Author: Tim Hodges

US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high  The Associated Press U.S. Expands RealPage Price-Fixing Lawsuit to Include Six Big Landlords  The Wall Street Journal US sues Cushman & Wakefield, other landlords over alleged rental price coordination  Reuters Several landlords accused of using AI to swindle millions out of renters in NC  Yahoo! Voices […]

Elon Musk Steps Up Starmer Row Just as UK Tops Tesla Sales in Europe  Bloomberg Elon Musk’s ‘disinformation’ endangering me, says Jess Phillips  BBC.com What Is the U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Scandal Seized On by Elon Musk?  The New York Times ‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips  The Guardian Musk’s quest for world domination takes […]

Elon Musk helped Trump win and is now looking at Europe. Many politicians there are alarmed  PBS NewsHour 13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics  POLITICO Europe Elon Musk’s Euro Trolling Puts a Rocket Under SpaceX  Bloomberg Elon Musk Is Roiling European Politics  The Wall Street Journal Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in politics outside US  Reuters

Jean-Marie Le Pen revived extremist politics in France  The Economist Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary  The Guardian Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, dies at 96  CNN Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96  The New York Times Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s post-war far right, dies aged 96  Reuters

Trump envoy will join Gaza talks in effort to reach a deal by inauguration  Axios Trump warns ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages aren’t released before his inauguration  CNN “All Hell Will Break Out”: Trump’s Deadline For Hamas To Return Hostages  NDTV Trump’s Mideast envoy to visit Qatar, claiming hostage deal on verge of completion  The Times […]

Bourbon Street Attack: FBI Uncovers acid in suspect’s storage unit  WWLTV.com FBI finds cooler, sulfuric acid inside northwest Harris County storage unit tied to New Orleans attack suspect.  KPRC Click2Houston New Orleans investigation: Authorities search storage unit near NOLA attack suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston-area home  ABC13 Houston Chemical used for explosives found in Texas storage locker linked to […]

GOP-led N.C. Supreme Court blocks finalizing election for Democratic justice  The Washington Post North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of Democrat as winner of close high court race  NBC News NC Supreme Court orders elections board not to certify Riggs-Griffin court race  WECT Federal judge punts disputed judicial race back to North Carolina’s conservative state Supreme Court  WUNC Federal […]

Trump says he’ll rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,’ blasts Carter over Panama Canal  WPVI-TV Key lines from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago news conference  CNN Trump says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?  The Washington Post ‘Beautiful name’: Trump announces Gulf of Mexico will get new, pro-America revamp  Fox News Greene promises bill renaming […]

Trump, allies fuel speculation over Greenland endgame  The Hill Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal  The Associated Press Trump’s provocative, often confusing, US foreign policy is back  Yahoo! Voices The Political Logic of Trump’s International Threats  The Atlantic Trump wants to redraw the map of the Western […]

Pittsburgh reactions to US Surgeon General’s call for cancer warnings on alcohol  90.5 WESA U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol  The New York Times How drinking alcohol can affect your health  The Associated Press Is alcohol linked to cancer? Here’s what the science says  Science News Magazine Will I get cancer from drinking alcohol?  The Washington Post