It turns out that even San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech, has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill. Mayor Lurie has asked state regulators to bolster rules for autonomous vehicles…
President Donald Trump has pushed out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the bipartisan agency in limbo as he rushes to remake how elections are run before this year’s midterms. Trump fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the commission, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ProPublica, which…
A federal lawmaker is pushing for a provision that would bar the Federal Bureau of Prisons from offering taxpayer-funded VIP perks to pardoned drug lords and child traffickers. Rep. Norma Torres, a California Democrat, introduced the measure last month as an amendment to a House appropriations bill, telling her colleagues that there “should never be…
The labor market has shifted into a higher gear, powering through an energy shock and immigration restrictions to pull more people into work even as consumers sour on an economy that is straining their wallets. The vigorous pace of hiring over the past few months is a reversal from the stagnation of 2025, a year…
Several of the papers focus on Sir Keir Starmer’s future, with the Times suggesting “disgruntled backbenchers” are plotting a “putsch”, inspired by the move against Tony Blair by then Chancellor Gordon Brown in 2006. After this week’s local elections, it reports MPs intend to send an open letter to Sir Keir asking that he set…
Post Malone has pushed back the start of his Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2 with Jelly Roll in order to finish his new album. The singer announced the tour change Friday on social media, revealing that the trek’s first six shows have been canceled and the stadium tour will begin six weeks later so…
The Trump administration has taken a novel approach as it looks for ways to issue new tariffs to replace the levies invalidated by the Supreme Court. It began a new trade investigation in March that targets 59 countries and the European Union with potential tariffs unless they pass laws that ban imports of goods made…
Shorouk Express With the publication of the Biotech Act, the EU sets out how it intends to boost the sector’s competitive position in the face of China’s rapid rise. The Biotech Act Regulation sets out a broad framework that combines investment, regulatory reform, artificial intelligence, and biosecurity safeguards, all aimed at ensuring that biotechnology breakthroughs…
Shorouk Express Watch: Trump signs executive order to ‘protect American AI innovation’ Rachel Dobkin11 December 2025 23:20 Conservative activist group claimed Trump would pull federal funding if Indiana redistricting effort failed. A White House official said that’s not the case. Conservative activist group Heritage Action said earlier Thursday, “President Trump has made it clear to…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 22. Kyrgyzstan views its participation in the 2nd meeting of the Ministers of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on October 23–24, 2025, in Baku, as a platform for the comprehensive development of industrial potential, technological integration, and scientific cooperation, a source from…
