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Month: November 2024

National security officials meet with US telecom execs to share intel on Chinese cyber-espionage campaign, White House says

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Top telecom executives met with US national security officials at the White House on Friday as concerns mount over a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage campaign that has targeted some of the most senior US political figures in the country. The hackers burrowed deep into some major US telecom providers to

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Trump names Brooke Rollins as his pick for Agriculture secretary

By Alayna Treene, Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Shania Shelton and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday announced one of his former policy advisers, Brooke Rollins, as his pick for secretary of the Department of Agriculture. “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of

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What to know about Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture. Rollins has agriculture ties but also a strong relationship with Trump. The president-elect has prized loyalty as he assembles his second administration. She would lead a sprawling agency that traces back to the

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Su obsesión con la hipopótamo pigmeo bebé Moo Deng la llevó a volar al otro lado del planeta para ver el animal

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Cuando la hipopótamo pigmeo Moo Deng apareció por primera vez en las redes sociales de Molly Swindall, fue amor a primera vista. “Pensé que era absolutamente graciosa y tenía mucha energía divertida”, le dijo Swindall, de 30 años, a CNN Travel. “Es solo un pequeño punto brillante en el mundo en

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Cómo el lugar más frío de la Tierra se convirtió en uno de los lugares de vacaciones más populares del mundo

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Era una tarde brillante y soleada durante la reciente temporada de verano en la Antártida cuando el crucero Seabourn Pursuit chocó contra una capa de hielo marino en la bahía Hanusse. El barco avanzó a toda velocidad, con el hielo desmoronándose bajo su proa, hasta quedar incrustado varios cientos de metros

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Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, which

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Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly

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Thousands of Colombians take to the streets to reject proposed reforms and rebuke the president

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilize the government. Protesters in cities including Bogotá, Medellín and Cali on Saturday decried a series of proposed health, labor and pensions reforms and accused Petro’s administration of corruption.

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Man wanted in fatal shooting of woman and infant in a car in Connecticut arrested in Puerto Rico

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her 4-month-old son inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested in Puerto Rico. The U.S. Marshals Service said they found Lance “Macho” Morales on Saturday at a residence in the barrio of Fajardo. Police believe the 23-year-old Waterbury, Connecticut, resident

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