71% of Americans and half of all Democrats say Biden, 80, is too old to be president and most voters say they are worse off since he took power
A new poll for DailyMail.com lays bare the challenge facing President Joe Biden as he runs for reelection: Almost half of Democrats believe he is too old for the job, and 52 of all voters believe they are worse off since he became president. Republicans have used both as attack lines in their campaigns to unseat Biden. The president has always been gaffe-prone, but now any botched comment is seized on as evidence that the 80-year-old is no longer fit for office.
Stonewalling: DOJ Rejects House GOP Request for Information on FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid
The Department of Justice rejected a request by the House Judiciary Committee to reveal information related to the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last August for alleged classified documents.
China Welcomes Antony Blinken to Beijing
Chinese officials have painted the U.S. as most eager to meet but have their own reasons for detente
2 killed in shooting outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, police say
Two of the seven people shot outside a theater where a high school graduation ceremony had just taken place in Richmond, Virginia, have died, the city’s interim police chief said. Those who died were two men – an 18-year-old student and a 36-year-old attending the graduation – the interim chief, Rick Edwards, said. A suspect – a 19-year-old man – has been detained, and police intend to pursue charges of second-degree murder against him, Edwards said.
Unhealthy air quality grips New York City as wildfire smoke shrouds skyline
Air quality rose to “unhealthy” levels in the Northeast Tuesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted eastward, and conditions are projected to worsen in New York City this week.
Trump Stands Up for Children’s Choir Blocked from Singing National Anthem at US Capitol, Invites Them to SC Rally
President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended a rally invitation to the children’s choir that was silenced mid-song last week while performing the “Star Spangled Banner” inside the US Capitol building.
Accounting error frees $3 billion for Ukraine weapons assistance
The Biden administration made an accounting error in assessing the value of the military support that the US has given to Ukraine to date, freeing up approximately $3 billion more in aid, an amount likely to mitigate the need for Congress to pass an additional assistance package before the end of the fiscal year in September, multiple congressional and administration officials told CNN.
NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn
New geological research warns that the weight of New York City’s skyscrapers is actually causing the Big Apple — whose more than 1 million buildings weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds — to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water. The city is plopping closer to the water at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year, “with some areas subsiding much faster.”
Kaitlan Collins, Moderator of Trump Forum, Is Named CNN’s 9 P.M. Anchor
CNN has selected Kaitlan Collins to host a new weeknight show at 9 p.m., elevating her to one of the most coveted time slots in cable news a week after she moderated a contentious town hall with former President Donald J. Trump.
Fox News Changes Scheduling and TV Lineup
Sean Hannity to take over at 8pm
Prince Harry and Meghan say they were involved in a 'near catastrophic car chase' with paparazzi in N.Y.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase" with paparazzi in New York, a spokesperson for the couple said Wednesday. The pair, together with Meghan’s mother, were followed by photographers after leaving a charity event in New York on Tuesday night.
U.S. Depression Rates Reach New Highs
The percentage of U.S. adults who report having been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime has reached 29.0%, nearly 10 percentage points higher than in 2015. The percentage of Americans who currently have or are being treated for depression has also increased, to 17.8%, up about seven points over the same period. Both rates are the highest recorded by Gallup since it began measuring depression using the current form of data collection in 2015.
In nod to urgency, aides for Biden and McCarthy hold late-night debt ceiling talks
A team of White House negotiators met with aides of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol on Tuesday night in an effort to hammer out a deal to raise the debt ceiling ahead of a potential default, two sources familiar with the discussion said.
At least four US Embassy staff shot dead in Nigeria
Members of the the United States Embassy in Nigeria have been shot dead in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, according to the Daily Trust. A source told the outlet: "At least four persons were killed in the attack while others sustained injuries. Troops have taken over the community."
Biden will cut trip abroad short over debt ceiling talks
President Joe Biden will head to Japan this week to attend the G-7 summit but said he will cut short the remainder of his trip abroad so he can return to Washington “to be back for the final negotiations with congressional leaders” over the debt ceiling.
Biden appoints 2 additional top aides to try and get to the finish line on debt ceiling talks
President Joe Biden is deploying two of his top advisers to negotiate a debt deal with Capitol Hill Republicans — a sign of progress, however incremental, for the negotiations weeks away from a potential default.
BREAKING: UN Prepares the World for New Pandemic Power Grab
Alex Jones breaks down how the World Health Organization’s decision to end the COVID emergency is just a ruse to lull the world into a false sense of security before unleashing the an even worse pandemic disaster.
Tesla 2023 shareholder meeting: Musk says Tesla will deliver production Cybertrucks this year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk addressed shareholders at the company’s annual meeting on Tuesday, predicting the economy would pick up after 12 months and promising the company would deliver production Cybertrucks later this year.
AI-powered bots 'taking over Internet' and mimicking human behaviour
Nearly half of all activity online is the work of automated 'bots' rather than humans, a new study has claimed. Apparently the proportion of human activity online is at its lowest level in eight years, with AI-powered bots rapidly 'taking over the Internet' with spam and cybercrime.
'My truck won't move:' Are truckers boycotting Florida over DeSantis' new immigration law?
Social media "exploded" with reports of Latino truck drivers threatening to stop delivering to and in Florida, according to independent journalist Arturo Dominguez. "Don't enter Florida," one trucker said in a TikTok video. “My truck will not be going to Florida at all. I’m pretty sure we can all come together as a Latino community and boycott Florida as a whole because what they are doing to our brothers and sisters out there is not fair,” a truck driver said in another TikTok video.