USA

Neera Tanden withdraws as cabinet nominee after facing opposition

Mar 05, 2021 20:23

Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators over her past controversial tweets.
FBI chief calls Capitol attack 'domestic terrorism' and defends US intelligence

Mar 05, 2021 20:19

The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has condemned the 6 January riot at the US Capitol as an instance of “domestic terrorism”, while defending the bureau’s handling of intelligence indicating that violence was likely.
Insect-inspired flying robots: Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones

Mar 05, 2021 20:16

MIT Assistant Professor Kevin Yufeng Chen says “If we look at most drones today, they’re usually quite big,” adding, “Most of their applications involve flying outdoors. The question is: Can you create insect-scale robots that can move around in very complex, cluttered spaces?”
Sources say Boeing, hit with $6.6 million FAA fine, faces much bigger 787 repair bill

Mar 04, 2021 08:48

Boeing Co will pay $6.6 million to US regulators as part of a settlement over quality and safety-oversight lapses going back years, a setback that comes as Boeing wrestles with repairs to flawed 787 Dreamliner jets that could dwarf the cost of the federal penalty.
Biden criticized for lack of transparency after refusing to publicize virtual visitor logs

Mar 04, 2021 08:40

Anna Diakun, staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University said “Despite taking "promising first steps toward transparency, the Biden administration hasn't yet unveiled any broader plan to make good on its commitment to open government."
Lawmakers pressure Biden on US backing for Saudi war in Yemen

Mar 04, 2021 08:34

Weeks after President Joe Biden announced he would end U.S. support for “offensive” military operations in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a group of progressive lawmakers are asking his administration to clarify what forms of U.S. support will continue.
Supporters of detained Saudi princess call for UK to help secure release

Mar 03, 2021 15:20

Supporters of a prominent Saudi Arabian princess detained with her daughter in Riyadh have appealed to the British government to help secure their release.
CPAC: Pent-up Trump denounces Biden at rightwing summit

Mar 02, 2021 17:59

Donald Trump recently has launched his attempted political comeback, teasing a possible run for the presidency in 2024 and denouncing Joe Biden for “the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history”.
Joe Biden tells world “America is back” — Not that it ever really went anywhere

Mar 02, 2021 17:58

Trump extended the U.S.’s “special relationship” in the West Asia region with the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia; Biden continues this trajectory. Trump’s provocative and illegal move of the U.S. embassy to Al- Quds will not be reversed by Biden, nor will Palestinian rights be recognized. The new U.S. administration will be augmenting troops in Syria and expanding and building new military bases there.
US Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’, Senate hears in testimony

Mar 02, 2021 17:57

Testifying on Tuesday (23 Feb 2021) in the first congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack, the chief of Capitol police who resigned over the riot said the pro-Trump mob which stormed the building “came prepared for war”.