Saudi Arabia Rolls Out Red Carpet for Global Builders Amid $1.4 Trillion Construction Wave

Saudi Arabia Rolls Out Red Carpet for Global Builders Amid $1.4 Trillion Construction Wave

Saudi Arabia isn’t just building cities—it’s building an entire new economic future, and it wants the world’s top contractors to come along for the ride. At the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Investment unveiled its International Contracting Office (ICO)—a central hub designed to welcome foreign contractors into one of …

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Saudi Arabia Rolls Out Red Carpet for Global Builders Amid Trillion-Dollar Boom

Saudi Arabia Rolls Out Red Carpet for Global Builders Amid Trillion-Dollar Boom

Saudi Arabia is sharpening its pitch to the world’s biggest contractors, inviting them to set up shop in the Kingdom as cranes swing and mega-projects rise across its desert skylines. At the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong, officials unveiled the International Contracting Office (ICO) — a new gateway designed to make it easier …

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Lebanon Opens Its Skies to Starlink, but Only for Corporate Users

Lebanon Opens Its Skies to Starlink, but Only for Corporate Users

Lebanon’s cabinet has given Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, the green light to operate in the country—though with strict boundaries. The licence, confirmed by the state news agency, allows Starlink Lebanon to beam internet service across the nation, but only to businesses, not households. Telecommunications Ministry spokesperson Tony Saad revealed that Starlink formally set …

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Court Orders Deep Dive Into Live Nation’s Arbitration Ties as Ticket Price Battle Heats Up

Court Orders Deep Dive Into Live Nation’s Arbitration Ties as Ticket Price Battle Heats Up

Live Nation’s fight to shove a ticket-price lawsuit into private arbitration just hit a speed bump. A federal judge in New York has told consumers they can dig into the company’s connections with powerhouse law firm Latham & Watkins and arbitration outfit New Era, a move that could unravel the entertainment giant’s carefully laid defense. …

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Fired Federal Workers Take Watchdog to Court Over Trump-Era Mass Dismissals

Fired Federal Workers Take Watchdog to Court Over Trump-Era Mass Dismissals

A fresh legal battle has erupted in Washington, where five former federal employees are challenging the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for shutting the door on thousands of complaints tied to President Donald Trump’s sweeping purge of government staff earlier this year. Backed by the advocacy group Democracy Forward, the plaintiffs argue that OSC …

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Trump Pushes to Oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook as Court Fight Escalates

Trump Pushes to Oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook as Court Fight Escalates

The clash between the White House and the Federal Reserve intensified Thursday as the Trump administration asked an appeals court to let President Trump remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook—despite a judge’s ruling that temporarily shielded her from dismissal. Cook’s future on the central bank’s board has become a lightning rod, with her attorneys warning …

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Senate Turns Up the Speed Dial on Trump’s Nominees

Senate Turns Up the Speed Dial on Trump’s Nominees

The U.S. Senate has rewritten one of its own guardrails, clearing a faster path for President Donald Trump’s nominees to secure high-level posts across federal agencies. In a 53-45 vote, Republicans pushed through a rule change that allows entire slates of executive-branch appointees to be confirmed in bulk, ending the one-by-one slog that Democrats had …

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Court Opens Door for Trump Administration to Cut Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funds

Court Opens Door for Trump Administration to Cut Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funds

A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration the green light to move forward with a controversial provision that would choke off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston hit pause on a lower court order that had temporarily shielded the organization, siding instead with the government’s push …

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Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Head Start Ban, Extends Ruling Nationwide

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Head Start Ban, Extends Ruling Nationwide

A federal judge in Seattle has stopped the Trump administration’s attempt to bar undocumented children from Head Start, freezing the policy across the entire country. The ruling, handed down by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez, blocks the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing immigration-based restrictions on the preschool program. Martinez’s order came …

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Judge Slams DOJ Subpoena, Shields Boston Children’s Hospital in Transgender Care Clash

Judge Slams DOJ Subpoena, Shields Boston Children’s Hospital in Transgender Care Clash

In a sharp rebuke to Washington’s latest push against transgender healthcare, a federal judge in Boston has blocked the Justice Department’s attempt to dig into Boston Children’s Hospital’s records. The subpoena, part of a sweeping Trump administration effort to scrutinize providers of gender-affirming care for young people, was struck down as overly broad and politically …

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