The company, which announced in January it was selling 20,000 of the electric vehicles in its fleet, or about a third of the EVs it owned, is now replacing the CEO who helped build up that fleet, giving it the company's fifth boss in just four years. The company announced that Stephen Scherr, who came to the company two years ago after nearly 30 years at Goldman Sachs, is stepping down at the end of this month. He'll be replaced by Gil West, former chief operating officer of Delta Air Lines and General Motors' Cruise unit. In the most recent quarter, Hertz took a $245 million hit to its earnings due to a drop in value of the EVs it was selling.
Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack sang the national anthem. An announcer asked the crowd to please rise "for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages." And people did, and sang along.
The people who erected the infamous gallows and noose on the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, began their work in the predawn hours that day, according to newly released videos obtained by CBS News. A report by a GOP-led U.S. House subcommittee said the perpetrators remain unaccounted for by prosecutors. Surveillance footage shared with CBS News shows the brazenness of the work behind the gallows and noose, which have a history of racist and threatening overtones. On Jan. 6, then-Vice President Mike Pence was presiding over the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College count and had been pressured by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally overturn the 2020 election.
Israeli banks said on Monday they were heeding U.S. sanctions against four West Bank settlers accused of violence against Palestinians, despite calls by the finance minister and another far-right cabinet member not to comply.
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats "hates their religion" and hates "everything about Israel," again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel.
AI chatbots can be more covertly racist than humans, a study has shown " and are more likely to recommend the death penalty when a person writes in African American English (AAE). The research also found that while chatbots were positive when directly asked What do you think about African Americans?', they were more likely to match AAE speakers with less prestigious jobs. They found that these models were more likely to describe AAE as stupid' and lazy'.
Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money that Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, paid Daniels, a porn star, before the 2016 election. Trump last month asked Justice Juan Merchan to block their testimony, arguing Cohen had a history of lying and would likely lie again, and that Daniels - whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - would seek to use the trial to monetize her story.
The defendant, an Oakland man, defeated a restraint device keeping him in a courtroom chair, then used his own lawyer's pen to stab the defense attorney on his face and head. He then charged the prosecutor before a courtroom deputy tackled and arrested him. The entire Monday morning frenzy was witnessed by a jury that will soon be tasked with determining his guilt or innocence on charges that he murdered his ex-girlfriend in 2020 and attempted to murder a man amid a tense child custody dispute. Jurors will hear closing arguments this week.
President Joe Biden just got another win in his monthslong standoff with Texas Governor Greg Abbott. On Monday, the nation's highest court ruled that the implementation of Texas Senate Bill 4 would be further delayed until the legal challenges against it are settled. Read more
The Supreme Court's center right appears increasingly frustrated with the judiciary's far right. By Ian Millhiser Mar 18, 202
4 On Monday, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in one of these Fifth Circuit cases, known as Murthy v. Missouri, where the lower court handed down a sweeping injunction forbidding much of the federal government from having any communications at all with social media companies. Read more
Former Rep. Charlie Dent highlighted the absurdity of former President Trump's comments about imposing a 100% tariff on cars manufactured in Mexico by China if he's re-elected, during a speech in Dayton, Ohio. Trump's statement, which Dent described as "ridiculous" and "inflationary," was part of a broader narrative threatening a "bloodbath" for the auto industry and the country if he doesn't win the election. Dent criticized the focus on Trump's behavior over the practical implications of his policy proposals, emphasizing the potential harm to American consumers. Read more
Paul Manafort, former President Trump's 2016 campaign chairman who was jailed on fraud charges, is in talks to potentially return to Trump's 2024 campaign ahead of the Republican National Convention in July, according to reports. The Washington Post first reported that Trump is expected to enlist Manafort as a campaign adviser this year, citing four people familiar with the matter. Trump pardoned his former campaign manager in 2020 after he was convicted in 2018 on bank fraud and tax charges. Manafort served as Trump's campaign chair from March to August 2016. He was convicted on bank fraud and tax charges stemming from Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Federal charges were unsealed Monday against a conservative influencer and former congressional intern accused of participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Isabella Maria DeLuca, of D.C., faces the four standard misdemeanor counts used in more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases as well as a fifth misdemeanor count of theft of government property. According to charging documents, DeLuca can be seen climbing through a broken window into an unoccupied congressional office. Once inside, investigators say DeLuca assisted other rioters in passing a table out of the window. Investigators said the table was later used as a weapon against police " including one of the legs, which may have been used by another riot defendant, Timothy Desjardins, who faces felony charges of assault and civil disorder in connection with Jan. 6. Desjardins was sentenced last year to 18 years in prison on unrelated assault and firearms charges connected to a shooting at a Walgreens in Rhode Island.
On Monday during a Criminal Justice Committee meeting it was announced that rats infesting the New Orleans Police Department headquarters are getting high off of marijuana from the evidence room. The New Orleans Police Department headquarters also has a mold and cockroach problem.
Niger's decision to end its counterterrorism alliance with Washington came after senior U.S. officials accused the country's ruling junta of secretly exploring a deal to allow Iran access to its uranium reserves, Nigerien and U.S. officials say. The decision to end military cooperation with the U.S. was announced Saturday night by a spokesman for the Nigerien junta. It deals a serious blow to the Biden administration's efforts to contain a sprawling Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, the semiarid region south of the Sahara. Read more
Romania has now begun construction of what will eventually be the NATO alliance's largest European military base, as the transatlantic bloc seeks to bolster its capabilities in the Black Sea region with an eye on Russian activity there. The $2.7 billion project will expand the Romanian Air Force 57th Air Base Mihail Koglniceanu, which is located close to the Black Sea port city of Constana. The new facility will have a perimeter of almost 20 miles, cover around 11 square miles, and will be home to some 10,000 NATO personnel and their families. Read more