news2shortsPresident Donald Trump replaced the acting commissioner of the IRS, Gary Shapley, on Friday at the request of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to a NBC News source familiar with the discussions. Shapley had been picked by Elon Musk to run the IRS, but did not receive Bessent’s blessing. Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender is … Read more
Revulsion at deadly Oklahoma City explosion in 1995 has faded. But echoes of the blast, and its perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, are heard today as far-right ideas storm the US The world’s first reaction to the young military veteran and far-right radical who blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City 30 years ago this month … Read more
A Democratic congresswoman from Colorado is the latest lawmaker to announce she will travel to El Salvador to advocate for the release of deported illegal migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., said late Friday she would jet to the South American country following Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s, D-Md., highly publicized visit there this … Read more
Due to a security law passed 20 years ago, many Americans are now required to update their driver’s license or identification cards to become REAL ID-compliant — or they won’t be able to board U.S. flights. With the deadline fast approaching on May 7, some conservatives have called on President Donald Trump to do away … Read more
Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist John Palfrey will not be obeying in advance. At a moment when leaders of tech companies, law firms, media corporations and academic institutions have bent the knee to Donald Trump, the president of the John D … Read more
Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrival Dozens of people across the world were in non-stop communication for several months to arrange the arrival of Tasneem Sharif Abbas to the US. Abbas’s entire life changed when a bomb dropped on her family’s home … Read more
Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’ The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot … Read more
The Supreme Court is ordering the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas. The order states no deportations should occur “until further notice.” It comes after lawyers defending the detainees asked several federal courts for emergency injunctions to prevent their deportations to a prison in El Salvador. … Read more
Senate Democrats say allowing a GOP funding bill to pass has allowed the party to keep their focus on Trump as his tariffs have roiled the global economy.
Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices high For many Americans celebrating Easter, the holiday is incomplete without chocolate: chocolate bunnies and eggs, bars tucked into Easter baskets, candy hidden in plastic eggs for Easter egg hunts. But the rocketing cocoa costs … Read more
