The US Supreme Court gave new hope Monday to the family of a Mexican boy shot on the American frontier, ordering a lower court to reconsider their lawsuit against the border patrol agent who killed him. Justices said the appeals court made a significant legal error when it ruled that the family of Sergio Hernandez … Read more
Robert Mueller, named Wednesday to take over the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has a reputation as a tough lawman who once even stood up to a president. Mueller, a Vietnam war vet who served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, is described as enjoying seamless respect from … Read more
WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration is dismantling an inactive national registry that was used to track foreign visitors from a designated list of countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations. The move represents a last-minute effort by the outgoing president to delay his successor, Donald Trump, from reinstating what critics say would amount to a … Read more
A bipartisan quartet of high-profile senators said Sunday that “recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American,” as President-elect Donald Trump sharpened his unprecedented attacks on US intelligence agencies. The group — two Republicans and two Democrats — called for an investigation into American intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russian hacking was … Read more
Donald Trump has poured fresh scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian hackers meddling in the US election. He tweeted: “Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!” The US president-elect also questioned why the allegations were not widely … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team slammed the CIA Friday, following reports the agency has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help him win. In a stunning response to widening claims of a Russian espionage operation targeting the presidential race, Trump’s camp risked an early feud with the Intelligence community on which he will … Read more
Those of you who visited Ivory Coast in pre-independence era can testify how wicked our colonial masters were. British didn’t develop our cities nor build roads. The railway lines they built were purposely to carry timber, cocoa, bauxite, and other bulky goods to the ports to be shipped. The only infrastructure Ghana could boast of … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the UN, praising his former critic as “a proven dealmaker”. She is the first non-white female cabinet-level official appointed to the incoming Trump administration. Mrs Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was a vocal critic of Mr Trump on … Read more
To shape his administration, President-elect Donald Trump is drawing squarely from the “swamp” he has pledged to drain. Trump’s transition team is staffed with long-time Washington experts and lobbyists from K Street, think tanks and political offices. It’s a far cry from Trump’s campaign, which ended only Tuesday night, and message that he would “drain … Read more
The incoming Trump administration wants to audit the security of the federal government’s computer systems — a massive undertaking — and strengthen the hacking division of the U. S. military. President-elect Donald Trump unveiled his four-part cybersecurity strategy last month. It’s getting mixed reactions. Cybersecurity experts say it has some good ideas. “It sounds like … Read more
Justin Bieber edged out Lady Gaga as biggest winner on Sunday at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rotterdam, taking home three awards on the strength of support from his fans – the “Beliebers”. Bieber, who was nominated in five categories, won for “Biggest (Most) Fans”, “Best Canadian Act”, and “Best Song” for “Sorry”. Gaga, … Read more
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore has announced the surprise release of a Donald Trump documentary weeks before the US election. Moore surprised fans with a free screening of the new film, called Michael Moore In Trumpland, in New York on Tuesday night. The documentary is based on his failed efforts to stage a one-man show about … Read more
In 2009, Kosmos Energy, a small oil exploration company in Texas, wished to cash in on its discovery of an oil field off the coast of Ghana — one of the largest found in West Africa in a decade. The company had an eager buyer in ExxonMobil. But some in Ghana believed the firm had … Read more