Going to war is now a rational economic choice in Russia's impoverished hinterlands. read more
Jack Smith, the special counsel responsible for two federal cases against Donald Trump, intends to conclude his work and step down with his team before Trump assumes office in January, The New York Times has reported. read more
Elon Musk has been a near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago, where he's sat in on important meetings and calls. read more
Amazon.com made unlawful promises and threats during mandatory meetings to discourage unionizing at a New York City warehouse, a U.S. labor board said on Wednesday while banning employers from holding such meetings moving forward. read more
Israel's military ground operation in southern Lebanon has been expanded, the country's defense minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday. read more
Last year, there were 10.3 million cases of measles globally --- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a newly released report from the World Health Organization. Nearly 107,500 people died from measles worldwide in 2023 and children under the age of 5 were hit the hardest, the report found. read more
Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress after being picked for attorney general The Florida congressman had been under House ethics investigation. read more
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's reported selection as secretary of state might hand Gov. Ron DeSantis a political lifeline -- or set him on a collision course with President-elect Trump. read more
The satirical news outlet purchased Alex Jones' right-wing conspiracy empire at a court-ordered auction, the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Thursday. read more
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has held the top Senate GOP leadership job for the past 18 years. read more
Senior officers in the U.S. military are preparing after reports of a potential new review process for top generals, a review they fear will vet personal loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump. read more
President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that Tulsi Gabbard would serve as his director of national intelligence, a remarkable turnaround for a former Democrat accused of peddling Russian narratives. read more
Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz for US Attorney General is a controversial choice. -- Gaetz's appointment will need Senate confirmation, and that could be tough to secure. read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President elect-Trump "and his transition team are already breaking" a law on presidential transition. read more
Elon Musk lived in apartheid South Africa until he was 17. David Sacks, the venture capitalist who has become a fundraiser for Donald Trump and a troll of Ukraine, left aged five, and grew up in a South African diaspora family in Tennessee. Peter Thiel spent years of childhood in South Africa and Namibia, where his father was involved in uranium mining as part of the apartheid regime's clandestine drive to acquire nuclear weapons. And Paul Furber, an obscure South African software developer and tech journalist living near Johannesburg, has been identified by two teams of forensic linguists ... read more
President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel. read more
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