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Donald Trump Blasted for 'Human Scum' Memorial Day Post
Published May 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM EDT Donald Trump is facing backlash after focusing one of his Memorial Day posts on his various legal challenges while he runs for reelection. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee made two posts to his Truth Social account Monday morning in reference to the federal holiday. One of the two featured a picture of Trump saluting a grave with the text, "We can never replace them. We can never repay them, but we can always rem ...
North Korea says attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit fails, ends in mid-air explosion
Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 12:48 PM EDT A North Korean rocket carrying its second spy satellite exploded midair on Monday, state media reported, after its neighbors strongly rebuked its planned launch. The North's official Korean Central News Agency said it launched a spy satellite aboard a new rocket at its main northwestern space center. But KCNA said the rocket blew up during a first-stage flight soon after liftoff due to a suspected engine problem. Earlier Monday, North Korea had notifie ...
Tech company blames recruiter for 'whites only' job posting
May 27, 2024, 10:11 AM EDT A U.S. technology company said a recruiter based in India was to blame for a job advertisement that stated only "white" people born in the U.S. should apply and agreed to a federal settlement. The Justice Department said in a statement Thursday that Arthur Grand, an information technology services firm specializing in government contracts, had agreed to pay a civil penalty of $7,500 and reform its hiring practices after it was found to have posted the di ...
Air Force unveils photos of B-21 Raider in flight as nuclear stealth bomber moves closer to deployment
Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 10:40 AM EDT The U.S. military has released photos of the B-21 Raider in flight as the futuristic warplane moves closer to becoming the nation's next nuclear stealth bomber. The B-21 Raider began flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the Air Force said in a statement, as the plane "continues to make progress toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet." One photograph shows the bomber soaring above the clouds while an ...
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
Former president Donald Trump promised to crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, telling a roomful of donors a group that he joked included 98 percent of my Jewish friends that he would expel student demonstrators from the United States, according to participants in the roundtable event with him in New York. One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, theyre going to ...
Trump gets humiliating 6 votes in Libertarian nomination contest after boo-filled speech
David Edwards May 26, 2024 4:15PM ET Former President Donald Trump received less than 1% of the votes at the Libertarian Party Convention over the weekend. In Sunday's first round of presidential nomination voting, Trump reportedly received just six write-in votes, which amounted to 0.65% of the total delegates. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was also eliminated in the first round of voting, receiving only 19 votes................. ...
Questions raised over Trump profiting off his Secret Service detail while he campaigns
Tom Boggioni May 26, 2024 2:53PM ET .............. In 2022, NBC News reported that a House investigative report showed that the former president was charging as much as $1,185 per night for agents to stay in his hotels, "more than five times the recommended government rate." On Sunday, Forbes reported now there are now questions about airfare charges for his government-supplied security detail with over $800,000 paid by taxpayers this election cycle and another $361,000 still o ...
DNC Chair Warns All 'MAGA Apples Are Rotten' As He Considers Trump's VP Choices
May 26, 2024, 02:44 PM EDT Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, says he's worried about anyone being considered for Donald Trump's vice presidential spot, describing all MAGA Republicans as "rotten apples" during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Sunday. While former President Trump has yet to announce his running mate for the 2024 presidential election, Harrison told MSNBC panelists Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend ...
Republican Tim Scott falsely claims Biden policy resegregates public schools
Sun 26 May 2024 13.34 EDT Donald Trumps inner circle is stepping up efforts to woo Black and other minority voters, with a leading candidate to be his vice-presidential running mate claiming falsely on Sunday TV that Joe Biden was resegregating US public schools. Tim Scott, the US senator from South Carolina who has been open about his desire to be on Trumps ticket, made one of the most extreme claims yet. Speaking on CNNs State of the Union show, he described President Biden as a supporte ...
Arizona secretary of state warns AI could be a 'magnifier' of disinformation ahead of election
05/26/24 8:00 AM ET Arizonas Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) warned artificial intelligence (AI) could be a magnifier of misinformation ahead of the upcoming election on NBCs Meet the Press Sunday. Well, look, I have to reach back into my past, Fontes said, according to a transcript. And in boot camp and in other military training I had in the Marine Corps, we looked at the weapons of our enemies, and we train against them as much as possible. AI is not a new weapon. Its an amp ...
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Best Buy is the most impersonated company by scammers, FTC says
6 hrs ago - Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 12:01 PM EDT If someone reaches out purporting to be a member of Geek Squad's tech support team, they could be an imposter trying to take your money. Electronics retailer Best Buy and its Geek Squad tech help arm was the m ... (CBS News)
Poland fleshes out details of plan to beef up eastern border
7 hrs ago - May 27, 2024 9:19 AM Warsaw, Poland Poland fleshed out details on Monday of "East Shield," a 10 billion zloty ($2.55 billion) program to beef up defenses along its eastern border with Belarus and Russia, saying it hoped to complete the plans ... (VOA/Reuters)
E. Jean Carroll's lawyer responds to Trump Memorial Day post: 'All options are on the table'
7 hrs ago - Published Mon, May 27 2024 7:31 PM EDT Updated 21 Min Ago Donald Trump on Monday again denied rape and defamation claims against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, nabbing the attention of her lawyer. In a post on Truth Social, the former president kicke ... (CNBC)
Ex-White House aide targets Haley for choosing to 'bend the knee' to Trump
8 hrs ago - 05/27/24 8:03 AM ET Sarah Matthews, an ex-spokesperson for former President Trump, criticized former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley for choosing to bend the knee and vote for her former boss. She was building momentum, and sh ... (The Hill)
Air Force unveils photos of B-21 Raider in flight as nuclear stealth bomber moves closer to deployment
8 hrs ago - Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 10:40 AM EDT The U.S. military has released photos of the B-21 Raider in flight as the futuristic warplane moves closer to becoming the nation's next nuclear stealth bomber. The B-21 Raider began flight testing at Edwards A ... (CBS News/AP)
EU foreign ministers discuss sanctions against Israel
8 hrs ago - May 27, 2024 8:06 pm CET (2:06 pm EDT) EU foreign ministers have for the first time engaged in a significant discussion on sanctioning Israel if it doesnt comply with international humanitarian law, Irish Foreign Minister Miche&aacu ... (Politico (EU))
Tech company blames recruiter for 'whites only' job posting
9 hrs ago - May 27, 2024, 10:11 AM EDT A U.S. technology company said a recruiter based in India was to blame for a job advertisement that stated only "white" people born in the U.S. should apply and agreed to a federal settlement. The Justice Department ... (NBC News)
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
9 hrs ago - Former president Donald Trump promised to crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, telling a roomful of donors a group that he joked included 98 percent of my Jewish friends that he would expel student demonstrato ... (Washington Post (gift link))
Ukraine's Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs
10 hrs ago - May 27, 2024, at 6:31 a.m. MADRID (AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to help fight the about 3,000 bombs that he says Russia launches every month at Ukraine in ... (US News and World Report/AP)
Donald Trump Blasted for 'Human Scum' Memorial Day Post
10 hrs ago - Published May 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM EDT Donald Trump is facing backlash after focusing one of his Memorial Day posts on his various legal challenges while he runs for reelection. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee mad ... (Newsweek)
Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, watchdog says
11 hrs ago - Updated 3:30 PM EDT, May 27, 2024 VIENNA (AP) Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report on Monday by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the latest in T ... (AP)
Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized 'deadly force' for Mar-a-Lago search
11 hrs ago - Mon 27 May 2024 11.49 EDT Donald Trumps campaign has issued another extraordinary fundraising request to supporters by doubling down on a false claim that rival Joe Biden was prepared to hurt or kill him by authorizing the use of deadly force d ... (The Guardian)
North Korea says attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit fails, ends in mid-air explosion
12 hrs ago - Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 12:48 PM EDT A North Korean rocket carrying its second spy satellite exploded midair on Monday, state media reported, after its neighbors strongly rebuked its planned launch. The North's official Korean Central News Agency ... (CBS News/AP)
White House assessing if Israel violated "red line" with Rafah strike
12 hrs ago - 54 mins ago The Biden administration is still assessing whether an Israeli strike that killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday is a violation of President Biden's "red line," two U.S. officials told Axios. Why it m ... (Axios)
Nebraska activists seek to put opposing abortion questions on the ballot
13 hrs ago - May 27, 2024 8:00 AM ET OMAHA, Nebraska At a farmers market in midtown Omaha, abortion politics are playing out near the produce stands, flower vendors and a brass band. Petitioners for two opposing ballot measures have set up folding t ... (NPR)
Biden, in Memorial Day speech, says Americans must continue upholding democracy
13 hrs ago - May 27, 2024, 12:26 PM President Joe Biden, in his Memorial Day message to the nation, said Americans have a "responsibility" to uphold democratic ideals for which so many service members and their families have sacrificed In a speech at the amphithe ... (ABC News)
NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71
14 hrs ago - Two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71, the NBA announced Monday. "Bill Walton was truly one of a kind," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "As a Hall of Fame player, he redefined the ce ... (ESPN)
Baltic officials said they could send troops to Ukraine without waiting for NATO if Russia scores a breakthrough: report
14 hrs ago - May 27, 2024, 3:18 AM EDT Members of parliament for the Baltic States warned German officials last week that their governments are poised to send troops to Ukraine if Russia achieves considerable gains, Der Spiegel reported. The German outlet reporte ... (Business Insider)
Cruise ships set sail out of Baltimore for the first time since bridge collapse
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Frustrated EU ministers urge Hungary to stop blocking military aid to Ukraine
16 hrs ago - May 27, 2024 11:06 AM EDT Updated 30 min ago BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers urged Hungary on Monday to stop blocking measures to provide billions of euros in military aid to Ukraine, as long-simmering tension with Budap ... (Reuters)