Allies of Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday kicked off a national bus tour focused on reproductive rights with a stop in Palm Beach County, where they assailed former President Donald Trump just days after he came out against a proposed ballot measure in Florida that would enshrine protections for abortion rights in the state Constitution. Arriving in a blue bus emblazoned with the phrase “fighting for reproductive freedom,” several surrogates of Harris’ presidential campaign — including Florida Democrats like U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, as well as national allies like U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Democratic National Committee chairperson Jaime Harrison — took turns hammering Trump as a hypocrite who flip-flopped on his position on abortion rights...
The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, in relation to a nonprofit in his state that has been charged with defrauding the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minnesota-based Feeding Our Future (FOF) has been accused of misusing $250 million in taxpayer funds that were meant to go to hungry children. The federal government has charged more than 70 people associated with the nonprofit, and five of them have been convicted of fraud. The group allegedly submitted the names of fake children receiving free meals during the pandemic...
Bexar County officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to mail county residents voter registration forms, defying Attorney General Ken Paxton’s threat to use “all available legal means” to quash the effort. Paxton followed through Wednesday morning, filing a lawsuit in a state district court in Bexar County that seeks an emergency order to block the program. The lawsuit contends that counties lack the authority to send out unsolicited registration applications, while also arguing that Bexar County officials erred by awarding the contract without going through a competitive bidding process...
Chase Bank is urging its customers not to commit check fraud. The bank’s plea comes after this weekend a viral trend took over TikTok and X, with users being told that there was a systemwide glitch and that, if they deposited false checks in an ATM and withdrew that money soon afterward, they would be able to cheat the system and take out a large sum of cash before the check bounced. The only problem? This is not a “glitch” — it’s a check fraud scheme, and those who participate will be on the hook for all the money they withdrew once the check bounces...
A recent peer-reviewed study proved that living in an environment heavily exposed to pesticides could increase the risk of cancer just as much as smoking. That fact is not stopping eleven State Attorneys General from submitting a formal petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to overturn the state of California’s ability to put cancer warning labels on carcinogenic pesticides like Roundup and others. Joined by conventional and GMO farmers, these state AGs appear determined to mislead the public. Understanding that the “so-called” active ingredient in Roundup is the carcinogen glyphosate, what exactly are they up to?
Amazon Alexa devices have been caught giving unbelievably biased answers when asked about the two candidates vying for victory in the 2024 presidential election. The virtual assistant’s bias problems became clear earlier this week as videos of the device’s answers were published online and immediately went viral. In one video, when asked why one should vote for former President Donald Trump, Alexa responded, “I cannot provide content that promotes a specific political party or a specific candidate.” This is fair enough. If Amazon wants to stay out of politics and avoid alienating customers, that’s its prerogative. But when asked the same question about Trump’s opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, it became clear, this isn’t the case at Amazon HQ. Following the device’s answer on Trump, it was asked “Alexa, why should I vote for Kamala Harris?”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Ukraine’s gamble to seize his country's territory has backfired by boosting his own military's advance, a boast he paired with a teasing claim of support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming U.S. election. Speaking at an economic forum in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday, he said it was the “sacred duty” of the Russian army to do everything to “throw the enemy out” of the border region of Kursk and protect its citizens after last month's stunning assault. Yet, Putin also said that Moscow's main goal remained capturing the Donbas region, Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland where Russian troops have been pushing forward for months...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans on Thursday to throw his weight behind a government efficiency commission recommended by billionaire Elon Musk while reiterating his support for a suite of other economic proposals that he has outlined on the trail, the Wall Street Journal reported. In a speech at the New York Economic Club, scheduled for noon local time (1600 GMT), the former president will also defend his support for broadening tariffs, and he will again pledge to support crypto-currencies should he win the Nov. 5 election, according to the newspaper...
With jury selection starting Thursday in Hunter Biden’s trial on federal tax charges, his lawyers have proposed the judge ask potential jurors whether they have “strong negative views” about people who pay taxes late or not at all, or who used to use illegal drugs. Prosecutors, meanwhile, want the judge to ask prospective jurors if they think the FBI or the Internal Revenue Service investigate people because of politics. Or if they believe people struggling with addiction shouldn’t be charged with crimes. Another factor is weighing Biden's high-profile reputation as the son of President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi faces that same challenge in the trial in Los Angeles as his counterpart did with Biden’s trial on gun charges in Delaware: finding jurors who can weigh evidence fairly...
Four people were killed and nine others were wounded after a 14-year-old student opened fire Wednesday at Apalachee High School in northern Georgia, authorities said. More information is emerging about the suspect, Colt Gray, as officials try to find out how the teen obtained the gun and determine a motive for the latest school shooting in the U.S. More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn't have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said. The teen has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee High School students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and instructors Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference...
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