US President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress was briefly disrupted as Democratic lawmakers heckled him. Texas Representative Al Green was removed from the chamber after refusing to sit.
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NewsFeed Hundreds of prisoners fighting LA fires for barely a dollar a day Almost 1,000 US prisoners have been fighting the fires raging across Los Angeles for pay as little as roughly a dollar a day. The practice has been likened to modern day slavery, but is it that simple? Soraya Lennie takes a look….
Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. There were no witnesses to the disaster – or none who survived – but investigators later determined that the 56-metre-tall (184ft-) barrier fell all at once, sending 12.4 billion gallons of water surging down…
Days before Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States, a feud between his tech allies and champions of his far-right MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda over H-1B visas has exploded. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon accused Elon Musk of trying to establish “techno-feudalism on a global scale” in a…
NewsFeed White House announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico & China The White House spokeswoman has said that the US will place 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China starting from February 1. She cited fentanyl shipments and undocumented border crossings as justifications. Published On 31 Jan 202531 Jan 2025
As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts. The critics included the Los Angeles Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. “Fires in LA are sadly no surprise,” Soon-Shiong wrote on January 8 on X,…
