Who is Leonard Peltier? The Native American activist who faces his first parole hearing in 15 years
Leonard Pelletier, the Native American activist controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1977, is scheduled to have his first parole hearing in 15 years on Monday. Pelletier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, joined the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s and was one of several demonstrators who […]
Labour might be a racing certainty, but it faces some big hurdles in government | William Keegan
ohOn the day before the 1992 general election, the bookmakers in Ascot were offering odds of 6 to 1 on John Major’s Conservative Party to win. I was with the economist Roger Bootle, and we agreed that Labour, with a large lead in the opinion polls, was bound to win. Even at those odds, there […]
Conservative British PM faces backlash after skipping D-Day event and going on TV
British Prime Minister Richard Sunak on Friday apologised for leaving a commemoration of the Normandy landings in Normandy, France, early to appear in a television interview. The move has sparked a backlash at home and is seen as another setback for Sunak’s Conservative party, which is slipping in opinion polls against Keir Starmer’s Labour party. […]
President Joe Biden faces conundrum
The May jobs report released on Friday showed payrolls increased by 272,000 and wage growth reversed a three-month downward trend, providing an unexpected upward revision to the strength of the labor market and the U.S. economy. But the news is a double-edged sword for the Biden administration, as low unemployment and strong job growth amid […]
Biden faces growing warning signs from ‘uncommitted’ vote
President Biden lost more than 500,000 voters in this year’s Democratic primary to the “independent” movement, which won 30 delegates in five states, highlighting discontent within the party over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. This week marks the final Democratic primary elections in US states ahead of the 2024 elections, and the “Uncommitted” campaign […]
Newsom proposes defunding police, prisons, public safety as California faces massive deficit
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Illegal Alien Faces 80 Years to Life for Attempted Murder of Two NYC Cops
An illegal immigrant accused of trying to kill two NYPD officers was arraigned Wednesday and could face 80 years to life in prison. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested this week on suspicion of attempting to kill NYPD Officers Richard Iarrusso, 26, and Christopher Abreu, 26, in a shootout. […]
Analysts Say Fines Could Rise as TD Bank Faces Additional Allegations – PYMNTS.com
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Bank) reportedly faces fines of up to $4 billion in connection with a money laundering investigation in the United States. The analyst estimates that Jefferies Financial Group That’s double the previous estimate, highlighting the severity of the potential impact on Canada’s second-largest bank. report Wednesday (June 5th). The allegations include instances […]
Trump Faces 34 Felonies at Trial. But Was There a Crime?
I can’t tell you how many people I know who do not like former President Donald Trump yet nonetheless smell prosecutorial overreach in Manhattan. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged the former president with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump has pleaded not guilty. The case began with Michael Cohen, Trump’s onetime fixer, making a “hush […]
Oakland faces blowback for treatment of homeless after shutting down 500 encampments
Officials in the city of Oakland, California, have shut down more than 500 homeless camps in the past three years, but the crackdown has sparked backlash from some residents. At the City Council “Life Improvement Committee” meeting on May 28th meetingOne speaker spoke about the city’s encampment management. “Don’t you all see us when we […]