Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team

Trump fired four top immigration court officials hours after taking office

The Trump administration fired four top officials at the DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review, which oversees U.S. immigration courts, late Monday.

NBC News - Jan. 21

Musk’s High Visibilty at Inauguration Puts Him Solidly in Trump’s Orbit

The presidential inauguration was a veritable billionaire’s convention with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in attendance, but Musk clearly has a bigger role.

Inc. - Jan. 21

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women

ABC News - Jan. 19

Trump team asks top Georgia court to deny Fani Willis disqualification appeal

President-elect Trump’s legal team submitted a written opposition Friday to the Georgia Supreme Court over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request to have the state's high court ...

The Hill - Jan. 17

Trump team unveils official portrait ahead of inauguration

Donald Trump is days away from being sworn in for the second time as president, and his transition team unveiled his official portrait and that of incoming Vice President JD Vance. NBC’s Peter ...

NBC News - Jan. 17

Bundesbank becomes latest German institution to leave Elon Musk’s X

Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, on Friday became the latest of the country’s institutions to stop posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, the messaging platform owned by Elon Musk, after ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 17

Top EU official denies softer approach to Big Tech, cites 'very clear legal basis' for regulation

There are growing questions about how the EU is going to enforce tech regulation, particularly as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.

CNBC - Jan. 17

Former FEMA director to Congress: 'Give it back its independent agency status,' direct access to president

Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct ...

The Hill - Jan. 17

Durbin seeks information from Patel personnel files at national security agencies

Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked a suite of agencies that previously employed Kash Patel to turn over information on possible misconduct of ...

The Hill - Jan. 16

Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach

Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministers. Russian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach ...

The Guardian - Jan. 16

Texas Rangers will stream broadcasts after seasons of difficult access to games

The Texas Rangers are making their regional game broadcasts available directly to consumers in a streaming package

ABC News - Jan. 15

California officials deny false claims Oregon fire trucks turned away

Crews from neighboring states are helping California fight the Los Angeles area fires, and officials say regulations are not holding them up.

CBS News - Jan. 14

Syria’s new rulers invite Assad security officials to surrender

Headquarters of intelligence service in Damascus is now ‘settlement centre’ where those who served inside turn themselves in. The filthy corridors inside the headquarters of the general ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13

Twin-headed Trump-Musk onslaught leaves Europe floundering for response

Incoming US president and oligarch ally are wreaking diplomatic havoc among Washington’s beholden allies. Europe has been braced since the US presidential election in November for the challenge ...

The Guardian - Jan. 11

UK security officials monitor Elon Musk's posts

A Home Office team is tracking the reach and impact of posts by the tech mogul and others for security risks.

BBC News - Jan. 10

What's next for Penn State after Orange Bowl loss? It starts with James Franklin, who's 1-18 vs. top-5 teams

Franklin clearly has some block against elite foes, and his roster has all sorts of questions to iron out in 2025

CBS Sports - Jan. 10

NY top court denies delaying Trump sentencing

New York’s high court on Thursday declined to halt President-elect Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning. In a terse note, the New York ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

Meloni says Italy is exploring deals on telecoms security, but denies private talks with Musk

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni said her government is in talks with private companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, over the country’s telecoms security system, but denied having discussed the ...

ABC News - Jan. 9

Buccaneers-Commanders preview: These two teams could put on a show

The Commanders and Buccaneers were among the NFL's best offenses.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8

UnitedHealth shareholders demand review of policies that 'delayed or denied' health care access

Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

U.S. citizen denied entry into Poland after security staff object to handwritten notes in passport

A U.S. citizen has been barred from entering Poland because her passport was defaced with handwritten notes

ABC News - Jan. 8

Biden’s new Social Security law is official — but implementing it under Trump will be a challenge

The Social Security Administration will now begin issuing large back payments to millions of individuals; however, it is unlikely the agency has the bandwidth to implement the new benefit structure ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

49ers’ Charvarius Ward still dealing with PTSD after loss of daughter, may leave team in free agency because of it

"I had a lot of great times, but the worst thing that’s ever happened to me … happened in California."

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6

Big Ten, SEC each put 7 teams in women's Top 25

The Big Ten and SEC each has seven teams ranked in The AP Top 25 women's basketball poll, with UCLA and South Carolina remaining 1-2.

ESPN - Jan. 6

Bromance on the rocks: where does Musk’s brush-off leave Nigel Farage?

The Reform leader’s dalliance with the US billionaire looks in trouble after an abrupt about-turn from the X boss. It was the morning after the rather disappointing day before. “At the moment, I am ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

Thousands protest in Montenegro to demand ouster of top security officials over mass shooting

Several thousand people have participated in street protests in Montenegro

ABC News - Jan. 5

Legal aid cuts deny parents their human rights, says ex-supreme court president

Exclusive: David Neuberger believes lack of access to state-funded lawyers for family disputes is ‘wrong in principle’. The former president of the supreme court has said parents are being deprived ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

Social order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official says

Unrwa senior officer describes 60,000 people sheltering in school buildings sharing 12 bathrooms, but says without aid things will get worse. Social order in Gaza is likely to collapse further if ...