WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after a tense day of discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority. US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to the media on the day of Senate Republican caucus leadership elections … Read more
Sen. Bernie Sanders won’t support Sen. Chuck Schumer’s bid to lead Senate Democrats next year, he told reporters Tuesday. US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends a press conference following a weekly Democrat policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US. (REUTERS) The announcement from Sanders (Vt.), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, … Read more
Efforts to impeach US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stalled on Tuesday after Republicans closed ranks around the embattled Pentagon chief to block a House vote on impeachment. The Republican-controlled US House voted on Tuesday to stall an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (REUTERS) Instead of holding a final vote, the House voted … Read more
President Donald Trump celebrated the US House of Representatives’ decision to reject an impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He called the outcome a major victory for his administration and sharply criticizing Rep. Thomas Massie, the only Republican who voted in favor of the measure. President Donald Trump celebrated the US House of Representatives’ … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was very happy with messages he was getting from the US in terms of moving towards a resolution of the more than 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensk was addressing journalists after a day of talks with Nordic leaders in Denmark. (AFP) Zelensky was addressing … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out Trump’s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster. Donald Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion. (REUTERS) Trump is suing … Read more
The family of former US president John F. Kennedy asked a court on Tuesday to block construction of a massive triumphal arch ordered by Donald Trump, according to court documents. Kennedy family asks court to block Trump arch construction The proposed arch which at 250 feet would be the largest structure of its kind in … Read more
The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as “Iranian operatives,” including one already in jail, over their role in an alleged terrorist plot at Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase. A B-1 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford airbase. (via REUTERS) Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali … Read more
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced that it is ending immigration sponsorship for some of the roles in its largest division. This comes after the crackdown by the Donald Trump government on the visa program that’s served as a talent pipeline for the tech industry thus far. IBM’s consulting unit has come under scrutiny as … Read more
As Nvidia faces market value losses amid controversy surrounding CEO Jensen Huang’s alleged relationship, a new report by The New York Times has revealed that President Donald Trump was informed about the matter months earlier. Donald Trump was briefed about Jensen Huang’s affair aboard Air Force One in May while travelling to China. (REUTERS) Trump … Read more