Giorno: 9 Giugno 2023

Musk Invites Maddow, Lemon to Twitter Platform

Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk has extended an open invitation to left-leaning hosts Rachel Maddow and Don Lemon to follow the lead of ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson and bring their talents to his platform.

Kansas Gov. Kelly taps DEA inspection chief to head highway patrol

The Kansas governor chose a high-ranking U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official Friday to head the state highway patrol, replacing a retiring superintendent who is facing federal lawsuits over the agency’s policing and allegations that he sexually harassed female employees. Gov. Laura Kelly’s appointment of Erik Smith came on retiring Superintendent and Col. Herman Jones’ last […]

Texas court tosses billionaire’s defamation suit against Beto O’Rourke

A Texas appeals court on Friday dismissed a billionaire’s defamation lawsuit against Democrat Beto O’Rouke that was brought after O’Rourke criticized a $1 million campaign contribution to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The ruling by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin comes more than a year after O’Rourke repeatedly made critical remarks about the donation […]

Extremists attack beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital, trapping civilians inside

Witnesses and state media in Somalia say extremists have attacked a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, and security forces are responding at the site as some people remain trapped inside. The Somali National News Agency reports that “many civilians” have been rescued from the Pearl Beach hotel as fighting continues Friday night. There is […]

China’s Military Intercepts Designed to Challenge International Order: Pentagon Official

Read More The Chinese military is increasing its aggression against the United States and its allies at a dramatic rate, according to a senior Pentagon official. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts are part of a wider goal to undermine and replace the international rules-based order, said Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific […]

Nadine Dorries stands down as MP with immediate effect

Read More Nadine Dorries, the Conservative former culture secretary, has announced she is standing down as an MP with immediate effect. She made the announcement in a tweet after having reportedly been dropped from Boris Johnson’s resignation honours. The move means there will be a byelection in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency where, in 2019, the […]

Boris Johnson’s hopes for a comeback must surely now be futile

Read More When Boris Johnson sat down to draft his resignation statement after learning the privileges committee had concluded that he lied to MPs over Partygate, he was determined to leave his enemies – on both sides of the Commons – a clear message. “It is very sad to be leaving parliament,” he wrote. “At […]

Biden Energy Secretary Granholm admits false testimony about owning stocks

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm quietly acknowledged in a letter Friday that she made a false statement when she recently told lawmakers she didn’t own any individual stocks. While Granholm divested from a variety of stocks in 2021, she acknowledged in the letter — which was sent to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee leadership — […]

Indiana ACLU sues over state’s ban on ‘human sexuality’ lessons through 3rd grade

A new Indiana law’s provision barring teachers from providing instruction on “human sexuality” to students from pre-K through the third grade is unconstitutional and so vaguely written that teachers wouldn’t know whether they are complying with it, a federal lawsuit filed Friday argues. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s lawsuit targets a portion of […]