French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday, just weeks into his job, marking the shortest tenure in the history of France’s modern Fifth Republic. President Emmanuel Macron accepted his resignation, leaving a caretaker team in place as financial markets slid and opposition leaders demanded new elections amid a deepening budget crisis. Political fallout The departure […]
Former special counsel John Durham, who spent years investigating the origins of the FBI’s probe into alleged links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, told federal officials investigating James Comey that he found no evidence to justify criminal charges of false statements and obstruction against the former FBI director. The disclosure comes in a report […]
Paramount closed its deal with The Free Press to acquire the digital news site for $150 million, including a deal to bring cofounder Bari Weiss on as the top editor of CBS News. The deal represents one of many changes CBS News and Paramount have undergone since President Donald Trump sued the 98-year-old network over […]
Former special counsel John Durham, who spent years investigating the origins of the FBI’s probe into alleged links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, told federal officials investigating James Comey that he found no evidence to justify criminal charges of false statements and obstruction against the former FBI director. The disclosure comes in a report […]
The Trump administration is weighing changes that would scale back how age is counted in Social Security disability reviews, with options ranging from limiting age weighting to applicants 60 and older to dropping it altogether, according to The Washington Post. Newsweek reported the White House denies any change is planned to how determinations are made. […]
The Trump administration is weighing changes that would scale back how age is counted in Social Security disability reviews, with options ranging from limiting age weighting to applicants 60 and older to dropping it altogether, according to The Washington Post. Newsweek reported the White House denies any change is planned to how determinations are made. […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the Trump administration is federalizing 300 California National Guard troops and sending them to Portland. This comes a day after a federal judge on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from deploying them to the Oregon city. Newsom said he is going to sue over this. “[Trump’s] deployment of the […]
At least five people were killed overnight after Russian drone and missile strikes hit Ukraine, officials said Sunday. Four of the victims were members of the same family living in the Lviv region in western Ukraine. ‘Zero reaction from the world’ Poland scrambled fighter jets in response to the attacks to ensure the security of […]
Rescue operations are underway after nearly 1,000 hikers were stranded on the slopes of Mount Everest. Over the weekend, an unexpected bout of heavy snowfall swept through the region. Officials said the snow began falling heavily across parts of Tibet and the Everest region on Friday, cutting off access to popular high-altitude trekking routes and […]
The Department of Education sent out student loan forgiveness emails to eligible borrowers under the Income-Based Repayment plan last week, multiple media outlets reported. In July, the Education Department announced it paused discharges done with the IBR, which allows forgiveness after people have made repayments for 20 or 25 years. “You are now eligible to […]
