Author: Grace Thompson

President-elect Donald Trump ended a turbulent week for his prior pick, Matt Gaetz, by appointing longtime buddy Pam Bondi as his new attorney general on Thursday. Hours after Gaetz removed his name from consideration due to heightened scrutiny over sexual misconduct claims, Bondi was promoted. Bondi would head the Justice Department and establish the guidelines for federal investigations and prosecutions if he were confirmed. Some of Trump's detractors worry that he would use his administration to exact revenge on them, which is why he chose him to be the country's top law enforcement official. "The partisan Department of Justice has been used as a weapon against Republicans like me for far too long." Trump stated on Truth Social, "Not anymore.""Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended ...

Pakistan's Peshawar At least 38 people were killed and 29 injured when gunmen opened fire on passenger cars in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, according to Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, the chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A lady and a kid were among those killed in the incident, which took place in the Kurram tribal district, Chaudhry said, adding: It's a big tragedy and the death toll is going to climb. Due to a territorial dispute in the tribal region that borders Afghanistan, armed Shia and Sunni Muslims have been at odds for decades. No group took ownership of the incident. Ziarat Hussain, a local Parachinar resident, told Reuters over the phone that armed men opened fire on two passenger vehicle convoys, one from Peshawar to Parachinar and another from Para...

On Thursday, former Representative Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, declared that he will not be running for president-elect Donald Trump's attorney general position. Numerous claims of sexual misconduct, including having sex with a teenager at a party in 2017, clouded Gaetz's future. The House Ethics Committee, which had been looking into Gaetz, was informed that a 17-year-old girl had two sex encounters with the then-congressman during the party, according to a source who spoke to NBC News on Thursday. She described the second encounter in a deposition in a related civil lawsuit and in testimony to the House Ethics Committee. According to a source, there was another adult woman involved in the second sexual encounter. The first outlet to report on the fresh accusations was CNN. Gae...

President-elect Donald Trump ended a turbulent week for his prior pick, Matt Gaetz, by appointing longtime buddy Pam Bondi as his new attorney general on Thursday. Hours after Gaetz removed his name from consideration due to heightened scrutiny over sexual misconduct claims, Bondi was promoted. Bondi would head the Justice Department and establish the guidelines for federal investigations and prosecutions if he were confirmed. Some of Trump's detractors worry that he would use his administration to exact revenge on them, which is why he chose him to be the country's top law enforcement official. "The partisan Department of Justice has been used as a weapon against Republicans like me for far too long." Trump stated on Truth Social, "Not anymore.""Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended ...

Following the release of a police report regarding sexual assault allegations against him, Senate Republicans responded in a variety of ways Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will appoint Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of sexual assault, to head the Defense Department. While some senators expressed apprehension, others praised Trump's choice. One senator told NBC News, "I don't care," in response to a police report that was made public on Wednesday regarding a 2017 sexual assault claim against Hegseth. When asked if the sexual assault report made him reconsider Hegseth's potential appointment to Trump's Cabinet, Members of the Armed Services Committee, including Senator Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., stated, "It's a pretty big problem, given th...

At a well-known adventure destination in Laos, where methanol-tainted alcohol has been linked to a recent wave of poisonings, one American national passed away. According to the State Department, the U.S. national passed away in Vang Vieng, a backpacker-friendly hamlet north of Vientiane, the capital of the Southeast Asian nation. On Thursday, a representative told NBC News, "We extend our deepest sympathies to the family on their loss." To show respect for the family, the spokesperson did not disclose the victim's identity or the cause of death. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid respects to 19-year-old Bianca Jones and her friend Holly Bowles, who both passed away in Thailand after being airlifted from Vang Vieng for medical treatment. In a speech to the Australian Parliame...

President-elect Donald Trump ended a turbulent week for his prior pick, Matt Gaetz, by appointing close buddy Pam Bondias as his new attorney general on Thursday. Hours after Gaetz removed his name from consideration due to heightened scrutiny over sexual misconduct claims, Bondi was promoted. Bondi would oversee the Justice Department and determine the course of federal investigations and prosecutions if confirmed. Some of Trump's detractors worry that he would use his administration to exact revenge on them, which is why he chose him to be the country's top law enforcement official. "The partisan Department of Justice has been used as a weapon against Republicans like me for far too long." Trump stated on Truth Social, "Not anymore.""Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of ...

In Alabama's third nitrogen hypoxia execution this year, an inmate convicted of a 1994 murder passed away on Thursday. Concerns regarding the potential for protracted suffering and whether there is an unlawful danger of more pain are still raised by the new execution technique, which entails breathing only nitrogen gas through a mask while being deprived of oxygen. However, a federal appeals court last week dismissed the convicted man's attorneys' claims, allowing 50-year-old Carey Dale Grayson to be executed. The governor's office reports that Grayson was put to death at 6:33 p.m. in the state prison in Atmore for the kidnapping and murder of Vickie Deblieux, a hitchhiker, when he was 19 and his three co-defendants were under 18. After the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the death penalt...

On Thursday night, President-elect Donald Trump said that Pam Bondi would be his new attorney general. From 2011 to 2019, Bondi served as Florida's attorney general. Hours after former Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration, the news was made. "The partisan Department of Justice has been used as a weapon against Republicans like me for far too long." Trump stated on Truth Social, "Not anymore.""Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again." Additionally, Trump commended her efforts to combat the trafficking of lethal pharmaceuticals. Bondi previously served on a Trump commission that addressed drug addiction and the opioid problem. According to the firm's website, Bondi is a partner with the lobbying firm Balla...

A Georgia mother was given a life sentence on Thursday for the murder of her 20-month-old son, who she reported missing in 2022, sparking a massive search that resulted in the discovery of the boy's remains in a landfill. Last month, Leilani Simon was found guilty of killing Quinton Simon. In a Chatham County court, she was given a life sentence with the prospect of release. Before imposing a sentence, Chatham County Judge Tammy Stokes stated, "It is evident that Quinton Simon's life and death affected not just a huge number of people but also the community as a whole. On October 5, 2022, Simon reported her son missing from their Chatham County, close to Savannah, home. Authorities quickly declared that Simon was the main suspect and that they thought Quinton was dead. Five weeks or so aft...