[ad_1] Speaker Mike Johnson pledged Saturday that the House would hold a vote next week on legislation to speed $17.6 billion in security assistance to Israel with no strings attached, a move likely to complicate Senate leaders’ efforts to rally support for a broader package with border security measures and aid to Ukraine. Mr. Johnson’s … Read more
[ad_1] On a sweltering July evening, the din from thousands of computers mining for Bitcoins pierced the night. Nearby, Matt Brown, a member of the Arkansas legislature, monitored the noise alongside a local magistrate. As the two men investigated complaints about the operation, Mr. Brown said, a security guard for the mine loaded rounds into … Read more
[ad_1] Target has pulled from its stores an educational magnet collection that misidentified three Black leaders, after a high school history teacher called attention to the errors in a TikTok video. In the video, the teacher, Tierra Espy, said she bought the “Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Activity,” a tin case of 26 magnets and informational … Read more
[ad_1] The New York City Council last week required police officers to record the race, age and gender of most people they approach, overriding Mayor Eric Adams’s veto and establishing a law that its supporters say will give a fuller picture of whom officers are stopping during investigations. The law, known as the How Many … Read more
[ad_1] Even as the signals of approaching dementia became impossible to ignore, Joseph Drolet dreaded the prospect of moving his partner into a long-term care facility. Mr. Drolet, 79, and his beloved Rebecca, 71, both retired lawyers and prosecutors in Atlanta, had been a couple for 33 years, though they retained separate homes. In 2019, … Read more
[ad_1] The post by the Palestine Red Crescent was a haunting plea, hoping to learn the fate of three people not heard from for five days. “Where is Hind? Where are Ahmed and Yousef? We need to know,” it said. Two of the group’s rescuers were dispatched on Monday to find 6-year-old Hind Rajab, believed … Read more
[ad_1] Then there are the two elections in Nevada. The Republican caucuses on Thursday are so “sealed up, bought and paid for” by Trump and his allies, Nikki Haley says, that she’s not even on the ballot, running instead in the state-run “beauty contest” primary Tuesday in which no delegates are at stake. Both states … Read more
[ad_1] A group of about 16 white Danish political tourists, dining on platters of crab rice and smothered turkey wings, listened inquisitively but stayed focused on their meal. The only hoots came from local Democratic operatives in attendance. Getting voters jazzed has proven challenging for South Carolina Democrats in the lead up to Saturday’s election. … Read more
[ad_1] We talked about her disappointment with Biden’s recent statement about shutting down the border, her concerns about his policies in the Middle East and the potential fallout for his re-election, whether she’d rather Biden run against Nikki Haley or Donald Trump, and the difficult issues that might be on the agenda at the next … Read more
[ad_1] “We’re going to move forward with our lives,” said Village Council member Linda May. It’s just harder for some residents to do that. Misti Allison said that over the past year, her 8-year-old son Blake has asked whether he is going to die from living at their home, or whether one of the really … Read more