French police fired tear gas and clashed with some protesters on Saturday as thousands marched across France again in largely peaceful demonstrations against soaring living costs and police violence. Police said about 70,000 people demonstrated in Paris alone. France’s interior ministry said about 320,000 people rallied nationwide. In the southern port city of Marseille, demonstrators…
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has asked the country’s Parliament to authorize the military to help defend Saudi Arabia after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified their attacks on the kingdom, targeting airports and oil infrastructure. Al-Sisi stressed that it would be a defensive mission and only if the kingdom requests assistance. “Egypt will…
Cybersecurity expert Hed Kovetz would love to have a personal AI agent handle some of his administrative tasks and lighten his workload. But he doesn’t trust any of the commercially available agents, like Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots, with access to his email accounts, banking details, health records and other sensitive information. “It’s tempting to…
London — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have dramatically upped the stakes in the complex Middle East war, killing at least 20 people — including an American — and wounding hundreds more with strikes on Saudi Arabia’s airports over the last week. The question is whether President Trump will order U.S. military action in support of Saudi Arabia, which has been…
President Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including…
Washington — President Trump established a committee to look into allegations that Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, made false statements on mortgage documents, the latest step in his renewed effort to fire Cook from her post with the central bank. The president signed a memorandum, dated Wednesday, creating what…
Washington — The Justice Department and lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be back in court Thursday as the legal battle continues over President Trump’s decision to ban reporters from the three news outlets from the White House over what he said is their negative coverage of his administration. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly…
President Trump is sending checks to millions of Medicare and Affordable Care Act enrollees, with the White House describing the efforts as helping to “lower costs” for seniors and families. But experts say the payments may do little to offset rapidly rising healthcare expenses. On Friday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration…
Washington — When the Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday for the first time since late June, it will kick off its new term with a major case involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold fossil-fuel producers accountable for the impacts of global climate change. The lawsuit from…
Attorneys for artist JMSN, whose song “Love Me” was used in one of President Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads, have sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles demanding the Trump administration to stop using his song. Attorneys for JMSN, real name Christian Berishaj, say the use of the song is a violation…
