Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is back online after a brief widespread outage. The Twitter outage affected thousands of users across the US and parts of UK. As per outage tracking website Downdetetcor, almost 16,000 users reported issues around 9:52 a.m. ET, with problems ranging from app crashes and website…
Republican Representative Keith Self of Texas ripped a procedural vote taking place on the much-debated financial package dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” by President Donald Trump Wednesday night, saying he’s a “no,” as more talks are vital. Newsweek reached out to House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s office via email for comment. Why It Matters The attempted…
The House of Representatives was at a standstill on Wednesday as Republican leaders continued to try to rally holdouts against Donald Trump’s megabill, with speaker Mike Johnson saying “very positive” progress had been made toward passing it. The House stalled for hours on a procedural vote while Johnson and the White House worked to pressure…
New Delhi: Moscow has grown quieter. Not because the war has stopped. But because the noise of friendship is fading. One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing more than bleeding Russian soldiers. It is draining the trust and warmth…
US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit “immediately”, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell. “‘Too Late’ should resign immediately!!!”, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. He also included a link to a news article about a US federal housing regulator…
A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to continue operating the gas turbines that power the company’s Grok chatbot. The permit comes amid widespread community opposition and a looming lawsuit alleging the company violated the Clean Air Act. The Shelby County Health Department released its air…
A migrant seeking asylum holds up the CBP One app showing his appointment was canceled after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Jan. 20, 2025, in Matamoros, Mexico. A federal judge Wednesday struck down Trump’s suspension of asylums at the southern border. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A federal judge in…
WASHINGTON — CIA officials failed in some cases to follow standard procedures in an intelligence analysis of Russian interference efforts in the 2016 election, according to an internal review declassified Wednesday. Intelligence officers were given an unusually short timeline for the analysis, there was “excessive involvement” by senior leaders, and staff members were given uneven…
The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20 percent tariff on many Vietnamese exports, President Donald Trump has said, cooling tensions with its 10th-biggest trading partner days before he could raise levies on most imports. Vietnamese goods will now face a 20 percent tariff, and any transshipments from third countries through Vietnam will face a…
Trump ally starts super PAC to fight Elon Musk – CBS News Watch CBS News An ally of President Trump has launched a super PAC to combat Elon Musk after the billionaire threatened to create a third party over frustration with the Republican budget bill. Sophia Cai, White House reporter for Politico, and Robert Costa,…