Growing movement to boycott World Cup amid FIFA’s controversial private equity plans

An international boycott movement is growing after FIFA’s Gianni Infantino announced plans to sell off the World Cup and other competitions to private equity investors, including Josh Kushner, the younger brother of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Source link

Afghan woman plans to fight DOJ efforts to deport her over allegation she is an

A court-appointed lawyer for an Afghan woman and U.S. permanent resident whom the Justice Department alleges is an “alien terrorist” vowed Thursday to vigorously fight the government’s efforts to deport her, telling a federal judge that the entire legal process is unfair and unconstitutional. In the first-ever test case before the secretive and never-before-used Alien … Read more

US Navy plans major torpedo stockpile overhaul as military shifts to two-war strategy

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Navy is poised to overhaul its torpedo inventory under the newly-approved congressional budget as the military shifts toward a “two-war” strategy. Lawmakers made it clear that the U.S. needs to build quantities of undersea weapons sufficient to maintain two major regional conflicts simultaneously, according to … Read more

Tiny England village plans referendum on leaving U.K., joining U.S. to protest migrant housing plan

London — Residents of a tiny English village furious over plans to house hundreds of people seeking asylum in a nearby disused military barracks are preparing to hold a symbolic referendum calling for their community to declare independence from the U.K. and join the U.S.  The referendum, which would carry no weight under British law, is … Read more

Trump unveils plans to overhaul Dulles International Airport outside Washington

Washington — President Trump on Wednesday unveiled his plans for an overhaul and expansion of Dulles International Airport outside Washington, saying in an Oval Office event the nation’s capital should have an airport in which citizens can take pride.  The president detailed the plans, complete with a model on the Resolute Desk, to renovate and … Read more

Trump to announce plans for Dulles airport makeover

President Donald Trump is set to announce a sweeping makeover of Dulles International Airport, including the construction of new terminals and the removal of the airport’s aging shuttles known as “people movers,” according to a senior White House official and another source with knowledge of the plan. The president is scheduled to announce details at … Read more

2nd octogenarian faces lethal injection as Florida plans executions

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, planning lethal injections Tuesday for an ex-police officer convicted of a young girl’s murder and an octogenarian who would be the second-oldest inmate put to death in modern U.S. history. … Read more

Ohio’s GOP governor calls Trump’s plans to deport Haitians a “mistake”: “You’d be sending people … back to hell”

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told CBS News the Trump administration’s plan to ramp up arrests and deportations of Haitian migrants is a “mistake,” arguing the move could bruise the state’s economy and risk putting Haitians in danger in their home country. More than 300,000 people from Haiti are set this week … Read more

Amazon plans to deploy more than 5,000 satellites for new space-based telecom platform

Amazon wants to build a telecommunications platform that would put thousands of satellites in space to offer voice, messaging, emergency and other services in connectivity-starved areas. The retailer’s Leo subsidiary said Monday that it has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a “direct-to-device” telecom service comprising more than 5,100 low Earth … Read more