Trump Promises to End Restrictions, Delays on Arms to Israel on Day One
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday promised to eliminate all restrictions and delays on arms deliveries to Israel on his first day in office, according to Israel's Channel 12 News and reporter Amit Segal. Yediot Aronot newspaper. The Biden-Harris administration withheld precision bombs from Israel in May after Israel decided to invade Rafah, the southernmost city […]
British air traffic employee’s work-from-home day exacerbated nightmare delays for 70K travelers: report
When “working from home” doesn't work. Around 700,000 British air travelers were stranded over a weekend last year due to a technical glitch that prevented planes from taking off and landing, and took hours to repair, according to a newly released investigative report. Part of the reason for this was that engineers were working from […]
Merchan Delays Trump Prosecution, Either Backing Down or Setting Trap
President-elect Donald Trump took a step toward overturning Alvin Bragg's law violations against him on Tuesday, as Judge Juan Marchand deferred ruling on a politically motivated motion to vacate New York's conviction. Although it has come close, it is also possible that this is an attempt to trick the president into making this unconstitutional ruling. […]
Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction | Donald Trump
The judge in Donald Trump's Manhattan crime hush money case has postponed a decision on whether to throw out the president-elect's conviction, citing presidential immunity. Judge Juan Melchan told Trump's lawyers on Tuesday that he would postpone sentencing until Nov. 19 after the defense and prosecution filed a joint letter asking for a delay. The […]
Wisconsin’s record high early in-person turnout causes voting delays
WATERTOWN, Wis. — Turnout soared on the first day of early voting in Wisconsin, overwhelming voter registration systems across the state and causing confusion and delays for eager voters in battleground states. Absentee and mail-in voting has been in place for more than a month, but Tuesday was the first day cheeseheads could vote in […]
Freight Rail Delays Hit Two-year High at L.A., Long Beach
Freight rail delays are at their highest in two years as imports on the West Coast reach record levels while East Coast shipments are being diverted due to strikes and the Houthi threat. Cargo is piling up at the ports of Beach and Los Angeles. According to Sheet Trade Maritime NewsTraffic at the Port of […]
Jack Smith Filing Was So Close to Election Because of Trump’s Delays
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that Special Counsel Jack Smith's new court filing so close to the presidential election was a He blamed the former president's legal delays. Kristen Welker said: A former federal prosecutor called the brief a Jack Smith October cheap shot. President Donald Trump accused the […]
Less sleep in pregnant women can lead to delays in their children, study finds
Sleep is very important, especially for pregnant women. New research shows that lack of sleep during pregnancy can have many negative effects, including delayed neurodevelopment in children. The study, published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, investigated the effects of short sleep duration (SSD) (defined as less than seven hours of […]
House GOP plan to avert government shutdown on life support as Johnson delays vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, was forced to postpone a House vote on a plan to avert a partial government shutdown on Wednesday after the bill was put on life support by defections from Republican lawmakers within days of being introduced. “There will be no vote today,” Johnson told reporters on the bill, known as […]
Judge Merchan delays Trump sentencing until after election
Judge Juan Marchan has decided to postpone former President Trump's sentencing in the case of New York State v. Trump until after the November presidential election. Trump's sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 26. The original trial date was September 18. “Public confidence in the integrity of our justice system demands a jury verdict that […]