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U.S. attorney resigns under pressure from Trump to charge N.Y. AG Letitia James : NPR
Erik Siebert, then interim U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, speaks at a news conference on March 27 at an FBI field office in Manassas, Va. Siebert resigned Friday after President Trump said he wanted him “out” after the U.S. attorney’s mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James failed to […]
Robert Redford will always light up our screens : NPR
Robert Redford at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP Robert Redford died this week at the age of 89. But his performances are indelible. We’ll still see him as the Sundance Kid alongside Paul Newman’s Butch Cassidy, leaping off a cliff into […]
A look at 2 states that are becoming increasingly rare purple in politics : NPR
Two swing states — Georgia and North Carolina — have Senate races that will be closely watched next year. What’s the message of some of the leading candidates? It’s all about President Trump. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Georgia and North Carolina are not quite red, not quite blue, but increasingly a rare purple when it comes […]
Zelenskyy accuses allies of ‘wasting time’ as he prepares for Trump meeting | Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy will urge Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Russia when they meet next week at the United Nations in New York, and has called on Ukraine’s allies to “stop wasting time”. Zelenskyy said he expected further sanctions to be imposed if Vladimir Putin refuses to meet him for face-to-face talks or to agree […]
This California house generates more energy than it uses : NPR
The Fortunato’s Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach, Calif. has a flat roof with a five foot overhang that shields the sun and cools the home. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jeff Brady/NPR HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — With utility bills rising faster than inflation, a house that produces more energy than it consumes might […]
Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles – Europe live | Europe
Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia fires hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the Nato-member country said. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in […]
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man | Meta
Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts […]
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king | Labour
When Andy Burnham addressed a gala dinner this week, he was as coy as he could have been in a week when speculation about his future ambitions were in overdrive. “I love this job,” the mayor of Greater Manchester said. “I am very happy where I am. I have no ambition to be … ambassador […]
Ted Cruz compares threats to ABC by FCC chair to those of mob boss | Ted Cruz
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, compared Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations over late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary to “mafioso” tactics similar to those in Goodfellas, the 1990 mobster movie. “Look, Jimmy Kimmel has been canned. He has been suspended indefinitely. I think that it […]
Trump again asks supreme court to end protections for Venezuelans in US | US immigration
The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Friday to intervene for the second time in a case involving its bid to end deportation protections the former president, Joe Biden, granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States. The justice department filed an emergency application asking the justices to lift a […]