## 'A $1,700,000,000 Fraud on the American Taxpayer': Trump to Drop IRS Suit in Exchange for MAGA Slush Fund

Authored by commondreams.org

The money would come from the Treasury Department's Judgment Fund, which pays out court judgments and settlements against the federal government.

The president is also expected to receive a public apology from the IRS for the leak of his tax returns during his first White House term.

"This is a massive and unprecedented presidential plunder of the American people," said Raskin.

“The president has no authority to conjure up billion-dollar compensation schemes or raid the Judgment Fund, which exists to settle valid lawsuits.

Trump is systematically converting neutral government mechanisms into a presidential slush fund to build his army of political dependents," Raskin continued.

"Real story: Judge was about to throw out the case because Trump controls both parties," Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) wrote late Thursday.

Settlement shields Trump from any future audit and creates a secret slush fund that can dole out money to anyone with no transparency.". »

### Phoenix police fire sergeant who brought gun to ICE protest

Authored by abc15.com

PHOENIX — The ABC15 Investigators have confirmed that a Phoenix police sergeant has been fired after videos captured him at a high school ICE protest armed and wearing a mask in January.

Mullen was placed on administrative leave in April as the Phoenix Police Department investigated Mullen's involvement in the protest, which escalated to the arrest of one teenager.

“Since becoming Chief of the Phoenix Police Department, I have been clear about the standards of accountability and professionalism expected of every member of this department. »

### Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

Authored by gamingonlinux.com

Party Animals developers Recreate Games recently announced an AI video contest and it went down like a lead balloon.

With all the well reported issues and concerns surrounding AI / Generative AI, you would think it would be an absolute given that announcing an AI contest would be a thoroughly idiotic idea - but apparently not.

In a post on X/Twitter, the official Party Animals account invited people to win a share of $75,000 to "bring your ideas to life with AI". »

### Pentagon abruptly cuts US combat forces in Poland, officials say

Authored by yahoo.com

The Pentagon has abruptly scrapped plans to deploy a brigade of 4,200 U.S. troops, which make up one of the Army’s frontline tank formations, to Poland, according to five U.S. officials.

The move came as a surprise both inside the unit and among defense officials and lawmakers.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters she was concerned. »

### 13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’

Authored by theguardian.com

View image in fullscreen From left: Eduard Hidalgo, Dushak Milovcic, Ricky Joseph and Chad Joseph.

“The US is not taking down any Pablo Escobar or Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán,” she added.

Ronderos said that even if all those killed had been transporting drugs, “there is no death penalty for cocaine trafficking. »

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