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Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, lived with a romantic partner who os transgender and cooperating with authorities, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has said.

"The roommate was a romantic partner, a male transitioning to female," Cox said during an appearance on CNN on Sunday. "This partner has been very cooperative, had no idea that this was happening."

As one of the most influential right-wing activists in the United States, Charlie Kirk shaped much of the hard-right youth movement on key political issues. Mr. Kirk founded Turning Point USA, a political organization designed to rally young conservatives. He was answering questions about transgender politics and mass shootings from students at Utah Valley University on Wednesday when he was shot and killed. Authorities have not yet identified a suspect and said the investigation was ongoing.

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There’s a “tremendous amount of disinformation” being shared online about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, some of it coming from overseas, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said. “What we’re seeing is our adversaries want violence,” he said Thursday night at a media briefing attended by FBI Director Kash Patel, who didn’t speak.

“We have bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence,” Cox said, as he urged the public to take a break from social media.

Edit: Thank u AmidFuror for an AP link: https://lemmy.world/comment/19372397

President Donald Trump, fresh from confirming he’s still alive after rumors to the contrary, embarked on one of his Truth Social posting sprees—this time sharing multiple AI-generated memes and videos of himself.

In among the 15 links posted without commentary or context Saturday are several AI-generated images, including Trump as a police officer and a SWAT officer.

The Trump administration is considering taking stakes in defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N). U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday as he defended President Donald Trump's push for a greater government role in American business. "They're thinking about it," Lutnick told CNBC, citing Pentagon leaders, when asked if the administration was considering taking pieces of contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing (BA.N) or Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O). "There's a lot of talking that needs to be had about how do we finance our munitions acquisitions."

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The Trump administration last week announced a near-10% stake in chipmaker Intel (INTC.O). It previously intervened to complete the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel in June, taking what Trump called a "golden share" that gives Washington say over its operations.

It also took a stake in rare earths company MP Materials (MP.N) and brokered a deal with chipmakers Nvidia (NVDA.O) and AMD to take 15% of revenue from sales to China of chips that had previously been prohibited.

Indian exporters are bracing for a sharp decline in U.S. orders after trade talks collapsed and Washington confirmed steep new tariffs on the South Asian nation's goods take effect from Wednesday, escalating tension between the strategic partners. An additional 25% duty announced by President Donald Trump, confirmed in a notice by the Homeland Security Department, takes total tariffs to as much as 50%, among Washington's highest, in retaliation for New Delhi's increased buying of Russian oil. "The government has no hope for any immediate relief or delay in U.S. tariffs," said a commerce ministry official, who sought anonymity for lack of authorisation to speak to media. Exporters hit by tariffs would receive financial assistance and be encouraged to diversify to alternative markets such as China, Latin America and the Middle East, the official added.

The prospect that France's minority government could collapse soon triggered a sharp selloff in French stocks and bonds on Tuesday, pushing political risks from the euro zone's second biggest economy back to the forefront of investors' minds. Three main opposition parties said they would not back a confidence vote which Prime Minister Francois Bayrou announced for September 8 over his plans for sweeping budget cuts.

Trump made a reference to Stephen Miran, who in August was named to replace Fed Governor Adriana Kugler following her surprise resignation, and said he would soon have a "majority" on the Fed board.

"We just put a very good man in one position, we might switch him to the other. It's a longer term and (we could) pick somebody else. But we're very happy with the person we have in there, and we'll have a majority very shortly. So that'll be great. Once we have a majority and housing is going to swing and it's going to be great," said Trump.

Some Fed watchers expect Miran to be nominated to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell, who has resisted pressure from Trump to cut interest rates.

A Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken.

A photo shows Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi hanging above a sofa inside a property near Buenos Aires once owned by a senior Nazi official who moved to South America after the Second World War.

The painting, which features on a database of lost wartime art, was traced when the house was put up for sale by the official's daughter, Dutch newspaper AD reports.

The artwork is among hundreds looted from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who helped other Jews escape during the war.

US President Donald Trump has said he plans to seek the death penalty for suspected murderers in Washington DC.

Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said that the death penalty would be a "preventative" measure.

Hundreds of National Guard and federal law enforcement officers have been deployed to the US capital to combat what Trump has previously described as "complete and total lawlessness" in the city - a strategy he has hinted could be repeated in Chicago and other cities.

Washington's mayor, Muriel Bowser, has rejected the president's claims about crime, which has fallen in the city since spiking in 2023.

"If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we're going to be seeking the death penalty," Trump told reporters and cabinet members. "And that's a very strong preventative."

‘Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed — in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical — and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

A city councilman in Virginia was seriously injured Wednesday when a man stormed into his office at a local magazine, doused him in gasoline and set him on fire — an attack that authorities say was rooted in a personal dispute, not politics. … Investigators stressed that the motive appeared personal and unrelated to Vogler’s work as a public official. Still, the assault added to growing unease over violence and harassment aimed at elected officials across the country, particularly as the boundaries blur between their public roles and private lives.