Kyiv apartment block strike marks the deadliest attack on Ukraine’s capital since 2024
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Elon Musk gave $15 million to Republican allies just before announcing his own America Party
Elon Musk donated $15 million to three congressional super PACs in June. The donations came amid Musk’s bitter feuding with President Donald Trump. Musk also pledged to form his own political party, although there are few signs he has taken concrete steps. In the 2024 election, Musk spent more than $290 million to help elect Trump and his favored congressional candidates. He served as a top White House adviser and the leader of the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.
(CNN) — Billionaire Elon Musk donated a total of $15 million in June to super PACs favoring President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections, new campaign finance reports show.
The donations of $5 million each to MAGA Inc., the Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund came on June 27 – amid Musk’s bitter feuding with President Donald Trump over federal spending legislation – and just days before the world’s richest man declared he would form his own political party.
The newly disclosed donations underscore Musk’s outsize influence in US politics and raise fresh questions about what role the mercurial businessman might play in elections moving forward.
The Tesla CEO emerged in Thursday’s filings as the largest individual contributor to each of those congressional super PACs. Separately, campaign reports with the Federal Election Commission show Musk this year plowed more than $45 million of his own money into America PAC, the super PAC he oversees – as he worked, unsuccessfully, to shape the outcome of a Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
In the 2024 election, Musk spent more than $290 million to help elect Trump and his favored congressional candidates. He served as a top White House adviser and the leader of the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency for several months this year before stepping back from government work to focus on his companies.
At the time, he signaled he also might pull back on his political spending.
But by early July, Musk was publicly battling again with Trump and congressional Republicans over domestic policy legislation Musk said would explode the deficit.
He also pledged to form the America Party, although there are few signs that he has taken concrete steps in that direction.
Thursday’s report with the FEC covers his super PAC’s activity only through the end of June.
This story and headline have been updated to reflect an additional $5 million donation disclosed Thursday.
CNN’s Alex Leeds Matthews and David Adkins contributed to this report.
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Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children
The youngest victim in Thursday’s strikes was 2 years old, and 16 of the injured were children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. It was the highest number of children killed and injured in a single attack on Kyiv since aerial attacks on the city began in October 2022. The death toll rose overnight as emergency crews continued to dig through rubble. The Russian barrage demolished a large part of a nine-story residential building in the city, while more than 100 other buildings were damaged, including homes, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities and universities. Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent months, ignoring calls from Western leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump to stop striking civilian areas after more than three years of war. It is also pressing on with their grinding war of attrition along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, where incremental gains over the past year have come at the cost of thousands of soldiers on both sides.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said.
The youngest victim in Thursday’s strikes was 2 years old, and 16 of the injured were children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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It was the highest number of children killed and injured in a single attack on Kyiv since aerial attacks on the city began in October 2022, according to official casualty figures reported by The Associated Press. It was also the deadliest attack on the city since July last year, when 33 were killed.
The death toll rose overnight as emergency crews continued to dig through rubble. The Russian barrage demolished a large part of a nine-story residential building in the city, while more than 100 other buildings were damaged, including homes, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities and universities, officials said.
Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent months, ignoring calls from Western leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump to stop striking civilian areas after more than three years of war. The Russian tactic aims to spread terror and wear down public appetite for the war.
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Russian forces are also pressing on with their grinding war of attrition along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, where incremental gains over the past year have come at the cost of thousands of soldiers on both sides.
Ukraine wants more sanctions on Russia
Zelenskyy said that in July, Russia launched over 5,100 glide bombs, more than 3,800 Shahed drones, and nearly 260 missiles of various types, 128 of them ballistic, against Ukraine.
He repeated his appeal for countries to impose heavier economic sanctions on Russia to deter the Kremlin, as U.S.-led peace efforts have failed to gain traction.
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“No matter how much the Kremlin denies (sanctions’) effectiveness, they are working and must be stronger,” Zelenskyy said.
His comments Friday appeared to be a response to Trump’s remarks the previous day, when the Republican president said the U.S. plans to impose sanctions on Russia but added, “I don’t know that sanctions bother him,” in reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In April, Trump urged the Russian leader to “STOP!” after an aerial attack on Kyiv killed 12 in what was the deadliest assault on the city since July 2024. “Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform at the time, but Russia hasn’t eased up on its barrages. Earlier this week, Trump gave Putin until Aug. 8 to stop the fighting.
Those demands haven’t persuaded the Kremlin to change strategy.
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“Any disappointments arise from excessive expectations,” Putin told the media Friday during a sit-down with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the 14th-century Valaam monastery in northwest Russia. He did not mention Trump by name.
Putin said that he regards recent direct talks in Istanbul between delegations from Russia and Ukraine as valuable, even though they made no progress beyond exchanges of prisoners of war, and made no reference to next week’s deadline imposed by Trump.
Ukraine also called for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to be convened Friday, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, in an effort to push Putin into accepting “a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire.”
Russian forces bear down on a key eastern Ukrainian city
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are under heavy pressure in the strategic hilltop city of Chasiv Yar, in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia is making a concerted push to break through defenses after some 18 months of fighting.
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Zelenskyy said that Russian claims of capturing Chasiv Yar on Thursday were “disinformation.”
“Ukrainian units are holding our positions,” Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Thursday evening. “It is not easy, but it is the defense of Ukrainians’ very right to life.”
Even so, the Institute for the Study of War said that Ukraine’s hold on the key city is weakening.
“Russian forces will likely complete the seizure of Chasiv Yar in the coming days, which will open several possible avenues for Russian forces to attack Ukraine’s fortress belt — a series of fortified cities that form the backbone of Ukraine’s defensive positions” in the Donetsk region, the Washington-based think tank said.
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Ukraine has tried to pressure the Russian army by striking rear areas with long-range drones that target rail networks, oil depots and arsenals.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday that air defenses shot down 60 Ukrainian drones overnight. More than half were destroyed over Russia’s Belgorod region on the country’s border with Ukraine, it said. Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said that one person was injured.
The Ukrainian air force, meanwhile, said Friday it downed 44 out of 72 Russian drones fired overnight. There were no immediate reports on casualties or damage.
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Katie Marie Davies in Manchester, England, contributed.
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How much house $1 million buys you in Los Angeles
There are only seven major metros where a luxury home — valued in the top 5% of homes — costs less than $1 million, compared to 30 just five years ago. In San Francisco, the median-priced home sells for over $1.6 million – far above the national median of $441,000. Redfin Real Estate pulled from its listings to see how far it goes in Los Angeles. Listings between $500,000 and $1,000,000 were included in the analysis. The number of U.S. houses worth $1million is at an all-time high, as home prices continue to hit new records. The $1m mark used to signal true luxury; now, in many parts of the country, it simply means the price of a typical home, said Jonathan Huffer, a Redfin Premier agent specializing in luxury properties in Palm Beach, Florida. For more information, visit Redfin.com or go to www.redfinrealestate.com.
How much house $1 million buys you in Los Angeles
The number of American houses worth $1 million is at an all-time high, as home prices continue to hit new records.
While million-dollar homes are out of reach for the vast majority of Americans, they are no longer just being bought and sold by the ultra-wealthy. In San Francisco, the median-priced home sells for more than $1.6 million – far above the national median of $441,000. Meanwhile, in Detroit, $1 million listings are rare.
Today, there are only seven major metros where a luxury home — valued in the top 5% of homes — costs less than $1 million, compared to 30 just five years ago.
“The $1 million mark used to signal true luxury; now, in many parts of the country, it simply means the price of a typical home,” said Jonathan Huffer, a Redfin Premier agent specializing in luxury properties in Palm Beach, Florida. “It’s a reflection of how dramatically home prices have risen, especially in coastal markets where million-dollar listings have become the norm rather than the exception.”
So, are you wondering what $1 million buys in today’s market? Redfin Real Estate pulled from its listings to see how far it goes in Los Angeles. Listings between $500,000 and $1,000,000 were included.
11418 Indian Hills Rd, Mission Hills
– Price: $1,000,000
– 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,652
– Price per square foot: $377
– See 11418 Indian Hills Rd, Mission Hills on Redfin.com
10811 Amigo Ave, Porter Ranch
– Price: $1,000,000
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,060
– Price per square foot: $485
– See 10811 Amigo Ave, Porter Ranch on Redfin.com
5141 Don Pio Dr, Woodland Hills
– Price: $1,000,000
– 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,681
– Price per square foot: $594
– See 5141 Don Pio Dr, Woodland Hills on Redfin.com
2956 W Avenue 35, Los Angeles
– Price: $1,000,000
– 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,662
– Price per square foot: $601
– See 2956 W Avenue 35, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
23404 President Ave, Harbor City
– Price: $1,000,000
– 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,537
– Price per square foot: $650
– See 23404 President Ave, Harbor City on Redfin.com
957 Figueroa #318, Los Angeles
– Price: $1,000,000
– 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,430
– Price per square foot: $699
– See 957 Figueroa #318, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
957 Montecito Dr, Los Angeles
– Price: $1,000,000
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,223
– Price per square foot: $817
– See 957 Montecito Dr, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
8010 Padre Ln, Los Angeles
– Price: $1,000,000
– 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
– Square feet: 1,008
– Price per square foot: $992
– See 8010 Padre Ln, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
4419 Consuelo Rd, Woodland Hills
– Price: $999,999
– 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,659
– Price per square foot: $376
– See 4419 Consuelo Rd, Woodland Hills on Redfin.com
19730 Hatton St, Winnetka
– Price: $999,999
– 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,144
– Price per square foot: $466
– See 19730 Hatton St, Winnetka on Redfin.com
8136 Genesta Ave, Van Nuys
– Price: $999,999
– 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,850
– Price per square foot: $540
– See 8136 Genesta Ave, Van Nuys on Redfin.com
18759 Mayall St, Northridge
– Price: $999,999
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,783
– Price per square foot: $560
– See 18759 Mayall St, Northridge on Redfin.com
5743 S Wilton Pl, Los Angeles
– Price: $999,999
– 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,725
– Price per square foot: $579
– See 5743 S Wilton Pl, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
5253 Vantage Ave #202, Valley Village
– Price: $999,999
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,680
– Price per square foot: $595
– See 5253 Vantage Ave #202, Valley Village on Redfin.com
4414 MOORPARK Way #7, Toluca Lake
– Price: $999,999
– 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,679
– Price per square foot: $595
– See 4414 MOORPARK Way #7, Toluca Lake on Redfin.com
22017 Bryant St, West Hills
– Price: $999,999
– 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,407
– Price per square foot: $710
– See 22017 Bryant St, West Hills on Redfin.com
7751 Arvilla Ave, Sun Valley
– Price: $999,999
– 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,401
– Price per square foot: $713
– See 7751 Arvilla Ave, Sun Valley on Redfin.com
22125 Costanso St, Woodland Hills
– Price: $999,999
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,332
– Price per square foot: $750
– See 22125 Costanso St, Woodland Hills on Redfin.com
600 W 9th St #115, Los Angeles
– Price: $999,999
– 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,193
– Price per square foot: $838
– See 600 W 9th St #115, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
4808 Genesta Ave, Encino
– Price: $999,999
– 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
– Square feet: 1,119
– Price per square foot: $893
– See 4808 Genesta Ave, Encino on Redfin.com
4140 Glencoe Ave #202, Marina Del Rey
– Price: $999,999
– 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,000
– Price per square foot: $999
– See 4140 Glencoe Ave #202, Marina Del Rey on Redfin.com
3814 San Rafael Ave, Los Angeles
– Price: $999,999
– 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
– Square feet: 560
– Price per square foot: $1,785
– See 3814 San Rafael Ave, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
20322 Cantara St, Winnetka
– Price: $999,990
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,241
– Price per square foot: $805
– See 20322 Cantara St, Winnetka on Redfin.com
6515 Amigo Ave, Reseda
– Price: $999,950
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,641
– Price per square foot: $609
– See 6515 Amigo Ave, Reseda on Redfin.com
22353 Roscoe Blvd, West Hills
– Price: $999,900
– 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,362
– Price per square foot: $423
– See 22353 Roscoe Blvd, West Hills on Redfin.com
1222 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
– Price: $999,900
– 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,865
– Price per square foot: $536
– See 1222 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
4126 Toland Way, Los Angeles
– Price: $999,900
– 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 900
– Price per square foot: $1,111
– See 4126 Toland Way, Los Angeles on Redfin.com
1644 W Wilmington Blvd, Wilmington
– Price: $999,888
– 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 2,941
– Price per square foot: $339
– See 1644 W Wilmington Blvd, Wilmington on Redfin.com
1450 Sea Ln, San Pedro
– Price: $999,500
– 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,828
– Price per square foot: $546
– See 1450 Sea Ln, San Pedro on Redfin.com
$1 million dollar homes in major cities around the country
215 W Illinois St Unit 2B-2C, Chicago
– Price: $1,000,000
– 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
– Square feet: 4,396
– Price per square foot: $227
– See 215 W Illinois St Unit 2B-2C, Chicago on Redfin.com
5435 Preston Fairways Cir, Dallas
– Price: $1,000,000
– 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 4,392
– Price per square foot: $227
– See 5435 Preston Fairways Cir, Dallas on Redfin.com
6049 SW 165th Ave, Miami
– Price: $1,000,000
– 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
– Square feet: 3,153
– Price per square foot: $317
– See 6049 SW 165th Ave, Miami on Redfin.com
206 E 95th St Unit 12B, New York City
– Price: $1,000,000
– 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,001
– Price per square foot: $999
– See 206 E 95th St Unit 12B, New York City on Redfin.com
3070 61st Ave SW, Seattle
– Price: $1,000,000
– 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
– Square feet: 1,670
– Price per square foot: $598
– See 3070 61st Ave SW, Seattle on Redfin.com
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Putin, facing Trump deadline, signals no change in Russia’s stance on Ukraine
Vladimir Putin says momentum is in Russia’s favour in Ukraine war. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose new sanctions on Moscow. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on Putin to meet him for talks. Russia says a leaders’ meeting could only take place to set the seal on agreements reached by negotiators, not a pause in the war. The two men were speaking at the Valaam Monastery in Lake Ladoga, near Moscow, where they have met several times before, and holding candles during the chanting of prayers. The Russian president was speaking alongside his ally Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, at talks on an island of a famous Russian monastery.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose new sanctions on Moscow and countries that buy its energy exports – of which the biggest are China and India – unless Russia moves by August 8 to end the 3-1/2 year war.
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He has expressed mounting frustration with Putin, accusing him of “bullshit” and describing Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine as “disgusting”.
Putin, without referring to the Trump deadline, said three sessions of peace talks with Ukraine had yielded some positive results, and Russia was expecting negotiations to continue.
“As for any disappointments on the part of anyone, all disappointments arise from inflated expectations. This is a well-known general rule,” he said.
“But in order to approach the issue peacefully, it is necessary to conduct detailed conversations. And not in public, but this must be done calmly, in the quiet of the negotiation process.”
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He said Russian troops were attacking Ukraine along the entire front line and that the momentum was in their favour, citing the announcement by his Defence Ministry on Thursday that Moscow’s forces had captured the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar after a 16-month battle.
Ukraine denied that Chasiv Yar is under full Russian control.
Ukraine for months has been urging an immediate ceasefire but Russia says it wants a final and durable settlement, not a pause. Since the peace talks began in Istanbul in May, it has conducted some of its heaviest air strikes of the war, especially on the capital Kyiv.
The Ukrainian government has said the Russian negotiators do not have the mandate to take significant decisions and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on Putin to meet him for talks.
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“We understand who makes the decisions in Russia and who must end this war. The whole world understands this too,” Zelenskiy said on Friday on X, reiterating his call for direct talks between him and Putin.
“The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is needed is Russia’s readiness.”
Russia says a leaders’ meeting could only take place to set the seal on agreements reached by negotiators.
Ukraine and its European allies have frequently said they do not believe Putin is really interested in peace and have accused him of stalling, which the Kremlin denies.
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“I will repeat once again, we need a long and lasting peace on good foundations that would satisfy both Russia and Ukraine, and ensure the security of both countries,” Putin said, adding that this was also a question of European security.
Putin was speaking alongside his ally Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, at talks on an island in Lake Ladoga that is the site of a famous Russian monastery.
Russian TV earlier showed the two men greeting monks at the Valaam Monastery, where they have met several times before, and holding candles during the chanting of prayers.
(Additional reporting by Maxim Rodionov and Marina Bobrova; Writing by Mark TrevelyanEditing by Andrew Osborn and Philippa Fletcher)
Monterey County to ask for continued federal funding of migrant education programs
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors is asking our federal representatives to push for continued funding for vital migrant education programs. Over 10,000 students and their families in the county depend upon these services.
Supervisor Luis Alejo says over 10,000 students and their families in the county depend upon these services.
They include academic tutoring, summer enrichment opportunities, college prep, health screenings, and resources to promote parent engagement.
Supervisor Alejo, adding that despite previously frozen federal funding for California schools being unfrozen, these programs remain at risk of severe cuts in the upcoming fiscal year.