LIVE 1 PM ET: President Tsai Ing-Wen Meets Speaker McCarthy
Read MoreTaiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Los Angeles at 1:00 p.m. ET on April 5. …
Cholera: Sewage infrastructure failure worsens disease spread
Read More The Jukskei River flows through the City of Johannesburg, including areas that are poorly serviced. Photos: Odd Andersen/Getty Images & Bafana Mahlangu/Gallo Images When Ferrial Adam heard last week that Gauteng’s cholera outbreak had been linked to baptisms in the Jukskei and Klip rivers, she wasn’t surprised. “Given the amount of sewage, raw […]
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, arrested in SNP funding inquiry
Read More Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, has been arrested by Scottish police in an investigation into the Scottish National party’s fundraising and finances. Police Scotland said a 58-year-old man had been “arrested as a suspect” on Wednesday and added that its officers were carrying out searches at addresses linked to the investigation. The addresses […]
Home Office accused of ‘cruelty and gross mismanagement’ as barge for asylum seekers confirmed – UK politics live
Read More From 2h ago The Home Office’s policy to house 500 migrants in a barge off Portland in Dorset has been labelled “ministerial cruelty” by Amnesty International. Steve Valdez-Symonds, the charity’s refugee and migrants’ rights director said: “Confining hundreds of people in isolation on a barge is just more of the political theatre that […]
For something so hollow, the royal family is astonishingly expensive | Polly Toynbee
Read More “Not My King,” say the yellow T-shirts of the anti-monarchists TV cameras may swerve around in the coronation crowds. But he is our king, willy-nilly, like it or not, as he and his family are our dependants. The Guardian’s deep dive into the royal family’s finances shows our monarchy costs a fortune, more […]
Cash App Creator Fatally Stabbed in San Francisco
Cash App creator Bob Lee, 43, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday morning, according to multiple reports.
New York climate law defines ritzy communities with million-dollar homes as ‘disadvantaged’
New York state officials determined that multiple high-income villages that boast million-dollar homes are “disadvantaged,” opening the door for the areas to enjoy increased energy development funding. In late March, the so-called Climate Justice Working Group (CJWG) — which consists of nine environmental justice advocates and four state government officials — released a list of […]
Trump critics slam DA Bragg’s case as ‘weakest of sauces’ after former president indicted
Some of former President Trump’s fiercest Republican critics are slamming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against the former commander in chief as “weak sauce.” Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts alleging the falsification of business records linked to hush-money payments during the 2016 presidential race. Bragg’s charges have spurred debate […]
Potential 2024 candidate Mike Rogers worries Trump indictment is ‘ripping the fabric of the US apart’
EXCLUSIVE — Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan called the indictment and arraignment of former President Trump “a new low in the politicalization” of the nation’s judicial system. Rogers, a former FBI agent who later served 14 years in Congress and grabbed plenty of attention in the nation’s capital as chair of the House […]
Ex-FBI Director James Comey hails ‘another good day’ after Trump arraignment
Former FBI Director James Comey described “another good day” on Tuesday, an apparently reference to the arraignment of former President Donald Trump on felony charges. “Another good day,” Comey tweeted on Tuesday evening. Comey was fired in 2017 by President Trump, purportedly for his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private […]