NEWS - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2024 - NEWS
Friday's meeting between Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was a significant public turnaround calibrated to bring Georgia Republicans together. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal media trying to stir the political pot.
A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to new government data released Friday. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The number will come down after the election.
There are a jaw-dropping 662,566 migrants with known criminal backgrounds wandering around the United States, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data recently released to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). New York Post
VOA VIEW: The number is much higher.
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Yahya Sinwar is increasingly fatalistic, has blocked a cease-fire deal and, so far, been frustrated that Hezbollah and Iran have not come to his aid, officials said. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Sinwar's time is coming soon.
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas, and the U.S. attacks were aimed at securing international waterways. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Houthis should be wiped out.
Even though the current Commander-in-Chief abruptly dropped out of his 2024 reelection campaign during the summer, President Joe Biden still decided to make a surprise appearance and crack jokes about his potential comeback on Friday during a White House briefing. OANN
According to a report, over 200 taxpayers who chose to have their IRS refunds mailed to their residence claim that their checks never came and were purportedly stolen as part of a large-scale fraud incident that snatched millions of dollars. OANN
VOA VIEW: Biden/Harris fools.
A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student's lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume. Washington Times
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors' personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations that the company denied hours later. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: TikTok should be sent packing.
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U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 350 Americans and their immediate relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. Washington Times
Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects. CBS
It centers around a sweeping new weekly metric called "acute respiratory illness." CBS
VOA VIEW: Hopefully it won't go rogue.
Political candidates, elected officials and election workers are some of the potential targets, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI warned. CBS
VOA VIEW: In other words - idiots.
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Outside of Florida, roughly 99% of homeowners that sustained flooding are not covered, Insurance Information Institute estimates. CBS
VOA VIEW: Dumb!
States and industry groups had asked the Supreme Court to pause the EPA's rule that aims to curb emissions of methane from new and existing oil and gas facilities. CBS
VOA VIEW: For now are the operative words.
Trump is returning Saturday to Butler, Pennsylvania, for a rally at the site of the first assassination attempt against him. CBS
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The Supreme Court said it will consider a bid by U.S. gun-makers to end a lawsuit from the Mexican government seeking to hold them liable for violence committed by drug cartels. CBS
VOA VIEW: It is a foolish lawsuit.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a warning ahead of the one-year-anniversary next week of the Hamas attacks on Israel. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Crazies may try to do their thing.
Parts of North Carolina and South Carolina have been completely submerged by flooding and communities nearly wiped out by Hurricane Helene, with residents waiting for FEMA help days later. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Mayorkas is a lying fool.
Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. FOX News
President Joe Biden on Friday amplified concerns among Donald Trump's opponents that the Republican nominee won't accept defeat in next month's presidential election and is worried the vote may not be "peaceful." UPI
VOA VIEW: Biden has lost his mind.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Friday charged four St. Clair Shores residents for double voting in the August 2024 primary election. Three assistant clerks also face felonies for allegedly altering ballots. UPI
VOA VIEW: Bet they were Dems.
A FEMA search and rescue team from New Jersey has joined in the Hurricane Helene relief efforts in the South, traveling to North Carolina to aid victims this week as the death toll continued to climb. UPI
The World Health Organization said Thursday it approved the first mpox invitro diagnostic for emergency use. The Affinity m MPXV assay, made by Abbott Molecular, will expand global diagnostic capacity. UPI
VOA VIEW: WHO cannot be trusted.
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Google Friday told New Zealand unless it can keep using news content without paying for it, Google will stop linking to all New Zealand news sites. Google's threat is against the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill. UPI
VOA VIEW: Google thinks it's all powerful.
Airlines operating in Canada must offer passengers standardized compensation for canceled international flights within the companies' control, the country's highest court ruled Friday. UPI
The Labor Department said on Friday that the economy created 254,000 jobs in September, smashing Wall Street expectations and giving another boost to the Federal Reserve looking to ease off on the country's interest rate UPI
VOA VIEW: Exaggerated high numbers.
The Israeli military issued fresh evacuation orders early Friday for 35 settlements in southern Lebanon telling residents to leave immediately and head north of the Awali River for their own safety. UPI
VOA VIEW: That is more than fair.
A federal judge in Missouri has again blocked President Joe Biden's sweeping student debt relief plan, just a day after a judge in Georgia allowed for it to proceed. UPI
VOA VIEW: As he should.
European Union member countries agreed Friday to proceed with the imposition of tarrifs on Chinese electric vehicles exactly one year after launching a probe into whether Beijing was subsidizing its domestic EV industry. UPI
VOA VIEW: Good decision.
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