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- Greenland’s government pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claim on Wednesday that “massive oil, gas and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin” in the Arctic territory. While Greenland’s deputy mining minister Jørgen Hammeken-Holm acknowledged that “there are activities by US companies,” he told CNN that “we are very far away from ‘massive’ exploration.” “There are many smaller explorations underway but these could take years to become operational,” he added, echoing researchers who have pointed out the difficulties and enormous expense involved in extracting resources from Greenland. Many of the island’s deposits are located in remote areas above the Arctic […]
- The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine "received no advance warning from our partners" when Russia launched a ballistic missile barrage at Kyiv and other locations early Tuesday. The sources said American officials told their Ukrainian counterparts the system used to detect Russian missile launches had failed due to "bad weather." Ukrainian officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the topic, told CBS News they did not believe the excuse, and they accused the […]
- The blue coating applied to the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this summer failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried, according to an inspection report obtained by The Washington Post. The Aug. 6 report, commissioned by the contractor that did the work, documents far more damage than has been previously reported. President Donald Trump has generally attributed the damage to vandals, but the report makes no mention of vandalism to the liner and blames the problems on the use of […]
- The Liberal government quietly ordered a pause on a modest, but important purchase of 16 U.S.-made UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters just before trade negotiations began last summer with the Trump administration, CBC News and Radio-Canada have learned. The aircraft, which are intended for use by Canada's special forces, are manufactured by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of the U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin. The decision to suspend the acquisition is linked to trade and diplomatic tensions with the Trump administration, according to several sources within the government and defence industry. The purchase had been signed off by the U.S. State Department agency […]
- More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., will seat the 185 largest holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, according to the website for Fight Fight Fight LLC, the company behind the coin. A public leaderboard for the event only lists the top 100 holders. Mr. Trump is billed as the […]
- Inflation in September picked back up again after three months of largely stagnating. Overall, prices rose 3.7% from a year ago, and up 0.6% from August. “The index for gasoline rose 9.1 percent in September, accounting for over half of the monthly all items increase,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Friday’s number is the final inflation report before November’s pivotal midterm elections, where business owners and consumers have said they will be voting with their bottom line in mind. Since August, oil prices have risen to more than $106 per barrel from about $80. The price of regular gas, […]
- As President Donald Trump and his administration have ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, citing harm to American consumers, they have remained silent on recent Russian strikes on US businesses in Ukraine. Russia has escalated its attacks on facilities tied to American corporations – and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine writ large – over the past several months. According to Andy Hunder, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Russian missiles and drones have damaged facilities belonging to some of America’s most notable brands, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, McDonalds and Oreo. Although Russia has tried […]
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- President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned two Alaska men who were convicted of violating the Clean Air Act for removing air pollution monitors from diesel vehicles. The president during a campaign stop in Wasilla, Alaska, pardoned Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, signing the orders onstage at a rally aimed at boosting Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Czubak, Fleming and Michael Hanzuk II, co-owners of a vehicle repair shop, each pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count of violating the Clean Air Act. The trio “tampered with federally mandated monitoring devices on private and commercial diesel vehicles […]
- The Trump administration must allow CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to access the White House while their lawsuit over the president’s press ban plays out, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The order from US District Judge Timothy Kelly sets the stage for the Trump administration to appeal the case, brought by the three news organizations President Donald Trump has targeted. A previous order from Kelly that blocked the White House ban was set to expire Tuesday. Kelly’s latest order said that the administration “shall not execute, implement, or enforce the September 18, 2026, decision to revoke the White House […]
- President Donald Trump said Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the liquefied natural gas from a planned project in Alaska over the next 20 years, touting the initiative ahead of US midterm elections. Trump also said Taiwan would invest an additional $4.4 billion to see the project completed. He announced the commitments during a campaign event in the state on Tuesday night, saying it “guarantees the success” of the development despite doubts about whether the pipeline will ever be constructed. Taiwan is trying to diversify its LNG sources and signed a letter related to Alaska LNG last year, according […]
- A federal judge on Tuesday halted the Agriculture Department’s plans to close offices and relocate employees across eight agencies, ruling that the department is likely violating spending restrictions Congress wrote into its appropriations laws. In an order, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California stopped the USDA from closing offices or moving employees outside their local commuting area at the Forest Service, the Agricultural Research Service, the Food and Nutrition Administration and five other components while the litigation continues. The order covers plans to move the Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City and close all […]
- The Justice Department has agreed to drop criminal charges against a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst who was accused of covertly working for the South Korean government and receiving luxury gifts in return. As part of a deal reached with federal prosecutors in Manhattan, Sue Mi Terry, who was a senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, will not face jail time. The deal, which amounts to the government walking away from a high-profile case involving foreign influence, is an unexpected development. It comes mere weeks before Ms. Terry was set to go on trial in […]
