More than 1,000 American military personnel will leave Niger in the coming months, Biden administration officials said Friday, upending U.S. counterterrorism and security policies in Africa’s turbulent Sahel region. At the second of two meetings this week in Washington, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell told Nigerian Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine that the…
Former President Donald Trump returns from a lunch break at Manhattan Criminal Court as jury selection continues April 18, 2024 in New York. Jabin Botsford | Reuters The New York attorney general’s office on Friday asked a judge to effectively void a $175 million bond posted by former President Donald Trump in order to receive…
The House of Representatives took a crucial step Friday toward approving a long-stalled aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other American allies, as Democrats provided crucial votes to push the bill past Republican opposition for consideration in the full House could be. The 316-94 vote cleared the way for the House to take up the…
Jonathan Raa | Photo only | Getty Images Trump media has warned the CEO of the Nasdaq Stock Market about “potential market manipulation” of the company’s shares through “naked” short selling of stocks. The warning came as Trump Media gave shareholders detailed instructions on how to prevent anyone from lending their DJT shares to short…
Donald J. Trump appears, according to polls, to be a stronger candidate than he was four years ago, and not just because a significant number of voters look back on his presidency as a time of relative peace and prosperity. That’s also because his political commitments, such as his penchant for insults and his legal…
In this photo, a smartphone displays the logo of Donald Trump’s Truth Social app on March 25, 2024. Anna Barclay | Getty Images The share price of Trump media closed nearly 26% higher on Thursday, the second day of strong trading gains for the Truth Social app owner. DJT shares gained $6.79 per share on…
An FBI memo warning of possible threats from “radical traditionalist” Catholics violated professional standards but showed “no evidence of malicious intent,” according to an internal Justice Department investigation released Thursday. Republicans have used the 11-page memo, which was leaked early last year, as a talking point. They have pointed to the document to sharply criticize…
Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom of the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, USA, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Reuters A full jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump. A deputy was also selected. Five deputies…
Senate leaders from both parties are urging their colleagues to renew an expiring warrantless surveillance law before it expires at midnight Friday, as supporters of the law have argued that any expiration would mean a key source of counterterrorism intelligence and other foreign intelligence services would be ignored. This deadline increases pressure on senators not…
Jonathan Raa | Photo only | Getty Images Trump media makes a point of telling its shareholders how to prevent their shares from being lent to short sellers – who bet that the stock price will fall. The tips for preventing short selling, posted on Trump Media’s website on Wednesday, come at a time when…
