A Uyghur activist who was detained in Morocco for more than three years has been freed and resettled in the U.S. Thirty-six-year-old Idris Hasan was arrested in July 2021 at Casablanca Airport. This was after the Chinese government accused him of terrorism. After Interpol issued a red notice for his capture, he was imprisoned in […]
President Donald Trump has ordered the closure of the first national database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement officers. Experts say this database has enhanced public safety by preventing bad officers from moving to new agencies and starting over with clean records. In 2020, Trump himself proposed creating data based on “instance...
New Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has announced an investigation into childhood vaccination schedules and the use of antidepressant drugs. He claims these, along with other factors, could be linked to rising chronic illnesses. Speaking to Health and Human Services staff, Kennedy vowed to examine long-overlooked issues. These include ele...
Acting Chief of the Social Security Administration Michelle King has stepped down after reportedly refusing to grant the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive recipient data. King, who served for more than 30 years, left the agency over the weekend. Reports say she rejected requests for Social Se...
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift an order blocking the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel. The Office investigates government wrongdoing and protects whistleblowers. In January, President Donald Trump removed agency head Hampton Dellinger. Dellinger called the firing illegal under federal law, whi...
A man in Miami fired 17 shots at two people in a vehicle, thinking they were Palestinian. Police arrested 27-year-old Mordechai Brafman, charging him with attempted murder. The Miami Herald reports that the victims were visitors from Israel, though their nationality remains unclear. Surveillance footage shows him making a U-turn, stopping in f...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Trump administration proposed that the US receive a 50% ownership stake in Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for the military and financial aid provided to Kyiv to fight Russia, NBC News reported, citing multiple US officials familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, Ukraine would transfer partial cont...
The Trump administration has begun firing thousands of federal workers as part of its plan to cut government spending. Several federal agencies have terminated probationary employees, including the Departments of Education, Energy, and Veterans Affairs. The Office of Personnel Management confirmed the move, saying probationary periods are not ...
The White House is facing criticism for allegedly retaliating against America’s leading news agency, the Associated Press or AP over its reporting. AP claims its reporters were barred from events after refusing to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico — the “Gulf of America.” The agency’s Executive Editor Julie Pac...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Elon Musk discussed cutting government spending by abolishing entire federal agencies and reshaping the Trump administration’s priorities during a video call at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Musk outlined key goals for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he heads, saying: “We want to ...
