Author: Carlos Hansen

House Republicans on Thursday announced changes to the yearly process where members request funding for local projects, following conservative opposition to Democrat-backed earmarks over abortion and LGBTQ services earlier this year. The House Appropriations Committee stated on Thursday that nonprofits would no more be qualified for “Community Project Funding…

Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret agreements. Testimony by former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker during former President Trump’s hush money trial has been startling even for people who bring a reasonable amount of doubt whenever they read the supermarket tabloid. Pecker has taken the stand to disclose details of a deal he made with Trump before his first presidential campaign to enhance his chances of winning, discredit his competitors and silence embarrassing stories. The Enquirer has a scandalous reputation but has been a significant part of American culture. Its reporters once uncovered some authentic news. Now it’s difficult to see how it bounces back.

Advocates are concerned that LGBTQ+ foster children could be compelled to undergo conversion therapy.

Amid a backdrop of conflicts abroad and the rough-and-tumble election, Washington is ready to party, with a dizzying number of events lined up in celebration of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner.  The annual dinner on Saturday hosted by the WHCA — and not-so-affectionately dubbed “Nerd Prom” — will bring together roughly 2,700 journalists, lawmakers,…

Chandra X-Ray Observatory is in trouble. Losing it could set the field back decades.

Dozens of student protesters at the University of Southern California (USC) were arrested Wednesday night amid escalating tensions on college campuses throughout the country over the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The demonstrators were arrested peacefully, after police gave them warnings to disperse or be detained, The Associated Press reported. Police officers…

Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, signaled she does not have high hopes for the former president’s success in the New York hush money trial. “But I don’t have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right…

Supachai Phosu, Former Deputy Agriculture Minister, has been faulted by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for gross violation of political ethical conduct, for illegally owning 35.2 hectares of land in…

A fire, believed to have been caused by the extremely hot weather, broke out at a landfill in Si Maha Phot district of Prachin Buri yesterday afternoon, sending thick black…

The owner of a gold shop in Roi Et, a province in northeastern Thailand, has been giving out free second-hand student uniforms to help reduce parents' expenses for the upcoming semester. Wimol…