House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (R-Md.) called the recent verbal battle in his committee sparked by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) words “a failure of leadership.” “So, this was a failure of leadership,” Raskin said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” Friday. “When the chairman of the committee declined simply to rule […]
As climate protection activists once again invaded the grounds of an airport in Germany and disrupted travel plans at the start of a holiday weekend, the country’s interior minister is calling for rigorous prosecution. After a blockade at Munich Airport on Saturday by climate activists from the Last Generation group, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote […]
Several people, including a minor from North Carolina, have been accused of a conspiracy coordinated on the dark web to call in false emergencies. ALSO READ: Grandmother rattled after swatting call There isn’t much information available about the minor from North Carolina, but we do know the FBI field office in Charlotte helped in the […]
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested early Friday morning after he tried to drive into the entrance of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., where the PGA Championship is being held. He was released at 8:40 a.m. ET without bail and returned to Valhalla less than an hour before his scheduled second-round […]
The House passed a resolution on Friday condemning calls to defund the police. 61 House Democrats voted against it. The resolution also blamed progressive policies for an uptick in violence against cops. The House of Representatives easily passed a resolution by a 337-61 margin on Friday that condemned calls to defund the police and blamed progressive […]
The anti-corruption organization Transparency International has called for a systematic investigation into possible influence peddling by autocratic regimes in Germany. The call was made in light of the investigations into far-right politician Petr Bystron of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and reports of possible Russian and Chinese connections of his party colleague Maximilian Krah. […]
In view of the heavy Russian attacks on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has urgently called for further international air defence support for Ukraine. “The situation is highly dramatic, not only with regard to Kharkiv, but also in many other places in Ukraine,” Baerbock said on Friday before a […]
WASHINGTON ― House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for stalling on installing a plaque to honor police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Congress blew a statutory deadline to put up the plaque somewhere on the Capitol grounds last year, and this month Democrats began […]
The Arab League on Thursday called for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. At a summit meeting of the 22-member organization, the group also called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and strongly condemned the advance of the Israeli army into the city of Rafah in […]
STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson said Thursday that the bodycam footage of the Florida sheriff’s deputy who killed the Black U.S. Air Force airman and police radio traffic from right after the shooting reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong apartment while responding to […]
Intel upgraded, Texas Instruments initiated: Wall Street’s top analyst calls The most talked about and market moving research calls around Wall Street are now in one place. Here are today’s research calls that investors need to know, as compiled by The Fly. Top 5 Upgrades: Wolfe Research upgraded Intel (INTC) to Peer Perform from Underperform […]
MANILA, May 16 (Reuters) – A Philippine group leading a civilian supply mission in the South China Sea delivered food and fuel to Filipino fishermen despite being shadowed by Chinese vessels, its officials said on Thursday, calling it a “major victory”. Atin Ito (This is Ours) said a 10-member team sailed to the Scarborough Shoal […]