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Ron DeSantis is set to unveil the endorsements of more than three-dozen Iowa state legislators ahead of his trip to the state on Saturday — giving him a boost in a state that traditionally hosts the Republican Party’s first presidential nominating contest. DeSantis has spent the last few weeks reaching out to Iowa Republicans, according to a person familiar with the calls. The governor did not explicitly ask for their support during those conversations, which were instead focused on legislative matters taking place in Florida and Iowa. The endorsements, however, provide a political jolt for DeSantis as he readies for...

A top Republican has sparked a diplomatic row with Mexico after he said their citizens would be 'eating cat food' without the United States. GOP Senator John Kennedy was labelled as a 'racist' by the Mexican government after his explosive remarks on how to crack down on drug trafficking. The Louisiana lawmaker said Wednesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill that the Biden administration could use troops to swoop in and break up the cartels because Mexico was so dependent on U.S. trade. 'Without the people of America, Mexico, figuratively speaking, would be eating cat food out of a can...

[Satire] Pope Francis on the couchFinally, even Pope Francis has realised that there is something badly wrong with his psychological make-up, and has checked in with the great Dr Kopfschrumpfer, psychiatrist to the Vatican. "Now Holy Father, what seems to be the problem?" Help me, doctor, I have this obsessive phobia about everything that happened before I founded the Church in 2013. What is it that troubles you? There is terrible support for restorationism... indietrismo... backwardism... a nostalgic disease... we cannot turn back... I see. Have you considered discussing the issue with some friends? I don't have any friends, apart...

In little over an hour, Donald Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts for the first time in history, injected doubt over the country’s commitment to defending Ukraine from Russia’s invasion, dangled pardons for most of the Capitol rioters convicted of crimes and refused to say he would abide by the results of the next presidential election. The second-term vision Trump sketched out at a CNN town hall event Wednesday would represent a sharp departure from core American values that have been at the bedrock of the nation for decades: its creditworthiness, its credibility with international allies...

They started shelling at sunrise. In the dawn haze, under the cover of their own artillery, small groups of Ukrainian soldiers advanced toward a Russian position on the outskirts of the embattled city of Bakhmut. Drone footage had identified an avenue of attack on Russian lines on the outskirts of the besieged city. Intelligence suggested the Russians were so focused on the intense street battles playing out inside they were not expecting an assault in this direction, according to two battalion commanders in Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade who help plan and execute the operation and spoke by telephone. For nine...

FAU's survey is the strongest in-state poll for Trump yet. Another Florida poll shows that Ron DeSantis may have difficulty selling in-state Republicans on his presidential ambitions. A just-released survey from Florida Atlantic University shows former President Donald Trump leading the Florida Governor, 59% to 31%, among 1,081 registered Republican voters in Florida polled in mid-April. That margin is well outside the +/- 3-percentage-point margin of error.

oe Scarborough is angry at his fellow Biden fans who are scared by the recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showing Biden with a historically low approval rating, and losing badly to Trump in a head-to-head match-up. On Friday's Morning Joe, Scarborough lashed out at what he sees as weak-kneed Dems: "Some of the Obama people would always talk about Democratic bedwetting. Let me tell you something: all the beds in Washington, D.C. were, were, were wet after that poll came out." Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Elon Musk has hired former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the next Twitter CEO. "I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter," Musk, the current Twitter CEO, tweeted Friday. "@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app." Yaccarino's appointment comes as the platform has been in turmoil, with mass resignations and some companies pausing advertising, since the Musk acquisition in October. She previously spent 11 years with NBCUniversal where she most recently...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) “clearly has thought about the challenges of a third party presidential bid” and could launch one at the end of this year, Washington Post columnist George Will wrote Friday. The two-term incumbent faces a tough reelection bid — if he decides such an avenue — in deep red West Virginia. He would likely face well-liked Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV), who announced his candidacy last month and led Manchin by 14 points in a recent poll, or five-term Rep Alex Mooney (R-WV).

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) responded to the Biden administration claiming that they have to release migrants into the U.S. due to a lack of capacity by pointing out that the Biden administration has requested cuts to detention capacity. Moody said, “You remember, Maria, when Florida started calling out the administration right after Biden got elected as they asked for less detention capacity and started mass releasing people into the United States. We sued. They were releasing people, saying they had prosecutorial discretion to do that, it wasn’t...

Flashback 8/7/2011: David Gregory: "Are U.S. treasury bonds still safe to invest in?" Alan Greenspan: "Very much so. This is not an issue of credit rating..the United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that, so there is zero probability of default."

A comedian was heckled over her jokes about Dylan Mulvaney not having top or bottom surgery after a year of 'girlhood' - before they stormed out screaming: '**** you transphobe.' Chrissie Mayr was performing at Hyena's Comedy Club in Dallas, Texas, in early May when she made a joke about the transgender influencer, 26, who has faced a huge backlash for her Days of Girlhood series and failing Bud Light campaign. Mayr's set continued to poke fun at the LGBT+ community, as she later described bisexuals as 'just fun at parties.' Throughout the video, Mayr showed the group of women...

Sorry, Jupiter. Astronomers have discovered 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet Saturn. The satellite haul brings the planet's total number of moons to over 100 and also means the gas giant takes back the crown as the solar system's "moon king" from Jupiter. Prior to this discovery, Saturn had 83 moons recognized by the International Astronomical Union(opens in new tab), so the new batch brings the total number to an incredible 145. The discovery marks another milestone for Saturn, with the planet becoming the first world in the cosmos known to be orbited by more than 100 moons. The...

The Biden administration on Thursday released a sweeping plan to curb fossil fuel-fired power plant emissions, sparking concerns from experts about future U.S. power grid reliability. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan - which would curb nationwide power sector emissions by about 617 million metric tons through 2042 - forces electric power providers to slash pollution by about 90% over the next two decades. To achieve such aggressive emissions reductions, power plants must adopt carbon capture, a nascent and costly technology, or shut down. "Electricity in America is becoming increasingly intermittent, and it's because we are transitioning rapidly towards unreliable...

Report calls for better safeguards to prevent bioterrorists from weaponizing new technology Improving access to DNA sequences could also increase the risk of its misuse. Biologists who have been obtaining DNA sequences online from companies will soon have a more convenient option: benchtop machines that can print all the DNA they need. But this technology brings with it new risks by circumventing how synthetic biology companies now screen for would-be bioterrorists. A report released yesterday by a Washington, D.C., think tank urges companies and governments to revamp existing screening to prevent someone with malign motives from making a toxin or...

Jamie Foxx's daughter has had enough of the internet running wild with theories about her dad, saying he's now out of the hospital and "recuperating." Corinne Foxx took to Instagram Friday, writing, "Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating. In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone's prayers and support!" jamie foxx update She continues, "We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!" Unclear whether or not Foxx is doing any sort of rehab or physical therapy while out of...

Explanation: Grains of cosmic dust streaked through night skies in early May. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through the debris streams left behind by periodic Comet Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the Eta Aquarids. This year, the Eta Aquarids peak was visually hampered by May's bright Full Moon, though. But early morning hours surrounding last May's shower of Halley dust were free of moonlight interference. In exposures recorded between April 28 and May 8 in 2022, this composited image shows nearly 90 Eta Aquarid meteors streaking from the shower's radiant in Aquarius over San Pedro de...

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper returned to his scorched-earth approach to former President Trump that has largely been absent since the 2022 ousting of the network's anti-Trump president Jeff Zucker. Cooper began his opening monologue on Thursday following CNN's town hall with Trump the night before by addressing his audience's reaction to the "disturbing" event without once saying the former president's name. "Many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment. Many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on a stage in front of a crowd of Republican voters to answer...

Ukrainian breakthroughs in Bakhmut area | Russian soldiers are panicking | Ukrainian update

A popular obesity drug has been found to restore the function of immune cells that target cancer, regardless of whether people lost weight with the treatment. A small trial led by a team of Irish researchers investigated whether semaglutide, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, could also help ease problems with cellular metabolism in people with obesity which may explain their higher rates of cancer and infections. Weight loss was only ever an unexpected side effect of the drug, which diabetic patients use to keep their blood sugar levels in check. It works by imitating a gut hormone...