advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World Politics

New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI

By ERIC TUCKER
Jan 07, 2025 11:15 am - Joining law enforcement officials to update the public in the hours after a man killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in New Orleans, Louisiana's junior Republican senator, John Kennedy, implored the FBI to “catch these people" — and then added one more eyebrow-raising request of the federal government.
Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 07, 2025 11:12 am - Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe, setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.
Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Associated Press
Jan 07, 2025 8:00 am - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

By THOMAS ADAMSON, SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY
Jan 07, 2025 7:31 am - Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.
Nippon, US Steel file suit against Biden administration, union, and rival after $15 billion deal scuttled

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Jan 06, 2025 3:05 pm - Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Biden administration decision to block Nippon's proposed $15 billion acquisition of the Pittsburgh company and said that the head of the Steelworkers union and a rival steelmaker worked together to scuttle the buyout.
Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 06, 2025 2:56 pm - The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation with the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in the Senate.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event

By Russell Lissau
Jan 06, 2025 12:46 pm - Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be featured virtually at a civic event in Barrington next month. McCarthy will be interviewed Feb. 1 as part of the annual Town-Warming at Barrington’s White House, 145 W. Main St.
Judge denies Trump’s bid to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Jan 06, 2025 12:13 pm - President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
Official: Canada’s Trudeau is set to resign as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power

By ROB GILLIES
Jan 06, 2025 9:27 am - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce his resignation Monday, an official said, in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government.
Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence

By LISA MASCARO
Jan 06, 2025 7:31 am - Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.

Showing 3,471-3,480 of 5,225 previous next