Day: January 25, 2024

MSNBC’s Reid compares lawmakers worried about border to ‘old southerners’ who resisted integration

11:00 pm January 25, 2024

MSNBC host Joy Reid compared U.S. lawmakers and their supporters who oppose the illegal immigrant surge at the border to “old southerners” who resisted integration “by any means necessary.” Reid made the claims during the Wednesday episode of her network show “The ReidOut,” while bad-mouthing conservatives and “MAGA world” policy proposals for the country to […]

Powerful Webb Telescope spies spectacular star birth cluster beyond the Milky Way

10:15 pm January 25, 2024

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image depicting a star-forming complex known as N79. The region is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. Per the European Space Agency (ESA), N79 is a massive star-forming complex spanning approximately 1,630 light-years in […]

Rights group reports more arrests as Belarus intensifies crackdown on dissent

10:04 pm January 25, 2024

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rights group on Thursday reported dozens more home raids and arrests across Belarus in the latest intensification of a years-long crackdown on dissent in the country of 9.5 million people. The Viasna human rights center said it knew of at least 159 people targeted by searches and detentions in multiple […]

Falcons will hire Raheem Morris as head coach despite interviewing Bill Belichick twice: reports

10:02 pm January 25, 2024

The Atlanta Falcons made a hard turn with their coaching search. The Falcons, despite interviewing Bill Belichick twice, will hire Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris to fill their head coaching vacancy, according to multiple reports. Morris has been in Southern California since the 2021 season, winning the Super Bowl in his first season […]

Speaker Johnson says House ‘will do everything in its power’ to back Texas over border feud

9:59 pm January 25, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Republican-controlled House “will do everything in its power” to support Texas over its ongoing feud with the Biden administration over border security — after the Lone Star State said it has a “right to self-defense.” “I stand with Governor Abbott. The House will do everything in its power to […]