Matt Ford

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Matt Ford

President Donald Trump is less than four months into his second term, and he’s already thinking about a third one. The president has occasionally referred to the possibility that he’ll seek a third term—despite the explicit constitutional bar on it—in the past. Now he’s making his wishes known much more explicitly. “I’m not joking,” Trump reportedly told NBC News last week.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Ford

President Donald Trump is less than four months into his second term, and he’s already thinking about a third one. The president has occasionally referred to the possibility that he’ll seek a third term—despite the explicit constitutional bar on it—in the past. Now he’s making his wishes known much more explicitly. “I’m not joking,” Trump reportedly told NBC News last week.

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matt Ford

04/01/2025April 1, 2025Charlotte "Betty" Webb worked at Bletchley Park, the famous British code-breaking center, where she was responsible for sorting intercepted German communications. She later paraphrased Japanese messages, too. https://p.dw.com/p/4sZH4One of the United Kingdom's oldest surviving World War II code-breakers has passed away at the age of 101, the Women's Royal Army Corps Association (WRAC) reported on Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matt Ford

04/01/2025April 1, 2025Fifteen major car manufacturers have been fined almost €600 million by the European Commission and the British government after Mercedes-Benz blew the whistle on a cartel that fixed car recycling costs and processes. https://p.dw.com/p/4sZ4aThe European Commission on Tuesday fined the Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and 15 of its members a total of €458 million ($494.5 million) for engaging in cartel-like behavior regarding the recycling of used cars.

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matt Ford

04/01/2025April 1, 2025Seven containers filled with nuclear waste were transferred from ship to train in northern Germany for transport to Bavaria. But Germany still has no permanent storage solution for its radioactive material. https://p.dw.com/p/4sYpiA ship carrying castor seven containers filled with highly radioactive nuclear waste docked in the northern German port of Nordenham, Lower Saxony, on Tuesday morning, amid protests and a heightened police presence.