British Court Rules Against Anti-Semitic Pink Floyd Frontman in Defamation Case Brought by Pro-Israel Journalist—and Al Jazeera Could Pay Damages

Roger Waters called veteran reporter John Ware a ‘lying, conniving Zionist mouthpiece’ who supports ‘genocide of the Palestinian people’ Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) A British court determined in a preliminary ruling that Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters defamed John Ware, a veteran journalist who made a documentary critical of Waters’s anti-Semitic

Trump Signs Order to Launch Investigation of Copper Imports

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that to build back the U.S. copper industry, he would look into the possibility of imposing tariffs. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Feb. 25 signed an executive order to launch an investigation into whether imports of copper and its derivatives pose a threat to U.S. national security. “Like our steel and

Trump Launches Probe That Could Lead to Copper Tariffs

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that to build back the U.S. copper industry, he would look into the possibility of imposing tariffs. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Feb. 25 signed an executive order to launch an investigation into whether imports of copper and its derivatives pose a threat to U.S. national security. “Like our steel and

This is who the White House says is the DOGE acting administrator

White House on email to federal workers White House pressed on email to federal employees, DOGE leadership 05:50 A White House official says Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, after the White House struggled to answer who is technically at the top of the organizational chart.  Gleason declined to

White House: Federal Agency Heads Will Decide How Workers Should Respond to Mass Email

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that her own response to the email took ‘about a minute-and-a-half’ to think about what she had accomplished in a week. WASHINGTON—Agency directors in the executive branch will decide how each agency responds to the email asking federal employees what they accomplished in the past week, according to White House

Trump Admin Unveils New Stricter Performance Appraisal System for Top Career Officials

Top career civil service managers will no longer be judged within rules that allow almost everybody to rate highest. WASHINGTON—Trump administration officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are set to introduce a comprehensive set of reforms to how the performance of top echelon of career