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CNN — The Pentagon is considering making significant cuts to the top of the US military as the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal government, according to a briefing document obtained by CNN and a US defense official. The plans under consideration include consolidating combatant commands, possibly eliminating a directorate that oversees development, training and education for the joint force, and halting the expansion of US Forces Japan. Among the eye-catching measures being considered are merging European Command and Africa Command into a single command based in Stuttgart, Germany, and combining US Northern and Southern commands into a single…
New York CNN — Tesla’s display at this week’s Vancouver International Auto Show was removed by event organizers because of safety issues revolving around the Elon Musk-led company. An auto show spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that Tesla was “removed” following “multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw” from the event, adding that the show’s “primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff.” Tesla didn’t immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. The auto show begins Wednesday and last year drew a record-breaking 130,000 visitors. Tesla has recently been the target of protests in several cities across the…
Recession has, once again, become the buzzword across Wall Street after President Donald Trump recently declined to rule one out, saying that Americans should expect “a period of transition” across the economy. Since his comments, Trump administration officials have offered varying answers when asked about the likelihood of a recession, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying, “I would never bet on recession. No chance.” However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday, “I can’t guarantee anything.” Investors will be keen to hear where Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stands on the matter. However, he’s unlikely to veer away from his usual…
CNN — The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, just two months old, has been shaky for some time. But that was thoroughly shattered by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza starting in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The strikes killed many hundreds of Palestinians. Tuesday was the deadliest day in Gaza since the first weeks of the conflict that started in late 2023. The military said Wednesday that it had launched “targeted ground activities” in Gaza and partially retaken the key Netzarim Corridor, which bisects the strip. Strikes across the Gaza Strip also continued into Wednesday, including in Al-Mawasi, which for…
Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., has called on President Donald Trump to “pull all federal funding” from one district in the state after one mother alleged that her daughter and other students were forced to change in front of a transgender student in the girls’ locker room. Miller posted a message on social media Tuesday, calling the allegation an “egregious violation” of the young girls’ privacy and Trump’s “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports” executive order, which effectively banned trans participation in women’s and girls’ sports. Rep. Mary Miller gives remarks after receiving an endorsement during a Save America Rally with then-former President…
CNN — A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a young woman campaigning to protect her. Tilly Cripwell is in her final year studying languages at the city’s famous Trinity College. Over the past two-and-a-half years the 23-year-old Briton, who is also a singer-songwriter, has been busking at some of the most popular tourist spots in the Irish capital—including by the bronze statue of Molly Malone. She regularly sees selfie-seekers stopping to pose with Malone, a fictional young woman who is the subject of the city’s unofficial…
CNN — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. “I should be the leader,” he said defiantly during a morning appearance on “The View.” Even as the New Yorker draws the wrath of his party for clearing a path for President Donald Trump’s government funding bill last week, he’s doesn’t yet appear to face any real threat from inside his own Senate caucus. Instead, Schumer has already moved onto his next fights with Trump. In between his various attempts at damage control on the spending fight, Schumer joined a call with Senate Judiciary Democrats on…
A journalist from Iran testified Tuesday in the trial of two men accused of hiring a hitman to kidnap and kill her in 2022 over her criticism of the Iranian regime.Mashi Alinejad testified for more than two hours at the trial of Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov in federal court in New York City. The men have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including murder-for-hire. U.S. prosecutors say the murder plot was orchestrated from Iran to stop Alinejad from speaking out about human rights abuses in her home country.”We don’t have free media in Iran,” she said, recounting her years covering…
CNN — Canada and Australia are planning to jointly develop a new military radar system in the Arctic amid a global surge of interest in the region, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who warned that Canada’s “adversaries are increasingly emboldened.” “Our government will be working with our longstanding defense and security partners, Australia, to build a new long range over-the-horizon military radar system,” Carney told reporters in Iqaluit, Nunavut at a press conference on Tuesday. “This is an investment of more than $6 billion in the most advanced and efficient radar system,” Carney continued, adding that the new…
CNN — The skull of an Aboriginal man who is thought to have been killed by colonizers in the early 19th century has been returned for burial in Tasmania from a British university. The remains of the unidentified young man will be laid to rest in a ceremonial burial on the Australian island on Friday, the University of Aberdeen said in a statement published Wednesday. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, which will hold the long-delayed burial, was first contacted by the Scottish university in 2019 with a proposal for repatriation. This was approved the following year. Details of how the university…