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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has now made it clear that men who identify as women are not eligible to compete in its women’s sporting events, which aligns the Olympics with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on sports ahead of the 2028 games in Los Angeles. “Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females,” the IOC said in a statement this week, according to the Associated Press. The IOC said that the new policy will be in force for the 2028 games…
Initial claims for jobless benefits remain near historic lows, and continuing claims fell to the lowest level in two years, indicating a level of job security with little precedent in the modern era. The number of new claims for state unemployment benefits inched up last week to 210,000, up by 5,000 from the prior week. The four-week moving average of claims, a measure economists see as a better guide to the health of the labor market, dipped to 210,500, a decline of 250. In data going back to 1967, the four-week average of new claims has only been this low…
Gentlemen visiting the men’s room at Oriole Park at Camden Yards or M&T Bank Stadium, where the Ravens play, could encounter an unfamiliar device. A bill requiring the placement of tampons and tampon dispensers in men’s restrooms inside public buildings is currently being debated in the Maryland legislature. The bill is sponsored by Howard County Delegate Terri Hill, D-District 2A, WBAL-11 reports. The measure has received mixed reactions from Marylanders. “I see no reason for it,” said Mark Esposito, via WBAL-11. Others think the new law could be convenient for them. “Sometimes people get embarrassed to ask and tell their…
Senate Democrats rejected a GOP photo ID amendment Thursday, an issue that Republicans are eager to use as a cudgel in the midterms. Senators voted 53-47 on the amendment from Ohio Sen. Jon Husted, which needed 60 votes to advance. Republicans wanted to add the language to their election bill, known as the SAVE America Act. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the amendment “would impose the single strictest voter ID law in America.” “Stricter than Texas. Stricter than Florida. Stricter than any state in the country,” he said. Read the full article here
The ex-tech executive once defended his Silicon Valley employer’s underpayment of tax in the UK The BBC has announced the appointment of former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director-general, placing the UK’s state media outlet in the hands of a tech businessman with no media experience.In a statement on Wednesday, BBC chairman Samir Shah said Brittin will take over the reins at the broadcaster in May, six months after outgoing director-general Tim Davie announced his resignation.Brittin, who worked as Google’s EMEA president from 2014 to 2024, was chosen for his “deep experience of leading a high-profile and highly-complex…
The flow of drones between Tehran and Moscow has reversed, after years of Iran supplying weapons for the war in Ukraine, with Russia now thought to be delivering weapons for use in the Middle East. Russia is shipping deliveries of complete battlefield drones to its ally Iran, in a bid to keep the country afloat as it attempts to withstand the concentrated fire of the United States and Israel. Iran long supplied bulk quantities of Shahed-type kamikaze bomb drones to Russia for the Ukraine War, which Moscow began to produce itself with design improvements based on their battlefield experiences. Perhaps…
The $100 million worth of gold the United States brought back from Venezuela a few weeks ago was the first shipment in quite some time, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday. Burgum made his comments on the shipment during a gathering of energy executives at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, CNBC reported. “There hadn’t been a shipment of precious metals between Venezuela and America in over 20 years,” he said, referring to a recent trip to Venezuela where he met with interim President Delcy Rodriguez. Following their meeting, Burgum said America would be working with…
Left-wing rocker Bruce Springsteen is reportedly set to perform at an anti-Trump “No Kings” rally in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday. Springsteen told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he will sing his 2026 protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis” — which he wrote after the fatal shootings of ICE agitators Renee Good and Alex Pretti — at the No Kings rally. The anti-Trump event will also reportedly feature Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and actress and left-wing activist Jane Fonda, among others. “Having Joan there, what can you say about her? She’s lived a life,” Springsteen told the newspaper of Fonda, who was dubbed “Hanoi…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he wants to clinch a bipartisan Department of Homeland Security funding agreement Thursday. “I think the Dems are now in possession of what I think is our last and final” offer, Thune told reporters. “So let’s hope this gets it done.” “We’re going to know soon,” he added. The South Dakota Republican declined to discuss details of the offer but suggested it was similar to where the discussions were headed over the weekend. GOP senators then were looking at a bipartisan deal that would fund most of DHS but leave out funding for ICE’s…
The meeting includes both Republicans and Democrats, as well as representatives of several Russian parties, Boris Chernyshov has said Talks between a Russian parliamentary delegation and members of the US Congress have begun in Washington, senior Russian lawmaker Boris Chernyshov has said.The meeting will involve both Republicans and Democrats, as well as representatives of several Russian parliamentary parties, Chernyshov, a member of the LDPR Party, who is also taking part in the meeting, said in a message published on Telegram on Thursday.The lawmakers plan to present Moscow’s position to their American counterparts and “create the basis for future dialogue,” the…