With polls so close, RFK Jr. could do more damage to Trump than Biden.
According to reports, the percentage of voters who say they are highly interested in the 2024 election is the lowest in 20 years at this point in the presidential election. NBC News' latest national polla majority have negative views of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
But polls show a strong vote for third parties, especially for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Even more support for Trump However, the movements triggered by other candidates are within the poll's margin of error.
The latest NBC News poll shows Trump leading Biden by 2 points in a head-to-head race, 46% to 44%, but if the vote is expanded to five nominees, Biden will have a 2-point advantage. became. : Biden 39%, Trump 37%, Kennedy 13%, Jill Stein 3%, Cornel West 2%.
Biden outperforms Trump on issues of abortion and national unity, but Trump outperforms him on ability and tackling inflation.
House overcomes Republican divide to pass $95 billion aid package
the house Passed long-awaited foreign aid package A series of votes on Saturday called for providing $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel and $8.12 billion to Taiwan to keep TikTok in the United States unless its China-based parent company sells TikTok. He called on the government to move forward with its plan to ban .
In a sign of rifts within the Republican Party, 112 Republicans voted against the Ukraine aid package, while 101 voted for it and 210 Democrats voted for it.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia insisted Sunday that she plans to: Efforts to oust House Speaker Mike JohnsonRabada, a Republican, must resign after working with Democrats to pass a foreign aid package.
Johnson is not alone in facing backlash.More funding for Israel Biden's election prospects may be in trouble among Muslim AmericansSome organizers have described the aid package as a “point of no return” in the wake of rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.
For the press: Thanks to new aid, Ukraine has 'a chance to win', says President Zelenskiy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the newly passed U.S. aid package Please give his country a chance to win.,” But he acknowledged problems with soldiers' morale in the face of planned Russian attacks.
Asked whether this aid would help Ukraine win the war or simply prolong the war, Zelensky told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker: As you said, Kristen, if we can get that done within six months, well, we've been stuck in the process for six months and lost money in several directions. Loss of personnel and equipment.
“Now we have a chance to stabilize the situation and take the initiative. That's why we actually need to have weapons systems,” he added.
President Zelensky also responded to recent reports that President Trump, if elected, would pressure Ukraine to surrender some of its territory to Russia in exchange for an end to the war, saying, “This is hearsay different from rumors. I don’t believe that.”
He also expressed doubts about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would agree to and abide by such a settlement, telling Welker that “President Putin can never be trusted.”
Politics overview
- 50 years of evolution: On a personal level, Biden has not completely overcome his fears about abortion; biggest defender About the right to choose.
- Frozen assets: The foreign aid package passed by the House included the REPO Act, which would allow the Biden administration to forfeit. Billions of dollars worth of Russian assets Deposit it in a US bank and send it to Ukraine for reconstruction.
- Under the microscope: Trump has spent much of his life in the spotlight. Inside the frigid courtrooma closed-circuit camera provides perhaps the brightest light he has ever experienced.
- Rain check: playing cards canceled a rally in North Carolina Saturday evening due to inclement weather. It was scheduled to be the first gathering since the start of the criminal trial in Manhattan.
Inside the Olympic effort to clean up the Seine
With less than 100 days until the 2024 Olympics in Paris, there are growing concerns that the event will be postponed or canceled due to: Seine river pollution levels are high.
France has spent $1.5 billion renovating and upgrading the city's outdated sewage systems ahead of the Olympics as part of a broader plan to open the river to public swimming holes by 2025.
As the starting gun approached, Fluidion, one of the companies contracted by the City of Paris to monitor bacteria in the water, The study, shared exclusively with NBC News, showed E. coli levels 2.5 times higher than levels considered safe for swimming in parts of the city center.
“Don't drink the water. You can swim, but you can't drink alcohol,” a local swimmer told NBC News. She said, “I have never heard of her dying or getting sick.''
Two men jailed in Georgia say they were wrongfully convicted, blame one informant
Informant who helped send two men to life in prison in separate cases in Georgia He is now the target of lawyers for making false claims. To kill time in a bar.
Sterling Flint, 54, was a key witness against Sonny Balladia, who was convicted of sexual assault near Savannah in 2001. Mr. Flynt, who has spent much of the past 30 years in and out of confinement, testified against Mr. Baladia as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
In 2009, six years after Baladia was convicted, Flynt was loaded into his car while giving a guilty plea to Eric Hurd, who had just been arrested in the shooting death of a young mother. He was being investigated on suspicion of stealing property. . Flynt later denied making the statement at Heard's trial, but a jury found Heard guilty.
Lawyers with the Georgia Innocence Project are seeking to free Ms. Baladia and Ms. Heard, arguing that both cases were deeply flawed.
“The harm that Sterling Flint inflicted on these two men is why law enforcement should be wary of relying on witnesses who have every motive to fabricate testimony to help their case.” said attorney Olivia Vigiletti. Georgia Innocence Project.
Young Chinese people give up tea and reach for coffee
For more and more people in China, coffee has become tea. Last year, China overtook the United States to become the country with the most branded coffee shops in the world, according to a report by World Coffee Portal. The number of stores in China increased 58% last year to about 50,000 stores, compared to about 40,000 in the United States.
China's coffee market was once dominated by foreign brands such as Starbucks, Canada's Tim Hortons, and Britain's Costa Coffee.but they face Intensifying competition with Chinese coffee chains This includes cafes like Luckin, Kotti, and Manor, as well as local independent cafes in big cities like Beijing.
For coffee lovers, this means more options than ever before, whether it's a plain Americano or a latte infused with pork flavor or Chinese liquor.
The path to equal pay in the WNBA
Caitlin Clark's participation in the WNBA has put a spotlight on Low-paid female athletes compared to their male counterparts. But even with changes, it could take years for companies to renegotiate their funding flows.
Last year, the WNBA was expected to generate between $180 million and $200 million in revenue for the 2023 season, Bloomberg News reported. That's comparable to the NBA's roughly $10 billion for the season ending in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available.
The WNBA's decline in revenue is the main reason for the pay disparity between the leagues and why rookies, including Clark, will earn just $76,000 in base salary this season.
'Harold and Kumar' helped remove stereotypes
This year marks the 20th anniversary.Harold and Kumar go to White Castle” was one of the only mainstream films of the decade to feature two Asian American leads and was released in theaters across the United States.
As smokers across the country celebrated April 20th on Saturday, many Asian Americans reflected on the stereotypes the film created and the trajectory it paved.
“My friends were like Harold and Kumar. We acted like Harold and Kumar,” said New York City-based photographer Cindy Trinh. “That made a lasting impression on me.”
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