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Grandson says Carter is 'coming to the end' in brief update about former president's health
Updated 4:27 PM EDT, Tue May 14, 2024 CNN — Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,” Jason Carter said at a mental health forum named in honor of his grandmother, the late former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at the Carter Center. “He has been in hospice, as you know, for almost a year and a half now, and he really is, I think, coming to the end that, as I’ve said ...
Education Dept. announces highest federal student loan interest rate in more than a decade
Published Tue, May 14 2024 1:49 PM EDT Updated 10 Min Ago The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday the interest rates on federal student loans for the 2024-2025 academic year. The interest rate on federal direct undergraduate loans will be 6.53%. That’s the highest rate in at least a decade, according to higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. The undergraduate rate for the 2023-2024 year is 5.5%. For graduate students, loans will come with a 8.08% interest rate, compared to th ...
Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
May 14, 2024, 2:16 PM A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was charged last year with conspiring with a Florida-based founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen to carry out the attacks, in what prosecutors described as a racism-fueled plot to spark mass chaos in the majority-Black city. " ...
Biden Moves Forward on $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel
The Biden administration notified Congress on Tuesday that it was moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, U.S. and congressional officials said, a massive arms package less than a week after the White House paused a shipment of bombs over a planned Israeli assault on Rafah. The latest weapons package includes the potential transfer of $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, the officials said. The de ...
With Trump's trial underway, most Americans now believe he falsified records to hide hush money payment
For the first time, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a majority of Americans (52%) believe former President Donald Trump “falsif[ied] business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star” — the charge at the center of his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan. This represents a new high — and a significant increase from previous Yahoo News/YouGov polls conducted before courtroom testimony began last month, suggesting that coverage of the trial may be shifting perceptions of Trum ...
'Total outrage': White House condemns Israeli settlers' attack on Gaza aid trucks
(The Guardian) The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles. Video of the incident on Monday at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, showed settlers blocking the trucks and throwing boxes of much-needed supplies on the ground. “It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan, going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance,” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters.
DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence
(ABC News) Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction. Prosecutors said there is no legal basis for Judge Carl Nichols to continue the stay on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusive ruling that rejected the basis for Bannon's appeal on all grounds.
Speaker Johnson to appear at courthouse amid Trump hush money trial
(The Hill) Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will appear at the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday as former President Trump sits for another day of his hush money trial. Johnson is the latest Republican lawmaker to visit the court amid Trump’s ongoing criminal trial, which has kept the former president largely off the campaign trail as he vies for another term in the White House. Rep. Cory Mills is also joining Trump at the courthouse on Tuesday, the Florida Republican told The Hill.
Judging From Trump's Reaction, Michael Cohen's Testimony Is Crushing
(PoliticusUSA) Trump seems to know that he is not winning the trial. At some level, he also appears to understand that Michael Cohen’s testimony is very bad for him. Outside the courthouse, Trump was in panic mode, spending minutes throwing everything at the wall and hoping that something stuck.
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RecsAn Arizona judge helped revive an 1864 abortion law. His lawmaker wife joined Democrats to repeal it - 6
RecsChiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech - 6
RecsStephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 5/14/2024 - 5
RecsOrange County - Calif - firefighters tear down bathroom wall to rescue dog
Musk must testify in SEC investigation, court rules
13 min ago - 11 hours ago Elon Musk must comply with a Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena to testify in the SEC's investigation into the October 2022 Twitter takeover, a federal court ruled Tuesday. The big picture: Musk had argued the SEC didn't have th ... (Axios)
Oak Flat copper mine lawsuit is headed to the Supreme Court after 9th Circuit ruling
48 min ago - Published 2:43 p.m. MT May 14, 2024 | Updated 4:05 p.m. MT May 14, 2024 Grassroots group Apache Stronghold will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its plea to preserve Oak Flat from obliteration by a copper mine after the full Ninth U.S. Circuit Cour ... (AZ Central)
US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022
1 hr ago - May 14, 2024 4:41 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago May 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners were required to blend into the nation's fuel m ... (Reuters)
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech
2 hrs ago - Updated 9:58 PM CDT, May 14, 2024 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement addr ... (AP)
'Free Palestine Encampment' reaches agreements with campus, disbands from Mario Savio steps
4 hrs ago - A little more than three weeks after the establishment of the UC Berkeley “Free Palestine Encampment,” protesters have reached an agreement with campus administration and took down the majority of their tents this afternoon. Chancellor Caro ... (Daily Californian)
Angela Alsobrooks wins contentious Democratic Senate primary in Maryland
7 hrs ago - Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) has won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s open Senate seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Alsobrooks beat out fellow Democrat Rep. David Trone (Md.) in what had b ... (The Hill)
Justice Department: Nebraska unnecessarily institutionalizes people with mental illness
8 hrs ago - By: Zach Wendling - May 14, 2024 3:24 pm LINCOLN — The U.S. Department of Justice concluded Tuesday that Nebraska unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness in violation of their civil rights. The Justice Department said ... (Nebraska Examiner)
Nearly 40% dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies
9 hrs ago - Nearly 40% of the dirty money in the world is going through the City of London and other crown dependencies, the UK’s deputy foreign secretary has said. Andrew Mitchell added the crown dependencies and overseas territories will face fresh demand ... (The Guardian)
With Trump's trial underway, most Americans now believe he falsified records to hide hush money payment
10 hrs ago - For the first time, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a majority of Americans (52%) believe former President Donald Trump “falsif[ied] business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star” — the charge at the center of ... (Yahoo News)
Trump's former lawyer Giuliani stumbles in bid to appeal defamation ruling
10 hrs ago - May 14, 2024 4:42 PM EDT Updated 3 hours ago NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected Rudy Giuliani's attempt to appeal a $148 million defamation judgment won by former Georgia election workers, saying Donald Trump's f ... (Reuters)
Crow Creek Tribe bans Gov. Noem from its reservation
11 hrs ago - Published May 14, 2024 at 2:55 PM CDT The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is joining six other tribes located within South Dakota in banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its reservation. The tribe passed a resolution banning Noem from the boundaries of its reservat ... (South Dakota Public Broadcasting/NPR)
Biden issues veto threat over 'misguided' GOP bill on weapons to Israel
11 hrs ago - 05/14/24 5:53 PM ET The White House on Tuesday said President Biden would veto a House GOP bill intended to pressure him to send weapons to Israel, calling it a “misguided reaction to a deliberate distortion of the Administration’s approach ... (The Hill)
Biden Moves Forward on $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel
11 hrs ago - The Biden administration notified Congress on Tuesday that it was moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, U.S. and congressional officials said, a massive arms package less than a week after the White House paused a ... (WSJ)
Cargo Ship That Caused Baltimore Bridge Collapse Had Power Blackout Hours Before Leaving Port
12 hrs ago - May 14, 2024, at 4:18 p.m BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before le ... (US News and World Report/AP)
Grandson says Carter is 'coming to the end' in brief update about former president's health
12 hrs ago - Updated 4:27 PM EDT, Tue May 14, 2024 CNN — Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,? ... (CNN Politics)
Hannah Gutierrez appeals manslaughter conviction in 'Rust' shooting
12 hrs ago - Hannah Gutierrez has appealed her conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin film "Rust." Gutierrez, the film's armorer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the max ... (ABC News)
A wildfire in western Canada is growing. More people nearby are told to leave
13 hrs ago - Updated 1:31 PM CDT, May 14, 2024 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown significantly in the past day. As forecasts on Tuesday called for ... (AP)
Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
14 hrs ago - May 14, 2024, 2:16 PM A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of C ... (ABC News)
Education Dept. announces highest federal student loan interest rate in more than a decade
14 hrs ago - Published Tue, May 14 2024 1:49 PM EDT Updated 10 Min Ago The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday the interest rates on federal student loans for the 2024-2025 academic year. The interest rate on federal direct undergraduate loans will ... (cnbc)
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing
15 hrs ago - May 14, 2024 12:26 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday began presenting evidence to a military hearing officer who will decide whether to recommend a trial by cour ... (Reuters)
