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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Figgie & the Moose: Knicks force game six against Pacers
Figgie & the Moose: Knicks force game six against Pacers NEW YORK (PIX11) — Welcome to 'Figgie & the Moose' with PIX11's Nelson Figueroa and Marc Malusis, where we break down the day's sports news and headlines through in-depth conversation. Join us daily on PIX11+ streaming at 1:30 p.m. as we provide commentary and analysis for the world of sports: local and national. Advertisement More New York Sports News On Friday, Figgie and Moose react to the New York Knicks defeating the Indiana Pacers in game five of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Musk's DOGE takeover of Institute of Peace brought roaches and rats to D.C. headquarters, court docs say
The head of the United States Institute of Peace says its Washington, D.C. headquarters near the Lincoln Memorial was left to rot after billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency took it over in March, leaving water damage, graffiti — and worst of all, an infestation of roaches and rats. After DOGE replaced the independent, fully government-funded nonprofit's board with MAGA loyalists and fired the entire staff, Musk's crew left it with a 'level of staffing… woefully insufficient to properly protect and maintain' the $500 million Moshe Safdie-designed concrete-and-glass structure, according to a May 23 affidavit filed in D.C. federal court by USIP President and CEO George Moose. 'Vermin were not a problem prior to March 17, 2025, when USIP was actively using and maintaining the building,' Moose's affidavit states. Moose's affidavit, which is part of a broader legal action by USIP in an attempt to regain full control of the organization, was first reported on Friday in the weekly Court Watch newsletter. The office, which is congressionally funded but is not part of the U.S. government, was established in 1984 by Ronald Reagan with a stated mission to advance international stability and conflict resolution. Still, shortly after he was sworn in for his second term as president, Donald Trump issued an executive order taking aim at USIP as 'unnecessary.' On Friday, March 14, Moose, a career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Benin and Senegal in West Africa, was abruptly terminated by the White House. He went back to the office on Monday and was removed from the USIP offices by police and replaced by Kenneth Jackson, a DOGE administrator, a move Moose immediately vowed to fight. Speaking to reporters outside after he was shown the door, Moose dubbed USIP's unilateral annexation 'an illegal takeover by elements of the executive branch of a private nonprofit corporation,' saying it had been 'very clear that there was a desire on the part of the administration to dismantle a lot of what we call foreign assistance.' On May 19, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the DOGE seizure of USIP was unlawful, and ordered Moose and his staff reinstated. In handing down her opinion, Howell said Trump's 'efforts here to take over an organization… represented a gross usurpation of power and a way of conducting government affairs that unnecessarily traumatized the committed leadership and employees of USIP, who deserved better.' The following day, Moose became concerned after hearing from USIP employees that the building's condition had been allowed to deteriorate, his affidavit states. With the help of his attorneys, and following Judge Howell's order, Moose arranged to get back into USIP headquarters on May 21. 'When my team and I arrived, the only persons in the building were two security guards and a small cleaning crew,' he says in the affidavit. 'In my experience, that level of staffing is woefully insufficient to properly protect and maintain the building.' However, Moose told reporters that, at first glance, nothing immediately seemed amiss. 'We just did a quick walk-through – externally, visibly, things look to be in pretty good shape,' he said. 'I didn't see anything, any destruction, if you will, no damage that I can see that is visible.' Yet, the following day, a more thorough inspection turned up myriad problems, according to Moose's affidavit. 'On May 22, members of my staff, including our chief of security and our contract building engineer, spent the day surveying and documenting the condition of the building, to include photographs,' he stated. 'They reported evidence of rats and roaches in the building,' which he said was a first. Moose says in his affidavit that staff reported 'other deficiencies in the maintenance of the building, including the failure to maintain vehicle barriers and the cooling tower, water leaks, damage to the garage door, and missing ceiling tiles in multiple places in the building (which I have been told suggest likely water damage).' 'In addition,' the affidavit contends, 'I learned from my team that sometime in the past several days, before we regained control of the property and assumed control for security, someone had scrawled graffiti on one of the outside spaces.' This occurred, according to the affidavit, because 'the building ha[d] been essentially abandoned for many weeks,' during which time DOGE left USIP HQ with 'only a few security guards on site, with no perimeter patrols.' According to Moose's affidavit, he 'immediately resumed' his duties at USIP, and reached out to staff and board members to begin working there again. It says USIP has once again assumed control of their building, has engaged a private security firm to guard the premises, and has taken over responsibility for the building's maintenance. At the same time, Musk is leaving DOGE as his 130-day tenure as a 'special government employee' comes to an end. Trump and DOGE have appealed Howell's ruling. Moose did not respond on Friday to The Independent's requests for comment, nor did the attorneys representing him and USIP in court. Messages seeking comment from Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Carilli, DOGE's lawyer in the case, and the White House, also went unanswered.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Trump's big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
Once again, President Donald Trump's biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks. On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New York rejected the legal foundation of Trump's most sweeping tariffs, finding that Trump could not use a 1977 law to declare a national emergency on trade imbalances and fentanyl smuggling to justify a series of import taxes that have unsettled the world. Reordering the global economy by executive fiat was an unconstitutional end-run around Congress' powers, the three-judge panel of Trump, Obama and Reagan appointees ruled in a scathing rebuke of Trump's action. The setbacks fit a broader pattern for a president who has advanced an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power. Federal courts have called out the lack of due process in some of Trump's deportation efforts. His proposed income tax cuts, now working their way through Congress, are so costly that some of them can't be made permanent, as Trump had wished. His efforts to humble Harvard University and cut the federal workforce have encountered legal obstacles. And he's running up against reality as his pledges to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have turned into slogs. The laws of political gravity, the separation of powers and geopolitical realities are proving to be tougher to conquer than Trump will publicly admit. As various legal skirmishes play out, he may have to choose between bowing to the limits of his power or trying to ignore the judicial system. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Moose Approaches Girl At Bus Stop In Barisal - Watch What Happens Happy in Shape "If the latter, we may have a constitutional crisis," said University of Texas history professor H.W. Brands. Trump blasted the ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, writing Thursday on his Truth Social platform, "If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power - The Presidency would never be the same!" Live Events A second federal court on Thursday found Trump's tariffs to be improper. Then a federal appeals court said the government can continue to collect the tariffs under the emergency powers law for now as the Trump administration challenges the ruling, though the government could be obligated to refund the money if the ruling is upheld. Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council , said there are two baseball caps in the room behind the Oval Office that say "Trump Always Wins" and Trump has been "right" about everything. "Trump does always win these negotiations because we're right," Hassett said on Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria." "These activist judges are trying to slow down something right in the middle of really important negotiations." Part of Trump's challenge lies in the nature of the job, in which only the thorniest of problems cross his desk. But there's also the fact that Trump's keen instincts for what plays well on TV don't necessarily help with the nitty-gritty of policy details. By unilaterally ordering tariffs, deportations and other actions through the White House, Trump is bypassing both Congress and the broader public, which could have given more popular legitimacy to his policy choices, said Princeton University history professor Julian Zelizer. "The president is trying to achieve his goals outside normal legal processes and without focusing on public buy-in," Zelizer said. "The problem is that we do have a constitutional system and there are many things a president can't do. The courts are simply saying no. The reality is that many of his boldest decisions stand on an incredibly fragile foundation." As Trump sees it, his tariffs would solve genuine problems. His "Liberation Day" taxes on imports would close persistent trade imbalances with other countries, with his 10% baseline tariff providing a stream of revenue to help offset the trillions of dollars in federal borrowing that would be created by his planned income tax cuts. But when the financial markets panicked and the interest charged on U.S. debt shot up, Trump backtracked and ratcheted down many of his tariffs to 10% while negotiations began to take place. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested this had been the plan all along to force new trade negotiations. But Trump shortly undercut him by saying on the White House South Lawn that he backed down because the financial markets were getting "yippy" - a reminder that Trump's own improvisatory and disruptive style can upend any working policy process. Trump still has tariffs in place on autos, steel and aluminum. Those are tied to the premise that imports would create national security risks based on previous investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. He could use other laws to start new investigations or temporarily impose tariffs, but the White House is more focused at the moment on challenging the court rulings. "What is unprecedented is Trump asserting authority under a 1977 statute that had never been used for tariffs, not just for targeted tariffs, but the largest tariffs since the 1930s," said Peter Harrell, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who served in the Biden White House. "That's what is unprecedented and unusual." Harrell said Trump could re-create many of his tariffs using other laws but "it would require more work and be a much more orderly process." Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley said Trump's sense of the presidency relies on a deep misreading of the office. He mistakenly assumes that the tariffs used in the 19th century to fund a much smaller federal government would now be able to pay for a much larger federal government. But he also assumes that power flows to and from him, rather than from institutions and the rule of law. "He doesn't seem to realize that anytime he doesn't listen to the court orders that he's making an anti-American statement," Brinkley said. "It's telling people that I'm bigger than the American Constitution, that judges are just errand boys for me." The Trump White House blamed its latest setback on the U.S. Court of International Trade. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said in a Bloomberg News interview that the judicial branch was part of the problem, keeping Trump from delivering on his promises. "We've got courts in this country who are basically engaged in attacks on the American people," Navarro said. "The president ran on stopping the fentanyl poisoning, stopping international trade unfair practices from stealing our factories and jobs. And courts keep getting in the way of that."
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Mazagon Dock Q4 Results: Cons PAT falls 51% YoY to Rs 325 crore; Rs 2.71 per share dividend announced
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders reported a 51% year-on-year decline in its Q4FY25 consolidated net profit at Rs 325 crore versus Rs 663 crore posted in the year ago period. The company's revenue from operations in the said quarter stood at Rs 3,174 crore, gaining by 2.3% over Rs 3,103 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Moose Approaches Girl At Bus Stop In Karnataka - Watch What Happens Happy in Shape Undo The profit after tax (PAT) fell 60% on a sequential basis Rs 807 crore reported by the state-run company in Q3FY25 while the revenue from operations saw a marginal uptick of 1% on the quarter-on-quarter basis against Rs 3,144 crore reported in the October-December quarter of FY25. More to come...
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Operation Sindoor national victory, think God was with us too: IAF chief
IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Thursday hailed Operation Sindoor as a " national victory ", and said all the Indian forces came together to execute it in a very professional manner. In his address at the CII Business Summit here, he also said, "We were taking the path of truth, I think, God was with us also in this." "This Operation Sindoor that we've been talking about, it's a national victory. I thank each and every Indian. I am sure, every Indian looking towards this victory," the IAF chief said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Moose Approaches Girl At Bus Stop In Al Sulaymaniah - Watch What Happens Happy in Shape Undo "Like it has been said again and again that this was an operation that was executed in a very professional manner by everybody, all the agencies, all the forces, we all came when truth is with you, then everything happens on its own," he said. Operation Sindoor was launched early May 7 in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack . Live Events All subsequent retaliations to Pakistani offensives were carried out under this operation.
