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Musk will pay Trump 10 million dollars for vetoing X in the past, according to WSJ
South African tycoon, Elon Musk, agreed to pay 10 million dollars to dismiss the legal battle that US President Donald Trump had waged against the social media giant for having been excluded from the platform after the January 6 attack, according to The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Trump’s team considered abandoning the lawsuit, according to sources close to the matter to the WSJ, citing Musk’s closeness to the president and the fact that he spent 250 million dollars to help choose him. However, they finally advanced with the agreement despite the close relationship between Trump and Musk, reports the media.
Musk has been the right hand of the Republican leader since the last election campaign and since the beginning of his second term on January 20 he has been at the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in charge of cutting federal expenses and bureaucracy.
X, then known as Twitter, decided to suspend Trump’s account in January 2021, amid the political tension derived from the 2020 presidential elections and the assault on the Capitol that was starred in the politician’s supporters.
The Republican’s last message before that veto, on January 8, 2021, was: “To all those who have asked, I will not attend the inauguration (of Joe Biden) on January 20.”
At the end of 2022, after acquiring the social network for 44 billion dollars, Musk ordered to restore Trump’s account, but the latter, who had created his own platform, Truth Social, chose to leave it inactive.
It did not reappear in it until August 2024.
Trump initially filed the lawsuit in July 2021, months after he was banned from accessing.
The company alleged at that time that its decision was due to “the risk of greater incitement to violence,” while the affected person argued that the measure infringed the First Amendment, which protects freedom of expression.
A California federal judge dismissed Trump’s initial lawsuit in May 2022, stating that Twitter did not act as part of the United States government and, therefore, did not violate its rights, but Trump had appealed that decision.
On January 29, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) indicated that the American technology company Meta agreed to pay 25 million dollars to resolve the lawsuit that Trump filed in 2021 for vetoing it on its social networks (Facebook and Instagram) also after the assault on the Capitol.
The WSJ, which cited sources familiar with the agreement, indicated that 22 million of the amount would be used to finance Trump’s presidential library and the rest to legal expenses and to compensate other complainants.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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