The White House press secretary dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content, shared by the president’s Truth Social account, as “fake outrage.”

The investigation began when police uncovered a murder plot involving a corrections management employee who was targeted by mobsters, an official said.

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

The operation was authorized by the Marine general who took command of military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean earlier in the day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he views the performance of the air force in some parts of the country as “unsatisfactory” and that steps are being taken to improve the response to large-scale Russian drone barrages of civilian areas.

World shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street extended losses driven by heavy selling of technology stocks. .The price of bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, appeared to have stabilized, rebounding from its biggest losses to trade about 7% lower at around $66,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the return of 157 Ukrainians, resulting from trilateral peace talks in the UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi.

Big Tech companies have seen more than $1 trillion wiped from their stocks, according to FactSet data. Fears over AI spending sparked the sell-off. Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet all saw their shares fall in the week up to the market close on Thursday.