On Wednesday, Kenyatta, Kenya's president from 2013 to 2022, addressed regional leaders at the East Africa Region Global Health Security Summit in Mombasa, Kenya. The center is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
In his remarks, which touched on the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as the coronavirus, he called out leaders for "crying" about Trump's global medical aid freeze.
"I saw some people the other day crying that Trump has removed funding. He is not giving us any more money," he said, asking, "Why are you crying? It is not your government; it is not your country. He has no reason to give you anything. You don't pay taxes in America. He's appealing to his people."
Kenyatta called Trump's move a "wake-up call" for African leaders to reflect and consider: "Okay, what are we going to do to help ourselves?" He added that African governments should better manage their funds and not rely on others, saying, "Nobody is going to continue holding out a hand there to give you. It is time for us to use our resources for the right things. We are the ones who are using them for the wrong things."
Dozens of senior officials with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were placed on administrative leave earlier this week.
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Costs were immense. Tens of thousands of people—including more than 2,450 U.S. servicemembers—were killed. Many more were injured, among them more than 20,700 U.S. servicemembers.
From 2002 through mid-2021, the United States Congress appropriated approximately $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction—far more than it spent on the post World-War-II Marshall Plan in inflation adjusted terms. The mission promised to bring stability and democracy to Afghanistan, yet ultimately delivered neither.
https://www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/Files/Reports/sigar-final-report.pdf
Florida Governor
Today, I proposed new legislation on artificial intelligence and AI data centers to protect Floridians’ privacy, security, and quality of life. Our AI proposal will establish an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights to define and safeguard Floridians’ rights—including data privacy, parental controls, consumer protections, and restrictions on AI use of an individual’s name, image or likeness without consent.
The AI Bill of Rights includes the following points to protect consumers:
Reenact protections Florida has already passed against “deep fakes” and explicit material, including those depicting minors.
Prohibit any state or local government agency from utilizing DeepSeek or any other Chinese-created AI tools to protect American data.
Prohibit AI from using an individual’s Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) without their consent – tie it to harm or sale of a product (political ads, schemes to defraud already in law).
Require a notice to consumers when interacting with ...
