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Monday, May 13, 2024

Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at American University in Washington, D.C, has correctly predicted the outcome of nine out of the 10 most recent presidential elections since Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984. read more


If he wins a second term in November, Donald Trump wants to covertly deploy American assassination squads into Mexico soon after he's sworn into office again, according to three people who've discussed the matter with the former U.S. president. read more


Within 80 hours of a massive fire that consumed the Fairfield Avenue bridge in Norwalk on Thursday, May 2 at 5:30 a.m., crews demolished the bridge and conducted an extensive cleanup effort. Speed was so important because the crash had closed both sides of Interstate 95 between southbound exits 14 and 16 for 3 1/2 days. read more


Michael Cohen, who was among Donald Trump's most trusted legal advisers before Trump was elected president in 2016, took the stand Monday morning to testify against him in his criminal trial in New York. read more


For years, critics of Vladimir Putin have been warning that the Russians have taken over parts of the Republican Party. They raised the alarm as Republicans defended the Russian leader, parroted clear Kremlin talking points, and became mules for disinformation campaigns. In recent weeks, that criticism has shifted to include not just Republicans who have left the party, including former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, but current GOP members. read more


Mississippi lawmakers have overhauled the state's civil commitment laws after Mississippi Today and ProPublica reported that hundreds of people in the state are jailed without criminal charges every year as they wait for court-ordered mental health treatment. read more


Sunday, May 12, 2024

Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in federal prison for convicted Jan. 6 defendant Brent Bozell IV, the son and grandson of two men who shaped the American conservative movement in the 20th and 21st centuries. Bozell, also known as "Zeeker," smashed windows at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and was convicted of a host of charges in September, including five felonies. read more


A Trump-appointed judge on Friday delivered a win for big banks when he granted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce a temporary injunction halting a Biden administration rule that would cap credit card fees at $8. read more


On Meet the Press Sunday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggested that Gaza should be nuked like Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When host Kristen Welker was taken aback by his endorsement using nuclear weapons to wipe out 2.2 million Palestinians, half of whom are children, Graham responded, "Why is it okay for America to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end their existential threat war? Why is it okay for us to do that? I thought it was okay."


Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant's retail employees to unionize, made history again by voting late Saturday in favor of authorizing a strike. read more


In a major shakeup, President Vladimir Putin has nominated former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov to replace longtime Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the upper-house Federation Council announced Sunday night. read more


Outside Jimmy Klass's mobile home in Clearwater, symbols of American pride hang not just front and center but also on the side and back of his home. America is, after all, the only home this 66-year-old has ever known. "I moved to the US in 1959. I've been here for 64 years," he recently told us. But after more than half a century in the U.S., where he's lived, worked, gone to school, got married, had kids, paid his taxes, and even voted, Klass said in 2020 he discovered he's not a U.S. citizen. read more


The main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in Gaza said early Sunday that about 300,000 people had fled over the past week from Rafah, the city in the enclave's southernmost tip where more than a million displaced Gazans had sought shelter from Israeli bombardments elsewhere over the past seven months. read more


According to the posts, Trump supporters began to appear at rallies donning diapers and holding signs that said "Real Men Wear Diapers." read more


Roger Corman, the fabled "King of the B's" producer and director who churned out low-budget genre films with breakneck speed and provided career boosts to young, untested talents like Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron, has died. He was 98. read more


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