Merz’s strategy for dealing with Trump’s anger: Tell him he’s right – politico.eu

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  1. Merz’s strategy for dealing with Trump’s anger: Tell him he’s right  politico.eu
  2. Why Friedrich Merz decided to risk Donald Trump’s wrath | Jörg Lau  The Guardian
  3. Friedrich Merz’s ill-timed tussle with Donald Trump  The Economist
  4. Merz 'not giving up' on Germany's relationship with US  dw.com
  5. Trump’s war of words with Friedrich Merz takes toll on US-German relationship  The Hill
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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

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Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation

An acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career.

Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time Juno award-winning musician, filed the claim in the Ontario superior court of justice, asserting that Google was liable for the “foreseeable republication” of its AI-generated Overview feature, which previously published defamatory claims that he had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm.

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US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms

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Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the decision, saying the court has hastened it ruling only twice before in 25 years

The US supreme court went out of its way on Monday to help Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections by allowing a recent ruling that gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule.

The procedural move comes less than a week after the court’s landmark decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Usually, the court waits 32 days to formally issue its judgment to the lower court. Last week, Louisiana asked the court to speed up that process, citing the urgency with which it needed to redraw its congressional maps. On Monday, the court agreed to do so.

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Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum vote on leaving Canada – Politico

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  1. Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum vote on leaving Canada  Politico
  2. Alberta separatists say they have enough signatures for referendum on leaving Canada  Fox News
  3. Alberta separatists say they have enough signatures to trigger independence referendum  BBC
  4. Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum on leaving Canada  AP News
  5. Separatist group tries to trigger referendum on province leaving Canada  Sky News
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Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation

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Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputation

World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers.

World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged.

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‘Extensive brutality’: Rebel attacks reap hell on Congolese civilians – Al Jazeera

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  1. ‘Extensive brutality’: Rebel attacks reap hell on Congolese civilians  Al Jazeera
  2. Islamic State massacres Christians in front of their families  The Telegraph
  3. DRC: Rampant ADF abuses against civilians ‘war crimes which the world must not continue to ignore’ – new report  Amnesty International
  4. IS-Linked ADF Kills 60 in Eastern DRC as UN Mission Cuts Widen Security Gap  SOFX
  5. Amnesty accuses ADF fighters of war crimes in eastern DR Congo  africanews.com
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California seeks millions in penalties from State Farm over alleged claims violations after LA wildfires

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State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfires

California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company was slow to investigate and underpaid claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, regulators announced on Monday.

State Farm violated the law hundreds of times in a sampling of 220 cases, the state’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, said. The maximum penalty amount allowed by law would be about $4m if State Farm is found to be “willful” in violating state law. Regulators may also temporarily suspend the company’s license, effectively prohibiting the state’s largest home insurer from writing new policies for a year in California.

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