The State Department said Friday it was officially shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what could deal a final blow to the beleaguered foreign aid agency. In a memo distributed to USAID employees and obtained by ABC News, Jeremy Lewin, the agency’s new deputy director and a former Department of Government Efficiency official, … Read more
In a pair of back-to-back rallies held over the phone on Thursday night, President Donald Trump praised the two Republican candidates in the upcoming special elections for Florida’s 6th and 1st Congressional districts, amid recent concerns among Republicans over whether their candidate in the 6th Congressional District, State Sen. Randy Fine, can keep the seat … Read more
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill this week making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in public drinking water. Under the bill, a person “may not add fluoride to water in, or water that will be introduced into a public water system” and a “political subdivision may not enact or … Read more
Deontay Wilder will return to the ring against Tyrrell Herndon in Kansas on June 27. The former WBC heavyweight champion has not fought since a knockout defeat to Zhilei Zhang last June, but a win over Herndon could propel him back into contention for another big-name bout. The influential Turki Al-Sheikh, chair of General Authority … Read more
On Thursday, Amnesty International published a new report detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. The two journalists, who work for the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), received suspicious text messages including a link — basically a phishing attack, according to the nonprofit. In one case, Amnesty … Read more
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court a second time to lift a judge’s block on deportations of alleged migrant gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. Source link
At least three people were killed and 68 injured when a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed in Bangkok, according to Thailand’s National Institute of Emergency Medicine. Officials said there were approximately 320 construction workers on site when the building in Bangkok collapsed and 70 people are currently missing, according to a statement published on … Read more
The reading matched economists’ expectations. Source link
The actress and Duchess of Sussex appear together on social media poking fun at their alleged rift. Source link
The Trump administration remains steadfast in acquiring Greenland, despite the island’s leaders refusing to give it up as Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance travel to the country on Friday. “We need Greenland for national security and international security. So, we’ll, I think, we’ll go as far as we have to go,” … Read more
