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Pete Hegseth
Trump's defense nominee hits out after reports he could be dropped
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's embattled nominee for defense secretary says he still has the president-elect's backing after reports suggested his nomination may be in jeopardy over allegations of misconduct.Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the BBC's partner CBS News reported after Hegseth's nomination came under intense scrutiny.Since Trump nominated the former Fox News host, questions about Hegseth's qualifications have been raised - and a past sexual assault allegation has surfaced.Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing, and was never arrested or charged.Hegseth, on Wednesday, did not address the DeSantis reports directly and told reporters that Trump had told him to "keep going, keep fighting".He spent most of the...
December 05, 2024

Trump's defense nominee hits out after reports he could be dropped

Emergency workers have widened the original hole and opened up a second one to try to access the victim
Search under way for woman believed trapped in sinkhole
PITTSBURGH — Officials in Pennsylvania are searching underground for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a 30-ft (9m) deep sinkhole that may have opened up below her feet as she was searching for her lost cat.Elizabeth Pollard, 64, was reported missing by family members after she went out to search for the cat on Monday night.Officials who arrived first to the scene nearly fell into the same hole, which they say is connected to an abandoned coal mine.Microphones and cameras have been lowered into the hole, but Pollard has yet to be found. Officials say their cameras spotted what appeared to be a shoe.Pollard's car was found parked behind a restaurant in the town of Marguerite, 40 miles (65km) east of Pittsburgh, early Tuesday morning.Her five-year-old granddaughter was inside...
December 04, 2024

Search under way for woman believed trapped in sinkhole

Kash Patel
Concerns raised over Trump's FBI nominee's agenda and qualifications
NEW YORK — Critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI have expressed doubts that he is qualified to lead the US government’s principal law enforcement agency.Some also raised fears that Kash Patel, a marginal figure in Trump's first administration known for his loyalty, aims to dismantle an apolitical federal security service and refashion it into a means of partisan retribution."Look, 99.9% of the bureau is made up of hard working agents who adhere to the principles of fidelity, bravery and integrity," Jeff Lanza, a former FBI agent, said. "But he's said that he's coming in to just decimate the agency. How is that going to go well and how will that play into the morale of the agents who have to work under him?"The FBI director...
December 03, 2024

Concerns raised over Trump's FBI nominee's agenda and qualifications

Two Delta airplanes sit on an airport tarmac with a line of planes behind them as thought they are waiting to take off
Stowaway caught on Paris flight identified but how she got on still a mystery
WASHINGTON — The woman who flew as a stowaway from New York to Paris has been identified as 57-year-old Svetlana Dali.She remains in France after allegedly causing a disturbance on a return flight to the US.Ms Dali, whose identity was confirmed by CBS, boarded a Delta Airlines flight last week from New York's JFK airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris without a boarding pass.She was taken into custody upon arrival in France.French National Police said the woman is of Russian nationality and was refused entry to France because she had no visa. She has not been charged.Ms Dali was able to get through an advanced imaging technology body scanner at JFK airport, and dodge document and ID checks during the security process.In a statement provided to BBC's news partner CBS, a TSA...
December 03, 2024

Stowaway caught on Paris flight identified but how she got on still a mystery

Elon Musk
Musk's record $56bn pay deal rejected for second time
NEW YORK — Tesla CEO Elon Musk's record-breaking $56bn (£47bn) pay award will not be reinstated, a judge has ruled.The decision in the Delaware court comes after months of legal wrangling and despite it being approved by shareholders and directors in the summer.Judge Kathaleen McCormick upheld her previous decision from January, in which she argued that board members were too heavily influenced by Musk.Reacting to the ruling, Musk wrote on X: "[S]hareholders should control company votes, not judges."Tesla vowed to appeal the ruling, saying the decision was "wrong"."This ruling, if not overturned, means that judges and plaintiffs’ lawyers run Delaware companies rather than their rightful owners – the shareholders," the company said in a post on...
December 03, 2024

Musk's record $56bn pay deal rejected for second time

Joe Biden with his son Hunter Biden
White House defends pardon of Hunter Biden amid backlash
WASHINGTON — The White House has defended President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans to grant such executive clemency.The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from potential persecution by the outgoing president's political foes.The sweeping pardon covers any potential federal crimes that 54-year-old Hunter may have committed over the course of a decade.Republicans have lambasted the move, with President-elect Donald Trump calling it "an abuse and miscarriage of justice".Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday that Biden had "wrestled" over the decision during the family's Thanksgiving break on the...
December 03, 2024

White House defends pardon of Hunter Biden amid backlash

Joe and Hunter Biden
Joe Biden issues presidential pardon for son Hunter in final weeks in White House
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing him a possible prison sentence for federal gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after his convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California.The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.It caps a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 - a...
December 02, 2024

Joe Biden issues presidential pardon for son Hunter in final weeks in White House

A so-called migrant caravan advances to the US through Huehuetan, southern Mexico, last week
Mexico leader responds to Trump claim she agreed to stop migration
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has appeared to contradict President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that the two have struck a deal to stop migration to the US border.After a phone call on Wednesday, Trump posted online: “She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.”Sheinbaum responded quickly that she had reiterated Mexico's position was not to close borders, but to address migration while respecting human rights.On Monday, Trump alarmed US trading partners as he vowed upon taking office in January to slap an across-the-board tariff of 25% on Mexico and Canada, and a 10% tariff on China.He said the import duties on Mexico and Canada would only be removed once illegal immigration and drug...
November 28, 2024

Mexico leader responds to Trump claim she agreed to stop migration

Lori Chavez-Deremer, Lee Zeldin and Elise Stefanik were among those threatened
Bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees
WASHINGTON — Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and picks for his White House team have been targeted by bomb threats.The FBI said it was aware of "numerous bomb threats" as well as "swatting incidents", in which hoax calls are made to attract a police response to the target's home.Threats were made against Trump's choices to lead the departments of Housing, Agriculture and Labor, as well as his pick for US ambassador to the United Nations.Police are investigating the incidents, which happened on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's transition team, said the Trump appointees “were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them”.She said that several people had...
November 28, 2024

Bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees

Undated photos of Kai Li, Mark Swidan and John Leung
Three Americans released in US-China prisoner exchange
WASHINGTON — Three Americans detained in China were released after the Biden administration negotiated a prisoner swap.Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung are on their way back to the US, a spokesperson for the National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement on Wednesday."Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years," the statement said.The exchange was reportedly months in the making, and included the release of at least one Chinese citizen in US custody.President Biden raised the issue of Americans wrongfully detained in China directly with President Xi Jinping earlier this month when the two met during the Apec summit in Peru, according to an American official familiar with the negotiations. National Security Advisor Jake...
November 28, 2024

Three Americans released in US-China prisoner exchange

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