Politics·6h ago
FBI agents who investigated Trump file lawsuit alleging retaliatory firing
The three agents involved — Michelle Ball, Jamie Garman and Blaire Toleman — argue that their employment was terminated as a result of their work on an investigation into Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. Three former agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that they were wrongfully fired in retaliation for their work in the United States. By accusing the agents of “weaponising” the FBI, the lawsuit argues that the Trump administration not only damaged their individual reputations but those of all law.
Al Jazeera
World·4h ago
Japan allows divorced couples to negotiate joint custody of children for first time
Emi Ishikawa, a domestic abuse survivor, told the Japan Times she had fled from her marriage five years ago when her son was a year old, and now fears that her ex-husband could exploit a provision allowing parents who divorced before 1 April to apply for joint custody. The new rules are the first major change to the country’s laws governing child-rearing in more than a century Divorced couples in Japan will be able to negotiate joint custody of their children from Wednesday, in the first major change to the country’s laws governing child-rearing in more than a century.
The Guardian World
World·3h ago
Trump tells allies ‘get your own oil’, says Iran war could end in 2-3 weeks
Otherwise, three weeks from now, we’re likely going to hear that it’s going to take another three weeks.” Trump’s comments came as domestic petrol prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon (3.8 litres) as a result of Iran’s attacks on Gulf oil facilities and its continued squeezing of fuel supplies through the Strait of. President Donald Trump has said the United States could stop attacking Iran within two to three weeks and that a deal is not necessary to end a war that has disrupted energy supplies and shaken the global economy. Then, three weeks ago, they said it would take three weeks.
Al Jazeera
