by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The weather forecast can no longer be trusted. Spring is unpredictable, like an emotionally detached, fickle lover. It brings us flowers,...
Let's be clear: If Donald Trump is talking about abortion, he's losing. He and his campaign would much rather be playing offense, slamming President Joe Biden on issues like immigration and the economy as the 2024 presidential race heats up. But when he's talking about abortion, Trump is playing defense. So at the outset of the week, Trump tried to put the issue to rest. Here's a very brief recap of how that worked out. Monday: After months of obfuscation, Trump finally stated his position on...
Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to the perspective that the public markets are not as closed to tech startups as some thought. If Rubrik’s result isn’t enough to break the logjam, well, maybe there’s something else going on. But there was a lot more that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Both a political expert and a legal expert agreed that Donald Trump's lawyers are failing to craft a story for the jury in the former president's first criminal case involving an alleged hush money cover-up. Speaking on a panel for MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, former top Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann explained that the most important thing in a case is to ensure a juror at least remembers the testimony. Trump's side hasn't been all that memorable, the experts suggested."It's too...
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The week’s running drama, as Trump’s first criminal trial got underway, marked a new phase of the 2024 campaign.
The week’s running drama, as Trump’s first criminal trial got underway, marked a new phase of the 2024 campaign.
As Donald Trump fronts up to a Manhattan court this week for his latest lawfare flogging from Democrats, Biden boosters are doing their best to trumpet a poll turnaround for the president.
A University of Edinburgh academic moved halfway across the world for a ‘dream job’ before her life was turned upside down by two cancer diagnoses. Bronwyn Sumption, 31, swapped South Africa for the Capital in 2022 along with her partner Erika van den Heever after she was offered a post as a teaching fellow in international sport development. The big move was going well until she was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer in May 2023, and went through several gruelling rounds of chemotherapy...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! For those who haven't been getting enough soaking rain in your life, today is your day. Expect steady dampness all day long, with a...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Hope you haven't eaten anything for the past few days, because you are gonna need ALL that empty space in your stomach for the...