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☆ Trump Whistle-Blower Wins House Primary in Virginia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the time, Mr. Biden was widely expected to be Mr. Trump’s opponent in the 2020 election. Eugene Vindman, who was dismissed from the White House early in 2020, he says as improper retaliation for his whistle-blowing actions, raised a remarkable sum of money for a first-time candidate. “I sacrificed my military career to expose Trump’s corruption,” Eugene Vindman said in one of his campaign ads. His election to the House is not guaranteed. But Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, won the district the year before by 4.9 points en route to winning the governor’s mansion.

Persons: Mike O’Brien, Janelle Stelson, Scott Perry, Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden’s, Hunter, Biden, Alexander Vindman, Eugene Vindman, “, ” Eugene Vindman, Spanberger, Glenn Youngkin Organizations: Marine Corps, Pennsylvania Democratic, Trump Republican, Army, White House National Security Council, Ukraine’s, Mr, Democrat, Republican Locations: Pennsylvania, Washington’s, Richmond

☆ Amazon Union Workers Join Forces With the Teamsters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Noam Scheiber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After years of organizing Amazon workers and pressuring the company to bargain over wages and working conditions, two prominent unions are teaming up to challenge the online retailer. The partnership was made final in voting that ended on Monday after members of the Amazon Labor Union, the only union formally representing Amazon warehouse workers in the United States, voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the 1.3-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The vote was overseen by the Amazon union. Leaders of both unions said the affiliation agreement would put them in a better position to challenge Amazon and would provide the A.L.U. will fight fearlessly to ensure Amazon workers secure the good jobs and safe working conditions they deserve in a union contract,” Sean O’Brien, the Teamsters president, said in a statement early Tuesday.

Persons: “, fearlessly, ” Sean O’Brien Organizations: Amazon Labor Union, Brotherhood of Teamsters, Amazon, Teamsters, A.L.U Locations: United States, Staten Island

☆ Celtics capture 18th NBA championship with Game 5 win over Mavericks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are again champions of the NBA, having claimed a milestone title Monday night that will reverberate from coast to coast and carve out legacies for the current pillars of this storied franchise. The Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to win the series 4-1 and claim a league-record 18th NBA championship. Tatum finished with 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, while Brown added 21 points. “(The Celtics are) a great team,” said Dončić, who played the series with a bruised chest and lower leg injuries. On the other end of the spectrum, Mazzulla, 35, is the youngest coach since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976 to win a title.

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☆ ‘You unite people,’ Pope Francis tells star-studded cast of global comedians in Vatican
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Christopher Lamb | Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As world leaders gather in Italy for a summit addressing entrenched global crises, Pope Francis hosted an international gathering of a different sort on Friday to broadcast his own message – of the importance of humor. The leader of the Catholic Church hosted the equivalent of a conclave of comedians in the Vatican by inviting Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and others to the Vatican. Over 200 people were in the audience at the Apostolic Palace, with more than 100 comedians from 15 countries. You denounce abuses of power; you give voice to forgotten situations; you highlight abuses; you point out inappropriate behavior,” Pope Francis added. US President Joe Biden, a Catholic who has a warm relationship with Francis, is among the leaders expected to be present at the gathering.

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☆ NBA Finals: Key storylines, full schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

How to watchThe NBA Finals will be broadcast exclusively on ABC in the United States. 8 seed Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals and Jayson Tatum’s performances in the 2022 NBA Finals being examples of these concerns. “Having nine days off [before the Finals] is good for your body and for everybody to get healthy, but we’re in the NBA Finals and we’re all so anxious and excited to play. ET• Game 4: Celtics vs. Mavericks, June 14 - 8:30 p.m. ET• *Game 7: Mavericks vs. Celtics, June 23 - 8:00 p.m.

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☆ Former Trump Officials Meet in Israel With Netanyahu.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One of former President Donald J. Trump’s closest foreign policy advisers, Robert O’Brien, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Monday as part of a delegation of former Trump officials that visited a number of Israeli leaders. Mr. O’Brien, who served as national security adviser to Mr. Trump and is expected to play a significant role in any second Trump administration, was joined in the meetings by two other former Trump officials — the former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, John Rakolta, and the former ambassador to Switzerland, Ed McMullen. The members of the delegation were described by Marshall Wittmann, a spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group whose affiliate, the American Israel Education Foundation, funded and organized the trip. In a brief phone interview, Mr. O’Brien said he had wanted to visit Israel ever since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 to express his “solidarity for Israel and the Jewish people.”Mr. O’Brien said Mr. Trump was aware of his trip to Israel, but he said the former president had not asked him to go or directed him to say anything to Mr. Netanyahu. He said he was there as a “private citizen,” adding that he did express his view to Mr. Netanyahu that the Hamas terrorist attack would never have happened if Mr. Trump were still president.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Robert O’Brien, Benjamin Netanyahu, O’Brien, Trump, John Rakolta, Ed McMullen, Marshall Wittmann, Mr, Netanyahu Organizations: Israel, Trump, United Arab, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, American Israel Education Foundation Locations: United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Israel

☆ Opinion: Hardened like diamonds, these Gen Z protesters fight for a European future
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Opinion Will Cathcart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

They snatch protesters from the crowd and drag them back into a mass of black uniforms. Will Cathcart Will CathcartHundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Georgia in recent weeks to protest the government’s adoption of a Kremlin-inspired “foreign agents” bill. As with the foreign agents law, the bill’s authors claim it promotes transparency, an absurd notion. The foreign agents bill is a symptom of a deeper issue – money. The pressures of authoritarian intimidation and systematic violence have hardened Georgia’s young protestors like diamonds.

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☆ Opinion | The Truth Hurts — Especially When Bill Maher Dishes It Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Back in 2013, I got a call from Bill Maher. He was being hit with a lawsuit by Donald Trump and thought it would be “comedy gold” for my column. Maher offered to give $5 million to charity if he could see the birth certificate of Trump, who had offered $5 million to charity for records to verify the birthplace of President Barack Obama. “He’s not even a real person,” an exasperated Maher told Conan O’Brien about Trump at the time. I told Maher that it wasn’t worth writing about Trump and his silly lawsuits and risible presidential aspirations.

Persons: Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Bill Maher ”, Trump, Maher, Barack Obama, Trump’s, Fred Trump, Michael Cohen, “ He’s, ”, Conan O’Brien, J.R . Ewing Organizations: Trump Locations: “ Dallas

☆ Election Updates: Biden’s team brushes off the latest bad poll for him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Mr. Dunn has also pledged to support the Jewish state. Both Ms. Elfreth and Mr. Dunn have vowed to make campaign finance reform a top priority in Congress. Mr. Dunn has sworn off help from outside groups as part of his pro-democracy platform. Like Mr. Dunn, Ms. Elfreth said she would make campaign finance reform a priority in Congress. No other candidate has collected more than $200,000, campaign finance records show.

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☆ Another Time Trump Was Stuck in Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Today we’re covering a different trip Trump took to court — and we’ll meet an unlikely surrogate for the Biden administration’s Gaza outreach. Donald Trump was running for president and leading in the polls. And he had a nagging legal problem that had landed him in court. I speak, of course, of Trump’s 2015 summons for jury duty. Not long after he clashed with Megyn Kelly on a debate stage — and made a crude comment about her in the aftermath — Trump showed up at State Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan on Aug. 17, 2015.

Persons: You’ve, Daniels, Mike Johnson, Trump, we’ll, Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly, — Trump, summonses, hadn’t, Rebecca Davis O’Brien Organizations: Biden, State Supreme Court Locations: Gaza, New York, Lower Manhattan

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tries to get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states, he’s confronting fierce resistance from his opponents. Rebecca Davis O’Brien, who covers campaign finance and money in U.S. elections for The New York Times, discusses the high-stakes battle playing out behind the scenes.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Rebecca Davis O’Brien Organizations: The New York Times

☆ On This Saturday Night, Colin Jost’s Jokes Fell Flat
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

People in the media have long worried about the impact of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on journalism. Colin Jost’s set this year does not belong in that pantheon. With long pauses between jokes, eyes darting side to side, he occasionally took a drink of water and at least once acknowledged the lack of laughter in the room. His jokes leaned on wordplay more than a specific or novel perspective. “Some incredible news organizations here,” began one of his pricklier jokes, finished by: “Also, some credible ones.”

Persons: Trevor Noah, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Conan O’Brien, Wanda Sykes, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Larry Wilmore, Michelle Wolf, Colin Jost’s, Michael Che, ” Organizations: White, ’

☆ Opinion: The day of the Columbia disaster still haunts me
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Miles O'Brien | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

The CNN Original Series, “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight,” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. Miles O'Brien Vincent RicardelI was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to cover the launch of the space shuttle, Columbia. Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003. Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:39 a.m. NASA Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003.

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☆ European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“We are not that nervous because we know that with Trump it is all about relationships,” said one veteran European diplomat who has been in DC since the Trump administration. “The logic of doing it at Heritage was not lost on us,” said Victoria Coates, a deputy national security advisor to former President Trump who is now a vice president at the think tank. The comments sent European diplomats into over-drive, eager to understand exactly what Trump meant. “If they are worried about how President Trump is going to react to them, they hold it in their hands to do something about it,” Coates said. But European diplomats are not only worried about NATO.

Persons: Donald Trump, jostle, Trump, of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Mike Pompeo, Robert O’Brien, Keith Kellogg, Mike Pence’s, Hillary Clinton, they’ve, ”, –, David Cameron, Antony Blinken, Cameron, Jens Stoltenberg, Jim Lo Scalzo, Stoltenberg’s, Victoria Coates, Stoltenberg, ” Coates, nodded, James Carafano, “, it’s, “ He’s, Mike Johnson, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: CNN, White, NATO, Ukraine, Trump, of National Intelligence, National, European Union, Republican, Russian Central Bank, EU, British, Heritage Foundation, Heritage, GOP, Putin Locations: Washington, Russia, European, Europe, Ukraine, Brussels, West, Russian, South Florida, Brexit, ”, Washington ,, “

Editor’s Note: In this appeal to Congress, more than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others call for funding for Ukraine. On territory that Russia occupies, it tortures Ukrainian citizens, kidnaps Ukrainian children and murders Ukrainian leaders. By fighting Russia alone, they protect Europe. By fighting a conventional war against a nuclear power, they are making nuclear proliferation and nuclear war less likely. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing – right now.

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☆ King Charles is opening up Balmoral Castle for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: This is a version of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. CNN —King Charles III is opening the doors of Balmoral Castle this summer for the most intimate tours ever permitted around the British royal family’s much-loved private Scottish home. The original property was deemed too small for the royal family so another, more substantial, castle had to be built just 100 yards away. Queen Elizabeth II in the Drawing Room at Balmoral Castle on September 6, 2022 in Aberdeen, Scotland. “It’s a lovely base for granny and grandpa to be for us to come and see them.”A general view of Balmoral Castle, the Scottish residence of the royal family since 1852.

Persons: CNN — King Charles III, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, King, Queen Elizabeth II, Jane Barlow, Charles, Queen Camilla, There’s, Prince William, Prince Harry, Diana, Princess of Wales, ” Princess Eugenie, “, ”, Andrew Milligan, Jill O’Brien, ” Charles, Camilla Organizations: CNN’s Royal, CNN, Scottish, ITV Locations: Balmoral, Scotland’s, Scottish, Buckingham, Windsor, Sandringham, Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland, Highgrove, Balmoral Castle

☆ Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. In a video promoting the Bible, Trump said, “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country. … we need to bring them back.”On Good Friday, Trump posted a very different kind of video. It showed an image of President Joe Biden lying sideways and tied up in the bed of a pickup truck. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign can’t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump,” Begala wrote.

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☆ The Ohtani scandal is the greatest gambling scandal in baseball since Pete Rose, says Keith O'Brien
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Ohtani scandal is the greatest gambling scandal in baseball since Pete Rose, says Keith O'BrienKeith O’Brien, ‘Charlie Hustle’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the business of sports betting, why he believes the parallels between Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and Pete Rose's gambling scandal are uncanny,

Persons: Pete Rose, Keith O'Brien Keith O’Brien, ‘ Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose's

☆ Election Updates: Biden heads to Nevada and Arizona, and five states vote Tuesday.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Mr. Trump has been schmoozing with donors at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla., trying to lessen the financial disparity he faces against Mr. Biden. The figures do not include the funds that Mr. Biden pulled in after his State of the Union address on March 7. Mr. Katzenberg said the campaign’s fund-raising had “accelerated” as Mr. Biden and his surrogates had begun to hit the trail. (The Biden campaign said a sweepstakes-style contest to attend that event raised $4 million in February.) Then, on April 3, Hillary Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda will host a fund-raiser for Mr. Biden on Broadway.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, Biden, ” Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mr, Kamala Harris, Harris, Katzenberg, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Reid J, Epstein Organizations: Democratic Party, Republican National Committee, Mr, Mar, Republican, Democratic National Committee, Biden, Fund, Union, U.S, Democratic, Radio City Music Hall, Broadway Locations: Palm Beach, Fla, New York

☆ The ‘Sephora kid’ trend shows tweens are psyched about skincare. But their overzealous approach is raising concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Tweens gravitate to Sephora and Ulta for the same reason that adult shoppers do. Carlo Allegri/ReutersThe retinol products sold in beauty products stores, she said, are for mature skin of older consumers. The beauty products chain also operates several hundred smaller format Sephora stores inside of Kohl’s department stores. Jennifer O’Brien celebrated her twin daughters’ 12th birthday at an event held at a Sephora store in Long Island, New York. Jennifer O’Brien's treated her twin daughters to a skincare event for their birthday this year at a Sephora store.

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☆ Biden meets with Teamsters leaders as he seeks crucial union endorsement
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Michael Williams | Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden met on Tuesday with leaders from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as he tries to court the crucial union vote ahead of November. Biden is competing with former President Donald Trump for a Teamsters endorsement. Biden has already received one critical union endorsement: the United Auto Workers backed him during their Washington meeting in January. Biden has long presented himself as “the most pro-union president ever,” but an endorsement from union leadership doesn’t necessarily translate into support from rank-and-file members. Trump met with Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien at Mar-a-Lago late last year as well.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, “, ” Trump, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Shawn Fain, “ Joe Biden, ” Fain, ”, Sean O’Brien Organizations: Washington CNN, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters, ”, Social Security, Trump, Biden, United Auto Workers, UAW, State, Union, CNN, WGA, Anheuser, Busch, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, FEC, Lago Locations: Michigan , Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Washington, Michigan, Mar

☆ Searching for your Irish ancestry? Guinness’ archives could help you reconnect with your roots
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s, unfortunately, one of the biggest barriers to Irish family history research,” says Crista Cowan, corporate genealogist for Ancestry. The 1.6 million records come from what might sound like a surprising source: the archives of Ireland’s famed Guinness brewery. The Guinness brewery has a storied pastResearchers combing through the newly released files might stumble upon some celebrity connections, too. Courtesy Guinness Archive, Diegeo IrelandArthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a Dublin brewery in 1759. Courtesy Guinness Archive, Diageo IrelandWorkers generally entered the Guinness workforce at age 14, according to a description of the records on the company’s website.

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☆ Gray Whale, Long Absent From the Atlantic, Is Spotted Off Massachusetts
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Researchers with the New England Aquarium were conducting a regular survey of the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts last week when something caught their eye. What they spotted, a whale without a dorsal fin, led the researchers to think that it might be a North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species that the aquarium has been closely monitoring. But the whale’s skin was blotchy, and if it were a right whale, something would have been wrong. “I kind of had a weird feeling about it,” Orla O’Brien, an associate research scientist, said in an interview. “Something didn’t seem right.”So when the whale resurfaced and Ms. O’Brien and her observation partner, Kate Laemmle, a research technician, were able to see its distinctly shaped head and mottled gray and white skin, they could not believe their eyes: Could it be a gray whale?

Persons: ” Orla O’Brien, O’Brien, Kate Laemmle Organizations: New England Aquarium Locations: Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Atlantic

☆ Teamsters union strikes Molson Coors as it prepares to walk out at Anheuser-Busch next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —More than 400 Teamsters are on strike at the Molson Coors brewery in Fort Worth, Texas, impacting production for North America’s second largest brewer. The work stoppage, which began Saturday, comes ahead of a March 1 strike deadline that the Teamsters have set for 5,000 members at Anheuser-Busch, the nation’s largest brewer. In its most recent statement on the state of those talks the union said a strike at Anheuser-Busch “appears unavoidable.”The Molson Coors strike comes as the company has been reporting strong sales and profits. Molson Coors said about 30% of its North American work force is unionized, but much of that is the workers at three Canadian breweries. “While we respect the union’s right to strike, we have strong contingency plans and are well equipped to ensure consumers will be able to buy their favorite Molson Coors products,” said the company’s statement.

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MUNICH (AP) — Long regarded as a celebration of the U.S.-led post-World War II international order, the Munich Security Conference this year will be more of a reflection of America’s political turmoil. And overshadowing it all will be Trump’s threat to not automatically come to the defense of European allies should they be attacked by Russia. That is a cornerstone of NATO’s founding treaty, which has taken on additional significance since Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022. Blinken, too, will be conveying that message in Munich, according to the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, James O’Brien. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assailed Trump’s comments.

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