ISTANBUL (AA) – More than 500,000 households lost power in northwestern US states as a powerful “bomb cyclone” struck the region, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rainfall to the region. Puget Sound Energy reported 314,000 customers without electricity, while Snohomish PUD and Seattle City Light recorded 119,000 and 105,000...
President Joe Biden has urged world leaders to address worldwide hunger and poverty as global crises worsen. Addressing the G20 summit in Brazil this week, the president said Washington has invested $160 billion in global development since he assumed office Biden said global crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, spiraling wars and increasing...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a “massive blow-up” with one of Donald Trump’s top advisors regarding the president-elect’s Cabinet selections, according to a report by Axios. The “heated discussion” apparently took place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last Wednesd...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will support measures blocking certain offensive arms sales to Israel amid its ongoing wars on Gaza and Lebanon. Van Hollen said he has chosen to support the joint resolutions of disapproval because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly violated US laws governi...
Progressives are fiercely opposing the possibility of Rahm Emanuel becoming the next chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Reports surfaced that Emanuel, a former congressman, Chicago mayor, and President Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan, is considering the role. Current DNC Chair Jamie Harrison is not seeking re-election. While Ema...
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and former supervisor Marn’i Washington. The suit accuses them of civil rights violations in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. The hurricanes, which struck Florida in late September an...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to use the US military to carry out what he has promised to be the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in history. Trump shared a post from right-wing foundation Judicial Watch President John Fitton, saying, “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a major policy shift, outgoing President Joe Biden on Sunday authorized Ukraine to use American long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) for “limited strikes” within Russian territory, The Washington Post reported. The decision follows reports of North Korea sending troops to support Moscow’s war effort,...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The first case of a severe strain of mpox has been confirmed in California, with the virus discovered in a person who arrived from an east African country, ABC News reported on Sunday, citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The public risk remains low as the person was treated […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday urged the Ethics Committee not to release its investigation into former Congressman Matt Gaetz. “I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,” Johnson said, according to the medi...
