After being detained by federal agents in an immigration court as he linked arms to a man authorities were attempting to detain, New York City’s Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was released. On camera, the incident was captured.
On Wednesday, June 18, this is how things are going.
Kylian Mbappe, who missed training on Tuesday due to illness, is doubt for Real Madrid’s opening Club World Cup game against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.
With newly-appointed manager Xabi Alonso making his debut in the dugout for Wednesday’s game, the club announced that Mbappe had been having a fever and that a decision on his participation would be made in the morning.
We felt it would be best for Kylian to skip training because he was a little better this morning, but he wasn’t fully fit. On the eve of the clash at Hard Rock Stadium, Alonso stated in a press conference that “let’s see how it evolves,” and that we will make a last-minute decision.
Alonso may have to choose between Mbappe because he is currently the only recognized center-forward in the squad due to his potential absence.
Endrick, a teenager from Brazil, was substituted after suffering a leg muscle injury last month during Real’s La Liga game against Sevilla. He could have offered an alternative.
Since joining Real Madrid in a high-profile summer move from Paris St Germain, Mbappe has scored 31 La Liga goals this season.
Alonso insisted that his team would need to press “like a unit” despite Mbappe’s potential absence.
“Defensive work is crucial. The Spaniard said that it is one of the things we need to do in the short and long term, which will be crucial to our success.
Real Madrid, who has won five of the last ten Champions League titles, is considered to be one of the favorites to win the tournament. They have dominated European football for the past ten years.
Al Hilal will exploit any weaknesses in Madrid’s lineup to strengthen their position in the AFC Champions League in 2021.
In a turning point for the digital asset sector, the US Senate approved a bill to establish a regulatory framework for the US-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens known as stablecoins.
The GENIUS Act, which was nicknamed after Democrats and Republicans, was supported by a number of Democrats on Tuesday. It passed 68-30. Before it is submitted to President Donald Trump’s desk for approval, the House of Representatives, which is led by Republicans, must pass its version of the legislation.
Stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency that maintains a constant value, typically a 1: 1 dollar peg, are frequently used by crypto traders to transfer funds between tokens. They are increasingly popular, and supporters claim they could be used to send payments right away.
The stablecoin bill would require issuers to publicly disclose the composition of their reserves each month and require tokens to be backed by liquid assets like US dollars and short-term Treasury bills.
Andrew Olmem, a managing partner at Mayer Brown and former National Economic Council deputy director, referred to it as “a major milestone” during Trump’s first term.
For the first time, it establishes a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a rapidly expanding financial sector, and industry.
A clear framework, according to the crypto industry, could make stablecoins more widely used, as it has long been a stance of the crypto industry for lawmakers to pass legislation establishing regulations for digital assets. The sector tried to portray the issue as bipartisan after spending more than $ 119 million supporting pro-crypto candidates in the previous year’s elections.
A stablecoin bill was passed last year in the House, but it was abandoned by the Senate, where Democrats had a majority at the time.
After being drawn in by the sector during his presidential campaign, Trump has attempted to radically alter US cryptocurrency laws.
The White House wants a stablecoin bill to be passed before August, according to Bo Hines, who is in charge of Trump’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets.
As Democrats become more and more angry with Trump and his family members promoting their personal crypto projects, tensions on Capitol Hill have escalated to threaten to derail the digital asset sector’s hope of legislation this year.
According to Bartlett Naylor, a consumer rights advocate for Public Citizen, “Selectors forfeited their opportunity to confront Trump’s crypto grift, which is the largest, most flagrant corruption in presidential history,” in advance of these bills.
Trump’s crypto ventures include World Liberty Financial, a meme coin he coined in January, and a crypto company he partly owns.
Trump’s assets are in a trust that his children run, according to the White House, and there are no conflicts of interest.
Other Democrats argued that the bill needed stronger anti-money laundering laws and prohibitions on foreign stablecoin issuers, and that it would not stop Big Tech companies from issuing their own private stablecoins.
In remarks made on the Senate floor in May, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, said that “a bill that turbocharges the stablecoin market is worse than no bill at all while facilitating the president’s corruption and undermining national security, financial stability, and consumer protection.”
In the House, the bill might need to be changed.
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors called for “critical changes” to be made to lessen risks of financial stability in a statement.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a former president of Argentina, was placed on house arrest while serving her six-year sentence on corruption charges.
The court decided on Tuesday that the 72-year-old Fernandez’s placement on house arrest was appropriate given her political figure’s age and popularity.
The popular left-wing leader was attacked by a gunman at her head just three years ago, in 2022, in an assassination attempt. In its decision, the court cited these risks and claimed Fernandez’s safety “would become complicated if he was confined to a prison environment in coexistence with any type of prison population.”
Courts in Argentina frequently grant house arrest to people of advanced age as well.
The court ordered that the former president’s house arrest begin right away. Additionally, it stated that electronic monitoring would be done on her. She will spend the rest of her time in her Buenos Aires apartment, which she lives in with her granddaughter and daughter.
According to the court, Fernandez “must remain at the registered address,” which she is only required to fulfill in exceptional circumstances. The court will have to check out any prospective residents of the apartment, aside from household staff, healthcare workers, and other approved individuals.
Following last week’s ruling that the former president had to be imprisoned, Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld her conviction and forbid her from ever running for office again.
In 2022, she was found guilty of obtaining beneficial contracts through Lazaro Baez, a close family member. According to the prosecution, Baez’ contracts had rates that were 20% higher than the industry’s, potentially generating millions of dollars.
Her political career has been plagued by other scandals, including allegations of bribery and money laundering. The judicial system of Argentina still weighs some of those cases.
However, Fernandez has dismissed the accusations against her as political attacks. Prior to the ban on her candidacy, she had been preparing to run in this year’s legislative elections.
After succeeding her husband, the late Nestor Kirchner, Fernandez became Argentina’s president in 2007 and 2015.
Four years after leaving the “Pink House” of the presidency, Fernandez, resigned as vice president of another left-wing politician, Alberto Fernandez.
Both Fernandez and Alberto Fernandez, who do not share a familial relationship, were subject to severe criticism for managing Argentina’s economy, including their heavy reliance on government aid and the country’s devaluation of the peso as a result of excess currency printing.
However, Fernandez continues to enjoy a lot of popularity, particularly among those who live in poverty, especially because of her investments in social programs to combat poverty.
The Justicialist Party, the main force behind the libertarian government under current President Javier Milei, has been Fernandez’s pillar since 2024. He succeeded Alberto Fernandez in becoming president in 2023.
After being concerned that women who end a pregnancy are prosecuted, British parliamentarians have voted to end abortion in England and Wales.
A broad-based bill that would prevent women from facing criminal penalties under an outdated law was approved by the Commons on Tuesday.
According to current laws, a woman can still face criminal charges if she refuses to end her pregnancy after 24 weeks or without the consent of two doctors. This is in addition to the currently permitted maximum sentence of life in prison.
The amendment passed 379-137. The anticipated crime bill must now be passed by the House of Commons before it can be delayed but unaffected before it is sent to the House of Lords.
The amendments were introduced by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, a member of Parliament who introduced one of them, and said the change was necessary because police have investigated more than 100 women for suspected illegal abortions over the past five years, including some who had miscarried and stillbirthed naturally.
Because women are vulnerable and require our assistance, she said, “This piece of legislation will only remove them from the criminal justice system.” What public interest serves this, exactly? This is cruelty, not justice, and there must be an end to it.
Women can now terminate their own pregnancies at home within the first ten weeks thanks to changes in the law that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few well-known cases have been the subject of prosecutions for women who illegally obtained abortion pills and used them to end their own fetus after 24 weeks.
Nicola Packer was found not guilty in May after taking abortion medication at around 26 weeks, exceeding the legal 10-week mark for doing so at home.
The 45-year-old told the jury that she had been pregnant for so long during her trial, which was held following a four-year police investigation.