BENGALURU (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google will enforce action against the apps of 10 companies for not paying a service fee for the usage of its app store platform in India, including potentially de-listing their apps, the tech giant said on Friday. Google did not name the companies in question. Companies including Walt Disney and Tinder-owner […]
By Samia Nakhoul and Jeff Mason DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel has agreed to halt its Gaza attacks for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, U.S. President Joe Biden said, adding that he hoped a temporary ceasefire will take hold next week as Hamas reviewed a truce deal that includes a prisoner-hostage swap. Biden’s remarks, which were […]
WASHINGTON − Even before any action is taken, progressives are pushing back as President Joe Biden considers using executive authority on the southern border to restrict migrants’ ability to seek asylum if they cross illegally. The immediate backlash underscores the delicate line Biden must walk as he navigates the border crisis during the 2024 election. […]
Feb. 21—One of the state Legislature’s longest-serving senators announced she is not seeking reelection this year. “Truly, it’s time to retire and let someone else take the helm,” Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, said in an interview Wednesday. “Decisions like this are always hard when you have served so many years and you feel like […]
New Jersey could be next in line to join states that have passed new laws to address the learning loss caused during the COVID-19 pandemic and oversee reading remediation efforts. A bundle of bills, if passed, would create an Office of the Learning Loss Czar to liaison with schools and would require that students get […]
Jan. 31—GRANGEVILLE — Second District Judge Adam H. Green has taken under advisement a lawsuit against the Salmon River School District alleging that the district is exposing students to obscene materials in the schools. Green said at the conclusion of a hearing here Monday that he would issue a written decision on the matter at […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is looking into running for president as a Libertarian, since he still faces significant hurdles in gaining ballot access in the vast majority of states as an independent candidate. “That’s something that we’re looking at,” he told CNN’s Michael Smerconish Monday, in response to a question about whether he’d […]
The Republican National Committee is thinking about anointing former President Donald Trump as its “presumptive” presidential nominee despite the fact that voters in only two states have had their say, according to multiple reports. Such a move would put former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley in the awkward position of continuing her campaign when her […]
By Elisa Martinuzzi, Christian Kraemer and Tom Sims LONDON (Reuters) -Five years after Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank aborted an attempt to merge, an uncertain outlook for bank profitability and Germany’s need to plug a hole in its budget have rekindled speculation about a potential deal. Germany has said it is looking at all options to […]
A group of Phoenix City Council members is considering a new partial ban on homeless encampments, a move likely to reignite moral and legal controversy about how the city navigates the homeless crisis if it advances. Phoenix has been here before. Its ban on camping at city-owned properties, still on the books but rarely enforced, […]
Heading into the heat of the 2024 election season, Joe Biden is weighing major changes to US immigration policy that would toughen border enforcement and address an issue that has emerged as one of the president’s biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of a likely rematch against his anti-immigration rival Donald Trump. But it is also a […]
After the Senate acquitted Donald Trump of the “high crimes and misdemeanors” alleged in his second impeachment, Mitch McConnell, then the chamber’s majority leader, emphasized that the former president still could be held accountable for his reckless behavior before and during the Capitol riot. “We have a criminal justice system in this country,” the Kentucky […]