Posts by Kim Browne
Trump and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Deserve Each Other
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that currently employ 6.7 million people across the United States. The names are familiar—Amazon, Starbucks, FedEx, Walmart, and Tyson Foods are habitual malefactors—but their sins are growing…
Read MoreIndia’s central bank cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence
The licence cancellation puts the spotlight on the dwindling significance of payment banks in the banking system Published Sat, Apr 25, 2026 · 03:20 PM [BENGALURU] India’s central bank said on Friday (Apr 24) that it has cancelled the banking licence issued to Paytm Payments Bank Limited, more than two years after the regulator imposed…
Read MoreUS imposes sanctions on Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery for buying Iranian oil
China buys more than 80% of Iran’s shipped oil, 2025 data from analytics firm Kpler shows Published Sat, Apr 25, 2026 · 01:15 PM [WASHINGTON] The Trump administration said on Friday (Apr 24) that it had imposed sanctions on an independent “teapot” refinery in China for buying billions of US dollars’ worth of Iranian oil,…
Read MoreStellantis to make Peugeot cars in China with partner Dongfeng
The brand is still trying to recover from quality issues that tarnished its image in Europe Published Sat, Apr 25, 2026 · 11:53 AM [PARIS] Stellantis plans to start producing cars in China under the Peugeot brand with Dongfeng Motor, reviving a partnership that had run into trouble in past years as the Amsterdam-based auto…
Read MoreUS considers using Defense Production Act in Spirit Airlines restructuring: source
Published Sat, Apr 25, 2026 · 11:38 AM [WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering using the Defense Production Act as the legal basis to bail out Spirit Airlines, a source told Reuters. CBS News first reported the potential plan on Friday (Apr 24), citing US officials familiar with the discussions. The source said…
Read MoreTrump Sued Over Alarming Memo Allowing Officials to Delete Records
Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, and J. Michelle Childs, appointed by Biden, ruled against Trump, while Trump appointee Justin Walker ruled in the administration’s favor. The three-judge panel upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in July, who said that Trump’s January 2025 executive order ending asylum claims for those who cross the…
Read MoreState Department Openly Admits Israel Pushed Us Into Iran War
Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, and J. Michelle Childs, appointed by Biden, ruled against Trump, while Trump appointee Justin Walker ruled in the administration’s favor. The three-judge panel upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in July, who said that Trump’s January 2025 executive order ending asylum claims for those who cross the…
Read MoreIt Sure Doesn’t Sound Like Missing GOP Rep. Will Be Back Anytime Soon
Republican Representative Thomas Kean Jr. of western New Jersey hasn’t voted on a single bill since March 5. Apparently, he’s been ill. Kean Jr. and his staff never explained to his constituents why the lawmaker was suddenly missing in action, but the 57-year-old politician was recently willing to share an update with Republican leadership. House…
Read MoreKaroline Leavitt Gives Up Game on Trump’s Fed Chair Investigation
Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, and J. Michelle Childs, appointed by Biden, ruled against Trump, while Trump appointee Justin Walker ruled in the administration’s favor. The three-judge panel upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in July, who said that Trump’s January 2025 executive order ending asylum claims for those who cross the…
Read MoreIndia Outraged by Trump’s Racist “Hellhole” Screed
Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, and J. Michelle Childs, appointed by Biden, ruled against Trump, while Trump appointee Justin Walker ruled in the administration’s favor. The three-judge panel upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in July, who said that Trump’s January 2025 executive order ending asylum claims for those who cross the…
Read MoreKash Patel Scandal Gets Worse With Confession of Drunken Arrests
Just days into the fallout over The Atlantic’s reporting on his alleged drinking issues, FBI Director Kash Patel will now have to answer questions about a 2005 letter, in which he admitted to being arrested twice for public intoxication and public urination. The letter, which was first reported by The Intercept, was part of Patel’s…
Read MoreTrump DOJ Announces It Will Start Executing People by Firing Squad
The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will resurrect federal firing squads as part of an effort to implement Donald Trump’s day-one executive order to revamp capital punishment. Trump’s order, signed in January 2025, demanded the attorney general pursue the death penalty on “all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” including murder of…
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