The Senate narrowly voted to move forward with considering the nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove to a federal court of appeals on Tuesday. The 50-48 vote saw one Republican break ranks and vote against his nomination, while Democrats have done everything in their power to slow down the nomination. Bove, who currently works at the Justice Department, is ...
The intelligence community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but, at the ‘unusual’ direction of then-President Barack Obama, published ‘potentially biased’ or ‘implausible’ intelligence suggesting otherwise, the House Intelligence Committee found. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a report prepared by the House ...
From drone swarms to gene-edited soldiers, the United States and China are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into nearly every facet of their war machines — and a potential conflict over Taiwan may be the world’s first real test of who holds the technological edge. For millennia, victory in war was determined by manpower, firepower and the grit of battlefield ...
George Clooney is keeping quiet after Hunter Biden unleashed a string of vulgar attacks on the Hollywood actor. Hunter, 55, accused Clooney, 64, of turning on his father, former President Joe Biden, and helping lead the charge to push him out of the 2024 race. ‘I love George Clooney’s movies, but I don’t really give a s— what he thinks ...
In a damning new report, researchers reveal how China came to control over 80% of the critical raw battery materials needed for defense technology — posing an urgent national security threat. Through lax permitting processes, weak environmental standards, and aggressive state-led interventions, China has come to dominate global supplies of graphite, cobalt, manganese, and the battery anode and cathode materials ...
General Motors has reported a sharp fall in profits after taking a $1.1 billion hit from new import tariffs introduced under President Trump’s escalating trade war. The US carmaker said its second-quarter core profit dropped by 32 per cent to $3 billion, and warned that the financial impact would worsen in the third quarter. The Detroit-based company, which remains America’s ...
Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that her government’s plans to roll back banking regulations could destabilise the UK’s financial system and risk triggering a future financial crisis. Appearing before the Treasury select committee on Tuesday, Bailey said it would not be “a sensible” time to unwind safeguards such as bank ringfencing, ...
AstraZeneca has announced plans to invest $50 billion in the United States by the end of the decade, responding to mounting pressure from the Trump administration for global pharmaceutical firms to shift manufacturing and research operations to American soil. The FTSE 100 company said the investment will help it reach its target of $80 billion in annual sales by 2030, ...
In areas where video surveillance is installed, fewer crimes are committed. This is due both to the engineering task of properly placing cameras and to the psychological and behavioral patterns of offenders. It is no secret that a well-designed camera layout helps to: Detect violations, Recognize faces and vehicle license plates, Monitor events in real time, Provide evidence of guilt. ...
The stock market feels like it’s holding its breath ahead of Big Tech earnings. The first two days of the trading week were mostly quiet, but Tuesday gave us a few nuggets worth chewing on. The S&P 500 ($SPX) squeaked out another record close, up by a modest +0.06%. It’s barely a blip, but it keeps the uptrend intact. Tech ...