Former President Donald Trump has reportedly lost up to 25 pounds and is ‘a lot happier’ since leaving the White House – though he is believed to still be contemplating a 2024 bid. Trump’s former aide Jason Miller said the ex-president has lost 20 to 25 pounds and is ‘tanned’, ‘rested’ and ‘a lot happier’, […]
Brian Laundrie is likely hiding at a place where he is ‘being taken care of’ – and not the swampy Florida nature reserve where officials have concentrated their manhunt for him, according to a former FBI official. Terry Turchie, a former deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, commented over the weekend on the ongoing […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – When a small community hospital in New Jersey was overrun with Covid-19 patients, a cancer nurse dutifully showed up for work every night. Last Friday (Oct 8), with the worst days of the pandemic over, the nurse, Ms Maria Ambrocio, 58, visited Times Square with a friend. But their outing turned […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A United States couple has been arrested in the state of West Virginia for allegedly selling information on nuclear warships to what they believed was a foreign state, the Justice Department said on Sunday (Oct 10). Jonathan Toebbe, who worked as a nuclear engineer for the US Navy, and his wife Diana […]
A US navy engineer who hid a memory card loaded with classified files in a peanut butter sandwich and left it at a “dead drop” location has been charged with selling secrets about nuclear submarines. Jonathan Toebbe is alleged to have sent a package of restricted data to an unidentified country last year, and later […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Matthew McConaughey hasn’t ruled out running for governor of Texas, but says he’ll only consider it if he can make himself “useful” in the role. In an interview with Kara Swisher on the New York Times’s Sway podcast, the Texas-born actor described American politics as a “broken business” and explained that […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday (Oct 8) held a call with her Chinese counterpart, Vice-Premier Liu He, to test whether bilateral engagement with Beijing can address US complaints about China’s trade and subsidy practices, a USTR official said. The call marks the second time that Ms Tai and Mr Liu […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Joe Biden on Friday (Oct 8) congratulated investigative journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for their work promoting freedom of expression. “Ressa and Muratov have pursued the facts – tirelessly and fearlessly,” Mr Biden said in a statement. “They […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Justice Department said on Friday (Oct 8) it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer for his involvement in the August 2020 shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake, who is Black, was shot by police several times in the back in front of his […]
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a visit to Mexico on Friday (Oct 8) held talks with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with both nations vowing to revitalise fractious relations and improve cooperation through a major new security agreement. The top US diplomat visits Mexico at a time when the […]