Новости за 04.05.2024

By Jayme Lozano Carver, Texas Tribune

This article was originally published on Texas Tribune.

Anti-abortion activists in Amarillo, Texas, say they have collected enough signatures—more than 10,000—to force the city council to reconsider a policy that would outlaw using local streets to access an abortion in other states.

Organizers submitted the petition to the city last week.

If they were indeed successful in collecting the required number of signatures—the city... Читать дальше...

As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form?

Kristi Noem is on quite a roll lately. The South Dakota governor—a once-rising GOP star—is irked that people are calling her unpublishable names simply because she murdered her dog for being a skosh too dog-like. And now she has further ‘splaining to do after more rancid bologna emerged from the new book she wrote to bolster her VP bona fides, as she’s starting to face backlash with her appearances being canceled.

By Jasmine Mithani, The 19th

This article was originally published on The 19th.

In November, a study revealed how easily foreign governments could use companies known as data brokers to purchase personal information about U.S. military personnel. In some cases, researchers paid less than a quarter per record for information that included home addresses, cell phone numbers, and sensitive health data.

Congress reacted quickly; the House passed legislation this year that seeks... Читать дальше...

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

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The Biden campaign is leaning into abortion as an issue that can cut against Donald Trump with a critical constituency: Latino voters.

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Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House.