Month: June 2023

From Elon Musk’s tweets to Tucker Carlson’s new job to the FAA’s nationwide grounding of flights, social media is at the forefront of market-moving news globally. Bloomberg News is looking for a dynamic, versatile and passionate reporter to join our Breaking News team in New York. You should have a keen interest in all kinds of news from around the world, with the ability to digest surprises quickly and tell the customer in real time what they need to know, now. You accept challenges, can make split-second decisions, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are an effective communicator in a…

With less than a week to go before state lawmakers adjourn for the rest of the year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday she’s confident a deal can be reached to seal many criminal records. The proposal, known as the Clean Slate Act by its supporters, has come close to passing in previous legislative sessions and has been a long-sought goal of supporters of changing New York’s criminal justice laws. Republican lawmakers, however, have questioned the effectiveness of doing so given voter polls showing New Yorkers want to address crime and public safety. However, the Democratic leadership of the Legislature and…

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan leaders were due to meet in Morocco on Monday to finalize a deal on new electoral laws, but any deal they announce on voting rules or a new interim government is likely to trigger opposition that could further delay the political process The head of the House of Representatives (HoR), Aguila Saleh, and the head of the High State Council (HSC), Khaled al-Mishri, left for Morocco early this morning and hoped to close a deal, a HoR member and Meshri’s spokesperson. The two are likely to present any deal as a major breakthrough after months of…

The horrible attack to two staffers in the district office of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) was the latest brutal reminder to current or potential public officials that they could become the next victim of political violence. Although fortunately rare, especially in recent decades, cases of violence against elected officials permeate our political history. Presidents, governors, and local and state officials have, at one time or another, been the target of violent attacks, even assassinations. And violence between members of Congress, including duels and a famous fact where a sitting senator was beaten to within an inch of his life by…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) may have demonstrated his bipartisanship by steering a debt ceiling increase through a severely divided Congress, but it came at a price. Hard-liners in the House Freedom Caucus and their allies oppose the deal, saying it does not include deep enough spending cuts and that McCarthy should not have agreed to suspend the debt ceiling beyond the 2024 presidential election, a key demand of the president. Biden. Frustrations boiled over after the bill the House passed with more votes from Democrats (165) than Republicans (149). McCarthy won the support of two-thirds of the House GOP…

Republican strategists are increasingly worried President Biden’s ability to serve nation after taking a tumble last week at an Air Force event, less than a year after telling voters to “watch me” if they don’t think he has what it takes to fulfill his duties to to another mandate. Various Republicans have questioned whether 80-year-old Biden, the oldest person to serve as US president, is physically and mentally up to the intense demands of the White House for four more years. However, many who questioned his abilities had done so well before he fell at the graduation ceremony at the…

Nikki Haley, who was the first prominent Republican to announce a challenge to former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 race, has yet to see her presidential campaign ignited. On Sunday night, she got another chance to defend her candidacy during a 90-minute prime-time CNN town hall in an effort to break out of the low single-digit polls she’s been mired in. Mrs. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations under Mr. Trump, she was well versed in political matters, she was optimistic and even. While he drew contrasts with Mr. Trump, he…

Related: Competition against Donald Trump Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Donald Trump is facing criticism from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination after he congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his country’s admission to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board. Reacting to a campaign appearance in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said: “I was shocked to see this. I mean, first of all, Kim Jong-un is a murderous dictator.” Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the UN, responded…