Giorno: 22 Settembre 2023

McCarthy: Still Possible to Pass Short-Term Spending Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he thinks it’s still possible to push forward a partisan short-term stopgap in the House bill next week. “We got members working, and hopefully we’ll be able to move forward on Tuesday to pass these bills,” McCarthy said.[#item_full_content]

DHS Memos Claim ‘Authorities’ to Target ‘Misinformation’

The Department of Homeland Security has claimed in internally circulated memos that it has regulatory or statutory authority to seek out and ask social media companies to censor accounts and individuals it deemed were spreading misinformation. The memos, dated as early as…[#item_full_content]

Minneapolis to transfer city-owned properties to Native tribe for addiction center

Minneapolis officials intend to transfer two city-owned properties to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, which plans to build an addiction treatment center at the site. Mayor Jacob Frey announced the plan Thursday to sell the two parcels to the Red Lake Band for $1 each, noting the Native American community is disproportionately affected by […]

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez steps down ‘temporarily’ as chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is temporarily stepping down from his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following a federal indictment. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told Fox News on Friday afternoon that Menendez is temporarily stepping down from the committee following federal bribery charges. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP […]

S&P, Nasdaq Notch Biggest Weekly Losses Since March

Wall Street see-sawed to a lower close Friday, capping a tumultuous week during which benchmark Treasury yields hit 16-year highs and investors digested the Federal Reserve’s hawkish outlook revisions.[#item_full_content]

Puerto Rico National Guard aids efforts to quell week-long blaze at US Virgin Islands landfill

Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and businesses to close, officials said Friday. Helicopters swooped down to gather seawater and help battle the blaze at the Bovoni […]

Mexico’s fifth largest employer is helping kill Americans. Some Republicans are ready to declare literal war

Cartels are collectively Mexico’s fifth-largest employer, according to a recent study, and some Republican presidential candidates are ready to take them out with military force. A mathematical model of the criminal organizations’ recruitments and losses revealed that Mexican cartels collectively employ some 175,000 people, according to a study published in the journal Science. The groups […]

Biden admin pledges $100M toward Kenyan-led policing of gang-ravaged Haiti

The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. would provide logistics, including intelligence, airlift, communications and medical support to the mission, which still needs to […]

Cyprus asks EU to re-evaluate Syrian ‘safe zones’

Cyprus has formally called on the European Union to re-evaluate which areas of Syria can be declared safe and free from armed conflict so that Syrian migrants can eventually be repatriated there, Cypriot authorities said Friday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou was the sole official to raise the issue during July’s informal gathering of his EU […]

Late German cardinal’s statue to be removed over sex abuse claims

A statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral in western Germany after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced, Catholic church officials said Friday. A memorial for victims of sexual abuse will be created to take the place of the statue, which was erected in 2011, German news […]