Senate to investigate reports of Musk cutting off Starlink to Ukraine
Senate Armed Service Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-RI) on Thursday said he plans to open an investigation into reports SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blocked Ukraine’s access to Starlink internet services last year, thwarting a major attack on the Russian fleet. The committee said in a statement that Reed decided to take action “following public […]
United Auto Workers go on strike
The United Auto Workers (UAW) officially went on strike just after midnight Friday morning against the Big Three automakers. Union members walked out at three plants: General Motors in Wentzville, Missouri; Ford in Wayne, Michigan; and Stellanits in Toledo, Ohio. Stellantis builds vehicles under the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands for North America. The […]
International Criminal Court opens field office in Kyiv
The office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General announced Thursday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was opening a field office in Kyiv to track Russian war crimes. “Its work will help strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and the International Criminal Court. It will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the response to the crimes that Russia continues […]
Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges
Federal prosecutors indicted Hunter Biden, the son of the President, on gun charges Thursday, according to court documents. The indictment was filed in federal court in Delaware on three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. Two counts relate to Hunter Biden’s purchase of a Colt Cobra revolver in October 2018, while […]
UAW strike looms hours before contract expires
A potential strike loomed over the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Thursday amid a midnight contract expiration deadline with the big U.S. automakers. The contracts cover more than 145,000 UAW members at the so-called “Big Three” auto companies: General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which builds vehicles under the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands for […]
McCarthy challenges GOP’s hard-right to try to unseat him
In an expletive-laced discussion behind closed doors with House Republicans, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dared hard-right lawmakers to follow through with their threats to try to take his gavel. Further insisting that Republicans are not leaving Washington until they fund the government, McCarthy said that if far-right conservatives want someone else in his position, then […]
Russia expels two U.S. embassy staffers for “illegal activity”
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it was expelling two staffers from the U.S. embassy in Moscow on allegations of illegally collaborating with a foreign state. The Ministry said in a statement that it had summoned U.S. envoy Lynne Tracy to inform her that the embassy’s First and Second Secretaries, Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein, must […]
Appeals court to quickly consider Trump’s immunity claim in sex abuse case
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Wednesday it would quickly consider Trump’s immunity claim related to writer E. Jean Carroll’s successful defamation and sexual abuse lawsuit against the former President. The court issued an order to expedite Trump’s appeal after his attorney, Alina Habba, told a three-judge panel that their case […]
Trump and 17 co-defendants to get later trial date in Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee decided Thursday that former President Trump and 17 co-defendants won’t go to trial October 23 with two other co-defendants in the the Georgia 2020 election racketeering case. Last week, McAfee ruled that two Trump co-defendants who requested speedy trials—Kenneth Chesebro and Sydney Powell—would be tried together on October […]
Federal judge declares revised DACA illegal
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday declared a revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was illegal. Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas agreed with that state and eight others who filed a lawsuit in February to end the program, impacting DACA’s […]
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