Donald Trump threatened to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities, as his attempts to mobilise the military faced legal challenges. The president openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a National Guard deployment in Portland. “We have an insurrection act for a reason. If I had to enact …
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M5 MacBook Pro Could Launch in October as M4 Model Faces Supply Constraints
Supplies of the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro model appear to be constrained amid rumors that an upgraded M5 model could launch as soon as this year. As noted by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, custom configurations of the M4 MacBook Pro model have a delayed shipping date and will not be delivered to customers until October 23 to 28. The restricted supply …
Read More »Leopards ate our ancient human ancestors’ faces, AI analysis reveals
Almost 2 million years ago, leopards likely hunted and feasted on our human ancestors in East Africa, a new study finds. The research, which used artificial intelligence (AI) analysis tools, provides insight into the demise of two prehistoric individuals from the archaic human species Homo habilis — one of the earliest members of the Homo genus. Previous studies have suggested …
Read More »Last North American hockey stick factory faces uncertainty amid trade war
BRANTFORD, Ontario (AP) — Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan Hockey …
Read More »Trump faces more shutdown blame, but Americans remain divided: poll – Axios
Trump faces more shutdown blame, but Americans remain divided: poll Axios CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it; low marks for Republicans, Democrats, Trump’s handling CBS News Early polls show Trump, GOP taking more blame than Democrats for government shutdown NBC News Will the government shutdown affect next year’s election? Recent history provides clues AP News As shutdown drags on, US …
Read More »Media Faces Reckoning After Helping Trump Downplay Project 2025 on Campaign Trail
As President Donald Trump openly embraces Project 2025, mainstream media outlets are facing criticism for their role in helping him downplay his ties to the wildly unpopular far-right governing playbook in the lead-up to his reelection last year. After she became the Democratic nominee in July, former Vice President Kamala Harris made the Heritage Foundation’s over 900-page manifesto for “the …
Read More »Virginia AG candidate faces bipartisan backlash over violent, inflammatory text messages
Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Virginia, faced condemnation from Republicans and Democrats on Friday after text messages from 2022 resurfaced in which he said he would “piss on graves” of GOP opponents and mused about hypothetically shooting then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. In a text message exchange with Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, …
Read More »Hip-hop star ‘Diddy’ faces more years behind bars; lawyers plan to appeal
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are planning to appeal after the Grammy-winning artist and music executive was sentenced Friday to more than four years in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters. The case shattered his carefully cultivated reputation as an affable celebrity entrepreneur, A-list party host and reality TV star. It culminated a public reckoning for …
Read More »Embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook faces plagiarism claims, cancel culture ties
Controversies from Cook’s past in academia resurface as she battles President Trump to keep her job As Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook does battle against President Donald Trump to keep her job, controversial experiences from her time as a professor have resurfaced, such as plagiarism claims and her involvement in a high-profile cancel culture incident. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court …
Read More »‘SNL’ premiere: Bad Bunny and fresh faces to kick off Season 51
NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s a new “SNL” season, with faces both fresh and familiar. After a fanfare-filled 50th season celebrating the past, “Saturday Night Live” looks to the future with a cast that includes five new featured players. As for the high-wattage early hosts, none other than Bad Bunny kicks things off on Saturday. The …
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