• U.S. Funneled Nearly $1 Million to Hamas-Linked Charity that Hosted Terror Leader’s Son, Report Says

    The United States Agency for International Development funneled nearly one million dollars “to a terror charity in Gaza involved with the son of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh,” according to a report.

  • Speaker Johnson says it’s U.S.’s ‘biblical admonition’ to help Israel

    Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...

  • ‘Petrified’ non-doms poised to flee UK over Labour’s tax plans, say experts

    Prospect of party closing Tory ‘loopholes’ if elected prompts some wealthy individuals to explore a move overseas“People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg, an accountancy firm that specialises in advising very rich “non-doms” on their tax affairs. “I am not being dramatic, they are leaving right now.”Shah said his clients – some of the richest people in the country – were “petrified” of plans to abolish the “non-domicile”...

  • ‘Our margins are threadbare’: UK’s craft beer scene says it’s on the brink

    Small brewers are being squeezed, with a flurry of insolvencies hitting the sector despite strong salesNeither Rishi Sunak nor Gordon Brown is a beer aficionado. The former is teetotal and his predecessor all but gave up booze during his time in office.Yet the two prime ministers loom large over the turbulent saga of the UK craft beer scene. Continue reading

  • There’s a Philadelphia WNBA expansion bid, but no one’s saying who’s in it

    Speaking at the WNBA draft, Collingswood-born commissioner Cathy Engelbert name-dropped her "hometown" first on a list of cities the league has talked with.

  • Trump says Marjorie Taylor Greene "respects" Mike Johnson, but Marge says nope — Johnson is "full of sh t" (video)

    After a long week of bitter infighting among House Republicans — with the rabid Marjorie Taylor Greene nipping at Speaker Mike Johnson's heels — Johnson flew to Mar-a-Lago today to hide behind Donald Trump. And amusingly, after the speaker and Trump met in private, Trump played the part of peacemaker. — Read the rest

  • UK’s Cameron says he warned Iranian counterpart against ‘further violence’

    British Foreign Minister David Cameron says he made it clear to his Iranian

  • Washington state’s economic outlook continues to worsen, report says

    (The Center Square) – Washington remained in the lower half of U.S. states in terms of economic outlook, according to a new report that faults the Evergreen State’s high tax burden and rising labor costs for the state’s No. 37 ranking. That’s a drop of three spots from last year’s No. 34 ranking. The American Legislative Exchange Council released the 17th edition of its “Rich States, Poor States” report Tuesday. The report ranks states based on “economic outlook”...

  • Boeing whistleblower’s safety claims under investigation by FAA, reports say

    Federal Aviation Administration looking into claims US aircraft maker knew of flaws but covered them up to speed productionClaims that Boeing knew of safety flaws in the manufacture of one of its largest passenger jet aircraft, but covered them up to speed production, are under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to a reports.The information came from a whistleblower inside the beleaguered US aircraft maker, and relates to the structural integrity of the 787...

  • Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband

    Former foreign secretary says Britain needs to forge closer political and foreign policy links with Europe if it is to thriveThe UK has lost influence since Brexit to become just one of many “middle powers” in the world, former foreign secretary David Miliband has said.Writing for the Observer, Miliband, now president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said that in order to reverse the decline, the UK needed to enter new “structures and commitments” with the EU on foreign...

  • Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns

    Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses sayDrug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank has warned. A dramatic recent spike in the number of drugs that are unavailable has created serious problems for doctors, pharmacists, the NHS and patients, it found.The number of warnings drug companies have issued about impending supply...

  • Kokua Line: Where can I report doctor’s apparent Medicare Advantage fraud?

    Question: For the second time, a local doctor’s office is using deceptive billing practices with my mom, who has Medicare Advantage health insurance. It’s infuriating. Where can I report this deeply unethical and possibly illegal behavior?