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Trump ramps up ballroom push with sharply worded filing after shooting
President Donald Trump ramped up his push for a new White House ballroom on Tuesday by promoting an unorthodox and sharply worded legal filing after the shooting attack at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
Trump posted legal papers filed by his Department of Justice that included his claims that the historic preservation group suing to block the glitzy $400 million project is "FAKE" and that critics suffer from "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
"Even their name is FAKE because when they add the words ‘in the United States' to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not," prosecutors wrote in a filing that Trump shared on his social media site. "They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others."
Prosecutors accused the trust, which convinced a federal district judge to order a temporary pause in construction, of ignoring claims that the project is needed to bolster national security.
-New York Daily News
With Kimmel under fire, FCC moves to review ABC's TV station licenses
The Federal Communications Commission is considering an early review of the Walt Disney Co.'s broadcast TV licenses amid criticism of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's provocative jokes ahead of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
The order could come as soon as Tuesday, according to Semafor, which first reported that the review is expected. The licenses for ABC's stations were not scheduled for renewal until 2028. Disney has not commented on the possibility of a review.
The move was likely in the works before the latest kerfuffle over Kimmel, who is under fire for a comedic bit that satirized the annual Washington gala that Trump attended for the first time.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who has targeted the political content on the ABC daytime talk show "The View," told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday that an action related to ABC programming was coming this week.
-Los Angeles Times
Las Vegas judge sentences actor Nathan Chasing Horse to decades in prison for sexual assault case
LAS VEGAS - Siera Begaye told a judge on Monday that Nathan Chasing Horse robbed her of her innocence. "Instead of being allowed to grow into my own person, he tried to shape me into something for his own desire and control," she said in a packed Las Vegas courtroom.
District Judge Jessica Peterson gave "Dances with Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse a prison sentence of 37 years to life after jurors in January found him guilty of sexually assaulting Begaye and another victim.
Chasing Horse, who played Smiles a Lot in the 1990 movie, promoted himself as a "medicine man" and committed crimes in the U.S. and Canada while running The Circle, a cult with up to 350 followers at its height, according to authorities.
Jurors found Chasing Horse, 49, guilty on 13 counts and not guilty on eight counts. Multiple victims testified during the trial that Chasing Horse used their spiritual traditions to victimize them. At the sentencing hearing, they stood just feet away from him and spoke of the harm he had caused.
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
UAE to withdraw from OPEC on May 1
CAIRO - The United Arab Emirates will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries effective May 1, the state news agency WAM said on Tuesday.
The decision follows what officials described as a "comprehensive evaluation," including consideration of ongoing "disruptions" in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement comes a day before a scheduled OPEC meeting in Vienna.
"This decision reflects the UAE's long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile, including accelerated investment in domestic energy production, and reinforces its commitment to a responsible, reliable, and forward-looking role in global energy markets," the UAE said in the statement carried by WAM.
The exit is seen as a significant blow to OPEC and OPEC+, a coalition of oil-producing countries led, respectively, by Saudi Arabia and Russia, and which aims to stabilize prices and manage supply.
-dpa
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