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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest in a series of delays: “President Donald Trump on Monday delayed high U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from snapping back into place for another 90 days, a White House official told CNBC. Those tariffs were set to resume after midnight Tuesday. But Trump signed an executive order hours beforehand that extends the deadline until mid-November, according to the official.”
* In Gaza: “Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Sunday, the network said, with the Israel Defense Forces claiming one was a Hamas leader posing as a journalist. The network said that Anas al-Sharif; another journalist, Mohammed Qreiqeh; and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were killed.”
* In related news: “Australia said Monday that it plans to recognize a Palestinian state, joining a growing list of Western governments making the move as Israel becomes increasingly isolated over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”
* The judge seemed spectacularly unimpressed with the Trump administration’s argument: “The Trump Justice Department lost its motion to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Ghislaine Maxwell’s case, with a federal judge on Monday calling the whole premise behind the government’s effort ‘demonstrably false.’”
* This isn’t normal: “Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay the United States 15 percent of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration.”
* Will the reversal be reversed? “Dr. Vinay Prasad, who led the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines and gene therapy division before resigning under pressure two weeks ago, is returning to the agency, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman confirmed Saturday.”
* Alleged abuses like these deserve greater attention: “The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.”
* Wait, AOL was still providing dial-up service? “In the hazy impressions of memory, some may even recall it fondly: The AOL dial-up internet service that those of a certain age associate with the World Wide Web is coming to a close. The company, also known by its ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting and the CD trial discs — so many CDs — made the announcement on its website.”
See you tomorrow.