Sam Cabral

Jan 21, 2025 | bbc.com | Sam Cabral |Amy Walker |Nadine Yousif

Trump's latest picks include a former NFL player, a House legislator, and Wall Street financer to lead housing, labour, and the treasury.

Jan 20, 2025 | yahoo.com | Sam Cabral |Amy Walker |Nadine Yousif

The new team entrusted with delivering Donald Trump's agenda is taking shape, with several contentious hires in his proposed administration. Ahead of his return to the White House on 20 January 2025, Trump named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and military veteran, as his pick for defence secretary. And he wants Robert F Kennedy Jr to be health secretary. Marco Rubio will be the next secretary of state. And billionaire supporter Elon Musk will play a role in cost-cutting.

Nov 18, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sam Cabral

The man picked to be America's next top law enforcement officer, Matt Gaetz, is at the centre of a number of allegations which could prevent him from getting the job. Here's all you need to know about them. The Florida lawmaker is the subject of a long-running investigation by a congressional ethics panel into a number of claims involving drugs, bribes and sex.

Nov 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sam Cabral

A woman who attended a 2017 party with Matt Gaetz - Donald Trump's nominee to be the next US Attorney General - has testified that she saw the then-congressman having sex with a minor. The Friday revelation by her attorney comes amid newfound interest in the findings of a congressional ethics panel's long-running probe of the Florida lawmaker.

Nov 17, 2024 | ceylontoday.lk | Sam Cabral |Amy Walker |Nadine Yousif |Paneetha Ameresekere

BY Paneetha AmeresekereRupee or domestic credit by the banking and monetary sectors to the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and public corporations continued to overshadow credit to the private sector for the seventh consecutive month to February 2022, a phenomenon last seen nearly 33 years ago in 1989, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) data of Friday’s (8 April) showed.