news2shortsWhile the global PR firm blames ‘economic fears’ for this ‘age of grievance’, the executive class doesn’t seem very fearful High up in the Swiss Alps this week, an influential public relations executive issued a stark warning to the world’s corporate and political elite. Public trust is “plummeting”, Richard Edelman declared, prompting a global “descent … Read more
NLRB-sanctioned vote in February of 4,300 workers could produce only second unionized Amazon warehouse in US An independent group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, are seeking to form the second unionized warehouse at Amazon in the US. Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (Cause) filed to hold a union … Read more
Words ‘at conception’ in order gesture to push by anti-abortion movement to give embryos and fetuses legal rights One of Donald Trump’s new executive orders, which claims there are only two genders, quietly incorporates tenets of fetal personhood – the legal doctrine, pushed by the anti-abortion movement, that life begins at conception and that embryos … Read more
President defends offering clemency to the 1,500 people involved in the insurrection. Plus, an oral history of the making of Twin Peaks Good morning. Donald Trump has described attacks by insurrectionists on police officers at the US Capitol on January 6 2021 as “very minor incidents” after he offered sweeping clemency to those who took … Read more
The costs of eggs and gas are on the rise again. NBC’s Christine Romans joins TODAY to break down how the global market and a bird flu crisis are impacting the prices.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans push ahead on signature campaign promises with a flurry of actions on immigration, including ordering the suspension of all border crossings and reportedly giving officials authority to carry out deportations. It comes as the president responds to growing criticism over his decision to grant clemency to every person convicted … Read more
In interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, US president also hinted that predecessor Joe Biden made an error by not pardoning himself Donald Trump has described attacks on police officers at the US Capitol on January 6 2021 as “very minor incidents” as he sought to defend his decision to pardon the insurrectionists. The … Read more
From Trump’s Project 2025 to a huge aid cut by the Dutch, donors are turning their backs on the developing world Foreign aid spending reached a record high of $223bn (£180bn) in 2023, new figures released this week from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) confirmed. Yet, in 2024, eight wealthy countries announced … Read more
Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama for his first international trip as the nation’s top diplomat, Fox News has learned. Though details are still being worked out, the visit could come as early as next week. The planned trip comes after repeated vows by President Donald Trump – who returned … Read more
By avoiding the standard cliches, the far-right leader comes across as moderate even as she backs extremist rhetoric “Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?” wondered European audiences in 1995 when the Dutch band Gompie landed an unlikely success by adding this risque line to Smokie’s 1970s hit Living Next Door to Alice. Thirty years on, … Read more
