I hope the Democrats win on super Tuesday.
The U.S. government on Tuesday announced it would sharply limit the fees that credit card companies can charge customers who fall behind on their bills, aiming to cap the penalties at $8 in a move that immediately drew fierce resistance from financial giants.
The credit card rules are part of new efforts to promote competition and crack down on “junk fees,” which President Biden has blasted as inflation remains high.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the most ardently pro-Israel Democrat in the California Senate race, backed the White House’s call for a Gaza cease-fire that’s linked to a larger deal.
The conflict in Gaza has divided the Democrats in the California Senate race more than any other issue.
A trove of documents released this week reveal extraordinary new details about the role of Kenneth Chesebro — a once-obscure conservative attorney — in driving the strategy to keep Donald Trump in power despite his defeat in the 2020 election.
Kenneth Chesebro was focused on the most vulnerable aspects of the transfer of power, newly released communications show.
This comes in the wake of an initial U.S. military aircraft airdrop, in coordination with the Royal Jordanian Air Force, over the weekend. Tuesday's operation was also conducted by the U.S. and Jordan.
Aid groups say air drops alone are far from sufficient given the scale of the crisis.
"the choice to obsess about Biden’s age... is equally a choice to participate in an information operation designed to dehumanize the President and drown out any discussion of his accomplishments," writes Marcy Wheeler www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/04/w...
💯 Macron urges allies "not to be a coward" about Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron has stated while talking about Russia’s war against Ukraine that it was time to step up and not be cowardly.
Kyiv’s chief prosecutor chided the United Nations for not speaking out enough regarding Russia’s kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
“I don’t understand what’s going on,” lamented Andriy Kostin.
A team of United Nations experts tasked with gathering information on sexual violence linked to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel found “reasonable grounds to believe” that some victims were sexually assaulted, including rape and gang rape, according to a U.N. report released Monday.
Expert team finds “reasonable grounds to believe” that sexual violence was committed on Oct. 7, but report stops short of an official investigation.