Watch: Trump suggests some workers ‘don’t deserve’ back pay after government shutdown ends The Trump administration is warning federal workers furloughed in the government shutdown that they may not get back pay once the funding impasse ends, which some lawmakers are decrying as illegal. A memo prepared by the Office of Management and Budget says […]
Two leaders behind the “Freedom Convoy” protest that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks in 2022 have been given conditional sentences, avoiding further jail time, according to Canadian news outlets. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were found guilty of mischief, but cleared of most other charges against them in April following a lengthy trial. The two […]
Watch: Trump claims shutdown “negotiation” underway as Jeffries says Republicans “silent” The US Senate failed for a fifth time on Monday to pass spending measures that would reopen the government. Competing proposals by Democrats and Republicans were both shot down, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold required. Donald Trump had reiterated threats of mass layoffs […]
Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporter and Bernd Debusmann JrReporting from the White House Getty Images Carney’s visit to Washington on Tuesday is his second since May and has been billed a “working visit” focused on issues like trade and security Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Washington for his second visit this year – […]
The US Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday with a docket already full of potentially significant cases that could define the scope of Donald Trump’s presidential authority – and the prospect of more to come. In the eight months that Trump has been back in the White House, he has tested the limits […]
X/Nashville Fire Department The Nashville Fire Department said it had to use several ladders and a pulley system to rescue the student The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the death of a skydiving instructor after he became separated from his student during a jump in Nashville, Tennessee. Police say instructor Justin Fuller “is presumed to […]
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction. Without providing an explanation, the court declined to hear the former British socialite’s appeal, which means her 20-year sentence will remain in place barring a presidential pardon. Her lawyer, David Oscar Markus, told the BBC her team was “deeply disappointed”, […]
A Nasa research probe crash-landed in a Texas farmyard after it was blown off course on 2 October. After descending onto Ann and Hayden Walter’s farm in Edmonson, the family called the local sheriff’s department. ‘They thanked me for informing them because a Nasa team was already trying to locate and retrieve their equipment’, she […]
US President Donald Trump has made no secret that he wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and world leaders know this. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among a handful of world leaders that have nominated the US president to the award committee in Norway. The BBC’s White House reporter Bernd Debusmann Jr talks through the […]
President Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have had a call described by both sides as friendly and positive as Brazil seeks to reduce a 50% US tariff on imports. In Monday’s video chat, Lula asked Trump to remove most of the duties. Trump said on social media they had […]
