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Incompetence or sabotage? Trump DOT yanks prosecutors for damaging leak in NYC congestion toll lawsuit

President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation has replaced federal prosecutors who leaked damaging information about the administration’s plans to end the victims of the New York City crowds. On Wednesday evening, Justice Department lawyers happened to have alleged – they filed a confidential memo in federal court that undermined the administration’s case. “It’s sad to […]

Trump yanks Secret Service protection for ex-DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

President Trump has elicited Secret Service protections for former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the federal agency confirmed Monday evening. Mallorcas, the former White House's voluntary attitude towards illegal immigration, was initially extended to the security details provided by then-President Biden for six months before Trump was cut short this week.. The Secret Service would […]

White House yanks Trump pick Dave Weldon for CDC director 

Hours before testifying before a Senate committee, the White House rescinded the nomination of vaccine skeptics and former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Weldon, 71, was scheduled to answer questions before the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Help) committee on Thursday, but a White […]

Amazon yanks Kim Porter ‘memoir’ about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Amazon says late model Kim Porter's best-selling memoir about her years with accused sex trafficker Sean “Diddy” Combs is a complete fabrication, according to her two children. Publication of the book was canceled due to strong criticism. The 59-page book, riddled with typos, “Kim's Lost Words: A Journey of Justice from the Other Side…'' claims […]

Johnson yanks stopgap bill

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economics Newsletter {beacon} Business and Economics Business and Economics Full text   Boar's Head plant posed 'imminent threat' two years before deadly Listeria outbreak The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report showing that inspectors warned that a Boar's Head plant in Virginia posed an “imminent threat” two […]

Speaker Mike Johnson Yanks Vote on Stop-Gap Spending Bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced Wednesday he would postpone a vote on a stopgap spending bill because all Republicans in the House are opposed to the measure. Johnson said A stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government until March 28 was delayed because Republican leaders needed to work on “consensus building” through […]

Disney Yanks ABC, ESPN And Other Channels Off DirecTV Amid Contract Dispute

(Photo by Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffMonday, September 2, 2024 11:06 AM A.B.C., Disney, ESPN On Sunday, DirecTV customers were unable to access broadcast and streaming services, including Hulu, because the network was removed by its parent company. The Walt Disney Company Regarding a contract dispute. advertisement The popular service […]

Touro University yanks alleged sex perv Menachem Kiwak from class

Three months after an adjunct instructor was arrested for sexually abusing a patient in his private practice, Touro University has explained the issue to students and faculty for the first time, claiming that the instructor's listing to teach an ethics class this fall was the result of a “clerical error.” Menachem Kiwak, the mental health […]

Bill Ackman yanks Pershing Square IPO day after seeking to raise $2B

Activist investor Bill Ackman on Wednesday withdrew a high-profile initial public offering for Pershing Square USA Inc., a day after disclosing that a new portfolio would raise $2 billion in capital that had already been reduced. The billionaire head of Pershing Square Capital Management had initially postponed the launch of his PSUS fund, which was […]