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☆ Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But retirees and full-time caregivers have been unable to take advantage of a strong job market. Now, consumers are largely left with the same buying power they had four years ago rather than having seen real income gains over that time that would have helped bolster their financial picture. The outlook for the job market also varies by race with the unemployment rate at 5.6% for Black workers and 5% for Hispanic workers. Food prices have risen around 25% over the past four years while Biden was in office. The rise in food prices has disproportionately impacted lower-income households, which spend around a third of their discretionary income on food, according to a 2022 Agriculture Department survey.

Persons: Joseph Prezioso, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Julia Pollak, Pollak, Joseph Davis, Biden, MAGA, Julian Assange, Trump, Davis Organizations: Gloucester High School, AFP, Getty, Homeowners, ZipRecruiter, NBC, Consumer, Vanguard, NBC News, Food, Bureau of Labor statistics, Agriculture, Federal Reserve, Walmart, Aldi, Target, Gas Locations: Gloucester , Massachusetts, U.S, Arizona, Nebraska , Colorado

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 22, 2024. Former President Donald Trump could announce his vice presidential pick as early as this week, possibly ahead of Thursday's debate, according to four people familiar with the situation. That gives him a limited window in which to introduce his running mate to the public. Trump's official spokespeople have regularly tamped down speculation about the timing of an announcement and the identity of Trump's running mate, and they did so again Tuesday. He ignored a follow-up question about whether he has talked with Trump about the VP job this week.

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☆ Trump says he's made his veep decision in his 'mind' and the person will be at Thursday's debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump says he's decided his vice presidential pick but hasn't revealed the name. Trump hinted the chosen running mate will attend Thursday's debate against Biden. Trump said he plans to announce his pick around the Republican National Convention, which begins July 15. AdvertisementDonald Trump says he's already decided who his running mate will be but that nobody else knows who it is. At a stop along the campaign trail in Philadelphia on Saturday, NBC News asked Trump if he knows yet who he'll pick as his vice presidential candidate.

Persons: Donald Trump, he's, hasn't, Trump, —, Joe Biden Organizations: Biden, Republican National Convention, Service, NBC News, NBC Locations: Philadelphia

☆ First debate of the cycle has a history tripping up former presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kevin Liptak | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In some ways, that puts both men on equal footing when they walk onto Thursday’s debate stage. National ArchivesRonald Reagan, who like Biden retreated to Camp David for debate preparations in 1984, did not appear to his aides entirely engaged in the exercises. Walking off the debate stage after a rambling final answer, Reagan confessed to aides that he’d flopped. “They’re making me do my homework.”Walking off the debate stage in Denver, Obama did not initially realize just how bad his confrontation with Romney had gone. “On Social Security, we’ve got a somewhat similar position,” Obama told Romney during one of the exchanges that caused Obama’s advisers to cringe.

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☆ South Korea plant fire kills 22 people after lithium battery combustion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Emergency vehicles are parked next to the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. At least twenty-two people died after lithium battery combustion ignited a massive fire in a South Korean factory, local officials said, according to NBC News. The blaze erupted at the Aricell battery factory in Hwaseong, a city south of Seoul, around 10:31 a.m. local time, officials said. The plant housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, NBC said. The factory was a reinforced concrete three-story building that sprawled over roughly 2,300 square meters and housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

Persons: Kim Jin, Young, Lee Sang, Yoon Suk, yeol Organizations: South, NBC News, Reuters, Authorities, CNBC, NBC, Hwasong Fire Department, Associated Press, Fire Agency, Korea's, Central Disaster, Headquarters, South Korean Ministry of Public Administration, Security Locations: South Korean, Hwaseong, Seoul, South

☆ These are the least difficult areas in U.S. to buy a home: NBC News Home Buyer Index
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

10'000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThere are areas in the U.S. that are considered to be the least difficult places to buy a home, according to a new real estate indicator. When the counties are sorted by index rank, Iroquois County, Illinois is the least difficult market to buy a home, according to the NBC News Home Buyer Index. Economic Instability: Macon County, Tennessee has the most stable local economy among measured areas. And finally, economic instability considers an area's market volatility, unemployment levels and interest rates. The NBC News Home Buyer Index was developed by NBC News alongside housing experts, such as a real estate industry analyst and a bank economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Persons: Joe Murphy, —, Murphy, Danielle Hale, Jacob Channel, Hale Organizations: NBC, U.S ., Finance, NBC News, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, U.S . Department of Housing, Urban Development, . Census, Federal, Fed, who've Locations: U.S, Iroquois County , Illinois, Somervell County , Texas, Imperial County , California, Macon County , Tennessee

☆ Biden’s searing character attacks on Trump may tell a story about his own campaign’s struggles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

With his two impeachments, a criminal conviction and an attempt to overturn the last election, Trump gave Biden plenty to work with. Biden has been road testing his character attacks on Trump for weeks in fundraising events and they’re now increasingly being parroted by campaign officials. Biden seeks to move the goalposts with ads during soccer tournamentThe Biden campaign is now making daily pitches to a significant corner of his coalition showing signs of stress. On Thursday, the Biden campaign turned to Hispanic voters — another key voting bloc where polls suggest he is underperforming. Biden’s character attacks on Trump represent his best attempt to remind Americans of the fateful nature of the choice they will face in November.

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☆ Pennsylvania Sen. Casey warns Amazon, Target and Walmart over 'greedflation' pricing
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Rob Wile | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Meanwhile, an average Pennsylvania family has paid almost $7,000 more "toward greedflation," Casey says. "Americans deserve to pay fair prices, and corporations must be held accountable for taking advantage of working families," he writes. NBC News has reached out to Amazon, Target and Walmart for comment. "Price increases that consumers have been confronted with have not been inflationary increases but, instead, greedflation-related increases," he writes. Amazon, Target and Walmart have each recently announced moves to lower prices for certain goods or release new value-based products.

Persons: Pennsylvania Sen, Bob Casey, Casey, Walmart's, Someone's, they're, Olivier Blanchard, Blanchard, Price, —, they've Organizations: Target, Walmart, NBC News, Amazon, NBC, Financial Times, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: Pennsylvania, United States

☆ CNN debate stage set with Trump and Biden going head-to-head
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set for a historic showdown, with the stage now set for CNN’s June 27 presidential debate. The showdown will make history as the first debate between a sitting president and a former president. ET on Thursday, with Biden and Trump meeting the constitutional, ballot qualification and polling thresholds set by the network. Biden and Trump were the only candidates to meet those requirements. Debate rulesThe debate will include two commercial breaks, according to the network, and campaign staff may not interact with their candidate during that time.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash Organizations: CNN, CNN’s, Democratic, Republican, Biden, Trump, Federal, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, Siena College, NPR, PBS, Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The, Street, The Washington Post Locations: Atlanta

☆ Trump’s lawyers ask NY judge who oversaw civil fraud case to recuse himself
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the New York judge who ordered the former president to pay nearly half a billion dollars to recuse himself from the case alleging the judge engaged in “prohibited communications” with a real estate lawyer about the case before issuing his decision. Trump’s attorneys said if Judge Arthur Engoron would not recuse from the case they are seeking an evidentiary hearing to delve into the judge’s reported conversation with New York real estate lawyer Adam Bailey. The judge is still overseeing a monitor who he put in place to oversee the Trump Organization’s finances. The NBC article was published in May, months after Engoron issued his $454 million judgement against Trump in February. Bailey told NBC he spoke with Engoron before the judge issued his decision in the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron, Adam Bailey, Trump’s, Bailey, “, …, ”, Mr, ’ ”, Engoron, Justice Engoron Organizations: CNN, New, NBC, Trump, ” Locations: New York, York

☆ RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Katherine Koretski | Ben Kamisar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a press conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on May 1, 2024. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the first presidential debate hosted by CNN next week, officially setting up a one-on-one clash between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Last month, Kennedy's campaign filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against CNN and the Biden and Trump campaigns, alleging the way they set up the June 27 presidential debate was illegal. Kennedy still has a chance to qualify for the Sept. 10 debate, hosted by ABC News. That debate has the same ballot access and polling criteria as CNN's, although it's unclear when the polling window will open.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kennedy, Kennedy hadn't, Kennedy's, Stefanie Spear Organizations: CNN, Biden, Trump, NBC, ABC News Locations: Brooklyn, New York, Atlanta

☆ New analysis reveals Donald Trump’s Truth Social media diet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump can’t quit Fox News. Comparatively, Trump posted 26 video clips from the upstart internet streamer Right Side Broadcasting Network, 11 videos from the pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax, and 5 from the far-right Real America’s Voice. He posted eight links to Real America’s Voice, only three to Breitbart, and one to the New York Post. Indeed, Polskin’s analysis pulls back the curtain on how Trump works the media. The warped feedback loop is yet another way in which he exploits the media for his own ends.

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☆ Kim Jong Un and Putin have upgraded their bromance, saying Russia and North Korea have reached a 'new high of alliance'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to North Korea in 24 years on Wednesday, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un saying the two nations have upgraded their partnership to "a new high of alliance." AdvertisementState-run Russian news agency TASS reported that North Korea returned the favor by gifting Putin several pieces of art depicting his likeness. "North Korea is supporting Russia right now," he added, "but I think more significant is that now, at least in theory, Russia will have to support North Korea." AdvertisementRussia and North Korea have developed closer ties since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. CNN noted that while Putin did not explicitly describe the new agreement as an alliance, he acknowledged that ties between North Korea and Russia have reached a "new level."

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☆ First tropical storm of the season heads for Texas as extreme heat wave hits the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The United States was buffeted by extreme weather Wednesday, with Texas bracing for the first tropical storm of the hurricane season while the Northeast still faced a major heat wave. Southern Texas braced for a major storm to hit late Wednesday into Thursday, with considerable flash flooding likely, according to forecasters. The weather system, currently named Potential Tropical Cyclone One, is expected to be upgraded and renamed Tropical Storm Alberto by the time it makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Mexico early Thursday. The National Weather Center office in Houston said at 4:30 a.m. CT (5.:30 a.m. Greg Abbott ordered the state Division of Emergency Management to put the Texas State Emergency Operations Center to a readiness of level 2, meaning it began 24-hour operations.

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The Biden administration is taking executive action to protect undocumented spouses of American citizens — a move that would shield about 500,000 immigrants from deportation. The White House announced the election-year policy Tuesday, framing it as "new action to keep families together." Lawmakers have been briefed on the plan and at least some have been invited to the White House for the announcement, sources said. The program would also make it easier for some undocumented immigrants to get a green card and a path to U.S. citizenship. Sources also say that the undocumented spouses would be allowed to obtain work permits on a case-by-case basis.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, —, Dick Durbin Organizations: Washington Hilton, White House, NBC News, Democratic Locations: Washington ,, United States, U.S

☆ Opinion | The 2024 Election Hinges on Voters Who Hate Politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who follow politics closely, and those who pay almost no attention to it. If you’re in the former camp — and if you’re reading this, you probably are — the latter camp can seem inscrutable. As the 2024 election takes shape, this bloc appears crucial to determining who wins the presidency. An NBC News poll from April found that 15 percent of voters don’t follow political news, and Donald Trump was winning them by 26 points.

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☆ Israel warns of 'devastating consequences' as spike in fire with Lebanon risks wider conflict
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Smoke and flame rise after Hezbollah carried out a missile attack on Safed city, northern Israel on June 12, 2024. Over the past week, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has ramped up hostilities and cross-border missile attacks against targets in northern Israel, according to Israel Defense Forces and the Hezbollah-aligned al-Manar news outlet. It comes amid a ramp-up in attacks by Hezbollah in recent weeks following repeat offensives against its neighbor since October. "Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region," Hagari added. "Israel will take the necessary measures to protect its civilians, until security along our border with Lebanon is restored.

Persons: Sami Taleb Abdullah, Taleb Abdullah, Israel, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, HoweveHezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, Amos Hochstein, Joe Biden, Biden, Houthi —, Iran —, Yahya Sare'e Organizations: Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, IDF, CNBC, Lebanese, Washington, U.S, NBC News Locations: Safed, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Tehran, Gaza, Lebanese, Jouaiyya, Red

☆ Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —With less than two weeks until the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, CNN has released additional details on the parameters agreed upon by the Trump and Biden campaigns. Both candidates agreed to appear at a uniform podium, and their podium positions will be determined by a coin flip. In order to meet CNN’s qualifications for the debate, candidates must satisfy the requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution to serve as president. Both Biden and Trump meet those requirements, as do Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein, who are running on non-major-party tickets. Though not impossible in Kennedy’s case, it is less likely that candidates other than Biden and Trump will meet those requirements.

Persons: CNN’s Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Cornel West, Jill Stein, Trump, Kennedy Organizations: CNN, Trump, Biden, Federal, Commission, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, Siena College, NPR, PBS, Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The, Street, The Washington Post, Electoral Locations: Atlanta

☆ Trump allies scramble to explain after he calls Republican National Convention host Milwaukee a 'horrible' city
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In a meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, former President Donald Trump called Milwaukee — the host of the 2024 Republican National Convention — a "horrible" city and said it is overrun by crime. The Trump campaign denied that he called the city "horrible," writing in a press release that the reports are a "total lie." "President Trump was explicitly referring to the problems in Milwaukee, specifically violent crime and voter fraud," the campaign said in its statement. Republican Rep. Bryan Steil, of Wisconsin, replied to a post on X that reported Trump's comment that Milwaukee is a "horrible" city. "We'll see that at the RNC — and then again in November, when Wisconsinites send Donald Trump packing."

Persons: Donald Trump, Punchbowl's Jake Sherman, Trump, Bryan Steil, Steil, Derrick Van Orden, Joe Biden, Biden, X, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Garren, MAGA, Randolph Organizations: Capitol, National Republican Senatorial, Republicans, Milwaukee, Republican, Convention, NBC News, Capitol Hill Club, Trump, RNC, Democrat, Republican Party, CNBC, Milwaukee Bucks, White, Milwaukee Mayor, Garren Randolph , Wisconsin Democratic, MAGA Republicans Locations: Washington, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Garren Randolph , Wisconsin

☆ Trump to Meet With Republican Lawmakers in Washington
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Maggie Haberman | More About Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to meet with a group of Republican senators and House members this week in Washington, where he will also sit down with business leaders, according to two people familiar with the matter. The meetings between Mr. Trump and lawmakers will take place on Thursday, a few weeks before Mr. Trump is to be formally nominated for the third time as the Republican presidential nominee. A Trump campaign official who confirmed the meetings said they would be forward looking, on plans like border security and economic policy. Mr. Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill have been discussing plans for a governing agenda in 2025 for several weeks. The former president has released policy proposals on issues such as immigration, trade and more over the many months of his third presidential campaign.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s Organizations: Republican, NBC News, Trump, Capitol Locations: Washington

☆ Phone banks and pickleball: How the Biden campaign plans to court older voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Mike Memoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

John Della Volpe, who has been doing intensive research on young voters, said older voters have embraced Biden's policies, such as lowering the cost of prescription drugs, whereas younger voters don't feel similar benefits from them. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., said older voters in her state and elsewhere are attracted to Biden's "steady hand." At the same time, Biden had a narrow lead among voters 65 and older, according to the poll. While Trump won voters 65 and older in the 2016 election by 7 percentage points, Biden narrowed that gap to 5 points in 2020. The Biden campaign hopes to maintain his apparent momentum among older voters in part by contrasting Biden's proposals for seniors with Trump's policies.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Harris, Douglas Emhoff, Jill Biden, Ronald Reagan's, John Della Volpe, Della Volpe, Lisa Clark, Clark's, Ann McLane Kuster, Kuster, Roe, Wade, Donald Trump, — Biden, Trump, it's Biden, Kamala Harris, Mia Ehrenberg, Richard Fiesta Organizations: Biden, Democrat, Democratic, NBC, Republican, an Air Force, Trump, Social Security, Alliance, Retired, Medicare, Fiesta Locations: New Hampshire, France, Vietnam, Wisconsin

☆ Menendez attorneys grill star witness in bribery trial about alleged payoffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), arrives at Federal Court, for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., June 11, 2024. Defense attorneys on Tuesday scrutinized the credibility of the star witness in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., after he testified that he bribed the embattled lawmaker and his wife. The witness, Jose Uribe, was one of three New Jersey businessmen who were originally charged in the case along with Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez. "That was my promise to her so she could get the car and comply with the deal," Uribe testified Monday. On cross-examination Tuesday, an attorney for Menendez co-defendant Wael Hana sought to undermine Uribe's testimony, NBC News reported.

Persons: Robert Menendez, Sen, Jose Uribe, Menendez, Nadine Menendez, Uribe, Nadine, Wael Hana, Ricardo Solano, Solano Organizations: Federal Court, Benz, Prosecutors, NBC News Locations: Jersey, New York City, U.S, New York, New Jersey

Eyad Baba | Afp | Getty ImagesThe United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-drafted cease-fire deal aimed at halting eight months of bloody fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. In March, China and Russia vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution, saying it would give Israel a green light to attack the city of Rafah. "Israel has accepted this proposal and the Security Council has an opportunity to speak with one voice and call on Hamas to do the same," he said. Hamas, on the other hand, said in a statement, in part, that it "welcomes what was included in and confirmed by the Security Council resolution regarding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza." Right around the time the Security Council began voting Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel to, among other things, meet with retired Gen. Benny Gantz.

Persons: Eyad Baba, Joe Biden, Linda Thomas, Biden, Israel, Nate Evans, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Yahya Sinwar, Antony Blinken, Benny Gantz Organizations: Israeli Special Forces, Hamas, Afp, Getty, United Nations Security, U.S, Security Council, Biden, NBC, Sunday, Security Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, France, Britain, China, Russia, Greenfield, Rafah, Qatar, Egypt

☆ Why the Trump campaign never fundraised off the Hunter Biden trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump has spent years attacking Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's only surviving son, and raising campaign cash on his unfounded claims that the Biden family is corrupt and above the law. Long before Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of three federal gun crimes, Trump made the 54-year-old lawyer and recovering drug addict the centerpiece of his bare-knuckle campaign against Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election. The latest Trump ads on Google and YouTube are also devoid of any mention of Hunter Biden. "Trump and Republicans have accused Hunter Biden of being at the center of a massive web of corruption involving his father as vice president. The Trump campaign announced May 31 that in the 24-hour period after the former president's conviction it raised over $50 million.

Persons: Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's, Biden, Long, Trump, Joe Biden, Trump's, Hunter, Hunter Biden's, doesn't, Evan Siegfried, Rudy Giuliani's, Siegfried, Karoline Leavitt, corruptly, Lara Trump, — Organizations: CNBC, Facebook, Trump, Google, YouTube, Biden White, Justice Department, Republican, NBC News, New, Republican National Committee Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, China, Russia, Ukraine, New York

☆ Céline Dion tried to pass off her stiff-person syndrome as a sinus infection before her diagnosis, but couldn't bear 'lying' to her fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's the third show in a row, you're working too hard," Dion told Kotb. AdvertisementStiff-person syndrome is a disease that makes a person's muscles involuntarily stiffen and spasm, Business Insider previously reported. Dion told Kotb that she once had broken ribs as a result of the condition. Despite her illness, Dion told Kotb she didn't slow down her schedule to rest and seek treatment. Advertisement"Lying for me, was… the burden was like, too much," Dion told Kotb.

Persons: —, Dion, Today's, she's, Kotb, Celine Dion, Céline Dion Organizations: Service, Business, NBC News, Vogue France Locations: Germany

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