The Trump administration filed a statement of interest in the copyright lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI. ^[1] Robert Brian Bassett, a former mayor of Biggs, California, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old foreign exchange student. ^[2] On September 3, President Donald Trump announced the implementation of 100% tariffs on imported drones weighing more than 25 kilograms or equipped with thermal imaging capabilities. ^[3] The New York Times filed a landmark lawsuit in December 2023 alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on the newspaper's articles. ^[4] The New York Times lawsuit seeks to recoup billions of dollars in damages from both OpenAI and Microsoft. ^[5] The Trump administration argued in favor of OpenAI, stating that training AI models on copyrighted text constitutes fair use. ^[6] Bassett pleaded no contest to three felony child-sex-abuse charges on Wednesday, according to The New York Times. ^[7] Prosecutors stated that Bassett spent months grooming the victim before sexually abusing her multiple times. ^[8] The victim, a 17-year-old foreign exchange student, lived with Bassett and his family in Biggs, Northern California, from April to November 2023. ^[9] Smaller drones are subject to a 25% tariff, while drones produced by allies of the US face reduced rates ranging from 10% to 15%. ^[10] The New York Times reported that the new tariffs target unmanned aerial systems produced in China, which are widely used by law enforcement for search and rescue operations. ^[11] Critics of the plan argue that the American drone industry cannot immediately produce enough units to replace the Chinese imports. ^[12]