US will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons in push to bolster Kyiv before Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against
Lawsuits allege Colorado officials ignored ‘red flag’ laws before Club Q shooting
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Victims of a deadly 2022 shooting attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado have sued local authorities, accusing them of failing to enforce a red flag gun law they say could have
Prominent Wall Street boss Lutnick has been one of Trump’s biggest cheerleaders
By Saeed Azhar (Reuters) – Wall Street veteran Howard Lutnick, whose domain stretches from brokerages to real estate, has been one of Donald Trump’s biggest promoters from the business world in recent months. Lutnick, 63, in August
Republican bill to restrict first transgender member of Congress draws criticism
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at blocking the chamber’s first openly transgender member from using women’s bathrooms, a move that Democrats denounced on
Trump says he picks Howard Lutnick to lead Commerce Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has chosen Howard Lutnick, chief executive of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, to be the secretary of commerce. (Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Costas Pitas)
KEYWORD NOTICE – Woman testified that she saw Matt Gaetz having sex with 17-year-old, attorney says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women told House Ethics Committee investigators that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped to be attorney general in the next Trump administration, paid them for sex, and one of the women
US bank regulator Gruenberg to retire in January, clearing way for Trump picks
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg will retire effective Jan. 19, he told colleagues on Tuesday, clearing the way for Republican President-elect Donald Trump to name new leadership to one of
NY prosecutors open to delaying Trump’s criminal sentencing
NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying the case until after his
FEMA administrator says she supports investigation of alleged Trump bias in relief efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers Tuesday she has encouraged the agency’s inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims not to
What is a ‘bomb cyclone’? The weather term back in the spotlight as West Coast prepares for a storm
A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term – bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually
