WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have launched a new inquiry into outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s top aide, Corey Lewandowski, who allegedly sought personal payments from contractors, as was outlined in an NBC News investigation last week. On Monday, House Oversight Democrats sent a letter to the private prison company GEO…
The car ramming and shooting attack at a large Michigan synagogue this month was a “Hezbollah inspired act of terrorism” targeting the Jewish community, the FBI said Monday. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, bought the AR-style rifle used in the attack on March 9, three days before he rammed his truck…
US envoy Steve Witkoff has announced the start of phase two of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, with a technocratic Palestinian government established in the territory. He said the second phase would also see the reconstruction and full demilitarisation of Gaza, including the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian groups….
The White House on Saturday shared a first-hand account of the US raid that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The post detailed a Venezuelan security guard’s claim that regime forces were overwhelmed in what he described as a “massacre”. “Stop what you are doing and read this,” White House Press secretary…
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – more commonly known as ‘El Mencho’ – is one of them. Hailing from humble rural roots in the western state of Michoacán, his rise to the top of one of the most feared and dangerous cartels in modern Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was meteoric. And it was achieved…
Aoife Walsh,Washingtonand Olivia Ireland Watch: Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, the second person to be fatally shot in the city during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown this month. Local officials identified the man as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a US citizen…
A court handed down five years in prison to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing multiple trials stemming from his short-lived imposition of martial law. Source link
We’ve all seen it: the person who works 60 hours a week, hits every deadline, and stays late, only to be “rewarded” with a dry promotion. You know the one—whose got a fancy title, along with a mountain of extra responsibilities, but the exact same paycheck. Companies love free labour disguised as “professional growth.” If…
Thomas Mackintoshand Rachel Hagan EPA Syrian government security forces in front of the al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province The US military has begun the transfer up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) group detainees from prisons in north-eastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government takes control of areas long run autonomously by Kurdish-led forces. US…
Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested after allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver in Hollywood, police have said. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Sutherland “entered a ride-share vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats” in an incident at 00:15 PST (08:15 GMT) on Monday. The victim was not…