As President Joe Biden flies back to Delaware from Las Vegas on Wednesday night, cutting his trip short after testing positive for Covid-19, he faces one of the most momentous decisions of his long political life: Should he heed the rising calls from his fellow Democrats to extinguish his bid for reelection? For Biden, is it a new moment? Even though anger and panic have been steadily rising inside the Democratic Party for nearly three weeks, after the president's alarming debate performance in Atlanta, the White House and the Biden campaign are in a new place, multiple Democratic officials told CNN. "He's gone from saying, Kamala can't win,' to Do you think Kamala can win? " the adviser said. "It's still unclear where he's going to land but seems to be listening.
President Joe Biden will sit down with BET News for an interview that will air on Wednesday to discuss issues impacting the Black community, BET said in a statement on Saturday. read more
"The Free State of Florida:" That's the new motto visitors traveling in and out of Florida will now read on the state's welcome and farewell signage. read more
The Target store in Land Park has been warned by the Sacramento City Attorney's Office that it could potentially face a public nuisance charge due to repeated thefts prompting calls to the police. The situation has sparked debate over the reliability of crime data and the impact of legal action against businesses reporting theft. State lawmakers have taken notice, and in response, have added an amendment to a retail theft bill to outlaw threats made by authorities against businesses that report crime. California Police Chiefs Association president Robert Davis has heavily criticized the potential nuisance charge, calling it "outrageous" to punish retailers for reporting legitimate crime. read more
A deputy U.S. Marshal tasked with protecting Supreme Court justices' homes shot an alleged armed carjacker near the Washington residence of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, 18-year-old Kentrell Flowers of Southeast D.C., allegedly pulled a handgun on the marshal, who was in a parked car in the Northwest section of the city around 1:15 a.m. ET on Friday, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release. The marshal drew his own gun and "fired several shots at the suspect," the MPD said. Another marshal in a separate vehicle also fired at Flowers, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police recovered a gun from the scene.
#677 I wondered why the SS agent picked up his red hat while they were escorting him to the car and took the hat beyond the cameras. Local talk radio person said for ballistic testing. That there should be ammo trace on the hat if it was a bullet. True or not, I don't know, but it made sense.