Biden book author reveals White House staff frustration with Karine Jean-Pierre

Pro-TikTok demonstration in front of the US Supreme Court, January 10, 2024. ANDREW HARNIK / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP Silence is consent. In any case, by Tuesday morning, January 14, the prolific Elon Musk had not published a single message about the possible takeover of TikTok’s interests by X (ex-Twitter)… Read Details ⇢

Force majeure: an event that’s above and beyond our control. That expression borrowed by insurers from the French to describe what may otherwise be described as an act of God. Los Angeles’ devastating wildfires certainly qualify as force majeure: the explosive cocktail of prolonged drought, low humidity and hurricane-force winds together… Read Details ⇢

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed 1,000-year-old treasure in an unusual location: a construction site for a nuclear power plant. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) announced the discovery, which consists of 321 silver coins, in a press release on Jan. 7. The coins were found at the Sizewell C nuclear… Read Details ⇢

Premier League leaders Liverpool come back to draw at Nottingham Forest but Man City let lead slip at Brentford. Nottingham Forest demonstrated their unlikely Premier League title credentials by holding Liverpool to a 1-1 draw, backing up their win over the leaders earlier in the season. It took a header… Read Details ⇢

The AI X1 Pro has a dedicated Copilot button and a fingerprint sensor It also has an OCuLink port that it claims can utilize 90% of eGPU performance Despite its diminutive size, it manages to integrate the PSU, a bonus for users Unveiled at CES 2025, the Miniforum AI X1… Read Details ⇢

The Republican-led US House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 14, passed a bill severely restricting transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The legislation would bar transgender students from female teams at any school or university that receives federal funding, though its adoption by the Senate and passage… Read Details ⇢

U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that transport oil as part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of tankers. FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks to Benjamin Godwin, Partner at PRISM Strategic Intelligence. He says that to maintain long-term pressure on… Read Details ⇢

The U.S. House of Representatives passed its first bill of the 119th Congress on Tuesday, voting in favor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.  Every Republican representative voted in favor of the bill, but only two Democrats, Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Vicente Gonzales, D-Texas, voted… Read Details ⇢

With less than a week left in office, United States President Joe Biden is expected to remove Cuba’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”, according to anonymous sources familiar with his plans. The Associated Press news agency broke the story on Tuesday, citing US officials. But the move is… Read Details ⇢