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In a truly bizarre scene, Trump attempted to stage a cabinet meeting with Netanyahu in a dark room at Mar-a-Lago. Video: Trump Holds Fake Cabinet Meeting With Netanyahu At Mar-a-Lago photo.twitter.com/pKYwfJeSYD -Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 26, 2024 The video begins with Trump saying, “World War III right now. We’ve never been this close since World War II because we have incompetent people running our government. Thank you very much, everybody.” The idea of a third world war is one of Trump’s pet obsessions. Joe Biden is the first president in decades without U.S. troops…
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers a keynote speech during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Grand Boulé event at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 24, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesFinancial experts describe Vice President Kamala Harris’ investing style in one word: boring.For a woman running for the highest office in the US, this also means she has relatively few financial conflicts.In her role as vice president, Harris filed a 2023 financial disclosure report, signed in May, showing her preference for passively managed index funds in her investment portfolio.“To…
Harris’ campaign responded to Trump’s attempt to withdraw from a debate with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee by saying the former president is holed up at Mar-a-Lago. Harris’ campaign responded to Trump’s refusal to participate in a debate with Harris until she was officially the nominee: “I call for debates, ALWAYS, EVERYWHERE, ANYTIME!” That was Donald Trump as recently as May 6. After months of calling for debates, Trump agreed to two a few days later. The next one is scheduled for Sept. 10, on ABC News in New York City. But now Trump is backing off. Cancel. Pull back.…
New York City is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) scanners in a new effort to keep guns off its subway system. But the pilot program, which launched Friday, is already drawing skepticism from riders, with civil rights advocates threatening to sue after they say the searches are unconstitutional. The Evolv scanner, a sleek-looking gun detector that uses artificial intelligence to scan passengers for weapons and knives, was on display in a Lower Manhattan subway station, where Mayor Eric Adams announced the 30-day trial. “This is good technology,” Adams said at the Fulton Center near the World Trade Center. “Would I…
As Republicans ramp up their anti-Kamala Harris campaign, they’re finding it increasingly difficult to find a consistent line of attack. In recent days, Republicans have criticized the vice president for everything from her handling of immigration and her record as a prosecutor to her “terrible,” “horrible” and “vile” behavior. On Wednesday, Donald Trump called Harris a “radical, left-wing nutcase,” then called her “vile” in an interview with Fox News the next day — an echo of Trump’s slurs against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Meanwhile, Trump’s allies have charged that she is actively engaged in a conspiracy to cover up Biden’s…
The Atacama Desert is a beautiful part of Chile, located in the far north of the country. Known as one of the driest places on earth, this desert plateau is a popular part of many trips to the South American country and a beautiful destination full of breathtaking scenery, wildlife and outdoor experiences. One of the charms of this part of Chile is its contrast to the rest of the country. The flat, arid landscapes are a far cry from the green mountains of the Lake District and the Carretera Austral, the snow-capped Andes or the dramatic landscapes of Torres…
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is postponing the closely scrutinized initial public offering of Pershing Square’s U.S. closed-end fund, according to a statement on the New York Stock Exchange website.The initial public offering of Pershing Square USA Ltd., which goes by the ticker PSUS, has been postponed until a date yet to be determined, the website said. Ackman now wants to raise $2.5 billion to $4 billion for the fund, well below the $25 billion target set a few weeks ago, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.Pershing Square…
Republicans immediately seized on the images of burning American flags and vandalism at Union Station in Washington, DC, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, as evidence of widespread anti-Semitism and a harbinger of what could happen if the government were under Democratic control. “Pro-terror, anti-Israel agitators are vandalizing federal property, removing American flags and replacing them with Palestinian flags just steps from the United States Capitol,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a member of the Senate GOP leadership, said of X. “This is inexcusable and I expect they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” “Hamas flags, slogans about killing…
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch, published a poll showing that Donald Trump’s lead has disappeared. The Wall Street Journal reported: The presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is almost evenly matched, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, showing increased support for her among nonwhite voters and a dramatic increase in enthusiasm for the campaign among Democrats. The former president leads the current vice president 49% to 47% in a two-person matchup, but that’s within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.…
The federal government is providing more than half a billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventive measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday that it is allocating $575 million to 19 resilience projects in several states, with a specific emphasis on Native American, urban and traditionally underserved communities that repeatedly face flooding, wildfires and other weather-related disasters. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement that the effort was intended to “ensure that America’s coastal communities are better resilient to the impacts of climate change.” The…