Giorno: 24 Gennaio 2023

‘Retire now or get fired’: Senate predictions spell trouble for Democrats in 2024

Post Content The Cook Report released its first predictions for the 2024 election season, dropping new Senate ratings that do not look promising for several members of the Democratic Party while most GOP seats are expected to remain red. The election analysis considers three Democratic seats to be “toss-ups” – held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, […]

Oregon announces abortion hotline to provide free legal advice

Post Content Oregon is launching a new abortion hotline offering free legal advice to callers, moving to further defend abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer and eliminated federal protections for the procedure. The state’s Department of Justice announced the initiative Monday. It is modeled on similar hotlines launched […]

Georgia DA asks judge to keep Trump criminal probe report sealed, citing concern for ‘future defendants’

Post Content Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reportedly asked a judge on Tuesday to keep the report by a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke Georgia state law by seeking to overturn the 2020 election results sealed, citing concerns for “future defendants.” Willis said disclosure of the report […]

Minnesota bill to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off mine workers awaiting signature from Gov. Tim Walz

Post Content A bill to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off workers at Northshore Mining is on its way to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature. The Minnesota House voted 127-7 on Monday to approve the bill, which passed the Senate 56-10 two weeks ago. Northshore Mining has been idle since May 1, and about 410 […]

Top House Dem addresses violence against police as nonbinary child pleads not guilty to assault on cops

Post Content The second highest-ranking House Democrat, Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., condemned violence against police after her adult child was arraigned Monday for allegedly assaulting a Boston police officer and spraying the moniker ACAB, or “All Cops Are B*******,” on public property. “I condemn violence against everyone, whether that is against police or against community […]

Judicial Watch files lawsuit against DOJ for docs on Big Tech censorship, Hunter Biden laptop story

Post Content Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department for records of communications between the FBI and social media sites regarding the Hunter Biden laptop story and foreign influence in elections. The latest suit by the conservative watchdog group came after they say the FBI failed to respond […]

European Union’s drug regulator needs to handle shortages of widely used antibiotics according to patients

The European Union’s drug regulator needs to do more to tackle shortages of some widely-used antibiotics in the region, according to a letter from a group of European patient and consumer organisations reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday. The letter to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) comes as antibiotics, including amoxicillin – used to treat bacterial […]

New top Russian general obsesses over troop appearance in Ukraine while army suffers heavy losses

A newly-appointed top Russian general is looking to clean up troop culture with a raft of new rules, but the rules have only helped to unsettle the troops, according to British intelligence. Gen. Valery Gerasimov took over on Jan. 11 as the chief of general staff – Russia’s top military officer – replacing Sergei Surovikin, […]

State Dept. issues Cancun travel warning after taxi drivers attack Uber drivers, passengers

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning in tourist haven towns along Mexico’s Caribbean coast amid clashes between disgruntled taxi drivers and Uber rideshare customers and drivers. The warning comes after medallion taxi drivers in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state, home to Cancun and other popular tourist areas on the Yucatan Peninsula, have been […]

Couple missing with newborn baby may have been sleeping rough, police fear

Read More Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a newborn baby whose parents officers believe are sleeping rough in freezing temperatures. The missing aristocrat Constance Marten and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon, a convicted sex offender, were last seen more than a fortnight ago in east London after buying a tent and bedding. […]