HOUSTON, United States (AA) – US lawmakers on Tuesday night reached a last-minute bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown, according to media reports. Current funding for major federal offices is set to expire at midnight on Friday, but Republicans and Democrats in Congress worked together to agree on a bill that would allow major...
A Senate investigation, led by Senator Bernie Sanders, has led to accusation that Amazon manipulated workplace injury data and ignored safety recommendations to prioritise profits. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions found Amazon warehouses reported injury rates 31% higher than industry averages in 2023 and nearly do...
Six years after the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, 1,360 children remain separated from their parents, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The 135-page report highlights the lasting trauma inflicted by the policy, describing it as “calculated cruelty”. Children were forcibly taken from their parents, many left in angu...
A former FBI informant has pleaded guilty to lying about a false bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Alexander Smirnov admitted fabricating claims that Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid $5 million each to the Bidens, allegations that fueled the Republican-led impeachment inquiry. Smirnov, who faces up to...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named his picks for ambassadors for Japan, the Dominican Republic, Austria, Luxembourg and Uruguay. “I am pleased to announce George Edward Glass as our next United States Ambassador to Japan,” said Trump on Truth Social. George served as ambassador to Portugal during T...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House says that recent reports of drone sightings across the northeastern US, including New Jersey and New York, involve a mix of commercial drones, hobbyist activity and even misidentified objects such as stars. White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the FBI has received approximat...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A vigil was held Monday evening outside the White House in memory of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces on Sept. 6 during a peaceful protest in the occupied West Bank. Eygi’s father Mehmet Suat Eygi, sister Ozden Bennett and husband Hamid Ali, joined the event at Lafayette […]...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to donate $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. CNN reports Bezos is set to visit Trump in the coming days to build closer ties with the incoming Trump administration like other tech leaders. Amazon has made an additional $1 million in-kind contribution by streaming the inauguration ev...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Richard Grenell, a foreign policy adviser and former ambassador to Germany, as his envoy for “special missions.” Trump announced the appointment on his Truth Social platform. “Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the world, including Venezuela and North Korea,̶...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that the federal government knows the truth behind a spate of mysterious drone sightings in several parts of the country, but is refusing to divulge the information. “Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowled...
