Fed Meeting Today: Watch Powell's Press Conference Here The Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision is due today at 2 p.m. ET. You can watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell's subsequent press conference, set for 2:30 p.m., [here]( ... 05/1/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
Reminder: Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote in the May primary or to update your info, register with a party Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote in the May 21 primary election. It’s also the deadline to register with a political party ahead of the closed primaries. Voters can register or update their ... 04/29/2024 - 4:10 pm | View Link
Election Day is under 200 days away. Voters aren't keen on rehiring Biden, new poll says Election day is fast approaching, and a new CNN poll favors Trump over Biden. But both candidates could struggle with turnout in Tennessee. 04/29/2024 - 5:22 am | View Link
California News SAN JOSE — A plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing, a judge in California ruled this week. 04/26/2024 - 5:08 pm | View Link
Fed plan to rebuild Pacific sardine population was insufficient, California judge finds SAN JOSE — A plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing, a judge in California ruled this week. 04/26/2024 - 5:08 pm | View Link
“Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he’d accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins,” NBC News reports.
Said Scott: “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.”
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Joe Biden edging Donald Trump among registered voters, 46% to 45%.
Among likely voters, it’s Biden 49%, Trump 45%.
In a five way race, Trump edges Biden, 42% to 40%, followed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. At 12%, Cornell West at 2% and Jill Stein at 1%.
“Donald Trump is privately trashing South Dakota’s MAGA Gov. Kristi Noem for executing her puppy and writing about it in her forthcoming memoir — a matter that appears to have closed the book on the idea of selecting her as a vice presidential nominee,” Rolling Stone reports.
“During conversations with close political allies and other confidants, sources say, the former president has repeatedly brought up the incident, including as recently as in the past couple days, to criticize Noem and question her political acumen.”
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya, texted his secretary to ask about the status of other fires across the island.
“Still burning,” she replied.