APRIL 24, 2022
With an estimated 58.2% of the vote, Emmanuel Macron has been reelected as President of France, defeating extreme right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen who amassed 41.8%. Macron now becomes the eighth French incumbent to win a second term.
Coming into today’s final round of the election, independent centrist Macron was leading in the polls, but throughout...
APRIL 23, 2022
Bengaluru: Astronomers in Europe have observed a new kind of stellar explosion for the first time, called ‘micronova’, according to results published in the journal Nature.
This is a phenomenon where there are localised fusion reactions expelling energy and matter on the surface of the star, mainly confined to the poles.
Unlike a supernova, a micronova does not result...
APRIL 23, 2022
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The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security. T-Mobile confirmed the attack in a statement to The Verge, and says the “systems accessed contained no customer or government information or other similarly sensitive...
APRIL 23, 2022
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and allies are scrambling to contain the damage wrought by new audio tapes in which he can be heard saying former President Donald Trump should have resigned after the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021 – comments he denied making just days before the release of the tape. - Drew Angerer, Getty...
APRIL 22, 2022
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. - Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
Mark Meadows was registered to vote in three states at the same time.
The former Trump White House chief of staff was booted from North Carolina voter rolls last week.
He's still registered to vote in both South Carolina and Virginia.
Former White House chief of...
APRIL 21, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday issued a 9-0 unanimous opinion in favor of a taxpayer and against the IRS in a case about the interpretation of a confusing statutory deadline.
In the case stylized as Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the taxpayer, a law firm in Fargo, North...
APRIL 20, 2022
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. - (Kent Nishimura / LA Times)
Higher Ground, the Obamas' production company, and Spotify will not renew their exclusive partnership, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Higher Ground has produced a number of exclusive shows distributed on the streaming platform...
APRIL 20, 2022
Some former FBI and CIA members reportedly believe spies working for Russian President Vladimir have already infiltrated US intelligence. - (Picture: EPA)
Spies actively working for Russian President Vladimir Putin have most likely infiltrated US intelligence, former CIA and FBI officers have reportedly said.
Former intelligence officials apparently gave their read on the situation in interviews with ex-federal prosecutor...
APRIL 20, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen led a walkout of a G-20 economic meeting.
Yellen, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and other global economic leaders left when Russian officials spoke.
The coordinated action underlines Russia's increasing isolation as it continues its war in Ukraine.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
APRIL 20, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Former Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault listens during the daily press briefing at the White House, Oct. 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million in legal fees to former White House...
