Month: February 2026

January 2026 report to be rescheduled after BLS has already been faced with major delays from last year’s shutdownThe US’s closely watched jobs report will once again be delayed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on Monday, amid a government shutdown.The January 2026 jobs report, originally scheduled to be released on Friday, will be rescheduled when federal funding resumes. Data collection for the report has been completed, but the […]

US president, who is also threatening to sue comedian Trevor Noah over Grammys joke, says he will sue Michael Wolff and reasserts he ‘wasn’t friendly’ with EpsteinHouse speaker Mike Johnson is set to swear in Christian Menefee, a Democrat who recently won a runoff election for a reliably blue seat in Texas.Menefee’s victory, however, means the margin in the House is even more slim: 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats. His […]

Gordon Brown calls for inquiry over Peter Mandelson’s apparent disclosure of highly sensitive government information to Jeffrey EpsteinPeter Mandelson “leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans”, the Financial Times is reporting.In his story, Jim Pickard says:The memo, dubbed “Business Issues”, was written on June 13 2009 by Nick Butler, who at […]

PM Sébastien Lecornu pushes budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliamentFrance has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of no-confidence votes in a long-running political saga that has unsettled debt markets and alarmed the country’s European partners.The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told parliament on Monday, after months of wrangling, that French people “refuse this disorder and want our institutions […]

Bernardi served under Liberal leaders including Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott before leaving the party to launch Australian ConservativesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Liberal senator Cory Bernardi is the latest conservative politician to join One Nation as Pauline Hanson attempts to translate surging support in the polls into seats in parliament.Hanson said Bernardi would lead One Nation’s ticket for the legislative council at the […]

Spain will provide a legal pathway for residency for migrants already living in the country.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Donald Trump had slapped India with a punitive 25% tariff for buying Russian oil on top of a 25% 'reciprocal' tariff. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article