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The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Jet Set Keystone Kash Accused of Grounding Major FBI Probes by Laura Esposito William Turton/XKash Patel’s frequent use of federally funded private jets allegedly delayed the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s response to high-profile investigations—including the killing of Charlie Kirk and a deadly mass shooting at Brown University. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin said credible whistleblowers told him that “[not only are] the Director’s misuse and mismanagement of these aircraft problematic to taxpayers, they materially harm the mission of the very agency he has sworn to lead.”Durbin revealed that the FBI’s shooting reconstruction team was delayed at least a day after Kirk was shot on a Utah campus in September because of a “Bureau plane and pilot shortage caused by the Director’s personal flights.”Read more at The Daily Beast. Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jet-set-keystone-kash-accused-of-grounding-major-fbi-probes/ #jetsetkeystonekash #fbi #williamturton #xkashpatel #richarddurbin

World news | The Guardian | US congressman refuses to resign after allegations of affair with staffer by Lucy Campbell Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/tony-gonzales-resign-affair #republicans #uscongress #tonygonzales #reginaannsantos-aviles #suicide&crisislifeline

World news | The Guardian | Trump reportedly frustrated as he waits on envoys’ judgment over Iran strikes – US politics live by Tom Ambrose Trump’s decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared KushnerHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump is reportedly becoming increasingly frustrated as he weighs up whether to strike Iran. The president has been told any attack would not be “a singular, decisive blow” and could risk drawing the United States into a protracted war in the Middle East.Trump has declared that he can use tariffs in a “much more powerful and obnoxious way”, as the UK and the EU said they were seeking urgent clarity on the US trade deals they struck last summer. Trump threatened to escalate his global tariff war on Monday, after a supreme court ruling last week that he had overstepped his legal authority to impose his “liberation day” measures last year. More here.The 21-year-old man who was shot and killed after having entered Trump’s Florida resort on Sunday – while carrying a shotgun – came from a North Carolina family of the president’s supporters and had reportedly become increasingly fixated on the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files. The focus of the FBI’s investigation into the intrusion attributed to Austin Tucker Martin is tightening on his movements and motives. More here.The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, which killed three men – its third such attack over the course of a week. The Southern Command identified the three men killed as “male narco-terrorists” and clarified that no US military forces were harmed in the strike. More here.Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives, announced that he is inviting the family of Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil- and human-rights trailblazer who died last week, to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Several other lawmakers have announced they’re inviting survivors of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading... Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/24/us-politics-latest-news-donald-trump-tariffs-iran #donaldtrump #iran #uspolitics #jaredkushner #middleeast

**World news | The Guardian | First Thing: Trump Iran airstrikes decision to be guided by Kushner and Witkoff’s advice** by Clea Skopeliti President has not yet made a final decision on any strikes as the US prepares for ‘last-ditch’ negotiations on Thursday. Plus, most US adults feel the country is moving in the wrong directionGood morning.Donald Trump’s decision on whether to order airstrikes against Iran will depend partly on the judgment of Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about whether Tehran is stalling over a deal to relinquish its nuclear capacity, according to people familiar with the matter.What will happen if there’s no deal? Trump has told advisers he is considering limited strikes to put pressure on Iran and, failing that, a far larger attack to force regime change.What has Iran said about how it might respond? Iran has vowed to retaliate as hard as possible to any US attack, and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned last week that he had the ability to sink a US warship.What about the 15% tariff? The uplift to 15% announced by Trump on social media on Saturday has not yet been implemented – but could come at any time.Want the latest business news? Follow along on our liveblog. Continue reading... Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/first-thing-trump-iran-airstrikes-kushner-witkoff #donaldtrump #iran #us #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner

Variety | Motion Picture Association Steps Up Overseas Anti-Piracy Effort by Hiring Former Disney Executive by nvivarelli (undefined ) The Motion Picture Association is stepping up its overseas anti-piracy effort by appointing former Disney digital anti-piracy executive Thomas Limouzin-Lamothe in the newly created role of VP content protection across the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Limouzin-Lamothe will report to Larissa Knapp, the former high-ranking FBI official and anti-piracy investigator who in […] Read more: https://variety.com/2026/digital/global/motion-picture-association-overseas-antipiracy-disney-1236671009/ #antipiracy #mpa #disney #emea #fbi

Dimon Sees Rivals Doing 'Dumb Things' in Credit, AI Scare Trade Returns |The Opening Trade 2/24/2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, asked about fierce competition across the financial industry, said he’s starting to see parallels to the era before the 2008 financial crisis, when a rush to make loans ended disastrously. Stocks staged a cautious rebound after fears about the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence sparked an indiscriminate selloff across broad swathes of the market. The so-called AI scare trade has become a dominant theme for stocks, with selling spreading beyond software to hit insurance brokers, private credit, cybersecurity and even real estate services. (Source: Bloomberg) Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-02-24/the-opening-trade-2-24-2026-video #jpmorganchase #jamiedimon #ai #financialcrisis #privatecredit

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