President Biden has rebuffed questions about taking a cognitive test after his disastrous June 27 debate performance. We assembled a quiz to illustrate the kinds of questions asked in tests that are the preliminary screening tools for mental impairment.
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Delta Air Lines apologized Thursday for a now-deleted post on its X account that appeared to sympathize with a social media user who complained about flight attendants wearing Palestinian flag pins on their uniforms. An X user posted two pictures Tuesday of Delta flight attendants donning the pins and called the accessories “Hamas badges.” The next day, Delta replied to the post. “I hear you as I’d be terrified as well, personally,” the airline wrote, according to screenshots on social media of the deleted response. “Our employees reflect our culture and we do not take it lightly when our policy is not being followed.” A Delta spokesperson said in a statement to The Washington Post on Thursday that the airline’s social media post “was not in line with our values and our mission.”
Delta apologizes for post disparaging attendants’ Palestinian flag pins
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Hollywood executives, performers and thousands of other Californians filed into a Los Angeles theater for a star-studded fundraiser, backed by actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts, that would inject millions of dollars into Biden’s static campaign and launch him on a path to beat Donald Trump in November. Instead, many attendees — led by Clooney — now say they watched a dud and a preview screening of what the nation saw two weeks later in Biden’s prime-time debate against Trump. Reflecting on the event at L.A.’s Peacock Theater, some donors said that they noticed Biden seemed slow. He appeared frail. As he greeted donors lined up for photos, he trailed off or spoke too quietly in small-talk conversation to be heard.
Inside the glitzy fundraiser where Biden lost George Clooney
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Dhilan Stanley and Janine Oberrotman have been close friends since they met at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Ill., a year and a half ago. They meet every Sunday to talk about books and history, and occasionally Dhilan will share his latest math and science grades. He is 13, and Oberrotman, a Holocaust survivor, is 98. “I always look forward to seeing Janine — she’s shown me how important it is to live life to the fullest,” said Dhilan, who lives in the greater Chicago area and will be in the ninth grade this fall. “Even with all she went through, she has no hate and is loving to everyone,” he said. “I know now that I can be more resilient in my own life because Janine was resilient as she survived one of the worst moments in history.”
Teen and Holocaust survivor who met volunteering become ‘dynamic duo’
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America PAC, a super PAC aligned with former president Donald Trump, reported on Monday that it received donations ranging from $500,000 to $1 million from prominent tech titans, including associates of Elon Musk. Among the donors are former Tesla board member Antonio Gracias, Palantir co-founder and Austin-based tech investor Joe Lonsdale and Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire.
Elon Musk allies poured millions into pro-Trump super PAC
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Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event has been a “major cause” of warehouse worker injuries, finds a year-long Senate investigation into workplace safety at Amazon, released by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The review by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee found that in 2019, workplace injuries, such as muscle sprains, rotator cuff injuries and herniated disks, hit a high during Prime Day sales week. The committee’s probe found that Amazon’s internal data attributes high injury rates around major sales events to understaffing, “unsustainable productivity requirements,” and “ignor[ed]” safety protocols, the report said.
Amazon Prime Day causes workplace injuries, Senate probe finds
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In the chaotic hours after former president Donald Trump was spirited offstage Saturday by Secret Service agents, his face streaked with blood, a doctored photo of the scene began bouncing around on X, falsely showing Trump with a wide smile. “Why is he so happy?” one woman said in an X post viewed more than a million times. ( X removed the image after this story was published, saying it had been “digitally altered.”) On Sunday, tens of thousands of X users saw or shared a baseless post suggesting an official conspiracy to harm the former president. While GOP delegates gather in Wisconsin, social media platforms are stoking false narratives amid the most divisive presidential campaign in recent history.
Liars and trolls overwhelm social media after Trump rally shooting
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More than 110 people are scheduled to speak at this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee — dozens more than in 2016 and 2020. And Donald Trump’s grip on the party is evident from the roster. Election denialism will be on full display. At least 61 speakers have questioned or denied Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 or have preemptively cast doubt on the integrity of the 2024 election, according to a Washington Post analysis of public statements and social media posts.
Who is — and isn’t — speaking at the Republican National Convention
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Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes
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On one side of the Mithi River, police fanned out to divert traffic and provide security for the wedding of Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man, and employees in the business district were asked to work from home. On the other side of a busy bridge, entire neighborhoods surrounding the thoroughfare known as LBS Road were submerged under monsoon rains — the perennial result, residents say, of an outdated drainage system and hapless city administrators. Some saw the Ambani family affair as an awe-inspiring showcase for India’s growing affluence and its rising clout. Others called it an indictment of its lopsided development; the cost of the wedding, which was widely reported to exceed $500 million, would eclipse the yearly education budget of several small Indian states.
Across river from lavish Indian wedding, frustration and flooded streets
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