## Brazil braces for potential new U.S. sanctions after Bolsonaro’s conviction angers Trump

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond “accordingly.”.

Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X account that the U.S. government would “respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”.

READ MORE: What to know after Brazil’s Bolsonaro is convicted and sentenced for coup attempt.

“The government already has a plan to support affected companies and mitigate losses from the tariffs.

Brazil is aggressively seeking new markets to make up for a potential drop in exports to the United States,” he said.

Sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act typically are used against figures accused of human rights abuses.

Lula, in an interview Thursday with local TV Band, said any Trump threat to sanction Brazil was an arrogant denial of Brazil’s right to judge its own crimes. »

### Official Defies GOP Governor's Order To Fly Flags At Half Staff For Charlie Kirk

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The students he mentioned were shot at a Denver-area high school on Wednesday, the same day Kirk, founder of the conservative group Turning Point USA, was assassinated in Utah.

While Green didn’t explicitly mention Kirk in his note to staff, he did address Kirk’s death in his Facebook post.

“I condemn Kirk’s killing, regardless of who pulled the trigger or why,” he wrote on the social media platform. »

### Fans bid farewell to beloved California octopus Ghost as she cares for eggs in final stage of life

Authored by apnews.com

Some shared that they had a tattoo of Ghost or would wear a sweater emblazoned with the beloved cephalopod in her memory.

“She is a wonderful octopus and has made an eight-armed impression on all of our hearts,” the aquarium said on Instagram.

Ghost laid eggs earlier this week and entered the last phase of her life cycle, known as senescence. »

### New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech

Authored by truthout.org

Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech.

Critics have argued that the bill has little reason to exist other than to allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally strip passports from people without them actually having been convicted of a crime.

The bill does contain a clause allowing those stripped of their passports to appeal to Rubio. »

### Brazil Stopped Its Trump. It’s Pathetic that We Couldn’t Stop Ours.

Authored by newrepublic.com

Leaders have faced justice for offenses ranging from bribery and corruption to election interference and treason—resulting in real consequences from prison terms to lifetime bans.”.

Senate Republicans blocked a conviction of Trump in February 2021 that would have barred him from future election office.

Federal charges were first filed against Trump for his election interference in August 2023, almost three years after his conduct. »

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