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Biden touts record jobs but faces new headwinds as GDP shrinks
Republicans are poised to cast aside all the economic technicalities and bash Democratic candidates up and down the midterm ballot over an economy that is already deeply unpopular with voters in both parties.
Trump Calls For ‘Immediate’ Release Of FBI Warrant To Search Mar-A-Lago
Trump posted the request hours after the Justice Department asked a court to unseal the warrant.
FBI Agents Blast Trump-Inspired Calls For Violence Against Law Enforcement
“This is not a partisan or political issue. It is a matter of public safety and basic decency,” said a statement by FBI Agents Association President Brian O’Hare.
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act Expected To Do Little To Reduce Inflation
The bill was also touted as lowering the deficit, but by how much is uncertain.
Washington Post: Mar-a-Lago search was about ‘classified documents relating to nuclear weapons’
Since the search by FBI agents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday, Trump, the Republican Party, and its media allies—when not viciously demonizing the Department of Justice and the FBI—have insisted that it was a political fishing expedition, and there was nothing to be found beyond mementoes of Trump’s years in the White House. Darn near the makings of a future scrapbook.
News Roundup: Garland calls Trump’s bluff; FBI office attacked in apparent act of terrorism
After several days of relentless attacks on the FBI from Fox News hosts, Republican partisans, and countless Republican lawmakers, an attack on the FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, today has all the hallmarks of domestic terrorism. Immediately after that attack, U.S.
Justice Department is seeking to unseal Trump warrant, Attorney General Merrick Garland announces
Attorney General Merrick Garland is making a statement at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday, following days of public silence since the FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Monday. That search was reportedly for classified documents Trump had taken with him when he left White House, and it has given rise to huge amounts of Republican conspiracy theories, as well as broader public pressure for the Justice Department to offer up information.
Ukraine update: Belarus has another smoking accident; what’s Ukraine’s real plan at Kherson?
The big news yesterday remained Ukrainian’s massively successful attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea, but in the early evening hours an explosion at another airfield Russia’s been relying on for its campaign against Ukraine was reported, and this one’s also a doozy.
Cincinnati FBI breach suspect is killed in shootout and identified as possible Jan. 6 participant
At 9 AM Thursday morning, the FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, says that an armed man attempted to “breach the Visitor Screening Facility” at their headquarters. An alarm was set off and the suspect then fled the scene. He has reportedly engaged law enforcement personnel in a chase and there has been a lockdown of Clinton County.
As of the writing of this post, the man remains unidentified, as are his motives.
Mary Trump Explains How Her Uncle’s Been ‘Tripped Up’ By Merrick Garland
“Garland is playing chess. Donald can only play checkers,” Donald Trump’s niece said.
Biden Inspires Standing Ovation For Jon Stewart Over Help On Veterans Health Bill
“We owe you big, man. We owe you big,” Biden told the former “Daily Show” host.
The Real Problem With City Life Today
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.In a recent Atlantic article, Xochitl Gonzalez, the author of our Brooklyn, Everywhere newsletter, argues that the sound of gentrification is silence. I called Xochitl to talk about the article and the New York she once knew.
New CDC guidance for schools aims for normalcy
The agency has lifted guidance that led to quarantining of students exposed to, but not infected with, the coronavirus.
Stop Putting Lasers in Joe Biden’s Eyes
The president is terrifying! He has laser eyes, or he has laser eyes and he’s screaming, or he has laser eyes and he’s commanding bolts of lightning, like God. He is drinking Republican tears with a splash of lime. He is eating Mitch McConnell’s head?Although Joe Biden has often been the subject of memes related to his friendship with Barack Obama or his obsession with ice cream, he has lately become a different sort of internet figure, known as “Dark Brandon.
When Biden Went to China
On April 19, 1979, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware was in Beijing, meeting with China’s paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, when he put Washington’s nascent friendship with the Communists to the test.That Biden was sitting there at all was remarkable. The United States and China had been implacable foes for decades.
L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing Crisis as City Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments
As cities nationwide crack down on unhoused populations and soaring rents force people out of their homes, the Los Angeles City Council faced major protests this week when it voted to ban encampments for unhoused people near schools and daycares. The vote expanded an anti-homeless ordinance to include nearly a quarter of the city.
As Rent Soars & Evictions Spike, Will Biden Address Housing Crisis with Same Urgency as Gas Prices?
Housing activists are in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with Biden administration officials and urge them to take immediate action to address the rent inflation crisis, as prices soar and the end of eviction moratoriums has caused eviction rates to spike again.
“Political Pawns”: Immigrant Activists Decry Texas Gov. Abbott for Busing Asylum Seekers to NYC, D.C.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is sending busloads of asylum seekers to New York City and other “liberal” cities to oppose what he calls the Biden administration’s “open borders policies.” About 100 asylum seekers arrived Wednesday at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in a bus chartered by Texas, adding to the thousands of asylum seekers the city claims has strained its shelter system in the past few months.
Iran Nuclear Deal Appears Within Reach as Negotiators Send “Final Text” to Tehran & Washington
After months of failure to revive the Iran nuclear deal, European Union negotiators have drafted a “final” text for the U.S. and Iran to sign. An agreement seems more likely, due to Iran backing down on original demands for the U.S. to take the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps off its terrorist blacklist and for future U.S. presidents to not have the authority to pull out of the deal as the Trump administration did.
DaVita helped craft new bill to fix “loophole” left by Supreme Court ruling, documents show
Lawmakers introduced a measure mirroring a proposal written by one of the nation’s largest dialysis providers.
Biden administration authorizes emergency monkeypox vaccine strategy
Giving shots between the skin, instead of under it, will stretch a limited supply, but there’s little data to support its efficacy.
Where the Fed’s inflation-crushing campaign may hurt the most
As the U.S. central banks raises interest rates, the rest of the world is feeling the squeeze.
Biden enters the Always Be Closing phase of his first term
Suddenly, overnight, real progress has been teed up for the White House.
Biden touts record jobs but faces new headwinds as GDP shrinks
Republicans are poised to cast aside all the economic technicalities and bash Democratic candidates up and down the midterm ballot over an economy that is already deeply unpopular with voters in both parties.
Alex Jones Proved That Lying Pays. Can Sandy Hook Lawsuits Help Turn the Tide on Disinformation?
Two years of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s text messages have now been turned over to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. The messages were first revealed in court last week in Austin, Texas, just before a jury ordered InfoWars host Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $45.
FBI Director Denounces ‘Deplorable’ Threats After Mar-A-Lago Raid
Christopher Wray had strong words for some supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Beto O’Rourke Drops F-Bomb On Abbott Supporter Who Laughed At Gun Violence
The Democratic candidate for governor had a scathing response to a heckler.
News Roundup: Russia loses at least 9 warplanes in airfield blast; Trump pleads the Fifth
The apparent Ukrainian strike against a Russian military base in occupied Crimea may turn out to be one of the most consequential of the war to date; video and satellite images taken after the blast show widespread damage, including the likely destruction of at least nine Russian warplanes. The blast, far from the frontlines, significantly dents Russian airpower in southern Ukraine—and Ukraine is being coy about how, exactly, they might have done it.
Joe Arpaio Loses Third Comeback Bid In Town Mayoral Race
Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff, was defeated Wednesday in a race for mayor of the affluent suburb where he has lived for more than two decades.