In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? RealityCheck@star-telegram.com. Officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District may have broken the state’s public meetings law last month when they gave school board members a closed-door briefing about the district’s state test scores. The Texas […]
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will brief the media Wednesday night following a shooting at Washington Park, where a Juneteenth Peace Day event had just taken place. Both the Sheriff’s Office and Milwaukee Police Department are on scene at the park, at 1859 N. 40th St. on the city’s north side. The media briefing is […]
By David Lewis NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing, according to a confidential U.N. human rights briefing seen by Reuters. The two nations are vital partners in the European Union’s efforts to stem the […]
DOOCY: Thank you, Karine. Are you guys here at the White House in full-blown freakout mode? (Laughter.) JEAN-PIERRE: What are you talking about? DOOCY: There’s a — JEAN-PIERRE: What are you talking about — DOOCY: There’s a Politico story — JEAN-PIERRE: — Peter? DOOCY: It sounds like Democrats outside — the quote is, “Biden’s stubbornly — […]
May 10—Gov. Greg Gianforte reiterated his administration’s aggressive approach to fighting wildfires during an annual fire briefing in Helena on Wednesday. Gianforte told the assembled representatives of state and federal agencies that his main goals during the 2024 wildfire season were aggressively attacking all burns and promoting forest management. He also called on residents to […]
Late on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) convened a meeting for a group of international journalists at the defence ministry building in Tel Aviv. The IDF then set out for us the results of their initial inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. Retired Maj Gen Yoav Har-Even described how […]
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The path of totality — a 115-mile (185-kilometer) wide route where the moon will cover 100% of the sun‘s disk — stretches through Mexico, 15 U.S. States and Canada. It is shaping up to be one of the most watched total solar eclipses […]
Rep. Adam Schiff hopes U.S. intelligence officials will limit the information they share with former President Donald Trump when they brief him on national security matters — briefings that are standard for presidential nominees. “I have to hope — and knowing the intelligence community, as I do — that they will dumb down the briefing […]
(Bloomberg) — Hello from London, where the budget is behind us and an election is looking further away. Most Read from Bloomberg After the will-he-or-won’t-he confusion over tax cuts in Jeremy Hunt’s statement on Wednesday, government officials now expect another fiscal event later this year. Lower inflation and interest rate cuts could provide the chancellor […]
(Bloomberg) — Hello again. Here’s what we’re talking about heading into the new week. Most Read from Bloomberg The big numbers: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers a crucial budget on Wednesday. He said Sunday it will be “prudent,” tempering expectations of vote-enhancing tax cuts before a general election almost certain to happen this year. The […]
German lawmakers are demanding clarification after the publication of an alleged Bundeswehr briefing by a Russian media outlet in which sensitive issues relating to Ukraine were apparently discussed. “If this story turns out to be true, it would be a highly problematic incident,” Konstantin von Notz, the chairman of the Bundestag’s parliamentary oversight committee, told […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Monument Creek Fire at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) is now 90% contained and has consumed 168 acres. On Wednesday, fire and Academy officials briefed the community on their response and efforts to battle the fire west of the Pine Valley Housing area. “It was our good friends. The faces […]