WASHINGTON — A former Air Force sergeant who defected to Iran did severe damage to American intelligence operations, and is suspected of revealing the names of double agents run by United States military intelligence, some of whom had their cover blown after her defection, according to former counterintelligence officials. Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, the former […]
Trump said he’d be sued over his emergency declaration. Enter three landowners from the Texas border
U.S. President Donald Trump admitted that he’d likely be sued over his decision to call a national emergency to secure the funds needed to build a wall along the southwest border with Mexico. Three landowners along that border, and an organization dedicated to protecting wildlife in the Rio Grande valley, were among the parties that […]
WASHINGTON — Standing in the Rose Garden on Friday morning, President Trump heaped praise on Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio show host, who earlier in the week gave his blessing to a bipartisan spending bill that did not include the money Mr. Trump had demanded for a wall. “This guy is unbelievable,” Mr. Trump said. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate asked the Trump administration on Thursday to tell them more about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate last year, days after a missed deadline for a detailed report on his death prompted an angry bipartisan backlash. Ten of the 12 […]
WASHINGTON — In declaring a national emergency to try to build his long-promised border wall, President Trump will invoke extraordinary and seldom-used authorities to bypass Congress’s constitutionally granted power of the purse. Democrats are fuming, and many members of Mr. Trump’s party are uneasy about the precedent that such a declaration will set. Lawmakers seeking […]
The board driving the development of the National Children’s Hospital wrote on two occasions to the contractors of the hospital after “alarm” was raised over the frequency of health and safety incidents. Minutes of meetings of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) reveal that in addition to concerns over the capability of contractor BAM […]
The B.C. government will be handing over more power to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) to regulate BC Hydro. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall announced on Thursday that the BCUC would have greater independent oversight to “take the politics out of decisions.” The province commissioned a full review of the Crown corporation and released Phase 1 of […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Marco Rubio said on Thursday that he could be ready in the next couple of weeks to introduce legislation that would treat corporate stock buybacks as dividends for tax purposes. “We’re tweaking some small details on it,” Rubio told reporters, adding that the bill could come in “a couple […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress on Thursday aimed to end a dispute over border security with bipartisan legislation that would avert another partial government shutdown but does not give President Donald Trump the money he sought for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The measure faces votes in the Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled House […]
A&E waiting times in England have reached their worst level since records began, data shows. Figures from NHS England show that, during January, just 84.4% of patients were treated or admitted in four hours, against a 95% target. This means nearly 330,000 patients waited longer than they should, and comes despite lower levels of flu and norovirus […]