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Bolsonaro begins 27-year term as Maduro brandishes a sword; GOP backs Kelly amid “illegal orders” video probe; 20 states sue HUD over homelessness rules; India’s supercomputing lags ambitions; council lets caravans stay despite local complaints
20 states sue HUD over new funding rules for homelessness programs
20 states sue HUD over new funding rules for homelessness programs, as a coalition of Democratic-led states filed suit Tuesday against the Trump administration. The challenge targets HUD’s changes to how homelessness grants are allocated and the new conditions attached to them—translation: a fresh federal–state brawl over who gets the money and which hoops they’re forced to jump through.
Republican senators back Kelly as “illegal orders” video is investigated
Republican senators back Kelly as “illegal orders” video is investigated: In a rare bipartisan plot twist, GOP Sens. John Curtis of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska publicly supported Democrat Mark Kelly while the Pentagon probes “serious allegations of misconduct” tied to a video of Kelly and five other Democrats telling service members to disobey illegal orders from the Trump administration. Curtis signaled his support on X—because of course—and for a fleeting moment, Capitol Hill remembered how to cooperate without a donor gala.
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders Bolsonaro to begin 27-year prison sentence
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence, a stunning reversal for the ex-president whom prosecutors charged with plotting to violently subvert Brazil’s democracy and target rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The tough-on-crime swagger just met the one institution he couldn’t bulldoze: the rule of law.
India meets supercomputing needs but falls short of its ambitions
India meets supercomputing needs but falls short of its ambitions: a decade into the National Supercomputing Mission, the country has rolled out 37 systems totaling 39 petaFLOPS, with a 35‑petaFLOPS hybrid slated for later this year. That’s a respectable haul—enough to crunch monsoon models and ministerial spreadsheets alike—but the “Make in India” muscle under the hood is still more aspiration than domination. Many machines feature locally developed components, yet the grand goal of becoming a supercomputing leader and serious semiconductor player remains, for now, stuck in the brochure. Ambition: turbocharged. Supply chain sovereignty: still idling.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison term for coup plot
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro begins a 27-year prison term for coup plot, entering custody Tuesday after being convicted of leading a coup attempt following his 2022 election loss—despite pressure and protest from US President Donald Trump. A stark reminder that in a democracy, losing an election isn’t a technicality, and overseas lobbying doesn’t commute a sentence.
Council allows caravans to remain despite small-town complaints of blocked access to homes and football pitches
Council allows caravans to remain despite small-town complaints of blocked access to homes and football pitches—yes, in Talywain, Pontypool, where 70 residents complained the vehicles were blocking bungalows and a football pitch, councillors have let them stay… for now. The reprieve comes with a bureaucrat’s love language: a three-month maximum stay per caravan, a management plan, and a registration log to be produced within 24 hours on demand. Planning officials cited “unneighbourly” conduct and obstruction claims; landowner Tony Janes denies blocking access to homes but does admit blocking the pitch, asserting his rights and saying he’s giving homeless travellers somewhere legal to stop amid a shortage of sites. The council is separately pursuing a fix for pitch access. The site itself will be scaled down from six caravans to two, confined to land Janes actually owns, and designated a short-stay transit facility under Welsh planning rules. Call it a temporary truce with a clipboard and a stopwatch.
Maduro displays sword, vows to resist any U.S. effort to oust his government
Maduro displays sword, vows to resist any U.S. effort to oust his government, telling crowds that “failure is not an option” as he pledges to defy Washington. Nothing says modern governance like brandishing a blade—message sent: he’s not budging.
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