Category: Politics & Leadership
Donald Trump ordered US military airstrikes against ISIS-linked targets in Nigeria on Christmas night, marking a dramatic escalation in America’s counterterrorism response following deadly attacks on Christian communities in the country, according to US officials. The strikes were launched after reports of mass killings of Christians in parts of Nigeria, attacks that US authorities attributed […]
A Mount Vernon police officer undergoing dialysis after suffering kidney failure has lost his health insurance after the city terminated his retirement just six months before he would have become eligible for lifetime medical benefits, according to his family and city officials. The officer, who served the department for years and was approaching retirement eligibility, […]
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has found herself at the center of a political and media storm after a two-part Vanity Fair feature drew on a series of extensive interviews in which she offered unusually blunt assessments of President Donald Trump’s leadership style and the inner dynamics of his second-term administration. The reporting, […]
The state of American democracy is facing renewed scrutiny after an international watchdog downgraded the United States’ civic space rating to “obstructed,” citing growing barriers to participation, increased restrictions on protests, and ongoing challenges to voting rights. The designation places the U.S. among nations where civic freedoms exist but are increasingly constrained by law, policy, […]
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to return evidence seized from a former FBI official closely associated with former FBI Director James Comey, delivering a significant setback to federal prosecutors and raising fresh constitutional questions about the government’s investigative tactics. In a sharply worded ruling, the judge found that the evidence was obtained […]
