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The 7

Friday, May 19, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Friday briefing: Zelensky’s G-7 trip; Jack Teixeira in court; Disney vs. DeSantis; WNBA schedule; Titanic scans; and more


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0:00.0

The Supreme Court cited with Google and Twitter and Disney

0:06.5

canceled a $1 billion project in Florida.

0:09.8

I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. It's Friday, May 19th.

0:15.0

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:18.0

First up, Ukraine's president will attend a G7 summit in Japan in person.

0:27.8

This weekend's meeting is in Hiroshima, which was decimated by an atomic bomb in 1945. President Velotir Zelensky had originally been expected

0:36.8

to attend virtually. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is one of the top agenda items at the

0:42.2

gathering of powerful world leaders,

0:44.0

which includes President Biden.

0:46.0

Selenski is expected to ask for more military help. Number two, a suspected leaker of U.S. Intelligence Secrets is due in court today.

1:05.8

Jack Teshara, a 21-year-old Air National Guard member, was arrested last month over a collection

1:11.6

of classified material posted on the chat app discord.

1:15.5

A judge plans to decide whether to share or should remain behind bars while awaiting trial.

1:20.1

Prosecutors argue that he should not be released.

1:23.0

The Justice Department said it found red flags in his Air Force record.

1:26.5

It said he appears to have shared sensitive secrets with foreign nationals,

1:30.3

and his actions raised concerns among his coworkers.

1:34.0

Number three, the Supreme Court sided with Google and Twitter and two key liability cases.

1:49.2

In a ruling yesterday, the court said that families of terrorism victims did not show that the companies

1:55.0

aided and abetted attacks on their loved ones. In both cases, the families had

1:59.8

argued that these platforms fail to properly police Islamic State-related accounts.

2:05.4

It's a victory for tech giants. The ruling sidestep calls to change Section 230.

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