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U.S. Christians pushing back on Christian nationalism

12 hours ago A wide variety of American Christians from different denominations are speaking out against Christian nationalism, a once-fringe movement steadily gaining political power in the U.S. Why it matters: The pushback comes as critics worry rising Christian nationalism is threatening the nation's multiracial democracy and as a record number of Americans identify as "religiously unaffiliated." The big picture: From the Greek Orthodox Church to Roman Catholics to evangelical ...

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Montana GOP Senate Candidate Says Young Women Are 'Indoctrinated' On Abortion Issue

Oct 7, 2024, 02:48 PM EDT Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy of Montana lamented that “young women between the ages of 19 and 30” are being “indoctrinated” on the issue of abortion during a campaign stop last year, according to The Daily Montanan. “They’ve been indoctrinated for too long,” Sheehy said in recordings made public on Monday. “Abortion is their No. 1 concern. It’s all they want to talk about. They are single-issue voters. It’s all about pro-choice, pro-choice, ‘Republicans are ...

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Anti-Israel protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat's Ohio home

Masked anti-Israel demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday’s anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, pitching an encampment outside Ohio Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman ’s Cincinnati residence. Landsman said Monday that the protesters arrived outside his home early Sunday. By evening, they set up tents, cots and sleeping bags in the road and spent the night harassing him and his family members, forcing them to secure a police escort in order to enter and ex ...

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Trump's rambling and angry speeches raise questions about his age and fitness to serve four years

8 hours ago Former President Donald Trump’s rambling and increasingly angry speeches focused on the past have increased concerns about his age and fitness to serve another term in the White House. The 78-year-old former president has recently suggested there was an audience at his September 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris when there was none, and he has indicated that North Korea is attempting to assassinate him when he’s likely to have meant Iran. He misspeaks and misremembers th ...

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Ex-fraternity leaders receive prison time for Penn State pledge's death

Ex-fraternity leaders receive prison time for Penn State pledge's death The sentences in Timothy Piazza's hazing death follow a trend of fraternity members facing prison time for such incidents. His parents seek federal oversight next. Jim and Evelyn Piazza address students in May 2019 at the College of New Jersey, in Ewing, N.J. Their son, Timothy, died after a 2017 hazing incident at Penn State. (Mark Makela for The Washington Post) By Kyle Melnick October 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EDT Awaitin ...

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'This Is Not The 1950's': Kamala Harris Goes On 'Call Her Daddy' Podcast to Hit Back at Sarah Huckabee Sanders

(Mediaite) Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about taking in her husband’s two children as her own and called Sen. JD Vance’s (R-OJ) “childless cat ladies” comment “mean-spirited” on the latest episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, which dropped on Sunday. Harris sat down with podcast host Alex Cooper to discuss a number of topics with just four weeks until the November election.

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NC Gov Roy Cooper blasts "bad actors and platforms like X" for "relentless vortex of disinformation"

(Roy Cooper) "As we continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Helene, the nation is beginning to understand that impacted areas have been the target of a relentless vortex of disinformation, dialed up by bad actors and platforms like X. We need to work together to rebuild and recover from a catastrophic disaster like this one - and spreading false information to sow chaos hurts real people. Politicians, billionaires and grifters who peddle lies during a time of crisis should be held accountable."

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Trump Hints at Violence Against Harris Supporters

(Political Wire) Donald Trump said at a rally that it’s “very dangerous” for Kamala Harris voters to identify themselves because they’ll “get hurt.” Rolling Stone: Trump reiterates he wants to be a “dictator” for “one day” at Wisconsin rally.

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GOP looks to avoid disaster in Nebraska Senate race

(The Hill) Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an independent candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a run for her money. Independent Senate candidate and political newcomer Dan Osborn is challenging Fischer for her seat, betting that Nebraskans are hungry for a nonpartisan senator in a state former President Trump won by close to 20 points in 2020. Despite Nebraska’s reliably red political leanings, the dynamics of the race have shifted in recent weeks: Republican groups have started spending in the race, and the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report last week shifted the race away from Fischer.

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Will white women abandon Republicans and vote for Kamala Harris?

13 min ago - Tue 8 Oct 2024 07.00 EDT White women voters have been the backbone of the GOP for decades – but polls indicate their support for the party may erode this November, thanks to younger white women who are moving left at breakneck speed. In the week ... (The Guardian)

Intelligence officials say US adversaries are targeting congressional races with disinformation

44 min ago - Updated 7:25 PM EDT, October 7, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year ... (AP)

Harris on '60 Minutes' says Congress would work with her as president if she's elected

1 hr ago - By: Jennifer Shutt - October 7, 2024 10:49 pm WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said during an interview with the CBS News show “60 Minutes” that aired Monday she believes Congress would work with her to implem ... (Nebraska Examiner)

DeSantis 'not aware' of Harris calls after reports he dodged them

1 hr ago - 10/07/24 6:50 PM ET Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday he “was not aware” of post-Hurricane Helene calls from Vice President Harris after multiple reports emerged that he dodged them. “I didn’t know she called me. … I ... (The Hill)

Kamala Harris Will Propose Adding Home Care Benefit To Medicare

1 hr ago - Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday will propose a major new initiative: expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home. Such a plan could mean the option of staying at home, rather than in a nursing facility, for ... (HuffPo)

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enable machine learning

1 hr ago - Updated 5:59 AM EDT, October 8, 2024 STOCKHOLM (AP) -- John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning. "This year's two Nobel Laurea ... (AP)

Congress Democrats push to stop 'shrinkflation' and target major food companies for the practice

2 hrs ago - 12 hours ago Two Democratic congresswomen are demanding that Coca-Cola, General Mills, and PepsiCo stop "profiteering" by shrinking the size of their products without lowering prices. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and Pennsylvania representa ... (The Independent)

Republicans lose bid to block Pennsylvania voters from 'curing' mail-in ballots

2 hrs ago - October 7, 2024 6:05 PM EDT Updated an hour ago Oct 7 (Reuters) - Pennsylvania election officials will be able to notify voters of any mistakes in their mail-in ballots and let them make changes, the state's top court ruled, in a blow to Republicans ... (Reuters)

In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade

2 hrs ago - CLIMATE In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade The rule finalized Tuesday, which could eliminate a toxic threat to American children, is projected to cost tens of billions of dollars. Workers with East Bay Municipal ... (Washington Post)

North Carolina gives counties affected by Hurricane Helene voting flexibility

2 hrs ago - Oct. 7, 2024, 5:19 PM EDT North Carolina’s election board voted Monday to give residents in the western part of the state, which was hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, greater flexibility to vote by mail and run their elections. Voters in 13 count ... (NBC News)

Guns for sale on social media despite Meta's policies against it

3 hrs ago - Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 4:53 PM EDT Glocks, military-style rifles and "ghost guns" have all been advertised for sale on easily accessible sites like Facebook and Instagram. Each ad appears to be in direct violation of Meta's own policies, raisi ... (CBS News)

Ports restrict navigation, some oil facilities shut as Milton approaches Florida

3 hrs ago - October 7, 2024 5:08 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago HOUSTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - At least one oil and gas platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut on Monday and Florida ports imposed restrictions on vessel navigation as Hurricane Milton rapidly intens ... (Reuters)

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

4 hrs ago - October 7, 2024, 4:26 PM SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's inte ... (ABC News/AP)

INTERPOL Asks Public to Help Crack Missing Women Cases

4 hrs ago - INTERPOL is trying to solve 46 cold cases aimed at finding the names of unidentified murdered women. Most of the victims are thought to have been aged between 15 and 30. “We want to identify the deceased women, bring answers to families, and del ... (INTERPOL)

MAGA Supporter Pleads No Contest to Shooting Native American Activist in New Mexico

6 hrs ago - Ryan David Martinez pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of a Native American activist during demonstrations about abandoned plans to reinstall a statue of a Sp ... (AP)

West Virginia House Resolution on recognizing presidential election turning heads

10 hrs ago - While child care and a reduction in personal income tax are at the top of many’s minds, a resolution that said the State Legislature would “not recognize an illegitimate presidential election” is turning heads. This resolution’s l ... (WOWK-TV)

Salmon swim freely in the Klamath River for 1st time in a century after dams removed

11 hrs ago - Updated 3:04 PM EDT, October 7, 2024 HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — jus ... (AP)

Supreme Court rejects case about DOJ investigating parents who protest at school boards

11 hrs ago - WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case from parents in Virginia and Michigan who argued the Justice Department targeted them for protesting at school board meetings. At the heart of the dispute was a 2021 memo Attorney G ... (USA Today)

Supreme Court to weigh legality of Biden administration's ghost guns rule

12 hrs ago - Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 2:16 PM EDT Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Tuesday to consider a challenge to the Biden administration's efforts to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as major American cities report the ... (CBS News)

Trump's rambling and angry speeches raise questions about his age and fitness to serve four years

12 hrs ago - 8 hours ago Former President Donald Trump’s rambling and increasingly angry speeches focused on the past have increased concerns about his age and fitness to serve another term in the White House. The 78-year-old former president has recently su ... (The Independent)