Month: January 2025

President Joe Biden will present lawmakers Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with the Presidential Citizens Medal, honoring the leaders of the congressional committee that probed the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, just weeks before Donald Trump is set to reclaim the presidency.

House Democrats are pushing back furiously against a proposed change to House rules that would allow only Republicans to force a vote on removing the speaker of the House. Why it matters: Top Democrats are arguing the move would inhibit bipartisanship and effectively make House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) answerable only to his members — not the entire House. “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common…

The planned move marks the end of an era in which many European countries kept warm using gas pumped by the Kremlin.

A Ukrainian pipeline supplying Russian natural gas to Europe was closed Wednesday after Ukraine declined to renew the deal keeping it open.

Plans for a luxurious AI-powered superyacht have been unveiled that can allegedly ‘predict guest’s every move’. Solsea, a ground-breaking 43m long catamaran, is said to showcase the latest and greatest in nautical technology. Designed by well-known Italian shipbuilders Rossinavi, famous for their commitment to innovation, the yacht features a custo…

Last year was a wild ride for folks holding shares of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) stock. Unbridled enthusiasm for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry drove it through the roof last March, but the stock fell hard from its peak. Shares of BigBear.ai didn’t stay down long. The stock shot 229% higher between the end of September and Dec. 30, 2024. Wh…

The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active-duty US Army Green Beret, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.

Wildwood restaurant owner reports ‘disappointing’ Christmas trading – Tasty, which also runs sites under Dim T brand, previously said it had been impacted by tough conditions over the half-year to September.

New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street devolved into a grisly crime scene just hours into the new year as a driver plowed a pickup truck through crowds of holiday revelers, killng at least 15 people and injuring dozens of others in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of terrorism.

Russian forces are not making a frontal assault on the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, but are trying to bypass and encircle the city. Source: Major Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: “There are no battles in the city, the Russians have not reached the…