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"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," Netanyahu's office said.

The White House sought to blame Hamas for the renewed fighting. National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said the militant group "could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire but instead chose refusal and war."

Poland's Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz hailed the move as "a very strong political declaration showing how determined we are to defend our homeland."

"Finland is also considering such a decision, so I think that soon all the countries... in the northeastern region of NATO's flank will make a similar decision," Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters.

The Latvian government on Tuesday officially launched the process of pulling out from the convention.

"This would be the first time when Latvia would step out of any international convention we've ever signed," Prime Minister Evika Silina said Tuesday after the cabinet meeting.

More than 160 countries and territories are signatories to the Ottawa Convention, including Ukraine but not the United States or Russia.

Rep. Gill Files Impeachment Article Against Judge in Venezuelans' Case

Rep. Brandon Gill Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, claiming that he abused his powers by ordering the Trump administration to stop the deportations of Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.

The Texas Republican, in his article of impeachment, charges that Boasburg took action to "advance political gain while interfering with the President's constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law," reports The Hill.

He also accused Boasburg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama serving in the District of Columbia, of having "attempted to seize power from the Executive branch and interfere with the will of the American people."

"By making a political decision outside the scope of his judicial duties, he compromised the impartiality of our judicial system and created a constitutional crisis," the article also states.

Gill's resolution came after President Donald Trump earlier Tuesday called for Boasberg's impeachment in a strongly worded post on Truth Social, where he insisted that the judge was not elected as president and slammed him as being a "Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge," as well as a "troublemaker and agitator."

Boasberg ruled Saturday, in a verbal order, against Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1793 to deport accused members of a Venezuelan gang and directed planes carrying them to return to the United States.

However, the planes arrived in El Salvador and Honduras, which raised questions about the flights' timing and handover of the deportees.

Dem Govs. Pritzker, Walz Criticize Schumer for Spending Vote
After voting to advance a Republican spending bill rather than risk a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., continues to take heat from fellow Democrats.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is continuing to take heat from fellow Democrats after voting to help advance a Republican spending bill rather than risk a government shutdown.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, both Democrats, criticized Schumer in recent days, with Pritzker declining to back him for minority leader.

“Look, he’s the elected leader,” Pritzker said after an event at the Center for American Progress. “I disagree with what he did, and vehemently so. But I also know that he has done good work as a Senate leader in other ways.”

"There's just great uncertainty here about the tariffs, how extensive they are going to be, how that's going to economically impact us, how much the Fed might ease eventually and the economy in general," said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York.

"There is a lot of confusion out there, and when there's confusion, when there isn't a real opportunity for stocks to go up and for companies to expand and make more money, there's fear."

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 60.39 points, or 1.06%, to end at 5,614.73 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 301.91 points, or 1.70%, to 17,506.75. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 255.49 points, or 0.61%, to 41,586.14.

Adding to inflation concerns, U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in February amid higher costs for consumer goods.

Alphabet fell after the company said it would buy Wiz for about $32 billion in its biggest deal as the Google parent doubles down on cybersecurity.

Nvidia shares declined. The company is expected to reveal details of its latest AI chip at its annual software developer conference.

Tesla slumped after brokerage RBC slashed its price target on the EV maker's stock to $120 from $320, citing reduced expectations for its full self-driving pricing and robotaxi market share. Its shares are now down nearly 45% on the year.

Reflecting the defensive tone, investors moved to safe-haven assets, with gold trading at a record high, after crossing $3,000 per ounce for the first time last week.

NVIDIA Halos: Next-gen AV safety
NVIDIA also introduced NVIDIA Halos, an end-to-end safety system for autonomous vehicles that integrates hardware, software, tools, and services from the cloud to the vehicle.

Riccardo Mariani, vice president of industry safety at NVIDIA, explained that NVIDIA Holos delivers a comprehensive safety architecture to help developers build and confidently deploy autonomous vehicles.

Halos operates on three interconnected levels — technology, development, and computation — ensuring safety throughout AI training, testing, and deployment.

This framework utilizes NVIDIA DGX systems for AI training, NVIDIA Omniverse and Cosmos on OVX for high-fidelity simulation, and NVIDIA DRIVE AGX for real-world vehicle deployment.

Core pillars of Halos: Platform, algorithmic, and ecosystem safety
NVIDIA Halos is built on three key focus areas:

Platform Safety: Safety-assessed system-on-chips (SoCs), the safety-certified NVIDIA DriveOS, and DRIVE AGX Hyperion form the foundation for safe and reliable vehicle systems.
Algorithmic Safety: Robust libraries for safety data loading, curation, and reconstruction, along with NVIDIA Omniverse and Cosmos simulation environments, help filter biases and undesirable behavior before AI training.
Ecosystem Safety: Diverse and unbiased safety datasets, automated safety evaluations, triaging workflows, and a continual data flywheel demonstrate NVIDIA’s commitment to raising the bar in AV safety standardization and regulation.

Blackwell Ultra
The Blackwell Ultra processor represents a monumental leap in AI computing, engineered to handle the increasing demands of advanced AI applications.

Its architecture is optimized for intricate AI reasoning, enabling more sophisticated and efficient processing of complex datasets.

This advancement is expected to facilitate the development of more autonomous and intelligent systems across various industries.

According to NVIDIA, Blackwell Ultra, built on the groundbreaking Blackwell architecture introduced a year ago, includes the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-scale solution and the NVIDIA HGX B300 NVL16 system.

The GB300 NVL72 delivers 1.5x more AI performance than the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and increases Blackwell’s revenue opportunity by 50x for AI factories, compared with those built with NVIDIA Hopper.

RTX Pro series
Complementing the Blackwell Ultra, NVIDIA introduced the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell series GPUs, tailored for professionals such as designers, developers, and data scientists.

The flagship RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell boasts 96GB of GDDR7 memory and requires 600 watts, making it suitable for intensive tasks like game development and AI workloads.

This GPU features PCIe Gen 5, DisplayPort 2.1, and the latest Blackwell RT and Tensor cores, catering to various professional needs.

An arson attempt targeting a Tesla charging station in South Carolina left the suspect engulfed in flames and facing up to 20 years in prison, authorities have stated.

The suspect allegedly torched three chargers in a protest against President Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, scrawling anti-Trump graffiti before accidentally setting himself ablaze with his own Molotov cocktails, as noted in a New York Post report.

Arsonist Burns Self in Tesla Protest
Federal prosecutors stated that 24-year-old Daniel Clarke-Pounder hurled five Molotov cocktails at a Tesla charging station in North Charleston, igniting three chargers while leaving messages like “f–k Trump” and “long live the Ukraine” in the area. Witnesses reported that Clarke-Pounder caught fire mid-act, with one device scorching his back as he fled, according to a police report cited by WCBD.