## Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: ‘I’m going to put Marco over there’

Authored by edition.cnn.com

President Donald Trump told CNN Friday morning that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.”.

“Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too.

They want to make a deal so badly,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview when touting US military success in his second term.

“They want to make a deal, and so I’m going to put Marco (Rubio) over there and we’ll see how that works out.

We’ve got plenty of time, but Cuba’s ready — after 50 years,” he added, explaining that Iran is the current priority.

“He’s doing some job, and your next one is going to be, we want to do that special Cuba,” Trump said Thursday referring to his Secretary of State.

But he says, ‘Let’s get this one finished first.’ We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen. »

### US senator seeks perjury investigation into Kristi Noem over DHS spending

Authored by theguardian.com

Senator Richard Blumenthal said he would open a perjury investigation into the ousted homeland security secretary Kristi Noem after alleging she lied to Congress about the hidden influence her senior adviser Corey Lewandowski had over the agency’s contracts.

“Her firing doesn’t absolve her or relieve her of potential liability for perjury,” he said.

“We are going to pursue an investigation of the evidence that she lied, because it relates to corruption in the administration.”. »

### Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Authored by aftermath.site

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

More than 1,000 companies have also sued the U.S. government for what they say is the illegal implementation of these tariffs.

The timing of the tariffs was particularly bad for Nintendo, which was gearing up to release its Nintendo Switch 2 console when they were announced. »

### Tarot TikToker must pay $10M to professor she accused in Moscow murder...

Authored by lmtribune.com

Later that year, a jury awarded $4 million in damages to a coffee shop owner in a longstanding dispute with Boise State University.

“The murders of the four students on November 13, 2022, was the darkest chapter in our university’s history,” Scofield added.

Bryan Kohberger, a Ph.D. student at Washington State University in nearby Pullman at the time of the murders in Moscow, was arrested in late December 2022. »

### Pentagon chief not concerned about Russia sharing intelligence with Iran for attacks on US troops

Authored by pravda.com.ua

Quote: "The American people can rest assured their commander-in-chief is well aware of who's talking to who.

And anything that shouldn't be happening, whether it's in public or back-channelled, is being confronted and confronted strongly.".

Earlier, CBS News and The Washington Post reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on the movements of US forces and the positions of allied troops in the Middle East. »

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