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☆ Biden rolls out plan to overhaul the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Supreme Court Justices attend as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a three-pronged proposal to reform the Supreme Court, a policy area that he said will be a focus of his remaining months in office. Biden's proposed ethics code comes after several Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, were caught in scandals involving undisclosed financial gifts that posed major conflicts of interest. As he works to cement his legacy in the just under six months he has left as president, Biden said that overhauling the Supreme Court will be a priority. "I'm going to call for Supreme Court reform because this is critical to our democracy," Biden said in a national address from the Oval Office last Wednesday.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Biden's, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Kamala Harris Organizations: Supreme, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Trump, Senate, LBJ Presidential Locations: Washington ,, Texas

☆ Kamala Harris and the Race for Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With President Biden out of the 2024 race, Democrats aren’t just hoping to win the presidency. He ran behind congressional Democrats in polls. He could have cost his party otherwise winnable House and Senate races by causing Democratic-leaning voters to stay home. “And so they might not have shown up.”Much of what Kamala Harris and Donald Trump would do as president depends on which party controls Congress. The race for the Senate favors Republicans, but if Democrats forestall a wipeout, they could at least limit the G.O.P.’s agenda.

Persons: Biden, aren’t, ”, Amy Walter, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump Organizations: Senate, Democratic, Democrat

☆ How the Current Supreme Court Would Look Under Biden’s Term-Limit Plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

How the Current Supreme Court Would Look Under Biden’s Term-Limit PlanIn an opinion essay published on Monday, President Biden proposed two major changes to the Supreme Court: 18-year term limits for justices and a binding code of conduct. Under Mr. Biden’s term-limit plan, presidents would appoint a new Supreme Court justice every two years. Bush era) 1991 By The New York TimesThe Supreme Court now includes six conservative justices, appointed by former Presidents Donald J. Trump, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, as well as three liberal ones, appointed by Mr. Biden and former President Barack Obama. The overhaul would require congressional approval, which is not expected to come from a Republican-controlled House and a divided Senate.

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"For too long our government has violated the cardinal rule that every bitcoiner knows by heart: Never sell your bitcoin," Trump said at this year's Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. Kennedy went further than Trump, promising to establish a 4 million bitcoin strategic reserve to match the country's current stake in gold, some of which is held near the military base at Fort Knox. But Trump's reservation speaks to the complications of promising a bitcoin strategic reserve on par with the gold standard. An executive order would not be enough to bring a U.S. bitcoin reserve into existence. That existing bitcoin stockpile could act as the foundation for the bitcoin strategic reserve, which the U.S. government would build on by regularly buying a certain number of bitcoin.

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☆ Trump and Harris enter final 100-day stretch of a rapidly evolving 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Then, a week ago, Biden announced his exit from the race – and pointed to Harris, his vice president, as his successor. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in West Allis, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2024. Will Lanzoni/CNNVeepstakes, convention questionsAmong the next orders of business for Harris’ campaign is to accomplish two tasks in a period of days or weeks that Trump’s campaign achieved over months. Many of those potential picks have been offering Harris’ campaign informal glimpses of how they’d perform as her running mate through appearances on cable news shows. Then, Harris’ campaign and its allies must rapidly revise plans for the Democratic National Convention, which is set to start on August 19 in Chicago.

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☆ JD Vance once said he hates the police and that Trump is a 'morally reprehensible human being,' emails show
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The emails show Vance, who had yet to embark on his run for the Senate, writing to his classmate Sofia Nelson, a Detroit-based public defender. In them, Vance denounced the GOP's embrace of Trump, calling the former president a "morally reprehensible human being," and expressed disappointment with law enforcement after the killing of Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old, in 2014. AdvertisementIn 2015, Vance wrote that he was "obviously outraged at Trump's rhetoric," comparing him to a demagogue "willing to exploit the people who believe crazy shit." He also wrote in 2016 that "the more white people feel like voting for trump, the more black people will suffer. In a text message to a different former Yale classmate in 2016, Vance wondered if Trump could be "America's Hitler."

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☆ Texts from law enforcement show concerns were raised more than 90 minutes before Trump rally shooting, New York Times reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Text messages between law enforcement before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month suggest that some officers raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at the former president. If you wanna notify SS [Secret Service] snipers to look out. It’s also unclear how the Secret Service designated security that day and who managed the communication between local and federal law enforcement. “We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened,” Jason Woods, a sniper on the team, told ABC News. CNN has reached out to the Secret Service for comment.

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Mr. Vance’s stumbles have come after a remarkable two weeks when Mr. Trump survived an assassination attempt and then rallied the party — and even some skeptics — behind him. Then, in a sense, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance became the victims of that success. Some of Mr. Vance’s comments on some conservative podcasts veered into serious policy critiques that trucked in antisemitic tropes and racial stereotypes. The Harris campaign has been able to keep the spotlight on the momentum behind her fledgling presidential run — and away from Mr. Trump. Still, the Harris campaign was happy with the bruises they had inflicted.

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☆ We are 100 days from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Harris opens up new potential paths to victorySince entering the race, Harris has shown momentum in early polling. This became worrisome for the Biden campaign as warning signs flashed in states like Virginia and New Hampshire. The positive early polling is a great sign for the vice president, but it isn't the only metric that shows momentum. Trump's pick for vice president makes things interestingVice presidential picks are far from guaranteed to help a presidential hopeful win a state. With Biden out of the race, Democrats will likely seek to tie the election — anchored by Harris' candidacy — to the party's future.

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☆ Embattled Democrats Express New Hope With Harris at Top of Ticket
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Catie Edmondson | Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But in the weeks after President Biden turned in a disastrous debate performance against Donald J. Trump last month, Mr. Heinrich was among the Democrats privately panicking. Polls showed New Mexico slipping into an expanding universe of potentially winnable states for the former president — foretelling an electoral disaster for Mr. Biden and trouble in the senator’s own re-election race. So Mr. Biden’s decision last weekend to exit the race took a weight off the shoulders of Mr. Heinrich and other Democratic incumbents, who now describe a sense of hope and momentum overtaking the doom and gloom that had permeated their party since late June. “Across the board — engagement, social media, anecdotal — everything feels different. I feel better about the broad momentum.”

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☆ Opinion | The Police Killing of Sonya Massey Argues for Alternatives to Reform
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Tahir Duckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On July 6, Sonya Massey called 911 to report an intruder. The situation escalated after Ms. Massey went to turn off her stove. There still a lot we don’t know about the Massey situation, including if she was experiencing mental distress. But the killing of Ms. Massey is a cold reminder of how little has changed in the years since. And yet, more than 1,100 people were shot and killed by police officers last year — the highest one-year number on record.

Persons: Sonya Massey, Sean Grayson, Massey, Grayson, George Floyd, Ms Organizations: George, George Floyd Justice, Senate Locations: Sangamon County, Ill, United States

☆ Opinion | Reflecting on Biden’s Exit and His Legacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:As Joe Biden exits American political life, I’m filled with sadness and some regret. For my entire life, he’s been such a permanent fixture that it will be strange not to see images of him on the Senate floor or on the White House lawn. That megawatt smile and the constant messages of optimism, reassurance and decency that he conveyed — what will we do without them? Joe Biden has always been an extension of my father in a way — someone who loves people, feeds off their energy, and loves a good story and a well-played baseball game. I will miss Joe Biden as our president, and I’m thankful that he had the wisdom and courage to step aside for another presidential nominee.

Persons: Joe Biden, I’m, he’s, I’ve, Joe Cool Organizations: University, Delaware Locations: Philadelphia

☆ How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races. We talked by email about the state of play for the House and Senate and how the shake-up in the presidential race might change things. PATHE: House races are typically more nationalized than Senate races because the candidates are lesser known; therefore, it’s harder for them to separate themselves from their party and the top of the ticket. WOLF: The presidential primary process is over, but we’re still in the thick of statewide primaries for House and Senate races. WOLF: If there’s one Senate race that could be a bellwether for the country as a whole, which one is it and why?

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CNN —A week after announcing her run for president, Kamala Harris has yet to tell voters how she will address the key issues facing the nation. Harris has also touted the Biden administration’s efforts to lower drug costs, reduce child poverty, forgive student loan debt and remove medical debt from credit reports. Hefty student debt loads are also an area of interest to Harris. Experts credit Harris’ ability to secure private-sector investments as her most visible action in the region to date but have cautioned about the long-term durability of those investments. For President Biden and me, our sacred commitment to NATO remains ironclad.

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☆ How a second Trump administration might risk the investment case for green energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

For years, China ramped up green energy production capacity, becoming the global leader in renewable energy manufacturing, from solar to wind to battery. In a second Trump administration, prices for imports from China are likely to surge for green energy producers. The view is that First Solar will benefit the most within the U.S. solar sector from greater trade restrictions, according to Baird. Ultimately, that may curtail the number of green energy startups and private companies that want to go public, Schleif said. "It's been really hard to compete with Chinese companies in any way, shape or form."

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☆ What Kamala Harris' latest financial disclosure reveals about her investment portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Harris For President Campaign | Via ReutersFinancial experts describe Vice President Kamala Harris' investment style in one word: Boring. In her role as vice president, Harris filed a public financial disclosure report for 2023, which was signed in May. Carolyn McClanahan, a certified financial planner and founder of Life Planning Partners in Jacksonville, Florida, who also reviewed Harris' financial disclosure, said it makes her "heart sing" to see Harris investing in low-cost passive investment strategies. Since 2020, mortgage rates have increased substantially, which means the couple missed their chance to lock in a low rate for a longer term. McClanahan said she urged everyone to lock in the record low mortgage rates that were available back then.

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☆ Doug Emhoff blasts JD Vance's 'stupid, uninformed' comments about Kamala Harris being a 'childless' cat lady: 'It hurt my feelings'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Emhoff said that Vance's remarks show he doesn't appreciate the reality of a modern family. Emhoff's daughter, Ella Emhoff, and his ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had already teed off on Vance over previously coming after their family. The Democrats are in complete disarray with the most unpopular Vice President in history as their party's nominee," Van Kirk said in a statement to Business Insider. I've got nothing against dogs," Vance told former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on her podcast.

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☆ With Kamala Harris, U.S. Free Trade Skepticism May Continue
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ana Swanson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a 2019 presidential debate, Kamala Harris insisted, “I am not a protectionist Democrat.”But Ms. Harris is not a free-trade Democrat, either. And in 2020, she was one of only 10 senators to vote against the deal to replace NAFTA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. As she pursues the presidential nomination, Ms. Harris’s views on trade and economic issues are likely to become a focal point. Yet unlike former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, trade has never been a major focus for Ms. Harris. As a result, her positions on trade issues are not entirely known.

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☆ I'm running to become Maryland's next US senator. There are 'no days off,' but it's critical for me to understand the voters I hope to represent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the May primary, she defeated Rep. David Trone, who self-funded his campaign to the tune of over $60 million. If elected, she would become Maryland's first Black senator and only the second woman to represent the state in the upper chamber. The morning starts early, but I'm still the county executive, which means that the days are always really busy. I think this Senate campaign is the first time I've experienced anything where there are no days off. She took our sandwich orders, and I started explaining to her: "I'm here and I'm campaigning.

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☆ Why JD Vance is being dogged by couch memes — and struggling in general
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNearly two weeks after former President Donald Trump selected JD Vance to be his running mate, it's safe to say the Ohio senator is struggling. His polling is the worst of any non-incumbent vice presidential nominee in decades. Related storiesThat lack of familiarity is a key reason that the memes about Vance having sex with a couch have taken off. By Thursday, social media was awash with memes riffing on the notion that Trump's vice presidential nominee had once fornicated with a couch. In Vance's case, the meme seems to be an ironic stand-in for other issues that voters may have with the Ohio senator, even if they know he probably didn't have sex with a couch.

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☆ Trump running mate JD Vance doubles down on 'childless cat ladies' comment about Harris, Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, on Friday defended his comments accusing key Democrats — including Vice President Kamala Harris — of being miserable "childless cat ladies" who want to "make the rest of the country miserable too," as well as anti-family and anti-kids. Vance has been under fire for days after the "cat ladies" remark resurfaced online following the Ohio Republican's nomination as the party's vice presidential candidate. I explicitly said in my remarks," Vance said. At the time Vance made his remarks Buttigieg was in the process of adopting twin babies with his partner. A month after his comment in 2021, Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's now defunct-show on Fox News — Kelly's former employer — and expanded on it.

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☆ What JD Vance's rise tells us about the influence of Peter Thiel — and Silicon Valley in the age of Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Without Peter Thiel, Vance does not get anywhere near the US Senate. And in Silicon Valley, the conservative movement is much stronger, and more muscular than it was before. AdvertisementThere's this narrative, promoted by people like Thiel, that Silicon Valley is super-liberal. Because Silicon Valley has conservative roots in addition to roots in the counterculture. AdvertisementLike I said, the liberal nature of Silicon Valley has always been sort of overplayed.

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☆ Sen. Scott on the state of crypto, 2024 election and GOP economic priorities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | 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 EmailSen. Scott on the state of crypto, 2024 election and GOP economic prioritiesSenate Banking Committee ranking member Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss former President Trump's scheduled appearance at the bitcoin conference in Tennessee this weekend, state of the 2024 election, GOP economic priorities, and more.

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☆ Simone Biles submits new skill on uneven bars, could become sixth named for her
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Biles submitted a new element on the uneven bars for consideration to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. Simone Biles has submitted an original skill on the Uneven Bars! Asked about the vault, Biles’ coach Cecile Landi smiled broadly. She earned her first named move in 2013, on the floor exercise and three of her elements — the Biles on beam, Biles II on floor, Biles and now Biles II on vault — rank as the most difficult skills on their respective apparatus. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Biles withdrew from the team competition after battling the twisties.

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☆ Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance for ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks: ‘I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jennifer Aniston is criticizing JD Vance for comments he made in his past about women without children. “All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day,” Aniston wrote on her Instagram stories. The ship has sailed.”Aniston’s passionate words about Vance’s comments come from a personal place, as the “Friends” star has personal experience being judged for not having children. (The video Aniston reposted was shared by actress Allison Janney.) CNN has reached out to Aniston’s representative for further comment on her post about Vance and her apparent endorsement of Harris.

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