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South African Impeachment Committee To Hold First Meeting On President’s “Farmgate” Scandal

South African Impeachment Committee To Hold First Meeting On President’s “Farmgate” Scandal

Published by Jenni Sidey

South Africa’s parliament has scheduled for Monday the first meeting of an impeachment committee ​that will probe allegations around President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “Farmgate” scandal, Reuters reported citing the Democratic Alliance ‌party.  The meeting is the next stage in an impeachment process against Ramaphosa that was revived by the Constitutional Court this month, in a setback for the leader for whom the ​affair has been a major embarrassment during his presidency.  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to lawmakers in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, May 14, 2026 Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing ​in the scandal, in which bundles of cash were stolen from ⁠a sofa on his farm in 2020, raising questions about where he had ​acquired the money and why it was hidden in furniture. “The good thing is that ​parliament seems to be moving forward,” said DA parliamentary leader George Michalakis. The first order of business for the committee’s 31 members will be to elect a chairperson, he said, adding: “The DA’s strong ​opinion is that it shouldn’t be someone from the ANC.” The …

Will Cuba be forced to accept the US president’s demands? | Show Types News

Will Cuba be forced to accept the US president’s demands? | Show Types News

Published by Sam Flores

Cuba has announced that the country is nearly out of fuel following months of increasing pressure from Washington. The US cut off oil shipments from Venezuela to Cuba, then imposed a near total oil blockade. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Together with Cuba’s ageing energy grid, the result was widespread blackouts, supply shortages and a deepening economic crisis. Washington’s goal is to force the socialist government to open up the economy and implement political reforms. Donald Trump has threatened leaders in Havana with military action. So, what lies ahead for Cuba? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Ruaridh Nicoll – The Guardian’s Cuba Correspondent and former editor of the Observer Magazine. Adolfo Franco – Republican strategist and former official at the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau of the US Agency for International Development. Javier Farje – Journalist and historian specialising in Latin American affairs. Published On 18 May 202618 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Smithsonian Presidents Exhibit Reopens With Low-Key Trump Impeachment Mention

Smithsonian Presidents Exhibit Reopens With Low-Key Trump Impeachment Mention

Published by José Betancourt

For the past year, the Smithsonian Institution has found itself in the awkward position of telling the nation’s story while being supported in part by a government that wants to narrow how that story is told. In December, the White House threatened to revoke funding to the institution if it did not hand over a trove of wall texts and exhibit plans for a review. So when a permanent exhibition of presidential portraits closed for a refresh earlier this spring, whether some important but unsavory facts about the current president would be there when it reopened was unclear. Now we know: The “America’s Presidents” galleries at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., are back, and President Trump’s two impeachments are technically there. But they are mentioned without context, in a way that underlines the Smithsonian’s touchy relationship with an administration that has not hesitated to strong-arm the institution. Last summer, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History quietly took down references to Trump’s two impeachments from a display on presidents who had faced the …

US Court Convicts Four Men in Haitian President’s Assassination

US Court Convicts Four Men in Haitian President’s Assassination

Published by Sam Flores

May 8 (Reuters) – Four South Florida men were convicted ⁠on ⁠Friday of plotting to kill Haitian President ⁠Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to assassinate him at his Port-au-Prince home, ​court records show. Prosecutors argued during the nine-week trial in a Miami federal court that the men assembled two dozen former Colombian ‌soldiers and supplied them with money, guns, ‌ammunition and tactical vests in a conspiracy to kill Moise. The 53-year-old president was shot dead in July 2021 ⁠at his private ⁠residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince, a killing that left a gaping political ​vacuum in the Caribbean nation and emboldened powerful gangs. Standing trial were Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, 53, a former FBI informant, Colombian national and U.S. permanent resident; Antonio Intriago, 62, a Venezuelan American owner of a security firm; James Solages, 40, a Haitian American handyman; and ​Walter Veintemilla, 57, an Ecuadorean American. They were convicted of multiple counts of conspiracy to kill and kidnap a ⁠person outside ⁠of the United States resulting ⁠in death, and ​of providing material support or …

The President’s Unprotected Junior Advisers

The President’s Unprotected Junior Advisers

Published by José Betancourt

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. On one level, the system worked. The perimeter held. A would-be assassin was tackled in the hallway outside the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. The one bullet that found a human target—a U.S. Secret Service agent—was halted, in part, by the officer’s phone and bulletproof vest, according to a law-enforcement summary report that we reviewed. A counterassault team promptly swarmed the stage with assault rifles and night-vision equipment in case the lights were cut. The government’s top leaders—president, vice president, Cabinet officials, speaker of the House—were ushered to secure locations in a matter of minutes. No one died in the attack. But the collective sigh of relief and rounds of “I am fine” text messages last night belied a heaviness that administration officials and other dinner attendees were still processing this morning, even as Sunday brunches proceeded apace, albeit with more security and a newly somber sheen. This attack was different from the two prior assassination attempts …

White House Correspondents Association President’s Statement on Dinner Shooting

White House Correspondents Association President’s Statement on Dinner Shooting

Published by Daniella Wilson

Weijia Jiang, White House Correspondents Association president and CBS News’ senior White House correspondent, is addressing the “harrowing” shooting incident at the Saturday night dinner. The morning after shots were fired at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance, Jiang took to X Sunday to share that the “WHCA board will be meeting to assess what happened and determine how to proceed.” “Last night’s shooting at the Washington Hilton was a harrowing moment for everyone in attendance,” she wrote in a lengthy statement. “We express our deepest gratitude to the U.S. Secret Service and all law enforcement personnel who ensured the safety of everyone in the ballroom and beyond. Their actions protected thousands of guests, and we wish a full and speedy recovery to the officer who was injured in the line of duty. We are grateful everyone in attendance was unharmed, including the President, the First Lady, and the Vice President.” Jiang continued, “Our dinner exists to celebrate the First Amendment and the hard daily work of …

Trump, IRS in Talks to Settle US President’s Billion Lawsuit

Trump, IRS in Talks to Settle US President’s $10 Billion Lawsuit

Published by Sam Flores

April 17 (Reuters) – Lawyers for Donald Trump and the Internal ⁠Revenue ⁠Service are in talks to settle the ⁠U.S. president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the tax collection agency for leaking his tax returns to ​the media in 2019 and 2020. In a Friday filing in Miami federal court, the lawyers asked a judge to put the case ‌on hold for 90 days “while the parties ‌engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation.” A pause “could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently,” they ⁠added. The White House ⁠declined to comment. The Department of Justice, which represents the IRS, declined to comment. A ​delay would give Justice Department lawyers more time to address conflicts of interest posed by the case, given that Trump is suing his own government. Justice Department lawyers report ultimately to the president, while the IRS and the Treasury Department, which is also a defendant, are part of ​the executive branch. Trump’s adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs. IRS …

DOJ Presidential Records Act argument threatens to send us back to time of presidents burning papers

DOJ Presidential Records Act argument threatens to send us back to time of presidents burning papers

Published by Sam Flores

Prior to 1978, U.S. presidents could do what they pleased with the records from their time in office. They owned them. But in 1978, the Presidential Records Act established new rules for the official records of a president. Passed in the wake of Watergate, when President Richard Nixon tried to keep incriminating materials from being made public, the law changed who legally owned the papers: It was now the American public. Under the act’s terms, “all records must be furnished to the White House Archivist and ultimately made subject to public disclosure … and the President may not discard or destroy records without the express agreement of the Archivist.” When he signed the act, President Jimmy Carter heralded it as a way to “make the Presidency a more open institution” and ensure “that our Government … merits the trust of the people from whom a President and his Government derive their power.” But now the Trump administration wants to undo the reform that put presidential papers in the hands of the public. On April 1, …

Universities of Wisconsin Regents Cite Disputes Over AI and Other Topics in President’s Firing

Universities of Wisconsin Regents Cite Disputes Over AI and Other Topics in President’s Firing

Published by Sam Flores

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin rebuffed the fired system president’s claim that he was “blindsided” by their decision to oust him, telling lawmakers Thursday that he was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty and staff. Members of the board of regents had said little publicly until Thursday about the surprise dismissal Tuesday of Jay Rothman as head of the 165,000-student university system. Regents voted unanimously with no public discussion to fire Rothman after a closed-door meeting. Rothman told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday that he was kept in the dark about why he was being fired and his dismissal “blindsided” him. But two regents who testified at a state Senate committee hearing on Thursday said Rothman knew more than he is letting on. They also said there were “substantial” reasons for his being fired, and Rothman was aware of them. “That decision was not made lightly,” Regent President Amy Bogost said. “It was not political. It …