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Ex-Trump Adviser Bolton to Plead Guilty in Classified Documents Case, Faces .25 Million Fine, Sources Say

Ex-Trump Adviser Bolton to Plead Guilty in Classified Documents Case, Faces $2.25 Million Fine, Sources Say

Published by Sam Flores

By Steve Holland, Andrew Goudsward and Jana Winter WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – John ⁠Bolton, ⁠a prominent critic of U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump who once served as his national security adviser, plans to plead guilty to mishandling ​classified documents and will pay a $2.25 million fine as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, three sources said on Thursday. Bolton will plead guilty ‌to one count of retaining classified ‌information based on diary entries detailing his work in Trump’s first term at a court hearing on June 26, said the ⁠sources, who spoke ⁠on condition of anonymity to describe an agreement that had not yet been made ​public. The deal recommends a sentencing range of no prison time up to five years behind bars, two sources said. A federal judge will determine the final sentence.  The news was first reported by CNN. The case against Bolton is one of several brought by Trump’s Justice Department ​against prominent critics and adversaries of the president, dispensing with decades-long norms designed to insulate federal law enforcement from ⁠political ⁠pressures. Bolton is …

John Bolton To Plead Guilty In Documents Case, Pay M Fine: Report

John Bolton To Plead Guilty In Documents Case, Pay $2M Fine: Report

Published by Jenni Sidey

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to CNN, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Under the agreement, Bolton will pay a fine of more than $2 million. A single count of illegal retention carries a possible sentence of up to 60 months in prison. A court hearing is currently scheduled for June 26. Bolton was originally charged in Maryland with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information. The charges centered on diary-like entries from his time in the Trump White House that were allegedly kept at his residence. Prosecutors accused him of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information through his personal email with two unauthorized individuals – reportedly his wife and daughter – though these transmission allegations are not part of the plea deal. Related: Eyebrow-Raising Details Emerge From FBI Raid On John Bolton’s Home According …

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

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After criticizing a startup called Artisan for misusing his work, artist KC Green — creator of the famous “This is fine” meme — said he’s reached an agreement with Artisan.  The dispute arose after the startup appeared to use a version of Green’s art to promote its AI assistant Ava. In Artisan’s bus and subway ads, Green’s recognizable dog sat amid recognizable flames, but instead of saying “This is fine,” it declared, “My pipeline is on fire,” while the ad urged people to “Hire Ava the AI BDR.” Earlier this month, Green posted on social media that his art had been “stolen like AI steals” and urged his followers to “vandalize” the ads if they saw them. He also told TechCrunch he was frustrated about having to “try my hand at the American court system” instead of putting that time into his comics. Artisan, meanwhile, told us it has “a lot of respect for Green and his work.” Then, earlier this week, founder and CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack said the two sides had come to an …

Commission of Fine Arts Approves Trump’s Controversial Triumphal Arch

Commission of Fine Arts Approves Trump’s Controversial Triumphal Arch

Published by José Betancourt

President Donald Trump announced the idea of building a triumphal arch, modeled on Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, at a holiday party last December. At the time, he said that planning and construction of the proposed arch should be domestic policy chief Vince Haley’s “primary thing.” The project’s architect, Nicolas Leo Charbonneau, a principal at the firm Harrison Design and leader of its “Sacred Architecture Studio,” told the New York Times that “the intent of the arch is a celebration in America of 250 years of greatness, freedom, and posterity, for which we can only thank the wisdom of our founders and God’s providence.” Related Articles The proposal was met with almost immediate pushback from the general public, as well as by military veterans (the 250-foot-tall arch would be cited on Memorial Circle in Arlington, Va., across the channel from Arlington National Cemetery) and historic preservationists. The deputy general counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation testified that the Trust is “extremely concerned about the location, the height, the scale, and the design of the …

People Who Are Fine Being The Villain In Someone’s Story Do 10 Things Way Differently

People Who Are Fine Being The Villain In Someone’s Story Do 10 Things Way Differently

Published by Jenni Sidey

Some people tend to spend much of their energy wanting to be liked by others, even if it means having to shrink parts of themselves so others feel more comfortable in their presence. They think being a good person means being universally liked, but happy people choose not to live their life trying to appease everyone because they know it’s fruitless. Just because they are that way doesn’t mean they aren’t content in their lives. In fact, happy people who are perfectly fine being the villain in someone else’s story do certain things way differently than everyone else, usually because they care more about their own peace. They aren’t trying to people-please and ruin their own sense of self, or worse, have to deal with feeling constantly emotionally exhausted. 1. They set boundaries without over-explaining LightField Studios | Shutterstock These individuals are good at being able to put their foot down and not have to justify the boundaries they set. They don’t believe in having to provide some lengthy explanation as to why they want …

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces Gift of Nearly 2000 Photographs

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces Gift of Nearly 2000 Photographs

Published by José Betancourt

The Viginia Museum of Fine Arts has announced a donation of nearly 2000 photographs from the Joy of Giving Something Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the photographic arts. The gift comprises works spanning the 19th century and the present day by more than 450 artists. The gift comes from the holdings of financier and former Dreyfus Corporation chief Howard Stein (1926–2011), who began collecting photography in the 1980s. A notable underwriter of photography exhibitions and books, Stein started the Joy of Giving Something Foundation (JGS) with his wife Janet in 1998 to advance art and educational programming in the field. In 2017, JGS began donating works from Steins’s collection to selected museums and universities, among them Syracuse University, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Museum of the City of New York. In 2023 it gave the VMFA group of photographic portfolios and series, including Paul Strand’s Photographs of Mexico (1940) and Larry Clark’s Tulsa (1980). The present gift represents most of the foundation’s remaining collection. Among its highlights are prints by nineteenth-century photographers Eugène …

Man who ate takeaway off cop car outside London police station served £480 fine

Man who ate takeaway off cop car outside London police station served £480 fine

Published by Sam Flores

A “childish” man who ate a takeaway off the bonnet of a police car parked outside a central London police station has been fined. Adam Bachir-Belmehdi, 21, was convicted of causing criminal damage after the incident outside Bishopsgate Police Station. CCTV footage showed Bachir-Belmehdi, of McGrath Road, Stratford, approaching the police car and laying across the bonnet and windscreen while his friend took photos of him. He then put his takeaway meal on the car’s bonnet and start eating it, before kicking the side of the vehicle and wing mirror twice. After kicking the vehicle, he carried on causing damage by ripping the wing mirror from the car. Bachir-Belmehdi was captured on the CCTV, which was fed into the City of London Police control room, and officers were sent to the scene. Footage showed them chasing him as he realises that he has been caught in the act. His actions meant that the City of London Police had a marked vehicle off the road for five days. At Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, Bachir-Belmehdi was …

‘Summer should be fine’ as Europe’s jet fuel fears ease – POLITICO

‘Summer should be fine’ as Europe’s jet fuel fears ease – POLITICO

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“Our fuel suppliers as recently as this week have confirmed they expect no supply disruption right out to the middle of July, and the situation continues to improve,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said on Monday. The airline boss said he is now confident that rising fuel imports from West Africa, the U.S. and Norway are making up for reduced volumes from the Middle East, caused by the blockade of most tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The more optimistic mood is a stark contrast to the warning issued a month ago by Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, who said European countries could face jet fuel shortages by the end of May. But the agency’s latest oil market report, issued earlier this month, now notes a surge in jet fuel production in the U.S. and West Africa. “Alternative suppliers have moved to fill the gap,” the IEA said. “The United States flipped from a net importer in April 2025 to net exporter in early 2026, as strong refinery runs pushed jet …

UK watchdog issues first-ever suicide forum fine – POLITICO

UK watchdog issues first-ever suicide forum fine – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Campaigners have criticized Ofcom for not taking action sooner. The Molly Rose Foundation’s CEO Andy Burrows welcomed the fine but said the process “has taken an interminable amount of time.”   “Molly Rose Foundation submitted detailed evidence which showed scores of vulnerable young people remained at risk while Ofcom’s investigation dragged on. Further lives were lost during this period,” he said. Seven months ago the Molly Rose Foundation in conjunction with Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harms published a report accusing both the government and the regulator of dragging their feet and warned that even if Ofcom sought to block U.K. access to the site, this would amount to little more than “regulatory whack-a-mole” in the absence of improved legislation.  An Ofcom spokesperson said: “We share the urgency about the extreme harms that sites such as this can cause, and understand the anger felt towards them by those who have been so personally affected. Today we’ve made clear that this provider has failed – and continues to fail – to comply with its duties. Our investigation into this forum was the first to be launched under the Online …

Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouameni 500,000 euros each after dressing-room fight

Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouameni 500,000 euros each after dressing-room fight

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MADRID, May 8 : Real Madrid fined Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni 500,000 euros ($588,750) each on Friday after a training-ground fight that left the Uruguay midfielder with a head injury. The sanctions deepened the sense of crisis at a club facing a second successive trophyless season, with a clash against rivals Barcelona looming on Sunday. The incident, which club sources said took place at Real’s Valdebebas training base on Thursday, ended with captain Valverde being taken to hospital with a cut head before he was later discharged. The club said both players had appeared before the investigator assigned to the case and accepted responsibility. “During their appearance, the players expressed their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to each other. Furthermore, they extended their apologies to the club, their teammates, the coaching staff, and the fans, and both have made themselves available to Real Madrid to accept whatever sanction the club deems appropriate,” Real said in a statement.  “Under these circumstances, Real Madrid has decided to impose a financial penalty of five hundred …