Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries

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Varsen Aghabekian Shahin backs resolution, while Hamas rejects idea of international force inside territory
The Palestinian foreign minister has described the UN security council resolution endorsing Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza as a necessary first step on a long road towards peace, even as Hamas rejected it as a form of international guardianship with which it will not cooperate.
Arab state leaders who have reluctantly adopted the plan said the US urgently needed to set out the composition of the proposed Palestinian technocratic committee that is to deliver services inside Gaza, as well as the leadership of the international stabilisation force (ISF), which is supposed to oversee security. Membership of the board of peace, the body that is to oversee the ISF and a Palestinian civilian police force also remains unknown.
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Employees at the Utah company Rubicon are filing a lawsuit against former state attorney general Sean Reyes
Workers at Rubicon, a landscape company that was subjected to a televised human-trafficking raid led by former Utah attorney general and Trump ally Sean Reyes filed a federal complaint on Tuesday alleging Reyes and his office “violated the law to attack a Utah company for political purposes”.
The workers are seeking recompense after alleging that Reyes and other officials at the Utah office of the attorney general used false information to file a case against the company that caused enormous damage but was later dismissed.
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President drops opposition to vote that would compel files’ release and says he would sign measure if it reaches his desk
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday to force the release of investigative files related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the latest move in a scandal that has dogged Donald Trump since he returned to the White House.
In a sharp reversal this weekend, Trump dropped his opposition to a vote releasing files from the criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice into Epstein on Sunday. On Monday, Trump said he would sign the measure if it reached his desk.
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