Trump ‘felt the bullet’ hit his ear during campaign rally shooting
“I saw the man standing on his own two feet and stick his fist up in the air,” said Jondavid Longo, the Republican mayor of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, who attended the rally.
Feds tackle dialysis giants with antitrust probe
The agency has scrutinized Amazon over anticompetitive pricing and a large anesthesiologist group over monopolization allegations in Texas; has challenged mergers in a number of markets, including groceries and mattresses; and is expected to sue three health care companies over skyrocketing insulin costs.
Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September
His report to EU bosses in Brussels had been expected this month but it is now all-but certain to be pushed back to September, whileUrsula von der Leyen is working full-time to secure the support she needs from MEPs to win a second term as European Commission President.
Trump considering cutting back intel sharing with Europe, officials warn
U.S. intelligence briefed to NATO over the past three years has provided Washington’s partners with vital information about Russia’s movements on the ground in Ukraine, including its military maneuvers and tactical advancements, the U.S. official said.
Can federal employees volunteer for political campaigns and make contributions? Election season do’s and don’ts
The OSC attorney said: “We’re the agency that enforces the Hatch Act, so if you get guidance from us saying that you’re good to go, then that’s your best protection against violating the law.”
Marine Le Pen vs. Jordan Bardella: France’s next power struggle
With National Rally officials looking with apprehension at the party’s next big challenge, seizing the Elysée presidential palace in 2027, a budding rivalry between student and master could grow into one that tears apart one of the most successful political partnerships in French postwar history.
Irish prime minister: EU open to Keir Starmer’s Brexit plan
During the U.K.’s six week general election, Conservative candidates including former Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch repeatedly attacked Labour’s ambitions for Europe, accusing the party of failing to explain what trade-offs it would be willing to make to secure its aims.
Supreme Court rejects bid to gut federal agency
Allstates, with support of conservative groups and nearly half of U.S. states, has brought its case through the federal court system arguing OSHA’s mandate is overly broad and amounts to an unconstitutional delegation of power from Congress to the executive branch.
Detention facilities under U.S. Marshals Service lack proper oversight
GAO made eight recommendations, including that the Marshals develop and implement a plan with time frames for deputies who conduct facility reviews to complete annual training and that it regularly analyze detention operations data to identify problems and trends.
With Brussels fuming, Putin welcomes Orbán as EU leader
Orbán said earlier Friday that he was continuing a “peace mission” that also included a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, where the Hungarian leader met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A crucial step towards justice for veterans
COMMENTARY | A new bill would provide retroactive payment of benefits for veterans with covered mental health conditions stemming from military sexual trauma, an insidious issue affecting countless service members.
IRS services for underserved taxpayers are good but can be better, report says
A watchdog report published last week offered new insights on how the IRS can better use the nearly $58 billion in funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to improve taxpayer services for underserved, underrepresented and rural individuals.
EU firms up duties on Chinese EVs, skirting Berlin’s pressure
Germany might attempt to build a coalition against the premiums but faces tough math: it would need the votes of at least 15 countries, representing 65 percent of the EU population, to block them.
House Judiciary files suit to obtain audio tapes of Biden special counsel interview
The Republican-controlled committee argues in the suit that the tapes are relevant in its impeachment inquiry into Biden and “whether the President willfully retained the classified materials to benefit either his family … or himself.”
Lawmakers want VA to report on its use of automation to process benefits claims
Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., shown here outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol in December 2023, is backing a bill to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on its use automated tools to process benefits claims.
Zelenskyy to Trump: If you have a plan to end the war, tell us now
He said, however, that he is mulling a deal whereby NATO commits to no further eastward expansion — specifically into Ukraine and Georgia — and negotiates with the Russian president over how much Ukrainian territory Moscow can keep, officials and advisors in contact with Trump told POLITICO.
Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology
We also wrote a review article with a more futuristic perspective of how better understanding telomeres and aging might begin to inform the ability of humans to not only survive long-duration space travel but also to thrive and even colonize other planets.