The Memo: Democrats size up Biden with eye on 2024
Democrats are sizing up President Biden’s chances of winning reelection in 2024 — and prominent figures are weighing their own prospects too. It’s in no-one’s interest to scorn Biden’s chances of reelection just yet. Open disloyalty to an incumbent president is almost sure to backfire. But the smoke signals are being sent coast to coast. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ran TV commercials over July 4th in Florida — roughly 2,500 miles from Sacramento — hitting the Sunshine State’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis is widely seen as a possib
Read MoreGeorgia prosecutor says more Trump associates could be subpoenaed in election probe
The Georgia district attorney who is probing whether former President Trump and his allies attempted to unlawfully influence the 2020 presidential election, told NBC News on Wednesday that additional subpoenas are likely coming for those in Trump’s inner circle and associates. When asked by NBC’s Blayne Alexander if the additional subpoenas would include Trump family members or former White House officials, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis d
Read MoreElon Musk had eight and ninth children with top executive last year: report
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly had twins with a top executive at one of his companies last year, his eighth and ninth known children. Court documents obtained by Business Insider on Wednesday showed that Musk and the children’s mother, Shivon Zilis, filed a petition to change the twins’ names in order to "have their father's last name and contain their mother's last name as part of their
Read MoreMississippi's only abortion clinic shuts down, moves to New Mexico
The last abortion clinic in Mississippi officially shut down Wednesday, a day before a trigger ban against almost all abortion procedures is poised to take effect in the state, following the Supreme Court's decision last month to overturn Roe v. Wade. Shannon Brewer, who led the clinic involved in the controversial Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case, told The Washington Post in May about plans to relo
Read MoreUS, UK law enforcement chiefs unite to warn of Chinese spying threat
The heads of the FBI and the U.K.’s MI5 warned against what they described as a sweeping Chinese espionage threat during a rare joint appearance in London on Wednesday. FBI Director Christopher Wray and MI5 Director General Ken McCallum detailed the potential calamities before an audience of business and academic leaders, arguing China’s efforts to steal technology, maintain hidden investments, and control business operations in China extends to companies of all sizes and industries. “The Chinese government poses an even more serious threat to Western businesses than eve
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