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,...
U.S. media, Congress, and the citizens who elected them own some of the media fail. Why aren’t we demanding more protection of our personal data in order to protect our democracy?
As is so often the case with Bidenomics, even good news is bad news because of the upward inflationary pressure.
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 One of the dismissed jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York said it likely is not possible to seat an impartial jury. Reports from the fourth day of the proceedings noted that it may take at least two weeks to seat the full jury of 12 […]
There’s a dance-based competition show currently airing Mondays at 9 pm. New episodes land on Fox. Cat Deeley’s the host. And yet, despite those familiar trappings, or the title that runs across the screen at the start of each episode, I’m having trouble believing that the show in question is actually So You Think You […]
President Donald Trump made history this week as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. But he’s not only facing 34 felony charges, he now has a new problem to contend with too. This week the prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump for posts they said violated a gag order barring Trump from publicly attacking witnesses. The judge said he would hear arguments on the subject on April 23rd. MSNBC's Brian Tyler Cohen takes a closer look at what this could mean...
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...
It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see or even hear what is going on.
Apple now allows gaming emulators on the App Store at the beginning of this month, but the first one to be published has quickly been pulled. For a brief period of time the iGBA app enabled Game Boy Advance game ROMs to be enjoyed on an iPhone, but because the app fell foul of Apple's strict App Store guidelines and was quickly removed. Pay just £64.99 for the Logitech POP Keys mechanical wireless keyboard The Logitech POP Keys mechanical wireless keyboard stands out...
The least successful House speaker in history—the only one to be ousted—is taking time out of his revenge agenda to take a stab at rewriting history to somehow make himself the hero. That includes a Georgetown University event called “How Strong Is Our Democracy? With Kevin McCarthy.” Politico reports that despite that title, at “a time when both Democrats and Republicans—for very different reasons—warn that ‘democracy is on the ballot’ in 2024, he didn’t seem to have that level of concern about...
In a bid to avert wider war in the Middle East, the United States and other world leaders are urging Israel to see victory in its unprecedented military face-off with Iran over the weekend. It's unclear whether Israel will follow that script, but Iran appears to be doing so, with its government claiming success. After years of proxy battle, Iran launched an attack from its own territory into Israel for the first time, sending waves of land-attack cruise missiles, more than 100 ballistic missiles...
Inflation is the big issue in this bellwether for the nation. And voters have a message: listen or lose.