As President Joe Biden faces calls to step aside, his chief of staff has tried to rally the team. In an all-staff call on Wednesday, he called on staffers to tune out the noise and focus on their work. Meanwhile, Biden has been scrambling to shore up support for his campaign, saying he plans to […]
Members of Joe Biden’s staff are said to be “scared s***less” of him, leading advisors to carefully curate their briefings to ensure they don’t “set him off”, according to a senior official. Biden’s close-knit group of advisors and spin doctors have worked tirelessly to portray a positive public image for the oldest president in US […]
Five youth development specialists at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center were charged on Wednesday with smuggling weapons, drugs and other contraband in exchange for bribes, officials said. By sneaking in and distributing the dangerous contraband into the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brownsville, the city employees violated their sworn duty and destabilized the detention center while […]
The heads of six UN agencies and three international humanitarian organisations issued a joint appeal on Thursday to Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the immediate release of 17 members of their staff. The staff were detained along with many others also being held by the Iranian-backed group. Their appeal was echoed by a statement from several […]
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Will Lewis is quickly losing the confidence of his newsroom. The chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, who took the helm of the venerable newspaper in January — and was initially […]
Elon Musk is playing catch-up in the AI race by ramping up his recruiting efforts for xAI, after investors valued the 10-month old startup at an eye-watering $24 billion. Even though Musk cofounded ChatGPT creator OpenAI in late 2015, he left the project after a disagreement with management and now finds himself in the rare […]
[Source] An exhibit that aimed to confront hate against minority communities led to the temporary closure of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum after pro-Palestine staffers walked out over concerns with the program’s language. Key points: More than 20 staffers participated in the walkout on May 22 after the museum opened its “Confronting Hate Together” exhibit. The […]
Pride revelers will likely see less — if any — National Park rangers marching in uniform at LGBTQ Pride events across the country this year. The National Park Service is effectively prohibiting uniformed employees from marching in public events that “could be construed as agency support for a particular issue, position, or political party,” according […]
Jose Antonio Ibarra has been indicted on several charges including murder, rape and “Peeping Tom,” per authorities Laken Riley/ Facebook Laken Riley A man who was arrested in February on accusations he raped and murdered Laken Hope Riley on the University of Georgia campus has now been accused of peeping through a female university staff […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Republic of Congo’s military has released two Kenya Airways staffers who were detained for two weeks in a cargo dispute, Kenya’s foreign ministry said Monday. The staffers’ detention had led Kenya Airways to suspend flights to Congo, but the state-owned airline said flights would resume Wednesday. The airline said it […]
Publishing company Condé Nast reached a last-minute agreement with staffers on Monday morning, averting a strike ahead of Monday night’s Met Gala in New York, according to union leaders. “We are excited to announce that we have a tentative agreement with @condenast on our first contract,” the Condé union said in a statement on X. […]
A small high school in Northern California canceled classes Friday after four staff members and a student contracted an unidentified illness, police said. A school resource officer was called to Salisbury High School, located in Red Bluff, for a report of an intoxicated 16-year-old girl, police said. The campus falls under the Red Bluff Joint […]