IMF Ethiopia loan must be conditioned on immediate reforms
IMF loan approval must be conditioned on measures to curb Addis Ababa’s rampant corruption, restore press freedom, and stop related humanitarian abuses in Amhara and other regions.
IMF loan approval must be conditioned on measures to curb Addis Ababa’s rampant corruption, restore press freedom, and stop related humanitarian abuses in Amhara and other regions.
A new law will require business entities in China to identify and disclose to the government “work secrets,” or non-classified information that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deems relevant to its national security.
Primarily among Trump’s white evangelical supporters, Christian Nationalism has experienced mainstream growth and acceptability in recent years.
The looming international military intervention threatens to perpetuate a security boom-and-bust cycle in Haiti, as gang power consolidates its grasp on the country’s power base. The State Department is treating an international military or police presence in Haiti as all but a given as the country is poised to adopt a transitional council to rebuild...
Senior Trump campaign adviser Susie Wiles is making a pitch to skeptical Senate Republicans that former President Trump will boost their candidates, disputing the long-reigning Washington wisdom that Trump is a liability for Republicans in Senate battlegrounds. Wiles highlighted polling data in a meeting with Senate Republicans this week showing Trump leading President Biden in...
Former President Trump has transformed the Republican National Committee (RNC) in a matter of days as the organization heads into the general election campaign. In the same week Trump officially became the presumptive nominee, the RNC hit reset, making significant staffing changes that included bringing in several new faces to senior leadership positions, firing some...
A newly finalized rule with more stringent requirements for meat products labeled as “Made in the USA” is being applauded by domestic meat producers and fretted over by industry groups as it promises to change dynamics within U.S. meat consumption and trade. The new rule mandates that only meat, poultry and egg products that have...
A 36-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday evening after he was shot in the head on a crowded subway train as it approached a Brooklyn, N.Y. station following a heated altercation, police said at a news conference. The shooting took place after a 32-year-old man boarded a train at the Nostrand Avenue station at about...
A federal judge has rejected Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) claims that he has legislative immunity, and therefore cannot be prosecuted in the initial four conspiracy charges against the New Jersey lawmaker. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan ruled Thursday that the embattled senator cannot evade prosecution based on what he does in the...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to treat serious liver disease, the agency announced in a release Thursday. The FDA approved Rezdiffra (resmetirom) for the treatment of adults with a common form of liver inflammation called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH. NASH, also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH,...
Mick Mulvaney, who served as former President Trump’s acting chief of staff, said in a Thursday interview he recalled billionaire Elon Musk visiting the White House “fairly regularly” while Trump was in office. “This is a dynamic that goes back several years — Elon Musk was in the White House fairly regularly when I was...
A Michigan jury found James Crumbley, the father of school shooter Ethan Crumbley, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter Thursday for the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Crumbley, along with his wife Jennifer Crumbley, are the first parents in the United States to be charged with having criminal responsibility...
Tennessee Senate Republicans passed a bill that would undo reforms enacted after the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by police officers last year. The Senate-passed bill was supported by the Statehouse Republicans for weeks. The bill is now headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk. If signed, it would overturn the ordinance passed...
A new study found that women who were pregnant as teenagers are more likely to die in early adulthood than women who did not have teen pregnancies. The study, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, found that in a sample of 2.2 million female teenagers aged 12 to 19 from Ontario, Canada, the risk...
No Labels, the centrist group gunning for a third-party presidential bid, announced Thursday the process it plans to use to pick a presidential ticket. The group voted last week to move forward with a "unity ticket," even as the race solidifies into a general election rematch between former President Trump and President Biden, who have...
Republican senators and conservative judges are sharply criticizing a new policy aimed at combatting so-called “judge shopping,” which has allowed state attorneys general and advocates to effectively choose their judges in some cases. In letters to about a dozen chief judges across the country, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — along with Sens. John...
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A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid said it plans to spend “at least” $10 million on ads leading up to the November election. American Values 2024, which is led by co-founder Tony Lyons, will use the ads to clarify Kennedy’s positions and record ahead of the general election. “We probably wind...
Yellowstone National Park has issued actor Pierce Brosnan a fine and is requiring him to pay several fees after he walked through an off-limits thermal area in the park. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the District of Wyoming, Brosnan, 70, was fined $500 for the incident and is required to pay a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 17 people for their alleged roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. The complaint follows the SEC’s emergency action in September 2022 that halted the company accused...
Penguins President of Business Operations Kevin Acklin released a statement.
Political organization No Labels’ founding chair and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said No Labels could unveil its candidates for its presidential ticket by the beginning of spring. “So, we’re not going to announce candidates today, but we do announce that we're going to announce candidates this spring, and that could be as early...
Republicans say Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made a serious political misstep with his call for new elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They wasted no time going after Schumer’s address, with a number of visibly-frustrated GOP senators arguing the 45-minute speech was a major miscalculation. “So now he’s meddling in the Knesset...