• Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

    Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

    Feb 06, 2025 06:00 PM EDT

    ... forward is what kind of leverage the United States can use to influence the IOC. Given the volatile nature of the issue, Trump's order could begin a groundswell among international federations for the IOC to come up with a uniform standard. ___ AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/olympic-trials

  • After Trump's funding threat, South African president phones influential billionaire Musk

    After Trump's funding threat, South African president phones influential billionaire Musk

    Feb 06, 2025 05:54 PM EDT

    ... it doesn't meet affirmative action criteria. Ramaphosa held prior discussions with Musk over the possibility of him investing in South Africa, Magwenya said. "His (Musk's) particular issues were around Starlink, as well as the regulatory environment that regulates that sector." ___ AP Africa news: https://apnews.com/hub/africa

  • Bondi orders review of Trump cases after being sworn in as attorney general

    Bondi orders review of Trump cases after being sworn in as attorney general

    Feb 05, 2025 11:21 PM EDT

    ... improper investigative tactics and unethical prosecutions" stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, among other things, according to the memo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAlReT--s0 The memo satisfies the longstanding contention of Trump and his allies that the Justice Department under the ...

  • What to know about USAID, and why it's a target for the Trump administration

    What to know about USAID, and why it's a target for the Trump administration

    Feb 03, 2025 10:19 PM EDT

    ... program worldwide operating in many countries that the U.S. also wants as partners. Critics say the programs are wasteful and promote a liberal agenda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuOAkPPsKLU What’s going on with USAID? On his first day in office Jan. 20, Trump implemented a 90 ...

  • Miss the confirmation hearings for Patel, Gabbard, RFK Jr.? Here are takeaways

    Miss the confirmation hearings for Patel, Gabbard, RFK Jr.? Here are takeaways

    Jan 31, 2025 03:34 PM EDT

    ... jarring moment, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., asked Patel to turn around and look at the U.S. Capitol Police officers protecting the hearing room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6nb69qtV0c “Tell them you’re proud of what you did. Tell them you’re proud that you raised money ...

  • WATCH: Trump baselessly blames diversity hiring for deadly D.C. plane collision

    WATCH: Trump baselessly blames diversity hiring for deadly D.C. plane collision

    Jan 30, 2025 03:56 PM EDT

    ... to be brilliant to ensure safety. “They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses,” he said. “You can’t have regular people doing their job.” https://www.youtube.com/embed/cbUnWBwzFEI President Donald Trump addressed the deadly midair collision in a briefing Thursday. Watch the president's remarks in the ...

  • WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for HHS secretary — Day 2

    WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for HHS secretary — Day 2

    Jan 30, 2025 03:29 PM EDT

    In a rare show of across-the-aisle cooperation, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, followed up on Cassidy’s line of questioning. Again, Kennedy refused to give a definitive answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFE8md196zo Then, in the closing moments of the hearing, Cassidy offered Kennedy studies ...

  • WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard testifies at confirmation hearing for national intelligence director

    WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard testifies at confirmation hearing for national intelligence director

    Jan 30, 2025 03:07 PM EDT

    ... at the start of Thursday's hearing that he hopes she can rein in an office that he said has grown too large and bureaucratic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSPes30FC2g Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, noted that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is now larger, in ...

  • WATCH: Kash Patel testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director

    WATCH: Kash Patel testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director

    Jan 30, 2025 02:34 PM EDT

    ... of the committee, sought to blunt attacks on Patel preemptively by focusing on the need to reform an FBI that he said had become weaponized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFfoxl4v7wM The FBI in recent years has become entangled in numerous politically explosive investigations, including not just the two ...

  • Live updates: Passenger jet and Army helicopter collide at D.C. airport

    Live updates: Passenger jet and Army helicopter collide at D.C. airport

    Jan 30, 2025 01:38 PM EDT

    ... question on speculation about the cause of the crash between the an American Airlines jet and Army helicopter late Wednesday just outside Washington, D.C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ef1P-u33f0 At a press conference earlier Thursday, Trump suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had ...