Month: August 2022

Update: This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. A day after Dallas’ record-breaking one-in-a-thousand-year storm, residents, along with state and local officials, are assessing the damage left behind. Up to 15 inches of rain inundated parts of Dallas on Monday, flooding roads, submerging cars and knocking out power. A woman died; Fire officials said his car may have been swept off the road by floodwaters in Mesquite. Areas around the Trinity River remained under a flood warning until Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. At about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, the river measured 38.64…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida Rep. Byron Donalds blasted The New York Times as a “political arm of the Democratic Party” after an op-ed claimed the “American Dream” is being distorted by Republicans of color. On Tuesday’s “Fox & Friends,” Donalds said the publication uses dog-whistle phrases without considering that its own agenda is failing Americans. NEW YORK TIMES CREATES ‘RIGHT-WIGHT MEDIA’ BATTLE TO SEE WHAT DRIVES POLITICAL DECISIONS OF ‘MANY AMERICANS’ REP. BYRON DONALDS: This is so typical of the New York Times. They don’t take the time to look at their own agenda, something…

The 8 million euros spent by the parties on “personnel” expenses is, however, the lowest figure in the last decade. The highest amount was recorded in 2011, when 9.7 million euros were spent. In total, during the last 10 years (between 2011 and 2021) 98.6 million euros have been spent. In 2021, the PCP was the top-spending political party, spending 2.6 million euros on its more than 300 employees (“including active retirees, whose number has increased”), according to party information submitted to DN. The party led by Jerónimo de Sousa is followed by the PSD with 2 million, the PS…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Najib Razak, 69, is Malaysia’s first ex-prime minister to go to jail – a big fall for a veteran British-educated politician whose father and uncle were the first and third ministers of the country, respectively. The huge 1MDB financial scandal directly linked to him was not only a personal blow, but also shook, at least temporarily, the control his party, the United Malays National Organization, had over Malaysian politics . UMNO had traditionally enjoyed the support of the country’s ethnic Malay majority and had headed the National Front coalition government since the country gained independence from…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Najib Razak, 69, is Malaysia’s first former prime minister to go to prison — a major setback for a British-educated veteran politician whose father and uncle they were the country’s second and third prime ministers, respectively. The huge 1MDB financial scandal directly linked to him was not only a personal blow, but also shook, at least temporarily, the control his party, the United Malays National Organization, had over Malaysian politics . UMNO had traditionally enjoyed the support of the country’s ethnic Malay majority and had headed the National Front coalition government since the country gained…

Two Crawford County sheriff’s deputies and a Mulberry police officer have been suspended with pay after making an arrest Sunday morning. A video posted to Facebook, which can be seen above, shows officers beating a man they were arresting on the sidewalk at Kountry Xpress near Mulberry. The Crawford County Sheriff identified the three law enforcement officers as Deputy Levi White, Deputy Zack King and Officer Mulberry. Thell Riddle. Arrest incident The incident began at a gas station in Alma. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said a man named Randall Worcester threatened an employee, who called police. Police issued a…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Najib Razak, 69, is Malaysia’s first former prime minister to go to prison — a major setback for a British-educated veteran politician whose father and uncle they were the country’s second and third prime ministers, respectively. The huge 1MDB financial scandal directly linked to him was not only a personal blow, but also shook, at least temporarily, the control his party, the United Malays National Organization, had over Malaysian politics . UMNO had traditionally enjoyed the support of the country’s ethnic Malay majority and had headed the National Front coalition government since the country gained…