## El Salvador President and Trump Ally Bukele Accused of Cutting Deals With MS-13 Gang Members Using U.S. Aid

Authored by latintimes.com

The report from the U.S. government was led by Joint Task Force Vulcan, a multiagency law enforcement team created at Trump's request in 2019.

The list of names revealed Bukele, as well as other senior officials and their relatives, were involved in that scheme.

The alleged pact between the Salvadoran government and gang members is nothing new.

And even before Bukele became president in 2019, an El Faro investigation revealed that Bukele himself also made deals with gangs while serving as mayor of San Salvador.

However, the actual deals that Bukele's government made with gang members went much further, willing to renegotiate violence inflicted by the gang, USAID grants and electoral votes, World Politics Review reports.

Earlier this year, President Trump and President Bukele sat down in the Oval Office in the White House to celebrate their new, extraordinary deal in which El Salvador agreed to take Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members into their maximum security prison.

Likewise, one of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first foreign visits was to El Salvador to meet Bukele. »

### Iran claims 'new wave of missiles' heading for Israel

Authored by ynetnews.com

According to another report, air defense systems were activated in the port city of Bandar Abbas in the southeastern part of the country.

In an interview with ABC network, he said that "Khamenei's elimination would not escalate the war between Israel and Iran, but rather end it."

Iran sent "urgent messages" signaling it wants to end the exchange of blows with Israel and return to the negotiating table on its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday afternoon. »

### Take-Two Interactive extends partnership with NBA, NBPA, WNBA, and WNBPA

Authored by gamedeveloper.com

NBA 2K maker Take-Two Interactive has extended its multiyear partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA).

Take-Two will now be able to continue expanding the sports sim in partnership with the NBA, NBPA, WNBA, and WNBPA.

Zelnick said the deal will "empower NBA 2K to become the premier interactive entertainment basketball franchise. »

### ‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans

Authored by theguardian.com

Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump.

Medical staff are still required to treat veterans regardless of race, color, religion and sex, and all veterans remain entitled to treatment.

Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated. »

### Wife of Minnesota politician shielded daughter from bullets, says relative

Authored by bbc.com

Wife of Minnesota politician shielded daughter from bullets, says relative.

"The heroic actions by the Hoffman family and their daughter Hope saved countless lives and we are grateful," Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said at a press conference.

A state lawmaker's wife who was shot eight times during an apparent assassination attempt in Minnesota, shielded her daughter from being hit, a relative has said. »

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