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OAGF has affirmed its commitment to court orders regarding federal allocations to Rivers State, following a Federal High Court ruling that questioned the legitimacy of the state’s 2024 budget. newtelegraphng.com Source link
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a former Southern Baptist pastor to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Doug Collins was senior pastor of Chicopee Baptist Church from November 1994 through October 2005, according to the church’s annual church profile reporting. He also served as […]
State Senate Democrats are at long last questioning New York’s tax subsidies for Hollywood — but only to burn the money somewhere else. Dusting off a year-old report that confirms the $700 million tax credit doesn’t remotely generate enough economic benefits to justify the expense, Sen. Liz Krueger told reporters, “We have to get smarter […]
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Mexico’s trade relationships were an important focus of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s final press conference of the week. Sheinbaum responded to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest remarks about the future of the USMCA free trade pact, and denied claims that Mexico is shipping Chinese products to the United States. Sheinbaum: Trudeau ‘knows our intention is […]
Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump signaled Friday his intention to nominate hedge fund executive Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, in a move that puts a […]
Test yourself on the week of Nov. 16: Gabon approves a new draft constitution, New Zealanders protest a divisive bill, and Brazil eyes criminal charges for a former president. Source link
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.” In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel published Friday, Merkel said that Trump “is a challenge for the world, particularly for multilateralism.” “What […]
England’s greatest, weirdest living author lives in a terraced house in Northampton, where he worships a snake god in the basement. Alan Moore revolutionized the comics industry in the 1980s with Swamp Thing, in which a nearly forgotten character was turned into an exploration of the United States’ environmental and historical horrors and glories, and […]
WASHINGTON—With widespread support from her Republican colleagues, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a bill Friday that would ban transgender lawmakers from the congressional gymnastics team. “I don’t care how good their bar routine is—no trans lawmaker will ever step on this mat,” Mace said in support of the two-page resolution aimed at preventing incoming Delaware […]