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Weekend Briefing

From Reuters Daily Briefing   By Robert MacMillan, Reuters.com Weekend Editor

Welcome to the Weekend Briefing and thanks as always for reading. A judge blocked Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion 'weaponization' fund. More Americans want to become Canadians. The flesh-eating screwworm: It’s closer than you think. Josef Stalin kept quite a wine collection. And have you considered the charms of Antwerp? City Memo takes us to ‘t Stad.

Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund puts Republican senators in a bind   REUTERS/Erin Scott Choose wisely: They either can go against their principles by supporting what critics decry as a slush fund or they can oppose a president who just ended the careers of two of their fellows in the primaries. For now, they’ve taken to yelling at Todd Blanche, who will need their support if he wants to drop the first word from his current job title of acting attorney general. Entry burn: The U.S. is making plans to stop processing international travelers and cargo at major U.S. airports in “sanctuary cities,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. Airline, travel and business groups predict chaos at Newark Liberty airport for tourists, Americans returning home and crucial cargo shipments.

Russia’s and Ukraine’s neighbors face drone threat Too close to the action: A Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member, and Dmitry Medvedev warned European leaders that it won’t be the last time. Latvia, whose previous government was downed by a drone, is increasing its defenses along the Russia and Belarus borders to prevent further incursions. Realignment: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is moving Armenia closer to the West after decades in Moscow’s orbit. As elections draw near, Russia has tried to undermine Pashinyan’s re-election bid disinformation campaigns and an influx of tens of thousands of Russian-Armenians to sway the vote, sources said.

Trump hasn’t made up his mind on extending Iran ceasefire What we know: Trump said Friday he would discuss it at a White House meeting. A senior Iranian source said an agreement was close. Benjamin Netanyahu has told confidants in private conversations that he has little ability to influence Trump’s decisions on Iran. Also in the mix: Israel seized more Lebanese territory and warned thousands to flee their villages as its forces crossed the Litani River. 70%: Netanyahu laid out no details or timeline for taking more than two-thirds of Gaza, a move that would further squeeze the strip’s 2 million residents who mostly are crammed into tents in awful conditions.

Kenya court suspends U.S. Ebola quarantine facility 50-bed unit: The U.S. said it would open the center at an air-force base in central Kenya to serve Americans who were exposed to the virus but remained asymptomatic. Many Kenyans oppose the plan and a legal-advocacy group sued, saying the center could endanger public health. Latest figures: The World Health Organization said there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and that 223 people are suspected to have died because of the virus. And from the Reuters Fact Check department: 'Hanta' does not mean 'scam' in Hebrew.

U.S. adds blood test to colorectal cancer screening options Health: The American Cancer Society is recommending an option from Guardant Health that can detect whether genetic material from a tumor is circulating in a person’s blood. Note that the ACS also says that the old-fashioned colonoscopy screening remains the gold standard. Insurance: More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment in past years, particularly in Kentucky and Idaho. The decline was largely due to pandemic-era subsidies expiring, which dramatically raised the cost of the plans.

We do have tap water and you can’t have any No free drink: Italian hotels can refuse to serve their guests tap water, Italy’s highest court ruled. A tourist sued the five-star Hotel Sassongher in Corvara after it refused to give her tap water during meals, instead offering mineral water for 7 euros a bottle. Voters incorporated: A Delaware judge ruled that the beach town of Fenwick Island was not diluting human votes by allowing companies and other legal entities that own property to cast votes in municipal elections.

Before I forget… Australian state police did not prepare a threat assessment before the mass shooting at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration that killed 15 people, an inquiry into the attack heard. Authorities arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls’ boarding school in Kenya that killed 16 students. Rescue divers saved four gold prospectors from a flooded cave in Laos. Two remain missing. A Canadian man accused of selling the legal but potentially lethal chemical sodium nitrite to people who killed themselves pleaded guilty to aiding suicide. A German court sentenced a former Red Army Faction member to 13 years in prison for armed robberies and attempted kidnapping. Daniela Klette, 67, was arrested in 2024 after evading capture for more than three decades. French lawmakers voted to repeal the slavery-era “Code noir” that defined the legal status of enslaved people as “movable property” and justified their abuse. Latest sports trend:  Tamara Korpatsch skipped the customary handshake after defeating Wang Xinyu after a tense match at the French Open. Virat Kohli did the same after he and Australian batter Travis Head exchanged heated words during a cricket match in Hyderabad.

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