Former President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed Republicans to support those candidates who share his values in next year’s midterm elections as he launched a new more active phase of his post presidency.The former Republican president teased the prospect of another presidential bid of his own in 2024, but vowed first to be an active presence on the campaign trail for his allies in next year’s fight for control of Congress.“The survival of America depends on our ability to elect Republicans at every level starting with the midterms next year,” Trump charged.Trump delivered his latest comments in a speech to…
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The head of Israel’s domestic security service issued a rare warning on Saturday of possible violence during one of the most politically charged periods in decades, with the country on the verge of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, its longest serving leader.Netanyahu is facing the prospect of an end to his 12-year run as premier after Israel’s centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Wednesday that he had succeeded in forming a governing coalition following a March 23 election.The new government, yet to be sworn in, is an unlikely patchwork of left-wing, liberal, rightist, nationalist and religious parties, as well…
Banished from social networks but no less influential among the Republican faithful, Donald Trump was set to return to the stage Saturday for his first speech in months as he flirts ever more openly with a new presidential run in 2024.”I understand the place will be packed, all records broken!” the former president, his flair for showmanship undiminished, said in announcing the planned speech in Greenville, North Carolina to a convention of that southeastern state’s Republican Party.Organizers said all 1,250 tickets to the evening event had sold out.That number is far smaller than the thousands Trump regularly drew to his…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged other rich nations on Saturday to keep up spending to support their economies even as the Covid-19 pandemic wanes, and said US inflation this year would be elevated but transitory.Yellen told a news conference after G7 finance ministers met in London that they needed to invest in a fight against climate change and inequality, even after putting their economies “back on track” from the enormous hit of the pandemic.Her comments placed a different emphasis on fiscal support than the joint statement by the G7 finance ministers, which also stressed the need to ensure long-term…
President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up for “Obamacare” health care coverage during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic.Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15. Meanwhile the government released a report that claims that nearly 31 million Americans — a record — now have health coverage through Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act.“We did this together,” said Obama, whose administration established the health…
WhatsApp is planning to bring a good number of changes to the app, and one proposed update concerns child safety proponents. (Photo : Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The logo of the messenger app WhatsApp is seen on the screen of a smartphone in New Delhi, India on May 27, 2021. As reported in The Sun article, one proposed WhatsApp update called “view once,” is a feature that erases a message as soon as someone reads it. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose company owns WhatsApp, has stated that he is “very excited” to launch the feature he believes will make any user’s experience…
In 2001, Linda Lopez was kidnapped and held for almost four months in a Caracas apartment, where she was repeatedly raped and tortured.Now, she has released a book about her experience and her years-long battle to bring the case to trial in a system that she says still fails Venezuelan women.The release of the book co-written by Lopez, a lawyer, and Luisa Kislinger, a Venezuelan writer and activist, has revived debate about violence against women and girls in Venezuela, which activists says is often overshadowed by the country’s humanitarian and economic crisis.Venezuela does not publish statistics on domestic abuse, but…
(Photo : Pixabay/pixelcreatures) FBI security The FBI is currently trying to get a list of IP addresses, phone numbers, and other information on those who read a USA Today article about the death of two of its agents. FBI is Allegedly Going After USA Today Readers According to Politico, the subpoena says it relates to a criminal investigation, and the FBI is seeking the information of readers who accessed the article in a specific 35-minute timespan. Still, it is not clear who or what the Bureau is trying to track down. USA Today is fighting back against handing over the information and…
Next-gen Google Pixel phones are alleged will receive more advanced Astrophotography Timelaps Mode. If this is true, this could be a major update on the search engine’s handsets since it could provide better camera performance. (Photo : Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The new Google Pixel 3 XL smartphone is displayed during a Google product release event, October 9, 2018 in New York City. The phones will go on sale on October 18 for a base starting retail price of $799 for the Pixel 3 and $899 for the Pixel 3 XL. Google also released a new tablet called the…
(Photo : GettlyImages/ VCG ) Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple employees respond to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s request to return to office work in September. However, they have countered Cook’s request with a proposal for more flexible work from home options. Apple Employees Ask for Work From Home Options The letter was submitted on June 4, and it was addressed to Cook and the rest of the executives at Apple. According to The Verge, it was penned by 80 employees and appeared in an internal Slack channel for remote work advocates that has around 2,800 members, according to The Verge. While…