Category: Finance News

Feb 4

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells lawmakers she regrets being ‘allowed to believe things that weren’t true’

Controversial lawmaker Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) acknowledged Thursday afternoon the 9/11 terrorist attacks really happened while insisting inflammatory remarks she’s made “do not represent me.” Greene, who has been under fire for past racist and anti-Semitic remarks and support of conspiracy theories including QAnon and the false assertion that school shootings are hoaxes, spoke […]
Feb 4

Indian protesters burn pictures of Greta Thunberg after she sides with striking farmers

Activists from United Hindu Front burn an effigy depicting climate change activist Greta Thunberg – REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX Outraged members of a Hindu nationalist group have burnt photographs of Greta Thunberg in New Delhi after the Swedish environmentalist tweeted in support of India’s protesting farmers. Amid rising tensions between protesting farmers and the authorities, members […]
Feb 4

Lauren Boebert: QAnon-supporting Republican claims 38,000 miles worth of gas money on Congress expenses

File image: Lauren Boebert has drawn reimbursements worth of $22,000 for her 2020 campaign, US media reports state (AP) Republican representative Lauren Boebert has drawn reimbursements worth $22,000 for gas mileage used during her campaign for Congress in 2020, raising questions from ethics experts. The Colorado GOP lawmaker wrote two cheques for a total of […]
Feb 4

Prosecutors don’t know where Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is, want him arrested again

National Review Biden Is Setting a Dangerous Precedent President Joe Biden’s recent executive order to expand food assistance to U.S. households, while well-intentioned, represents a substantial overreach of the executive branch and a blatant attempt to override the intent of Congress. If successful, this dangerous precedent would open the door to major expansions of the […]
Feb 2

Lindsey Graham threatens to bring in FBI testimony if Democrats call witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham has repeatedly argued against the need for any witnesses at all during the ex-president’s impeachment trial (EPA) Lindsey Graham has threatened to call in the FBI to testify about security failures during the Capitol riots last month if Democrats try to call even one witness at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. […]
Feb 1

Commerzbank to slash branch network

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