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☆ She kissed a woman on the Trans-Siberian Railway 32 years ago. Then she flew across the world to find her
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

The bus was ferrying travelers to the train station to board the Trans-Siberian railway. Like Marie-Claire, Elaine had been working in Japan for a while, teaching English. Flirting in MongoliaMarie-Claire and Elaine were strangers who happened to be both traveling via the Trans-Siberian railway. She also shared the news with her extended network of New York friends. Elaine, Marie-Claire and their son Marcello have a family motto, based around their shared initials, EMC.

Persons: CNN — Marie, Claire Martineau couldn’t, Elaine Comerford, Marie, Claire, Elaine, ’, Elaine broached, they’d, “, Claire couldn’t, ” Marie, they'd, Claire Martineau Marie, who’d, ”, she’d, That’s, ” Elaine, “ Marie, Wolfgang Kaehler, we’d, Steve, ” Here's Marie, Claire Martineau, you’ve, Elaine didn’t, weren’t, Diane, “ Diane, ‘ Let’s, She’d, Claire’s, –, Marie Claire, Marcello, Here's Marie, “ We’ve, We’ve, we’ve, Anna Maria, Cliare, it’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Queens, Maison Internationale, EMC Locations: France, Japan, Europe, Eastern Europe, Budapest, Vienna, Boston , Massachusetts, Boston, New York City, Marie, New York, Beijing, China, Moscow, Mongolia, Russia, Asia, Mongolia Marie, Siberia, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Hungary, ”, Austria, Manhattan, Queens, Midtown, –, Provincetown , Massachusetts, Thailand, Vietnam, Colombia, Ecuador, United States, Anna Maria Island , Florida, Florida

☆ Doctor-designed food prescriptions could help patients cut medical costs for hypertension and cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A doctor said healthy food plans can help address high healthcare costs and chronic illness rates. Providing personalized recommendations for healthy food — along with information on how to prepare it and the resources to afford it — is fast becoming a trend in preventive healthcare. Healthy food can be hard to access and may not always fit the culinary traditions and eating habits people grew up with. "People think that a healthy diet has to cost more, a lot of the staples of a healthy diet are very inexpensive," he said. Cruciferous veggies are some of the most nutritious foods because they're high in antioxidants, which may help protect against cancer.

Persons: —, Dexter Shurney, Shurney, Maya Garcia, who'd, Garcia, I've, they've, it's, Green, Cruciferous, we're, chia Organizations: Healthcare, Service, US Department of Health, Human Services, SNAP Locations: Foodsmart, Chicago

☆ I was fired from my accounting job and had to give up my apartment and sleep on my friend's floor. Now, I make $500,000 a year as a YouTuber.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I run the YouTube entertainment news channel Funky Dineva, but I started my career as an accountant after graduating in 2005 with an economics degree. I have a creative personality, and I found the routine and confinement of accounting to be painful and unbearable. AdvertisementI had a YouTube channel that I decided to start taking seriouslyI decided that moving forward, I would do what's authentic to me: entertainment. I launched my YouTube channel in December 2010 but didn't start treating it like a job until I was out of accounting. I interviewed members of the cast backstage, and the content was used as digital assets for the brand on its website.

Persons: —, Quentin Latham, I'm, Mona Scott Young, I've Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, Montgomery Riverfront, Kanye, VH1, Atlanta, College, Google Locations: Miami

☆ Why UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election he’s expected to lose
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London CNN —When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom would hold a general election on July 4, many observers wondered: why now? British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech calling for a general election, outside 10 Downing Street, in London on May 22. Their time in office didn’t begin formidably. In 2010, after 13 years of Labour rule, David Cameron won the general election but didn’t win a majority in parliament. Eventually, the Conservative Party had enough of the chaos and put Sunak in charge as a safe pair of hands.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Sunak, Maja Smiejkowska, he’s, we’ve, ’ ” Sunak, didn’t, David Cameron, Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Henry Nicholls, Liz Truss, –, Starmer Organizations: London CNN, British, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Labour, International Monetary Fund, CNN, IMF, Liberal Democrats, Conservative, Vale, Glamorgan Brewery, Getty Locations: United Kingdom, London, Downing, Glamorgan, Barry, Wales, AFP, Rwanda, Sunak

☆ China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Alexandra Stevenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

China has a housing problem. It has nearly four million apartments that no one wants to buy, a combined expanse of unwanted living space roughly the area of Philadelphia. The plan, announced last week, is the boldest move yet by Beijing to stop the tailspin of a housing crisis that threatens one of the world’s biggest economies. China has a bigger problem lurking behind all those empty apartments: even more homes that developers already sold but have not finished building. By one conservative estimate, that figure is around 10 million apartments.

Persons: Xi Jinping Locations: China, Philadelphia, Beijing

☆ The West is tapping Russian money to arm Ukraine. Much more could follow
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —Money generated by Russian financial assets frozen in Europe will soon start flowing to Ukraine, giving Kyiv a boost as it struggles to counter an advance by Moscow’s troops. The plan “would essentially bring forward that flow of interest proceeds from the assets… (through a loan) given to Ukraine,” Yellen told broadcaster Sky News in an interview this week. “Ukraine has substantial needs, and being able to marshal significant resources to help Ukraine is important,” she said. Most of the frozen Russian money is held in Europe, and the euro is the world’s second-most important currency after the US dollar. This would give Kyiv access to a much larger amount of money than using future or current windfall profits from Russian assets.

Persons: Janet Yellen, ” Yellen, Gabriel Bouys, Joe Biden, ” Lee Buccheit, Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, Yellen, there’s, —, Buchheit, Putin, ” Organizations: London CNN, Union, Sky News, “, US, Getty, University of Edinburgh Law School, CNN, EU, Trade, Reuters, Russia, Ukraine, World Bank Locations: Europe, Ukraine, West, Italy, Russia, Ukraine’s, Kharkiv, Frankfurt, Germany, “ Ukraine, Stresa, AFP, EU, Belgium, Kyiv

☆ Homes on billionaire hot spot Nantucket are falling into the ocean at an alarming rate — but the wealthy won't stop buying
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Madeline Berg | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Over the past two centuries, Nantucket has gone from a whaling town to a hippie refuge to a holiday hot spot for billionaires. "To use a well-worn phrase, come hell or high water, people are still buying multimillion-dollar homes on Nantucket." Between 2030 and 2100, the number of structures exposed to coastal erosion is expected to go from 113 to 860. "Without erosion, this would be an extremely valuable area," Baxter Road resident Joshua Posner told BI. "It's not inexpensive, but it is worth doing," Posner told BI.

Persons: Steve Schwarzman, Eric Schmidt, Barry Sternlicht, Elizabeth Gibson, David L, Ryan, Bruce Percelay, Edward Sanford's, he'd, Percelay, Greg Mckechnie, you'd, Barry Sternlicht's, Suzanne Kreiter, Shelly Lockwood, who's, I'm, Joshua Posner, Jack Welch, Bill Belichick, —, Sanford, Lockwood, Nature, Yorker Brendan Maddigan, Maddigan, Mckechnie, Schwarzman, She's, Posner, he's, Helmut Weymar, Anne Atherton Organizations: Resilience, Business, Boston Globe, Getty, Estate, Nantucket, Coastal, Nantucket's Cisco, Cisco, Beach, Patriots, Yorker, Preservation Fund, Baxter, Conservation, Conservancy, The New York Times, Conservation Commission, Nature Locations: Nantucket, England, Cape Cod, Nantucket's, Madaket, Sconset, Brant, Baxter

☆ Nearly 70% of Gen Zers are freelancing or plan to—'I never considered applying to a job'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In 2024, Gen Z workers are expected to outnumber baby boomers in the American labor force for the first time. CNBC Make It explores how Gen Zers are really putting their mark on career advice, office culture and more. Gen Zers, defined as people born between 1997 and 2012, are rethinking what it means to enter the workforce. A majority, 70% are currently freelancing or plan to in the future, according to a February 2024 Fiverr survey of 10,033 Gen Zers from around the world. More than half, 53%, of Gen Zers work full-time hours on freelance projects, according to a May 2024 Upwork survey of 1,070 Gen Zers.

Persons: Gen, Zers, They're, Upwork's, Kate Brunotts Organizations: CNBC Locations: New York

☆ UN’s top court orders Israel to ‘immediately’ halt its operation in Rafah
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Abbas Al Lawati | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The United Nations’ top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international pressure on Israel over its war against Hamas. Israel began a limited ground offensive in Rafah on May 7, defying calls from the international community, including the United States, not to proceed. More than a million Palestinians were taking shelter there before Israel started its operation, but the court noted that around 800,000 have since been displaced. Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, waits for judges to enter the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Friday. The development comes as Israel faces mounting international and domestic pressure to end the war in Gaza.

Persons: “, Nawaf Salam, ”, Israel, Vusimuzi, Peter Dejong, International Law Gilad Noam, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, Biden, Joe Biden, ” Israel, Israel’s, Israel ‘, ” Yossi Mekelberg, Eliav, Neve Gordon, Gali, Amit Aisman, Gordon Organizations: CNN, United Nations ’, Hamas, International Court of Justice, Israel, Court of Justice, International Law, Criminal Court, ICC, Israel Defense Forces, ICJ, Health Ministry, North Africa, Chatham House, Tel Aviv University, Queen Mary University of London, Times Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rafah, “ Israel, United States, Egypt, South Africa, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, Netherlands, The Hague, Washington, Palestinian, East, London, Gali Baharav

☆ Biden has a plan to lower gas prices. It’s filled with caveats
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Road trips, in particular, are expected to set a record, which could send gas prices higher. But, just as a US president cannot solely take the blame for surging oil prices, nor can he or she, in most cases, be entirely credited for steadying prices. “This is a non-starter and won’t do much to lower gas prices,” GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan said. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Biden attempted to stem rising oil prices by authorizing the release of 180 million barrels of oil in coordination with US allies overseas. Gas prices have remained steady in recent weeks after rising sharply at the end of winter.

Persons: Biden, Jennifer Granholm, –, ” GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan, Obama’s, Sandy, Tom Kloza, ”, Kloza, Matt Egan Organizations: CNN, AAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Gasoline Supply, ”, Congress, US Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy, Oil Price Information Service Locations: New York, Maine, Ukraine

☆ Wall Street is about to see its biggest trading change in years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Buying or selling a stock is about to get a lot snappier starting next Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean it’ll get smoother, at least right away — and some financial firms are preparing to handle any possible bumpiness. Clearinghouses, which sit between buyers and sellers, collect margins from traders as evidence that they can afford to make the transaction. Baird has had a T+1 committee in place since last summer to ensure such hiccups don’t happen, Lee said. “The existing two-day period to settle trades exposes investors and the industry to unnecessary risk and is ripe for change,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a February 2021 release.

Persons: “, That’s, ” Gary Gensler, ”, Rich Lee, Baird, Lee, Reddit, Vlad Tenev, Max, Gregory Wallace, Brian West, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, Read, Meta, that’s, Clare Duffy, Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, Charlie Songhurst, White, OpenAI Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Securities and Exchange Commission, Employees, GameStop, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Robinhood, Investors, Boeing, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Wolfe Research, ABC, Microsoft, Meta Locations: New York, OpenAI

☆ After Outcry, Chuck E. Cheese Says It Will Keep More Animatronic Bands
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | More About Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After Chuck E. Cheese’s plans to retire most of its animatronic bands sparked an outcry from wistful fans, the pizzeria-arcade chain said it would keep a few more of the bands. The company will increase to five the number of animatronic bands that will stay, a company spokeswoman said to The New York Times in a statement on Thursday. The move comes after The Times detailed the chain’s plan to phase out the iconic animatronic performers, known as Munch’s Make Believe Band, at all but two of the more than 400 Chuck E. Cheese locations in the United States by the end of the year. The company said it had wanted to update the Chuck E. Cheese experience for a new generation of digitally-inclined children. A few distraught fans even managed to get a hold of the chain’s chief executive, David McKillips, on his personal phone to appeal for the survival of at least a few more of the animatronic bands.

Persons: Chuck E, David McKillips Organizations: The New York Times, Times Locations: United States

☆ Here's why you may be saving more in your 401(k) — and not even know it
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It automatically raises workers' savings rate each year, often by 1 percentage point at a time up to a cap. In an ideal world, workers would be saving at least 15% of their annual pay in a 401(k) plan, Lander said. Automated 401(k) savings is more widespreadAuto-escalation has become more widespread alongside automatic enrollment, which is when employers divert a portion of workers' paychecks into a 401(k) if they don't sign up voluntarily. Most, or 84%, of these 401(k) plans raise workers' savings rate by 1 percentage point a year. (This example doesn't account for additional financial factors like taxes or annual pay increases.)

Persons: Ellen Lander, Lander Organizations: Renaissance, of America, Finance, U.S, Labor Locations: Pearl River , New York

☆ Record number of 401(k) savers have balances over $1 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —They are still a very small minority in the 401(k) universe, but there were a record number of 401(k) participants with balances over $1 million at the end of the first quarter this year, Fidelity Investments said Thursday. Fidelity is one of the largest providers of workplace retirement plans, and its 401(k) data is based on more than 23 million plan participants. The average balance for the so-called 401(k) “millionaires” came to $1,580,000, up from $1,551,300 in the fourth quarter, a Fidelity spokesperson said. Other 401(k) participants also saw increases in their balances in the first quarter. The average savings rate hit a record 14.2%, including employer matches, and is very close to the recommended 15% savings rate from Fidelity and retirement savings experts.

Persons: ”, ” Fidelity, “, Gen Xers Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fidelity Investments, Fidelity, Bloomberg, ”, Boomers, Pensions, Federal Locations: New York, United States

☆ I quit my job at Goldman Sachs to risk it all on a crypto startup. Then the industry crashed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Luckily, Goldman hadn't filled the role, so I started working for them in November 2018. Working at Goldman Sachs would always be limitingI liked working as a trader at Goldman, but it wasn't fulfilling. I slowly realized that working for Goldman or any company, the end goal is limited to possibly being a partner. At the same time all this was happening, Luna Crypto, followed by the crypto market, crashed. AdvertisementThe crypto industry had been decimated, and I'd lost around two-thirds of my savings in cryptocurrency.

Persons: —, Hong, Goldman Sachs, wasn't, Goldman hadn't, There's, I'd, Matthew, Aaron, He'd, Aron, Goldman, Luna Crypto, I, FTX, We're Organizations: Service, Credit Suisse, Business, Amazon, Goldman Locations: Hong Kong, Canada, Barcelona, Singapore, cryptocurrency

☆ Google criticized as AI Overview makes obvious errors, saying President Obama is Muslim and that it's safe to leave dogs in hot cars
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But on social media, users have shared a wide range of screenshots showing the AI tool sharing controversial responses. Here are some examples of what went wrong with AI Overviews, according to screenshots shared by users. When asked how many Muslim presidents the U.S. has had, AI Overviews responded, "The United States has had one Muslim president, Barack Hussein Obama." Attribution can also be a problem for AI Overviews, especially when it comes to attributing inaccurate information to medical professionals or scientists. The news follows Google's high-profile rollout of Gemini's image-generation tool in February, and a pause that same month after comparable issues.

Persons: It's, Barack Hussein Obama, it's, WebMD, they'd, Gemini, Demis Hassabis, Pichai Organizations: Google, Microsoft, UC Berkeley, U.S . Justice Department Locations: United States, German, British, France, ChatGPT

☆ Your student loan payment could get cut in half this summer—here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Saving on a Valuable Education plan is the newest income-driven repayment plan available to federal student loan borrowers, and this summer it's getting even more affordable. Currently, monthly payments on the SAVE plan are calculated as 10% of borrowers' discretionary income. Borrowers who stay on the SAVE plan can have their remaining balances forgiven in as little as 10 years of repayments. All federal student loan borrowers with direct loans are eligible to apply for the SAVE plan through their loan servicer. You can also use Federal Student Aid's loan simulator tool to see if it's the right repayment plan for you.

Organizations: Department of Health, Human Services, SAVE, Education, CNBC

☆ Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to keep using a congressional map that a lower court had deemed an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that resulted in the “bleaching of African American voters” from a district. A unanimous three-judge panel of the Federal District Court in Columbia, S.C., ruled in early 2023 that the state’s First Congressional District, drawn after the 2020 census, violated the Constitution by making race the predominant factor. The panel put its decision on hold while Republican lawmakers appealed to the Supreme Court, and the parties asked the justices to render a decision by Jan. 1. After that deadline passed, the panel said in March that the 2024 election would have to take place under the map it had rejected as unconstitutional. “With the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending and no remedial plan in place,” the panel wrote, “the ideal must bend to the practical.”

Persons: Jan Organizations: American, Federal, Court, Congressional Locations: South Carolina, Columbia

☆ Boeing on track to meet FAA deadline to present quality control fixes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing will present its plan to fix quality problems with its assembly line to US regulators next week, the company said Thursday. The FAA said it audited the production line at Boeing and its key 737 Max supplier and found “multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.” It gave Boeing 90 days to present a plan — and that deadline is next week. Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said Thursday that Boeing and the FAA have had “lots of dialogue” including two check-ins during the preparation of the plan. “Our objective is to make sure the mechanic is fully prepared to do the work as intended,” West said. “We have frustrated and disappointed our customers because of some of the production supply chain issues that we’re up against,” West said.

Persons: Max, Brian West, ”, “, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, West, ” West, AeroSystems Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Wolfe Research, ABC News, ”, Airbus

☆ Decades in the Making, a New Era Dawns for the N.C.A.A.: Paying Athletes Directly
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since its founding, the N.C.A.A. has operated with a business model that defined the college athlete as an amateur. But the N.C.A.A.’s $2.8 billion settlement on Thursday night in a class-action antitrust lawsuit represents the heaviest blow — and perhaps a decisive one — to that system. If approved by a U.S. district judge in California, the settlement would allow for the creation of the first revenue-sharing plan for college athletics, a landmark shift in which schools would directly pay their athletes for playing. This sea change, though, also carries its own questions, according to critics.

Organizations: U.S Locations: California

☆ Senate border bill exposes Democratic divisions as White House attempts to ramp up pressure on GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Senate will vote Thursday on a border security bill that is dividing the Democratic caucus and failed earlier this year, exposing rifts within the party even as they try to shift the narrative on border security. Sources say those talks included reviving the stalled border security measure that initially failed after former President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers to knock it down. “I will not vote for the bill coming to the Senate floor this week because it includes several provisions that will violate Americans’ shared values. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer acknowledged over the weekend that not every Democrat may vote for the bill in a letter to colleagues. They think we’re nuts.”But Republican Sen. James Lankford, a key negotiator on the border bill, said he’ll vote against the measure Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ’, ” Sen, Cory Booker, Booker, Chuck Schumer, Sen, Alex Padilla, “ It’s, ” Padilla, Virginia Democratic Sen, Mark Warner, ”, Republican Sen, Lisa Murkowski, ” Murkowski, James Lankford, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Tom Suozzi, Murphy, Schumer, ” Robyn Barnard, ” Barnard, We’ve, Brian Schatz, Maine Sen, Angus King, CNN’s Sam Fossum Organizations: CNN, Democratic, White, New, New Jersey Democrat, Republicans, GOP, Senate, Virginia Democratic, Republican, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Tuesday, Democrats, Democratic Rep, of, Human, ”, Democrat Locations: Ukraine, New Jersey, Virginia, Alaska, New, Hawaii, Maine

☆ How family offices are planning to invest now and in the next 5 years, according to UBS
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Here's how family offices are investing this year and how they plan to change their allocations in the next five years, according to UBS' Global Family Office Report 2024. Family offices plan to maintain the same allocation for 2024 – at 16%. Real estate Apart from fixed income, real estate was the other big change in how family offices invested last year, according to UBS. But family offices plan to increase the real estate part of their portfolios — to 12% in 2024, according to the report. Elsewhere, family offices are investing in Western Europe – in sectors such as luxury goods and automation, and in Asia Pacific (35%).

Persons: That's Organizations: UBS, Global, –, Globally, Koh Locations: North America, U.S, Western Europe, Asia, Greater China

☆ Senate Democrats Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The investigation is the second congressional inquiry into the April 11 fund-raising dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s private club in Florida. On Wednesday Mr. Trump headlined a fund-raiser for MAGA Inc., a super PAC, that was hosted by three oil executives at a five-star hotel in Houston. One host was Kelcy Warren, a billionaire who owns a pipeline empire with an ambitious international expansion plan that depends on new export terminals. Another was Harold G. Hamm, one of the pioneers of the shale oil boom that turned the United States into the world’s largest crude exporter. The third, Vicki Hollub, leads Occidental Petroleum, a Houston-based oil company.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kelcy Warren, Biden, Harold G, Vicki Hollub Organizations: Democrats, White, Mar, Mr, Wednesday, MAGA Inc, Occidental Petroleum Locations: Florida, Houston, Hamm, United States

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☆ Sunak Says U.K. Won’t Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Before Election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In calling a general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain cast himself this week as a leader with a clear plan. That did not include carrying an umbrella during his remarks in front of 10 Downing Street, where Mr. Sunak was drenched in a spring shower that yielded a flood of snarky headlines. “Drowning Street,” said the tabloid City A.M. “Drown & out,” cried The Daily Mirror. Mr. Sunak signaled that his government’s signature political project — putting asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda — would not be set in motion before voters went to the polls on July 4. Speaking to the BBC, Mr. Sunak cited the Rwanda policy to draw a sharp contrast with the opposition Labour Party, which he accused of having no plan to stop asylum seekers who make hazardous crossings of the English Channel in small boats.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, ”, “, Rwanda — Organizations: Downing, Daily Telegraph, BBC, Labour Party Locations: Rwanda

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