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☆ Trump's second-term agenda: punish enemies, fire government workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Trump would require every federal employee to pass a new civil service test of his own creation. His team is also vetting scores of potential hires who could be counted on to implement his policies or perhaps investigate Trump’s political enemies. Trump also would seek to bring independent regulatory agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission under presidential control. EDUCATIONTrump has pledged to require America’s colleges and universities to “defend American tradition and Western civilization” and purge them of diversity programs. On the K-12 level, Trump would support programs allowing parents to use public funds for private or religious instruction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ted Hendricks, Octavio Jones, Republican Donald Trump, Trump, AFFAIRS Trump, Israel, James Oliphant, Ted Hesson, Andy Sullivan, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Trump, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Democrats, Congress, U.S . Constitution, U.S, Supreme, AFFAIRS, Ukraine, Paris Climate Accords, Biden White, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Hialeah , Florida, U.S, United States, China, Mexico, U.S ., Russia, Europe, Paris

☆ Space Billionaires Like Elon Musk Should Think More About Sex - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Kelly Weinersmith | Zach Weinersmith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

This is ominous, given that some private space-launch companies, including SpaceX, have an explicit goal of creating new civilizations off Earth. But truth be told, we don’t even know if you can actually do the fun part of making space kids. While the moon and Mars provide some gravity, the vast majority of data on space physiology comes from orbital space stations, where free-falling astronauts hang in midair. But what happens after the unchastity belt is unbuckled, the snuggle tunnel sheepishly exited? Bone loss may be less of a problem on Mars, which has 40 percent of Earth’s gravity.

Persons: popularizers James, Alcestis Oberg, Dr, Thomas Heppenheimer, Samuel Coniglio, There’s, Vanna Bonta’s 2suit Organizations: SpaceX, Astronauts, Space Tourism Society Locations: China

☆ US Supreme Court to decide legality of federal ban on gun 'bump stocks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Andrew Chung | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Bump stocks use a semiautomatic's recoil to allow it to slide back and forth while "bumping" the shooter's trigger finger, resulting in rapid fire. The Supreme Court previously had turned away some challenges to the bump stocks prohibition. Cargill sued to challenge the rule, which required him to surrender his two bump stocks. That decision "threatens significant harm to public safety," the Justice Department said in a filing to the Supreme Court. "Bump stocks allow a shooter to fire hundreds of bullets a minute by a single pull of the trigger.

Persons: George Frey, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Michael Cargill, Cargill, Richard Samp, Samp, Biden, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Trump, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, U.S . Justice Department, National Firearms Act, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cargill, ATF, U.S . Justice, Circuit, Justice Department, National Rifle Association, Thomson Locations: Orem , Utah, U.S, Austin , Texas, Las Vegas, New Orleans, United States, New York

☆ Opinion | Why Hamas Must Go
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Dennis B. Ross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

If Hamas persists as a military force and is still running Gaza after this war is over, it will attack Israel again. And whether or not Hezbollah opens a true second front from Lebanon during this conflict, it, too, will attack Israel in the future. As one commander in the Israeli military said, “If we do not defeat Hamas, we cannot survive here.”Israel is not alone in believing it must defeat Hamas. Only a few Arab states openly condemned the Hamas massacre of more than 1,400 people in Israel. An outcome that leaves Hamas in control will doom not just Gaza but also much of the rest of the Middle East.

Persons: I’ve, Israel —, it’s, Israel, Ali Khamenei, Iran’s, “, Al, Emmanuel Macron, —, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Soviet, Hezbollah, Israel, Hamas, United Arab Emirates, Ahli Baptist Hospital, West Bank, United Nations, Ad, Committee, ISIS, United Arab, Health Ministry Locations: Soviet Union, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Al, Ahli, Israeli, Hamas, Mosul, Raqqa, Syria, United States, Palestinian, United, France, Morocco, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Canada, Ukraine

☆ Student loan forgiveness: How Biden continues to cancel debt after Supreme Court ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Katie Lobosco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —Although the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s signature student loan forgiveness program in late June, his administration has found ways to cancel more than $48 billion in debt since then. That’s more student loan forgiveness than was granted under any other administration – in part due to the Biden administration’s efforts to temporarily expand some debt relief programs and to correct past administrative errors made to borrowers’ student loan accounts. Expanding debt relief program for public-sector workersNearly $51 billion of student loan debt has been canceled for 715,000 borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program since Biden took office. The PSLF program cancels outstanding federal student loan debt for public-sector workers who have made 120 qualifying monthly student loan payments, or about 10 years’ worth of payments. Nearly 513,000 borrowers with a total and permanent disability have received $11.7 billion in student loan forgiveness since 2021.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Biden, Trump, they’d, –, “, Virginia Foxx, ”, Abby Shafroth, Shafroth, Betsy DeVos Organizations: Washington CNN, of Education, Office, Congress, ”, CNN, Department of Education, Republican, Education, White, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, National Consumer Law Center, Loan, Public, PSLF, University of Phoenix, Corinthian Colleges, Social Security Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department, Social Security Locations: Michigan

☆ Conservative groups are once again trying to strip student-loan forgiveness from 804,000 borrowers on income-driven repayment plans, even though some of them already received the relief
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Conservative groups filed an appeal to block student-debt relief for borrowers on income-driven repayment. The relief is part of a one-time account adjustment for borrowers with the required years of payments. AdvertisementAdvertisementTwo conservative groups are not easing off their efforts to block student-loan forgiveness for thousands of borrowers. "That reduced supply of workers for public service jobs is a concrete economic injury." The one-time account adjustments are intended to get those borrowers relief, and it's been significant for some of those borrowers.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, it's, isn't, It's Organizations: Service, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public, Public, Education Department, Sixth

Buildings erected in Israel since the 1990s have built-in safe rooms to avoid bombs and air strikes. Residents told Insider what they're like, showing spaces with sparse furnishings and barricaded entries. While safe rooms are commonplace in Israel, they're essentially non-existent in Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows a sparsely-furnished safe room in a building in Jerusalem. There is no place to go when Israel bombs," Diana Buttu, a lawyer and analyst, told Insider.

Persons: they're, —, Chen Junqing, Aisenberg, ACK GUEZ, Sacha Roytman Dratwa, Dratwa, Amir Levy, Gideon Harari, JALAA MAREY, Tahani Mustafa, Richard Hech, Diana Buttu Organizations: Service, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Command, Getty, Antisemitism, Jerusalem Post, People, Crisis Group, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UN Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, Xinhua, Tel Aviv, AFP, Lebanon, Palestine

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday. San Francisco officials said in a statement that about 10% of more than 2,500 beds are open for new people. The National Alliance on Mental Illness in California, a grassroots organization supporting people with a mental illness and their families, pushed for the new mental health program. San Francisco, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Glenn counties launched the new program Monday. The rest of the state has until December 2024 to establish mental health courts.

Persons: —, Gavin Newsom, it's, ”, Michael Begert, Mark Ghaly, Tal Klement, Judge Begert, Veronica Kelley, Samuel Jain, Jessica Cruz Organizations: FRANCISCO, Democratic, CARE, Lawmakers, San Francisco, CARE ”, WHO, California, Human Services Agency, Disability Rights, National Alliance, Mental, Glenn, Los Locations: California, San Francisco, Orange County, Francisco , Orange, San Diego, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

☆ Hunter Biden accuses Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's ex-lawyer of hacking and tampering with his data and causing the 'total annihilation' of his digital privacy in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's former lawyer, Bob Costello, in a new civil lawsuit. The suit alleges that they hacked Biden's devices and tampered with his data, causing the "total annihilation" of his digital privacy. It's Biden's latest legal salvo against those he accuses of trying to get access to his data for political purposes. AdvertisementAdvertisementHunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and his former lawyer on Tuesday, alleging that they hacked his devices and tampered with his data, causing the "total annihilation" of his digital privacy. Biden has accused Giuliani, Costello, and several entities owned by Giuliani of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Costello, —, Plaintiff's, Biden, Giuliani, Costello, Garrett Ziegler, Ziegler Organizations: Service, Computer Fraud, Trump White House, White

☆ FTX accuses Sam Bankman-Fried's mother of being key advisor to son on political contributions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The complaint, filed on Monday by the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, accuses Barbara Fried of being a "point person" for her son Bankman-Fried's "political contribution strategy." Attorneys for Fried and her husband, Sam Bankman, told CNBC that "these [FTX] claims are completely false." Fried, according to the FTX complaint, described "herself as Bankman-Fried's 'partner in crime of the noncriminal sort.' In 2021, it received a $1 million donation in the name of former FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh, according to Federal Election Commission records. That contribution may not have been from Singh himself, but instead, from Bankman-Fried, according to the complaint.

Persons: Barbara Fried, FTX, Sam Bankman, Bankman, Fried, Nishad Singh, Singh, Sam, MTG, dunning, backstop Organizations: Manhattan Federal Court, Group, CNBC, Bankruptcy, Stanford Law, FTX Group, Commission, FTX Locations: New York City, U.S, Delaware, Fried, Manhattan, Bankman

☆ Judge Pauline Newman, 96, allegedly had a clerk do errands like grocery shopping. It may be unethical, but it's not uncommon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Judge Pauline Newman is 96 and says colleagues are trying to force her out over petty complaints. But she had an unnamed law clerk run errands and retaliated against an aide, an investigation found. In April, that clerk asked to be transferred to a judge after learning that "other law clerks were assisting Judge Newman in her defense of these proceedings," he said in an affidavit. "To sit at the feet, metaphorically, of Judge Newman, is an opportunity that any aspiring patent lawyer would welcome." The code of conduct for federal judges bars them from using chambers staff for certain extra-judicial activities (running errands isn't specifically listed).

Persons: Pauline Newman, Newman, Newman's, Arthur Hellman, Hugo, Black, Felix, Frankfurter, Aliza Shatzman, she'd, isn't, it's Newman, Kimberly Moore, Judge Newman, Greg Dolin, Dolin, It's, Hellman, Alvin Rubin, Rubin's, Shatzman, Moore Organizations: Service, Federal Circuit, University of Pittsburgh, New Civil Liberties Alliance Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A federal judge threw out a lawsuit seeking to block student-loan forgiveness for over 800,000 borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit to block student-debt relief from income-driven repayment plans. Last week, conservative-backed groups filed a lawsuit to block relief for 800,000 borrowers. On Monday, Judge Thomas Ludington in the Eastern District of Michigan Northern Division ruled that a lawsuit seeking to block $39 billion in debt relief for 800,000 borrowers lacks standing and is dismissed. The ruling means that — barring other legal challenges — the Education Department will continue looking at borrowers' income-driven repayment accounts every two months to determine if they qualify for debt relief, and those who do not want the debt relief will have the option to opt out. Borrowers can also apply for the SAVE Plan before federal payments resume — a new income-driven repayment plan intended to make borrowers' monthly payments cheaper.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Judge Thomas Ludington, Lundington, Public Relations Holly Wetzel, Biden Organizations: Service, Eastern District of Michigan Northern Division, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public, Education Department, Public, Mackinac Center's, Public Relations, SAVE Locations: Wall, Silicon, Eastern District

☆ Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are set to start seeing their debt wiped out following income-driven repayment reforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are set to start seeing their debt wiped out. It's part of a one-time account adjustment for borrowers on income-driven repayment plans. The future of the relief is uncertain after conservative groups filed a lawsuit to block it. On Monday, student-loan companies are set to begin discharging the debt of 804,000 borrowers who have qualified for $39 billion in debt relief — part of the first batch of borrowers affected by the Education Department's one-time account adjustment for income-driven repayment plans. "At the start of this Administration, millions of borrowers had earned loan forgiveness but never received it.

Persons: Education James Kvaal, Joe Biden's Organizations: Service, Education, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public, Public, Education Department Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Fighting flares in South Darfur amid fears of new civil war
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Chadian cart owners transport belongings of Sudanese people who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, while crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File PhotoAug 13 (Reuters) - Violence flared in the western Sudanese city of Nyala and elsewhere in the state of South Darfur on Sunday, witnesses said, threatening to engulf the region in Sudan's protracted war. The latest flare-up has lasted three days, with both the army and RSF firing artillery into residential neighbourhoods, witnesses told Reuters. At least eight people were killed on Saturday alone, according to the Darfur Bar Association, a national human rights monitor. The fighting killed 24 people, it said.

Persons: Chad August, Zohra, Meta, Volker Perthes, Khalid Abdelaziz, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Rapid Support Forces, Reuters, Darfur Bar Association, International, Court, Thomson Locations: Darfur, Sudan, Chad, Adre, Sudanese, Nyala, South Darfur, Khartoum, West Darfur, Egypt, South Sudan, Dubai, Nafisa, Cairo

☆ Student-loan borrowers keep running into hurdles as Biden's debt relief promises are piling up in court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The lawsuits concern relief for borrowers on income-driven repayment and those who applied for borrower defense. On top of that, borrowers are still reeling from the June Supreme Court decision that struck down President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers. The announcement was part of the department's one-time account adjustment to ensure borrowers payments are up to date, and those who completed more than the required payments would receive a refund. But just days later, a separate debt relief measure got blocked in court. The department has already notified borrowers of that relief, and it expects more will qualify.

Persons: SCOTUS, Biden, Joe Biden's, it's, Jason Harmon, I've, I'm, Harmon, —, Reagan Organizations: Service, Education Department, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public, Public, An Education Department, Trump, Circuit, Career Colleges, Schools of Texas Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ The lawsuits to block student-loan forgiveness keep coming — and the latest would keep borrowers who 'have earned the forgiveness' in debt, Biden's Education Department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Conservative groups filed a lawsuit last week to block Biden's latest student-debt relief effort. The relief would discharge loans for over 800,000 borrowers on income-driven repayment plans. But there are similarities in the arguments from the October lawsuit, and the most recent one challenging the income-driven repayment relief. "Unlawful cancellation of student-loan debt reduces the amount of a borrower's PSLF-cancellable debt and thus reduces the amount by which PSLF benefits qualified employment," it said. It's unclear how this lawsuit will impact debt discharges, but the administration has made no indication yet that the process will be halted.

Persons: Joe Biden's, —, Harris Organizations: PSLF, Service, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public, Education Department, Biden, Harris Administration, Public, Cato Institute and Mackinac Center, Federal Register Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A conservative group filed a lawsuit to block $39 billion in debt relief for 800,000 borrowers on income-driven repayment plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Conservative groups just filed a lawsuit to block Biden's latest student-debt relief effort. Last month, Biden announced $39 billion in relief for 800,000 borrowers through an adjustment to income-driven repayment plans. Last month, the Education Department said it would be automatically canceling $39 billion in student debt for 804,000 borrowers as a result of changes to the department's income-driven repayment plans. The relief was for borrowers who have completed the necessary 20 or 25 years of qualifying payments. They argued that as nonprofits, "unlawful cancellation of student-loan debt reduces the amount of a borrower's PSLF-cancellable debt and thus reduces the amount by which PSLF benefits qualified employment."

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden's, —, Biden's Organizations: Service, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Education Department, Court, Eastern, Eastern District of Michigan, Department, Public Locations: Wall, Silicon, Eastern District

☆ Are Google and Meta to Blame for the Racist Massacre in Buffalo?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | More About Jesse Mckinley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ask the families of the victims of last year’s racist massacre in Buffalo what they want and one goal comes up again and again. “To hold anybody and everybody, in anything and everything, that had a part in what happened to my mother and the other nine, what was done in Buffalo, to hold them accountable,” said Garnell W. Whitfield Jr., whose mother, Ruth, was one of 10 people — all of them Black — who were killed. That longing for accountability has resulted in two new civil lawsuits filed by the Buffalo families, the most recent attempt to hold social media companies responsible when men steeped in violent ideologies on those platforms open fire. But even as such massacres continue, seemingly unabated, lawsuit after lawsuit against tech giants has thus far failed to award victims and their families in court. Indeed, the Buffalo suits will face significant challenges, experts in digital law say, with some blunt predictions as to their likelihood for success.

Persons: “, ”, Whitfield Jr, Ruth, Black — Organizations: Buffalo Locations: Buffalo

☆ US and UK back new 'Atlantic Declaration' for economic cooperation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON/LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - Britain and the United States backed a new "Atlantic Declaration" on Thursday for greater cooperation on pressing economic challenges in areas like clean energy, critical minerals and artificial intelligence. The joint declaration described the partnership as the "first of its kind" in covering the broad spectrum of the two countries' economic, technological, commercial and trade relations. Under the plan, Britain and the United States will strengthen their supply chains, develop technologies of the future and invest in one another's industries, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said. The two nations will also begin negotiations on a critical minerals agreement, which would allow some UK firms to access tax credits available under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Britain and the United States will also co-operate on telecoms technology including 5G and 6G and quantum technologies, the Atlantic Declaration said.

Persons: Rishi Sunak's, Joe Biden, Biden, Trevor Hunnicutt, Alistair Smout, Sachin Ravikumar, William Schomberg, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: WASHINGTON, United, British, Britain, Sunak, U.S, Thomson Locations: LONDON, Britain, United States, Washington, U.S

☆ Engineers modeled the disastrous flood that would follow a key dam in Ukraine being destroyed. The reality is even worse, they say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Engineers predicted what would happen if Ukraine's Kakhovka Nova dam was breached. The dam was breached for real on Tuesday, and the reality is worse than predicted, one said. Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for destroying the dam. In the wake of the news, animated maps created in October last year by Swedish engineers Dämningsverket have widely recirculated on social media. He told Insider: "The real dam break looks worse than the scenario I modeled because of higher water levels in the reservoir than what I had anticipated."

Persons: —, Dämningsverket, Henrik Ölander, Hjalmarsson, I'm, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Engineers, Service, New Civil, New York Times Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kherson —

An investigative committee of the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by Judge Pauline Newman, 95, to transfer the probe to another circuit. The Washington-based Federal Circuit said it will not comment on the order or other related documents it released on Tuesday. "Though it is difficult to say this, I believe Judge Newman is simply losing it mentally," one staffer told judicial investigators. The Federal Circuit disclosed the probe last month, citing concerns about Newman's ability to handle cases and her refusal to cooperate with the investigation. Newman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 to the patent law-focused Federal Circuit, which often hears major cases involving technology and pharmaceutical companies.

☆ Staff for a 95-year-old federal judge say she is "losing it, mentally" and talking to a dead colleague
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Judge Pauline Newman says her fellow appeals judges are trying to force her off the Federal Circuit. She claims she's been "hacked" when she can't find a file or email, the decision quoted staff saying. Her peers say Judge Newman has slowed downOver the years, Judge Newman has established a reputation as a prolific dissenter, frequently and openly disagreeing with her colleagues on issues of patent law. The typical federal judge last year was 68 years old. The judges investigating Newman said allegations about her interactions with staff weren't the only thing that needed to be evaluated.

☆ A conservative group just asked a federal court to end the student-loan payment pause immediately — partly because 'some junior associates at major law firms saw their six-figure salaries increase' du
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Conservative nonprofit Mackinac Center asked a federal court to immediately end the student-loan payment pause on Thursday. The ongoing payment pause is currently set to end this summer. In April, the group filed its initial lawsuit against the Education Department to end the pause and prevent a further extension. Additionally, in Thursday's complaint, the group claimed that not every student-loan borrower required the relief the payment pause brought. Nationwide debt relief that fails to distinguish between the two groups provides an unlawful windfall to the latter.

The army and the paramilitary RSF, which are waging a deadly power struggle across the country, had both issued statements saying they would uphold a three-day ceasefire from Friday for Islam's Eid al-Fitr holiday. The army has air power but the RSF is widely embedded in urban areas including around key facilities in central Khartoum. Burhan said the army was providing safe pathways but that some airports including in Khartoum and Darfur's largest city Nyala were still problematic. [1/5] People gather to get bread during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, April 22, 2023. The army on Friday accused the RSF of raiding the prison, which the paramilitary force denied.

[1/5] People gather to get bread during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, April 22, 2023. The army and the paramilitary RSF, which are waging a deadly power struggle across the country, had both issued statements saying they would uphold a three-day ceasefire from Friday for Islam's Eid al-Fitr holiday. The army has air power but the RSF is widely embedded in urban areas including around key facilities in central Khartoum. The army said the United States, Britain, France and China would evacuate diplomats and other nationals from Khartoum "in the coming hours". The army on Friday accused the RSF of raiding the prison, which the paramilitary force denied.

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