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AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - CIA declassifies 71 presidential briefings that warned of al-Qaeda strikes weeks before 9/11
The CIA has released 71 classified presidential briefings tied to the September 11 attacks, and the documents show the intelligence community warned President George W. Bush repeatedly that Osama bin Laden was planning to strike inside the United States, warnings that went unheeded. Three of the newly declassified Presidential Daily Briefings, delivered to Bush in […] The post CIA declassifies 71 presidential briefings that warned of al-Qaeda strikes weeks before 9/11 appeared first on American Almanac .
The CIA has released 71 classified presidential briefings tied to the September 11 attacks, and the documents show the intelligence community warned President George W. Bush repeatedly that Osama bin Laden was planning to strike inside the United States, warnings that went unheeded. Three of the newly declassified Presidential Daily Briefings, delivered to Bush in the summer of 2001, paint a picture of an intelligence apparatus that tracked al-Qaeda's intentions with striking specificity but failed to prevent the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The release, timed to the 25th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, adds fresh detail to one of the most…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Federal court strikes down Delaware's ban on homemade firearms as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Delaware ruled the state's ban on building and owning so-called "ghost guns" violates the Second Amendment, a decision that forced lawmakers to confront the constitutional cost of a law they championed just four years ago. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware handed down the opinion in Rigby v. […] The post Federal court strikes down Delaware's ban on homemade firearms as unconstitutional appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal judge in Delaware ruled the state's ban on building and owning so-called "ghost guns" violates the Second Amendment, a decision that forced lawmakers to confront the constitutional cost of a law they championed just four years ago. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware handed down the opinion in Rigby v. Jennings, finding that Delaware's prohibitions on possessing and manufacturing unserialized firearms cannot stand under the Constitution. The Firearms Policy Coalition, one of the plaintiffs in the case, announced the ruling on X , calling it "a major Second Amendment victory." The case targeted provisions rooted in Delaware's H.B. 125, a bill passed in 2021 that criminalized the possession, sale, and…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - August consumer prices climb 3.4 percent as core inflation beats forecasts, raising pressure on the Fed
The Labor Department's August Consumer Price Index report showed core prices rising faster than economists predicted, a result that puts the Federal Reserve on a near-certain path toward another interest rate hike. Consumer prices jumped 0.4 percent in August compared with July, matching what forecasters expected for the headline number. But the detail that matters […] The post August consumer prices climb 3.4 percent as core inflation beats forecasts, raising pressure on the Fed appeared first on American Almanac .
The Labor Department's August Consumer Price Index report showed core prices rising faster than economists predicted, a result that puts the Federal Reserve on a near-certain path toward another interest rate hike. Consumer prices jumped 0.4 percent in August compared with July, matching what forecasters expected for the headline number. But the detail that matters most landed above the consensus: core prices, which strip out volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.3 percent for the month. Economists had forecast a 0.2 percent increase. That one-tenth-of-a-point miss carries real weight heading into next week's Fed meeting, because core inflation is the gauge policymakers watch most closely when deciding whether to tighten the screws on…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP meme coin crashes, leaving 15,000 investors in the red
Hunter Biden's cryptocurrency venture collapsed within seconds of its launch, wiping out roughly 80 percent of buyers, and the former first son's profanity-filled response raised more questions than it answered. The $LAPTOP meme coin, named after the infamous laptop Hunter Biden left at a Delaware repair shop in 2019, began trading on a Wednesday and […] The post Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP meme coin crashes, leaving 15,000 investors in the red appeared first on American Almanac .
Hunter Biden's cryptocurrency venture collapsed within seconds of its launch, wiping out roughly 80 percent of buyers, and the former first son's profanity-filled response raised more questions than it answered. The $LAPTOP meme coin, named after the infamous laptop Hunter Biden left at a Delaware repair shop in 2019, began trading on a Wednesday and cratered almost immediately. Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps estimated that more than 15,000 digital wallets ended up underwater, with four out of five launch-day buyers losing money. One investor put in roughly $200,000 near the token's peak price and watched the position shrink to approximately $2,000, Fox Business reported . The token's price swung from $2.39 to $316 in the opening…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - North Carolina Democrat running to 'restore human decency' said Trump supporters belong in concentration camp ovens
A Democratic state legislative candidate in North Carolina posted a smiling photo of herself in front of crematorium ovens at a Nazi concentration camp memorial in Germany and wrote that Trump supporters "belong" there, all while campaigning on a platform of restoring "human decency." Shelly Headen, a self-described CPA and business owner challenging incumbent Republican […] The post North Carolina Democrat running to 'restore human decency' said Trump supporters belong in concentration camp ovens appeared first on American Almanac .
A Democratic state legislative candidate in North Carolina posted a smiling photo of herself in front of crematorium ovens at a Nazi concentration camp memorial in Germany and wrote that Trump supporters "belong" there, all while campaigning on a platform of restoring "human decency." Shelly Headen, a self-described CPA and business owner challenging incumbent Republican state Rep. John Blust in a suburban Guilford County district, posted the Facebook story from the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial, where the Nazi SS murdered an estimated 41,500 people. The post showed Headen smiling in front of what appeared to be the camp's crematorium ovens, accompanied by text that read: "Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany... This…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Abdul El-Sayed calls $5,000 dividend proposal a 'bribe' while backing reparations and federal childcare payments
Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed dismissed a proposed $5,000 dividend check for American adults as a "bribe" and a "quid pro quo", even as he defended his own support for federal payments including reparations and subsidized childcare. El-Sayed made the remarks during a Thursday appearance on CNN's "The Source" with host Kaitlan Collins. Asked […] The post Abdul El-Sayed calls $5,000 dividend proposal a 'bribe' while backing reparations and federal childcare payments appeared first on American Almanac .
Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed dismissed a proposed $5,000 dividend check for American adults as a "bribe" and a "quid pro quo", even as he defended his own support for federal payments including reparations and subsidized childcare. El-Sayed made the remarks during a Thursday appearance on CNN's "The Source" with host Kaitlan Collins. Asked directly why his federal payment proposals differ from the $5,000 dividend plan he was criticizing, El-Sayed argued that his vision addresses "the affordability crisis in this country" rather than attempting to buy voters' loyalty. The exchange laid bare a tension that El-Sayed's Republican opponents will likely press hard in the months ahead: how does a candidate attack one form…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Geomorphologist finds remarkably preserved mastodon tooth in San Francisco Bay Area creek
A scientist working to save a threatened frog species stumbled across a fossilized Pacific mastodon molar in a San Mateo County creek bed, a find experts are calling the most complete specimen of its kind from the region. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist at the consulting firm Balance Hydrologics, was surveying a wooded creek inside a […] The post Geomorphologist finds remarkably preserved mastodon tooth in San Francisco Bay Area creek appeared first on American Almanac .
A scientist working to save a threatened frog species stumbled across a fossilized Pacific mastodon molar in a San Mateo County creek bed, a find experts are calling the most complete specimen of its kind from the region. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist at the consulting firm Balance Hydrologics, was surveying a wooded creek inside a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this year when she spotted the nine-inch tooth sitting in plain sight. She was there for a habitat restoration project aimed at protecting the California red-legged frog, a threatened species. Instead, she found the remains of an animal that vanished from North America between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago. Lynch told…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Snohomish County deputies wrangle escaped goat that terrorized a Washington neighborhood
Two sheriff's deputies in Snohomish County, Washington, had to grab an escaped goat by its foot-long horns after the animal went on a ramming spree that trapped residents inside their homes. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office sent deputies to a neighborhood on August 28 after the goat broke free from its pen and started charging […] The post Snohomish County deputies wrangle escaped goat that terrorized a Washington neighborhood appeared first on American Almanac .
Two sheriff's deputies in Snohomish County, Washington, had to grab an escaped goat by its foot-long horns after the animal went on a ramming spree that trapped residents inside their homes. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office sent deputies to a neighborhood on August 28 after the goat broke free from its pen and started charging at people nearby. Body camera footage released by the agency shows two deputies wrestling the animal, one gripping each horn, and muscling it back toward its enclosure. One deputy, audibly straining, summed up the encounter in five words. "This thing is really strong, dude," he told his partner, the effort plain in his voice. The goat, sporting roughly one-foot-long horns, had turned the block into a no-go…Open