Artist Banksy has slammed the criticism he received from the UK home secretary against his small boats-crossing artwork at Glastonbury. An inflatable boat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets was hoisted into the crowd gathered to watch the band Idles play on the Other Stage at Worthy Farm on Friday night. UK home […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Standing over 6 feet tall and weighing more than 250 pounds (113 kg), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has a towering presence at the podium. But current and former officials say that belies a deep urge to maintain the lowest possible public profile. Austin, 70, says […]
An aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asked first responders to avoid using lights and sirens in requesting an ambulance be sent to Austin’s northern Virginia home after he had complications from surgery for prostate cancer that he had kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff. Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 and admitted […]
President Joe Biden said Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Pentagon waited three days to tell the White House that the top defense official was in the intensive care unit. Biden also affirmed that Austin had a “lapse in judgment” by not telling the White House about his hospitalization […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth and transparency to the federal government — but now it’s facing a maelstrom of criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization was kept secret for days, even from the White House. The controversy has prompted a government-wide review […]
The Pentagon has released new details about defence secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive stay in hospital. It states Mr Austin underwent a medical procedure on December 22, went home a day later, and was admitted to intensive care on January 1 when he began experiencing severe pain. The latest information came as members of both parties […]