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☆ US Steel’s future as an American company is about to come to a vote. It may not matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It is important that we maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steelworkers,” he said. “US Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.”Experts said opposition from Biden and other politicians — both Republican and Democrats — make it unlikely the deal will win approval. “Six weeks ago, the United States gave Mitsui, a Japanese company, a $20 billion deal to build a crane factory here in the United States and replace all our port cranes throughout the United States. “If the administration has concerns about the Nippon Steel deal, it must seriously consider alternative outcomes. US Steel products, supported by significant capital investments from Nippon Steel, will remain mined, melted and made in America,” the company said.

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☆ What Are We Told About the Health of Biden and Trump? They Decide.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2008, when Senator John McCain was the oldest person to seek a first term in the White House, his campaign set out to reassure the public about his health. Today, President Biden is 81 and his rival, Donald J. Trump, is 77, and many voters believe both men are too old for another term. Their doctors proclaim them fit to serve, but neither has agreed to throw open his medical charts to prove it. Mr. Biden released a six-page summary of medical test results in February, but his doctor has refused to be interviewed by reporters, breaking from past practice. Mr. Trump has revealed less than Mr. Biden; his last public note from his doctor, in November, was three paragraphs long.

Persons: John McCain, Biden, Donald J, Trump

☆ Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Former Democratic vice presidential nominee and Sen. Joe Lieberman has died at 82, according to a statement from his family. “Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024, in New York City due to complications from a fall. His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed. Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” the statement said. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Persons: Sen, Joe Lieberman, Joseph I, Lieberman, Hadassah, Lieberman’s, God Organizations: CNN —, Democratic, Former United Locations: New York City, America

☆ Erin Hawley: The Woman Arguing Against the Abortion Pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was 2014, and Erin Morrow Hawley was fighting against the egg-laying hens of Missouri. A law professor from five generations of ranchers and the wife of Senator Josh Hawley, Ms. Hawley joined a challenge to California, which required more spacious enclosures for hens laying eggs to be sold there. Ms. Hawley continued teaching, and Ms. Harris became Joe Biden’s vice president. Ten years later, Ms. Hawley, 44, is now at the center of one of the country’s most heated cultural battles about bodily autonomy, gender roles and abortion. And Ms. Hawley was the woman standing before the justices, arguing to sharply curtail access to the abortion pill.

Persons: Erin Morrow Hawley, Josh Hawley, Hawley, Kamala Harris, Harris, Joe Biden’s, Roe, Wade Locations: Missouri, California

☆ Sen. Joe Manchin: White House's LNG pause is 'crazy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSen. Joe Manchin: White House's LNG pause is 'crazy'CNBC's Brian Sullivan interviews West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin from the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas.

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That same day, Mr. Trump’s campaign announced that the former president would appear alongside Mr. Moreno on Saturday in Dayton, widely interpreted as a sign that Mr. Moreno could benefit from an 11th-hour boost. Simultaneously, Mr. Moreno and his backers have portrayed Mr. Dolan as not sufficiently supportive of Mr. Trump. After Mr. Trump overwhelmingly won the former battleground state in 2016 and 2020, Ohioans sent J.D. Image Mr. Moreno has been endorsed by, and campaigned with, several Republicans with ties to Mr. Trump, including Gov. Mr. LaRose and Mr. Moreno have banded together to attack Mr. Dolan as disloyal to Mr. Trump, while both Mr. Dolan and Mr. LaRose have accused Mr. Moreno of shifting his views on everything from gun control to Mr. Trump himself.

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☆ Is the End of the Filibuster Near?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Time may be finally running out on the filibuster, the signature dilatory tactic in the Senate embraced by some as a protector of minority rights and reviled by others as an outdated weapon of partisan obstruction. With the announcement by Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona that she will not seek re-election, the filibuster is now on track to lose the two senators who preserved it in 2022 over the objections of the rest of their party. She and her fellow filibuster defender, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, who is also retiring, left Democrats just two votes short of ending the filibuster when it came to voting law changes that were backed by a majority. Perhaps just as significantly, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who has enthusiastically deployed the filibuster to his advantage for decades, is stepping down from his top party leadership post, reducing the influence of one of the chief practitioners and defenders of filibuster maneuvering. Depending on how the November elections shake out, the pressure to reduce the power of the procedural tool — which effectively requires 60 votes to move any legislation forward in the Senate — could be substantial.

Persons: Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin III, Mitch McConnell Organizations: Kentucky Republican Locations: Arizona, West Virginia

☆ Kari Lake Tries a New Tactic: Mending Fences
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Kellen Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even before she announced her campaign for Senate in Arizona, Kari Lake, a Republican and a favorite of former President Donald J. Trump, has been on a mission to make peace. But now, looking to wrest a seat from Democrats in a key presidential battleground, Ms. Lake is courting former foes and trying to mend fences. In addition to her public overtures, Ms. Lake has reached out privately to establishment Republicans in the state in recent months — including some she personally offended — seeking their support. In some cases, Ms. Lake has expressed regrets about her past behavior, one of the people said. “I think you clearly see a genuine effort to bring more Republicans into the fold.”

Persons: Kari Lake, Donald J, Trump, —, Doug Ducey, Jan Brewer, Karrin Taylor Robson, Matt Salmon, Meghan McCain, John McCain, Lake, ”, Daniel Scarpinato Organizations: Senate, Republican Locations: Arizona

☆ Vast reserves of clean hydrogen fuel could be hiding beneath our feet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trillions of tons of lightweight, energy-dense hydrogen gas may be hidden deep underground. Those natural reservoirs, known as geologic hydrogen, could be a fruitful carbon-free fuel source. Oil and gas giants BP and Chevron have joined a consortium to study geologic hydrogen. That's when an oil and gas company assessed a mine that had exploded in Mali and found it was full of hydrogen gas. In the US, two long stretches of this rock are a promising place to look for hydrogen reserves, and efforts are already underway.

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☆ The 2024 Republican race is the fastest-narrowing field in recent history
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Alex | Leeds Matthews | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nikki Haley suspended her campaign Wednesday morning, leaving former President Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee. Haley’s exit, 51 days after the Iowa caucuses, makes 2024 one of the fastest-narrowing primary fields in recent history. In 2008, Senator John McCain secured the delegates for the Republican nomination on March 4, 61 days after the Iowa caucuses and about a month after that year’s Super Tuesday. No other competitive primary fields since 2004 narrowed to a final candidate within 100 days of the Iowa caucuses. In some instances, losing candidates have remained in the race even after the eventual nominee secured the required delegates.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Haley’s, John McCain Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, GOP Locations: Iowa

Speaking at the Next.io forum on internet gambling and sports betting, several mentioned New York and Maryland as likely candidates to start offering internet casino games soon. And some noted that, despite years of difficulty crafting a deal that satisfies commercial and tribal casinos and card rooms, California is simply too big a market not to offer internet gambling. Shawn Fluharty, a West Virginia state delegate and chairman of a national group of legislators from gambling states, listed New York and Maryland as the most likely states to add internet gambling soon. Both men acknowledged the difficulty of passing online casino legislation; Thirty-eight states plus Washington, D.C., currently offer sports betting, compared to seven with internet casino gambling. Fluharty said four casinos opened in Pennsylvania after the state began offering internet casino gambling.

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☆ Kyrsten Sinema Bows Out of Arizona Senate Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Kellen Browning | More About Kellen Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said on Tuesday that she would not seek re-election, ending more than a year of speculation about her political future and clearing the race for a traditional matchup between the eventual Democratic and Republican nominees. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year,” she said in a video announcement. Ms. Sinema, a first-term senator who left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent, faced potentially long odds in another race. Her decision to bow out of the race now sets up a showdown directly between Representative Ruben Gallego and the eventual Republican nominee. Kari Lake, the former nominee for governor — and a close ally of former President Donald J. Trump who has championed his baseless election fraud theories — is the leading candidate in the Republican primary, though Mark Lamb, a sheriff, is also running.

Persons: Kyrsten Sinema, ”, Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake, —, Donald J, Trump, Mark Lamb, Biden’s, Joe Manchin III Organizations: eventual Democratic, Democratic Party, Republican Locations: Arizona, West Virginia

☆ Republicans Nod to Trump’s Influence in Race to Succeed McConnell
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Kayla Guo | More About Kayla Guo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With nine months before Senate Republicans select their new leader to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell, some are acknowledging the shadow of one figure outside Congress who looms over the race: former President Donald J. Trump. “He’s the Republican front-runner; he’s going to have a voice in it,” Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. A third John, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 3 Senate Republican, may also jump into the race. He has maintained close ties to Mr. Trump and positioned himself to the right of Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Thune.

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☆ McConnell’s Early Decision to Step Aside Fuels G.O.P. Fight to Succeed Him
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A contest that had been simmering in the background was suddenly thrust front and center this week by Mr. McConnell’s earlier-than-expected announcement that he would not seek to remain his party’s leader. The contenders immediately began wooing their colleagues for the chance to become the first new face of their party in the Senate in almost two decades. “It is a lot of runway,” Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican, said about the months remaining before the party’s first seriously contested leadership race since Mr. McConnell took over in 2007. The true electorate is not even known yet, since those voting for next year’s leader will include anyone who wins a seat in November — and exclude anyone who loses.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell’s, John Thune of, McConnell Organizations: Capitol Locations: John Thune of South Dakota

☆ Pentagon Weighs New Plan to Ship Weapons to Ukraine Quickly
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Eric Schmitt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration is considering whether to provide Ukraine with badly needed arms and ammunition from Pentagon stockpiles even though the government has run out of money to replace those munitions, according to two U.S. officials and a senior lawmaker. Such a move would be a short-term measure to help tide over Ukraine’s armed forces until Congress breaks a monthslong impasse and approves a larger military aid package to the country, the officials said. But in considering whether to tap into the Pentagon stockpiles again, the administration is weighing both the political risks and questions about American military readiness. “It’s something that I know is on the table,” Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat who leads the Armed Services Committee, said in an interview. Mr. Reed, who recently returned from a trip to Ukraine, said he would support such a stopgap measure in “incremental uses to buy time.”

Persons: Biden, Jack Reed, Reed, ” Organizations: Rhode Island, Armed Services Committee Locations: Ukraine

☆ Zelensky says Trump doesn’t understand Putin because he has never fought him
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Former US President Donald Trump will be “against Americans” if he chooses to support Russia over Ukraine, the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in Kyiv, Zelensky said he “can’t understand how Donald Trump can be on the side of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.”“It’s unbelievable,” he added. Zelensky said that he believed Trump — who also claimed he would end the conflict in one day if elected — did not understand Putin’s goals. “I think Donald Trump doesn’t know Putin,” Zelensky said. “He doesn’t understand it, of course, God bless you don’t have the war on your territory.”

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☆ Zelensky warns ‘millions will be killed’ without US aid to Kyiv, as Ukrainian troop deaths reach at least 31,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Stephanie Halasz | Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Millions” could die in Ukraine’s war with Russia if US lawmakers don’t approve President Joe Biden’s $60 billion aid request for Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN on Sunday. Zelensky’s warning came just hours after the Ukrainian leader made a rare admission of troop losses, saying that about 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far in the conflict, during a conference in Kyiv. Addressing the conference, Zelensky disputed Russian claims of much higher numbers when it comes to Ukrainian casualties. 31,000 Ukrainians, Ukrainian soldiers, died in this war. Not 150,000, whatever (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is lying with,” Zelensky said.

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☆ Appearing at CPAC, Trump’s V.P. Contenders Speak to an Audience of One
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Influential Republicans vying to be Donald J. Trump’s vice-presidential running mate appeared at a conservative conference near Washington, auditioning for the spot at Mr. Trump’s side on the campaign trail with fire and flattery. Four people seen as contenders in the “Apprentice”-like spectacle made appearances on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Kari Lake, a Senate candidate in Arizona who rose to conservative prominence with a full-throated embrace of Mr. Trump’s stolen election lies. The conservative and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was scheduled to speak later in the evening. The contenders appeared to understand that they had an audience of one in Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, J.D, Vance of Ohio, Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem, Kari Lake, Trump’s, Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump, Stefanik, Biden, Hunter Organizations: Trump’s, Conservative Political, Conference, Gov, Republican Locations: Washington, New York, South Dakota, Arizona

☆ Wayne LaPierre: Dapper as Charged
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Guy Trebay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

You’d think Wayne LaPierre would have read the playbook. After decades in the spotlight, the former chief executive of the National Rifle Association could have been expected to know that, for public figures, conspicuous consumption is always a bad look. This is seldom truer than when sartorial choices come into play. Haven’t we been here before? Wasn’t Sarah Palin rudely schooled on the matter back in 2008, when, even as she campaigned alongside Senator John McCain as a champion of blue-collar workers, it was revealed by Politico that staffers shopping for Ms. Palin spent more than $150,000 on clothes and accessories from high-end retailers like Neiman Marcus — in a single month.

Persons: You’d, Wayne LaPierre, Wasn’t Sarah Palin, John McCain, Palin, Neiman Marcus —, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s Organizations: National Rifle Association, Politico Locations: Beverly Hills

☆ Opinion | What It Means to Choose Between Ukraine and Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the weekend Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio went to the Munich Security Conference to play an unpopular part — a spokesman, at a gathering of the Western foreign policy establishment, for the populist critique of American support for Ukraine’s war effort. In my Sunday column I wrote about the tensions in the hawkish case for U.S. spending on Ukraine, the tendency for the argument to veer from boosterism (“We’ve got Putin on the ropes!”) to doomsaying (“Putin’s getting stronger every day!”) while describing the same strategic landscape. The case Vance pressed in Munich is more consistent, and its premises — not isolationist but Asia-first, more concerned about the Taiwan Strait than the Donbas — have supplied the common ground for Republican critics of our Ukraine policy since early in the war. But consistency is not the same as correctness, and it’s worth looking for a moment at why this kind of argument makes Ukraine hawks so frustrated.

Persons: J.D, Vance of Ohio, Vance, “ We’ve, Putin Organizations: Munich Security Conference Locations: Ukraine, East Asia, Europe, Munich, Asia, Taiwan

☆ Trump will quit NATO, Hillary Clinton says, as anxiety mounts over U.S. commitment to the alliance
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"He will pull us out of NATO," Clinton told attendees during a lunchtime session. watch nowU.S. Republican Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Saturday dismissed talk of the U.S. quitting NATO, saying: "We have answered that question." Clinton said, however, that Trump could actually just refuse to fund the alliance. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte earlier Saturday referenced constant "moaning and whining" at the event about the future of NATO under Trump. Indeed, Germany's defense minister said that his country's commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense should be just the start, noting that the threshold could rise to 3.5% if necessary.

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☆ U.S. quit NATO? 'That is never going to happen,' says Republican Senator Jim Risch
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | 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 EmailU.S. quit NATO? 'That is never going to happen,' says Republican Senator Jim RischIdaho Republican Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference that the U.S. won't quit the NATO alliance, but urged members to meet the 2% spending target.

Persons: Jim Risch, won't Organizations: U.S, NATO, Jim Risch Idaho Republican, Foreign Relations, CNBC, Munich Security Conference Locations: Jim Risch Idaho, U.S

☆ One Haley Who Isn’t Afraid to Let Insults Fly
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

While Nikki Haley has, until recently, run a fairly positive campaign, she has endured relentless criticism from Donald J. Trump and others in his orbit. Her 22-year-old son, Nalin Haley, is not so inclined to pull his punches. Mr. Haley, who has become a more familiar presence on the trail with his mother, introduced her at events over the weekend, taking some pointed jabs at her onetime Republican rivals. He has a nickname for Senator Tim Scott: Senator Judas. Another former rival who went full-bore for Mr. Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, draws Mr. Haley’s comparisons (derogatory) to Pennywise, the clown from “It.”Ms. Haley, for her part, has been deferential: At one event she ran through “thank you’s” for the other speakers before jokingly saying, “Nalin, I will deal with you later.”

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald J, Trump, Nalin Haley, Mr, Haley, Tim Scott, Judas, Vivek Ramaswamy, Pennywise, Ms, you’s ”, “ Nalin, ” Organizations: Republican

He has a nickname for Senator Tim Scott: Senator Judas. (Ms. Haley appointed Mr. Scott to the Senate in 2012 when she was governor of South Carolina, and Mr. Scott is now a key surrogate in their home state for Mr. In the early months of his mother’s campaign, Mr. Haley was relatively neutral, largely re-sharing posts from or positive commentary about the Haley campaign. But Mr. Haley, a senior at Villanova University, has been game to engage, hitting back at her rivals on social media platforms with memes and quips. In Gilbert, he recalled how Ms. Haley, during her run for governor, used to offer him and his sister a quarter for every hand they shook.

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☆ Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman on Joe Biden: It's time to leave the stage with honor and dignity
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | 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 EmailFormer U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman on Joe Biden: It's time to leave the stage with honor and dignityFormer U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, why people are frustrated with both parties' presidential candidates, and more.

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