Frequent outbursts are fully justified by the precarious state of his reelection bid.     Who knows if Joe Biden is as “angry and anxious” about his reelection prospects as a new NBC News report portrays him. It could be that it’s ordinary ill temper from a politician prone to shouting in private (an Axios headline not too long ago dubbed Biden “old yeller”)‚ or exaggerated reports from meetings where typical salty language is used by old...

"Port-au-Prince is in panic mode‚" a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville‚ a wealthier area of of the city‚ are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country's spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street - the victims of the latest gang rampage. As well as the early morning killing spree‚ the home of a judge was also attacked - a clear message to the country's elites vying for power. All this in what...

Joe Biden is ramping up efforts to show he’s focused on alleviating the nationwide housing crunch‚ amid worries that rising home prices could dent the economic case at the center of his reelection bid. The president on Tuesday will call for greater action to lower the cost of housing‚ using a speech in Nevada to spotlight new proposals he argues would make it easier for Americans to find and afford a home. “We know we need to increase housing supply to ensure that we can bring down the...

New York Attorney General Letitia James will be free to start going after Donald Trump’s prized properties should the former president fail to make the deadline to post the $454 million bond in his civil fraud case. Trump‚ 77‚ on Monday filed papers in an appeals court case seeking to get out of having to post the bond as he fights the massive judgment from February — which accrues $112‚000 in interest daily. The presumptive Republican 2024 presidential nominee had...

The House returns to Washington on Tuesday facing heightened urgency to move more military help for Ukraine but with no formal deadline — and no clear strategy — for getting it passed.  The lower chamber is scheduled to be in session for only four days before a two-week holiday recess‚ and Kyiv’s supporters‚ including top Democrats in both chambers‚ are urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to move the additional aid before week’s end.  “We cannot go home for...

There are several recent signs that the federal judiciary’s center right is losing patience with its far right. Last week‚ a policymaking body within the judiciary announced new steps to combat “judge shopping‚” a practice that has allowed Republican litigants to choose to have their cases heard by partisan judges who are well to the right of even the median Trump appointee. The Supreme Court has also heard several cases in its current term where it appears...

Google has been putting its thumb on the scale to help Democratic candidates win the presidency in the last four election cycles during which it censored Republicans‚ according to a right-leaning media watchdog. The Media Research Center published a report alleging 41 instances of “election interference” by the search engine since 2008. The MRC published a report accusing Google of having “utilized its power to help push to electoral victory the most liberal candidates…while targeting...

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On Friday‚ Japanese researchers published a pre-print paper that warned about the risks associated with using blood from covid vaccinated people for blood transfusions and are calling on medical professionals to be […]