OPINION: Journalist Jeremy Scahill press Rep. Ro Khanna on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and accused the congressman of having a double standard. #RoKhanna #Israel #Palestine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPEmdE6pxo About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on…
IRVINE, CA — Though initial reports indicated that the recent cyclosporiasis outbreak had happened naturally through people consuming produce contaminated with parasites, officials announced on Wednesday that the explosive diarrhea epidemic had been traced to a gain-of-function lab at the Taco Bell Institute.
An eyewall replacement cycle has impacted Super Typhoon Bavi, expanding the wind field and growing the typhoon to a size the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center described Thursday as “gargantuan.” The wind field of Bavi is in the top three percent of all typhoons in the Western Pacific in the last 10 years, according to the FOX Forecast Center , though the maximum sustained winds of the storm have gotten weaker since its expansion. (RELATED: Strengthening El Niño Suppressing Tropical Development, Officially Puts Atlantic Hurricane Season Behind Schedule) Experts expect Bavi to continue weakening, graze northern Taiwan, and make landfall in China by Saturday, likely causing flash flooding and landslides. Bavi hammered U.S.…Open
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic announced Thursday that it has appointed former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its Long-Term Benefit Trust. After being appointed by President George W. Bush, Bernanke served as Federal Reserve Chair from 2006 to 2014, presiding over financial crisis of 2008. In his new position Bernanke will be responsible for advising leadership decisions involving artificial intelligence risks and societal impacts as well as appointing Anthropic board members, according to Yahoo Finance. “He [Bernanke] joins an independent body that works to hold Anthropic to its mission: the responsible development of advanced AI for the long-term benefit on humanity,” Anthropic’s Thursday press release stated . …Open
Costco has revealed the “secret weapon” that continues to drive its business model, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report released Thursday — and it is as simple as paying its long-term workers well. Costco ranks highly among retailers in wages for hourly workers, with top pay for roles such as cashiers at $32.90 per hour, according to the report. Its base hourly rate of $19.50 remains the highest base floor among large non-specialty retailers in the United States. Other similar retailers fall behind Costco , especially for non-skilled positions. Walmart’s average hourly pay for field associates is $18.25, while its average hourly pay for supply chain associates is $27, according to its website . Lowe’s pays most…Open
Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old mother from New Yorker living in Ireland, was murdered in her home late Monday or early Tuesday, and the alleged suspect is her Arab migrant boyfriend, who is now on the run. Carney’s 13-year-old daughter found her mother hidden in her bed under a duvet on Tuesday morning in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, according to the Irish Sun . According to the New York Post , she had been beaten to death with multiple head injuries, and police were investigating reports that a loud argument had been heard in her house the previous night. The suspect, police believe, took a 3 a.m. bus after the murder, boarded a flight in Dublin, and flew to Turkey. An anonymous source told the Irish Sun that the suspect had…Open
Greetings, Dear Reader, There is nothing lately that’s more self evidently insane than your modern, urban leftist. Of all stripes, frankly. The oddest thing of all is how incapable (or unwilling?) they are of seeing it. NAKED MAN Ending my commuter relationship with public transit in Washington, D.C., a few years ago was a huge relief. Stepping on the train at almost any time of day was like playing roulette. Is it going to be this time? Or maybe on my way back? Whether it was passed out drug addicts, human filth encrusted vagrants, obviously insane people, or flat out criminals, the question always hung in the air: Is today the day I have to fight crime? Several, and I mean dozens, of rides in that final year seemed close. A couple…Open
'Like clockwork, just before a hearing or vote, we get another breathless accusation that one of President Trump’s nominees needs to be investigated,' Grassley stated.
