President Donald Trump personally delivered his McDonald’s lunch order at the White House on Monday — and that strange moment marked the most normal thing in Trumpworld in the past 24 hours. While holding the bag of cheeseburgers, Trump kept the delivery driver by his side while she weighed in on his measure to not … Read more
By Andrew Osborn, Dmitry Antonov and Jan Lopatka MOSCOW, April 13 (Reuters) – Russian hardliners see Viktor Orban’s defeat in Hungary as a serious blow that would free up EU funding for Ukraine to continue fighting against Russia for another year, but the Kremlin downplayed the outcome, saying it was ready to negotiate with Orban’s … Read more
Lane V. Erickson / Shutterstock.com Required minimum distributions (RMDs) at age 75 combine with Social Security to temporarily push earnings into areas where up to 85% of benefits are taxable, and Medicare’s IRMAA surcharges (ranging from $90 to $500+ monthly) are triggered by modified adjusted gross income above $109,000 in the two-year lookback, compressing the … Read more
I’m sure by now you’ve witnessed the fall of Donald Trump’s Pope Leo. Pool/Getty Images In case you haven’t done so, it certainly is something: As @MattZeitlin said, “‘Pope Leo is weak on crime’ will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life.” He doubled down on his hatred of Pope Leo … Read more
By Laila Bassam, Steven Scheer and Jana Choukeir BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, April 13 (Reuters) – The Israeli army launched an offensive to capture a key town in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters hiding inside on Monday, putting pressure on the Iran-backed group ahead of historic nL1N40T0XP talks between Israeli and Lebanese government envoys. With the Lebanese and … Read more
Subscribe to Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism and advice available, delivered to your inbox daily. When I was in Iraq, on patrol and during emergency response training, I was allowed to choose my own radio call signal. I always choose Sushi. I do this because it’s one of my favorite foods, because … Read more
About an hour later 60 minutes did a segment on Pope Leo and US cardinals opposing Donald Trump’s Iran war and immigration policies, the president posted a Truth Social critique of the Pope. In a rare and perhaps unprecedented attack by a president against a Catholic church leader, Trump called Leo “weak on crime” and … Read more
After a stellar performance over the past year, fueled by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, leading semiconductor giant Micron Technology (MU) is diving even deeper into this trend and investors are paying close attention. On April 8, Micron shares rose 7.72% after the company announced a strategic investment in SiMa.ai, a rapidly growing company in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last weekend’s big election took place in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat resonated significantly in the United States. That’s because President Donald Trump and many US conservatives have long supported Orbán, who has become an icon among the global … Read more
COMMERCIAL CITY, Colo. (KDVR) – Colorado has become the first state to pass a law banning arrests based solely on colorimetric drug testing, a common tool used by police to identify drug suspects at the scene. The tests, which rely on chemical reactions that change color in the presence of certain substances, are widely used … Read more