## White House staffers ‘baffled’ over Trump claiming Iran gave him a prize related to Strait of Hormuz: report

Authored by independent.co.uk

White House staffers were reportedly left “baffled” by President Donald Trump’s claim Tuesday that he had received a gift from Iran, about which he then refused to disclose anything further.

They gave us a present and the present arrived today.

It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money,” he added.

“I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize, and they gave it to us.”.

The Independent has reached out to the White House for further comment, although it declined to answer all follow-up questions Tuesday.

Asked about Iran’s denials, the president said: “Well, they’re going to have to get themselves better public relations people.

Iran responded to that by launching a fresh wave of missile strikes on the U.S. and Israel’s allies across the Gulf. »

### Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11 years

Authored by cbc.ca

LISTEN | Full interview with dog owner Jourdyn Koziak: As It Happens 5:59 She never stopped updating her lost dog's microchip.

Then, the staff at Animal Care and Control Team (ACCT) Philly sent her some pics of the pooch in question.

She says sometimes, late at night, she becomes distressed thinking of all the time that she's lost with her dog. »

### US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

Authored by theguardian.com

Since 1990, US emissions have caused an estimated $500bn of economic damage to India and $330bn in damage to Brazil, the research finds.

“These are huge numbers,” acknowledged Marshall Burke, an environmental scientist at Stanford University who led the new work.

Burke added that the US has “a lot of responsibility, our emissions have caused damage not only to ourselves, but pretty substantial damage in other parts of the world”. »

### 'Cripple their sales, tank their stock price. Stop collaborating with them as developers': New Blood CEO on fighting against DLSS 5

Authored by pcgamer.com

DLSS 5 is not making assets and instead working with premade assets to make them more photorealistic, but that fear still exists.

Oshry argues, "This is fundamentally changing the way video games look based on artificial intelligence that's been trained on Instagram models and Epstein memes.".

What Oshry is referring to here is the two RTX 5090's required to render the DLSS 5 demo that Nvidia showed off last week. »

### ICE mistakenly told agents to arrest people in immigration courts, DOJ admits

Authored by independent.co.uk

Donald Trump’s administration has falsely stated for nearly a year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can arrest people inside immigration courts, where agents standing outside courtroom doors have swiftly cuffed thousands of immigrants immediately after they left their hearings.

“Based on our discussions with ICE today, this regrettable error appears to have occurred because of agency attorney error,” Clayton wrote.

“This is genuinely a bombshell,” said former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, who was arrested by ICE agents while accompanying immigrants to their court hearings last year. »

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