Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked for comment Friday morning about her response to voluminous calls from panicked Democrats for Biden to be replaced on the Democratic ticket following Thursday night’s abysmal debate performance—and she refused to answer. Reporters for CBS asked Pelosi, “What do you say to Democrats who feel that there should […]
When access to the internet began to proliferate in the mid-1990s, the growth trajectory for American businesses changed forever. Although we’ve witnessed numerous innovative technologies and buzzy trends come and go over three decades, including genome decoding, nanotechnology, and blockchain technology, none have come close to rivaling the game-changing leap forward that the advent of […]
With just a few days left in the law term and more than 20 rulings still to be issued, the Supreme Court once again left Americans on tenterhooks Thursday when it released just four opinions, not including its most eagerly awaited. The justices, three of whom were appointed by Donald Trump, are still weighing Trump’s […]
Who’s received an urgent, ominous or mysterious text message from their parents, only to hear that everything is just fine? People on social media are posting hilarious messages from their parents that sounded like emergencies — but weren’t. TikToker Allie O’Brien posted several videos with screenshots from an online humor magazine. Some of the internet […]
Former Trump communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed that Trump called for the execution of a staffer on several occasions during his time in the White House—and somehow, the disturbing news (and Trump’s even more troubling reaction to it) already seems to be fading from the headlines. Griffin told Mediaite on Friday that Trump called […]
(Bloomberg) — On a sizzling hot day in April, Cairo meteorologist Amira Nasser points to a written chronicle of Egypt’s weather in the 1800s. Outside, the temperature is 41°C (105°F), or 46°C in the sun — hot enough to have killed the battery on Nasser’s phone. Inside, the records at the museum of meteorology have […]
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Meme stocks are grabbing headlines once again. Household names that captured investors’ imaginations in 2021 — like GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) — are surging higher (and lower, in some cases). And […]
An investigation is underway following a turkey hunter’s ominous discovery in northwest Missouri, police say. Missouri State Highway Patrol officials said a turkey hunter in Mercer County found human remains on private property April 23. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office requested help from the highway patrol’s division of drug and crime control to initiate an […]
Over lengthy periods, Wall Street has a knack for making patient investors richer. But over shorter timelines, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) are no more predictable than a coin flip. Despite the uncertainties that accompany stocks over short periods, it […]
Nikki Haley’s long odds to defeat her former boss for the GOP presidential nomination have likely gotten even longer following her blowout loss in a Nevada primary where “none of these candidates” beat her 2 to 1 and Donald Trump wasn’t even on the ballot. The coup-attempting former president’s supporters in the state party arranged for […]
Donald Trump’s E. Jean Carroll defamation trial could provide a glimpse into what the former president’s New York criminal case could look like, CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen argued. That case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, charges Trump with 34 counts of document falsification related to hush-money payments the then-2016-presidential candidate made to […]
In a plot reminiscent of the fairytale “Goldilocks,” chum salmon are looking for waters that are “just right.” Because of planet overheating, their proverbial perfect porridge is in remote arctic areas previously uncharted by the migrating fish known for their prolific breeding, according to a report from Wired that referred to the new development as […]