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⚖️ ICE Officer Indicted for Lying About Migrant Shooting

A federal grand jury has indicted ICE officer Christian Castro on charges of making false statements to investigators about a January shooting during a Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation.

Castro is accused of lying about the events leading up to the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan migrant who was struck by a gunshot wound to the leg. Prosecutors say Castro's account of the incident was false, though details of the alleged discrepancies have not been publicly disclosed.

The case is considered rare — a federal prosecution seeking to hold an immigration enforcement officer criminally accountable for conduct during an immigration crackdown.

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💼 Revolut Wins Provisional U.S. Banking License

UK-based fintech Revolut has received a provisional banking license from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, marking a significant step in its push to expand into the American market.

The OCC approval grants Revolut conditional authorization to operate as a national bank in the United States. The company must still meet regulatory requirements before the license becomes full and unconditional.

The move positions Revolut, one of Europe's largest fintech firms, to compete directly with traditional U.S. banks and established digital financial players.

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🏦 Warsh's Hawkish Jackson Hole Speech Splits Wall Street on September Hike

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's debut Jackson Hole address pushed September rate-hike odds to roughly 58% from 35% the prior day, rattling markets — but analysts are divided on whether a move will actually follow.

Bank of America said Warsh has left himself little room to hold, citing his warning that 54% of PCE basket goods and services are running above 3% year-on-year. Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius called it Warsh's most hawkish appearance as chairman, but maintained a Fed hold as Goldman's base case, forecasting core CPI and PCE at around 0.2% for August. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who flew to the G20 with Warsh, argued the Fed traditionally does not hike into a supply shock and called core inflation "very, very restrained."

The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, the Nasdaq dropped 0.5%, and the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.721%. August CPI and PPI releases are now the decisive inputs for the September 16 FOMC decision.

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🛂 DOJ Ties Federal Benefits Funding to Immigrant Reporting

The Justice Department issued a new legal interpretation Wednesday requiring states to report undocumented immigrants to federal authorities or risk losing access to key federal funding streams.

The opinion targets funding tied to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Supplemental Security Income programs, pressuring states to share immigration status information with the Department of Homeland Security as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation effort.

The move escalates the administration's push to enlist state governments in immigration enforcement, putting jurisdictions with sanctuary policies in direct conflict with federal funding requirements.

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🚨 FBI Probes Leak of 153M Driver's License Scans

The FBI has opened an investigation after digital scans of more than 153 million driver's licenses appeared for sale on the dark web in what appears to be a major identity theft breach.

The stolen records belong to U.S. and Canadian residents and include medical cards, residence cards, and other identity documents. Investigators believe the data was obtained by hacking an identity verification service, with a Louisiana-based firm identified as a possible source.

The scale of the breach places it among the largest identity data exposures on record, raising significant concerns about the security of third-party verification services that store sensitive government-issued documents.

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🌍 G7 Debt Costs Rise as Bond Yields Climb Since US-Iran War

Rising bond yields since the start of the U.S.-Iran war have added tens of billions of dollars to the financing costs of the world's largest developed economies.

The G7 nations are facing heavier burdens on public finances as higher yields push up the cost of issuing and rolling over government debt, compounding fiscal pressures already present across the bloc.

The development signals that the conflict's economic fallout is extending well beyond energy markets, directly straining government budgets across the U.S., Europe and Japan.

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