Johnson’s demand to support members goes unheeded despite series of failures
House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) grip on his caucus has strengthened but hasn’t stopped members from trying to reshape the ranks. Despite his directives to Republican colleagues to put aside their differences and support incumbents in the House over primary challengers, the assault on the razor-thin majority has continued apace. And although initial attempts to […]
They ‘Cooked Up These Prosecutions’ to Distract from Biden’s Failures
Democrats and the Biden administration “concocted these charges” against former President Donald Trump to distract from Biden’s failures, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio said. Breitbart News SaturdayAnd ultimately, he warned, this “is not good for them, the Democrats.” “The whole idea of this is they don’t want to talk about inflation. They don’t want […]
They ‘Cooked Up These Prosecutions’ to Distract from Joe Biden’s Failures
Democrats and the Biden administration “concocted these charges” against former President Donald Trump to distract from the failures of President Joe Biden, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said. Breitbart News SaturdayAnd ultimately, he warned, this “is not good for them, the Democrats.” “The whole idea of this is they don’t want to talk about inflation. They […]
Terror suspect vetting failures prompts DHS scramble: report
The Biden administration is rushing to fill gaps in intelligence sharing after at least six people on terrorism watch lists entered the U.S. in the past two years. All of the men, who have ties to U.S.-designated terrorist organizations, including al-Shabaab in Somalia and Islamic State of Afghanistan (HEB), were screened by border patrol officials […]
‘No one would accept blame’: Carers highlight DWP failures over debt crisis | Society
Carers who have suffered overpayments of carer’s allowance ask the same question time and time again: they didn’t know they were breaching benefit rules, but welfare authorities did. Why were they not informed and the overpayments allowed to go unpaid for months, leaving them thousands of pounds in debt? In the case of the thousands […]
Citigroup fined $79M by UK regulators over ‘fat-finger’ failures
British regulators have fined Citigroup 61.6 million pounds ($78.5 million) for mismanagement in its trading operations, one of the biggest sanctions for a systems breach that helped the Wall Street firm cause a sharp drop in European stocks. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and market watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have both investigated and fined […]
Report exposes ‘catalog of failures’ by UK government in infected blood scandal
British authorities and public health services were deliberately exposing patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and products, a report has found. Between the 1970s and 1990s, an estimated 3,000 people died, many suffering lifelong illness from HIV or hepatitis infections. The scandal is seen as the most deadly in the history of Britain’s National […]
‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank | Israel-Gaza war
Khalil, limping around his family home in the hills surrounding Ramallah, was nervous after being released the day before. His mother also feared he would be rearrested. Khalil, a shy 21-year-old whose name has been changed, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid last October for his allegiance to Hamas. However, when Israeli forces broke down […]
Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures | Carers
It has been revealed that ministers have recovered more than £250 million from unpaid carers over benefit breaches that occurred largely as a result of government failures. More than 134,000 people who care for a loved one are forced to pay back often huge carer allowance overpayments. In many cases, debts arise through no fault […]
Republicans’ values, not votes, are behind House failures
We always hear the same excuses. “House Republicans have the smallest majority in history.” Republican leaders, conservative pundits, and even Donald Trump have gone to great lengths to defend House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his daily betrayal of conservative principles and policies. It has been advertised that there are some variations in the route. […]