. CNN…

Hong Kong CNN  —  The United States will enhance its military alliance with the Philippines as it aims to “reestablish deterrence” to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday during a trip to Manila. The efforts reflect the strength of the US-Philippines’ “ironclad alliance, particularly in the face of Communist China’s aggression in the region,” Hegseth said during a joint press conference with his counterpart Gilbert Teodoro. The US will deploy additional advanced military capabilities for joint training, enhance interoperability for “high end operations” and prioritize defense industrial cooperation, Hegseth told reporters. Hegseth…

CNN  —  The Trump administration has temporarily restored funding to an initiative that tracks alleged Russian war crimes after cutting its assistance, according to a congressional source familiar with the matter. Funding for the Ukraine Conflict Observatory has been restored for six weeks, the source told CNN. This will allow the repository of evidence on the alleged Russian war crimes, including the locations of more than 30,000 abducted Ukrainian children, to be sent to the European Union’s law enforcement agency, Europol. CNN reported last week the funding had been terminated and that researchers had lost access to the major database…

CNN  —  Americans just feel like they can’t catch a financial break. You know the feeling. You go to the grocery store, you look at the prices and you want to channel your inner Vince Lombardi: “What the (heck) is going on out here?” Worst of all, it feels like it’s only going to get worse. There’s a very good reason for that: Americans may, in a way, get taxed more when they go to buy things – more than they have for a long period of time. No matter what some people will tell you, tariffs are, in fact,…

Susya, West Bank CNN  —  In a small village in the Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, Hamdan Ballal stood outside his house in a track suit with a black eye. He held the hand of his 18-month-old daughter, who stood in a pool of his dried blood. Things looked quite different for the award-winning director just weeks ago. He had flown to Los Angeles to accept an Oscar for the film, “No Other Land,” a documentary he co-directed about the violence and forced displacement of Palestinian villagers for illegal Israeli settlements in those same hills. Ballal was attacked…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, joined Fox News’ “Hannity” to discuss President Donald Trump’s handling of illegal immigration as compared with his predecessor. Youngkin’s appearance comes after Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a top MS-13 gang member who’d been in the U.S. for over a decade, was arrested in Virginia. Santos was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant and was charged with illegal gun possession upon a search of his home. Youngkin was instrumental in assisting an interagency task force with the operation, including the FBI and the Department of Justice. AG BONDI DETAILS ARREST OF ALLEGED TOP MS-13 LEADER WHO REPORTEDLY JOINED…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing agencies to suspend the security clearances and access to federal buildings of lawyers for the law firm Wilmer Hale. The order also directs agencies to “refrain from hiring employees” of the firm without a waiver from an agency head, and it directs agencies to review any contracts they may have with the firm and make efforts to terminate them. The executive order on Thursday is the fifth restricting a major Washington law firm’s ability to do business with the federal government. The White House has made clear these firms…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump took his most consequential action against federal employee unions yet late Thursday, signing an executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining for government employees whose work include national security aspects. The expansive order applies to workers across many federal agencies, including the departments of State, Defense, Justice and Health and Human Services. It also impacts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Communications Commission, and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A fact sheet released by the White House said, “The President needs a responsive and accountable civil service to protect our national security.”…