The US Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as Donald Trump’s White House steps up its campaign against central bank independence. In a video posted on Sunday, a usually reticent Powell took the extraordinary step of calling off the probe as punishment for failing to set interest … Read more
The family of a man who says he took his own life after placing more than 600 bets in an hour have told the BBC his inquest was a “battle” from start to finish as they struggled to persuade the coroner to consider gambling as a factor in his death. In the early hours of … Read more
Senate Republicans are growing uneasy about the Pentagon’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his office is stepping up its investigation into him. The Defense Department announced Monday that the Kelly review had escalated to a “formal command investigation,” intensifying the dispute between the two sides over Kelly’s role … Read more
A US Navy warship fired missiles at two US F/A-18 fighter jets over the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation found. One of the fighter planes was shot down. The other barely survived the friendly fire incident. A U.S. Navy pilot whose plane was mistakenly … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Twelve police officers may have faced serious misconduct proceedings for their failures during and after the 1989 Hillsborough football tragedy, a long-running investigation has found. In the latest development after Britain’s worst sporting disaster, which left 97 dead during a stampede of Liverpool fans, a report – published on Tuesday – also … Read more