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☆ 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

☆ The son of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist Oath Keepers, has decided to enter politics as a Democrat
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dakota Adams, son of Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes, is running as a Democrat. Adams described growing up in a "toxic" household and living in "extreme isolation." AdvertisementDakota Adams, the son of a right-wing Oath Keepers militia leader, is running as a Democratic candidate in a local election. A difficult childhood with his conspiracy theorist fatherStewart Rhodes, founder the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington. AdvertisementRhodes graduated from Yale with a law degree before going starting the Oath Keepers in 2009 after Barack Obama was elected president.

Persons: Dakota Adams, Stewart Rhodes, Rhodes, Adams, —, Susan Walsh, Tasha Adams, Sequoia, Barack Obama, Ryan Busse, Scott Rodich Organizations: Democrat, Service, Democratic, Capitol, Republican Party, Associated Press, Montana's, Republican, AP, Yale, Democratic Central Committee Locations: Washington, Montana, Rhodes

☆ The US Navy's new floating base for Marines and Navy SEALs is named for a Vietnam war hero
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The first of its nameDonald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to US Marine Corps retired Sgt. Maj. John Canley. Susan Walsh/APBorn in Caledonia, Arkansas, in December 1937, John Canley went on to enlist in the Marine Corps in 1953. He also took command for three days of Alpha Company, 1st battalion, 1st Marines after his company commander was wounded. He became the first Black Marine to receive a Medal of Honor while still living.

Persons: Donald Trump, John Canley, Susan Walsh, Canley Organizations: US Marine Corps, Marine Corps, Alpha Company, 1st, Marines Locations: Caledonia , Arkansas, Canley, Vietnam, of Hue City

☆ The bill to arm Israel and Ukraine could be the last great fight of Biden's political life
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Biden has little chance of passing ambitious legislation given the state of Congress, and faces a tough election. After decades of service in Washington, much of it on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Israel and Ukraine will define his legacy. In this July 13, 1982, file photo Secretary of State designate George Shultz, right, speaks with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, FileBiden's legacy was already strongly linked to foreign policy. If there is a bipartisan coalition that exists within the US Congress, Israel policy and Ukraine policy might very well be it.

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☆ US House lawmaker receives death threats after voting against Jordan for speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has received "credible death threats," she said in a statement on Wednesday, after voting against Representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since then, Miller-Meeks said in a statement, she has received "a barrage of threatening calls" in addition to multiple death threats. "I did not stand for bullies before I voted for Chairwoman Granger and when I voted for Speaker designee Jordan, and I will not bend to bullies now." "We condemn all threats against our colleagues and it is imperative that we come together," Jordan said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Susan Walsh, Jim Jordan, Jordan, Miller, Kay Granger, Granger, designee Jordan, Mario Diaz, Moira Warburton, Noeleen Walder, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Capitol, Rights, U.S . House, Republican, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Washington , U.S, Washington

☆ US oil production just hit an all-time high. 'Millions of people will die,' if this trend continues, a Stanford climate scientist said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Seth Borenstein | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

US oil production reached an all-time high last week at 13.2 million barrels per day. If this trend continues, "millions of people will die," Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson said. And it conflicts with oft-repeated Republican talking points of a Biden "war on American energy." Weekly domestic oil production has doubled from the first week in October 2012 to now. US oil production reached an all time high recently.

Persons: Biden, Rob Jackson, Bill Hare, Hare, John Sterman, Jackson, Samantha Gross, Gross, Stanford's Jackson, Joe Biden, Susan Walsh Biden's, Jared Bernstein, Bernstein, They've, Joshua Boak Organizations: Service, United, Biden, U.S . Department of Energy's Energy, Administration, United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Exxon, Mobil, Cote d'Ivorie, Climate Interactive, Stanford University, Carbon, White, Brookings Institution, Energy, EIA, AP, American Energy, Republican, House Energy, Commerce, White House Council, Economic Advisers, Wildlife Locations: Stanford, United States, Norway, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Shell, Guyana, Cote, Saudi Arabia, Alaska, Washington ,

One update from September 28 warned, based on multiple streams of intelligence, that the terror group Hamas was poised to escalate rocket-attacks across the border. An October 5 wire from the CIA warned generally of the increasing possibility of violence by Hamas. Intelligence assessments are written by the intelligence community to inform policy makers and enable them to make decisions. For example, Israeli officials failed to recognize routine Hamas training exercises as a sign that the group was preparing an imminent attack. It’s also possible that the Hamas operation was more successful than the group anticipated, one former intelligence official and another source familiar with current intelligence said.

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☆ Watch: Biden Calls Hamas Attack 'Deadliest Day for Jews Since the Holocaust'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Addressing American Jewish community leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Biden condemned the Hamas attack on Israel as the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated Press

Persons: Biden, Susan Walsh Organizations: Jewish, White, Associated Locations: Israel

☆ Live Updates: UAW strikers receive Biden's support as he walks picket line in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Left: President Joe Biden speaking about the auto workers strike from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 15. Right: UAW President Shawn Fain at the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on March 27. Susan Walsh/AP/Rebecca Cook/ReutersWhen President Joe Biden becomes the first sitting president to visit a picket line Tuesday, United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain will be there with him. Six months ago, it was doubtful Biden or almost anyone else at the White House knew who Fain was. And in July, Fain was at the White House meeting with staff about the administration's support for EVs, and he met face-to-face with Biden.

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☆ Make no mistake, it's absolutely possible Trump wins the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Make no mistake, though: There's still a pretty solid chance he pulls it off and becomes the president again. Despite the 91 felony charges across multiple indictments, yeah, Trump obviously still has a shot at winning again. An extra 11,000 votes in Arizona, an extra 20,000 votes in Wisconsin, an extra 12,000 votes in Georgia, and Trump wins the 2020 election. That's fanciful thinking, and a second Trump presidency is well within the realm of the possible. Most significantly, Trump is running the table on a field of some pretty solid and rather electable Republican alternatives.

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☆ The United Auto Workers strike could be the canary in the coal mine for Biden's reelection pitch to working-class voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The UAW union late last week went on strike to pressure the "Big Three" to raise worker wages. The strength of President Biden's economic message could hinge on the outcome of the strike. Biden has sought to sharpen his 2024 economic pitch, but voters aren't fully sold on his message. AdvertisementAdvertisementBiden is now sitting in the Oval Office, and the United Auto Workers strike is giving him the most challenging labor crisis of his presidency, as the economic pitch for his reelection bid could sink or swim depending on the outcome. And over the last — the past decade, auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the UAW workers," he said at the White House.

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☆ Here are the likely identities of Trump's co-conspirators in the January 6 indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday, this time for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment refers to six unnamed co-conspirators in the wide-ranging plot. The 45-page indictment claims that six of Trump's associates were co-conspirators in the plot, but doesn't name any of them. The indictment alleges that co-conspirator 1 played a key role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, including directly engaging with then-Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican. Co-conspirator 3: Sidney PowellFormer Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, leaves the Federal Court in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021.

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☆ Analysis: Biden got almost everything he wanted from the NATO summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden got almost everything he wanted from the NATO summit. President Joe Biden speaks at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, after attending the NATO Summit. On Wednesday for instance, Russia marked the NATO summit by launching airstrikes against Kyiv region. US President Joe Biden (R) attends a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. That President Biden and NATO didn’t invite Ukraine to NATO because he’s afraid of Russia?” Kaleniuk asked.

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☆ Zelensky gets a NATO boost and rockstar's welcome in Vilnius
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But while Ukraine’s NATO allies reaffirmed their support for Kyiv’s bid for membership, they remained vague about the timing. “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the leaders of the alliance declared in the summit’s final communique. This will change Ukraine’s membership path from a two-step process to a one-step process,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltengberg told reporters on Tuesday. The process can be a burdensome and lengthy and its removal could significantly streamline Ukraine’s membership bid once it is formally invited to apply. It seems there is no readiness neither to invite Ukraine to NATO nor to make it a member of the Alliance,” Zelensky said.

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☆ Netherlands, home to a critical chip firm, follows U.S. with export curbs on semiconductor tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. has been putting pressure on the Netherlands to block exports to China of high-tech semiconductor equipment. Susan Walsh | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Netherlands on Friday announced new export restrictions on advanced semiconductor equipment amid U.S. pressure to cut China off from key chipmaking tools. Since then, the U.S. has been ramping up pressure on key chipmaking nations and allies like the Netherlands and Japan, to introduce export restrictions of their own. The Dutch government was on the fence but in March laid out restrictions on the export of advanced semiconductor equipment. This will give them the time they need to adapt to the new rules," Dutch Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher said in a statement.

Persons: Mark Rutte, Joe Biden, Susan Walsh, hobble, Liesje Schreinemacher, ASML Organizations: AFP, Getty, Friday, Companies, Washington, Trade Locations: Netherlands, U.S, China, ASML, Japan

☆ Not on the DeSantis agenda for president: Decriminalizing cannabis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Florida governor said last year that he didn't like the "putrid" smell. But DeSantis did help advance access to medical marijuana in Florida. Ron DeSantis said legalizing cannabis would not be on his agenda if he's elected to the White House in 2024. DeSantis, who did advance rules for medical cannabis use in Florida, said he wouldn't pursue legalization nationally, expressing concerns about more young people accessing weed. On Capitol Hill, the issue of cannabis legalization has become more bipartisan, particularly as a growing number of states have made it available medically and recreationally.

Persons: DeSantis, —, Ron DeSantis, Casey DeSantis, it's, Joe Biden, Susan Walsh, Biden, DeSantis succesfully, Ashley Moody, Nikki Fried —, Democratic Party —, Charlie Crist, Chuck Schumer Organizations: South, Service, Gov, White House, Veterans, American Medical Association, Companies, Florida Gov, Navy, Republican Florida, Politico, Democratic Party, Democratic, Gallup Locations: South Carolina, Florida, Augusta , South Carolina

☆ Hunter Biden's jail-free plea deal isn't the end of his legal troubles
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Hunter Biden's criminal plea deal still needs approval from a judge — which isn't guaranteed. The plea deal, however, still must be approved by a judge. Most plea deals skate through court without any problems, but judges do occasionally reject plea deals in high-profile cases. With a plea deal, prosecutors bind themselves to recommend a particular sentence. It's unusual for a judge to reject a plea deal if the sentencing recommendations are too harsh.

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☆ Inside a debt ceiling standoff ‘far more dangerous than people will recognize’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jeremy Diamond Lauren Fox Melanie Zanona Phil Mattingly Arlette Saenz Kevin Liptak | Jeremy Diamond | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

“She’s well respected by both sides,” McCarthy said of the former longtime House Appropriations Committee staffer, according to White House officials. “Asking me about the communication (with the White House) implies there was communication,” one House Democrat said. For the White House negotiators, that meant late nights and early mornings. The White House negotiators left Capitol Hill abruptly and for hours, it was unclear when the conversations would resume. Quietly, White House negotiators had never actually stopped talking to their Republican counterparts.

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☆ How the F-16 pilot nominated to be the US military's top officer earned the callsign 'Swamp Thing'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

His escape from a burning jet earned him the callsign "Swamp Thing." Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr., the current Air Force chief of staff and former F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, is a distinguished four-star general. He has also logged more than 3,000 flying hours — including 130 in combat, yet his callsign is, perhaps unexpectedly, "Swamp Thing." Well I tell you what — he was back in the cockpit the next week with a new callsign: Swamp Thing." "While General Brown is a proud, butt-kicking American airman, first and always, he's always been an operational leader of the Joint Force," Biden said during Thursday's announcement.

Walking away, President Joe Biden wrapped his arm around Zelensky’s shoulders. None of the G7 leaders are particularly popular at home, even as they produce results abroad. After all, it was Trump who had argued over dinner at the 2019 G7 summit in Biarritz, France, that Russia should be allowed back into the group. That level of chaos was nowhere to be found in Hiroshima this past week, when leaders appeared to generally like each other. Even before Biden left for the G7 summit, the stalemate over raising the federal borrowing limit prompted a scramble to rearrange the president’s engagements so he could return to Washington early.

The release of a House Oversight Committee memo came as Hunter Biden faces legal scrutiny on other fronts, including on his taxes. Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated PressHouse Republicans released a pair of reports Wednesday related to President Biden’s family as they sought new momentum in investigations involving his son, Hunter Biden . In a memo from a House Judiciary subcommittee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, GOP committee staff alleged that an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency inappropriately sought at least one signatory for a letter aimed at helping both Bidens on the eve of the 2020 presidential election.

☆ Prosecutors Seek 25-Year Jail Term for Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes for Jan. 6 Role
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the militia group known as the Oath Keepers, was on Capitol grounds but didn’t enter the building on the day of the attack. Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated PressFederal prosecutors urged a federal judge late Friday to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison for plotting to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, casting the punishment for the far-right group’s leader as a critical moment in the reckoning with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. If ultimately ordered, the 25-year sentence would go down as the longest handed down to date in the wave of more than 1,000 prosecutions stemming from the assault on the Capitol.

☆ President Biden jokes to dinner guests if you're disoriented or confused, you're either 'drunk or Marjorie Taylor Greene'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Biden mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. He said that if guests felt confused, they were either "drunk or Marjorie Taylor Greene." If you find yourself disoriented or confused, it's either you're drunk or Marjorie Taylor Greene," Biden said. A composite image of President Joe Biden and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, booing the president during the State of the Union. This year marked the first time the annual dinner returned to its full form since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We need to have tabletop exercises that go through a variety of scenarios, including possibly nuclear weapons,” a senior official told CNN earlier this month. Leaks loomRecent online leaks of Pentagon documents involving South Korea also loom over the visit. One of the leaked documents describes, in remarkable detail, a conversation between two senior South Korean national security officials about concerns by the country’s National Security Council over a US request for ammunition. Plans and pompWednesday’s events mark just the second state visit of the Biden presidency (Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte in December 2022). President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, Tuesday.

☆ Elon Musk's super-app ambitions might be a fool's errand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Whether it's charging, or not charging, for blue check marks or blowing up mega-rockets, Elon Musk's businesses get plenty of scrutiny. Insider's Paige Hagy looked into Musk's plans around turning Twitter into a super app and spoke to industry experts about the strategy. A super app, or everything app, as Musk calls it, encompasses everything (no duh!) In short, if it's something you can do on your phone, you can do it on a super app. Click here to read more about Elon Musk's plans for creating an everything app.

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