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Deputy White House chief of staff Annie Tomasini, a longtime aide to the Bidens, joins Donilon and Ricchetti in forming a protective bubble around the president. “The phones just kind of stopped ringing,” is how one senior Democrat put it. “Staff in general are just over the leadership here,” one White House official said. Inside the White House, senior administration officials are bracing for Republicans to call for Biden to resign the presidency if he doesn’t seek reelection. With Biden’s political future on the brink, the White House is fielding a steady stream of letters, telephone calls and message from Americans, too, from Democratic voters like Terri and John Hale.

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☆ Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a surprisingly long time ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Instead, the team determined that the shape of the cut marks was consistent with those made by stone tools. “The cut marks were not randomly distributed but focused on those skeletal elements that harbored large muscle packs like the pelvis and the tail,” he said. A detailed examination of cut marks on the fossils revealed they were made by stone tools in a deliberate sequence. Along with three perforated giant sloth bones found in Brazil that archaeologists believe humans used as pendants 25,000 to 27,000 years ago, the butchered armadillo bones suggest that humans were in South America a surprisingly long time ago. “Until recently, the traditional model indicated that humans entered the continent 16,000 calendar years ago,” he said.

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☆ I quit my day job at 29 by investing in real estate. I'm now a stay-at-home dad building generational wealth for my kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Matt Krueger, 30, about building income from rental properties in Des Moines, Iowa. Related storiesBetween 2017 and 2021, our rental income averaged $1,200 to $1,500 monthly, taking into account money set aside for mortgage payments. I was inspired to try short-term rentals and quit my day job in 2022One day, I listened to a podcast about short-term rentals and Airbnb. AdvertisementOne downside of short-term rentals is the increased adminIn 2023, we made around $97,000 in revenue from long-term rentals and around $143,000 from two short-term rentals. In May this year, we opened our third short-term rental, hoping to increase our revenue even further.

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Many young conservatives also support student loan cancellation, with 49% of Gen Z and millennial Republicans surveyed saying some or all outstanding education debt should be erased. As president, Trump called for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education's existing loan relief programs, including the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness initiative. He also wanted to slash the department's budget, and his administration halted a regulation aimed at providing loan forgiveness to those defrauded by their schools. He has repeatedly attacked Biden's loan relief policies, and he said in a campaign video in late 2023 that he wants to close the Education Department altogether. For critics of broad student loan forgiveness, Biden's new plan looks a lot like his first.

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☆ The pandemic helped increase support for guaranteed income. Then came the backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

While universal basic income provides money to everyone, guaranteed income may provide either targeted or universal support. The organization did not provide comment, but the Foundation for Government Accountability's research lays out the reasons for its opposition to guaranteed income programs. Once they have access to guaranteed income, that often allows them to figure out ways to increase what they earn, she said. "Folks who press arguments about guaranteed income creating dependency aren't looking at the fact that what guaranteed income is actually allowing participants to do is make good choices," Bogle said. 'The status quo isn't working'Many other guaranteed income program participants have seen life-changing improvements, particularly when it comes to their earnings capability.

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☆ How Biden’s 2024 choice could reshape the Senate and Supreme Court for years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But recent history raises deep questions about whether Democratic Senate candidates can continue to levitate as far above the presidential ticket as polls now show. “A Democratic Senate majority coalition relies on having both Senators from a state such as Michigan,” said Daniel Hopkins, a University of Pennsylvania political scientist. As recently as the 1980s, it was common for voters to split their tickets in Senate races. Still, even that alignment left room for some Senate candidates to swim against this general tide. This history, by itself, doesn’t answer whether Democratic Senate candidates would have better prospects with or without Biden as their presidential nominee.

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Lauren read several articles about how Democrats reacted to Biden’s performance. What stood out most to David Carlson, the treasurer of the Georgia Young Republicans, was the mainstream media’s reaction to Mr. Biden’s performance. Jonathon saw memes on Facebook about Biden’s performance and Jill Biden’s response after the debate. Jonathon saw memes on Facebook about Biden’s performance and Jill Biden’s response after the debate. “I already had my mind set on Trump” before the debate, Mr. Ballard said.

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☆ Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The world’s tallest male dog, a Great Dane named Kevin, has died just days after his title was announced, Guinness World Records (GWR) said on Monday. His family, who live in West Des Moines, Iowa, have been left “devastated,” his owner Tracy Wolfe said in GWR press release. from Guinness World Records“I don’t think he’s aware he is as big as he is,” Tracy said earlier this month. Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer. Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club.

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☆ Wading Through Neck-High Waters in Iowa, a Husband Implored His Wife to Keep Going
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Ann Hinga Klein | Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Wanda and Randy Bliek awoke on Saturday to the sound of water lapping against the walls of their home in Rock Valley, Iowa. The couple rushed to their pickup truck and drove onto the street, but surging water pushed them against the curb. Unable to open the truck doors, they said, they escaped through the windows and climbed out into the neck-high current gushing down their street. For eight long blocks, they alternated between swimming and walking to safety while neighbors screamed for help from their roofs. At one point, Ms. Bliek, 65, told her husband she was not sure she could continue.

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☆ Floods Force Rescues in Iowa and South Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Yan Zhuang | More About Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than a million people in the Upper Midwest were under flood warnings early Sunday morning, after days of heavy rain caused major flooding, forced evacuations and led to rescues in Iowa and South Dakota. The flood warnings were in place for rivers in parts of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the warnings were scheduled to end later on Sunday; others were in effect until further notice. In Iowa, several rivers have been peaking above levels reported during a 1993 flood that left 50 dead across the Midwest, according to that state’s governor, Kim Reynolds. In South Dakota, torrential rain has fallen across the central and eastern parts of the state for three days, and some areas have received up to 18 inches.

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We've compiled everything you need to know about how to watch the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky from home, including both cable and live streaming options. The league announced that last weekend's Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game was the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years, peaking at nearly 3 million viewers. How to watch Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky in the USThe Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game will air on ESPN on Sunday at 4 p.m. If you don't have cable, you can explore a live TV streaming package that carries the channel. Check price at FuboHow to watch Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky from anywhereIf you'll be traveling outside of the US during the game, you'll have trouble accessing your usual apps and subscriptions.

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☆ ‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations and rescues as record-breaking heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here’s the latest:• Heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic: As heat alerts persist for over 100 million people over the weekend, the extreme heat risk will spread from the Ohio Valley on Saturday to the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. Highs across the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic have been 10 to 15 degrees above average. “An intense heat wave will continue across the Mid-Atlantic, where record high temperatures are likely,” the National Weather Service said Saturday. • Flooding prompts evacuations in Iowa: In Rock Valley, Iowa, all homes north of Highway 18 were evacuated amid high floodwaters Saturday. On Sunday, storms are possible across New England and southwestward though the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley, according to the weather service.

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☆ Donald Trump’s potential vice president picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has been busy in recent weeks. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January. Vance, shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. He is also close with Donald Trump Jr.Vance, a former venture capitalist, veteran and author, is among the candidates who received vice-presidential vetting materials from the Trump campaign. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks before former President Donald Trump at the “People's Convention” of Turning Point Action on June 15, 2024, in Detroit.

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☆ Opinion: Call it ‘Make America Chaste Again.’ And it’s a losing message for the GOP in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Opinion Karen Finney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In a recent television interview, Trump said he was considering restricting access to birth control and leaving the decision to the states. Taking to social media, Trump falsely claimed that neither he nor the Republican Party supported imposing restrictions on or banning birth control. The plans call for again attacking birth control through executive action, including threatening access to IUDs and emergency contraception. In Arizona, GOP Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli absurdly suggested that women could simply hold “an aspirin between their knees” as birth control. In Iowa, legislation falsely conflated birth control with abortion to block the approval of over-the-counter birth control pills.

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☆ Patrick Gottsch, Champion of Rural TV Programming, Dies at 70
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A tractor-pulling contest in Rockwell, Iowa. “The Big Joe Polka Show.” A veterinarian discussing how to keep flies off cows. Its programing may not be the stuff of must-see television in urban and suburban America. But RFD-TV, which also carries gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Future Farmers of America convention, occupies an enduring, if narrow, niche on the television spectrum. Mr. Gottsch, whose spinoff properties include the Cowboy Channel, the Cowgirl Channel and Rural Radio, Channel 147 on SiriusXM, died on May 18 in Fort Worth.

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☆ US college instructor David Zabner recounts surviving stabbing in China to Iowa public radio
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Police told us that he was unemployed and down on his luck, and that somebody in our group bumped into the man,” Zabner told Iowa Public Radio News from his hospital room. I’ve been stabbed.’”Zabner was stabbed in the arm 6 inches below his shoulder, and paramedics arrived roughly 20 minutes later, he told Iowa Public Radio News. Cornell College instructor David Zabner survived the stabbing attack in Jilin, China. Zabner joined the program in November 2019 to teach computer science courses at Beihua University, according to Iowa Public Radio News. Zabner’s brother, Iowa state Rep. Adam Zabner, told CNN that his sibling was “doing well” and “has been stitched up and seems to be recovering,” after speaking to him on Tuesday.

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☆ 4 instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College injured in ‘serious incident’ in China, school says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Sarah Dewberry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Four instructors from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, were injured in a “serious incident” while visiting a park in China on Monday, according to a statement from the school. The instructors were in China teaching as part of a partnership with a local university and had been accompanied to the public park by a faculty member of that partner institution, Cornell College President Jonathan Brand said in a statement to the college community. Brand did not name the partner institution in his statement, but school spokesperson Jen Visser confirmed the incident happened in Jilin City. The campus of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa Courtesy Cornell CollegeNo students were participating in the program, according to the school. Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson, who represents the district where the college is located, said in a post on X that the four college employees “were brutally stabbed.”“My team has been in communication with Cornell College and will do everything in our power to bring these Iowans home safely,” Hinson said.

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☆ My family covered the bridesmaids' expenses at my daughters' weddings because it didn't seem right to ask the women to pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jordison, who worked as a school librarian and preschool teacher before retiring, said that when her daughters got married in the aughts, they opted to pay for all the bridesmaids' expenses. Related storiesFor her first daughter's wedding, Jordison said she knew they wanted to cover the bridesmaid expenses. She said for her first daughter's wedding they were able to have 400 guests, but opted not to do a sit-down dinner and didn't have any wedding favors. AdvertisementJordison said covering the bridesmaids' expenses was well worth it. They also say there are some costs bridesmaids expect to pay, like for their dress, while others should be optional or covered by the bride, like hair and makeup.

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☆ From Texas to Michigan, a Punishing Month of Tornadoes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Mitch Smith | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

May 22 — Nancy Stringer survived the tornado with her grandsons in the basement of her home in Greenfield, Iowa. Tim Gruber for The New York Times

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☆ A homeless Iowa mom of 2 is struggling to find a landlord who will accept her housing voucher before it expires. The state is making it harder by allowing landlords to discriminate against her.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

That deadline — July 11 — is imposed by the state housing authority and applies to Quinn's Section 8 housing choice voucher, which she's had for about 12 years. Iowa lets landlords refuse voucher holdersQuinn says she's contacted close to 30 landlords since March. Many have simply told her they don't accept housing vouchers. In 2021, the state passed a law barring cities and counties from protecting voucher holders from overt discrimination by landlords. A crucial but flawed benefitThe federal Housing Choice Voucher Program is the biggest — and most effective — American housing assistance program.

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☆ The 50 best places to live in the US, mapped
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The 2024 U.S. News & World Report list of the Best Places to Live in the US, which was released Tuesday, ranks 150 major cities based on their quality of life, education, crime rates, employment opportunities, and housing. Business Insider mapped the top 50 best places to live, with the top 15 colored dark blue. Southeastern Florida cities like Miami and Fort Lauderdale normally get most of the love from movers outside the state — or even the country. But this year, it's the western part of the peninsula that's well-represented on the list of best places to live. Many have been moving to Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Washington, citing factors such as high home prices, the climate crisis, and politics.

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☆ Here’s why we eat popcorn at the movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But the perfect (and very profitable) pairing of today wasn’t always the case: For many years, movie theaters wanted nothing to do with the snack. People watch movies in a newly reopened AMC River East theater on Aug. 20, 2020, in Chicago. Popular movies often bring collectible cups and popcorn buckets, or, in industry-speak, Collectible Concession Vehicles (CCVs). The cinema business will continue to evolve, but one thing will remain constant, said Gil of Queen’s University. “Theaters will stop playing movies before they will actually stop selling popcorn.”

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☆ We're millennial brothers and business partners who left San Francisco's tech bubble for the Midwest manufacturing scene. We never would have been able to afford to launch our startup in California.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

We lived in San Diego for a few years after college, and then we moved to San Francisco in 2018. Matine: San Francisco is amazing. But San Francisco was apocalyptic. We had a three-story, four-bedroom place for half the price of our condo in San Francisco. The facility we're currently in is only a little more expensive than my rent in San Francisco, and this is 20,000 square feet.

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☆ House v. NCAA: College sports could see a dramatic change. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —College athletes could soon get dramatically different paychecks. The lawsuitThe House v. NCAA lawsuit was filed by Grant House and Sedona Prince, two college athletes, against the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences – the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast – in US District Court Northern District of California Oakland Division in 2020. But college athletes in the House lawsuit say current NIL rules and an “anticompetitive” college system hurt their chances to make money. The possible settlement comes against a backdrop of attitudes toward college athletes receiving payments gradually changing. Earlier this year, members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team became the first college athletes to vote to join a union, a significant milestone in the rapidly changing business for collegiate sports.

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The tornado had just hit Greenfield, Iowa, and residents were already using skid loaders to clear streets. With the hospital damaged, they took the wounded to a medical triage center at the local lumberyard. And across western Iowa, paramedics and police officers were speeding toward the small town to help. “Everybody became little makeshift ambulances,” said Ray Sorensen, a member of the Iowa House of Representatives who lives in Greenfield, and who said he helped with the rescues after racing back to town shortly after the storm hit on Tuesday afternoon. Kim Reynolds said some areas had been “flattened into debris,” and the National Weather Service reported “at least EF-3 damage” in the town, using the 0-to-5 rating system for tornado severity.

Persons: ”, Ray Sorensen, Kim Reynolds Organizations: Iowa, Gov, National Weather Service Locations: Greenfield , Iowa, Iowa, Greenfield, Des Moines

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