Pentagon Quickly Abandons System Meant to Modernize Official Travel
A spokeswoman for the Pentagon said a lower amount of travel than what was anticipated at the start of the contract was part of the reason for the cancellation.
Day: June 9, 2023
Bank records raise questions about home remodel in Texas Attorney General Paxton’s impeachment
As embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fights a historic impeachment, his lawyers say they have evidence proving his innocence.
Commentary: Tokyo could win ‘not China’ global hub status – but it must want it
Optimists see the chance of benefits as Sino-US tensions alter the financial dynamics, says the Financial Times’ Leo Lewis.
Commentary: How a global golf merger symbolises Saudi Arabia’s greater ambitions
Sport investment is clearly part of Saudi Arabia’s economic agenda, but it is also political positioning, says this Western Sydney University professor.
Georgia man gets 18 months for smuggling people across Canada border
A Georgia man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle people from Mexico across the U.S.-Canada border into and through North Dakota.
Dispute erupts over a section of Kentucky’s transgender law that hinges on one word
A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky’s sweeping transgender law.
Washington Post: U.S. Knew Ukraine Was Planning To Attack The Nord Stream Pipeline
Credit: Danish Defence/Anadolu Agency
Washington Post: U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learn…
Tweets Of The Day
Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts to the US East Coast, blanketing cities in a thick haze, the US House of Representatives will postpone all votes until next week, and more. Here’s a look at the top 5⃣ stories of the day pic.twitter.com/mIwNPGY9Nt
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 8, 2023
Donald Trump has been charged in Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation, and will appear in court in Miami on Tuesday https://t.co/RKadV5GRUP
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 8, 2023
BREAKING: Donald Trump says his lawyers have been told that he’s been indicted in classified documents investigation. The Justice Department has yet to confirm an indictment. https://t.co/oRwkGywqCf
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2023
At least five people, including four young children, have been injured in a mass stabbing in the town of Annecy in the French Alps. Authorities said the attacker had been arrested. pic.twitter.com/wDBhvz7TB5
— DW News (@dwnews) June 8, 2023
Global help arrives as Quebec fights ‘historic’ fires https://t.co/Y9fCEZC7Iu
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 8, 2023
Ep. 2 Cling to your taboos! pic.twitter.com/45AeVdtwOu
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 8, 2023
WATCH: Las Vegas police bodycam captures UFO falling from sky before family reports ‘aliens’ in their backyard, KLAS reports
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 8, 2023
Human history through selfies (with AI)
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 8, 2023