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just now (365+ words) A decision to pardon and release convicted fraudster David Gentile has been criticized by ex-GOP party members. Donald Trump confirmed Gentile, the founder and former CEO of GBP Capital, had been released from prison on November 14. His freedom came just days into a seven-year prison sentence for Gentile's role in defrauding thousands of individual investors. Trump confirmed the clemency for Gentile earlier this week. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website states Gentile was released on November 26. Both current and former government representatives were furious to hear Gentile had been released from prison barely two weeks into his sentence, Newsweek reported. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took to X and wrote, "Just to be clear: There will be no pardons for fraudsters in Minnesota." Former GOP congresswoman Barbra Comstock criticized Trump for his part in "screwing the little guy" over with the…...

just now (170+ words) CINCINNATI "The Bengals are in the road underdog role again this coming Sunday as six-point underdogs in Buffalo, with a point total set at 51.5 points. Cincinnati enters this game 4-8 overall and 5-7 against the spread, while the Bills are 8-4 straight up and 6-6 against the spread. The Bengalshave had plenty of success in Buffalo and need to win to keep their only path to the playoffs alive: An AFC North title. The Bills just helped them get a little closer to that goal by beating the Steelers yesterday and leaving the Bengals two games behind the Ravens and Pittsburgh. Cincinnati cannot drop another game in the AFC and likely has to finish 9-8 to get the division crown. Joe Burrow and his team are taking it day by day as they focus on the AFC contenders this week. Cincinnatitakes on the Bills Sunday…...

just now (189+ words) Published - December 01, 2025 04:54 pm IST - New Delhi India's industrial production growth slowed to a 13-month low of 0.4% in October this year due to the poor showing by power, mining and manufacturing sectors, according to official data released on Monday (December 1, 2025). The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had expanded by 3.7% in October 2024. The previous low was recorded as flat growth in September 2024. The National Statistics Office (NSO) revised the industrial production growth to 4.6% for September 2025 from the provisional estimate of 4% released last month. The latest NSO data showed that the manufacturing sector's output growth decelerated to 1.8% in October 2025 from 4.4% in the year-ago month. Mining production contracted by 1.8% against a growth of 0.9% recorded a year ago. Power production contracted by 6.9% in October 2025, compared to a 2% expansion in the year-ago period. During the April-October period of FY26, the…...

just now (326+ words) For too many Americans, the economy has become an unaffordable racket in which corporate interests seem always to have their way. This increases the disaffection that many Americans have with our democracy and the rule of law. It is hard to blame people for losing faith in a legal system that has allowed the powerful to trample their rights with impunity. If we want to restore public trust in government and democracy, we have to close this enforcement gap. That will need to start with funding and empowering watchdogs at the local and state " and eventually, federal " levels. And it will also mean attacking barriers to private enforcement by defending the power of ordinary people to sue to enforce their rights directly. In parallel, we must strengthen the tools of private enforcement. For decades, corporations and their lawyers have chipped…...

just now (323+ words) Calls from Congress for an immediate investigation into reports that war secretary ordered a second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat Speaking to reporters on Air Force One yesterday, the president defended Hegseth, saying he believed his statement "100%" that he hadn't ordered the second strike. "I'm going to find out about it, but Pete said he did not order the death of those two men." When asked if he would have wanted a second attempt to kill the survivors, the president said: We'll look into it, but no, I wouldn't have wanted that " not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal." The Washington Post reported that Hegseth "gave a spoken directive" to "kill everybody" on board in September. When there were still two men left after the first strike, a Special Operations commander ordered the follow-up to comply with…...

just now (69+ words) Britain's government said Monday it was withdrawing financial support for a gas project in Mozambique that French firm TotalEnergies is aiming to resume after suspending it following a jihadist attack ... UK Withdraws Loan For Mozambique Gas Project AFP - Agence France Presse Britain's government said Monday it would no longer provide TotalEnergies with a loan for a gas project in Mozambique that the French group halted over a jihadist attack....

just now (365+ words) Monday, 01 Dec 2025 KUALA LUMPUR: National Higher Education Loan Fund (PTPTN) borrowers from families who receive Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) aid recorded the highest loan repayments as well as the highest outstanding amounts, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud said that as of Oct 31, more than 900,000 borrowers from STR families have repaid their loans, totalling RM13.89bil. The group was also the most consistent in repaying loans on schedule, with 450,522 borrowers paying RM4.17bil as of the end of October. The outstanding balance was also the highest among this group, with RM10.23bil owed to the government by 967,796 borrowers, he said on Monday (Dec 1). For borrowers from families who are not STR recipients but with a monthly income below 8,000, he said 58,971 have paid up their loans totalling RM703.45mil. He added that RM657.79 mil has been collected from the 131,386 borrowers who have been consistently…...

1+ min ago (984+ words) Sir Keir Starmer's top aide has insisted that Chancellor Rachel Reeves did not mislead voters over the state of the public finances ahead of the Budget. Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones insisted there was a "funding gap" to fill when asked when he knew that there was no "black hole" in the public finances. It comes as Sir Keir is set to use a speech backing the Budget to signal a fresh push on welfare reform. Ms Reeves has been forced to defend herself against claims she misled voters by talking up the scale of the fiscal challenge in the run-up to last week's Budget, in which she announced "26 billion worth of tax rises. She said an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast showing a "4.2 billion surplus against her borrowing rules did not take into account the…...

1+ min ago (245+ words) Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand leave more than 1,000 dead, thousands missing and millions displaced. Indonesia's president tells survivors of last week's devastating floods that help is arriving for those in need, as Asian governments scale up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries. Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 335 in Sri Lanka, and 176 in Thailand, authorities said. Some areas of Indonesia remain unreachable after the disaster damaged roads and brought down communication lines, with residents in affected areas relying on aircraft to deliver supplies. Flooding displaced 290,700 people in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh provinces, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said. Sri Lankan authorities said on Monday that rescuers are still searching for 366 missing people. Nearly 148,000 people…...

1+ min ago (390+ words) A FORMER police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after sharing confidential information with her suspected drug dealing boyfriend. Former PC Maryam Ilyas, who served with West Yorkshire Police, was scrutinised in a tribunal in Wakefield last week. It was found that she was searching police systems and sending details - including those about a plain clothes police operation - to a man who she "failed to appropriately declare a notifiable relationship" with. The tribunal was shown screenshots of images sent by former PC Ilyas to her boyfriend which included "references to drug dealing, images of large amounts of cash, and an image disclosing personal data of an individual who had complained about her conduct". The former officer "should have realised it was improper" and was searching for information on "multiple occasions". The tribunal document reads: "It is proved that…...