US AND CANADA

FLORIDA TO EXECUTE MAN CONVICTED IN1989 HOME INVASION KILLING

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A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during a home invasion robbery more than 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida.

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HAMAS PREPARING TO HAND OVER MORE REMAINS AS ISRAEL PLANS TO ALLOW PALESTIANS TO EXIT GAZA

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Hamas said it would hand over the remains of a hostage as Israel said it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, signs the U.S.-backed ceasefire was holding despite an earlier glitch over returned remains.

Hamas said it would return the newly discovered remains Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear to whom they belonged. Only two hostages are believed to remain in Gaza and the first phase of the deal is supposed to end when both are returned.

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TRUMP SET TO UNVEIL $12 BILLION RESCUE PACKAGE FOR FARMERS HIT BY TRADE WAR

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President Donald Trump is preparing to roll out a sweeping $12 billion relief package aimed at farmers who've been squeezed by the ongoing trade battles that have disrupted markets, slashed commodity prices and cut deeply into America's agricultural income. The announcement will be delivered Monday during a White House roundtable, where Trump will be joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and a roster of lawmakers and growers from across the farm belt.

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PETE HEGSETH FACES DEEPENING SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS OVER BOAT STRIKES

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Pete Hegseth barely squeaked through a grueling Senate confirmation process to become secretary of defense earlier this year, facing lawmakers wary of the Fox News Channel host and skeptical of his capacity, temperament and fitness for the job.

Just three months later, he quickly became embroiled in Signalgate as he and other top U.S. officials used the popular Signal messaging application to discuss pending military strikes in Yemen.

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TRUMP WARNS NETFLIX–WARNER BROS. DEAL 'COULD BE A PROBLEM' AS $72BN MEGA-MERGER FACES SCRUTINY

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President Donald Trump on Sunday raised fresh concerns over Netflix's planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, calling the potential merger a "very big market share" issue that could trigger a serious regulatory review. Speaking to reporters on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., Trump said he intends to be personally involved in the decision on whether the deal goes forward.

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MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL TO DONATE $6.25 BILLION TO FUND ‘TRUMP ACCOUNTS’ FOR 25 MILLION KIDS

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Michael and Susan Dell announced Tuesday that they have committed $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children.

The couple’s donation will be the largest ever devoted to American children, according to Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group partnered with the Dells.

“It’s designed to help families feel supported from the start and encourage them to keep saving as their children grow,” Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies

Told CNBC in an interview. “We know that when children have accounts like this, they’re much more likely to graduate from high school, from college, buy a home, start a business and less likely to be incarcerated.”

The Dells’ commitment goes hand in hand with a new federal government program that allows parents to open tax-advantaged investment accounts for children under 18 with Social Security numbers. Under the federal program, U.S. citizens born from the beginning of 2025 through 2028 will receive a federal grant of $1,000 to seed those so-called Trump accounts. Parents will be able to open and contribute to these accounts starting on July 4, 2026, with IRS guidance yet to be issued.

The Dells have committed to seed Trump accounts with $250 for children who are 10 or under who were born before Jan. 1, 2025. According to Invest America, the pledged funds will cover 25 million children age 10 and under in ZIP codes with a median income of $150,000 or less.

“We want to help the children that weren’t part of the government program,” Dell said.

Dell said he first became interested in seeding investment accounts for children after hearing the idea from hedge fund manager Brad Gerstner around 2021. Gerstner, CEO of Altimeter Capital, later founded Invest America, which advocated for the program to get included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Trump Accounts can only be used to invest in low-cost diversified funds that track a U.S. stock index. Gerstner said these accounts and grants give American children the chance to benefit from U.S. stock market growth at an early age.

Gerstner said it will take more than the $250 from the Dells or $1,000 federal grants for the accounts to compound to a substantial sum. However, Gerstner said the seed money encourages parents to add their own funds.

He added that the legislation makes it far easier for corporations and philanthropists to make charitable contributions on a large scale. Dell Technologies has pledged to match the $1,000 grants by the U.S. Treasury deposited into accounts for new children of employees.

Parents only have to open a Trump account to automatically receive a grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.

“It would have been impractical, or maybe even impossible, to impact this many kids in this way without such a program,” Dell said.

There are few precedents for the Dells’ pledge. The foundation of shoe billionaire Harold Alfond, who died in 2007, issues $500 educational grants toward every child born in Maine.

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US CRITICISES EU FOR FINING X

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Citing concerns that X's paid blue tick badges "deceive users" by not "meaningfully verifying" account holders, the EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform €120m (£105m). The European Commission warned that this deception exposes users to scams, including impersonation fraud, and other forms of manipulation, a decision that has sparked an angry reaction from the US.

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THE LEGAL BATTLE SHAPING THE CASE OF LUIGI MANGIONE

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The state murder case involving Luigi Mangione returned to court in a tense hearing that underscored the mounting legal complexities surrounding the killing of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. Mangione, aged twenty seven, appeared before the judge in a dark gray suit and white checkered shirt as proceedings began to determine whether his diary entries, surveillance clips and critical items seized during his arrest can be admitted as evidence. His defense team argues that police violated his constitutional rights when they searched his backpack without a warrant at the McDonald’s in Pennsylvania where he was arrested following a multi day manhunt.

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