President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) is not relevant for the U.S. but Canada wants it, as he pushed for companies to bring manufacturing back to American soil. "There's no real advantage to it, it's irrelevant," Trump said. "Canada would love it. Canada wants...
3 Minnesota Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and its reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision. Joseph H. Thompson, who was second in command at the...
Scott Adams, Audacious Creator of the ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68
Scott Adams, whose experience as a bank and phone company middle manager gave him the material to create the comic strip “Dilbert,” a daily satire of corporate life that became a sensation but was dropped by more than 1,000 newspapers after he made racist comments on his podcast in 2023,...
US Designates Three Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Global Terrorists
The United States on Tuesday designated the Egyptian, Lebanese and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as global terrorists, citing in part what it called their support for Palestinian militant group Hamas. The move, which Washington formally set in motion last November, will bring sanctions against one of the Arab...
Ukraine Parliament Blocks Zelenskiy’s Energy Minister Choice in Surprise Rebuke
Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday failed to approve outgoing defense chief Denys Shmyhal as energy minister, a surprise wartime rebuke of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he attempts to shake up key sectors at a critical moment in the war. Shmyhal, who served as prime minister for five years until he was...
Fortnite Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
Fortnite experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 2,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:37 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing...
Who’s Running for California Governor? Here’s a Look at the Current Field of Candidates
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The game of musical chairs in the race to be California’s next governor lost another player last week. After Democratic businessman Stephen Cloobeck — who was polling at below half a percent — dropped out of the race...
Stocks Mixed as Inflation Bolsters Rate Cut Bet
Wall Street indexes were mixed on Tuesday and the dollar pared its gains after U.S. inflation data strengthened prospects for rate cuts this year, while oil prices surged as unrest in Iran outweighed worries about a supply glut. U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge on Monday to impose a 25% tariff...
BBC Seeks to Have Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Dismissed
The BBC will file a motion to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. Court documents published late on Monday showed the broadcaster would argue that the court in Florida...
Labor Secretary’s Aides Placed on Leave in Misconduct Investigation
The secretary of labor’s chief of staff and deputy chief of staff were placed on administrative leave on Monday, as the Labor Department’s watchdog begins investigating allegations of professional misconduct involving the secretary, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The move to place the two officials on leave...