Small shift toward Biden after Trump verdict
It’s one of the biggest questions in the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction: Did the verdict change anyone’s mind?
US tightens car mileage rules, part of strategy to fight climate change
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards, part of its strategy to transform the American auto market into one that is dominated by electric vehicles that do not emit the pollution that is heating the planet.
Biden straddles the patriotic and the political in speech at Normandy
POINTE DU HOC, France — President Joe Biden used the backdrop of the beaches at Normandy on Friday to argue that the fight for democracy in Ukraine and elsewhere remains as vital as the day that U.S. troops helped rescue Europe from Hitler’s tyranny.
As solar power surges in the United States, wind struggles
When President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, it was expected to set off a boom in renewable energy, with hefty tax breaks that would make solar and wind power cheaper than fossil fuels.
Clash over phone hacking article preceded exit of Washington Post editor
Weeks before the embattled executive editor of The Washington Post abruptly resigned Sunday, her relationship with the company’s CEO became increasingly tense.
Inside the base where Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians
SDE TEIMAN, Israel — The men sat in rows, handcuffed and blindfolded, unable to see the Israeli soldiers who stood watch over them from the other side of a mesh fence.
S clears way for antitrust inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have reached a deal that allows them to proceed with antitrust investigations into the dominant roles that Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry, in the strongest sign of how regulatory scrutiny into the powerful technology has escalated.
The GOP push for post-verdict payback: ‘Fight fire with fire’
Republican allies of Donald Trump are calling for revenge prosecutions and other retaliatory measures against Democrats in response to his felony conviction in New York.
Why you shouldn’t obsess about the national debt
The United States government is more than $34 trillion in debt. Did you know that our government owes $34 trillion? That’s $34 trillion!
The verdict is in on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — After Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts in a Manhattan court, conservatives — from Marjorie Taylor Greene to George Santos to the Heritage Foundation — began posting upside-down American flags on the social platform X in solidarity with the “political prisoner,” as Trump absurdly styles himself.
GOP blocks contraception bill in Senate as Democrats seek political edge
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked action on legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide, a bill Democrats brought to the floor to spotlight an issue on which the GOP is at odds with a vast majority of voters.
Israel secretly targets US lawmakers with influence campaign on Gaza war
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war in the Gaza Strip, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation.
Traveling to Europe, Biden will find both solidarity and isolation
PARIS — When President Joe Biden lands in France today, he will be rallying European leaders to his side and showcasing the resolve he has helped to foster on behalf of Ukraine.
NHL’s move to Salt Lake City is latest sports downsizing
Sometimes, smaller is better.
House votes to impose sanctions on ICC
WASHINGTON — The House voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to impose sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court in a rebuke of efforts by the court’s top prosecutor to charge top Israeli leaders with war crimes in connection with the offensive against Hamas.
Trump’s whining is a projection
A truism of the Trump era is that every accusation is a confession. When Donald Trump hurls wild charges at his opponents, he is telegraphing what he plans to do to them, preemptively justifying the breaking of laws and norms by casting himself as the victim of the very misdeeds he’s going to commit.
Fauci grilled by lawmakers on masks, vaccine mandates and lab leak theory
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former government scientist both celebrated and despised for his work on COVID, on Monday forcefully denied Republican allegations that he had helped fund research that sparked the pandemic or had covered up the possibility it originated in a laboratory.
Washington Post newsroom reels from its editor’s sudden exit
(NYT) — On Sunday, minutes after Will Lewis, CEO of The Washington Post, informed employees that the newspaper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, was being replaced, managers gathered on a conference call to hear from her one last time.
Biden is expected to sign order letting him seal border with Mexico
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order today allowing him to temporarily seal the U.S. border with Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for asylum-seekers in the United States.
Bird flu doesn’t have to become history’s most avoidable disaster
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday that another farmworker has been infected with H5N1, an avian flu virus. Alarmingly, unlike earlier cases, he has respiratory symptoms. This means the virus is in his lungs, where it has a better chance to evolve into an airborne form that could easily infect others.
