MAY 25, 2018
President Trump issued three executive orders Friday aimed at overhauling the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to fire poor performers, sharply curtailing the amount of time federal employees can be paid for union work and directing agencies to negotiate tougher union contracts.
The orders could result in the biggest changes in a generation to civil service protections...
MAY 25, 2018
The popularity of the Narendra Modi government has declined in four years, according to the Mood of the Nation poll conducted by CSDS-Lokniti. But the NDA is likely to retain power at the Centre if the elections were held today. Narendra Modi continues to be the first choice of the voters for prime ministerial role.
The NDA is...
MAY 24, 2018
The historic nuclear disarmament summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — the one that Trump thought might earn him the Nobel Peace Prize — crumbled nearly as quickly as it came together, in a sudden and startling decision Thursday morning by the American president.
Inside the White House residence, the first alarm sounded...
MAY 24, 2018
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper hit back at President Trump for erroneously claiming that Clapper admitted that the FBI spied on the Trump campaign.
Clapper told Axios that Trump's most recent tweet making the allegation shows that Trump "deliberately spun" his comments.
The former intelligence director had said that the FBI had sought to determine what Russian...
MAY 24, 2018
US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un - Photo Illustration: Getty Images/Shutterstock/CNN
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The sun was setting, dinner was waiting and President Donald Trump was making the short walk to his private residence when, on March 8, he suddenly made a detour to the press briefing room.
Peeking through a half-opened...
MAY 24, 2018
Immigration advocates are furious at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after she told a House panel Tuesday that school officials should determine whether to turn in undocumented students to federal authorities.
"If a principal or a teacher finds out that a certain child is undocumented, or his or her family members are undocumented, we must do whatever it takes...
MAY 24, 2018
Virat Kohli will not play for Surrey following a neck injury, BCCI confirmed on Thursday.
India Today had reported earlier that Kohli's county stint was doubtful following an injury. The Indian captain was scheduled to play for Surrey in June as part of his preparation for the tour of England which starts in July.
The injury concerns were raised...
MAY 24, 2018
Morgan Freeman has been accused of sexual misconduct by eight women. Sixteen people spoke to CNN about the actor's alleged inappropriate behavior, describing multiple troubling incidents throughout his career.
In all, 16 people spoke to CNN about Freeman as part of this investigation, eight witnesses and eight who claim to be victims.
A young production assistant said that in...
MAY 24, 2018
President Trump at the White House on Wednesday. - Photo Credit Doug Mills/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump has notified Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he has canceled their much-anticipated meeting to discuss steps toward denuclearization and peace because of recent “tremendous anger and open hostility” by Pyongyang toward members of his administration.
In a letter...
MAY 24, 2018
Venkat Ranjan is crowned winner of the National Geographic Bee, Anoushka Buddhikot is in second place, and third place finisher is Vishal Sareddy.
Winners of the 2018 National Geographic Bee, from right to left: Venkat Ranjan, 13 of California, the champion; Anoushka Buddhikot, 13, of New Jersey in second place; and Vishal Sareddy, 14, of Georgia in third...
