The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits falls last week and remains at healthy levels
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits falls last week and remains at healthy levels.
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MoneywiseRobert Kiyosaki blasts Biden and Harris — claims nobody has 'done more damage' to the US economy. Here are the facts
Son of Rich Dad also reveals who he considers a ‘genius’ with money.
- The Telegraph
Xi Jinping’s lackeys ‘hid behind Chinese flags to beat up protesters in San Francisco’
Pro-Communist supporters allegedly used China’s national flag to hide that they were beating protesters during a summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in San Francisco last year.
- Associated Press
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. The strike came just after Haniyeh had attended the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran, Iran said.
- The Independent
Republicans are beginning to have second thoughts about JD Vance
Former White House communications director calls Vance ‘a vibes pick by an overconfident Trump that is proving to be a disaster’
- The Daily Beast
Biden Fires Parting Shot at Supreme Court: ‘Not Above Law’
Joe Biden may have removed his name from the 2024 presidential campaign, but he is determined to leave Donald Trump something to remember him with.Biden is calling for sweeping reforms in the Supreme Court to ensure that no president is above the law. To preserve his legacy, he sees it as imperative to shackle Trump, whom he sees as a threat to democracy.The president wants to transform the Supreme Court to make it less rigid and more answerable—and while any lasting changes are unlikely to pass
- HuffPost
Hillary Clinton Gives Trump And His GOP Cronies Some Brutally Honest Election Advice
The former secretary of state mocked Republicans with some unsolicited advice.
- The Hill
Republican Arizona mayor backs Harris over Trump, evoking McCain
The GOP mayor of Mesa, Ariz. — Phoenix’s largest suburb — endorsed Vice President Harris on Monday, saying only the vice president can “put country over party” in the November election. Mesa Mayor John Giles wrote in an op-ed for The Arizona Republic that Republicans should reject former President Trump at the ballot box. “Our…
- HuffPost
‘Say It To My Face’: Kamala Harris Goes After Trump For Dodging Debate Plans
The likely Democratic presidential nominee repeated her jabs that the former president and his running mate are “just plain weird.”
- HuffPost
Garland Pushes Back On Judge’s Decision To Dismiss Trump’s Classified Documents Case
Former President Donald Trump faced 40 charges related to allegedly obstructing the government’s efforts to recover documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
- South China Morning Post
Fear and ambition: why the South China Sea is so important to Beijing
Tensions are mounting in the South China Sea - a hotly contested and globally significant waterway that's become a flashpoint for conflict. In the first instalment of a four-part series we look at why it's so critical for Beijing. Boiling tensions between Beijing and Manila have given disputes over the South China Sea new prominence, with analysts warning that hostilities could escalate and regional polarisation may worsen. Beijing's approach to asserting its sovereignty claims to most of the wa
- The Independent
Israel claims to have ‘eliminated’ senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut airstrike
Israeli airstrike kills three in Lebanon as Hezbollah says commander Fuad Shukr survived attack
- AFP News
Unfinished business: Indonesia's new capital has long way to go
It was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the 10-year presidency of Joko Widodo, but Indonesia's capital-to-be, carved out of dense jungle in Borneo, is a vast building site just weeks before being due to open."Everything is still in progress," Widodo conceded during a visit to the site this week.
- The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split
The Supreme Court has been hit by a new damaging leak over its abortion decisions in a fresh blow to its embattled reputation—and a hint of even more leaks to come.Intimate details of months of disagreement among the nine justices were reported at length by CNN Monday, just hours after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both backed major reforms to the court, with the president accusing justices of being “above the law.” CNN also said its report was the first of a series, sugge
- Reuters
Slovakia will halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless oil transit restored, PM says
Slovakia and Hungary - two countries that have opposed western allies' military aid to Ukraine as it fights Russia's invasion - have been stepping up pressure since Kyiv put Lukoil on a sanctions list last month, stopping the company's oil from passing through to Slovak and Hungarian refineries. "If the transit of Russian crude through Ukraine is not renewed in a short time, (Slovak refiner) Slovnaft will not continue in supplies of diesel to Ukraine," Fico said in a Facebook video message.
- The Hill
Bill Barr: Biden’s reforms would purge Supreme Court’s conservative justices
Former Attorney General Bill Barr offered his concerns about President Biden’s reform proposals for the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing they would eliminate the high court’s conservative justices and “destroy the independence of the judiciary.” “Americans need to understand that the campaign to radically change the Court is coming. While current proposals like term limits…
- Associated Press
China's Xi calls for cooperation with Italy, evoking ancient 'Silk Road'
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further cooperation with Italy on Monday at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying the two countries were the ends of the historical Silk Road trade route. Meloni pulled Italy out of China's Belt and Road Initiative — whose name refers to the ancient overland trade route — in December, but signed an agreement Sunday that provides a new path for the two countries to cooperate on trade and other issues.
- Reuters
Exclusive-US Army stops paying soldier imprisoned in Russia, may prosecute him
The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S. officials said. Gordon Black, a 34-year-old staff sergeant, was convicted in Russia of theft and threatening murder. He was also having an extramarital affair - prohibited in the U.S. military - with a Russian woman named Alexandra Vashchuk, who he met during a deployment in South Korea.
- The Hill
Behind hoopla, Democrats anxious about Harris
Behind the public jubilation over Vice President Harris’s swift rise to become their party’s likely nominee for president, Democratic lawmakers are privately anxious about her prospects of defeating former President Trump, acknowledging she is largely untested as a candidate and faces serious challenges. The anxiety, for the most part, has been set aside out of…
- The Independent
North Carolina governor Roy Cooper takes himself out of the running for Kamala Harris’ VP
Three names have risen to the top of Harris’ shortlist
- The Independent
Harris slams Trump on killing border bill at star-studded rally featuring Megan Thee Stallion
The Vice President and the ‘Hot Girl Summer’ rapper both took to the stage at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia