WASHINGTON (AA) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he would resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, cutting short his 10-year term. Wray has been a central target of Trump’s consternation, with the incoming president blaming him for the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate that turned up ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters repeatedly disrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony Wednesday before a House of Representatives panel on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. One protester shouted: “Bloody Blinken” and “Butcher of Gaza” as Blinken began his remarks. A second demonstrator, hold...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump named Caleb Vitello as the new acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), signaling a strong push to begin mass deportation efforts immediately upon taking office. ICE welcomed the appointment, citing Vitello’s extensive experience and Trump’s focus on addressing illegal imm...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs on goods from Mexico, China, and Canada, describing it as a “major mistake.” Speaking at the Brookings Institution, a US-based think tank, on Tuesday, Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to support post-COVID-19 economic ...
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned two hazardous chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning and automotive industries. The chemicals trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene have been found linked to serious health risks such as liver and kidney cancers, as well as damage to the nervous and immune s...
A Manhattan court has acquitted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in the choking death of Jordan Neely aboard a New York subway. After a grueling seven-week trial and extensive deliberations, Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide, a charge stemming from an incident caught on a video that went viral. Neely’s death in [&helli...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump appeared to ridicule Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a social media post Tuesday. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. “I look forward to seeing the Governor a...
Republican lawmakers are considering cuts to Social Security and other federal programs following discussions with billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The two were recently appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to a new commission aimed at reducing federal expenditures. Despite previous assurances to protect Social Security, GOP me...
A federal court has upheld a law that could see TikTok banned in the US unless it finds an American buyer by January 19. Passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden, the law targets the Chinese-owned social media giant to mitigate concerns over data security. The unanimous decision will have significant repercussions for […]
The conservative American Accountability Foundation has urged Pete Hegseth to remove 20 high-ranking “woke” officers promoting diversity. Hegseth has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Pentagon. The move is believed to have caused significant unease among military leaders. The list, disproportionately featur...
