Rep. Shri Thanedar has lost his Democratic primary in Michigan to state Rep. Donavan McKinney, NBC News projects, in a victory for the party’s progressive wing. The 34-year-old McKinney won the backing of a number of prominent progressives across the state and country and secured the latest victory for the faction mounting an insurgency against…
In a statement, Türk urged Iranian authorities to halt all executions and move toward the abolition of the death penalty, saying that “such punishment has no place in our world”. As well as expressing alarm at the rise in executions, he said the persistent lack of fair trial and due process guarantees was “deeply troubling”,…
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh as he testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Wednesday demanded that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explain the Trump administration’s July decision to ease export controls…
Leopold Aschenbrenner (L) and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. Photo: Josh Edelson (L) | Oscar Molina (R) Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan on Wednesday called the recent near-collapse of high-flying AI hedge fund Situational Awareness a warning shot for financial markets that are being fueled by elevated valuations and borrowed money. Last week,…
Beyond the obvious shapes, the difficulty increases, but sharp-eyed viewers can still pick out a goose, hedgehog, dolphin, snail, gopher, fox, sloth, alligator, and snake hidden in smaller sections of the portrait. A whale, parrot, pelican, starfish, and grasshopper are also woven into less obvious corners, requiring slower, more careful scanning rather than a glance…
A massive cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce has expanded to an additional six states, according to a source familiar with the matter. The outbreak, caused by a microscopic parasite found in human feces, is responsible for hundreds of hospitalizations and two deaths since early May. The newly linked states — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri,…
The trip, which will also include Uruguay and Argentina, will be a homecoming of sorts for the American pontiff. Source link
German police are investigating an object suspected of carrying an explosive device, which was found near a runway near Ukrainian places at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Wednesday night. Flights to the airport were temporarily disrupted overnight. The police said that shortly before midnight, “an unidentified flying object” was sighted. As a result several planes, including a…
Hiring at private companies slowed considerably in July, with most of the job growth coming health care, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. Nonfarm job growth excluding government totaled a seasonally adjusted 44,000 for the month, below the downwardly revised 95,000 in June and less than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for 75,000. On net,…
Bitcoin signage in Times Square in New York, Dec. 9, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Many crypto investors haven’t been paying their taxes correctly — and the Internal Revenue Service may soon know about it. Determining tax on transactions involving digital assets is a notoriously difficult exercise, often much more so than…