Delegations from Russian and Ukraine on Tuesday agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea following talks with Trump administration officials this week in Saudi Arabia. ‘The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,’ the White House said in a statement following talks in Jeddah. Similarly, just moments later, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem...
President Donald Trump’s National Institute of Health on Friday quietly cut over $1 million in federally funded research evaluating if rats going through hormone therapy were more likely to overdose on a popular party drug. The DEI-funded NIH grant was first exposed in December 2024 by the White Coat Waste Project, a nonprofit organization that researches and reveals the misuse of taxpayer dollars for animal testing. The nonprofit last year revealed over $10 million in...
President Donald Trump revealed that a staffer with national security advisor Mike Waltz’s office included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic in a Signal group chat with senior Trump officials who were discussing plans for an upcoming strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. ‘It was one of Michael’s people on the phone.A staffer had his number on there,’ Trump told NBC in a phone interview when asked how Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, was added to...
There appears to be little appetite within the House GOP to pursue the impeachment of judges who have blocked President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republican lawmakers are instead coalescing around a bill led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to limit the ability of U.S. district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions, which is due for a House floor vote next week. One House GOP lawmaker at Tuesday morning’s closed-door Republican conference meeting said House Speaker Mike...
A federal judge from New Jersey temporarily blocked the Trump administration from separating two transgender service members from the Air Force. The ruling is the second instance when a federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration as it seeks to implement its ban against transgender people from serving in the military. U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, issued a temporary, 14-day restraining order on Monday to prevent the...
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for national security advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign Tuesday following an apparent national security breach. The demand came after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard vowed during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that there was ‘no classified material’ shared in a Signal text chat that an editor from The Atlantic said he had access to. The U.S. operation against the Houthis in Yemen was...
The Senate Committee on Finance is set to vote later Tuesday afternoon on whether to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, to a full Senate confirmation vote. The vote follows two hearings by the committee that probed Oz over his plans for the federal healthcare programs, his views on abortion, potential conflicts of interest in the healthcare industry and more. If confirmed, Oz...
Gender pay gap reporting for large employers was introduced in 2017. The Government’s view is that this has improved transparency and provided employers with important information about how to address inequalities. It intends to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting and is now consulting on how to do this. The consultation period ends on 10 June 2025. The aim is to adopt a similar reporting framework used for gender pay. Accordingly, many proposals...
President Donald Trump is not planning to fire national security advisor Mike Waltz in the wake of The Atlantic’s reporting of an apparent national security breach, Fox News has learned. A source close to the president told Fox News that Waltz’s job is safe and that he is not on the chopping block. Fox News is told Waltz has no plans to resign and is sticking to his schedule Tuesday. He will be talking to...
Let’s be honest – marketing isn’t a straight path for any business, least of all SMEs. There’s no perfect blueprint, and everyone stumbles along the way. What separates successful marketing leaders from the rest isn’t avoiding mistakes – it’s recognising them quickly, learning the lesson, and moving forward without dwelling on the failure. In this short article you’ll find a hand-picked selection of marketing mistakes you’ll likely make – not to discourage you, but to...
