NYTIMES (Mack Liederman) - Judge Rules Homeland Security Plan to Cut FEMA Staff in Half Is Unlawful
The judge said the plan would hinder the agency’s ability to respond to disasters.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Search underway after Indonesian passenger ship carrying hundreds loses contact
Indonesian rescuers have launched a search operation after a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island
NEWSNATIONNOW (Kellie Meyer) - Pentagon official who survived 9/11 attack: ‘We don’t know the Lord’s motives’
Brian Birdwell is grateful to have experienced many of life’s benchmarks.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - Trump’s Quiet Foreign Policy Success? Relations with China
There’s one part of the world where U.S. diplomacy is working. The post Trump’s Quiet Foreign Policy Success? Relations with China appeared first on The American Conservative .
China Trump’s Quiet Foreign Policy Success? Relations with China There’s one part of the world where U.S. diplomacy is working. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Support for President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has dropped to a record low. A Quinnipiac poll released last week found that just 33 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s handling of the issue—the worst figure recorded across either term. And little wonder. More than six months of war with Iran have jacked up prices for everything from gas to groceries, severely decreased the Pentagon’s munitions stockpiles, and left thousands…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - Preparing for the Fire
The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. The post Preparing for the Fire appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture Preparing for the Fire The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. All four of my grandparents were refugees, fleeing real persecution and the prospect of death. My mother was a refugee, and her sister was a refugee twice in her life by the age of 42. I, however, have never faced any danger (give or take a serious illness or two) that I did not court voluntarily. Sometimes I feel a little guilty at my own good fortune by comparison with that of my immediate ancestors. Recently, however, I experienced a very faint echo of what…Open
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Federal Judge Rules Trump DHS Plan For 50% FEMA Staffing Cuts Was Unlawful
The opinion marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Former 'SNL' Star Recalls Revealing Table Read With Trump: 'I Didn't Know Trump Was So Evil'
Trump controversially hosted “Saturday Night Live” in late 2015.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Dem Lawmaker Spots 1 Thing That Makes Her Think Trump Is 'Hitting The Panic Button'
“He knows that Americans have seen through the act that he put forward,” Jayapal,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - OpenAI IPO Will Not Happen In 2026 Amid AI Safety Fears, Altman Says
The tech firm’s CEO told Fortune it would be “an ill-advised moment to go public.”
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Trump Tells Smithsonian Institution To Install George Washington Statues And Exhibit
He also wants a 30-foot statue of Washington to replace the current “Infinity” sculpture by New York artist Jose de Rivera.