Bumbling Biden forgets facts, mixes up Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in disastrous Time interview
President Biden has forgotten important facts about the economy, foreign policy and his presidency. Interview with Time Magazine Last month he confused Chinese President Xi Jinping with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden, 81, has repeatedly falsely claimed wage growth was outpacing inflation during his presidency, underestimated the amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since Russia’s […]
House Republicans pass VA, military construction funding bill
House Republicans on Wednesday passed their first budget bill for fiscal year 2025, which lays out a blueprint for the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction and includes partisan riders on areas such as abortion that are unpalatable to Democrats. The House passed the bill 209-197 on Wednesday morning, despite a veto threat from […]
Google parent Alphabet taps Eli Lilly’s Anat Ashkenazi as new CFO
Google parent Alphabet said on Wednesday it had poached Anat Ashkenazi from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly to become its next chief financial officer. Ashkenazi, 51, will take over the key role on July 31, succeeding Alphabet’s longtime CFO Ruth Porat. The tech giant announced about a year ago that Porat, 66, would take on a […]
Mexican Town’s First Woman Mayor Killed in Suspected Cartel Attack
Gunmen suspected to be from a drug cartel have shot and killed the first female mayor of the town of Cotija, Michoacán, where drug cartel violence is rife. The killing came one day after Mexico held general elections. The victim had survived a kidnapping by another drug cartel in 2023. On Monday evening, Mayor Yolanda […]
Chennedy Carter gets ovation from Sky fans after Caitlin Clark drama
Chennedy Carter received a standing ovation from the hometown Chicago Sky fans on Tuesday after her controversial foul on Caitlin Clark in Saturday’s game against the Fever. In a video shared on social media, X user @prettyrickrooWhen Carter took to the field for the Sky vs. Liberty match, the crowd inside Wintrust Arena could be […]
Here are all the NFL teams that aren’t supporting Pride
Fewer than a third of NFL teams have issued statements in support of Pride Month 2024, but a significant number of them have certainly caught the attention of fans. June is the month when companies and organizations sell rainbow-colored merchandise and demonstrate their commitment to supporting certain people’s sexual orientations, usually backed up by events […]
Zach Wilson gets chance with Broncos starters — and it didn’t go well
Zach Wilson was reliving Jets memories at the Broncos’ practice. The Denver Post reported: Wilson appeared “shaken.” He struggled to find a rhythm during Tuesday’s organized team activities (OTAs), and more specifically during 11-on-11 drills with the first team. Zach Wilson struggled in his first experience with the No. 1 offense. AP One play in […]
Scientists acknowledge COVID vaccines and containment protocols may have boosted excess mortality
COVID-19 vaccines and government containment policies may have driven up excess deaths in Western countries, Dutch researchers say in a new peer-reviewed study. The study was published Monday in a peer-reviewed journal. BMJ Public Healthexamined all-cause excess mortality in 47 Western countries from 2020 to 2022. It was shown that there were 3,098,456 excess deaths […]
Colo. Woman Hit By Train While Detained Reaches $8.5M Settlement
(Fort Lupton Police Department) OAN’s Taylor Tinsley3:07 PM PT – Wednesday, June 5, 2024 The cities of Platteville and Fort Lupton, Colorado have settled a lawsuit with a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after she was struck by a freight train while detained in a police vehicle. Advertisement Yareni Rios was pulled over by […]
Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays
Boeing launched astronauts for the first time on Wednesday, becoming NASA’s second taxi service after SpaceX, albeit belatedly. Two NASA test pilots have boarded Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and blasted off to the International Space Station, becoming the first pilots to fly the new spacecraft. Boeing launched astronauts into space for the first time. Reuters The […]