news2shortsRussell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced on Saturday he had cut off the agency’s budget and reportedly instructed staff to suspend all activities including the supervision … Read more
Danette Colbert was known to police before meeting Adan Manzano, who died last week in a New Orleans-area hotel Three years before she was linked to the death of a journalist covering Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Danette Colbert reportedly faced charges of drugging a man as well as stealing $100,000 in cash, jewelry, … Read more
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday he doesn’t think the president has “any plans to invade Canada.”
Older people don’t want to get married; youngsters aren’t dating. But maybe there’s more to life than being in a couple Sorry, Valentine’s Day is cancelled: we’re in a relationship recession. Analysis of demographic data by the Financial Times shows a dramatic decline in married or cohabiting young adults, with tanking “relationship formation” rates in … Read more
The Bidwell mansion was a symbol for the city of Chico, but for some it was a reminder of colonization and genocide In the early – morning darkness on 11 December, a police dispatcher at California State University, Chico, smelled the distinctive odor of smoke, a trigger in this fire-prone part of far northern California. … Read more
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) weighs whether Democrats should consider a government shutdown to prevent President Trump’s legislative agenda from advancing in Congress.
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz defends President Trump’s proposal to seize and develop Gaza.
Trump tells the New York Post that he has a plan to end the war but declined to go into details Donald Trump has said he held talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over a negotiated end of the three year Russia-Ukraine war, indicated that Russian negotiators want to meet with US counterparts. Trump … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk outlined a list of “super obvious” changes that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to make at the U.S. Treasury Department this weekend. Musk says officials at the treasury are working to make the government’s books more simple to audit, as well as more accountability for where funds are going. The … Read more
The US president has recognised something that is rarely acknowledged: monetary policy is political. The question is how to make it democratic If I asked you to list the things that make democratic politics meaningful, what would you include? Most likely elections and education. Perhaps the NHS, or the armed forces, or the justice system. … Read more
