Role of US officials killed in crash in Mexico under scrutiny
The two died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a clandestine drug lab. Source link
Read More
SantaCon organiser charged with stealing $1m from charity pub crawl
But prosecutors allege that of about $2.7m (£1.989m) raised from SantaCon, Pildes diverted more than half the money to a “slush fund” for his own personal ventures, using hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for “concert tickets, fine dining, luxury vacations, and home renovations”. Source link
Is Obama's call for Justice Department independence an impossible dream?
Former President Barack Obama suggested that the attorney general should not be the president’s “consigliere” and should instead be the “people’s lawyer”, in order to avoid the weaponization of the Justice Department, a problem that has been present in the Nixon and Trump administrations. Source link
Michel Rolland was the world’s first flying winemaker
The controversial oenologist died on March 20th, aged 78 Source link
Pete Hegseth tangles with Senate Democrats: Five takeaways
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tangled with Senate Democrats Thursday during his second day of hearings on Capitol Hill, sparring with lawmakers over President Trump’s war with Iran, the Pentagon’s massive $1.5 trillion defense budget request and potentially sending troops to polling sites. During the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, which lasted just under three…
Warsh Could Find Inflation Too Hot to Handle
Pressure for rate cuts is running into a wall of a reality from the Iran war. Source link
CFTC Sues Wisconsin Over Prediction Market Jurisdiction
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday sued the state of Wisconsin in the agency’s latest effort to assert jurisdiction over prediction markets after the state sued multiple platforms. The CFTC said in a statement that it filed the lawsuit against Wisconsin “in response to the state’s lawsuits against Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood, and…
Amazon pays $11.5B for Globalstar to satisfy satellite-envy • The Register
Amazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two dozen units with the acquisition of Globalstar. But it’s more about the underlying technology that Amazon hopes will help it catch Elon Musk’s Starlink. The Bezos behemoth announced its purchase of venerable mobile satellite services (MSS) operator Globalstar…
OpenAI Sued Over Failure to Warn Police Before Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting
In brief OpenAI faces a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT played a role in a February mass shooting in British Columbia. Plaintiffs say OpenAI’s safety team urged the company to alert police months before the attack. The case could test whether AI companies must report violent threats to law enforcement. OpenAI is facing a new lawsuit alleging…
Green Party leader faces questions over council tax on London houseboat
Zack Polanski under scrutiny about his primary residence and also accused of misleading claims about career experience Source link