The State Department has spent nearly $100 million less on travel this year than last amid a wider effort to trim budgets, according to documents exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. From January to September 2024, the Biden administration State Department spent $306 million on foreign and domestic travel. At the same point this year, the department under President Donald Trump spent $212 million, according to documents seen by Fox News Digital. Some $37 million...
A federal judge struck down a Biden-era rule that expanded federal anti-discrimination measures to transgender healthcare, writing that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ‘exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender identity discrimination.’ The ruling from Judge Louis Guirola Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi came after a coalition of 15 Republican-led states sued over the matter, according to The Hill. ‘When...
A federal judge struck down a Biden-era rule that expanded federal anti-discrimination measures to transgender healthcare, writing that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ‘exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender identity discrimination.’ The ruling from Judge Louis Guirola Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi came after a coalition of 15 Republican-led states sued over the matter, according to The Hill. ‘When...
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Thursday all trade talks with Canada were terminated following what he called a fraudulent advertisement in which former and late President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about tariffs. Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and autos earlier this year, prompting Ottawa to respond in kind. The two sides have been in talks for weeks on a potential deal for the steel and aluminum sectors. “Based on their...
TAIPEI/WASHINGTON – Unable to just pick up the telephone to US President Donald Trump due to its unusual diplomatic predicament, Taiwan has hit upon a different way to bend his ear – an outreach to the MAGA world that has been backed by the White House. Since taking office earlier this year, Trump has vacillated on his position towards China-claimed Taiwan as he seeks to strike a trade deal with Beijing. Trump says Chinese President...
NatWest has delivered one of its strongest quarterly performances since the financial crisis, posting a 30.4 per cent surge in pre-tax profits to £2.2 billion for the three months to the end of September — far exceeding City expectations. The FTSE 100 lender said income rose almost 16 per cent to £4.3 billion, driven by widening deposit margins and a modest calendar boost from one extra trading day in the quarter. Its net interest margin...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering breaking one of Labour’s key election pledges by raising income tax in next month’s budget to help plug a £30 billion fiscal shortfall, according to senior government sources. Three figures close to the budget process told The Guardian that discussions between the Treasury and No 10 have intensified in recent weeks, with officials exploring how to deliver a sustainable revenue boost without returning to further tax rises later in the...
Two federal judges admitted that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to prepare court orders over the summer that contained errors. The admissions, which came from U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate in Mississippi, came in response to an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley described the recent court orders as ‘error-ridden.’ In letters released by Grassley’s office...
Britain’s car manufacturing output has slumped to its lowest point in more than seven decades after a devastating cyber attack brought Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) assembly lines to a standstill for more than a month. According to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), total UK vehicle production collapsed by 35.9 per cent in September, falling to just 54,319 units. Car production alone dropped 27.1 per cent to 51,090, with the...
Entrepreneur Reedah El-Saie, founder of the educational technology company Brainspark Games, has secured a £30,000 investment on BBC’s Dragons’ Den after an impressive pitch that earned her the rare support of three Dragons. The London-based founder convinced Sara Davies, Deborah Meaden and Touker Suleyman to each invest £10,000 in her AI-driven learning platform, designed to make education fun, inclusive and accessible for all learners — particularly those who are neurodiverse. Launched in 2019, Brainspark Games...
