According to officials, hundreds of military and civilian attorneys working for the US Department of Defense (DOD) will temporarily serve as immigration judges as part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s latest move to involve the military in US domestic affairs.
By presiding on immigration hearings, these DOD attorneys will increase existing resources, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell in a statement on Tuesday.
Military attorneys are not properly trained to act as immigration judges, according to a US official who told Reuters news agency.
Up to 600 military attorneys will be able to hire them as part of the plan, according to a memo that The Associated Press news agency reviewed.
According to the memo, the military will begin sending groups of 150 lawyers “as soon as practicable,” according to the memo, with the attorneys initially slated to serve as immigration judges for 179 days, according to Reuters.
The plan, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s head, is comparable to having a “cardiologist perform a hip replacement.”
It is absurd to anticipate fair decisions from law-trained judges. According to Ben Johnson, the organization’s executive director, this careless action violates due process and further undermines the integrity of our immigration court system.
Defense Secretary Hegseth criticized military attorneys in his book The War on Warriors from the year 2024, claiming that most “spend more time prosecuting our troops than putting out bad guys.”
The Trump administration is turning to military support for its crackdown on illegal immigration, including the expansion of troops patrolling the US-Mexico border, the arrival of National Guard personnel in US cities, detaining prisoners at military installations prior to deportation, and using military aircraft to carry out deportations.
Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York
After defeating American Taylor Fritz in a brutal match, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz met in the blockbuster US Open semi-final.
Fourth seed Fritz kept Djokovic’s serve under constant pressure, but the Serb surmounted to numerous break points and a hostile crowd to claim a 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-4 victory.
Djokovic said at times that he believed he was “lucky,” adding that “it was really anybody’s match.”
He was, in my opinion, the better player for the majority of the second and third sets.
If Djokovic wants to reach the final and fight off Alcaraz in the record-breaking 25th Grand Slam singles match, he must now defeat the second seed.
The 16-year-old Spaniard’s junior joined Djokovic in advancing to the last four earlier on Tuesday when he won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 over Czech Jiri Lehecka.
After the dominating era of Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal, Alcaraz and Sinner have taken the top spot in men’s tennis.
Djokovic is the only active member of the iconic trio now that Federer and Nadal are no longer active, and as he searches for the 25th major to clear Australia’s Margaret Court, time is not on his side.
He exhibited some of the resilience that has frequently defined his distinguished career in opposition to Fritz.
Djokovic started off strong by breaking Fritz’s first service game on the way to a 3-0 lead. After missing a set point at 5-2, the Serb fought back and saved five break points before serving the opener.
In the second set, Fritz continued to threaten, but he eventually grew frustrated as he wasted opportunities before Djokovic made a 4-3 lead.
However, the Californian finally converted his first break point at the eleventh time of asking just as Djokovic was serving for a two-set lead.
In the following game, he dropped three double faults and an unforced error, but Djokovic continued to play as a winner by deciding to tie the game.
In the third set, Djokovic complained to the umpire about the yelling out of the crowd during his serve, which caused the atmosphere to elicit a little hostility.
Some members of the audience began booing the four-time champion as he took advantage of the disruption to take advantage of the 4-1 lead, and some even started jeering the four-time champion.
After a grueling three hours and 24 minutes, Djokovic regained his composure and hit the decisive blow at 5-4 with a double fault from Fritz sealing his place in the final four.
Taylor didn’t deserve that final game, Djokovic said, “he didn’t deserve that,” and it was nerve-wracking, honestly tough to end with a double fault.
“In many of my service games, I just wanted to play every ball and stay alive.”
Alcaraz says, “I’m here to entertain.”
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Djokovic has triumphed over Alcaraz in their previous two matches, including the Olympic final last year, but Alcaraz has lost in their previous two matches.
After a brilliant 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 display against Lehecka, the five-time Grand Slam champion said he is “here to entertain.”
He kept a laser-like focus throughout the match while also finding time to showmanship during the victory, when he surprised the crowd with his incredible arsenal of shot-making skills.
Alcaraz, 22, told Sky Sports, “Sometimes I play a shot that I shouldn’t play at the time, but it’s the way I love playing tennis.”
I want to play solid, play well, and play smart, but why not when I have the chance to make a great shot, let’s say, or a hot shot?
“I’m here to entertain the people, my team, and myself.”
Alcaraz, who won the US Open in 2022, has made it to the semi-finals in New York for the third time.
In response to growing controversy over how artificial intelligence is affecting young people’s mental health, OpenAI has announced plans to implement parental controls for ChatGPT.
The California-based AI company stated in a blog post on Tuesday that it would be rolling out the features in response to families’ requests for assistance “in setting healthy guidelines that fit a teen’s unique stage of development.”
Parents will be able to link their ChatGPT accounts with those of their children under the changes, modify certain features, including memory and chat history, and set up the chatbot’s “age-appropriate model behavior rules” to respond to queries.
According to OpenAI, parents will also be notified when their teen displays signs of distress, adding that the organization will seek expert advice before implementing the feature to “support trust between parents and teens.”
The changes, which were announced last week as part of a series of measures designed to improve safety for vulnerable users, were scheduled to take effect within the month.
The business claimed that “these actions are just the start.”
“We will keep getting better and better at using ChatGPT as much as we can, under the guidance of experts.” In the upcoming 120 days, we’re eager to share our progress.
A California couple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging responsibility for the suicide of their 16-year-old son, a week after the company made the announcement.
In their lawsuit, Matt and Maria Raine claim that ChatGPT legitimated Adam’s “most harmful and self-destructive thoughts” and that his death was a “predictable outcome of deliberate design decisions.”
In its announcement on parental controls, OpenAI, which previously expressed its condolences over the teen’s passing, did not specifically mention the case.
In their lawsuit, Raine family attorney Jay Edelson criticized OpenAI’s planned changes as an attempt to “shift the debate.”
According to Edelson, “they say the product should just be more sensitive to people in crisis, be more helpful, and show a little more empathy,” according to a statement from Edelson.
We are aware, strategically, that OpenAI cannot respond to Adam’s actual circumstances. Because Adam’s case involves a product that actively coached a teenager to suicide, it is not about ChatGPT being “helpful” in any way.
In light of their widespread adoption as a substitute therapist or friend, people who suffer from severe mental distress have become more concerned about using AI models.
Researchers found that ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude adhered to best-practice guidelines when responding to questions about suicide with “intermediate levels of risk,” but that they did not when responding to queries with “intermediate levels of risk.”
These findings suggest that LLMs can be safely and effectively used for the distribution of mental health information, particularly in high-stakes scenarios involving suicidal ideation, according to the authors.
China displayed its most recent generation of stealth fighters, tanks, and ballistic missiles amid a highly choreographed cast of thousands at a massive military parade in Beijing to honor the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the leader of the country’s military and the Chinese Communist Party, was in charge of the parade through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday morning.
Xi moved on to welcome Chinese military veterans before occupying his place at the center of the conversation, joining Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
In a crowd that included mostly non-Western nations, Putin and Kim were just two of the 26 world leaders who showed up at the parade.
Before addressing the 10,000 assembled People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Navy, and Air Force members, Xi stated that China would continue to “adhere to a path of peaceful development” by watching the parade from the Gate of Heavenly Peace.
He thanked foreign governments for their assistance as he described China’s victory over “Japanese aggression” in the “world anti-fascist war.” Despite playing a significant role in bringing an end to World War II, Xi did not name the United States by name.
The Chinese leader claimed that the war’s lessons are still relevant today.
According to an official read-out of his speech, “Humanity is again faced with the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, and win-win outcomes or zero-sum games.”
On September 3, 2025, PLA Air Force members march in Beijing, China, during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end.
The Chinese people will stand firm on the side of human progress and the right of historical development, follow the peaceful development path, and work together with the rest of the world to create a community with a shared future for humanity, he declared.
He added that China’s military still has a significant influence on the country’s revival, which is one of Xi’s and Xi’s main ideological pillars.
It’s difficult to understate how much of this is a part of the Communist Party’s national psyche, which means that before World War II, China was oppressed, invaded, and humiliated by foreign forces, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Beijing.
Yu remarked, “I believe Xi Jinping is making a point that this will never happen again.”
Before the parade began down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the Chinese capital, Xi took a tour of Tiananmen Square while standing in a car and greeting soldiers with salutations.
On September 3, 2025, China’s President Xi Jinping addresses the troops at a military parade in Beijing, China, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
A new generation of hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles, fighter jets, early warning aircraft, and aircraft jamming systems were the most popular weapons in the parade.
Long-range intercontinental missiles, which can launch nuclear weapons, were also prominent during the parade alongside en masse of military personnel unison marching in concert before a crowd of 50 000 spectators.
According to Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore, “the purpose is to reinforce the notion that the People’s Republic of China, PRC] has emerged as a formidable power under his leadership.”
The parade’s lineup of leaders, he said, adds that the PRC is unafraid of pressure and bullying, especially from the United States.
The Chinese air force conducted a flyover above the parade, complete with helicopters carrying banners stating “Justice will prevail,” “Peace will prevail,” and “The people will win.”
US President Donald Trump questioned Xi’s readiness to acknowledge the role the US played in World War II before wishing him well as the military parade on social media began.
The big question that needs to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the enormous support and “blood” that the United States of America gave China to aid in securing its FREEDOM from a hostile foreign invader, according to Trump.
“Many Americans lost their lives in China’s struggle for victory and glory,” Xi said.
In the worst case of widespread food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship food program to help pregnant women and children, 400 children in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province became ill after receiving free school meals, according to an investigation that was launched.
As President Prabowo arrived in Beijing, China for events observing the end of World War II and days after widespread antigovernment protests erupted, Indonesian cities and towns were swept up in fear.
According to Vice Governor Mian of Bengkulu Province, authorities will launch an investigation into the source of the illness.
Mian, who goes by a single name, promised to temporarily suspend operations at this kitchen while we looked into the areas where the weaknesses were.
The BGN [National Nutrition Agency] investigation team and the authorities are in charge of this, he said.
The program’s director, Dadan Hindayana, the head of the National Nutrition Agency, told the Reuters news agency that the kitchen had only recently begun operating and that staff had been requesting information while waiting for results from food tests.
Authorities plan to reach 83 million recipients by year-end, spending a total of 171 trillion rupees ($10.52 billion) for the program since its launch, and the program has quickly grown to include more than 20 million recipients.
The president started the program in January, but hundreds of people had already been affected by food poisoning.
On February 29, 2024, Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia’s coordinating minister for economic affairs, inspects the trial of a free lunch program for students at a junior high school in Tangerang, Indonesia’s outskirts [Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters]
In Central Java, 365 people received free school meals last month. Laboratory tests revealed that the outbreak was the result of poor sanitation, according to local media reports.
According to a video handout from the local government, children between the ages of 4 and 12 were taken to a local hospital to complain of stomach pain starting last Thursday as part of the most recent mass illness in Bengkulu.
According to China’s CCTV, Prabowo was seen attending a military parade hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday to honor the 80th anniversary of Japan’s end of World War II.
In the midst of widespread unrest, Prabowo decided to visit China despite the ongoing street protests there. He then briefly rethought his decision to visit.
According to reports from civic organizations and officials, 20 people are now believed to have died in protests over the weekend, according to a report from The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
The UN called for inquiries into Indonesia’s security forces’ alleged use of excessive force against demonstrators in Geneva on Monday.
In response to widespread protests against parliamentary seats, austerity measures, and alleged use of excessive or excessive force by security forces, UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said, “We are closely following the spate of violence in Indonesia.”
Second seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the US Open semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium despite not conceding a set at Flushing Meadows.
Alcaraz put on yet another almost flawless performance on Tuesday, firing off 28 winners with the palm of his hand. Novak Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, and Taylor Fritz, a fourth-seed in the US, will be his opponents next.
Lehecka is one of the few players to defeat Alcaraz this season, having already triumphed in the Doha quarterfinals, but the Spaniard couldn’t help but watch as his forehand winner zipped past on match point.
Alcaraz said, “This is going to be really tough” when you show the opponent you’re fresh, you can play two, three, more hours, you can play long rallies.
I’m fresh, I’m really good physically, and I’m a good person because of how I walk between points. I believe it’s crucial to convey to the opponent that they will sweat a lot and will need to run a lot if he wants to beat me.
Alcaraz broke in the first game, but a pair of Lehecka double faults helped him win, and in the 10th game, the Spaniard won a thrilling cat-and-mouse game by passing a backhand winner past the Czech.
Lehecka became apparent agitated as he went down another break with a double fault in the seventh game, but the 2022 champion kept the momentum going in the second set when he converted a break point at the net in the first game.
Alcaraz  grinned in disbelief as he drilled a number of precise shots to set the break point in the seventh game of the final set, but Lehecka held on.
Alcaraz used his golf swing to delight fellow Spaniard and 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who was present, as he rallied 12-shots to win the ninth game.
He said, “I just played a really, almost, perfect match.” “I’m just feeling great and determined to make it.”
The five-time major champion, who hasn’t broken one record so far in the tournament, may try to avoid thinking about it while he regains the top spot in the world over Jannik Sinner from Italy.
He said, “I don’t want to put pressure on myself if I think about the number one spot too much, and that’s what I don’t want to do.”
Alcaraz, age 22, is the ninth time in the semifinals to reach the grand slam. Before turning 23, only Rafael Nadal had 10 or more.
