Putin Aims to End Russian Isolation: Angela Stent
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Angela Stent reacts to the phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Putin and breaks down the Kremlin's aims in normalizing relations with the US. (Source: Bloomberg)
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With joy and resolve, paradegoers celebrate at global Pride gathering in D.C.
'This Pride is very much needed,' said Fred Rogers, 31, who lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. 'We all need a chance to show the world that we are still here, and we're not going anywhere.' Amid the joy and celebration, there was still an undercurrent of anger and worry. The parade route wound its way to less than a third of a mile from the White House, and President Donald Trump's moves to curb the rights of the LGBTQ+ community weighed heavily on some of the paradegoers and prompted other people not to attend at all. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Ryan Bos, executive director of the nonprofit Capitol Pride Alliance, which organizes the city's annual Pride events, including this year's global one, said in an interview Saturday that planners had originally expected 3 million attendees over the three-week WorldPride festival, but the actual turnout fell short of that. Many business owners said that while the crowds were roughly normal for the city's annual Pride Parade, and the parade route itself was packed, attendance did not remotely live up to expectations for a festival that typically draws people from around the world. Advertisement It was not clear how many people ultimately attended the festival and parade, but Bos said many people outside the country, particularly those who are transgender, feared traveling to the United States and potentially being detained. He said others stayed away out of anger with the current administration. Advertisement 'To see America rolling back human rights totally goes against the ideals of what America was founded on,' he said. Fundraising also fell short of expectations, with some corporate sponsors pulling out and others asking that their logos not be prominently displayed. Other companies, though, did send floats along the route bearing their logos and carrying their employees in matching T-shirts. Floats for IKEA, Amazon, Hilton Hotels and JPMorgan Chase were spotted on the route, and executives from United Airlines said they were sponsoring 10 Pride parades around the world this year. The president has issued executive orders that bar transgender people from serving in the military, restrict gender identities on travel documents and proclaim that it is U.S. policy to 'recognize two sexes, male and female,' that are 'not changeable.' He has tried to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, and many private companies have followed his lead. His administration is also considering removing the name of Harvey Milk from a naval ship, arguing the gay rights icon may not reflect the country's 'warrior ethos.' All this makes it even more imperative for the entire LGBTQ+ community to remain visible and proud, said Sister Sybil Liberties, a drag queen with the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity and protest group of queer nuns. Advertisement It's even more important 'to people outside of D.C. in less diverse and less queer areas, especially young people, to see this display,' she said. WorldPride, one of the world's largest LGBTQ+ festivals, takes place in different cities every two years, and Washington was chosen before Trump was elected. It coincides with the 50th anniversary of the city's first Pride parade. Deacon Maccubbin, 82, organized that event in 1975 outside his gay bookstore, Lambda Rising. It drew about 2,000 attendees. On Saturday, he served as one of the parade's grand marshals and was overheard telling others not to worry that the trolley in which they were riding seemed to be running behind schedule. 'We're on gay time,' he assured them. 'Everything will start a year late.' After days of back-and-forth discussions, federal officials said Saturday before the parade started that they would reopen Dupont Circle Park, which sits at the center of the city's historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood. They had previously fenced it off, saying the blockade would prevent criminal behavior. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the National Park Service issued a joint statement Saturday saying they had worked overnight on an agreement to reopen the park and looked forward to 'a safe and fun celebration in our nation's capital.' The mayor was also planning a disco-themed party in the park for later in the day. DaeLyn Saint-Surin, 24, traveled to Washington from Bermuda for her first Pride parade away from home. She said the anti-gay stigma in Bermuda was intense, and she had been overcome with emotion several times already in the nation's capital. 'I have never seen so many gay people living their lives so freely and openly,' she said. 'This is really freeing.' Advertisement This article originally appeared in
Yahoo
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Trump Warns Musk of ‘Serious Consequences' if He Backs Democrats
The billionaire deleted social-media posts that sought to connect Trump to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump warns Musk against supporting Democrats
US President Donald Trump warned tech billionaire Elon Musk of "very serious consequences" if he were to support Democrats in the future following their public falling-out. "He'll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that," Trump told NBC News in a phone interview set to air on Sunday. However Trump declined to share what those consequences might be should Musk support Democratic candidates to harm Republicans who voted for the president's tax and budget bill. The budget bill this week triggered the public dispute between Musk, the world's richest man, and Trump, the world's most powerful one. Musk is demanding far greater spending cuts and called the bill "a disgusting abomination." Trump refers to it as the "big beautiful bill." Since Thursday, Musk and Trump have been engaged in an open mudslinging match after months of unusually close cooperation. Trump does not want to reconcile with Musk In the NBC interview, Trump was asked whether he believed his relationship with Musk, who owns the social media platform X, the electric car company Tesla and the space voyage firm SpaceX, was over. "I would assume so, yeah," Trump said. He also reiterated that he was not interested in reconciling with Musk, saying he was too busy with other matters. "I have no intention of speaking to him." On Thursday, the brewing feud between the two powerful men exploded with Trump calling Musk "crazy" and Musk claiming that if it weren't for him, Trump would have lost the presidential election last year.
