Month: June 2023

If it’s FRIDAY… President Biden travels to Hartford, Conn., to mark the one-year anniversary of the bipartisan gun control legislation he signed… Biden allies question Democrats’ silence on the recent indictment of Donald Trump…Francis Suarez touts record in speech after launching presidential bid…Ron DeSantis heads to Nevada to headline Saturday’s annual Basque Fry fundraiser…And” Meet the press now” interviews Asa Hutchinson. But FIRST… Two key forces are driving America’s growing political divide, according to historical data from our NBC News (formerly NBC News/Wall Street Journal) poll. One force is the changing demographics of the Republican Party over the past 10…

When Donald Trump became the first former president to face federal charges, he and his supporters went through a familiar routine of mounting a victim’s defense in the face of unprecedented allegations of wrongdoing. But this time, the stakes are higher. What you need to know Donald Trump’s attacks on the justice system following his indictment on federal charges this week are the latest step in an eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies against the traditions and institutions that have helped sustain democracy north american He went through a familiar routine of mounting a defense of victimhood…

By ANDRÉ COLEMAN, MANAGING EDITOR Posted on Friday, June 16, 2023 | 5:05 a.m [print-me target=”#content”] 4 recommendedTo share Brian McDonald is the longest tenured PUSD superintendent in recent history. The last three superintendents, Percy Clark, Edwin Diaz and Jon Gundry, served a combined 12 years. If you count McDonald’s time as interim superintendent, he’s been in the position for nine years. For nine years, McDonald has done his part as enrollment declined, in part because of rising housing costs, which forced more families east to the Inland Empire, where a family can still buy a house, and the reduction…

GRAMERCY PARK, Manhattan (WABC) — A 26-year-old driver has been charged with manslaughter, DWI and related offenses after plowing into a crowd in Manhattan, killing one pedestrian and leaving three others hospitalized. The gray Hyundai Sonata was traveling north on Third Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday near 21st Street. An eyewitness said the sound of the sedan spinning, hitting several pedestrians and crashing into a kiosk “sounded like a grenade going off.” Police said Mahbub Ali, 26, of Queens, was intoxicated and may have been trying to prevent a bicyclist from crashing his car into a group of people….

BREAKING NEWS: Tour de Suís cyclist Gino Mader dies aged 26 after falling into ravine in high-speed crash Gino Mader has died after an accident in the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse The cyclist was involved in a high-speed crash before falling into a ravineThe Swiss cyclist was taken to hospital but sadly died on Friday By Ed Carruthers for Mailonline Published: 07:08 EDT, June 16, 2023 | Updated: 07:28 EDT, June 16, 2023 Swiss cyclist Gino Mader has died at the age of 26 after an accident during the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse. The…

Washington – Suspected Pentagon leaker and former Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was indicted by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts on Thursday on six counts of withholding and knowingly transmitting national defense information. Investigators said in court documents that Teixeira, 21, used his position as a systems administrator in the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing to obtain and then illegally disseminate military information classified to members of an online messaging platform. As of July 2021, Teixeira had a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance, according to the indictment, and received training on the proper handling of classified information. Teixeira…

A proposal that would extend subsidized health coverage in New York to people regardless of their immigration status has drawn skepticism from Gov. Kathy Hochul about its cost. Advocates are making an effort to get it reconsidered. The measure, which would use an untapped pot of money from the federal government, could be considered for final approval in the state Assembly when lawmakers reconvene for two days next week. But even if the bill passes, Hochul has questions. This week, he pointed to cost concerns about what amounts to finite funds. “It’s not just saying $2 billion will be there…

Even in times of federal budget tightening, cancer research has garnered bipartisan congressional support, combining with private sector funding to drive significant scientific progress in the fight against the killer disease. “Cancer has escaped the political gravitational pull,” said Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health law at Georgetown University School of Law. But this year could be different, as Democratic lawmakers and research advocates sound the alarm that the new debt ceiling deal could dramatically slow future growth in NIH spending. The legislation, which President Biden recently signed, keeps non-defense discretionary spending roughly flat through 2024 and offers only a…