Hospital Appointments

Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday left the door open to adjourning Congress so President-elect Donald Trump can appoint his Cabinet nominees outside of the usual Senate confirmation process if ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints Cabinet after election win

Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 22-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week's election

World - ABC News - November 18

GameStop appoints Nat Turner to board, tightens links with Collectors

Collectors Holdings CEO Nat Turner has joined the board of video game retailer and original meme stock GameStop.

Business - MarketWatch - November 18

Speaker Johnson open to supporting recess appointment for Trump nominees

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) left open the possibility of enabling President-elect Trump to appoint his Cabinet by recess appointment, bypassing the need for approval from the Senate. “We’ll ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

What Are ‘Recess Appointments’ and How Might Trump Try and Leverage Them?

The Constitution allows the president to circumvent the Senate and put appointees in place while the chamber is in recess, a loophole created back when Capitol commutes involved long treks by horse.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 19

Far right gains traction in EU assembly

Patriots and ultraconservatives push centre-right EPP away from its allies

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Senate Democrat: Trump wants to 'subjugate' GOP senators with Gaetz appointment

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) suggested President-elect Trump appointing former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as the head of the Justice Department (DOJ) is somewhat of a power play against ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Sam Altman's Startup Appoints Former X Executive as Policy Chief

Tools for Humanity named X’s former vice president of global affairs Nick Pickles as its head of policy, the latest executive from what was formerly Twitter to join the startup.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

GOP senators warn Trump against aggressive recess appointment move

Republican senators are pouring cold water on the idea that President-elect Trump could force the Senate into an extended recess next year so that he would be able to fill key positions in his ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Novak Djokovic Appoints Andy Murray as His New Coach for the Australian Open

Murray, Djokovic’s former rival and three-time Grand Slam champion, will return to tennis to help the 24-time Grand Slam winner prepare.

Sports - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn sparking internal strife over appointments

Republicans vying for jobs allege Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn has been mixing private consulting with his transition role.

Ex-official exits running for Trump team over Sebastian Gorka appointment

Michael Anton, national security official in first Trump term, reportedly removed name from contention over feud. A frontrunner to be deputy national security adviser in Donald Trump ’s ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Even the Roberts Court would repudiate Trump’s recess appointment scheme

Despite the facile comments that the president is “entitled” to have the Cabinet secretaries and of his own choosing, the Constitution rejects that notion of unbridled presidential discretion in ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations

No Catholic hospital in the U.S. is led by a nun — and many of the largest systems would be unrecognizable to their founding nuns.

Baby girl found dead in "safe haven" box at Idaho hospital

Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said hospital staff responded within one minute to an alarm indicating a baby was in the box.

Two treated after fire at BAE nuclear shipyard

Police say there is "no nuclear risk" and an investigation is under way into the cause of the blaze.

Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital

Residents told to stay indoors but police say there is no nuclear risk from blaze at BAE Systems complex. Two people have been taken to hospital after a “significant” fire broke out at BAE Systems’ ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Strike on Gaza Hospital Destroys UN Supplies, Palestinian Officials Say

Israeli troops had withdrawn from Kamal Adwan Hospital after arresting most of the medical staff. The Israeli military said it was “unaware of a strike” there.

World - The New York Times - October 31