Biden loses more support despite ditching notecards on Pennsylvania swing
President Joe Biden lost the confidence of a handful more representatives on Sunday while he was campaigning in Pennsylvania. During a conference call with top House Democrats, Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), and Joe Morelle (D-NY) said the president needs to step aside in favor of another candidate, according to […]
Growing number of retailers remove self-checkout lanes
A growing number of retailers are reconsidering their reliance on self-checkout lanes in an effort to clamp down on the shrinkage and theft of their merchandise. Among those reworking its use of self-checkout lanes are bargain retailers Dollar General and Five Below, the former of which removed this option at 12,000 of its locations. Five […]
Jill Biden making blitz in the South as calls for husband to step aside grow
First lady Jill Biden is making a Monday blitz in support of her husband, President Joe Biden, as he faces growing calls to drop out of the presidential election. Jill Biden will attend political events in support of her husband in three key Southern states, North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia, on Monday. The first lady‘s […]
Biden sticking in race could be ‘untenable’ for Democrats in tight races: Tim Ryan
Former Democratic Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said President Joe Biden‘s vulnerable position at the top of the Democratic ticket could cause more House Democrats to call for him to step aside. Ryan, who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022, was one of the first prominent Democrats to call for Biden to step aside from the […]
Beryl bears down on Texas, where it’s expected to hit Monday and regain hurricane strength
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Powerful winds and rain approached Texas Sunday morning as Beryl was expected to turn back from a tropical storm into a hurricane overnight and pound a long stretch of coast with heavy downpours, howling gusts, and dangerous storm surge. A long stretch of Texas’s shoreline was under a hurricane waring […]
How Democratic kingmaker Clyburn has selected his messages of support for Biden
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) was President Joe Biden‘s key to winning the Democratic nomination in 2020, but as the president has faced mounting calls to step aside from the 2024 campaign, the influential South Carolina Democrat has offered a variety of statements. Clyburn was scheduled to appear on CBS News’s Face the Nation on Sunday, […]
DNC delegates see Biden’s nomination with ‘great apprehension’
As nearly 4,000 delegates will descend on Chicago for the Democratic National Convention next month, there’s a growing feeling of uncertainty among Democratic delegates poised to nominate President Joe Biden amid the fallout over his disastrous debate performance. While there are concerns among Congressional Democrats over the future of Biden’s reelection bid, delegates interviewed on […]
Israel helped avert a famine in Gaza but gets no credit
This is the headline you never saw: “Famine averted in Gaza; Israel and UN facilitate surge of humanitarian aid.” The news is true, anchored in data collected by the leading global authority on food shortages. But the media told a different story, with a typical headline declaring, “Half a million in Gaza face starvation, report says.” One might […]
November is months away, but people are already voting with their feet
Voters don’t get to choose whether they want to live under Republican or Democratic Party rule for almost four months, but people are already voting with their feet, they have been for years, and their choice is clear: people overwhelmingly want to live in Republican-run states. The latest data come from the Internal Revenue Service […]
Long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in US
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to spike temperatures […]