Senate Republicans are getting closer to changing the upper chamber’s rules to allow for a slew of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees to be confirmed, and they’re closing in on a revived proposal from Democrats to do it. The hope among Republicans is that using a tool that Senate Democrats once considered would allow them to avoid turning to the ...
Following unrelenting criticism from the United Nations, the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is once again being targeted by NGOs, even as it delivered its 155 millionth meal to Gazans on Saturday. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF has launched ads criticizing GHFMeta’s Ad Library shows that in August it ran several Facebook ads targeting the foundation. ...
The deadly U.S. strike in the Caribbean this week is being cast by experts as the latest move in a broader campaign to dismantle Iran and Hezbollah’s growing narco empire in Venezuela. U.S. officials say Tren de Aragua works closely with the Cartel of the Suns — a network of Venezuelan military elites long accused of moving cocaine in collaboration with ...
Marks & Spencer has called on the government to reconsider proposed reforms to inheritance tax relief for farms, warning of damaging consequences for rural communities and Britain’s food security. Alex Freudmann, managing director of M&S Food, urged new environment secretary Emma Reynolds to back Britain’s farmers following growing anger in the countryside. “We support our farmers’ calls on the government ...
Labour ministers are weighing reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as part of a rightward shift on migration aimed at halting Reform UK’s advance, with polls showing Nigel Farage’s party opening up a double-digit lead. According to The Sunday Times, new home secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring options that could include changes to Britain’s relationship with the ...
Spending short periods of time shopping or browsing online during work hours is not a sackable offence, a UK judge has ruled in a case that awarded an employee more than £14,000 in compensation. The ruling followed the dismissal of Ms A Lanuszka, an accountancy administrator, who was fired in July 2023 after her employer secretly installed spyware on her ...
Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is bracing for weeks of disruption after a devastating cyberattack forced it to shut down factories, suspend deliveries and send thousands of staff home. The attack, claimed by a group called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters linked to the collective behind recent hacks on M&S, Harrods and the Co-op, has rendered JLR’s global IT systems ...
Vice President JD Vance stopped short of confirming a 2028 White House run during an appearance on My View with Lara Trump Saturday night, but he acknowledged the possibility—noting if he does his job well, ‘the politics will figure itself out.’ Vance, whose resilience amid an upbringing marked with family turmoil and economic hardship won over the nation, said he ...
In 1947, the United States War Department became the Department of Defense, as our nation was entering what would be four decades of Cold War with the Soviet Union, and taking its place as a global superpower. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order bringing the original name back to the department created by George Washington in 1789. ...
Coventry-based Maeving, the British electric motorbike manufacturer, has raised £8 million in new funding to expand production, accelerate overseas sales and develop new models aimed at commuters and women riders. The company, founded in 2018 by university friends Seb Inglis-Jones and Will Stirrup, attracted backing from venture capital firms including Venrex, Future Planet Capital and Elbow Beach Capital, alongside angel ...