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GOP Sen. Josh Hawley: 'We Must Reclaim Our Christian Principles' | Newsmax.com
Americans should reclaim our Christian principles for the sake of our future, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. "Christian nationalism founded American democracy," Hawley said.
Pollster Nate Silver: 'It's Not Great News for the President'
Top pollster Nate Silver said he expects President Joe Biden's poll numbers to decline after his halting debate performance last week, The Hill reported. Silver's "2024 Silver Bulletin presidential election forecast" tipped slightly in former President Trump's favor Monday evening, after the first batch of post-debate polls were released. The results proved to be "mostly poor for Joe Biden," the pollster said in his latest update.
House Speaker Lauded for Supporting Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon praised House Speaker Mike Johnson for vowing Tuesday to file a legal brief in support of Bannon's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to stay out of prison, Axios reported. Bannon, former adviser to former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to report to prison by July to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena related to the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal appeals court last month upheld his conviction.
Matthew Modine Rips Amazon for Altering 'Full Metal Jacket' Poster
entertainment news 9 hours ago He Was Buried in 'Makeshift Tomb' Under Stairs for Nearly 8 Years. Prosecutors Think They Know Who Put Him There People - Emily Palmer • 9h Eric Israel “Neno” Mercado left his California home on October 11, 2014. No one saw him return. His family created missing persons posters which they circulated on a Facebook page dedicated to his disappearance.
Dem Senators Dismiss Rumors of Replacing Biden
Senate Democrats are quashing rumors that President Joe Biden might be replaced as the nominee before the Democratic National Convention in August because of concerns over his age and poll numbers. Biden has a 0.4% lead over former President Donald Trump in in a head-to-head match-up, according to the latest analysis of recent national polls by FiveThirtyEight.
JEC Report: Obesity Epidemic Costs USA Trillions of Dollars
Obesity will cost the United States trillions of dollars in excess medical expenditures over the next decade, according to a new report from Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee (JEC). Last year, Republicans on the JEC estimated that obesity would cost the federal government $4.1 trillion over the next 10 years, but this year's estimate is between $8.2 trillion and $9.1 trillion over the decade, the Washington Examiner reported.
Pew Research: Two-Thirds of Trump Voters Want Illegal Migrants Deported | Newsmax.com
A new survey by Pew Research Center of 8,709 adults finds nearly two-thirds of former President Donald Trump's backers (63%) support a national effort to deport all those in the country illegally, compared with just 11% of President Joe Biden's supporters. By contrast, Biden's supporters overwhelmingly (85%) say undocumented immigrants should be eligible to stay legally if certain requirements are met, including 56% who say this should include a path to applying for citizenship.
Lifeway Research: 75 Percent of Protestant Pastors Oppose Gay Marriage
The majority of U.S. Protestant pastors are still against gay marriage, according to a Lifeway Research study. A total of 3 in 4 Protestant pastors (75%) are opposed, including 69% who strongly disagree with same-sex marriage. Another 4% say they are not sure. But 1 in 5 pastors (21%) agree with gay marriage, according to the study by the evangelical research firm. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 26, 2015, on a case that set a precedent for same-sex couples.
Rasmussen Poll: Trump Leads Biden by 5 Points
In a two-way contest between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, 48% of likely U.S. voters would choose Trump and 43% would vote for Biden, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey. In April, Trump led Rasmussen's two-way matchup by 8 points at 49% to 41%. Trump is down 3 points in a month, perhaps reflecting a reaction to his trial in New York City, where he was found guilty on 34 felony counts Thursday.
AI Allows Mourners 'Talk' to Dead Relatives
4 hours ago Design professionals can leverage AI to address urgent organizational challenges and convert them into opportunities Every industry and sector, be it IT, drone, or legal, has its fair share of opportunities and challenges. With rapid technological advances, these challenges are expected to narrow …
AI Allows Mourners to 'Talk' to Dead Relatives
Artificial intelligence is enabling families to communicate with relatives who have died via their "saved" voices. When Michael Bommer, a startup entrepreneur, was terminally sick with colon cancer, he wanted his wife to have a way to "interact" with his voice after he died. Bommer linked up with Robert LoCascio, CEO of the AI-powered legacy platform Eternos, to build "a comprehensive, interactive AI version" of himself, The Independent reported.
Joe Biden: 'I Have Boundless Love for My Son'
President Joe Biden has released a statement about his son, Hunter, whose trial on illegal possession of a gun begins Monday in Wilmington, Delaware. In the statement, the president expressed his love and support for his son and suggested that his behavior was a result of his drug addiction; something, he said, many families can relate to. The statement read: "I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today.
Rep. Elise Stefanik Files Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Juan Merchan
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has filed a misconduct complaint against Judge Juan Merchan, whom she says was not "randomly" selected to preside over former President Donald Trump's legal expense trial in New York City. In a letter sent to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Tuesday, Stefanik requested the panel determine whether the appointment of Merchan violates the Uniform Rules for New York State Trial Courts, The Washington Examiner reported.
Rasmussen Poll: Voters Don't Trust 'Race Card' Politics
A new Rasmussen survey finds that 70% of voters say politicians discuss racial issues just to be elected, and only 18% say most politicians raise racial issues to address real problems. Twice as many voters (42%) say political candidates voice racial issues too much in their campaigns compared to 21% who say such issues are discussed too little. Twenty-nine percent say the level of discussion of racial issues in politics is about right.
Rasmussen Poll: 52% For Deporting Migrants Over Amnesty | Newsmax.com
Given a choice between granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and deporting all of them, 52% would vote for the candidate who favored deportation, 36% would vote for the candidate who favored amnesty, and 12% are undecided. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey also revealed that 75% of Republican voters would choose the candidate who favored deporting all illegal immigrants, as would 34% of Democrats, and 50% of unaffiliated voters.
Hillary Clinton Agrees With Trump: Dems 'Will Have a Federal Law for Abortion' | Newsmax.com
Hillary Clinton finally agrees with former President Donald Trump on something: Democrats will push to make a federal law for abortion. "I've got to hand it to Donald Trump. He's right about this one!" Clinton wrote on X. She added a video clip of Trump comments to the National Rifle Association on Saturday – a speech that aired live and in its entirety on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 streaming platform – saying abortion law is now where it belongs as a state's rights issue.
Rasmussen Poll: Only 28 Percent Say Media Covers Important Issues Well
Only 28% of voters rate the national news media as doing a good or excellent job covering the most important issues, inflation and illegal immigration, while 46% give the media a poor rating. According to voters polled by Rasmussen Reports, 32% of likely U.S. voters say inflation will be the most important issue in this year's presidential election, 23% say illegal immigration will be, and 18% say abortion rights.
Harvard Reaches Truce With Israel Protesters
Harvard University and student protesters announced early Tuesday that they had negotiated an end to a pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard, The New York Times reported. "The apparently peaceful outcome is one that has eluded many other campuses where officials have resorted to calling the police to clear demonstrators," the newspaper added.
Mexico Political Candidates Risk Death From Cartels
Organized crime groups are making Mexico's election campaign this year one of the deadliest in the country's modern history, the Washington Post reported. More than two dozen candidates have been killed before the June 2 vote, the Post noted, and hundreds of candidates have dropped out of the race. More than 400 candidates have asked the federal government for security. "The campaign of intimidation and assassination is putting democracy itself at risk," the Post reported.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Blasts Biden for Giving Free Healthcare to Migrants
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and other senators are blasting the Biden administration's plan to expand Obamacare to more than 100,000 illegal migrants protected under the 2012 DACA program. "In Biden's economy, inflation is on the rise while job growth is slowing down," Blackburn along with Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., wrote in a joint May 8 letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Rasmussen Poll: 52% Say Shoplifting a Serious Problem | Newsmax.com
More than half of Americans say shoplifting and retail theft is a serious problem in their community, including 21% who say it is a very serious problem, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey. In the survey, 38% don't consider retail theft to be a serious problem in their community, and another 10% are not sure.
New York Times Editor: Not Media's Job to Defeat Trump
The executive editor of The New York Times said it's not the media's job to stop former President Donald Trump from winning a second term in office. "It's the job of [President] Biden and the people around Biden to prevent that from happening," Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn told Semafor. Kahn said the role of a newspaper is to cover the issues that concern voters. "At the moment, democracy is one of them.
Rasmussen Poll: Speaker Johnson's Favorability Rises to 44% | Newsmax.com
Speaker Mike Johnson's popularity with voters has increased in recent weeks, according to recent polls. In late February, 39% had a favorable impression of Johnson, but a recent Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 44% of likely U.S. voters have a favorable impression of Johnson, including 16% with a very favorable opinion of the Louisiana Republican. A minority, 32%, view Johnson unfavorably, including 14% with a very unfavorable impression. Another 24% are not sure.
N.Y. State DA Who Berated Cop: 'Humbled by My Own Stupidity'
A New York state district attorney is under investigation after police body cam video showed her getting into a heated confrontation with an officer who had stopped her for speeding. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley apologized Monday, a day after New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul referred the April 22 incident to the State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct.
NCAA Under Pressure to Include Trans Athletes in Women's Sports
The NCAA is facing pressure to act on the role of transgender athletes in college sports after a small college association's recent decision to ban all trans women from women's sports. This month, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), a small collegiate athletic governing body, decided to ban transgender women from competing in its collegiate women's sports. Advocates are worried the NCAA will follow the NAIA by placing new restrictions on transgender athletes.
Rasmussen Poll: Only 31 Percent Approve of Biden's Middle East Policy | Newsmax.com
President Joe Biden's policies toward Israel and the Middle East are generating much polarization in the country, with young people and some left-wing Democrats saying he is too aligned with Israel, and many Republicans and conservatives saying he is too pro-Palestinian. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 31% of likely U.S. voters rate Biden as doing a good or excellent job handling issues related to Israel and the Middle East, while 46% give him a poor rating on the issue.
Rasmussen Poll: 28% Would Commit Voter Fraud | Newsmax.com
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute reveals that 28% of likely voters would be willing to engage in illegal voting activity if it would help their preferred candidate win the 2024 presidential election. There is little variation among voters of different candidates, with 27% of President Joe Biden's voters willing to cheat for their candidate, 29% of former President Donald Trump's voters ready to commit voter fraud, and 25% of Robert F.
Rasmussen Poll: 75% Say Election Observers Important | Newsmax.com
According to the latest Rasmussen survey, 75% of voters said it is important for political parties to have observers in polling places to ensure election results are fair and accurate, including 55% who said it's very important. Just 21% said they don't think election observers are important.
Rasmussen Poll: 50 Percent Want Minimum Wage Hike to $10.50
A majority of Americans (50%) say the minimum wage should be raised to at least $10.50, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey, including 9% who favor a $12.50 minimum wage. The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour, but 30 states and Washington, D.C., have minimum wages above that. Only 26% of Americans say the minimum wage should be $15 an hour or more, but just 14% think it should stay at $7.25.
FBI Foils Idaho Church Attack by ISIS Sympathizer
The FBI arrested a man on Saturday who pledged his alliance to ISIS and planned to attack churches in Idaho. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the Justice Department. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force conducted the investigation, CNN reported.
Rasmussen Poll: 59 Percent Say Congress Is Doing a Poor Job
Most voters say Congress is doing a poor job, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey, and the disapproval is across all political and demographic groups. A majority of likely voters (59%) say Congress is doing a "poor" job, up from 52% in January, while only 15% of likely U.S. voters rate Congress' performance as good or excellent, down from 20% in January. About half of voters say their own representative is not the best person for the job.
Hillel Poll: Antisemitism a Factor for Jewish College Applicants
A majority of Jewish parents of college applicants say their child has dropped at least one school from their list owing to rising antisemitism on campuses after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to a new poll from Hillel International. Parents (96%) say they are worried about antisemitism on campus, and 80% say they are focused on campus safety in their college search process, The Hill reported.
Study: Closing Baltimore Bars Early Cuts Murders 40 Percent
Reducing the hours of bars and taverns in a Baltimore neighborhood cut back all violent crime in the area annually by 23%, a study revealed. According to research done by the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and the Alcohol Research Group of Emeryville, California, the number of murders fell by 51% within the first month of the trial, Newsweek reported.
AccuWeather Predicts 'Explosive' 2024 Hurricane Season
AccuWeather meteorologists are predicting that there will be 20 to 25 named storms in the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Eight to 12 of those storms are forecast to strengthen into hurricanes. Four to six storms could directly impact the United States. "The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to feature well above the historical average number of tropical storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes, and direct U.S. impacts," said AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Forecaster Alex DaSilva.
Sen. Rubio Wants Federal Probe of Planned Parenthood
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wants a federal investigation into Planned Parenthood, which is reportedly providing aborted baby body parts to the University of California San Diego in exchange for "valuable consideration" — while also maintaining intellectual property rights over the fetal tissue.
Gallup Poll: Regular Religious Attendance Declines in US
With major religious celebrations taking place in March and April, the percentage of adults who report regularly attending services in America has dropped, Gallup revealed in a survey. Just 3 in 10 Americans say they attend religious services every week (21%) or almost every week (9%), while 11% report attending about once a month and 56% seldom (25%) or never (31%) attend.
Rasmussen Poll: 62% Say 'Illegal' Is Correct Term | Newsmax.com
President Joe Biden has he shouldn't have used the term "illegal" to describe an undocumented person who allegedly murdered Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student. "I shouldn't have used illegal, it's undocumented," he said to MSBNC's Jonathan Capehart. Democrats and immigration advocates have long rejected the word "illegal," arguing that it dehumanizes immigrants, Politico observed, adding that Biden received "swift pushback" to his use of the term "illegal" in his State of the Union speech.
Rasmussen Poll: Trump Cares More About Voters Than Biden
More voters think former President Donald Trump cares about people like them than say the same thing of President Joe Biden, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey. The poll revealed 49% of likely U.S. voters agree with the statement, "Donald Trump cares about people like me," including 31% who strongly agree — 48% disagree, including 39% who strongly disagree.
AI Tool Helping Doctors to Save Time
More than 30,000 health and tech professionals are meeting at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, this week, and "ambient clinical documentation" is the talk of the exhibition floor, according to CNBC. Ambient clinical documentation allows doctors to consensually record their visits with patients, and the conversations are automatically transformed into clinical notes and summaries.
AI Tool Helping Doctors to Save Time
1 hour ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made new comments about the upcoming next-gen roadster and went as far as saying that it’s “not even really a car.” Last month, Musk gave a rare update about the next-gen Tesla Roadster. The prototype for the next-generation was first unveiled in 2017 and it was supposed to …
Gallup Poll: 1 in 5 Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ+
More people in the United States now identify as LGBTQ+, according to a Gallup poll, at 7.6% of adults, up from 5.6% four years ago, and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup's first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity. Generation Z, born 1997-2012, and millennials, 1981-96, are far more likely than those in older generations to identify as LGBTQ+, Gallup observed.
Taiwan Builds Laser Weapons to Counter China
Taiwan is building a high-energy laser weapon system to counter the threat of Chinese drones. A 50 kilowatt laser has sufficient power to take down suicide drones, slow-speed aircraft, and other aerial threats. A defense official told Taiwan's Liberty Times that after completing research on a prototype low-powered vehicle-mounted laser cannon last year, the National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology had successfully developed a 50 kWh laser cannon.
Gallup Poll: 37% Say Biden Respected by World Leaders | Newsmax.com
Gallup found that a minority of Americans, 37%, say President Joe Biden is respected by leaders of other countries, and 58% say he is not. While this is the second consecutive 37% reading for Biden on this measure, it is well below the 58% recorded in February 2021, shortly after his inauguration.
Ukraine Poll: Zelenskyy Would Lose Election if He Didn't Cancel It Due to War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would lose an election to Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief he recently fired, according to a poll. A survey by the Kyiv-based firm SOCIS conducted Feb. 22-March 1 asked 3,000 Ukrainians how they would vote in a hypothetical ballot, Newsweek reported. If an election were held, 41% of respondents would have backed Gen. Zaluzhnyi in the first round, compared with 23.7% for Zelenskyy. The margin of error was 2.1 percentage points. Zelenskyy fired Gen.
Gallup Poll: Israel, Palestinian Authority Less Favorable
Americans' opinions of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority have declined in the past year amid fighting in the Middle East. In Gallup's latest survey, 58% of Americans, down from 68% last year, have a "very" or "mostly favorable" view of Israel. This is the lowest favorable rating for Israel in over two decades. At the same time, positive opinions of the Palestinian Authority have dropped from 26% to 18%, the lowest since 2015. The terrorist group Hamas brutally attacked Israel on Oct.
Survey: Most Americans Cool to Christian Nationalism
About two-thirds of Americans reject or are skeptical about Christian nationalism despite its rising influence in shaping education, immigration, and healthcare policies, a new survey from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found. Seven of 10 Americans that were surveyed said they reject (30%) or are skeptical (37%) of Christian nationalism. In California, New York, and Virginia, more than 75% of respondents said they reject or are skeptical of Christian nationalism.
NASA's James Webb Telescope Discovers Galaxy From 11.5 Billion Years Ag | Newsmax.com
NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a galaxy in the early universe from about 11.5 billion years ago that is so massive, it should not exist, challenging the standard model of cosmology, according to the study authors, Space.com reported.
Woman Donates $1B to Einstein Medical School in New York
The widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx, New York, medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which will cover tuition for all students going forward. Dr. Ruth Gottesman, 93, is a former professor at Einstein, where she studied learning disabilities, developed a screening test, and ran literacy programs, The New York Times reported.
Poll: Inflation, Healthcare Costs Worry Most Voters
Inflation and healthcare affordability are the top issues voters say they want presidential candidates to discuss. According to a poll released Wednesday by health policy research group KFF, most voters (67%) rate the national economy as "not so good" or "poor," owing to the cost of everyday expenses (64%), inflation (63%), the cost of housing (57%), or the cost of healthcare (48%).
'Shark Tank' Star: 'I Will Never Invest in New York Now'
"Shark Tank" host Kevin O'Leary said he will never invest in New York now after a judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $355 million last week for conspiring to alter his net worth to receive tax and insurance benefits. The order prevents Trump from doing business in New York for three years.
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