Paris — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday was meeting Emmanuel Macron to submit his resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, with the president urgently seeking ways to halt growing political and financial chaos. Poised to be contemporary France’s shortest-serving premier, Barnier arrived at the Elysee Palace just after 10 a.m.
Harris campaign’s payment to Sharpton’s group ‘does not look good for a man supposed to represent integrity,’ National Black Church Initiative says Al Sharpton preaching (Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images) A black church organization is calling on MSNBC to suspend and investigate host Al Sharpton over donations his organization took from Kamala Harris’s campaign. The National Black
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.” In the years since leaving the SEC, Atkins has made the case against
The president-elect has tapped Frank Bisignano, president of fintech company Fiserv, to lead the agency. President-elect Donald Trump has added another name to the many he has announced so far as he fills out his Cabinet and other top roles for his incoming administration. He announced on Dec. 4 that he selected businessman Frank Bisignano
So far, the program has allowed 531,000 foreign nationals into the country. Republican members of a House Judiciary subcommittee criticized the lack of answers from the director of a controversial immigration parole program during a hearing on Dec. 4. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, requested
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for secretary of defense, received a six-figure severance payment and signed a non-disclosure agreement when he exited the organization Concerned Veterans of America. The payment came amid allegations of financial mismanagement, repeated incidents of intoxication and sexual impropriety, as well as dissension among its leaders over Hegseth’s foreign
The CEO praised President-elect Trump’s deregulatory agenda, expressing optimism and hinting at collaboration with Elon Musk’s efficiency efforts. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos expressed optimism about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term on Wednesday, voicing enthusiasm for potential regulatory rollbacks in the years ahead, even offering to personally help with the deregulatory effort like his business arch-rival