US President Donald Trump is pushing forward with a sweeping overhaul of the federal workforce, reviving a controversial rule that would give the executive branch broad power to fire tens of thousands of career civil servants. In a move published Friday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Trump’s administration announced a proposed rule invoking…
The Trump administration has revived talks with Saudi officials over a deal that would give Saudi Arabia access to U.S. nuclear technology and potentially allow it to enrich uranium, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. The deal — which the Biden administration had pursued as part of a broader agreement for Saudi Arabia to…
At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, President Donald Trump delivered a speech that garnered significant attention, not only for its content but also for his emphatic and unconventional pronunciation of the word “angry”. During his address, Trump repeatedly stressed the word, accompanied by unusual vocal inflections, to convey his frustration over US…
Milkipur win: BJP workers, supporters in Kashi erupt in joy NEW DELHI: The BJP’s victory in the Milkipur bypoll has reasserted its political dominance in Uttar Pradesh, countering the blow from its Faizabad defeat eight months ago. The win is seen as a strategic move to regain lost ground and bolster Dalit support.A tactical recoveryThe…
The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a federal law requiring companies to report information about their owners in an effort to combat money laundering, the drug trade and terrorism. The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. The ruling was provisional, reinstating the law while a…
It looks like a serene snapshot from Ukraine’s battlefield: A group of armor-clad soldiers huddled around a makeshift table scattered with food and playing cards. Some laugh or smoke, and one lounges on the ground, smiling as he scrolls through his phone. The photograph is unlike others of the Ukrainian front that have rallied people…
NEW DELHI: The BJP in Maharashtra would be feeling a strange sense of deja vu. Five years after Uddhav Thackeray‘s Shiv Sena claimed that there was an agreed “deal” with the BJP over rotational chief minister, now Eknath Shinde‘s Sena says there was a “deal” with the saffron party for the top job if Mahayuti…