All Sides, One Site. The Top 100 U.S. News Outlets, Updated in Real-Time and Presented in Chronological Order.
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Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader met with mixed emotions abcnewsThis photo provided by Mattel shows a Barbie doll of Wilma Mankiller. Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late legendary Cherokee leade with a Barbie doll as part of its "Inspiring Women" series. This photo provided by Mattel shows a Barbie doll of Wilma Mankiller. Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late legendary Cherokee leade with a… - How Disney exec ruined his life by becoming self-help influencer: Split with wife after she told millions about their lousy sex, snapped… dailymailA top Disney executive ruined his life and picturesque marriage after quitting his high-powered job to become a self-help influencer, only to die of a heart attack after a descent into drink and drug binges. Dave Hollis, 47, abruptly quit his extremely promising career as head of global distribution at Disney in 2018 to join his…
- Girona not title race level, should enjoy 'historic' La Liga form: Michel reutersGirona not title race level, should enjoy 'historic' La Liga form: Michel Reuters.com
- I’m so sick of Walmart asking for my receipt as they watched me pay thesunA CUSTOMER has revealed how she plans to respond to Walmart employees when they ask for her receipt upon exiting the store. Dawn Marie is a TikToker who casually uses the app and most recently posted a video to express her frustration with Walmart’s anti-theft receipt checking policy. A Walmart customer has shared her anger at having…
- Former Gambino mob boss 'Sammy the Bull' claims Hunter Biden would be on track to receive 20 life sentences for his alleged crimes if he… dailymailA famous former crime boss says Hunter Biden would be in line for 20 life sentences for his alleged financial crimes if he wasn't the president's son. Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano, a convicted former head honcho for the Brooklyn-based Gambino family, told Fox News the allegations facing the first son are are 'beyond theft, it's…
- A groom who went viral on TikTok for putting on the 'wedding of the century' in Paris is now facing up to life in prison insiderSerhii Sobolevskyi/Getty Images A groom who shared his extravagant wedding on TikTok could face prison time. The charges stem from a March incident where police say Jacob LaGrone shot at them. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison. A groom whose multimillion-dollar wedding in Paris captured the attention of millions on…
- AstraZeneca und das KI-Biologikunternehmen Absci arbeiten .. reutersDer britisch-schwedische Arzneimittelhersteller AstraZeneca AZN hat eine Vereinbarung im Bewertung von bis zu 247 Millionen Dollar mit dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen für künstliche Intelligenz (AI) Biologikaunternehmen Absci ABSI unterzeichnet, um einen Antikörper zur Krebsbekämpfung zu entwickeln, berichtete die Financial Times am…
- Russia cracks down on LGBTQ community with new court ruling cnn1. How relevant is this ad to you? Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously
- Militants open fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing 9, including 2 soldiers abcnewsLocal police say that militants have opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Militants opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers, local police said. The shooting occurred on Saturday night in the Chilas area of the northern…
- Being ‘ugly’ is ruining our lives: two readers share their anguish theguardianFind out the reason you decided to believe you were ugly and learn to love yourself – it will show, says Philippa Perry Question 1: I was never good-looking In the past, I had many relationships, good, bad and indifferent. Then I didn’t. Part of that was me wanting to take some time after a bad breakup. But in trying to get back on that…
- KISS to perform their final ever show cbsnewsAfter five decades, the iconic rock band KISS on Saturday night are performing what they are calling their final concert ever. The sold-out show is taking place at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
- 60 Journalists Have Been Killed in the Israel-Gaza War. My Friend Was One of Them nytimesI was sitting in my apartment in Beirut on the evening of Oct. 13 when I read that journalists had been struck by a missile attack in southern Lebanon. My close friend, Issam Abdallah, was working in the area as a cameraman for Reuters to cover the border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah after the war in Gaza began just days…
- Artemis 3 moon landing likely years behind schedule, report finds nypostAs NASA and its contractors continue to push ahead with the Artemis program, a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office – an independent, nonpartisan “congressional watchdog” – found that the earliest humans are likely to return to the Moon is 2027 – two years after NASA’s stated goal. The Artemis program was started in…
- Second-quarter surge pushes Lakers past Rockets reutersSecond-quarter surge pushes Lakers past Rockets Reuters
- Cop28 live: health in focus at Dubai climate talks theguardianThe world leaders’ summit is over, and the negotiators take centre stage. Sunday’s official themes are health, relief, recovery and peace Good morning! This is Alan Evans, bringing you coverage from the fourth day of the UN’s Cop28 climate summit. The Guardian will be liveblogging the negotiations throughout. You can email me on…
- Canucks hold off Flames, 4-3 reutersCanucks hold off Flames, 4-3 Reuters.com
- Moment Tennant Creek Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sits on top of a child in 'citizen's arrest' dailymailJeffrey McLaughlin, Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council, in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, was filmed sitting on the back of a young boy after making what he claims was a citizen's arrest.
- Greenhouse gas emissions soar theguardianSatellite tracking data shows many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures Electricity generation in China and India, and oil and gas production in the US, have produced the biggest increases in global greenhouse gas emissions since 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was signed, new data has shown. Emissions of methane,…
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Philippines coast cbsnewsA 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of the Philippines Saturday night, prompting a tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.
- Barbie Doll Honoring Cherokee Nation Leader Met With Mixed Emotions voanewsAn iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural health care. Her reach is now broadening with a quintessential American honor: a Barbie doll in the late Mankiller's likeness as part of toymaker Mattel's "Inspiring…
- Four killed as explosion hits Sunday mass service in Philippine university gym cnnAt least four people have been killed and ten wounded by an explosion at a Sunday mass service being held in a university gymnasium in the Philippines. The blast took place in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on Sunday morning, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines. Photos of the scene showed soldiers and emergency workers…
- Justin Trudeau faces grim poll showing a majority of Canadians want him to resign as prime minister dailymailCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a winter of discontent, after new polling showed a majority of voters want him to step down. The poll released this week by Ipsos shows that 72 percent of Canadians think Trudeau should step down and let his Liberal Party select a new leader for the next elections, which are not due until…
- SNL’s Bowen Yang Gives George Santos the Fib-Filled Sendoff He Deserves thedailybeastvia NBC When the House voted to expel New York congressman George Santos on Friday, there’s no doubt that some Saturday Night Live fans were saddened by the news—though not necessarily because they were supporters of the fabulist extraordinaire. Since way back in January, SNL’s Bowen Yang has been brilliantly skewering Santos’ many…
- Suspect Shot Dead During Attempted Los Angeles Home Invasion theepochtimesLOS ANGELES—A suspect was shot to death by a homeowner during an attempted home invasion robbery Dec. 2 in the Granada Hills neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. Officers were dispatched about 5 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 11400 block of Swinton Avenue, near Rinaldi Avenue, regarding a “hot prowler” call, the Los […]
- Heavily pregnant Afghan women eligible to come to UK stuck in Pakistan theguardianPeople who worked for or were affiliated with the British Council may lose babies as government delays relocation to UK Pregnant Afghan women who are eligible for resettlement in the UK have been told their babies may not survive unless they are urgently evacuated. The women, who worked for or are affiliated with the British Council,…
- Florida State Seminoles Gloriously Win ACC Championship Despite Having To Rely On Third-String QB Brock Glenn dailycallerThe Florida State Seminoles are the ACC Champions
- A suspected bomb blast kills at least 4 Christian worshippers during Mass in southern Philippines apnewsA powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. The morning Mass was underway in a gymnasium at the state-run Mindanao State University in Marawi city when the…
- Abducted Idaho infant found dead with ‘naked’ father, wanted for wife’s murder, wandering around nearby nypostAn abducted baby was found dead in the woods of Idaho Saturday — after his father was spotted walking naked and delirious nearby, police said. Police found the body of 10-month-old Zeke Best about 24 miles east of Idaho Falls after a hunter called to report a man in a sleeping bag on the side of the road. The man — identified as the…
- UK temperatures plunge as cold snap disrupts roads bbcYellow weather warnings for snow and ice have come into effect for the north west of England, the Midlands, the south, and parts of Wales and Scotland. Drivers in Cumbria have told the BBC they have been in stop-start traffic with no food or water for up to 19 hours. He ran out of food and water and said emergency services or other…
- Marlon Brando's one-of-a-kind Rolex has been sold for more than $5 million insiderMarlon Brando's Rolex GMT-Master engraved with the actor's name. Denis Balibouse/Reuters Marlon Brando's Rolex GMT-Master was recently sold at Christie's for more than $5 million. The sale was put on hold, however, after the owner of the watch filed a civil complaint. The Rolex has distinct customizations that were made while Brando was…
- Nvidia’s automotive chip sales still riding high in China asiatimesNvidia’s AI processor business in China has been all but shuttered by the US Commerce Department, but its DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC) for electric autonomous vehicles is still going strong. More than a dozen corporate customers in China contribute to Nvidia’s automotive revenues, which are now running at a rate of over US$1…
- Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions yahooThis photo provided by Mattel shows a Barbie doll of Wilma Mankiller. Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late legendary Cherokee leade with a Barbie doll as part of its "Inspiring Women" series. A ceremony honoring Mankiller's legacy is set for Dec. 5, 2023 in Tahlequah, where the tribe is based. Mankiller, who died in 2010, was the first…
- College Football Playoff: Someone is going to be angry googleCollege Football Playoff: Someone is going to be angry Yahoo Sports College Football Playoff Predictions: Michigan, Washington, Florida State & Texas ALL IN I CBS Sport CBS Sports Projecting the College Football Playoff committee's final top 6 ESPN Predicting the final CFP rankings after all of the championship games Buckeyes…
- Miss Nicaragua pageant director charged with running ‘beauty queen coup’ plot: police nypostNicaraguan police said Friday they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, accusing her of intentionally rigging contests so that anti-government beauty queens would win the pageants as part of a plot to overthrow the government. The charges against pageant director Karen Celebertti would not be out of place in a…
- Florida State vs. Louisville score: Defense leads Noles to ACC title; is College Football Playoff bid certain? googleFlorida State vs. Louisville score: Defense leads Noles to ACC title; is College Football Playoff bid certain? CBS Sports Brown: Jeff Brohm raised bar for Louisville football. ACC title game is just the beginning Courier Journal Florida State tops Louisville for first ACC title since 2014 ESPN Florida State vs. Louisville score: Live…
- Emma Stone Welcomed Into SNL ‘Herstory’ by Tina Fey and Candice Bergen thedailybeastNBC/screengrab Emma Stone became the youngest member of the Five-Timers Club on Saturday Night Live this weekend when she hosted the show for the fifth time in 13 years. And while she didn’t quite get the star-studded reception that John Mulaney did last year, she did get an extra special welcome into SNL “herstory” during her…
- Why Israel’s peace activists are re-evaluating their position on the war yahooWhen human rights activist Ziv Stahl was awakened to the booms of rocket fire on October 7, while staying at her sister’s home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, she did not for a moment anticipate the scale of the terrorist attack unfolding around her. Nor did she imagine the horror she would feel when she later called the police, who “basically…
- How to watch the Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Commanders game: Livestream options, kickoff time, more cbsnewsCBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. The Miami Dolphins play the Washington Commanders today. The Dolphins offense is solid this season, but they've had trouble winning on…
- Winter Weather in Pacific Northwest Cuts Power to Thousands in Seattle, Dumps Snow on Cascades theepochtimesSEATTLE—Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range. Thousands of households were without power Saturday morning in the greater Seattle area after a night of rain and wind, the Seattle Times reported. Seattle City Light…
- Both contestants awarded tuition scholarship after Big 12 halftime challenge ends in controversy foxnewsThe Texas Longhorns kept their hopes of making it to the College Football Playoff alive on Saturday by dominating Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship game. However, the ultimate competition took place when the Longhorns and the Cowboys were in their respective locker rooms. At halftime, two college students took the field for the…
- Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America apnewsIn Chile, leftists were tortured, tossed from helicopters and forced to watch relatives be raped. In Argentina, many were “disappeared” by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state who died Wednesday…
- How to watch the Cleveland Browns vs. LA Rams game: Livestream options, kickoff time, more cbsnewsCBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. The Cleveland Browns play the LA Rams today. The Rams have had a rocky season at best, but hope to keep the victories coming after…
- On this day in history, December 3, 1992, the first text message is sent foxnewsPeople across the world send text messages every day — often multiple times a day or even per hour. The simple act of typing on a keyboard (no matter how small that keyboard may be) and hitting "send" is now second nature in the 21st century. But once upon a time, it was a novel idea. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, DECEMBER 2, 1823,…
- Michigan vs. Iowa score: Wolverines push for top spot in College Football Playoff with Big Ten title shutout googleMichigan vs. Iowa score: Wolverines push for top spot in College Football Playoff with Big Ten title shutout CBS Sports Michigan Is Your Back-To-Back-To-Back Big Ten Champion! Sports Illustrated Michigan football live score, updates, highlights Detroit Free Press Pod of Rosedale: Championship Week HawkeyeReport How to watch Michigan vs.…
- Both contestants awarded tuition scholarship after Big 12 halftime challenge sparks controversy foxnewsThe Texas Longhorns kept their hopes of making it to the College Football Playoff alive on Saturday by dominating Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship game. However, the ultimate competition took place when the Longhorns and the Cowboys were in their respective locker rooms. At halftime, two college students took the field for the…
- At least four dead after explosion during Mass at Philippine university washingtonexaminerCrime Scene tape at the front door of a luxury home adamkaz/Getty Images At least four dead after explosion during Mass at Philippine university Robert Stewart December 02, 11:21 PM December 02, 11:21 PM Video Embed At least four people died Sunday in the aftermath of an explosion at Mindanao State University in Marawi City,…
- Niall Ferguson: Are the US and China Truly ‘Polar Opposites’? spectatorNiall Ferguson is one of the Western world’s most prolific historians, and his recent opinion piece in Bloomberg marries history with current geopolitical insight. He describes the recent meeting in California between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping as a “cold war summit” reminiscent of the 1973’s Nixon–Brezhnev meeting, except that…
- We Need to Talk About the Antisemitic Mob in a New York City School thedailybeastPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Flashback to June 2020. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by police and the subsequent Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations around the United States, a Black teacher in a predominately white school posts a picture on social media…
- Israel Kills Hamas Commander Wissam Farhat in Renewed Gaza Offensive breitbartThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it had killed Hamas commander Wissam Farhat, who was involved in planning the October 7 terror attack and had been involved in terrorism against Israel for almost three decades.
- Silence and the Impossibility of Martyrdom spectatorThis year on the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, I am reminded of another Jesuit who also journeyed to Japan: Pope Francis, whose words on the Japanese martyrs during his Apostolic visit in 2019 continue to echo in my mind and heart today. Though most of us are not forced to face the dramatic choice to die for Christ in our daily lives,…
- Newsom Demolished DeSantis Using the One Thing Republicans Hate thedailybeastPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher. The debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom was meant to be a showcase of the new faces of the Republican and Democratic parties. However, as The New Abnormal team pointed…
- Projecting the College Football Playoff committee's final top 6 googleProjecting the College Football Playoff committee's final top 6 ESPN College Football Playoff Predictions: Michigan, Washington, Florida State & Texas ALL IN I CBS Sport CBS Sports Predicting the final CFP rankings after all of the championship games Buckeyes Wire ESPN Insider Predicts College Football Playoff Teams After Conference…
- Why aid workers need more personal security training asiatimes“Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the greatest poets of 19th-century America. No words can better describe tireless and committed labor of humanitarian aid workers. That said, when taking their self-sacrifice for granted, one should not lose sight of the…
- School’s Out Forever spectatorWoody Allen famously said, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” If he’s right, that’s bad news for some 30 percent of public school students who, according to a recent study conducted by Stanford professor Thomas Dee, were chronically absent during the school year that ended in 2022. Chronically absent means a student missed 10…
- Russian Billionaire Uses COP to Push Revival of Woolly Mammoths bloombergAndrey Melnichenko , a Russian billionaire who made a fortune in coal and fertilizer then found himself sanctioned after the invasion of Ukraine, now has a plan to stem methane emissions from the thawing Siberian permafrost: recreating a time when woolly mammoths roamed the tundra. At a lavish pavilion at the COP28 climate summit in…
- HBO MOVIE IN WORKS.. drudgereportThe meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023. The news comes…
- DeSantis PAC CEO out in latest shakeup thehillNever Back Down – the super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis – has parted ways with its interim chief executive officer after she served nine days on the job. Kristin Davison replaced former CEO Chris Jankowski on Nov. 22. Jankowski said in a statement through a group spokesperson that “it has become…
- The District of Columbia Is Drowning. Blame the Democrats spectatorThe District of Columbia has always been valued as a beautiful city, both by its residents and its millions of international visitors. The district is world-famous for its museums, cemeteries, cherry blossoms, galleries, architecture, hotels, churches, statues, harbors, Rock Creek Park, lovely smaller parks and public squares — all have…
- Kissinger: America's Most Prolific War Criminal zerohedgeKissinger: America's Most Prolific War Criminal Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary, Henry Kissinger is dead at 100. He rose to power from humble beginnings. His middle-class Jewish family escaped Germany for the United States in 1938. After graduating high school and attending one year of college (studying accounting, of all…
- Three officials have left a pro-DeSantis super PAC in the group's latest shake-up, AP sources say apnewsThree senior members of a super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis left the group on Saturday, the latest sign of instability within the 2024 hopeful's political operation just six weeks before the Iowa Republican caucuses. Kristin Davison parted ways with Never Back Down just after she took over leading the group following the…
- Is the stock market getting ahead of itself? Say it aint so! yahoo
- Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars apnewsOn Saturday night, Kiss will close out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. But will it really be the end? During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — will…
- Cracker Barrel Sees 7.1% Dip In Traffic Amid Ongoing Decline yahooDespite its cult following and popularity on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been struggling to draw in diners. Following a year of declining numbers, the Tennessee-based casual dining chain saw a 7.1% dip in overall restaurant traffic by the closing of its latest quarter, which…
- Dead or Alive? The Hunt for a Ukrainian Soldier Missing on a Chaotic Battlefield wsjKUPYANSK, Ukraine—For 48 hours in muddy trenches near this northeastern city, the Ukrainian troops had fought off waves of Russian infantry emerging from the tall grass, while artillery hammered everything around them. They were exhausted, and officers had finally ordered them to return to base with the six Russians they had taken…
- KISS Avatars Go On Tour After Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons Retire bloombergOn this week’s episode of idea Generation, writer and filmmaker Sacha Jenkins takes us on a journey from his childhood in Queens launching his own underground rap and graffiti zines, to pioneering the culture-defining magazine EgoTrip. Eventually Jenkins would move into the world of filmmaking, directing the critically acclaimed…
- The Big Bang never happened asiatimesIntroduction by Asia Times Science Editor Jonathan Tennenbaum In September Eric Lerner created a sensation with his Asia Times article, “Saying goodbye to the Big Bang,” arguing that the Big Bang theory is contradicted by an overwhelming mass of astronomical evidence accumulated over decades, including recent data from NASA’s James Webb…
- LeBron James preaches patience amid Lakers disappointing start: 'We don’t have our group yet' foxnewsAlthough some believed the Los Angeles Lakers would be championship contenders this season, superstar LeBron James says the team is merely a work in progress. Friday's loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder was the Lakers ninth loss of the season. Earlier in the week, James suffered the worst defeat in his NBA career as the team suffered a…
- Palestinians in West Bank Flee After Settler Violence: 'We Were Forced to Leave' wsjZANUTA, West Bank—Hanaa Abul-Kbash was home with her children in this tiny village in the occupied West Bank when she says an Israeli settler, armed with a military-style rifle, barged in telling her she had to go. “I told him this has been my home for 21 years and that I would not leave,” recalls 43-year-old Abul-Kbash of the encounter…
- Deadly Explosion at Catholic Mass in Philippines nytimesAt least four people were killed and around 50 others injured Sunday in an explosion at a Roman Catholic Mass inside a university gymnasium in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, the military and police said, adding that they suspected the involvement of the Islamic State affiliate in the Philippines. The blast, thought to be caused…
- Billions in U.S. Funding Hasn't Convinced Developing World to Ditch Coal wsjJOHANNESBURG—Wealthy nations are sending tens of billions of dollars to poorer ones for clean energy, the linchpin of a global strategy to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in the developing world. But two of the most ambitious efforts yet—in South Africa and Indonesia—are now at risk of unraveling, sowing doubts about the rich world’s…
- Florida woman, 22, posed as 14-year-old homeschooled child to sexually prey on middle schoolers: Police theblazeA Florida woman, 22, posed as a 14-year-old homeschooled child to sexually prey on middle schoolers, according to police. Alyssa Ann Zinger was arrested on Nov. 24, and was transported to Orient Road Jail. Zinger was charged with two felony counts of lewd or lascivious battery, and five felony counts of lewd or lascivious molestation…
- TEXIT Progress: Secession Question Expected To Appear on 2024 Texas Primary Ballot zerohedgeTEXIT Progress: Secession Question Expected To Appear on 2024 Texas Primary Ballot As the US government hurtles toward insolvency while political and cultural divisions intensify across the country, Texans are poised to take their long-simmering flirtation with secession to the next level, as a non-binding proposition is expected to…
- Bill Maher says Elon Musk’s controversial post ‘did test my patience’ with him, looked ‘really antisemitic’ nypost“Real Time” host Bill Maher scolded billionaire X owner Elon Musk over his post last month that spiraled into a major controversy, saying it looked “really antisemitic.” Maher, who was overwhelmingly supportive of Musk’s takeover of the platform formerly known as Twitter, brought up the tech tycoon’s recent visit to Israel during his…
- I’m a lawyer and Walmart loses a ton of money to theft thesunAN ATTORNEY has taken to TikTok to call out retail theft losses and how one major store deals with them. Maverick Ray has taken to the platform to educate the general public on legal topics, and now he is tackling retail theft. GettyMaverick Ray has taken to TikTok to educate the general public on legal topics, and now he is tackling…
- DeSantis Completes 99-County Tour of Iowa, Seeking to Boost Lagging Campaign theepochtimesRallying in his 99th county in the Hawkeye State, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would leave a legacy of restoring the American dream. NEWTOWN, Iowa—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis concluded his 99-county tour of the Hawkeye State on Dec. 2, fulfilling a campaign promise that pins much of his White House hopes on winning the Republican…
- In latest bloodletting, Ron DeSantis super PAC names third CEO in two weeks nbcnewsCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign, installed its third chief executive officer in less than two weeks on Friday, according to five people familiar with the latest development in the slow-motion shakeup. Scott Wagner, a longtime DeSantis loyalist, took over…
- One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower cnnFrench police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central Paris. The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told reporters at the scene on Saturday night. He said that the man arrested was a French citizen…
- Remains of airman from Osprey crash identified, others remain missing thehillThe remains of an airman who died in a U.S. Osprey military aircraft crash in Japan have been identified, while the seven others aboard are still missing. The man has been identified as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob “Jake” M. Galliher, who was 24 years old. Galliher was a direct support operator and assigned to the Kadena Air Base in…
- Steve Calabresi: The Amar Brief in Moore Should Not Be Embraced: Part 2 reasonMy Northwestern colleague, Steve Calabresi, asked me to post this on his behalf: In an earlier post on the Volokh Conspiracy, I described Professors Akhil Reed Amar's and Vikram David Amar's disagreement with an amicus brief that former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Professor Gary Lawson, and I filed in Moore v. United States. An…
- Bud Light Tries to Distance Itself from Dylan Mulvaney Disaster with New Ad Featuring Peyton Manning, Emmitt Smith breitbartBud Light is continuing its attempt to pivot from its disastrous Dylan Mulvaney-led ad campaign of earlier this year by launching a new ad featuring NFL legends Peyton Manning and Emmitt Smith.
- Netanyahu to Israel: We Will Continue Until 'Absolute Victory over Hamas' breitbartIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his nation on Saturday evening to reassure them that the Israeli military would continue the invasion of Gaza until "absolute victory" over Hamas had been achieved.
- Mexico's next president likely to be a woman after third-party candidate leaves race abcnewsFILE - Samuel Garcia, the then newly-elected governor of Nuevo Leon attends his victory celebration in Nuevo Leon, at the Macroplaza of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, June 7, 2021. García said Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 he won’t run for president in the June 2 elections. He had been polling below 10% in the race, and was given…
- Suspected Child Rapist Arrested After Failed Suicide-By-Hanging Attempt dailycallerThe officers cut the suspect down and transported him to a hospital
- Florida GOP chairman under fire as more details emerge in rape inquiry.. drudgereport
- Walmart announces major policy change after Elon Musk’s ‘foolish mistake’ thesunANOTHER major company has announced leaving Elon Musk’s social media platform following his recent controversial comment, though they claim it is unrelated. Walmart announced on Friday that the company would stop using X, formerly Twitter, to advertise its products and services, citing a lack of effectiveness. GettyAnother retailer has…
- Tourist Stabbed to Death Near Eiffel Tower in Suspected Terror Attack wsjPARIS—A German tourist was stabbed to death on Saturday evening a few hundred yards from the Eiffel Tower in a suspected terrorist attack, a blow to authorities on high alert because of the Israel-Hamas war. The suspect, identified as a Frenchman in his 20s, was arrested shortly after the slaying, said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin…
- Mindanao: Three killed in explosion at Catholic Mass in Philippines bbcThree people have been killed and nine wounded in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines, officials say. The incident occurred in a gymnasium at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in the city of Marawi on Sunday morning. In 2017, the city was the scene of a five-month battle between government forces and militants with…
- Upheaval Continues at DeSantis Super PAC as Another Top Official Departs nytimesThe super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in his presidential campaign, which has seen a series of changes in the last month, went through another shake-up this week when it fired its new chief executive officer who had stepped in just nine days earlier, according to two people briefed on the matter. Kristin Davison, who was…
- DeSantis’s Super PAC Reshuffles Leadership as Interim CEO Leaves bloombergOn this week’s episode of idea Generation, writer and filmmaker Sacha Jenkins takes us on a journey from his childhood in Queens launching his own underground rap and graffiti zines, to pioneering the culture-defining magazine EgoTrip. Eventually Jenkins would move into the world of filmmaking, directing the critically acclaimed…
- Congressional Commission Urges US To Expand Nuclear Arsenal Amid China, Russia Threat zerohedgeCongressional Commission Urges US To Expand Nuclear Arsenal Amid China, Russia Threat Authored by Andre Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times) The United States must expand and modernize its nuclear arsenal beyond planned improvements to…
- Jeopardy Host and Big Bang Theory Actress Slams 'Progressive Feminists' for Silence on Hamas Atrocities westernjournal“Jeopardy” host and “Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik took to social media to issue a blistering statement about the Israel-Hamas war. Bialik, who has Jewish immigrant parents, took to X over Thanksgiving weekend and blasted the “abhorrent and conspicuous” silence regarding the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists —…
- How the suspect was identified in the killings of 4 men in Los Angeles County nbcnewsLos Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, left, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore on Saturday announce the arrest of a suspect in three recent killings of homeless men.
- Al JAZEERA posts blurred doll, claims to be dead baby.. drudgereport
- Cryptos Soar After Largest Inflows In Two Years zerohedgeCryptos Soar After Largest Inflows In Two Years Anticipation of an eventual US spot Bitcoin ETF - which Bloomberg's analysts assign a 90% probability of being approved by the SEC in January... Okay, we're nearing in on deadline dates for 3 spot #Bitcoin ETF applications. I want to get ahead of it because there's a pretty good chance…
- Austin Decries Isolationists Who Want US to 'Retreat From Responsibility' voanewsU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday denounced those who advocate "an American retreat from responsibility" and said sustained U.S. leadership is needed to help keep the world as safe, free and prosperous as possible. He also urged Congress to end the partisan gridlock that has stalled the federal budget and war spending.…
- 'Be careful': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns a future president Trump could jail Joe Biden rawstoryGOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Saturday warned President Joe Biden that Donald Trump could win the presidency and then jail Biden. The former president has consistently claimed the criminal prosecutions he is facing are directed by his political opponent, but the courts have yet to agree with that determination. On Friday, Judge…
- Dem says home vandalized by 'ceasefire' advocates.. drudgereportRep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said his home in Bellevue, Wash., was vandalized Thursday night over the current conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. “Last night, my house was vandalized by people advocating for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza,” Smith said in a statement in a Friday press release. “This attack is sadly…
- DeSantis hits Iowa campaign milestone but is still far behind Trump, who again mocked his campaign washingtonexaminerGov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) speaks during the final event of a 99-county tour of Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Newton. Lily Smith/The Des Moines Register via AP) DeSantis hits Iowa campaign milestone but is still far behind Trump, who again mocked his campaign Associated Press December 02, 09:39 PM December 02, 09:39 PM Video Embed…
- You could be hit with $250 fine if caught wearing common piece of clothing in many locations, including public transport thesunPHILADELPHIA city officials have banned wearing ski masks in public in an effort to combat crime. Residents of the historic city could be hit with a massive $250 fine if they wear the face covering in schools, city-owned buildings, parks or on public transportation. GettyThe Philadelphia City Council has just voted to fine anywho who…
- Starmer credits Thatcher in pitch to Tory voters bbc"Every moment of meaningful change in modern British politics begins with the realisation that politics must act in service of the British people, rather than dictating to them," Sir Keir wrote. "Tony Blair reimagined a stale, outdated Labour Party into one that could seize the optimism of the late 90s. Sir Keir's comments about…
- Spain, Britain close to deal over Gibraltar, Madrid says, but gives no details reddit[1/2] Tourist binoculars offer users the chance to pay in pounds or euros, on top of the Rock in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/files Acquire Licensing Rights MADRID, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spain is "very close" to signing a deal on the post-Brexit status of the…
- Florida GOP chairman under fire as more details emerge in rape inquiry washingtonpostLeaders of the Florida Republican Party criticized state GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler as details emerged in a rape allegation by a woman with whom he and his wife previously had a three-way sexual encounter. Ziegler is under investigation by Sarasota police but has not been charged. A search warrant affidavit obtained by the Florida…
- Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says insiderGoogle, which aimed to have its conversational AI program Gemini launch in November, has quietly pushed its debut back to early 2024. SOPA Images/Getty Images The launch of Google's anticipated AI model, Gemini, has been delayed, The Information reported. Gemini's debut was pushed to early 2024 over issues handling non-English prompts,…
- Dem Strategist: Speaker Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court Are Bigger Threats Than Al-Qaeda townhallOkay, so while Friday’s episode of Bill Maher had its good moments, like the HBO host admitting that progressive youngsters are morons and indoctrinated, let’s also not forget that the comedian trains his firepower on conservatives as well, as he’s always done. Maher isn’t a conservative, but he’s for the cancel culture,…
- Bud Light Throws Desperate Play Against Boycott With Two NFL Legends, But It's Not Looking Good redstateBud Light pretty much destroyed an iconic brand with its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney earlier in the year to celebrate his 365 days of womanhood. The boycott that ensued saw its stock and its sales take a plunge, losing 30 percent of their core profits and billions in market cap. It has been perhaps one of the most…
- ‘A Unique Monster’: Will Smith Shares His Thoughts On The Dangers Of Fame dailycallerDiscussing the challenges of fame, Smith shared his perspective
- Trump’s Defense to Charge That He’s Anti-Democratic? Accuse Biden of It nytimesIndicted over a plot to overturn an election and campaigning on promises to shatter democratic norms in a second term, Donald Trump wants voters to see Joe Biden as the bigger threat.
- KISS fans flock to Madison Square Garden for band’s ‘final concert ever’ nbcnewsFor the "KISS Army," Saturday night was a historic moment as the band played its “final concert ever,” wrapping up the End of the Road World Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York. “KISS was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago. It will be a privilege and honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden, 10…
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Wags Finger at Israel, Warns of 'Strategic Defeat' redstateFrom February 13 to 15, 1945, some 800 Allied bombers utterly destroyed the German city of Dresden. In those three days, 2,700 tons of explosives and incendiaries fell on the city, and tens of thousands of Germans were killed, most of them civilians. No horrible act can be used to justify another, to be sure. But it's interesting to…
- VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Nov. 26 voanewsEditor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com. For Some DACA Recipients, Leaving US Only Way to Escape Legal Limbo In 2020, Tawheeda Wahabzada had had enough. It was time to leave the country she’d grown up in.…
- Federal Jury In Illinois Hits Egg Suppliers With $17.7 Million Penalty For Price Gouging Conspiracy dailycallerThe egg suppliers were found guilty of manipulating the domestic egg supply between 2004 and 2008
- The Surprise Bill Coming to Those Who Underpay Their Taxes yahooFailing to keep up with tax payments now could lead to an expensive surprise come next spring. As of Oct. 1, the Internal Revenue Service is charging 8% interest on estimated tax underpayments, up from 3% two years ago. The increase is one of the many effects of rising interest rates.
- Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run U.S. cities rawstoryCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, told his supporters on Saturday to "go into" Philadelphia and two other Democratic-run cities to "guard the vote" in 2024, repeating his unfounded claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 as justification for the call to action. Speaking…
- Dead longhorn found mutilated in front of Oklahoma State University fraternity house amid Big 12 Championship game theblazeJust one day before the Big 12 Championship game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma State University, a longhorn was discovered mutilated in front of a fraternity house in Stillwater, Oklahoma. KRIV reported that the body of a steer was discovered around 6:30 a.m. in front of the university's FarmHouse fraternity house with…
- Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary's Viktor Orban abcnewsFILE - Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 16, 2021. Former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave Ukraine due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Piotr…
- 1 killed, 2 wounded near Eiffel Tower by man reportedly angry over deaths of Muslims and screamed: 'Allah akbar!' theblazeOne person was killed and two others were injured on Saturday after a man allegedly committed a knife nd hammer attack near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Multiple reports say after the attack, the man screamed: "Allah akbar!" French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday, "The police have just courageously arrested an…
- 'Dropping like flies': Trump predicts which Ron DeSantis ally will peel away next rawstoryAfter a series of departures from Ron DeSantis' political orbit, Donald Trump took a stab at which ally was next. DeSantis' campaign has been rocked by the departures, including the most recent, Kristin Davidson, of the DeSantis Super PAC. Trump weighed in Saturday: "The Ron DeSanctimonious campaign people are dropping like flies.…
- Authorities Identify Suspect In Killing Of 3 Homeless Men In Los Angeles huffpostLos Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, was identified as the suspect in the three killings after authorities determined a firearm found in a vehicle he was driving when he was arrested earlier was linked to the shootings. Powell was arrested this week by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies for investigation of…
- Nine Dead in Peru’s Poderosa Mine After Armed Men Raid: Ministry bloombergCarol Massar and Tim Stenovec bring together the latest news from the world of business and finance and the interesting stories of global technology, politics, economics and more by harnessing the power of Bloomberg Businessweek reporters and editors.
- New Hampshire shares unredacted complaint against Facebook parent Meta bostonheraldNew Hampshire’s attorney general has released an unredacted version of the state’s complaint against Facebook- and Instagram-parent Meta Platforms to underscore the fight against the alleged “harms its platforms inflict on kids.” CourtesyAG Formella “The people of New Hampshire can now see that Meta’s own documents acknowledge the harms…
- Explosion hits university in Philippines, three reported killed aljazeeraThree people were killed and a number of others were injured in an explosion at a university gymnasium in the southern Philippines, local media have reported. The blast occurred at Mindanao State University in Marawi City on Sunday during a Catholic mass service. Mindanao Governor of Lanao del Sur Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. condemned…
- Nixon lawyer shows 'where the worry should be' in Trump's D.C. criminal case rawstoryDonald Trump's presidential immunity argument isn't likely to be accepted by the Supreme Court, but he could still notch a win in another way, a former Nixon White House counsel said Saturday. John Dean, a pivotal figure in the Watergate investigation, appeared on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, where he was asked if Trump could…
- California Woman's Tortoise Videos Go Viral, but Is It Just About the Tortoise? redstateWhat is it with California? Their Governor just got his impeccably-coiffed butt handed to him by Florida's favorite son Ron DeSantis, even as said California top man Newsom shouts his great victory over the state government, finally and for once, just doing their damn job. With all that going on, one of the big stories of the day out of…
- Kissinger's Legacy Still Ripples Through Asia voanewsHenry Kissinger will be remembered in much of the world as a foreign policy genius who ushered China into the world community, driving a wedge between Beijing and its Cold War ally Moscow, and eventually transforming the world economy. In Southeast Asia, the Nixon-era national security adviser and secretary of state who died this week…
- An Appreciation of Bad Company redstateSimon Kirke, the veteran drummer best known for his tenures in British blues rock stalwarts Free and Bad Company, stated during an interview with the "Bob Lefsetz Podcast" on November 23, 2023, that due to health issues, the latter’s 2019 tour dates were most likely its last. I think a lot of people now already know that (singer) Paul…
- Man attacks tourists near Eiffel Tower, killing one and injuring two others washingtonexaminerThe Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, with blurred moving evening clouds passing behind. (iStock) Man attacks tourists near Eiffel Tower, killing one and injuring two others Jenny Goldsberry December 02, 08:14 PM December 02, 08:17 PM Video Embed Police in Paris have detained a man after he allegedly stabbed a tourist to death and…
- DeSantis Super PAC Separates From New CEO in Latest Shakeup themessengerThe Never Back Down super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign has parted ways with CEO Kristin Davison in the third wave of departures to rock the embattled entity, sources tell The Messenger. Two other staffers may be on their way out over “personnel and management issues,” a source said, but no further names…
- USC professor banned over Hamas comments permitted to return to campus thehillUniversity of Southern California (USC) professor John Strauss is permitted to return to campus as the university continues its investigation into the comments he made during a student protest about Hamas, the Los Angeles Times reported. Strauss, a 78-year-old economics professor, was filmed during a Nov. 9 protest on the USC campus…
- Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China politicoSIMI VALLEY, Calif. — America's defense industry is struggling to achieve the kind of speed and responsiveness to stay ahead in a high-tech arms race with competitors such as China, an unreleased draft of a new Pentagon report on the defense industry warns. The first ever National Defense Industrial Strategy, which is set to be…
- Gavin Newsom's Wife Had to Save Her Husband from DeSantis Debate Beatdown: Report westernjournalAfter the thousands of words poured out Thursday night during a debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, two words uttered by Newsom’s wife ended the show. “We’re done,” Jennifer Siebel Newsom said after taking the stage during a break, according to NBC News, citing an unnamed source. Her husband and…
- Trump Speculates DeSantis May Be Finished theepochtimesFlorida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R) sits next to President Donald Trump during a meeting with Governors elects in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Dec. 13, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
- Florida man planned 'mass casualty' attack during Cybertruck event in Austin, TX theblazeA Florida man has been arrested after he threatened to commit a "mass casualty" attack at the Tesla Cybertruck event in Austin, Texas, which was to be attended by Elon Musk. The Daily Mail reported that Paul Ryan Overeem, 28, was taken into custody by the authorities on Wednesday, the day before the Cybertruck event was set to take…
- George Santos threatens to file ethics complaints against former colleagues nbcnewsAfter George Santos’ historic expulsion from the House of Representatives, he took to social media and promised to file ethics complaints against a number of his former colleagues. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist has the latest.
- Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos bbcMany also say that another consequence of Nixon and Kissinger's bombing campaign was that it helped pave the way for one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. Around 1.7 million people died at the hands of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 - almost a quarter of the population. "You saw the destruction and you…
- Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China politicoSIMI VALLEY, Calif. — America's defense industry is struggling to achieve the kind of speed and responsiveness to stay ahead in a high-tech arms race with competitors such as China, an unreleased draft of a new Pentagon report on the defense industry warns. The first ever National Defense Industrial Strategy, which is set to be…
- Suspect involved in murder of three homeless people in custody: Police washingtonexaminerFILE - The Los Angeles Police Department headquarters building is seen Friday, July 8, 2022, in downtown Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP Suspect involved in murder of three homeless people in custody: Police Jenny Goldsberry December 02, 07:17 PM December 02, 07:17 PM Video Embed The Los Angeles Police Department announced…
- Manhunt Underway for LA Serial Killer Targeting the Homeless hotairA manhunt is currently underway in Los Angeles for a suspect who is believed to be responsible for three murders in the past week. All three of the victims were homeless and all three were shot in the early morning as they slept on the streets of central LA. The three victims — all men who were in alleys or open areas by themselves —…
- American Airlines Investigating Alleged Pro-Palestinian Sweatshirt Incident huffpostAt HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and…
- Wow reasonGood Lord, people, you sure do know how to show some libertarian journalists a good time! When we kicked off this year's Reason webathon (in which we spend one week asking our most loyal readers/viewers/listeners to support our work financially in return for some choice swag), we figured it was a tad on the audacious side to set an…
- Federal judges deny Trump’s claims of presidential immunity around Jan. 6 msnbcTwo different court systems have now ruled Donald Trump can be held accountable for the Capitol Riot. “Just because you’re president doesn’t mean everything you do is presidential,” says former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks. She and MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez discuss Trump’s failure to get his criminal charges dismissed and whether…
- Foreign-born US population tops 49 million in 2023, beating Census prediction by 10 years: study thepostmillennialThe Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted in October shows that the United States population has more foreign-born individuals than at any other time in history, at 49.5 million people, or 15 percent. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, there has been a 4.5 million in foreign-born residents increase…
- Fox News Host Stuns Audience After Calling Out Network's Decision to Fire Tucker Carlson townhallIn a stunning jab to Fox News, host Greg Gutfeld called out the network for firing Tucker Carlson. Gutfeld compared the ongoing advertiser boycott of Elon Musk's X to Fox News' decision to fire Carlson, arguing that both icons pose too many challenges to elitists. The host said that Musk telling off "cowardly advertisers" who cave to…
- Suspect arrested in connection with four deaths in Los Angeles County thehillLos Angeles police announced that a suspect has been arrested in connection with four deaths recently. Police Chief Michel Moore said Saturday that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested Jerrid Joseph Powell for the killings of three homeless men in the past week and for a separate killing in a home robbery in San Dimas,…
- Trump Says Jesus Would Have Declared Him 2020 Winner in Unhinged Iowa Speech rollingstoneDonald Trump was in Iowa on Saturday for two campaign stops, the first in Ankeny, followed by a stop in Cedar Rapids. And his obsession with the 2020 election continues to be a subject he seems to think is crucial as he campaigns to win the Republican presidential nomination, despite his position being unsubstantiated time and again.…
- DeSantis super PAC parts ways with another CEO politicoThe chief super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Never Back Down, has parted ways with its chief executive officer less than two weeks after she was picked to replace her predecessor. Never Back Down split with Kristin Davison on Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The decision came…
- Desperate CNN's Latest Stunt with NBA Legend Charles Barkley is Major Flop ijrSo just how toxic is CNN as a media (it would be a stretch to call them “news”) company in 2023? Apparently, they are so toxic that not even one of the most beloved living NBA legends this side of Michael Jeffrey Jordan can help with the network’s flagging ratings. Barkley, the former star Philadelphia 76er, Phoenix Sun and Houston…
- West Virginia High School Approves Student-Led Bible Study Club breitbartA West Virginia high school is integrating a morning Bible study program after one Christian student brought the idea to the principal. Kanawha County Schools said the study will take place before class begins at South Charleston High School on November 28, WSAZ reported. “We got an email [the] second week of November about a…
- Trump vows to protect free speech by revoking Biden’s executive order on AI thepostmillennialIn a campaign speech on Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, former President Donald Trump vowed to cancel President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence that calls on federal agencies to assess how to better use it in their day-to-day operations. In the statement, Trump said, "Just this week, Biden's Homeland Security…
- Trump presses counterprogramming edge, cast shadow over DeSantis 99-county milestone washingtontimesCEDAR RAPIDS - Former President Donald Trump has been the undisputed king of counterprogramming in the 2024 GOP presidential race. Seldom missing an opportunity to upstage his rivals, Mr. Trump was back at it again Saturday when he returned to Iowa to cast a shadow over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he celebrated fulfilling his promise…
- Trump Claims He ‘Saved’ Obamacare While Calling It a ‘Disaster’ And Bragging About mediaiteFormer President Donald Trump claimed he saved Obamacare after calling the Affordable Care act a “disaster” and bragging about his efforts to remove it. During a rally a campaign rally in Iowa on Saturday, the Republican frontrunner started bragging to his supporters about how he nearly took down Obamacare while also invoking the name…
- DeSantis super PAC parts ways with another CEO politicoThe chief super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Never Back Down, has parted ways with its chief executive officer less than two weeks after she was picked to replace her predecessor. Never Back Down split with Kristin Davison on Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The decision came…
- Trump vows he will revoke Biden’s executive order on AI to protect free speech thepostmillennialIn a campaign speech on Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, former President Donald Trump vowed to cancel President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence that calls on federal agencies to assess how to better use it in their day-to-day operations. In the statement, Trump said, "Just this week, Biden's Homeland Security…
- Experts to examine a controversial forensic test that has helped convict women of murder dailykosby Duaa Eldeib ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in…
- Deaf Americans face danger with inadequate 911 text services scrippsnewsView Americans who are hard of hearing or deaf still face dangers in many parts of the country as alternatives to 911 call-in services for hearing impaired people are still inadequate or poorly services in many localities around the United States. The infrastructure for 911 emergency services are still based off a land line frame work…
- Kiss performs its final concert. But has the band truly reached the 'End of the Road'? nprThe 50-year-old heavy rock group performs the final concert of its "End of the Road" tour Saturday in New York. But it's said farewell before. (Image credit: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
- Vivek Ramaswamy says 1 key issue could make him 'a major surprise' in Iowa caucus wndHarold Hutchison Daily Caller News Foundation Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that addressing a proposed carbon capture pipeline could help him become “a major surprise” in January’s Iowa caucuses. Farmers in the Midwest have opposed efforts to build a series of carbon-capture pipelines in Illinois, South Dakota…
- See what judge in Jan. 6 case wrote about Trump's motion to dismiss cnnSee what judge in Jan. 6 case wrote about Trump's motion to dismiss CNN International
- Trans HS Volleyball Player Gives Female Competitor Concussion, Ending Her Final Season Early: Report ijrA California high school volleyball player’s season is finished after she suffered an injury competing against a transgender athlete. The girl’s father — speaking to Reduxx and identified only as “Luis” — recounted seeing one unusual player during an October match at Half Moon Bay High School in San Mateo County. “From a distance it…
- 2 filmmakers with an underwater drone accidentally found a 128-year-old shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron insiderFilmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick discovered the wreck of the "Africa" in Lake Huron. Courtesy of Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick Filmmakers shooting footage of invasive mussels in Lake Huron found a shipwreck from 1895. The "Africa" had been carrying coal from Ohio to Ontario, and was carrying 11 sailors. The wreck is covered…
- Expert warns Letitia James heading for constitutional brick wall in Trump case wndNew York Attorney General Letitia James (Video screenshot) By Katelynn Richardson Daily Caller News Foundation George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley suggested Friday that New York Attorney General Letitia James’ push for $250 million in penalties and the dissolution of former President Donald Trump’s companies could…
- University of Utah staff cancel class and host 'healing circles' over detransitioner Chloe Cole making a speech thepostmillennialOn Thursday, some teachers at the University of Utah canceled classes while the LGBTQ Resource Center held a "Healing Circle" ahead of 19-year-old detransitioner Chloe Cole's speech hosted by the Young Americans Foundation (YAF). In an email to students obtained by YAF, one professor wrote, "This week, our campus is hosting a…
- US Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Sentenced for 'Non-Violent' Role in Capitol Incursion westernjournalA two-time Olympic gold medalist has been sentenced for his part in the Capitol incursion. Klete Keller, 41, was ordered to serve six months of house arrest, three years of probation and 360 hours of community service, according to the New York Post. The former pro swimmer was accused of being part of a group seen “shoving cops as they…
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- 'There's a lot of smoke here': What Liz Cheney's new book could mean for Trump’s Jan. 6 probe msnbcTim Heaphy, former lead investigator for the Jan. 6 Committee, speaks to Alex Witt about the significance of new revelations in former Rep. Liz Cheney’s book about her GOP colleagues’ response to Trump’s actions leading up to January 6 and whether any of it can be used against Trump in his upcoming criminal trials.
- Lloyd Austin says tumultuous world 'demands' U.S. leadership washingtontimesDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that the wars raging in the Middle East and Europe, coupled with increasingly brazen "bullying" by China, have underscored the need for robust U.S. leadership on the global stage.
- Los Angeles Police Warn Of Killer Preying On Sleeping Homeless People huffpostAt HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and…
- Oil companies pledge at COP28 to slash methane pollution, but critics call it a 'smokescreen' pbsFifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year's United Nations climate talks said Saturday.
- Mississippi Republican party files suit over judge holding Hinds County polls open on election night dailykosby Geoff Pender Mississippi Today The Mississippi Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to dissolve an emergency order a judge issued on election night keeping polls open in Hinds County, saying the order violated state law and the court lacked jurisdiction. The state Republican Party filing notes the issue is spilled milk…
- Israeli offensive turns to southern Gaza as hopes of reviving truce dwindle pbsHopes for a renewed cease-fire in Gaza any time soon have dimmed considerably, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered his negotiators home from Qatar, saying talks had hit a dead end. Since the fighting resumed on Friday, the focus of Israel's aerial bombardment has shifted to southern Gaza as Palestinians there are ordered to…
- Dem rep says pro-ceasefire activists vandalized home wndHarold Hutchison Daily Caller News Foundation Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington said his home was vandalized Thursday night by pro Israel-Gaza ceasefire activists. Smith did not detail how his home was vandalized in a statement. The vandalism came on the day Israel resumed military operations against Hamas after efforts to extend…
- Israeli shifts offensive to crowded southern Gaza, orders evacuation csmonitorFollowing a weeklong truce, Israel is pounding targets in southern Gaza even as the U.S. urges it to protect civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue the war “until we achieve all its goals.”
- Guinea-Bissau president says this week’s violence was ‘attempted coup’ aljazeeraClashes between two army factions broke out on Thursday night after two government officials were freed from custody. Gunfire and clashes that erupted in the capital of Guinea-Bissau this week were an “attempted coup”, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has said. Clashes between the National Guard and special forces of the presidential…
- Rep. Loudermilk: 'All' Jan. 6 Deposition Tapes Have Disappeared newsmaxThe chair of the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., has reported that "all" video depositions given to the Democratic-led House select committee on Jan. 6 have disappeared.
- What to know about the COP28 deal and new U.S. rules to cut methane emissions pbsAt COP28 on Saturday, 50 oil and gas companies -- including industry giants ExxonMobil, Shell and BP -- pledged to reduce methane emissions to "near zero" by 2030. At the same time, the Biden administration announced new rules to enforce major elements of the agreement in the U.S. Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund,…
- Rep. Loudermilk: 'All' Jan. 6 Deposition Tapes Have Disappeared newsmaxThe chair of the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., has reported that "all" video depositions given to the Democrat-led House select committee on Jan. 6 have disappeared.
- Texas AG sues Pfizer, claims its vaccine made people believe it would end the pandemic msnbcTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Pfizer, accusing the pharmaceutical company of lying about how effective its Covid-19 vaccine was and for not ending the pandemic as it had suggested.
- UN Women Condemns Hamas Rapes Only 55 Days Late hotairThe United Nations has yet to condemn Hamas, although it has been quite free in its condemnations of Israel’s response to the vicious attacks of October 7. Of particular note is the fact that UN Women, the organization’s “entity” (whatever that means) that is supposed to push for gender equality and the “empowerment of women” failed to…
- Desperate CNN's Latest Stunt with NBA Legend Charles Barkley is Major Flop westernjournalSo just how toxic is CNN as a media (it would be a stretch to call them “news”) company in 2023? Apparently, they are so toxic that not even one of the most beloved living NBA legends this side of Michael Jeffrey Jordan can help with the network’s flagging ratings. Barkley, the former star Philadelphia 76er, Phoenix Sun and Houston…
- News Wrap: U.S. at COP28 commits to tripling renewable energy production by 2030 pbsIn our news wrap Saturday, Vice President Harris pledged $3 billion at COP28 to a global fund to help poorer nations adapt to climate change, a protestor is in critical condition after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, and record amounts of snow has dropped on much of Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic…
- U.S. to hand billions to U.N.'s Green Climate Fund for poor countries wndMary Lou Masters Daily Caller News Foundation President Joe Biden’s administration is committing an additional $3 billion to help developing countries fight climate change, the White House announced Saturday. The allotment will go toward the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund and will be pledged by Vice President Kamala Harris at the…
- More Rumors Swirl Regarding Trump's Potential 2024 VP townhallAs the 2024 election nears the corner, it's looking more like a match between former President Trump and President Joe Biden. In this case, Trump must choose a vice president to help him unravel the destructive policies Biden has ensued on the country. Even before announcing his second-third run for the White House, rumors have swirled…
- Trump Warns GOP Voters They Need to Guard the Vote In Detroit, Philadelphia And Atlanta themessengerFormer President Donald Trump on Saturday called on supporters to "guard the vote" while speaking at a rally in Iowa, naming Detroit, Philadelphia and Atlanta as places voters "have to watch." "The most important part of what is coming up is to guard the vote," Trump said at the rally. Critics of the former president were quick to point…
- Ousted George Santos Plots Revenge Against Ex-House Colleagues In Online Tear huffpostAt HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and…
- NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week dailykosA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Elon Musk and others spread meme reviving unfounded ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy theory CLAIM: An expert who…
- At COP28, developing nations speak out on climate solutions csmonitorCountries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming – and they have the pope's blessing. Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday's high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face –…
- Swing state Muslim group to withdraw Biden 2024 support over war scrippsnewsView Muslim community leaders from several swing states pledged to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday at a conference in suburban Detroit, citing his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Democrats in Michigan have warned the White House that Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could cost him enough…
- No Sealing in Case Seeking to Enforce $17M Arbitration Award Related to Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits reasonFrom Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald's opinion Thursday in Caremark, L.L.C. v. N.Y. Cancer & Blood Specialists, Inc.: Petitioners Caremark, L.L.C., … SilverScript Insurance Company, and Aetna, Inc. seek to file their petition to vacate an arbitration award under seal; or, in the alternative, partially under seal; or, in the second…
- The second ‘Halo’ season has a release date and a teaser trailer thevergeMaster Chief, the Spartan hero from Halo, will continue his live-action adventures with two episodes of its second season premiering worldwide on February 8th next year. Paramount Plus announced the date, along with a teaser trailer, during CCXP in Brazil. The teaser trailer doesn’t reveal much about the story, of course. But Paramount…
- Montana TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment, Intrudes on Federal Foreign Affairs Power reasonJudge Donald Molloy's opinion Thursday in Alario v. Knudsen (D. Mont.) preliminarily enjoined Montana's ban on TikTok, which the state had defended largely on the theory that TikTok was owned by a Chinese corporation and "gathers significant information from its users, accessing data against their will to share with the People's…
- Cheney Blasts Speaker Johnson As Trump Collaborator In Effort to Overturn Election themessengerFormer Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., called Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a "collaborator" in former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in an excerpt of an interview that will air Sunday on CBS. "The story of Mike Johnson is a story of a collaborator and of someone who knew then and knows now that…
- Gunmen kill eight bus passengers in northern Pakistan aljazeeraNo group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive for the shooting was unclear. Gunmen have attacked a bus near the town of Chilas in northern Pakistan, killing eight passengers and injuring nearly two dozen others, district and regional officials say. Muhammad Ali Johar, a spokesman for the regional government,…
- Housing market outlook for 2024: Here's the good news yahooNone US housing market affordability will improve in 2024, but challenges will remain, Realtor.com said. • None Home prices will drop, but the decline in mortgage rates will be limited. • None The lock-in effect from rates will persist, bringing little relief to the market's lack of supply. Some relief is coming for the housing market…
- Israel moves into southern Gaza after a week-long truce voxAmir Levy/Getty Images Seven weeks into the war, 15,000 Palestinians have been killed and there’s no end in sight Israel and Hamas have resumed hostilities after a week-long pause — and now the fighting is moving into southern Gaza, where most of the region’s more than 2 million residents are living in overcrowded conditions without…
- 'The US economy is still the greatest show on planet Earth': 5 lessons for investors from a wild year in markets yahooNone Bank of America strategists broke down the five biggest lessons for investors and the economy from 2023. • None The US economy navigated aggressive Fed rate hikes, China struggled, and bond vigilantes returned. • None For investors, 2023 marked the end of "TINA" and introduced alternatives to equities. Through 2023, surging…
- US proposes plan to help the snow-dependent Canada lynx before warming shrinks its habitat bostonheraldU.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century. The proposal marks a sharp turnaround from five years ago, when officials in Donald Trump’s presidency said…
- Trump Vows to Win Fight Over Democracy Against Biden at Iowa Rally themessengerFormer president Donald Trump on Saturday vowed that he would "win" the "fight" to protect American democracy against President Joe Biden while speaking at a rally Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. The former president labeled Biden as the "destroyer of American democracy," adding that his opponents have waged an "all-out war" on democracy…
- 4 Investment Lessons to Learn From Charlie Munger yahooMunger died in Nov. 2023 at 99 after many decades alongside Warren Buffett at the helm of the massive holding corporation Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B). Together, Munger and Buffett grew Berkshire from a small textiles firm into a massive and diversified conglomerate with a market capitalization of about $780 billion at the time of…
- Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes across the country bostonheraldA mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, officials are investigating an incident involving a teenage boy who allegedly used…
- Pioneering Latina public radio journalist Maria Martin dies at 71 nprRadio journalist Maria Emilia Martin, a former NPR colleague who created the radio show Latino USA, has died in Austin, Texas. She was 71 years old, and died after a recent operation. For nearly half a century, Martin brought the voices of Latin Americans and Latinos in this country to public radio. She reported on politics, violence…
- Bail set at $500K for man accused of killing 2 Nevada patrolmen in hit-and-run upiA man accused of hitting and killing two Nevada Highway Patrol troopers while driving drunk this week has been ordered held on $500,000 bail by a state court official. Jemarcus Williams is accused of having a blood-alcohol level over twice that of the legal limit when he was behind the wheel of the SUV that struck and killed the two…
- Court of Appeals Orders Texas to Remove Buoy Border Barrier along the Rio Grande River hotairAnother day, another ruling against Texas as state officials try to do what they can to secure the border with Mexico. A federal court upheld an order for Texas to remove buoys along the Rio Grande River Friday. The state’s appeal request for a lower court ruling was rejected by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruled…
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Declares War on Juror #1 pjmediaThe day before Thanksgiving, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (JHACH) attorneys filed a motion for a new trial based on “juror misconduct” after losing a groundbreaking jury verdict for $261 million. Instead of deciding to cut their losses and pay what the People decided they owed, JHACH ruined Thanksgiving for the Kowalskis and…
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin highlights progress during summit between U.S., Britain, Australia amid tensions in Indo-Pacific upiDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced increased collaboration with AUKUS partners Britain and Australia to fortify their presence in the Indo-Pacific region amid tensions between China and its smaller neighbors.
- Ron DeSantis is running the Iowa playbook cnbcNewton, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign is announcing the completion of a longtime campaign pledge Saturday: touring all of Iowa's 99 counties, a milestone for a campaign that has devoted significant resources to the first-in-the-nation contest. The statewide tour, colloquially called the "Full Grassley" in a nod to Sen.…
- Vermont School District Officials Claim ‘Detransition Awareness Day’ Would Harm ‘Trans’ Students townhallOfficials within a Vermont school district said that celebrating “Detransition Awareness Day” is hurtful and students who identify as “trasngender” and that it does not align with the districts “equity policy,” according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education and shared exclusively with Townhall. The documents show that on…
- Chris Christie fails to make it onto Maine's GOP primary election ballot upiFormer New Jersey governor and Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie will not be on the Maine primary election ballot after failing to obtain the required number of in-state petition signatures.
- Trans Winner of Women's Half-Marathon Takes Pleasure Rubbing Competitors' Faces in His Dominant Victory ijrWhat would you call a professional track and field athlete who joined a middle school team and broke every record? You’d call him a cheater. What would you call this athlete if he took it even further, mocking his competitors by saying that he won even though he was “embarrassingly slow”? You’d call him an immature bully. In no universe…
- Affidavit details sexual assault complaint against Florida GOP chair upiA newly unsealed police affidavit had shed more insight into an ongoing sexual assault investigation against Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler. A redacted 26-page affidavit released Friday revealed police have now recovered video of an Oct. 2 sexual encounter between Ziegler and a woman he has known for several years.…
- Trump: Ballot Ban Push Shows They Don't Want to Run Against Me newsmaxDemocrats and anti-Trump forces attempting to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot exposes the "fake news" narrative that they want to run against former President Donald Trump, he told his Cedar Rapids rally Saturday.
- New medication awaits FDA approval for improving larger dogs lifespans redditThe term "dog years" may take on a new meaning thanks to a new medication designed to extend the lifespan of dogs. The drug, currently called LOY-001, is not yet available to pet owners, but could potentially be on the market as early as 2026, according to Loyal, the San Francisco-based company behind the drug. Here are five questions…
- Trump: Ballot Ban Push Shows They Don't Want to Run Against Me newsmaxDemocrats and anti-Trump forces attempting to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot exposes the "fake news" narrative that they want to run against former President Donald Trump, he told his Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rally Saturday.
- In Congress and in class: Rep. Don Beyer works toward master's degree in AI cnbcWASHINGTON — Don Beyer isn't the average student at George Mason University. He's 73 years old. He prefers a notebook and pen to a laptop for note-taking. And he's a top lawmaker on AI policy in Congress. The Virginia Democrat found AI fascinating, but the breakthrough came when he realized he could enroll in computer science classes at…
- RemArms aims for Georgia after plant's 2 centuries in upstate New York washingtontimesAn Ilion, New York, gun plant that started in 1828 is set to close. Owner RemArms, the successor to historic gunmaker Remington Arms, is moving operations to Georgia. Of the factory’s workers, 270 are represented by the United Mine Workers of America, which was notified of the decision to move by the company in a letter Thursday. The…
- Massachusetts ‘mourns’ with family of Pittsfield native who died in Osprey crash, Warren says bostonheraldU.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the entire state “mourns” with the family of a U.S. Air Force member who died in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan earlier this week. Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher was killed Wednesday during a training mission off the southern coast of Japan, according to the Pittsfield Police Department. Galliher is…
- Photos: More deaths and destruction as Israel targets southern Gaza aljazeeraIsrael has carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day after a weeklong truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension. Clouds of grey smoke from the strikes hung on Saturday over Gaza, where the Hamas-run Ministry of Health said nearly 200 people had been killed since the pause in hostilities…
- Authorities in US cities on alert after shooting attacks on homeless scrippsnewsView Authorities in Las Vegas and Los Angeles put the public on high alert warning the unhoused in those cities - and their loved ones - to be vigilant and stay in groups after multiple deadly shootings targeting people experiencing homeless. In Las Vegas, police announced Friday that law enforcement had been searching for a suspect…
- Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation motherjonesIn late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps violated the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters. US District Court Judge Steve Jones ordered the state’s GOP-controlled legislature to draw new congressional and state legislative maps that would result in new majority-Black districts. But instead…
- George Santos lining up ethics complaints against colleagues who questioned his ethics salonIn a late night rant on X, Santos railed against members of Congress and what he views as their "hypocrisy"
- The GOP’s Internal Dysfunction theatlanticEditor’s Note: Washington Week with The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. On Wednesday, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100. As the country…
- Homeless killings in Los Angeles: Police search for 'serial killer' usatodayOfficials in Southern California are sounding the alarm about a "serial killer" they say is targeting homeless people across a 12-mile stretch that runs from South Los Angeles to the northern part of downtown Los Angeles. LA authorities are continuing a dayslong investigation into a trio of homicides over three days, each involving an…
- Santos threatens slew of ethics complaints against former colleagues washingtontimesFormer Rep. George Santos, during a Friday night social media tirade, vowed to file a slate of ethics complaints against the lawmakers who were most vocal about ousting him. Mr. Santos promised to lodge the complaints Monday against Reps. Nicole Malliotakis, Mike Lawler and Nick LaLota, all fellow New York Republicans, along with one…
- Fortnite’s Eminem concert teased the future of the game thevergeImage: Epic Games Fortnite’s latest virtual concert was more than just Eminem stomping across a destroyed city — it also teased a number of experiences coming to the game in the future. The Big Bang Event, as it was called, lasted around 10 minutes and whisked players through a variety of spaces. At first, everyone was gathered on the…
- Maybe It's Time to Pardon Derek Chauvin hotairIn what will no doubt be one of my wildly unpopular hot takes on the news of the day, I find myself this weekend wondering whether or not a pardon or commutation of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s 22-year prison sentence might be in order. Prompting these thoughts was the news this week that another prisoner stabbed…
- Fortnite and Lego join forces for ‘survival crafting’ game thevergeThe next chapter of Fortnite will introduce a new island — but it’s also adding a Lego-themed game experience. Following The Big Bang event, which marked the conclusion of Fortnite OG (and also starred Eminem), developer Epic Games revealed a new in-game experience called Lego Fortnite. It’s described as “a new survival crafting game”…
- Man who allegedly stabbed Derek Chauvin in prison charged with attempted murder msnbcA federal inmate charged with the attempted murder of Derek Chauvin told prosecutors that he had been thinking about attacking the former Minneapolis police officer because he was a "high-profile inmate."
- Suspected ISIS Terrorist Stabs Multiple People In Paris dailywireA terrorist pleading allegiance to ISIS stabbed multiple people in Paris on Saturday night near the Eiffel Tower. The suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the terrorist attack and was “known for radical Islamism,” the AFP reported. At least one person is dead and two more were injured. “The police have just courageously arrested an…
- LAST CHANCE: Special 48 Hour PJ Media Blowout Sale pjmediaOur sale last weekend for Black Friday/Cyber Monday was so popular, that we're giving one FINAL chance at it. For about the next 48 hours, until Sunday night, at 11:59 pm PT - you can get yourself the deal of the year. Don't miss out this time! Join our team... See below for details. Christmas is just about three weeks away. Before we…
- USDA's new 'Plant Hardiness Zone Map' shows half the country is warmer scrippsnewsView Anyone who loves gardening knows the importance of understanding their area’s growing conditions. To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States Department of Agriculture has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map. For the first time since 2012, the USDA announced an update to this valuable…
- Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections chicagotribuneA mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
- Iran-linked cyberattacks threaten equipment used in U.S. water systems and factories nprThe hackers have been going after U.S. facilities that utilize an Israeli-made computer system, which is predominately used in water and wastewater systems. (Image credit: Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP)
- West Virginians could get stuck cleaning up the coal industry’s messes alternetThis article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mountain State Spotlight. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions —…
- No Evidence of Hate Crime in Shooting of Three Arabs in Vermont pjmediaOn the evening of November 25, three young men of Palestinian descent were accosted by Jason Eaton in Burlington Vermont and shot. All three men survived their wounds. Their attorneys and the mother of one of the victims claim that the shootings should be investigated as a hate crime. Eaton, a man who had suffered from depression and…
- 'I’ll vote for Biden': Top Koch group official rebels against Nikki Haley endorsement alternetNot all of Americans for Prosperity's (AFP) staff is on board with the group's endorsement of former UN ambassador Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Chris Maidment, who has been AFP's director of grassroots operations in New Hampshire since March of this year according to his LinkedIn profile, blasted the…
- Sisters Shot Dead the Day After Thanksgiving, Suspected Illegal Immigrant Being Charged for the Heinous Killings ijrA man suspected of being an illegal immigrant stands accused of murdering two sisters and shooting his daughter in a crime that has rocked the Dallas, Texas, area. According to the Dallas Morning News, 50-year-old Jose Santiago Chairez was booked into the Dallas County jail on charges related to the shooting spree in the Dallas suburb…
- I’m Falling Deeply in Love. But I Can’t Stand to Look At Her Face slateSlate publishes a lot of advice each week, so we’re pulling together a selection of our favorites. Here are a few of the most compelling questions from the week and links to hours of advice reading. This week: ex-husbands, and escorts, and career crossroads. Conflicted Romantic: I am falling in deep love with a woman who I am not…
- George Santos’ potential replacement also has financial ethics issues alternetThe U.S. House of Representatives has formally expelled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) because of numerous alleged financial fraud and crimes and numerous congressional ethics violations. But Santos’ potential replacement — himself a one-time congressman — has a history of financial ethics issues, too. Former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) violated…
- Trump and DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events in Iowa with the caucuses just six weeks away chicagotribuneRon DeSantis plans on Saturday to complete his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties, a timeworn tactic for presidential candidates hoping to make their mark in the leadoff state over months mingling with voters at the state’s diners, cookouts and Pizza Ranches.
- Uber Eats Mocked for Grotesque AI-Generated Food Pictures on Menu futurismFake Pizza Pie As the web continues to fill up with bottom-tier AI-generated content — see our reporting this week that Sports Illustrated had been publishing articles by fictional authors with AI-generated headshots — here's a new one: Uber Eats seemingly publishing a restaurant's menu with, instead of real photos of the food, ones…
- Carville melts down over Speaker Johnson: ‘Bigger threat to US than Al Qaeda’ bizpacreviewLongtime Democrat strategist James Carville threw a hissy fit on Friday over newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, going so far as to claim the speaker and other Christians like him are a bigger threat to America than even the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Carville offered up the bizarre, unhinged, and emotional take while appearing on…
- Merry Christmas, Libs: BLM-Backed Policies Have Killed More Black People Than the KKK pjmediaJust in time for Christmas. We all have a commie family member or two who shows up to the Christmas Eve festivities dedicated to verbally pooping in our eggnog and ruining the night. They usually make a point of responding to our greeting of "Merry Christmas" with something asinine like "Joyous Christian colonizer night to you, too." It…
- ‘Lady Ballers’ Becomes ‘Biggest Launch’ In Daily Wire History, Jeremy Boreing Says dailywire“Lady Ballers” marks the biggest launch in DailyWire+ history, according to Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing. “Lady Ballers” is a feature length comedy lampooning transgender ideology and the leftist push to make room for men who identify as women in women’s sports. The Daily Wire premiered the movie on DailyWire+ on Friday…
- Atmospheric river forecast for Seattle, Portland, Pacific Northwest usatodayForecasters say storms will drop rain, snow, and then more rain on millions in the western U.S. in coming days, bringing a slushy start to December. When the wet season comes to the Pacific Northwest, AccuWeather meteorologist Kevin Coskren said, "sometimes it just doesn't go away," he said, referring to days of rain forecast in Seattle…
- Not done yet: Husband of woman killed by teen carjackers now taking their parents to court bizpacreviewThe conviction of the murderous carjacker responsible for a New Orleans grandmother’s gruesome death set the stage for her widower to mount a new legal challenge against the parents and potentially the city. (Video: WVUE) In March 2022, 73-year-old Linda Frickey was pepper sprayed, beaten and then dragged a distance roughly equivalent…
- How HairCutHarry Turned Male Grooming Into an International Spectator Sport slateHairCutHarry might have the best job in the world. Every video on his 500,000-subscriber-strong YouTube channel follows the exact same format: Harry, the pseudonymous man in front of the camera, wanders into a barbershop somewhere in Tokyo, or Mumbai, or Lisbon, and asks for a haircut. The barber whirrs into action and showcases the…
- Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents redditColorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January. The move, which was passed at the state Peace Officers Standards and Training board meeting unanimously and without debate,…
- Israeli Negotiators Recalled from Qatar after Talks with Hamas Hit ‘Dead End’ nationalreviewAt least 110 hostages have been freed, with an estimated 137 remaining in the hands of Hamas.
- Holocaust museum chairman blasts college admins for allowing antisemitism on campus bizpacreviewThe chairman of one of the largest Holocaust museums in the world has some choice words for the college administrators who’re tolerating antisemitism on their campuses. Meet Dani Dayan, the chair of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. The center boasts the largest collection of artwork produced by victims of…
- Russia LGBT: Police raid Moscow gay clubs, media say redditThe police said they were searching for drugs, Ostorozhno Novosti said. City officials have not commented so far. "In the middle of the party, the music was stopped, and [police] began going into the lounges", one eyewitness told the outlet, adding that foreigners were also present at the gathering in central Moscow. The raids came a…
- U.S. pressing Israel to allow same levels of aid into Gaza as during ceasefire axiosThe Biden administration is pressing Israel to restore the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza to the levels seen before the collapse of the ceasefire, two U.S. and Israeli officials said. Why it matters: Aid groups warn the resumed fighting — especially in southern Gaza where 2 million Palestinians are concentrated — will…
- Paramedic on leave, accused of crashing ambulance with patient inside while allegedly drunk bizpacreviewMotor City mayhem left a paramedic on leave after an ambulance crash damaged three vehicles in a suspected drunk driving incident — while transporting a patient. (Video: WXYZ) Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday in Hamtramck, Michigan, just outside downtown Detroit, a paramedic with the Detroit Fire Department steered himself into unpaid leave…
- Santos, now booted from the House, got elected as a master of duplicity alternetU.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, was expelled on Dec. 1, 2023 from Congress for doing what most people think all politicians do all the time: lying. Santos lied about his religion, marital status, business background, grandparents, college, high school, sports-playing, income and campaign donation…
- Biden Administration Announces Dramatic Plan to Cut Methane Pollution motherjonesThe Biden administration announced an ambitious new plan on Saturday to dramatically curb methane emissions, the second biggest cause of global warming after carbon dioxide. It would require oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of methane for the first time. The announcement came as the United Nations hosted the Cop28 climate…
- ‘Do Not Sleep Alone’: L.A. Mayor Warns of Shooter Stalking Homeless People nationalreviewLos Angeles mayor Karen Bass, from left, with LAPD Chief Michael Moore and Los Angeles district attorney George Gascón, discusses the recent murders of three homeless men by a suspected serial killer at the LAPD Headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif., December 1, 2023.
- I spent 20 years studying foods 100-year-old people eat cnbcIf you want to live to a healthy 100, eat like healthy people who've lived to 100. Longevity researcher Dan Buettner shares the healthiest breakfast he's discovered. It can help improve cholesterol, repair DNA and boost immunity — and it costs just $4.23.
- Amazon’s first Fallout trailer welcomes you to the wasteland thevergeFallout. | Image: Prime Video War never changes — and neither do the vibes in Fallout. After a bit of teasing, Amazon just released the first teaser trailer for its live-action adaption of Fallout, and it starts out a lot like the games: a vault dweller leaves the comfort of their home to explore the dangerous postapocalyptic wasteland…
- Trump Can Be Prosecuted for Trying to Overturn Election, Judge Rules motherjonesFederal Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled on Friday that Donald Trump does not enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. “Defendant’s four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow…
- Apple TV Star Condemns Progressives for Blind Support of Hamas, Shares No-Holds-Barred Opinion cbnJulianna Margulies, star of the Apple TV series “The Morning Show,” is calling out her fellow progressives for their blind support of the terrorist group Hamas, claiming the stance is paradoxical. The 57-year-old star said, “It’s those kids who are spewing antisemitic hate that have no idea if they stepped foot in an Islamic country —…
- Wolves are returning to Colorado. But is it too crowded for them to thrive? nprColorado's booming urban population flipped the state from red to blue, allowing a referendum on reintroducing wolves to pass. But that growing population now may be too big for them to thrive. (Image credit: Kirk Siegler/NPR)
- 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued chicagotribuneA powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday night off the coast of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.
- Protester Sets Self On Fire In Georgia While Wearing Palestinian Flag dailywireA far-left pro-Palestinian protester reportedly set themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Georgia while wearing the Palestinian flag. The incident happened around 12:15 p.m. on Friday when the person, who has not been identified, doused themselves in gasoline outside the Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta, according to…
- Biden Admin Finalizes Plan To Cut Oil And Gas Industry’s Methane Emissions By 80% dailywireThe Biden administration announced new rules for the oil and gas industry Saturday, requiring it to cut methane emissions by nearly 80% through 2038. The U.S. committed to the new regulations on the oil and gas industry during the Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai where Vice President Kamala Harris also announced that the U.S.…
- George Santos Threatens Ethics Complaints Against GOP Reps That Voted to Expel Him rollingstoneGeorge Santos won’t be taking the high road out of Washington, D.C. as the now-former congressman has promised to rain hellfire and ethics complaints against some of the Republicans who voted to expel him from Congress. In a series of Friday night tweets, Santos set his sights on four former colleagues in his adopted state of New York…
- Something Mystifying Is Going On With Eric Adams slateWhen I asked veteran New York City reporter David Freedlander to lay out one moment that encapsulates what’s going on with New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, right now, he knew exactly what to say. “He was leaving an event in New York a couple of weeks ago with his security detail, and FBI agents stopped the vehicle and ordered Eric…
- Israeli ‘Gender Crimes’ Investigator Finds Hamas ‘Weaponized’ Sexual Assault during Invasion nationalreviewOn Saturday morning, nearly two months after the deadly invasion, U.N. Women finally explicitly condemned Hamas for raping Israeli women.
- Protestor sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta salonAccording to the Atlanta Police Chief, a Palestinian flag was found at the scene
- Kissinger: A Master of Grand Strategy in Perilous Cold War Era realclearpoliticsAt a dinner recently with friends, Henry Kissinger was, at the invitation of his host as usual, holding forth on various world crises when he was asked what gave him reason for optimism. He replied that he had confidence in the wisdom of the American people, though at the current moment he worried about a dearth of U.S. leadership. The…
- 'Leave Our Kids Alone': Education Superintendent Slams 'Outrageous' Atheist Demands as Prayer Battle Heats Up cbn'Leave Our Kids Alone': Education Superintendent Slams 'Outrageous' Atheist Demands as Prayer Battle Heats Up Oklahoma’s state superintendent of public instruction upped the ante this week in his battle with atheist activists, proclaiming in a social media video that “people of faith will never be bullied.” Listen to them on the latest…
- U.S. lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate 'super pollutant' methane from oil and gas cnbcThe Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on U.S. oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that contribute to climate change. The rules, two years in the making, were announced by U.S. officials at the United Nations COP28 climate change conference in…
- Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist’ chicagotribuneRussian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.
- Argentina's Milei Must Show He Can Govern realclearpoliticsArgentina’s new president-elect, Javier Milei, met officials from President Joe Biden’s administration in Washington this week. Having campaigned as a Trump-style scourge of the elite, who sees climate change as a “socialist lie,” he said closer alignment with the US will shape his foreign policy and that he was “very comfortable” with…
- Alarming Video Shows Guy Boxing With Robot futurismMortal Kombot Choose your fighter! Florida-based IHMC Robotics teamed up with Boardwalk Robotics to build a humanoid robot called Nadia, who has some serious fighting chops. A recent video shared by the company shows the carbon fiber-clad robot throwing some punches worthy of a "Rocky"-style training montage. The robot can be seen…
- Ron DeSantis Publicly Ridicules Colorado GOP For Forcing Him to Promote Them on Social Media mediaiteKristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis publicly ridiculed the Colorado Republican Party on Friday for making him promote their social media page as a requirement to qualify for the state’s ballot. “To qualify for the CO primary ballot, the state party requires that candidates…
- China's Mars Rover Detected Polygons Under the Planet's Surface futurismIce Ice Baby China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the Red Planet's surface — and it looks like they're related to Mars' long-lost water, too. In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) say that using data from the…
- Oh, Good, OpenAI’s Biggest Rival Has a Weird Structure Too slateThis article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. Life got interesting for Anthropic two weeks ago, when OpenAI nearly lit itself on fire. Anthropic had been operating comfortably in OpenAI’s shadow, collecting billions in investment from Amazon, Google, and others as it developed similar technology with an increased…
- Newsmax feuds with RNC over Republican primary debates axiosNewsmax is clashing with the Republican National Committee after the conservative, Trump-friendly channel wasn't able to co-sponsor one of the first four GOP presidential primary debates. Why it matters: The dispute is a view into the delicate and at times fraught negotiations over the debates, which can propel or depress a candidacy —…
- Charlie Munger and the Magnificent Seven realclearpoliticsWe use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
- Readers write: Amid Gaza war, preserving humanity csmonitorKudos on getting the humanitarian story in the article “With food and shelter scarce in Gaza, Palestinians turn to each other” from the Nov. 6 Weekly. It is so unfortunate that the majority of Palestinians who are suffering under Hamas are unable to get out from under those conditions. Though it is refreshing to hear that they are…
- Can Biden Win Again Without Censoring the Truth? realclearpoliticsMusk's commitment to free speech on X has raised concerns among the White House and the Left • The Biden campaign is worried about "misinformation" on X, including viral videos about high prices The recent Media Matters takedown of Elon Musk on an anti-Semitic charge - and the dutiful response of numerous companies to pull advertising…
- Unions and Elected Officials Are Joining the Movement for Palestinian Freedom jacobinWhen a group of pro-Palestine state legislators and activists launched a five-day hunger strike outside the White House this week, members of Congress and major unions showed up in solidarity. The movement against Israel's war on Gaza just keeps growing. New York assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks in front of the White House during…
- On Climate, Joe Biden Should Realize That Being Better Than Trump Is the Easy Part jacobinJoe Biden shouldn’t take for granted that young voters will automatically support him just because Donald Trump was a disaster for the climate. Biden will still have to make good on ambitious climate promises before the election. US president Joe Biden departs the White House on November 9, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch /…
- George Santos Goes Nuclear on Former Colleagues, Announces He Will Report Dirt to Office of Congressional Ethics mediaiteTom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images George Santos went nuclear on his former New York Republican colleagues and announced that he would be filing ethics complaints against several of them following his expulsion from the House of Representatives on Friday. Eight of Santos’ New York Republican colleagues in the House voted to expel…
- Tragic Footage Shows Orcas Trying to Save Their Dying Companion futurismLast Gasp A dying adult orca in the wild has been captured on camera in what is believed to be first-of-its-kind footage, Live Science reports. The unfortunate orca, a 35-year-old male nicknamed "Hunchy," was apparently acting strangely when he was spotted by whale watchers on November 6 during an expedition in the Lopphavet sea off the…
- DeSantis and Haley on Collision Course thedispatchThe immolation of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential effort—which began in comically bad fashion—proceeded quickly to desperation, self-sabotage, and buffoonery. It cost DeSantis donors more than $100 million for their man to lose half of his support from Republican voters nationally since that inauspicious beginning. A campaign…
- The Most Dangerous Conflict No One Is Talking About theatlanticFirst came the concrete markers engraved in multiple languages. Naval aviators from the Philippines would spot them during surveillance flights in the mid-1990s and dispatch forces to remove them. Then came the huts—small, wooden structures teetering on stilts on uninhabited islands, fit maybe for fishermen to take shelter during…
- New data shows dog respiratory illness up in Canada, Nevada .. usatodayOregon deemed a dog respiratory illness a "mystery" after more than 200 cases starting over the summer led to some fatalities among dogs that did not respond to usual antibiotics. The American Veterinary Medical Association said in a release Friday it is monitoring reports of similar illnesses in multiple states and the infectious agent…
- What the Act of Crying Can Offer theatlanticThis is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. “When I decided to attend seminary … I told people it was to ‘find myself,’” Benjamin Perry wrote earlier this year. “That frame suggests…
- Inflatable Santa gunned down in drive-by shooting skyA giant blow-up Santa has been gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the US - with the deflating deed captured on video. The unfestive act carried out in Lexington, Kentucky, left a gaping 46cm (18in) hole in the Father Christmas and raised concerns other similar inflatable decorations could be targeted by the trigger-happy yobs,…
- Let’s Never Do This to Edith Wharton Again theatlanticEdith Wharton’s unfinished 1938 novel, The Buccaneers, occupies much of its second half with the unhappy marriage of Annabel, an innocent American aesthete, and the Duke of Tintagel, a small, easily slighted man whose life’s passion is repairing clocks. As analogies, they read to me as pure Charles and Diana—the too-young woman who…
- Travelers can get a passport quicker. An L.A. post office can help Sunday at passport fair latimesWould-be travelers wait for their turn outside the Los Angeles Passport Agency at the West L.A. Federal Building earlier this year. This Sunday, a Brentwood post office is open to help with passports. It’s never too early for travelers to prepare for their 2024 spring and summer trips, even though the national backlog on passport…
- How a Young Communist Won and Lost Power in Postwar Japan jacobinToday marks a decade since the death of Japanese communist Toshiko Karasawa. Her courageous life is a testament to the revolutionary potential of anti-imperialism, but also the difficult choices faced by the Left in US client states. Japanese communist leader Kyuichi Tokuda places his ballot in an election box, April 16, 1946. Several…
- Brace for the Coming Debate over FISA nationalreviewA key provision of the law governing foreign-intelligence collection is up for reauthorization, and the stakes are high.
- What Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Gets Wrong About War foreignpolicyI’m just a defense analyst, so I’ll leave a proper critique of Ridley Scott’s new blockbuster biopic Napoleon to the many reviewers who have already disparaged it. I, for one, found it to be a lukewarm mélange of battle scenes and romantic vignettes, leaving me with neither a sense of the man Napoleon Bonaparte—the bicorne-hatted…
- AI gives a boost to the quest to develop new materials axiosAI tools and sophisticated robotics are speeding the quest to engineer urgently needed new materials. Driving the news: Google DeepMind researchers reported this week that a new AI model discovered more than 2.2 million hypothetical materials. Of the millions of structures the AI predicted, 381,000 were stable new materials, making…
- How Women Are Reconciling Feminism With Faith foreignpolicy“It’s a very, very overt patriarchy,” Amy Allebest said as she fought to maintain her composure. “The leadership is all men in suits.” “It’s a very, very overt patriarchy,” Amy Allebest said as she fought to maintain her composure. “The leadership is all men in suits.” Raised in Colorado in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
- Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, briefly explained voxIsraeli soldiers restrain Jewish settlers after they stormed the Palestinian West Bank village of Dayr Sharaf following the death of an Israeli man on November 2, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. | Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images With the world focused on Gaza,…
- Muslim Americans in swing states launch anti-Biden campaign axiosMuslim Americans in the several swing states are scheduled to gather in Michigan on Saturday to start a campaign they're calling #AbandonBiden, a reflection of their outrage over President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Why it matters: Arab American and Muslim American anger could hurt Biden's re-election prospects in most…
- Jehovah's Witness receives bloodless heart transplant after 18 years usatodayCarolyn McLeod is walking the block outside the Chicago apartment where she and husband William are spending this year. Afterward, she's planning to go out to eat Chinese food. She can feel her heart beating with her all along the way. "I'm feeling good," she says. "I was able to trek a whole lot farther than I've done in…
- Columbia Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Groups. The Faculty Revolted newyorkerIt was a bright morning two Wednesdays ago, and Manan Ahmed, a professor of South Asian history at Columbia, was rushing across Broadway, trying to find a print shop that could make a giant poster on short notice. As he walked, he texted a few colleagues—classicists, anthropologists, other historians—asking whether anyone knew where to…
- The Cost of Overcorrecting on Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam newrepublicIf you don’t like the legacy of an American president, just wait awhile and it will likely change. For that is the iron law of presidential reputations: With rare exceptions, they fluctuate over time. This is certainly true with Lyndon Johnson. A new documentary that is currently streaming on Hulu, based on the book Lady Bird Johnson…
- A trans girl played volleyball. Now her Florida school is under investigation washingtonpostAn investigation under a 2021 Florida law banning trans girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams has thrust a public high school into turmoil.
- "Capitalizing on conflict": How white nationalists are exploiting Israel-Gaza tensions to push hate salonX/Twitter allows racists to pay to boost bigoted posts — and then cash in on ad revenue
- Who Gets to Play in Women’s Leagues? newyorkerBoulder, Colorado, where I was born and raised, is sometimes called the fittest city in America. Septuagenarians go skiing before work, high-school delinquents hang out at the climbing gym, and people do not so much hike as trail run. Every year, the town hosts the BOLDERBoulder, one of the largest road races in the country and a sort…
- UN Deems North Carolina Chemical Pollution a Human Rights Violation motherjonesThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations says the ongoing PFAS contamination of the Cape Fear watershed in North Carolina violates residents’ right to a clean and safe environment, and it has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to hold the…
- How to Still Be Reminded of Your Insignificance Even When Light Pollution Makes It Impossible to See the Stars newyorkerThroughout history, humans have gazed upward and been cowed by the sheer vastness of the universe. With all of those stars out there, we each ask ourselves, How could I possibly matter? Unfortunately, the amount of light pollution in most modern cities makes this sort of humbling introspection virtually impossible today. If you’re…
- Two Months That Shook the World: The First Phase of the Gaza War theinterceptOn Friday morning, Israel resumed its bombing campaign against Gaza, and the civilian death toll is once again rising. Both Hamas and Israel accused the other of violating the temporary truce. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has promised, “We will fight in the entire [Gaza] Strip.” Despite meekly worded suggestions from Secretary…
- A Fashion Designer’s Shrewd Eye for Curation newyorkerMOMA’s new show “Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner—Spirit Movers” includes thirty-seven objects from the museum’s collection, many of them no larger than a sheet of typing paper. Yet the effect of the exhibition is hardly minimal—not when its centerpiece is Terry Adkins’s soaring, magnificent sculptural ensemble “Last Trumpet.” Set…
- Portland Public Schools Must Now Consider Race, Gender Identity When Disciplining Students freebeaconA new collective bargaining agreement between Portland Public Schools and its unionized teachers requires school officials to consider a disruptive student's race, gender identity, and sexual orientation when crafting that student's disciplinary plan. When a student exhibits "continuous disruptive behavior," the agreement says, school…
- The Monroe Doctrine, Then and Now thedispatchIn November 2013, then-Secretary of State John Kerry declared, to thunderous applause, that “the era of the Monroe Doctrine is over.” Flash forward to 2019 and John Bolton, the national security adviser at the time, proclaimed that the Monroe Doctrine was alive and well. Within six years, high-level administration officials had shown…
- The lesser-known history of the Monroe doctrine salonRetracing the legacies of racism and colonialism on the 200th anniversary of the Monrine Doctrin
- This Movie Will Make You Rethink Everything You Ever Learned About Women With Balls freebeaconThere is no shortage of relatively recent films that could never get made today. You can read all about it by clicking on one of many dumb listicles on the internet, which vary in terms of how bad they want you to feel for still (or ever) liking "problematic" relics of the pre-woke era. Some of these films are beloved comedy classics…
- Actress apologises after claiming black people have been 'brainwashed to hate Jews' skyJulianna Margulies has said she is "horrified" to have offended people after she said that black people have been "brainwashed to hate Jews". The Good Wife and ER actress released a statement apologising after the controversial comments she made during a conversation about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Speaking on The Back Room With Andy…
- Civil Liberties Don’t Impede the Common Good thedispatchHundreds of people in positions of public service or influence across the nation—from journalists and professors, Capitol Hill staffers and Supreme Court clerks, to even sitting U.S. senators and House members—owe their intellectual formation to classes they took with Robert P. George, the McCormick professor of jurisprudence at…
- Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers Is a Holiday Triumph jacobinAlexander Payne's new film The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti, is the kind of wonderful comedy-drama we used to take for granted. Today it feels like a cinematic miracle. Still of Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers. (Focus Pictures) The Holdovers, writer-director Alexander Payne’s unexpectedly wonderful new movie, is…
- WATCH: Biden's Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 71) freebeaconPresident Joe Biden started the Christmas season off strong by botching the National Christmas Tree lighting on Thursday, beginning the countdown for the tree lighting before any remarks were given. He also got factory workers into the holiday spirit at a manufacturing event this week by raising the specter of nuclear annihilation,…
- It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Realpolitik thedispatchOn today’s interminable Ruminant, Jonah subjects listeners to musings about the death of Henry Kissinger and the gross reveling by some. He then turns to the shortcomings of realpolitik and realism, the debate between Gov. DeSantis and Gov. Newsom, the anticipated sequel to Suicide of the West, and the presence of post-liberalism on the…
- Killer Water: The toxic legacy of Canada’s oil sands industry for Indigenous communities therealnewsIn Northern Alberta, Canada, sit the Athabasca tar sands—the world’s largest known reservoir of crude bitumen, and a major driver of Canada’s economy. The vast majority of Canadian oil production comes from the extraction and processing of the crude bitumen found in the tar sands. But while Canada prospers off the tar sands industry,…
- Nigeria’s Access Bank plans to launch in Asia in first quarter of 2024 semaforThe Scoop LOME, Togo — Lagos-based Access Bank, one of Africa’s biggest banks, is close to finalizing a regulatory process to launch its first full banking service in Asia in the first quarter of 2024, the chief executive of its holding company told Semafor Africa. The Asian bank plan is part of a wider global expansion target which…
- U.S. home prices to hold firm in 2024 even if a mild recession hits, Fannie Mae says fastcompanyWant more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter. Fannie Mae economists expect U.S. economic growth to decelerate, leading to a mild recession in 2024, according to the latest forecast released this week by Fannie Mae. “The economy is now slowing from the otherwise robust…
- Missiles and Drones Among Weapons Stolen From U.S. in Iraq and Syria theinterceptU.S. military outposts in Iraq and Syria are plagued by thefts of weapons and equipment, according to exclusive documents obtained by The Intercept that show militias and criminal gangs are systematically targeting U.S. forces. Military investigations launched earlier this year found that “multiple sensitive weapons and equipment” —…
- Arsonist to Douse the Fire americanthinkerThe U.S. has a critical shortage of medical professionals: nurses, mental health therapists, and particularly physicians. The shortage has been worsening over the years and now is at crisis levels, with wait times for care so long that people are dying waiting for care. It was recently suggested that Congress should fix the problem of…
- How to shop small businesses without overspending this holiday season fastcompanyCreating big change in local communities often means starting small—such as choosing to shop at small, local businesses around the holidays. While Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other holiday-related sales events lead to big crowds at big-box stores and other national retailers, small businesses are the main economic engine in the…
- Shouldn’t Have Happened: The Oxford High Shooting americanthinkerAfter a year-long investigation, the 562-page final report was recently released regarding the Michigan Oxford High School shooting tragedy on Nov. 30, 2021. I previously reported on this shooting within a month of the tragedy and focused on the serious decline in morality that exists in America. Now we have the details of what actually…
- Climate Change Is Not Threatening Human Health americanthinkerThe media and their go-to climate pundits reach far and wide to connect whatever tragic event is trending in the news to the modest warming of the past hundred or so years, and they do it no matter how tenuous the connection.
- Waves of Invasion americanthinkerWe are at a point when the entire American population is awakening to the fact that the ongoing daily invasion of our southern border is a real problem, after millions of foreigners have already entered and disappeared among our 48 contiguous states. And yet we have a Democrat party, which inhabits a government, founded in the…
- Washington’s Looming Middle Eastern Quagmire foreignaffairsWhat Palestinians Really Think of Hamas Before the War, Gaza’s Leaders Were Deeply Unpopular—but an Israeli Crackdown Could Change That
- Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders secures shock Dutch election win semaforThe party of Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam populist, has won the most votes in a shock victory in the Dutch parliamentary elections. Wilders’ Freedom party is expected to win 37 seats in Parliament, but will need to form a coalition if it hopes to govern and put Wilders forward as the Netherlands’ next prime minister. The veteran…
- "Text-Book Case of Genocide": Top U.N. Official Craig Mokhiber Resigns, Denounces Israeli Assault on Gaza democracynowHear from Craig Mokhiber, a longtime international human rights lawyer, who previously served as director of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on why he left his post while decrying U.N. inaction over what he calls a “text-book case of genocide” unfolding in Gaza. Mokhiber’s letter of…
- The silent partner behind 777’s buying spree semaforThe Scoop 777 Partners, the sports investor whose finances are now under intense global scrutiny, has had a silent partner for years: the chief executive of a U.S. insurance company, whose customers have unwittingly funded 777’s rapid expansion through a web of previously unreported transactions. Kenneth King, who runs a network of…
- State Department Official Resigns, Says Israel Is Using U.S. Arms to Massacre Civilians in Gaza democracynowWe speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official, about his decision to resign from his position in protest of U.S. arms sales to Israel amid its recent bombardment of Gaza. Paul tells Democracy Now!, “I decided to resign for three reasons, the first and most pressing of which is the very, I believe, uncontroversial fact that…
- The Russian Way of War foreignaffairsPutin’s New Story About the War in Ukraine How Russian Propaganda Went From “Denazification” to Fighting the West
- Why the Nigerian central bank’s policy meeting no-show isn’t helping investors semaforThe News The Nigerian central bank’s decision not to hold its monetary policy committee this week has deepened uncertainty over how its new governor plans to tackle the currency crisis in Africa’s biggest economy. It was the second time the meeting failed to take place since Yemi Cardoso took office in September. It also comes against a…
- Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism & Continuing Indigenous Resistance democracynowLakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,” says Estes, who is a co-founder of the Indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a…
- "The Mandates of Conscience": Michelle Alexander on Israel, Gaza, MLK & Speaking Out in a Time of War democracynow“But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the Mandates of Conscience.” That was the name of a recent event organized by the Palestine Festival of Literature here in New York, where leading writers and academics came together to speak out against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Speakers included Yasmin El-Rifae of PalFest and the civil rights…
- Hamas’s Asymmetric Advantage foreignaffairsTo See What Lies Ahead in Gaza, Look Back to Israel’s 1982 Invasion
- Is Vivek Ramaswamy Actually Running for President? newrepublicBiotech millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy seems to be making all the wrong moves on his Iowa tour, raising the question—is the GOP presidential candidate even trying to win? With the January 15 Iowa caucuses around the corner, Ramaswamy is still trailing behind his Republican opponents, failing to curry favor with new audiences or…
- The ADL is making it less safe to be a progressive Jew therealnewsThis story originally appeared in In These Times on Nov. 21, 2023. It is shared here with permission. Every morning, when I open my laptop to start the workday, I look at Nazis. Sometimes I’m tracking young “suit-and-tie” white nationalists working to infiltrate conservative campus organizations and spread their worldview. Other times…
- How the Hell Did This Guy Become Argentina’s Next President? newrepublicToo many electoral results are described as earthquakes when in reality they are little more than mild tremors. But in Argentina’s presidential election last Sunday, Javier Milei—a self-described anarcho-capitalist whose first electoral victory was just two years ago—defeated Sergio Massa, the sitting economic minister in the current…
- Amazon fired him for union organizing therealnewsIn August of 2022, The Real News spoke with Matt Littrell, a picker at the Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, Kentucky, and one of the lead organizers in an effort to unionize Amazon facilities in Kentucky. When we spoke with Matt, Amazon had just fired him in suspected retaliation for his organizing activities, citing “performance”…
- No fun in Acapulco: Smashed buildings, overturned boats and broken lives in wake of Hurricane Otis latimesAcapulco’s iconic cliff divers are ready to resume daily shows, but there are no spectators to witness their death-defying leaps from the craggy heights of La Quebrada into the churning sea below. “We live off tourism, and there are no tourists now,” lamented Brandon Palacios, one of the divers. Likewise, Tomás Mayo, a familiar figure…
- Donald Trump Is Laying a Trap for the Gag Order Judge newrepublicIt appears that Donald Trump has crafted a win-win situation for himself out of the gag order in his federal election subversion trial. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals indicated that it may pare back the October 17 gag order preventing the former president and his team from talking smack about court staff,…
- America and China Are Not Yet in a Cold War foreignaffairsHow America Should React to China’s Economic Slowdown Blame Beijing and Help Clean Up Its Mess—but Don’t Gloat
- ‘There is hope in resistance’: Reframing Oct. 7th, Hamas, and Palestine’s armed factions therealnewsThe events of Oct. 7th, when Operation Al-Aqsa Flood began, have inflated Hamas into a terrifying bogeyman in the Western and Zionist imagination. The Palestinian resistance in all its diversity of thought and aims is reduced to the idea of Hamas, which is unquestioningly and breathlessly described as a terrorist entity. Thus, all…
- Column: Trump's legal strategy makes a lot of noise, but it hasn't solved his problems in court latimesFormer President Trump, waiting to testify in New York last week, has portrayed himself as a martyr — helping his standing in GOP polls if not in the courts. As he battles criminal prosecutors and civil suits in four jurisdictions, former President Trump is relying on three tactics: denounce, disrupt and delay. In the short run, that…
- Why Hollywood political donations are due to spike latimesHollywood political donations, sharply stymied by this year’s drawn-out entertainment-industry strikes, are expected to spike now that the Screen Actors Guild has reached a tentative deal with the studios. President Biden is widely expected to raise money in Los Angeles in the coming weeks, along with a slew of Senate and congressional…
