Giorno: 27 Giugno 2023

IG Report: US Lost $200 Billion in COVID Fraud

More than $200 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds were distributed to potentially fraudulent recipients, a report from the inspector general of the Small Business Administration showed.

US Weighs New Restrictions on AI Chip Exports to China

The United States is considering new restrictions on exports of artificial intelligence chips to China, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Biden’s Joint Chiefs chairman nominee accused of ‘race-based’ hiring in military by conservative group

A conservative watchdog group is accusing Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. of embracing race-based hiring and promotions in the military for the sake of “diversity.” The American Accountability Foundation (AAF), an opposition research group that has claimed credit for dismantling several Biden nominations, is now targeting Brown, who is the president’s nominee to […]

US Judge Says Trump’s NY Case Likely Belongs in State Court

A U.S. judge Tuesday said he would likely decline former President Donald Trump’s bid to move from state to federal court a criminal case stemming from a hush money payment to a porn star.

YouTube Removes Another RFK Jr. Interview

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, revealed on Tuesday that YouTube had taken down yet another interview he was featured in.

Republican Candidate Suarez: ‘What’s a Uyghur?’

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who is also a 2024 GOP presidential candidate, suffered an embarrassing foreign policy gaffe on Tuesday when he indicated that he was unaware of the persecution of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China.

Texas Prof. Fired for Teaching X,Y Chromosomes Dictate Sex

Prof. Johnson Varkey, who taught biology at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio for 20 years, claimed he was fired for “religious preaching” after he gave a lesson about how sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.

4 Mexicans Arrested in Probe of 53 Dead in Tractor Trailer

U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of four more people in last year’s smuggling deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor trailer in the scorching Texas summer.

Reuters: All Living US Presidents Except Trump Descended From Slaveholders

President Joe Biden and each of the living former U.S. presidents, with the exception of former President Donald Trump, all had at least one ancestor who was a slaveholder, according to a report from Reuters.

Reuters: All Living US Presidents Except Trump Descended from Slaveholders

President Joe Biden and each of the living former U.S. presidents, with the exception of former President Donald Trump, all had at least one ancestor who was a slaveholder, according to a report from Reuters.