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May 19 0000 UTC Brief
In Washington
President Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to fold a new security funding request into a broader bill tied to his East Wing renovation and proposed ballroom. The ask is for about $1 billion in new Secret Service money, including $200 million connected to demolishing part of the East Wing. A Senate rules official has already blocked the fast-track route he wanted, and critics say the bigger fight is not just the project itself, but whether anyone can get into court before any money starts moving.
In tech and the courts
A jury threw out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman, ruling that the claims were filed too late. That ends one more chapter in Musk’s ongoing attempt to litigate his way through Silicon Valley. It is an approach with mixed results, which is one way to describe it.
In California
A wildfire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park has burned more than 10,000 acres, making it the state’s largest fire so far this year. Officials say it has destroyed historic structures and threatened rare plant communities. About a dozen firefighters are working the blaze, but strong winds and no containment are slowing them down.
In Britain
Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London drew Christian symbolism, anti-Islam activists, and far-right supporters, while police kept a large force in place to separate it from a parallel Nakba Day protest. Robinson called for peace, but the day still delivered the familiar mix of grievance, spectacle, and one arrest.
In court history
Mark Fuhrman, the former LAPD detective who found the bloody glove in the O.J. Simpson murder investigation, has died at 78. The glove became one of the most infamous pieces of evidence in the case that gripped the country for years.
Overseas
The United States and China say they still share a goal of denuclearizing North Korea, following last week’s summit between President Trump and President Xi.
A former British soldier held by Russia in occupied Ukraine, Hayden Davies, says in letters to the BBC that he feels abandoned and has had no contact with British authorities.
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