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To support The Atlantic’s journalism, please consider subscribing today.At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign for reelection, Donald Trump startled his aides by announcing that he’d come up with a new nickname for his opponent.“The guy’s a retard. He’s retarded. I think that’s what I’ll start calling him,” Trump declared aboard his campaign plane, en route to a rally that evening, according to three people who heard him make the remarks: “Retarded Joe Biden.”The staffers present—and, within hours, others who’d heard about the epithet…

A U.S. district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing a plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans.St. Louis-based Matthew Shelp’s ruling was a victory for six Republican state attorneys general who had challenged the president’s plan.Mr. Shelp, an appointee of President Donald Trump, announced that pending the outcome of the state’s lawsuit, the Biden administration would be unable to “mass cancel” student loans and forgive principal and interest under the plan. issued an injunction.The ruling is a new hurdle for the Biden administration, which has had previous loan relief plans blocked. Biden…

Liliana Frank, 6, a junior at Edmonds and Woodway, blocks Lily Sims from Terrace. (Photo by David Cardwell) Terrace junior Brynley Dubiel, 11, steers the ball away from an Edmonds-Woodway player. EW’s Isabella Dreizler (3) competes for the ball with Terrace’s Lily Sims (8). Second-grader Lily Sims, 8, from Terrace kicks the ball out of the goal and Kate Baldock, 11, from Woodway, runs to give chase. Hawks junior Allison Marvin (14 years old) moves the ball away from Warriors’ Isabelle Han (4 years old). women’s soccer Edmonds Woodway beats Mountlake Terrace 2-0. Edmonds vs. Woodway Goals:Johnny Hanson 2 Edmonds…

Week 5 of the 2024 NFL season begins tonight with a Thursday Night Football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons. Heading into tonight’s game, the Buccaneers are 3-1 and the Atlanta Falcons are 2-2. The odds favor the Falcons defeating the Bucks. The Buccaneers vs. Falcons game will be live streamed nationwide on Amazon Prime Video tonight starting at 8:15pm ET. Read on to find out what you need to know and the rest of the Week 5 NFL schedule.How to watch the Buccaneers vs. Falcons game:Date and time: Thursday, October 3, 2024Kickoff time: 8:15pm ET /…

Algeria, which has long advocated non-intervention, has for some time faced increasing security risks posed by the growing presence of Russian mercenary agency Wagner Group in neighboring Mali. Despite Algeria’s historic ties with Russia, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has publicly criticized the use of mercenaries in both Mali and Libya. As tensions rise, Algeria faces the delicate task of balancing its vital partnership with Russia while considering whether military intervention in Mali is necessary to protect its interests. This article examines Algeria’s position on Russia’s operations through Wagner’s forces in Mali and the potential implications of Algeria’s response.In January 2024, Mali’s…

When Kamala Harris touched down in Augusta on Wednesday, she found a city contemplating how much of their lives had been lost to Hurricane Helen.”I’m here to personally inspect the devastation,” Harris said after being briefed by Georgia emergency response leaders. “It’s especially devastating in terms of the loss of life, the loss of normalcy, the loss of critical resources that this community has experienced.”The Augusta area has received less national attention than western North Carolina due to washed out roads and severe flooding. Augusta is still barely functioning. Hurricane Helen scraped the land here with a blunt razor. Leroy…

As the baseball playoffs are in full swing and the U.S. presidential election approaches, I’ve been thinking a lot about one of America’s most polarizing figures. A serial liar, an unrepentant womanizer, a convicted criminal, and a charismatic hero to millions of people.I don’t know who comes to mind, but I’m thinking of Pete Rose. For those unfamiliar with Rose, who passed away this week at the age of 83, he was one of the greatest baseball players to ever take the field. A stubborn, rough-and-tumble athlete who was all about winning, nicknamed “Charlie Hustle,” Rose led his hometown Cincinnati…

Kamala Harris (left) is greeted by Liz Cheney at a campaign event at Ripon University on October 3 in Ripon, Wisconsin. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Vice President Kamala Harris thanked Liz Cheney for her support, appearing on the campaign trail with her for the first time since the former Republican announced she would cast her presidential vote this year for Harris. “This fight was born out of love,” Harris said Thursday, addressing an audience at Ripon College in the northeastern battleground state of Wisconsin about the stakes of the election. I thank Mr. Cheney for that.” , it is the element that…

CNN — A judge accused a Colorado county official of crimes and lies, sentencing her to nine years in prison Thursday for a data leak scheme born of rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential election. did. District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters that she would never do her job after previously sparring with her for continuing to make false claims about fraudulent voting machines. He said he didn’t take it seriously. “I’m sure you would do it all over again if you could. You are as defiant as any defendant…

Two Indian-Americans, Padmini Pillai from Washington, Boston and Nalini Tata from New York, were appointed on Thursday as White House Fellows for 2024-2025. Two Indian Americans selected as White House Fellows A total of 15 outstanding talents from across the country were named to this prestigious program. Fellows spend a year working with senior White House staff, Cabinet members, and other government officials to prepare their administrations to serve as better leaders in their communities. Tata is assigned to the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs, and Pillai is assigned to the Social Security Administration, the White House announced in…