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President Donald Trump has ordered a pause on all military aid to Ukraine following a disastrous and remarkable meeting last week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Bloomberg reported. A senior Defense Department official, who spoke anonymously about internal discussions, told Bloomberg that the aid freeze will remain in place until Trump […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to suspend offensive cyber and information operations against Russia, according to a report by the Record. The decision aligns with President Donald Trump’s efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine under terms that critics argue favor Moscow. Two U.S. officials familiar with the […]
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The United States has fallen to its lowest ranking ever on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Transparency International reported. The index comes as President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the enforcement of a long-standing anti-bribery law. The law, in place for nearly five decades, prohibits […]
Watch: Pause on federal funding targeted at DEI and ‘wokeness’, says White House A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, minutes before it was set to come into effect on Tuesday. Judge Loren AliKhan’s order to pause the plan until next […]
A U.S. appeals court has halted enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department ahead of a deadline for most companies to do so. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated late Thursday a nationwide injunction […]
A US bankruptcy judge stopped parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids. However, the judge, Christopher Lopez, on Tuesday rejected Jones’s claims that the auction was plagued by “collusion”. Lopez said the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who […]
TotalEnergies, which is a partner of India’s Adani group in renewable energy projects, will not make any new financial contribution as part of its investments in the group of companies until the ongoing U.S. investigations into Adani executives for corruption are clarified, the French supermajor said on Monday. Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]
A strike by dockworkers at dozens of U.S. ports has paralyzed about half of the country’s ocean shipping and a prolonged dispute could bring the issue close to home for consumers. The strike, which included about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), shut down 14 ports across the country, including in New Jersey, […]
(Bloomberg) — Oil edged up after a three-day drop as an industry estimate pointed to another decline in US crude stockpiles and prices appeared to find some technical support. Most Read from Bloomberg Brent climbed back above $84 a barrel. US crude stockpiles shrank by 4.4 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute reported, […]
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the U.S. government from trying to limit credit card late fees, siding with banks and other business lobbyists that had challenged the policy as unconstitutional. The cap on penalties was set to take effect next week, but the new ruling from U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman, nominated […]