Month: June 2023

The Biden administration has been quietly negotiating with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear program and release imprisoned Americans, according to officials in three countries, as part of a larger U.S. effort to ease tensions and reduce the risk of a military confrontation with the Islamic Republic. The U.S.’s goal is to reach an informal, unwritten agreement, which some Iranian officials call a “political ceasefire.” It would aim to prevent a further escalation of a long-hostile relationship that has grown even more strained as Iran amasses a stockpile of near-bomb-grade highly enriched uranium, supplies Russia drones for use in Ukraine and…

Republican presidential candidates are making the rounds in key battleground states across the country, but someone you won’t see campaigning is Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas. Many wondered if he would jump into the race for the presidency, but Abbott is preoccupied with matters of state. There seems to be another leader in a heavily Republican state that has been garnering national attention: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Both won re-election last November. What you need to know Republican presidential candidates are making the rounds in key battleground states across the country, but not Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of…

The apparent use by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign of fake AI-generated photos of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Anthony Fauci has raised concerns among experts about the new technology’s ability to deceive voters. The images were part of a 40 second video posted last week by @DeSantisWarRoom on Twitter criticizing Trump, DeSantis’ main rival for the GOP presidential nomination, for not firing Fauci, an infectious disease expert who served on the White House’s coronavirus task force. Many Republicans say Fauci advised keeping businesses and schools closed unnecessarily during the pandemic. The realistic-looking footage was likely generated by…

In Hoffman v. Independent Redistricting Commission, New York Democrats argued that the judge who originally threw out last year’s legislative maps did not mean that maps drawn by an appointed special master would be used for the next 10 years. A little history: After the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) couldn’t agree on congressional lines in 2022, the Legislature took it upon itself to create new maps. Republicans challenged these maps and won. State courts ruled it was inappropriate for the Legislature to intervene. Finally, a special master from Carnegie Mellon University drew the new congressional maps. According to former…

Former Trump lawyer Timothy Parlatore under indictment 08:25 Trump’s former lawyer, Tim Parlatore, acknowledged that the accusation, if you assume it’s all true, doesn’t look great. But Parlatore noted that as a criminal defense attorney, he often looks at allegations and the evidence doesn’t always match up the way the Justice Department says it does. “CBS Evening News” anchor and editor-in-chief Norah O’Donnell asked Parlatore if former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr’s assessment that this is a “very, very damning allegation” is incorrect “Well, I think the problem is that you look at the indictment and if you read it…

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Tuesday that he might order his troops to try to occupy more land there Ukraine protect Russian border territory, a threat with questionable credibility because the Kremlin does not have full control over areas it has already illegally annexed. In some of his most detailed comments on the war in months, the Russian leader acknowledged shortages of some vital weapons and ammunition, but claimed Ukraine’s recently launched counter-offensive was failing, with Kiev’s forces suffering losses “catastrophes” on the battlefield. Putin said Russia lacked “high-precision munitions, communications equipment, aircraft, drones, etc.,” although weapons production has…

EVERETT, Mass. — Authorities are investigating after they say the body of a young woman was found in the backyard of an Everett home Tuesday afternoon. A Springvale Avenue resident reported to police that he found the 18-year-old woman’s body around 2 p.m., according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Family identified the victim as Kya Donovan. A preliminary investigation indicated the woman had no obvious signs of injury, but police labeled her death suspicious due to the circumstances surrounding the location of her body, the DA’s office said. The family described…

MIAMI – Francis Xavier Suarez, the mayor of Miami, officially filed documents Wednesday to seek the Republican nomination for president. >> Read more trending news Suarez, 45, who is currently serving his second term in Florida’s second-largest city, becomes the third candidate from the Sunshine State to enter the hotly contested Republican race. He joins former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis. He is expected to announce his candidacy Thursday at the Ronald Reagan Library in California Miami Herald reported The conservative Republican filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, according to the newspaper. BREAKING: Miami’s second-term…