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Biden Revisits His Past in Interview With Howard Stern
(New York Times) In a surprise interview on The Howard Stern Show that lasted for more than an hour, Mr. Stern, a skilled interviewer versed in the art of oversharing, repeatedly asked Mr. Biden to revisit the stories of love and loss that have defined his public image. At the end of Fridays sit-down, Mr. Stern praised Mr. Biden, listing off the presidents policy wins and praising his ability to overcome tragedy. I know youd be a good father to the country, and I want to thank you for providing a calming, influential and organized administration, Mr. Stern told Mr. Biden.
Secretary Buttigieg and Black mayors preview transportation projects designed to heal historic inequities
(CNN) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday joined Black mayors from across the nation to preview the work his department is doing to bring transportation projects to their communities to correct historic wrongs. The projects, made possible through the Biden administrations $3.3 billion Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods program, were among the issues discussed at the annual African American Mayors Association Conference in Atlanta. More than 130 grants have been awarded across 41 states to improve the lives of residents negatively impacted by decades-old transportation structures, according to Buttigieg.
UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid
(BBC) British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corridor opens next month. Whitehall sources said no decision had been made and the issue had not yet crossed the prime minister's desk. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Israeli army declined to comment.
Kristi Noem's VP Odds Crash After Dog Killing Revelation
(Newsweek) "I hated that dog," Noem writes in No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, adding Cricket was "untrainable" and "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with." "At that moment," Noem adds, "I realized I had to put her down." Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House communications director turned critic of the former president, posted on X, previously called Twitter: "I'm a dog lover and I am honestly horrified by the Kristi Noem excerpt. I wish I hadn't even read it. A 14-month-old dog is still a puppy and can be trained. A large part of bad behavior in dogs is not having proper training from humans.
Student Protest Leader at Columbia: 'Zionists Don't Deserve to Live'
Video of incendiary comments by one of the leaders of the student protest encampment at Columbia University surfaced online Thursday evening, forcing the school to again confront an issue at the core of the conflict rippling across campuses nationwide: the tension between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism. The student, Khymani James, said in the January video that Zionists dont deserve to live and Be grateful that Im not just going out and murdering Zionists. Mr. James made the c ...
Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
The Biden administration said on Friday that it was delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol cigarettes as federal officials take more time to consider the move. The White House has faced considerable opposition from the big tobacco companies that could lose billions of dollars from the move. But the proposal has also posed risks for President Biden in an election year because of his weakening support among Black voters, some of whom view it as heavy-handed. This rule has garnered histor ...
Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs
By JOSH FUNK and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Updated 5:34 PM CDT, April 26, 2024 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn't yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a ...
Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement
04/26/2024 03:43 PM EDT TALLAHASSEE, Florida Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term. Poseys announcement if made earlier could have easily attracted a spirited Republican primary, with politicians from the states Space Coast region already eyeing the seat once Posey retired. Floridas 8th congressional district is a solid Republican seat. Instead the 76-year-old incumbents announcement ...
Cupcake-swiping Jan. 6 rioter blew off medical supply job to join Capitol raid, got fired: Feds
Apr 26th, 2024, 2:49 pm A Louisiana man who blew off work to go to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 when he was allegedly seen on video taking a box of chocolate cupcakes off a table during the riots and later got fired has been arrested, authorities said. Matthew Ryan Matulich, 34, faces misdemeanor charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct, and picketing in a Capitol building, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced in a news release. The statement of facts outlines the allegat ...
Without drama or fanfare, Biden advances policies that matter
(MSNBC) To be sure, some of President Joe Bidens recent accomplishments have been dramatic in their own right. After all, the Democrat recently helped prevent a war between Israel and Iran, while carefully navigating the congressional process on a critically important security aid package. But thats not all the incumbent president and his administration have been up to.
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- United KingdomTop Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis
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NTSB to investigate freight train derailment on Arizona-New Mexico border
20 min ago - 04/27/24 3:08 PM ET National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), along with other federal authorities, is investigating Fridays freight train derailment on the Arizona-New Mexico border. The BNSF freight train was carrying gasoline and odorle ... (The Hill)
Jack Smith dismantles Trump valet's argument that he should face no charges for his 'surreptitious box movement'
34 min ago - Apr 27th, 2024, 10:02 am The Special Counsels Office on Friday urged the Mar-a-Lago judge to neither throw out the case against former President Donald Trumps valet and co-defendant nor allow Walt Nauta to pursue discovery based on claim ... (Law & Crime)
RNC asks Secret Service to keep protesters farther from convention location
53 min ago - Published 2:59 PM EDT, Sat April 27, 2024 CNN The Republican National Committee is asking the Secret Service to keep protesters farther back from the July convention in Milwaukee than is currently planned. RNC counsel Todd Steggerda wrote in ... (CNN Politics)
ByteDance would rather close down TikTok in the US than sell it if it fails to fight potential US ban in court
1 hr ago - Apr 27, 2024, 12:58 PM EDT ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, would rather close down TikTok in the US than sell it if legal means to fight a proposed US ban fail, Reuters reported, citing four unnamed sources. A sale is unlikely as the ... (Business Insider)
Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as a planned Rafah offensive looms
1 hr ago - April 27, 2024, 12:01 PM EDT CAIRO Hamas said Saturday that it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offen ... (NBC News/AP)
United Methodists give early approval to measures that could pave new path on LGBTQ+ issues
2 hrs ago - Published 6:02 a.m. ET April 27, 2024 | Updated 6:02 a.m. ET April 27, 2024 The United Methodist Churchs top legislative assembly earlier this week passed key measures that could refashion the denomination's global structure - and pave the way ... (USA Today)
Ships from Turkey with humanitarian aid for Gaza denied right to sail, flags removed
2 hrs ago - 04/27/24 1:32 PM ET Ships with an aim to sail from Turkey to Gaza with humanitarian aid have been denied the right to sail, according to The Associated Press. On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bi ... (The Hill)
Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally
4 hrs ago - April 27, 2024 9:47 AM EDT Updated 6 hours ago MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) - Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in ... (Reuters)
City Council calls for investigation of District Attorney Sandra Doorley
4 hrs ago - by: Damon Fletcher Updated: Apr 27, 2024 / 01:28 PM EDT ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) Members of Rochester City Council have written a letter to New York State Attorney General Letitia James calling for an investigation into the conduct of Monroe Co ... (rochesterfirst.com)
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft
4 hrs ago - April 27, 2024, 11:21 AM JERUSALEM -- JERUSALEM (AP) Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. ... (ABC News/AP)
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
5 hrs ago - Updated 3:22 PM EDT, April 27, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) -- Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his ... (AP)
RFK Jr. repeats debunked vaccine claims in interview with Bill Maher
6 hrs ago - Published April 27, 2024 11:30AM (EDT) Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, pushing back on claims that he is anti-vaccine. Maher began the segment by pressi ... (Salon)
Fire still burning after freight train derails on Arizona-New Mexico state line
7 hrs ago - April 27, 2024 / 11:20 AM EDT A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. As of Saturday morning, the fire was ... (CBS News/AP)
A 'coat hanger' could unlock Mar-a-Lago storage room where Trump stored classified docs: Witness
7 hrs ago - The account was relayed to FBI agents by an unidentified aide to Trump. By Alexander Mallin and Katherine Faulders April 27, 2024, 9:26 AM A coat hanger or "very tiny screwdriver" could be used to unlock the Mar-a-Lago storage room where former Pres ... (abc news)
Russian oil refineries and military airfield targeted in drone attack, as thermal energy plants are damaged in Ukraine
8 hrs ago - Updated 9:37 AM EDT, Sat April 27, 2024 CNN Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russias Kushchevsk military airfield in the southern Krasnodar region, as well as two oil refineries, a source with knowledge of the operation told CNN. The ... (CNN World)
New federal rules give farmworkers more rights and protections
9 hrs ago - Fri, April 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM EDT SANTA ROSA, Calif. - The acting U.S. Labor Secretary came to Santa Rosa's Balletto Vineyards on Friday to announce new labor regulations to better protect the nation's 1.6 million farmworkers, effective June 28. Ba ... (Yahoo! News/KTVU Oakland, CA)
GOP Rep. Scott Perry Flip-Flops On Whether He Backs A National Abortion Ban
9 hrs ago - 05:30 AM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) has been making a point lately of telling voters that he doesnt support a nationwide abortion ban. In a Thursday interview with a local news station, FOX43, Perry said he agrees with ... (Huff Post)
Kristi Noem's VP Odds Crash After Dog Killing Revelation
10 hrs ago - "I hated that dog," Noem writes in No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, adding Cricket was "untrainable" and "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with." "At that moment," Noem adds, "I realized I ... (Newsweek)
White House plans to limit Biden's graduation speeches as campuses erupt in protests
10 hrs ago - April 27, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a traditiona ... (NBC News)
UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid
11 hrs ago - 5 hours ago British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating cause ... (BBC)