Giorno: 30 Ottobre 2023

US Intel Programs Received Nearly $100B in FY2023

The U.S. intelligence community received almost $100 billion in funding over the course of Fiscal Year 2023, roughly $10 billion more than the previous year, according to the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and the Pentagon.[#item_full_content]

House GOP Unveils Bill to Fund Israel by Cutting IRS Budget

House Republicans on Monday introduced a plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel by cutting funding for the Internal Revenue Service, setting up a showdown with Democrats who control the Senate. In one of the first major policy actions under new House Speaker Mike …[#item_full_content]

42 locals, 3 foreigners reported dead in Hurricane Otis thus far

Three foreign residents were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis hit Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco last week, officials said Monday, as the continuing search for the missing focused on submerged boats. Those confirmed dead included one American, one Canadian and one person from England, all of whom had been living in […]

Slovak PM looks to curb migration by deploying forces to Hungarian border

The new Slovak government announced a big deployment of police and armed forces Monday along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country. Prime Minister Robert Fico did not immediately give details of the deployment but said that illegal migration must be controlled or else people linked to “terrorist” groups […]

Court baffled by Whitmer kidnapping plotters’ transfer to federal prisons

A judge wants to know why two men convicted of secondary roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been transferred to federal prisons out of state. Paul Bellar and Joe Morrison are entitled to appeal their convictions following a trial on state charges in Jackson County in 2022. But their lawyers […]

House Chairs Take Aim at DC Over Probe Into GOP Activist

House Chairmen Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to the Washington, D.C., attorney general Monday, demanding answers over an investigation he launched into a GOP judicial activist.[#item_full_content]

Less Boo for Your Buck: Candy Inflation Hits Double Digits

Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% this month compared to last October, more than …[#item_full_content]