Biden backs dockworkers in labor strike, urges ‘fair contract’
President Biden on Tuesday night stood by longshoremen's unions and pressed U.S. port employers to offer them “fair contracts” ahead of the second day of a historic port strike. About 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job Tuesday and picketed at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, fighting for new contracts […]
Business coalition urges Biden to take 'immediate action' to end port strike
About 300 industry groups on Wednesday called on President Biden to take “immediate action” to resolve major strikes at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Tens of thousands of longshore workers walked off the job shortly after midnight Tuesday, in a scenario that companies have feared for months. The impact on the […]
Ukraine war briefing: Fight hard through autumn, Zelenskyy urges forces | Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation was “very difficult” on the front lines of the war against Russia.and also in terms of “our capabilities, our future capabilities and our specific tasks”, the Ukrainian military needs to do everything it can during the autumn period. Ukrainian military bloggers have reported in recent days […]
‘Immediately reconvene’: Scott urges Schumer to recall Senate amid Helene’s devastation
Sen. Rick Scott said in a statement today that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should “immediately reconvene” the Senate to consider measures to approve FEMA funding in the wake of Hurricane Helen. said. “I know from past hurricane experience that FEMA and SBA damage assessments take time, but today I am reminding Majority Leader Chuck […]
Liberal author urges Biden to ‘dissolve’ Supreme Court before leaving office: ‘It’s Trump’s harem’
Liberal author Fran Lebowitz called on President Biden to “disband” the Supreme Court during a conversation with “Real Time” host Bill Maher. In an interview Saturday, Lebowitz, 73, lambasted the high court as “Trump's Harem” and slammed presidential immunity in cases involving former presidents. “This court is such a disgrace that it shouldn't even be […]
Bipartisan report urges rethink of America’s Russia strategy
A bipartisan commission tasked with supporting democracy and human rights in post-Soviet states urges the United States to abandon the post-Cold War status quo in its relations with Russia and to place Russia in a “permanent position” on global security. They are asking that the country be viewed as a “realistic” threat. The Helsinki Commission […]
Mohler Urges Men to Follow Billy Graham Rule in Light of Steven Lawson Fall
Seminary President Albert Mohler addressed the controversy surrounding his friend Stephen J. Lawson during Tuesday's chapel service, calling it a “moral disaster” and saying he would never be alone with a woman who is not his wife. He called on men to uphold the principle of not doing anything. “Make sure you have safeguards and […]
OECD Urges Higher Global Property, Environmental, and Wealth Taxes
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday called for higher taxes on the world's wealthy, their assets, property and large corporations while reducing small countries' spiralling debts. At the same time, the unelected group of 38 countries warned governments to rein in spending through greater fiscal discipline. In economic outlook ReportThe Paris-based […]
Germany turns up heat on UniCredit as Orcel urges talks over Commerzbank By Reuters – Investing.com
Valentina Za and Christian Kramer MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany stepped up its opposition on Wednesday to UniCredit's raid on Italy's Commerzbank (ETR:) as the bank's biggest investors called for talks, which have been sought by the bank's Chief Executive Andrea Orsel. Two weeks after UniCredit shocked politicians and investors by buying a large stake in […]
Former Israeli PM Urges End to Hezbollah’s ‘Unprovoked’ Aggression
Israel has “reached the end of its patience,” declared former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. He defended the Jewish state's right to protect its people from terrorism and called on the government to end its “shameful” restraints on unprovoked Hezbollah rocket attacks, calling for the situation to be resolved. Hypothetical Cuban attacks on the United […]