DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Opinion | Biden Is Doing It All Wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Mark Penn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’ve spent decades looking at the behavior of swing voters and how candidates appeal to them, including for Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign in 1996. People usually assume that turning out so-called base voters in an election matters most, since swing voters are fewer in number. And it’s true that in today’s polarized environment, Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump each has about 40 percent of the country in their bases already and nothing will change those people’s minds. Take Michigan, a battleground state where Mr. Trump has led Mr. Biden by as many as three percentage points in the last month. Or Mr. Biden could switch just 125,000 swing voters and win.

Persons: Biden, I’ve, Bill Clinton’s, Trump, Clinton, George W, Bush, Barack Obama, — Locations: Israel, America

☆ Trump Voter Proved MyPillow's Mike Lindell Wrong. He Wants $5 Million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Brent Crane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

He called it the Prove Mike Wrong challenge. He entered the Prove Mike Wrong challenge with low confidence he would win the exorbitant pot, estimating he had a 0.5% chance of disproving Lindell's "evidence." He had indeed Proven Mike Wrong, and now Mike must pay. In March, during a rally in Wisconsin, Trump praised him as "the great, legendary Mike Lindell." Jared Bartman for BIUnder deposition in the arbitration proceedings over his refusal to pay Zeidman, Lindell was a tornado of evasion and contradiction.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Mike Lindell, Donald Trump, Lindell, Trump, Bob Zeidman, Zeidman chafed, Mark Zuckerberg, Zeidman, Dennis Montgomery, Montgomery, Lindell's, Mike, Carrie, I've, Jared Bartman, George W, Bush, Mitt Romney's, Barack Obama, Romney, God, Lara Trump, Trump's, MyPillow, Zeidman's, Brian Glasser, Glasser, Zeidman pities Lindell, Biden, He's, he'll Organizations: Trump, Democrats, Oracle, Google, CIA, US, Zeidman, BI, Cleveland Jewish, Republican, Democratic Party, White, Republican National Committee, Lindell, Voting Systems, eTreppid Technologies, Trump International, bewilderment, Lindell Management Locations: Sioux Falls , South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Al Jazeera, Las Vegas, Vegas, Minnesota, Sumerlin, Israel, Trump, Wisconsin, Nevada, Montgomery, Sin City, America

☆ Biden and Netanyahu's fraught relationship hits new low after U.S. pauses weapons shipment
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"There's real skepticism in the administration that Rafah will bring about a deal for the hostages, like the Israelis have been saying." Pentagon confirms weapons shipment pause to IsraelThe Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday that the administration paused the delivery to Israel of a shipment of 1,800 two-thousand-pound bombs and 1,700 five-hundred-pound bombs. Netanyahu remains undeterred, saying that Israel will "stand alone" and fight "with our fingernails" if U.S. weapons shipments stopped. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L) visits army units on the border between Israel and Gaza Strip near Rafah, Gaza on May 07, 2024. Israeli Ministry of Defense | Anadolu | Getty ImagesItamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right wing national security minister, posted on X simply writing: "Hamas [heart emoji] Biden."

Persons: Ahmad Gharabli, Richard Haass, Joe Biden, Haass, George W, Bush, Benjamin Netanyahu, Khan Yunis, Ashraf Amr, Biden, Defense Lloyd Austin, Washington's, Austin, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Itamar Ben Gvir, emoji, It's, Will, Avi Melamed, Melamed, Clayton Allen, Independent Sen, Bernie Sanders, Vermont, Sanders, Ali Jadallah Organizations: Hamas, AFP, Getty, U.S, Foreign Relations, Haaretz, Qatari, United Nations, WHO, Anadolu, CNN, Pentagon, Biden, Defense, Israel, Israeli, Ministry of Defense, Congress, Eurasia Group, Independent, CNBC Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rafah, Palestinian, Israeli, Khan, I'm, al, Hamas, Iran, U.S, United States

☆ Justice Kavanaugh on the Presidency, the Court and Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As the Supreme Court term enters its homestretch, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh shared reflections on presidential power, the court’s popularity and Taylor Swift at a judicial conference in Austin, Texas, on Friday. He did not discuss the many major cases that will be decided by early July, including ones affecting former President Donald J. Trump, abortion and gun rights. He talked about his years as staff secretary to President George W. Bush and the insights they had given him on the pressures of the office of the presidency. “Being a Supreme Court justice is hard, some days. Neither is anything close to being president in terms of the stress, the difficulty, the pressure, day to day, no matter who is president.”

Persons: Brett M, Kavanaugh, Taylor Swift, Donald J, Trump, George W, Bush, “, ” Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ Opinion | Is There a Post-Religious Right?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

My one-liner “captured a widely shared assumption” that Trump’s rise signaled “the birth of an irreligious right animated by white racial grievance,” he wrote. The old religious right may have suffered a fatal blow in 2016. But what succeeded it was not a post-religious racialist party, as some feared and others hoped. was preparing to establish white supremacy now are more likely to denounce its ambitions as “Christian nationalist.” Whatever else one makes of this charge, it implies an acknowledgment that a post-religious right has failed to materialize. But when Schmitz says a post-religious right has “failed to materialize” I have to strongly disagree.

Persons: Donald Trump, Matthew Schmitz, “, ”, that’s, Schmitz, Mitt Romney, Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini, Vance, George W, Bush, Trump, Norman Vincent Peale Organizations: Republican, Trump, Christian, Republican Party Locations: American, Ohio

☆ Just 4% of current retirees say they are 'living the dream,' survey finds. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Brauns | E+ | Getty ImagesJust 4% of today's retirees said they are "living the dream," according to a new survey from asset management company Schroders. Image Source | Getty ImagesThe Schroders survey results come as more experts are pointing to a potential retirement crisis. "The retirement savings crisis in the United States is no longer looming: it is here, now," said a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security. Not everyone agrees there is an emergencySome experts are skeptical there is a retirement savings crisis at all. Of seniors with more than $10,000 in retirement savings, 93% said they were doing okay or living comfortably.

Persons: —, Deb Boyden, That's, Warren Buffett's, Boyden, Andrew Biggs, George W, Bush, EBRI, Biggs Organizations: Getty, National Institute on Retirement Security, Finance, American Enterprise Institute, Social Security, Northwestern Mutual, Research Locations: —, United States

☆ Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. People should now starting getting mammograms at age 40, according to new recommendations. According to a study in the journal Lancet Oncology, the mortality from breast cancer could be lowered by starting mammograms earlier, at age 40. A woman who has a sister, mother or other first-degree relative with breast cancer has double the average risk of breast cancer. Wen: Someone who has a family history of breast cancer may be recommended for genetic testing.

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen Organizations: CNN, US Preventive Services Task Force, George Washington University, Getty, American Cancer Society, Preventive, Force, White, Oncology, The American College of Obstetricians, American, of Radiology Locations: United States

☆ New York Public Schools chancellor scolds Republicans for ‘gotcha’ antisemitism hearing, saying district disciplined staff
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The department is also investigating whether the Berkeley district retaliated against two parents who complained about harassment based on Jewish ancestry. CNN has reached out to the school district for a comment. However, that list does not currently include the Berkeley school district. “However, antisemitism is not pervasive in the Berkeley Unified School District,” she said. Ford Morthel noted that the district does not share actions the school district takes against students or teachers because this information is protected under federal and state law.

Persons: David Banks, ” Banks, Banks, ”, Columbia’s, “, George Washington, Muriel Bowser, Pam Smith, Elise Stefanik tussled, Stefanik, ” Stefanik, Brandon Williams, ” Williams, …, ” Enikia Ford Morthel, ” Ford Morthel, Ford Morthel Organizations: CNN, New, New York City Public Schools, Jewish, “, Secondary, York City Public Schools, New York City Police Department, Ivy League, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Republicans, George Washington University’s, Washington, DC Metropolitan Police, Queens, Hillcrest High School, New York Republican, ” New York Republican, Jews High School, High School, US Department of Education, Berkeley Unified School District, Defamation League, Brandeis Center, Civil Rights, Brandeis Locations: New York, York, New York City, Berkeley , California, Montgomery County , Maryland, Queens, Israel, Hillcrest, New, Brooklyn, Berkeley, California, ”

Washington CNN —The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday and arrested 30 protesters there and three others in a separate altercation, Metro Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said. Yet after police cleared the encampment, House Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, announced the hearing was canceled and took credit for spurring action. GW’s encampment was set up about two weeks ago in the University Yard, a grassy square on campus surrounded by a food hall and university buildings. Officers deployed pepper spray three timesPeople listen as activists and students protest near an encampment at University Yard, George Washington University on April 28, in Washington, DC. Ahmed El Masry, a demonstrator at the GW encampment, said he left the encampment at about 2 a.m. but rushed back about two hours later when he heard police were working to clear the space.

Persons: George Washington, Pamela A, Smith, Muriel Bowser, James Comer, Mayor Bowser, ” Comer, Ellen Granberg, “, Kent Nishimura, Jeffery Carroll, GW, ” GW, Ahmed El Masry, ”, …, “ I’m, we’ve, ” Dante O’Hara, ” O’Hara, –, Joyce F, Brown, spokespeople, ” Brown, Chancellor Javier Reyes, George Floyd, Pam Smith Organizations: Washington CNN, The Metropolitan Police Department, Metro Police, Washington, Republican, Police, University Yard, MPD, Yard, George Washington University, GW Police, ”, Police Department’s, DC, Coalition, UMass, Amherst, CNN, Fashion Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts, NYPD, Massachusetts Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts Police Department, DC Metropolitan Police Locations: Washington , DC, Kentucky, Gaza, Israel, “, GWU, New York City, Amherst

☆ Macklemore criticizes Biden in new song supporting pro-Palestinian student protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Across the US, pro-Palestinian protesters have been occupying lawns and buildings on campuses, and many are requesting that their universities divest from Israel. Nic Antaya/Getty Images Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on the New York University campus in New York on Friday, May 3. Before police were deployed to campus, pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters were clashing at the school , according to multiple reports. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Columbia University students gather for a picket organized by the Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2710) on Monday, April 29. Stefan Jeremiah/AP Israeli flags are reflected in the sunglasses of a demonstrator in front of Columbia University on April 22.

Persons: Macklemore, Joe Biden, ” Macklemore, Donald Trump, Columbia’s Hamilton, Hind Rajab, Hind, who’ve, ”, He’s, Biden, Jon Batiste, Selena Gomez, Annie Lennox, “, Melissa Overton, Nic Antaya, Seth Harrison, Jenny Kane, Chip Somodevilla, Mathieu Lewis, Rolland, Craig Hudson, Emma, Roberto Schmidt, Etienne Laurent, Mike Blake, Spencer Platt, Frederic J . Brown, Caitlin Ochs, David Dee Delgado, Charly Triballeau, Kena Betancur, Seyma, Alex Kent, Joseph Prezioso, Suzanne Cordeiro, Diane Handal, Cliff Owen, Qian Weizhong, Mike Stewart, Sarah Reingewirtz, Jay Janner, Brandon Bell, Brian Snyder, Mike Johnson, Timothy A, Clary, Matthew Hatcher, Nuri Vallbona, Jordan Vonderhaar, Zaydee Sanchez, Cameron Jones, Stephanie Keith, Andres Kudacki, Tayfun, Joe Buglewicz, Fatih Aktas, Michael M, Mary Altaffer, Scott Eisen, Columbia's, Stefan Jeremiah, Selcuk, Seattle concertgoers, Seth Rogen Organizations: CNN, Columbia University, Biden, University of California, University of Arizona, Dua Lipa, Scottish, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Hamas, Protesters, University of Michigan's, New York University, Westchester County Journal, USA, Network Police, Portland State University, AP, George Washington University, Getty, The George Washington University, Israel, AFP, Police, UCLA, Reuters, Fordham, Lincoln Center, Getty Images Police, Hamilton, Reuters Police, Columbia, The City College of New, Getty Images, Columbia Students, Justice, Hamilton Hall, Brown University, Getty Images Columbia University, Student Workers Union, UAW, University of Texas, Low, Sunday, Rueters Georgia State Patrol, Emory University, MediaNews, Los Angeles Daily News, Austin Statesman, Network, Austin, University, Emerson College, Swarthmore College, Bloomberg, University of Southern, Reuters New York, Reuters Columbia, New York Times, Sproul Hall, Yale University, University police, York University, The New School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Library, Seattle, Trump Locations: Gaza, Israel, University of California Los Angeles, Palestine, Dua, Ann Arbor , Michigan, New York, Westchester, Portland , Oregon, Washington ,, Portland, The, Los Angeles, AFP, The City College of New York, Columbia, Columbia's, Providence , Rhode Island, Texas, Austin, New, Rueters Georgia, Atlanta, Getty Images Texas, Boston, Swarthmore , Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Berkeley, Sproul, Anadolu, New Haven , Connecticut, Cambridge, Washington

☆ A high-stakes report looms over Biden on whether Israel violated international law
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Nic Antaya/Getty Images Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on the New York University campus in New York on Friday, May 3. Mike Blake/Reuters Pro-Palestinian protesters stand their ground after police breached their encampment at UCLA on May 2. Before police were deployed to campus, pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters were clashing at the school , according to multiple reports. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Columbia University students gather for a picket organized by the Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2710) on Monday, April 29. Stefan Jeremiah/AP Israeli flags are reflected in the sunglasses of a demonstrator in front of Columbia University on April 22.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, “, Matthew Miller, Adam Schultz, Netanyahu, Israel, Mahmud Hams, It’s, ”, Democratic Sen, Chris Van Hollen, Sen, Alex Brandon, Van Hollen, Miller, ” Miller, Melissa Overton, Nic Antaya, Seth Harrison, Jenny Kane, Chip Somodevilla, Mathieu Lewis, Rolland, Craig Hudson, Emma, Roberto Schmidt, Etienne Laurent, Mike Blake, Spencer Platt, Frederic J . Brown, Caitlin Ochs, David Dee Delgado, Charly Triballeau, Kena Betancur, Seyma, Alex Kent, Joseph Prezioso, Suzanne Cordeiro, Diane Handal, Cliff Owen, Qian Weizhong, Mike Stewart, Sarah Reingewirtz, Jay Janner, Brandon Bell, Brian Snyder, Mike Johnson, Timothy A, Clary, Matthew Hatcher, Nuri Vallbona, Jordan Vonderhaar, Zaydee Sanchez, Cameron Jones, Stephanie Keith, Andres Kudacki, Tayfun, Joe Buglewicz, Fatih Aktas, Michael M, Mary Altaffer, Scott Eisen, Columbia's, Stefan Jeremiah, Selcuk Organizations: CNN, State Department, Israeli, Congress, Hamas, Capitol, ”, National Security, Getty, State Department’s Bureau, Political, Military Affairs, Defense Department and National Security Council, Biden, Israel, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, United Nations Office, Human Rights, Biden Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Party, Republican, Department, Protesters, University of Michigan's, New York University, Westchester County Journal, USA, Network Police, Portland State University, AP, George Washington University, The George Washington University, AFP, Police, University of California, UCLA, Reuters, Fordham, Lincoln Center, Getty Images Police, Hamilton, Columbia University, Reuters Police, Columbia, The City College of New, Getty Images, Columbia Students, Justice, Hamilton Hall, Brown University, Getty Images Columbia University, Student Workers Union, UAW, University of Texas, Low, Sunday, Rueters Georgia State Patrol, Emory University, MediaNews, Los Angeles Daily News, Austin Statesman, Network, Austin, University, Emerson College, Swarthmore College, Bloomberg, University of Southern, Reuters New York, Reuters Columbia, New York Times, Sproul Hall, Yale University, University police, York University, The New School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Library, USAID Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rafah, Capitol Hill, Iran, Palestinian American, Jabalia, AFP, Ann Arbor , Michigan, New York, Westchester, Portland , Oregon, Washington ,, Portland, The, Los Angeles, The City College of New York, Columbia, Columbia's, Palestine, Providence , Rhode Island, Texas, Austin, New, Rueters Georgia, Atlanta, Getty Images Texas, Boston, Swarthmore , Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Berkeley, Sproul, Anadolu, New Haven , Connecticut, Cambridge

☆ Student protesters facing disciplinary action may also deal with financial setbacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

NYPD officers in riot gear enter Columbia University's encampment as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters in Los Angeles, United States on April 30, 2024. Shay Horse | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStudents can lose housing and morePro-Palestine protesters locked arms after several demonstrators knocked fences down and opened the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) encampment back to student protesters during the demonstration. Rallies and protest camps persist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus as student demonstrators demand divestment from Israeli military ties. Federal loan bills could come earlierSuspended or expelled students may also get their federal student loan bills sooner than they expected, Kantrowitz said. If a suspension ends and a student returns to college before the six months, their grace period should reset, Kantrowitz said.

Persons: Shay Horse, Sally Kornbluth, Vincent Ricci, Martin Stolar, Kantrowitz, Ellen Granberg Organizations: Palestinian, Getty, Palestine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, CNBC, George Washington University, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, Indiana University, U.S . Department of Education Locations: Los Angeles, United States, Kresge, New York, Gaza

☆ Live updates: Pro-Palestinian university protests at UCLA, USC, Michigan campuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the campus of George Washington University on May 3. Susan Walsh/APGeorge Washington University President Ellen Granberg said the pro-Palestinian protest encampment that has occupied part of the university's campus for more than a week "has grown into what can only be classified as an illegal and potentially dangerous occupation of GW property." “All of these things have happened at GW in the last five days.”She said the encampment is in violation of multiple university policies and is occupying the space reserved for law students' final exams. The university also believes the protest involved people not affiliated with the school, she said. CNN has reached out to MPD for more details.

Persons: Susan Walsh, Ellen Granberg, Granberg, ”, Muriel Bowser, ” Granberg Organizations: George Washington University, AP George Washington University, Police, GW, DC Metropolitan Police Department, Washington Post, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, DC, CNN Locations: Gaza, DC’s

☆ Biden faces widening partisan split over Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is facing more critical moments this week that will test his fraught relationship with his base over Israel’s war in Gaza and potentially widen the partisan split about the Jewish state that has been building for years. Against this backdrop, partisan polarization about Israel among American voters was already widening years before the brutal Hamas attack last October and the devastating Israeli response it triggered. An array of polls this spring show how the war in Gaza has hardened this partisan split. Nearly half of Democrats, but only a little over one-fifth of Republicans in the CBS poll, said the US should pressure Israel to stop the fighting. “Biden has a Democratic caucus that is putting a lot of faith in this process,” she said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Long, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, “, ”, Aaron David Miller, Biden, Harry Truman, Lyndon B, Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W, Bush, Reagan, George W, Donald Trump, Clinton, Barack Obama, Republicans —, Obama, Israel, Biden —, Gallup, Trump, That’s, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Biden’s, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Waleed Shahid, Shahid, David, it’s Goliath, David ”, Miller, “ Biden, ’ ”, Ben Rhodes, ” Biden, “ We’re, Saudi Arabia — “, Mark Mellman, Schumer, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Israel’s, Chris Murphy of, Chris Van Hollen, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Virginia, Van Hollen, Amanda Klasing, — Organizations: CNN, Israel, Republican, Democratic, Gallup Organization, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, Holocaust Memorial, GOP, Whites, Republican Party, Republicans, Gallup, Trump, Chicago Council, Global Affairs, Quinnipiac University, CBS, Liberal, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, National Security Council, Amnesty International, Amnesty Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Iran, Quinnipiac, Washington, New York, Missouri, Yom Kippur, Saudi Arabia, Sens, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Rafah

☆ World Snooker Championship: The near-silent sport which has become the latest focus of Saudi Arabia’s imagination
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —No one dares speak louder than a whisper as nearly 1,000 people respectfully take their seats inside the dimly lit Crucible Theatre. They’ve come to witness the nerve-shredding, silently electric atmosphere of the World Snooker Championship. The World Snooker Tour (WST) – organizers of the World Snooker Championship – say the sport is watched by half-a-billion people around the world. The Crucible Theatre has been the home of the World Snooker Championships since 1977. Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of snooker should not be surprising, but moving the World Snooker Championship would be an emotional decision for many of its fans.

Persons: they’re, They’ve, Shaun Murphy, It’s, ’, they’ve, George Wood, Mike Watterson, Hossein Vafaei, –, it’s, ” Murphy, Young, Murphy, ” Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s, O’Sullivan, ”, “, Steve Dawson Organizations: CNN, Crucible, CNN Sport, Sheffield, Crucible Theatre, ‘, Wembley, Snooker, Wimbledon, ”, Theatre Locations: Sheffield, England, Augusta, Saudi Arabia, “, Saudi, China

☆ Trump’s bombardment of dishonesty: Fact-checking 32 of his false claims to Time
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +43 min

We’re paying for close to 100% of NATO.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. They don’t pay their bills.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. (It rose to about $314 billion in 2020, Trump’s last full year in office.) Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Facts First: Trump’s claim that “nobody died other than Ashli” is false.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, William Barr, Bill Barr, Barr, Bill, I’m, ”, it’s, Biden, Joe Biden, Tamar Hermann, Hermann, Bill Clinton, “ Trump, ” Trump, …, National Guard Trump, I’ve, George Floyd, Tim Walz, Walz, Paul —, –, Erwan, George Washington, “ don’t, they’re, Stoltenberg, Trump’s, Lagadec, Marc Lipsitch, Barack Obama, European Union won’t, Cortellessa, “ Moody’s, Moody’s, Mark Zandi, Zandi, ’ ” Zandi, Joe Biden’s, rioter Ashli Babbitt, Brian Sicknick, Sicknick, Trump’s ‘, patriotically, ‘, patriotically ’, ” Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, “ Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Christopher Miller, Miller, Eric Cortellessa, Alvin Bragg’s, Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Alvin Bragg, ” Cortellessa, Hillary Clinton, —, Roe, Wade, Kimberly Mutcherson, “ Donald Trump’s, Maya Manian, Mary Ziegler, Davis, Ziegler, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Roe should’ve, ’, Crime Biden, don’t, “ Biden, he’s, James Biden, Jeff Asher, Asher, It’s, ” “, ” Asher Organizations: Washington CNN, Time, Trump, NATO, Capitol, Trump’s, Trade Center, didn’t, World Trade Center, Department, ISIS, CNN, Democratic, White House, White, South Korea Trump, Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data, Biden Administration, Congressional Research Service, Israel, Israeli Democracy Institute, National Guard, Minnesota Democratic Gov, Minnesota National Guard, Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, Transatlantic, for Disease Control, World Bank, Washington Post, Harvard, Harvard’s, National, Trump -, of Health, Human Services, Strategic, Biden, U.S . International Trade Commission, European, Benz, Volkswagen, BMW, European Union, US, European Automobile Manufacturers ’ Association, Bloomberg Economics, US Capitol Police, Capitol Police, “, Republican, Democratic Rep, National Guardsmen, District of Columbia National Guard, Army, Capitol Police Board, Senate, Justice Department, Pulitzer Foundation, Pulitzer, New York Times, Electoral, Democrat, ” Rutgers Law, American University, university’s Health, University of California, ”, Customs, Border Protection, Crime, Manchurian, Republicans, FBI Locations: “, New York City, Saudi, Florida, al Qaeda, New York, Texas, Mexico, South Korea, Trump , South Korea, South, Korea, Israel, Washington, Trump , Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Trump, Minnesota, St, United States, Germany, Brussels, Belgium, Harvard University, China, EU, DC, Trump’s, ”, York, Manhattan, York’s, Russia, That’s

☆ Biden presents Medal of Freedom to key political allies, civil rights leaders, celebrities and politicians
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michael Williams | Sam Fossum | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Friday honored 19 Americans with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom - a diverse list that includes some high-profile Biden political allies, celebrities, civil rights leaders and even one of his former political rivals-turned-financial backer. The list included two of Biden’s core allies in the House of Representatives: former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Democratic Rep. James Clyburn during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2024. They are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields,” the White House said in the statement.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Pelosi, Donald Trump, “, ” Biden, “ Nancy, Paul, ” Clyburn, coalescing, Clyburn, James Clyburn, Kevin Dietsch, Jim, ”, Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Yeoh –, Barack Obama, Sen, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Al Gore –, John Kerry, George W, Bush, Gore “, Donald Trump’s, Kerry, Opal Lee, Medgar Evers, Frank Lautenberg, Jim Thorpe, Clarence B, Jones, Martin Luther King’s, Juneteenth, Judy Shepard, Matthew, Jane Rigby, Ellen Ochoa, Katie Ledecky, Phil Donahue, Greg Boyle, United Farm Workers Teresa Romero, Evelyn Hockstein, Simone Biles, John McCain, Gabby Giffords Organizations: Washington CNN, South Carolina Rep, Democratic, Representatives, Democratic Rep, White, New York, Bloomberg, Republican, Getty, Jesuit Catholic, United Farm Workers, Reuters “ Locations: South Carolina, Washington , DC, Florida, United States, North Carolina, Massachusetts, American, Delaware, Washington ,

☆ Universities are making it worse with their 'overreaction' to pro-Palestinian protests, expert on American dissent says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Similar scenes unfolded at the University of Southern California, Emory University, George Washington University, the University of Arizona, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Portland State University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and many more. "The overreaction that the universities are having is only going to magnify these protests. Police arrest more than 100 students at New York University protesting Israel's attacks on Gaza. Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe campus protests reminded Young of students protesting the Vietnam War in the 1960s, when he was among them. The result then, and possibly now, could be even more protests, Young said.

Persons: Ralph Young, —, Aaron Morrison, Young, Benjamin Netanyahu, I've, Fatih Aktas, they're Organizations: Service, Columbia University, City College of New, City College of New York , New York City Police Department, University of Texas, Texas Department of Public Safety, University of Southern, Emory University, George Washington University, University of Arizona, University of Wisconsin, Portland State University, University of California, —, New York Police Department, Temple University, Fox News, Police, New York University, Getty, National Guard, Kent State Locations: Gaza, City College of New York , New, Austin, University of Southern California, Madison, Los Angeles, Israel, New York, Palestine, Israeli, Fatih, Anadolu, Vietnam, United States, Columbia, That's, Kent

☆ I made $20,000 in 5 months by renting out extra apartments in my Sacramento backyard
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

My wife and I live in a century-old home in Sacramento, but also own 13 investment properties spread throughout Texas and California. In 2004, we bought a $300,000 investment property, a duplex in Midtown Sacramento, which we rent out. AdvertisementLast year, I built two cottages on the duplex's lot and began renting them out as ADUs. After several months of collaboration with the company's design team, we submitted an application to the city of Sacramento. AdvertisementWith Sacramento allowing up to 1,200 square feet per ADU, I chose to build two 600-square-foot cottages on the lot.

Persons: —, George Warren, I've, Warren's ADU, Kevin Craig, ADUs, they're, it's, Warren Organizations: Service, Business, Tiny Homes, YouTube, Sacramento State University Locations: Sacramento, Texas, California, Midtown Sacramento, Warren, it's, ADUs, Warren's, Atlanta

☆ Lauren Boebert got into a scrap with pro-Palestine protesters over a flag after she was heckled with chants of 'Beetlejuice'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert went to George Washington University on Wednesday. The Colorado Republican sparred with pro-Palestinian protesters at the university. AdvertisementRep. Lauren Boebert's attempt to engage with pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University on Wednesday didn't go very well. Boebert visited the college campus with her fellow GOP politicians, James Comer, Byron Donalds, and Anna Paulina Luna. VIDEO: Cong @laurenboebert attempts to rip down Palestinian flag that was draped over George Washington statue on the GWU campus.

Persons: Lauren Boebert, fondling, —, Lauren Boebert's, Boebert, James Comer, Byron Donalds, Anna Paulina Luna, “, 😂😂 Organizations: George Washington University, Wednesday, The Colorado Republican, Protesters, Service, Colorado Republican, GOP

☆ Princess Charlotte turns 9! See the sweet photo from her parents to mark the occasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

London CNN —A photograph of a beaming Princess Charlotte has been released by the Prince and Princess of Wales to mark her ninth birthday. The children, from left, are Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Savannah Phillips, Isla Phillips, Lena Tindall and Mia Tindall. The Duchess of Cambridge/Getty Images The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a photo of Princess Charlotte to mark her ninth birthday on Thursday, May 2. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Princess Charlotte, William and Catherine's middle child, is seen in this handout photo released on May 1, 2021, a day before her sixth birthday. The Duchess of Cambridge via Getty Images Princess Charlotte playfully sticks out her tongue while attending a King's Cup regatta with her mother in 2019.

Persons: Charlotte, Prince, Princess, “, Catherine , Princess of Wales, Prince Louis ’, Prince William, Kate, Kensington, It’s, Princess Charlotte, Charlotte’s, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince George, Prince Louis , Princess, Savannah, Isla Phillips, Lena Tindall, Mia Tindall, Duchess, Wales, Wales Prince George, William, George, Samir Hussein, Barack Obama, Pete Souza, Carl Court, Prince George . The Duchess, Cambridge, Chris Jackson, Ben Stansall, Prince Louis, Louis, AP Prince Louis, Kate's, Catherine, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of, Prince Archie, Archie, Toby Melville, Prince Archie of Sussex, Dominic Lipinski, Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank, Princess Beatrice, Sienna, Prince Andrew . Princess Eugenie, Prince Edward, James, Earl of Wessex, Sophie, Lady Louise Mountbatten, Louise, Steve Parsons, Cousins Mia Tindall, Savannah Phillips, Princess Eugenie, Princess Anne, Mia, Mike, Zara Tindall, Peter, Autumn Phillips, Max Mumby, Savannah's, Zara Tindall's, Lena, Zara, Lucas, ”, Queen Elizabeth II’s, King Charles ’, wasn’t, That’s, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Westminster Abbey, St, of England High, Getty, Kensington Palace, William, AP, Press Association, CNN’s Royal, Mary’s Locations: Wales, Windsor, Kensington, Sandringham, Norfolk, London, UK’s, Midlands, St Michael’s, Prince Louis , Princess Charlotte, Savannah Phillips, Cambridge, AFP, Duchess of Sussex, South Africa, Edinburgh, Mia, Savannah, Wellington, Charlotte, British, St

☆ Johnson looks to unify GOP with crack down on college campus protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Annie Grayer | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Anti-Israel protests on college campuses threaten Jewish students,” says the ad, which was shared first with CNN. While supporters of the legislation say it will help combat antisemitism on college campuses, opponents argue it overreaches and threatens to chill free speech. Some Democrats see the new investigative effort into college campuses and Johnson’s recent visit to Columbia University as a divisive political ploy. “Clearly it’s a very high priority for him,” GOP Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, the chairman of the House Science Committee, told CNN. House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, who sits on the Education panel, is also expected to play a prominent role in the effort.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, speakership, ” Johnson, “, ”, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes, Pramila Jayapal, Joe Biden, James Comer, Lisa McClain, Biden, “ I’ve, Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, Virginia Foxx, Elise Stefanik, Jim Jordan, Comer, ” Comer, ” CNN’s Haley Talbot Organizations: CNN, Republican, House Democratic, GOP, Louisiana Republican, Columbia University, Democrats, White, Department, Education, International Holocaust, Alliance, Columbia, Michigan, House Education, Workforce Committee, House Science, North Carolina, Yale University, University of California, University of Michigan, House GOP, New York Republican, Science, Republicans, George Washington University, Kentucky Republican Locations: Louisiana, Israel, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Lago, Washington, Columbia, University of California Los Angeles, “, Ohio

☆ Joseph Stiglitz on why America's appetite for Trump endures
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

If Trump is elected again, Stiglitz said, he could well pull support for Ukraine, sending grain prices soaring. For Stiglitz, the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, America's appetite for Trump can be traced back a little more than four decades ago to the election of Ronald Reagan. "We've had 40 years of a neoliberal experiment: Strip away the regulations and lower the taxes — taxes are much lower than they used to be. But Komlos and Stiglitz don't place blame solely on Reagan for the growing economic inequality. Every European country that's had a wealth tax has walked away from it, by and large."

Persons: Donald Trump, Joseph Stiglitz, Trump, Stiglitz, Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan, —, that's, Reagan, We've, Dina Litovsky, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, That's, Stiglitz doesn't, John Komlos, Komlos, Joe, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Barack Obama, insurrectionists, Desmond Lachman, Carter, Douglas Holtz, Eakin, George W, John McCain's, Holtz, America Stiglitz, Hayek, Friedman, Claudia Sahm, you've, what's Organizations: Columbia Business School, Business, Capitol, Biden, Trump, :, Good Society, America's, Federal Reserve, Budget, Bank, University of Munich, Duke University, University of North, Democratic, North American Free Trade, World Trade Organization, American Enterprise Institute, Bush's, Economic Advisers Locations: Manhattan, Ukraine, Russia, China, Beijing, Taiwan, University of North Carolina, Spain, America

☆ Why is a mother’s mental health so important? A doctor explains
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day, and it’s time to recognize the importance of maternal mental health. She previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner and as chair of Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore, a regional nonprofit advancing mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Dr. Leana Wen: Mental health is an essential part of overall health. Those with preexisting mental health conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder have a much higher rate of experiencing mental health issues in the postpartum period. That said, it’s also very important to recognize that postpartum depression and other mental health diagnoses in pregnancy and postpartum can occur in people who have not had mental health conditions in the past.

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen, It’s, —, it’s Organizations: CNN, Lifeline, George Washington University, Behavioral Health Systems, US Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, US Food and Drug Administration Locations: United States

☆ Once-hot AI play Super Micro is getting crushed, but most analysts are staying bullish
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Super Micro Computer shares are selling off at the moment, but major Wall Street firms are hopeful about the company's long-term prospects. Super Micro, one of the vendors that builds Nvidia-based servers, released quarterly results on Tuesday after market close. Super Micro also bumped up its fiscal 2024 revenue guidance above its previously estimated range and what analysts are expecting. But a revenue miss dragged shares of Super Micro 16% lower on Wednesday. On the other hand, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo maintained their neutral-equivalent ratings for shares of Super Micro.

Persons: LSEG, Samik, Chatterjee, Ruplu Bhattacharya, George Wang, Wang, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Wells, SMCI, Michael Ng, Ng Organizations: Micro Computer, Nvidia, Super, JPMorgan, Barclays, Bank of America, DELL Locations: CY25, East, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Malaysia

Search resuls for: "GEORGE W"

25 mentions found