Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city.… Read more
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Christie: GOP Needs Someone Who Can Quickly Take Down Trump
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016.… Read more
US to Adopt New Restrictions on Using Commercial Spyware
The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden.… Read more
Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA Withdraws Amid Shaky Senate Support
President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.… Read more
Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally
Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.… Read more
Ignoring Experts, China’s Sudden Zero-COVID Exit Cost Lives
When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.… Read more
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt is Headed Toward Florida
A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.… Read more
Asian Shares Advance on Back of Wall Street Rally
Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis.… Read more
Yellen Says Bank Situation Stabilizing, Different from 2008
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardize financial stability.… Read more
Some Trump Supporters Ambivalent on Calls for Protest
Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests before his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.… Read more
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DeSantis Team Welcomes Contrast with Trump ‘Chaos’ Candidacy
Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city.… Continue Reading
Christie: GOP Needs Someone Who Can Quickly Take Down Trump
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016.… Continue Reading
US to Adopt New Restrictions on Using Commercial Spyware
The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden.… Continue Reading
Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA Withdraws Amid Shaky Senate Support
President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.… Continue Reading
Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally
Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.… Continue Reading
Ignoring Experts, China’s Sudden Zero-COVID Exit Cost Lives
When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.… Continue Reading
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt is Headed Toward Florida
A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.… Continue Reading
Asian Shares Advance on Back of Wall Street Rally
Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis.… Continue Reading
Yellen Says Bank Situation Stabilizing, Different from 2008
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardize financial stability.… Continue Reading
Some Trump Supporters Ambivalent on Calls for Protest
Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests before his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.… Continue Reading