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☆ Who are the Republican candidates running for president?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

June 22 (Reuters) - At least 11 Republican candidates have announced that they will try to win their party's nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. DONALD TRUMPTrump, 77, announced his election campaign last November as he faced criticism from within his Republican Party over his support for far-right candidates who were defeated in the midterm elections. She attracts about 4% support among Republican voters. DOUG BURGUMDoug Burgum, who is serving his second four-year term as North Dakota's governor, launched his campaign earlier this month. WILL HURDFormer U.S. Representative Will Hurd, who was among the few Republicans who criticized Trump when he was president, is one of two Black candidates in the 2024 Republican race.

Persons: Joe Biden, DONALD TRUMP Trump, Biden, Trump, RON DESANTIS, DeSantis, MIKE, Pence, Trump's, NIKKI HALEY, Haley, TIM SCOTT, Scott, VIVEK RAMASWAMY, Ramaswamy, CHRIS CHRISTIE, Chris Christie, ASA HUTCHINSON, Hutchinson, DOUG BURGUM Doug Burgum, FRANCIS SUAREZ, FRANCIS SUAREZ Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Suarez, WILL HURD, Representative Will Hurd, Hurd, Katharine Jackson, Ross Colvin, Frances Kerry Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Republican Party, New, Twitter, Trump, Walt Disney Co, Ukraine, U.S . Capitol, Constitution, Republican White House, Christian, United Nations, Biden, TIM, Black Republican U.S, Reuters, New Jersey, ASA, White House, Microsoft, FRANCIS SUAREZ Miami Mayor, Cuban, WILL HURD Former U.S, Representative, CIA, Intelligence, Thomson Locations: New York, Florida, U.S, South Carolina, Arkansas, Southern, South Florida, East, South Asia

☆ Canada is calling Meta’s bluff
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

If Australia is any guide, Meta’s intended blackout will likely be short-lived. Meta has insisted it is unfair to expect the company to pay publishers when it drives traffic to their websites. Lawmakers are pushing for similar rules in Meta’s home state of California and in the U.S. Congress. Meta says it makes 40% of its revenue, which was $117 billion last year, in the U.S. and lists Australia and Canada among its most significant regions. If Canada calls Meta’s bluff, the tech giant may just as easily fold against Uncle Sam.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s, Uncle Sam, Anita Ramaswamy, Jennifer Saba, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Facebook, Google, U.S . Congress, Meta, Twitter, Siemens, Telecom Italia, Vivendi, Intel, Thomson Locations: Canada, Australia, California, U.S

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy Is ‘a Hint of the Future’: Our Writers on His Candidacy - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He thinks he’s running to be Donald Trump’s vice president; he’s probably actually running to be the next Pete Buttigieg, a second-tier cabinet official with a strong TV presence and a somewhat thankless portfolio. David French As an eloquent and passionate defender of Trump, quite seriously. As a potential Trump vice president, moderately seriously. Michelle Goldberg He’s running a serious campaign to build a right-wing media brand. What matters most about him as a presidential candidate?

Persons: Ross Douthat, Donald Trump’s, he’s, Pete Buttigieg, David French, Michelle Goldberg He’s, Katherine Mangu, Andrew Yang, Daniel McCarthy, Ron Paul, Bruni He’s, Herman Cain, Marianne Williamson, — Organizations: Trump, Oval, Republican, Democratic

☆ Trump gets first GOP endorsements since his indictment in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Trump, the clear frontrunner in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, was also endorsed by North Carolina Lt. Gov. As if to drive home that point, the same crowd that cheered Robinson also loudly booed another GOP presidential candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Reschenthaler, the House Republican chief deputy whip, is the second member of the chamber's GOP leadership to endorse Trump after House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York. Ron DeSantis, Trump's nearest Republican primary competitor, has so far amassed five congressional endorsements. Polls of the GOP primary field showed Trump widening his lead after his first indictment.

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☆ Regulators May Sink America’s Banks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jeb Hensarling | Michael Solon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Republican presidential hopefuls Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and maybe even Donald Trump are united on spending. All offer a much safer future than the alternative. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyIn response to this year’s failures of midsize banks, the Biden administration—through the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Comptroller of the Currency—is trying to mandate 20% higher capital standards for the nation’s largest banks. The Obama administration did the same after the subprime mortgage crisis in 2010. When the totality of macroeconomic conditions are weighed, the dramatically higher capital requirements will threaten financial stability.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Mark Kelly, Biden, —, Obama, It’s Organizations: Republican, Zuma, Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

Several Republican 2024 presidential hopefuls criticized Donald Trump Sunday as the former president faces 37 federal counts for allegedly hoarding documents after he left the White House. "He's a petulant child when someone disagrees with him," Christie told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. Presidential hopeful and former Vice President Mike Pence said it is "premature" to say whether or not he would pardon Trump were he to be convicted. "All we know is what the president has been accused of in the indictment," Pence told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday. But Trump had a supporter on Sunday in Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy who has said the former president should be pardoned if convicted.

Persons: Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Trump, —, Bill Barr, John Kelly, Chris Christie, Christie, CNN's, Pence, NBC's, Joe Biden, Asa Hutchinson, Hutchinson, I'm, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Martin Luther King Jr Organizations: Republican, Donald Trump Sunday, White, Former New Jersey Gov, Union, Sunday, Press, Republican National, Arkansas Republican, Federal Bureau of, Fox, Civil Locations: Ankeny , Iowa, United States, Arkansas

☆ A Long-Shot Candidate’s Defense of Trump Could Undermine the Rule of Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the overheated basement of the Thunder Bay Grille in Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday night, Vivek Ramaswamy, the entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate, tried out a new opening for his well-practiced stump speech. “That’s not how we do things in America,” he continued. “We are not a country where the party in power should be able to use police force to indict its political opponents. And I stand not on the politics but on principle.”It was a portentous broadside for a man running to be president, one that questioned the integrity of a justice system that had just brought the first federal charges against a former president. And it is something that Mr. Ramaswamy admits he has wrestled with, given that his assertions could undermine the rule of law that he says he stands by firmly.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, that’s, “ That’s, ”, Ramaswamy Organizations: Scott, Scott County Republican Locations: Davenport , Iowa, Scott County, Mississippi, America

☆ Newsom vs. DeSantis: Bring It On
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Republican presidential hopefuls Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and maybe even Donald Trump are united on spending. All offer a much safer future than the alternative. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThe two shouty debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2020 were not exactly the stuff of Lincoln and Douglas, and if next year brings a rerun, many TV viewers would probably flip the channel in favor of something else, anything else, “Fast & Furious 17” or women’s air hockey finals. Yet serious public arguments can matter.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Mark Kelly, Joe Biden Organizations: Republican, Zuma Locations: Lincoln, Douglas

☆ Cava IPO comes in a little too hot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The company’s IPO raised $318 million, about $30 million more than it had expected a few days earlier, to fuel its expansion. And just in time for the afternoon lunch rush, its shares opened on the New York Stock Exchange at nearly double its IPO price. That implies Cava’s valuation is close to $5 billion, over twice the amount private investors ascribed it in 2021. Cava is a lot like Sweetgreen – neither are profitable, and both have a similar number of stores. But Cava now trades at more than five times its theoretical annualized sales based on the first quarter, much higher than the 1.4 times Sweetgreen commands.

Persons: Cava, copycats, Anita Ramaswamy, John Foley, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: YORK, Reuters, New York Stock Exchange, Twitter, Corporate, Thomson Locations: Crunchbase, Cava

☆ Reddit’s golden geese foul up its IPO plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It’s a wrinkle in Reddit’s plan to go public, and a sign that plan is premature. And unlike counterparts elsewhere, Reddit’s mods are unpaid. Researchers at Northwestern University estimate that Reddit’s mods perform at least $3.4 million worth of labor annually. Some third-party apps using Reddit content make money, which an owner of the still-unprofitable Reddit would probably prefer to share. A bigger target is artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI that create value by scraping Reddit’s forums to hone their own products.

Persons: Steve Huffman, Willing, Huffman’s, Huffman, John Foley, Streisand Neto Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Northwestern University, Starbucks, Twitter, Thomson

Former US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey, on June 13, 2023. That sort of comment is further than where many of Trump's rivals for the GOP presidential nomination will go publicly. Still, even out in the open, there are indications that they believe this federal indictment is far more serious than the last one. But the Trump indictment took over, with participants expressing deep concern about backlash and the party's fracturing beyond repair. On one hand, if Trump's GOP rivals blast him, they risk further alienating his committed GOP supporters.

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☆ Pence says he can't defend alleged Trump crimes in classified documents indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he could not defend the criminal allegations against Donald Trump, his former boss and current campaign rival, in a federal indictment charging the ex-president with mishandling classified documents. "This indictment contains serious charges, and I cannot defend what is alleged," Pence said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Trump is charged with willfully retaining national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, concealing documents and making false statements. Pence fell out with Trump after he refused to aid the former president's efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. Pence reiterated his call for new leadership and imbued his thoughts on Trump's indictment with campaign rhetoric.

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[1/4] The motorcade former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami, Florida, June 13, 2023. Tuesday's appearance in Miami was on federal charges. Supporters wearing Make America Great Again hats and carrying American flags chanted "Miami for Trump" and "Latinos for Trump" as the motorcade paused outside the courthouse. The indictment of a former U.S. president on federal charges is unprecedented in American history. Trump accuses Democratic President Joe Biden of orchestrating the federal case to undermine his campaign.

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[1/3] People and members of the media gather outside The Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, on the morning former U.S. President Trump is to appear there on classified document charges, in Miami, Florida, June 13, 2023. Several dozen protesters and journalists mingled outside the courthouse while helicopters hovered overhead. He called Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, a "Trump hater" on social media on Tuesday. Outside the courthouse, a woman carried a sign reading, "I Stand With Trump." Legal experts say the evidence amounts to a strong case, and Smith has said Trump will have a "speedy" trial.

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☆ TV news covered the court hearing with wall-to-wall coverage.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The wall-to-wall coverage represented yet another day in which Mr. Trump dominated the airwaves. Many of the panelists who took part in the coverage discussed the momentous nature of the day. There were no shots of Mr. Trump entering the courthouse — his motorcade entered a garage — nor were there any images inside the federal building. The networks relied instead on images of demonstrators outside the courthouse. Five hours later, Mr. Ramaswamy sat for a live Fox News interview with Ms. MacCallum, this time in studio in New York.

Persons: Trump, ” John Dickerson, Melania Trump, ”, John Roberts, Margo Martin, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, “ Organizations: CBS, Fox News, Fox, Republican Locations: Miami, New York

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Other 2024 Candidates to Promise Trump a Pardon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and activist who is running against Donald J. Trump for the Republican nomination, told reporters outside the courthouse in Miami on Tuesday that he had reached out to other presidential candidates to urge them to commit to pardoning the former president if they win in 2024. Mr. Ramaswamy, who has been among Mr. Trump’s most vocal supporters since the indictment, said he had floated the idea of such a pledge to Mr. Trump’s main Republican rivals, including Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, as well as Democrats challenging President Biden, like Robert Kennedy Jr. Speaking outside the federal court building where Mr. Trump was scheduled to appear hours later, Mr. Ramaswamy was often drowned out by competing chants between Trump supporters and demonstrators who had come to celebrate the indictment. Mr. Ramaswamy said that even though he could benefit politically from the case, he believed the prospect of the Republican front-runner facing an extended prosecution and possibly jail time was dangerous for democracy.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald J, Trump, Ramaswamy, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Robert Kennedy Jr Organizations: Republican, Mr, Gov Locations: Miami, Florida

☆ London crypto move is a sign of desperate times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK/LONDON, June 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is eager to bring some Silicon Valley glitz to London. Now venture capital investor Andreessen Horowitz is setting up its first non-US office in the British capital, to focus on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The then-finance minister in 2021 declared as “fantastic” the decision by Deliveroo (ROO.L) to list its shares in London. Despite Sunak’s call for the UK to “embrace new innovations” like the blockchain, Britain’s appetite for crypto remains uncertain. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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☆ Trump is controlling his narrative, but 'in reality he's back on his heels,' former federal prosecutor argues
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 37 federal charges against former President Donald Trump were unsealed on Friday. Trump announced the indictment on Truth Social and has been pushing his narrative since Thursday. While his team feels good about their response to the charges, that does not mean he's off the hook. While that puts him at a public relations advantage over special counsel Jack Smith, it doesn't mean he's clear of serious legal peril. And if Trump is convicted, the judge has a large say, within the guidelines, of whether he ever sees prison time.

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☆ Trump indictment is 'very, very damning,' his former attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023. After a 37-count criminal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr said there is trouble ahead for the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful. "If even half of it is true, then he's toast," Barr told "Fox News Sunday." Many Republicans, including presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, have rallied around Trump in the wake of the indictment. "Former President Trump has no one to blame but himself for being federally, criminally indicted," he told ABC's "This Week."

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☆ Opinion: This Trump indictment will change history. The question is how
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Jane Greenway Carr | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “Big Brother” is a fierce indictment of a power structure that surveils and oppresses while poverty and suffering proliferate. Clay Jones“Next year will mark 50 years since President Richard Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal. And yet, “Trump denies any and all wrongdoing and continues to remain the leader of the pack. “When former President Donald Trump took office in 2017, he left the rules in place.

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☆ The 2024 G.O.P. Field Faces a Choice: Law and Order or Loyalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | Ken Bensinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has left the Republican Party — and his rivals for the party’s nomination — with a stark choice between deferring to a system of law and order that has been central to the party’s identity for half a century or a more radical path of resistance, to the Democratic Party in power and to the nation’s highest institutions that Mr. Trump now derides. How the men and women who seek to lead the party into the 2024 election respond to the indictments of the former president in the coming months will have enormous implications for the future of the G.O.P. So far, the declared candidates for the presidency who are not Mr. Trump have divided into three camps regarding his federal indictment last Thursday: those who have strongly backed him and his insistence that the indictment is a politically driven means to deny him a second White House term, such as Vivek Ramaswamy; those who have urged Americans to take the charges seriously, such as Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson; and those who have straddled both camps, condemning the indictment but nudging voters to move past Mr. Trump’s leadership, such as Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. The trick, for all of Mr. Trump’s competitors, will be finding the balance between harnessing the anger of the party’s core voters who remain devoted to him while winning their support as an alternative nominee.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Republican Party —, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley Organizations: Republican Party, Democratic Party

☆ Joe Biden: Never Bet Against the American Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Joe Biden | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Republican presidential hopefuls Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and maybe even Donald Trump are united on spending. All offer a much safer future than the alternative. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyI wrote in these pages a year ago that with the right policies, the U.S. could make a transition from rapid recovery to stable, steady growth with lower inflation, sustaining the historic economic gains that American workers had achieved. I also expressed my confidence in our ability to rebuild the economy from the middle out and the bottom up and move beyond the failed trickle-down economic policies of the past so that the economy works for working families.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Mark Kelly I Organizations: Republican, Zuma Locations: U.S

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian SnyderWASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The indictment of former President Donald Trump on multiple charges related to his handling of classified documents on Thursday has thrust the Justice Department back into the center of the Republican presidential primary campaign. In a video posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, he reiterated previous assertions that the Justice Department has been weaponized for political ends. But he has shied away from promoting more aggressive reforms at the Justice Department. In a statement on Thursday night, he lambasted the Justice Department, calling it part of a "federal police state."

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☆ DeSantis responds to 2nd Trump indictment by promising to 'end weaponization' of DOJ if elected president
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis came to the defense of Trump, his top 2024 rival, after news of the federal indictment. Ron DeSantis promised Thursday evening that if elected president he would overhaul the US Department of Justice in response to news that former President Donald Trump was indicted. With the indictment, Trump became the first former president in US history to face federal criminal charges. The DeSantis administration will bring accountability to the DOJ, excise political bias, and end weaponization once and for all." DeSantis didn't say whether he would pardon Trump if elected, as 2024 challenger and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy did.

Persons: DeSantis, Trump, —, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Hunter, Asa Hutchinson, Hillary Clinton's, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy Organizations: of Justice, Service, Gov, US Department of Justice, Twitter, Biden, Trump, DOJ, Democratic, Fox News, Burisma Holdings, FBI, White, Truth, Fox News Digital Locations: Florida, Arkansas, Trump's, Palm Beach , Florida, Miami

☆ Republican primary candidates tap-dance around second Trump indictment charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For his rivals, though, the campaign has been frozen in place, with Trump again seizing the spotlight and relegating them to supporting roles. So when word of the indictment broke, DeSantis sprinted to Trump’s corner – along with the loyalists he is ultimately hoping will break for him. Look, look at this.”Among the 2024 field, DeSantis and longshot primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy emerged overnight as Trump’s most ardent defenders. Ahead of a new ad launch, its first of the 2024 primary, a senior adviser to the group said the new indictment furthered Christie’s political case against Trump. “While Donald Trump is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the ongoing criminal proceedings will be a major distraction,” Hutchinson said.

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