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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Hegseth orders US military to prepare for major budget cuts
WASHINGTON — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years, with an exception for border security, according to a new memo obtained by CNN.The memo, dated Tuesday, calls for military leaders to provide a proposal for eight percent in budget cuts each year for the next five years. The proposals for the massive cuts to the Pentagon’s budget of approximately $850 billion are due by February 24, less than one week after Hegseth issued the memo.It was issued the day before President Donald Trump endorsed the House’s budget plan which includes a $100 billion increase in defense spending, suggesting a major disconnect within the administration. Hegseth himself called for an increase to the defense budget one...
February 20, 2025

Hegseth orders US military to prepare for major budget cuts

The wreckage of a Delta Air Lines-operated Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft lies upside down Tuesday on a runway of Toronto Pearson International Airport. C
Clever designs helped save passengers when plane skidded down runway
TORONTO — When Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto landed in a fiery crash that ripped off a wing and rolled the plane upside down, panicked onlookers feared the worst.But Michael McCormick saw decades of aircraft safety improvements in action. All 80 people on board survived Monday’s crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport.“That was absolutely phenomenal that you could see an aircraft on its back like that and have people walking away from it,” said McCormick, an associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.“But my second thought was, well, that’s the design. That’s engineering. That’s the years of civil aviation research ... that has enabled something like that to happen.”Fiery aviation disasters of the past have taught experts that jet...
February 19, 2025

Clever designs helped save passengers when plane skidded down runway

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a luncheon with senators from his support base, at the National Congress building in Brasilia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
Brazil's former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot
BRASILIA — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged by the country's chief prosecutor with attempting a coup after he was defeated in the 2022 presidential election.The 69-year-old was handed five charges over the alleged bid to prevent his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking office after a bitter election race.The charges include allegations that he planned to poison Lula and shoot dead Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Morae.Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing and says he's the victim of political persecution.The prosecutor's advice will now be considered by the Supreme Court. If accepted, Bolsonaro and 33 others will be formally charged and will have to face trial.The former president was banned from running for office for eight years...
February 19, 2025

Brazil's former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot

Argentine President Javier Milei
Argentina's President Milei denies crypto fraud allegations
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President Javier Milei has denied promoting a newly launched cryptocurrency which collapsed shortly after he mentioned it in a social media post on Friday.The cryptocoin $Libra quickly rose in value before nosediving, causing severe losses for the majority of people who had invested in it.A judge will now determine if the president should face fraud charges over the incident.On Monday, Milei said he had acted "in good faith" and dismissed investors' complaints, comparing their actions to people who gamble: "If you go to a casino and lose money, what's there to complain about when you knew the risks?"President Milei spoke about the $Libra incident in an interview with Argentine TV channel Todo Noticias on Monday, after a weekend during...
February 19, 2025

Argentina's President Milei denies crypto fraud allegations

Eric Adams seen in a suit exiting a vehicle
New York governor weighs Eric Adams' fate after scandals
NEW YORK — Governor of New York Kathy Hochul has called a crisis meeting on Tuesday to weigh whether to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office following a series of overlapping scandals.A top prosecutor in Manhattan last week alleged the New York City mayor had asked the Trump administration to drop a corruption case against him in exchange for his cooperation on immigration enforcement.Four of Adams' top deputies, including the first deputy mayor, resigned on Monday after the Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case against Adams.The "alleged conduct at City Hall that has been reported over the past two weeks is troubling and cannot be ignored", Hochul said in a statement."In the 235 years of New York State history, these powers have never been...
February 19, 2025

New York governor weighs Eric Adams' fate after scandals

Michelle King
Head of US Social Security steps down over DOGE access of recipient information
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information, the Associated Press news agency reported citing to two people familiar with the official’s departure and who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.Acting Commissioner Michelle King’s departure from the agency over the weekend – after more than 30 years of service – was initiated after King refused to provide DOGE staffers at the SSA with access to sensitive information, the sources said on Monday.The White House has replaced her as acting commissioner with Leland Dudek, who currently works at the SSA, they said.White House spokesperson Harrison Fields...
February 18, 2025

Head of US Social Security steps down over DOGE access of recipient information

The damaged plane seen on runway at Toronto Pearson Airport
'I was just in a plane crash': Witnesses recount escape in Toronto
TORONTO — "Our plane crashed. It's upside down."These were the words of John Nelson, a passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight that had just crashed and flipped while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport.All 80 people on board the flight from Minneapolis — 76 passengers and four crew — have survived, the airport's chief executive has said.Eighteen people were injured but only a small number are thought to be seriously hurt, and investigators are looking into what caused the crash."Most people appear to be okay. We're all getting off," Nelson said in a video posted to Facebook soon after the incident.He later told CNN that there was no indication of anything unusual before landing."We skidded on our side, then flipped over on our...
February 18, 2025

'I was just in a plane crash': Witnesses recount escape in Toronto

American Airlines plane seen from behind, flying through the air, with an air traffic control tower in the distance
Hundreds fired at US aviation safety agency, union says
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC.Several hundreds of the agency's probationary workers — who have generally been in their positions for less than a year — received the news via email late on Friday night, a statement from PASS's head, Alex Spero said.It is part of a cost-cutting drive, driven by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which aims to drastically cut the federal workforce.Spero called the firings "shameful" and said they "will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already...
February 18, 2025

Hundreds fired at US aviation safety agency, union says

The Delta Airlines plane is seen on runway at Toronto Pearson Airport after crashlanding
All passengers survive crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport
TORONTO — All 80 people on board a plane that crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto have survived, officials said.The Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis skidded along the runway with flames visible and it came to a halt upside down as firefighters came to the rescue.Survivors said they were suspended upside down in their seats and had to release themselves, dropping on to the ceiling before clambering out on to the snow-covered tarmac.Eighteen people were injured but only a small number are thought to be seriously hurt, and investigators are looking into what caused the crash.There were 76 passengers and four crew on board the 16-year-old CRJ900 aircraft, made by Canada's Bombardier company.In an evening briefing, Deborah Flint of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority...
February 18, 2025

All passengers survive crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport

Steve Witkoff is the White House's Middle East envoy
Trump dispatches NY real estate dealmaker to solve global crises
WASHINGTON — When US President Donald Trump wanted someone to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to open negotiations for a potential deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he didn't dispatch his secretary of state.The man he sent to the Kremlin to handle a titanic geopolitical challenge does not even have a diplomatic background.Instead, Trump picked his personal friend, golf buddy and billionaire real estate developer Steve Witkoff.The president has made Witkoff his Middle East envoy. But last week the Bronx-born businessman found himself in discussions about ending a conflict in Eastern Europe — having been "with [Putin] for a very extended period, like about three hours", in Trump's words.Witkoff was in Moscow to help facilitate a deal that saw the US...
February 18, 2025

Trump dispatches NY real estate dealmaker to solve global crises

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