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☆ In Congress and in class: Rep. Don Beyer works toward master's degree in AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Don Beyer isn't the average student at George Mason University. So he enrolled, starting with the prerequisite classes that will ultimately lead him to a master's degree in machine learning. Beyer is part of almost every group of House lawmakers working on AI. He was also a member of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's working group on AI, which could be resurrected under Speaker Mike Johnson. Obernolte, who has a masters degree in artificial intelligence, said there's no shortage of smart lawmakers on AI, including Beyer.

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☆ Crypto ally Rep. Patrick McHenry fights for industry-backed regulation bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — One of crypto's most powerful allies in Congress is fighting this week to make sure that an industry-backed regulation bill gets tacked on to the must-pass defense funding legislation. If he is successful, Rep. Patrick McHenry's (R-N.C.) hardball tactics could hand the cryptocurrency industry a big win. The bill is intended to clarify how crypto is regulated by federal agencies. But McHenry's bill has never been put to a vote in the full House, let alone in the Senate. Instead, McHenry, who chairs the Financial Services Committee, is pushing to attach his bill to the massive annual Pentagon funding measure the National Defense Authorization Act.

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☆ 9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These planes land on rugged, unpaved runways mostly made of blue ice and compacted snow. PrivatAir's Boeing 737 and Smartwings' Boeing 737 MAXA Smartwings 737 MAX on Antarctica in January 2022. It was the first time the jet type landed on one of the continent's blue ice runways. Another Loftleider 757 is set to ferry Antarctic Ice Marathon runners to Union Glacier this December. Loftleider Icelandic Airlines' and Titan Airways Boeing 767Titan Airways' Boeing 767 on Antarctica.

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☆ Heart-shaped beds and champagne hot tubs: Inside America’s adults-only hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky and jaw-dropping, seven-foot-tall champagne-glass whirlpools for two. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksThe Cove Pocono Resorts premiered its heart-shaped hot tub in 1963. For Margaret and Corey, these images of the champagne tub became the thesis statement of their hotel project. Not all the hotels Margaret and Corey frequent are 20th century relics. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksWhile most of the hotels Margaret and Corey highlight are in the US, the book also spotlights a few elsewhere in the world.

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☆ ‘Rustin’ Review: A Crucial Civil Rights Activist Gets His Due
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Every so often an actor so dominates a movie that its success largely hinges on his every word and gesture. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pacifist, ex-con, singer, lutist, socialist — Bayard Rustin had many lives, but he remains best known as the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was Rustin who read the march’s demands from the podium, remaining near King’s side as he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Several activists have asked King to lead a mass protest against the forthcoming Democratic National Convention. The protest, Rustin explains, will send a message to the party and its nominee, the front-runner John F. Kennedy.

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☆ House to pass government spending bill, looking to avoid shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | 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 EmailHouse to pass government spending bill, looking to avoid shutdownCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'Fast Money' from Capitol Hill with news that the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass a government spending bill.

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☆ The odds of a government shutdown are rising, says Stifel's Brian Gardner
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | 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 EmailThe odds of a government shutdown are rising, says Stifel's Brian GardnerCNBC's Emily Wilkins and Brian Gardner, Stifel chief Washington strategist, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the looming government shutdown.

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Federal appeals courts have come to different decisions about whether the regulation defining a bump stock as a machine gun comports with federal law. The Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks was an about-face for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The full U.S. 5th Circuit ruled 13-3 in January that Congress would have to change federal law to ban bump stocks. But a panel of three judges on the federal appeals court in Washington looked at the same language and came to a different conclusion. As such, it is a machine gun under the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act.”A decision is expected by early summer in Garland v. Cargill, 22-976.

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☆ Mike Johnson elected House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | 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 EmailMike Johnson elected House speakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins reports on the House finally voting for a House Speaker.

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☆ Rep. Mike Johnson appears to win fourth House speaker vote, ending Republican deadlock
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | 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 EmailRep. Mike Johnson appears to win fourth House speaker vote, ending Republican deadlockCNBC's Emily Wilkins reports on the latest developments in the race for speaker.

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☆ Rep. Tom Emmer drops out of speaker race hours after winning nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | 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 EmailRep. Tom Emmer drops out of speaker race hours after winning nominationCNBC's Emily WIlkins joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with the latest on the race for House Speaker.

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☆ Republicans nominate House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for House Speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | 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 EmailRepublicans nominate House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for House SpeakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'Halftime Report' to discuss the latest news in the House speaker election.

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☆ Rep. Tom Emmer nominated by GOP for House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, speaks to members of the media following a House Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Emmer, the Republican majority whip, prevailed over a crowded field of eight GOP candidates after several rounds of voting Tuesday morning. Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry has said the nominee could face a vote before the House floor as soon as Tuesday. It is unclear if Emmer can secure the 217 Republican votes needed on the House floor. He can only afford to lose four GOP votes, as Democrats have lined up in lockstep behind their nominee, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

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☆ House speaker vote: Nine Republican candidates join the race
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHouse speaker vote: Nine Republican candidates join the raceCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the effort to find a new republican nominee for Speaker, the deadline for the next Speaker vote, and the nine GOP candidates currently in the running.

Persons: Emily Wilkins Organizations: Republican, GOP

☆ Rep. Jim Jordan no longer GOP speaker nominee after third defeat on House floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | 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 EmailRep. Jim Jordan no longer GOP speaker nominee after third defeat on House floorCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'Power Lunch' to report on the latest House speaker vote.

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U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) (R) talks to Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as the House of Representatives prepares to hold a vote on a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will back a plan to empower interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry until January, sources told NBC News and CNBC Thursday. The plan to temporarily empower McHenry to oversee the passage of legislation would act as a bridge until the deeply divided Republican conference can coalesce around a permanent replacement. Rep. David Joyce of Ohio said earlier this week that he plans to introduce a resolution to empower McHenry so the House can move forward with urgent business. But another source cautioned that the plan to temporarily empower McHenry may not have enough votes in the House.

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☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: We need to unite behind a speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | 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 EmailRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: We need to unite behind a speakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss division among republicans about the best path forward for securing a new Speaker, proposals to temporarily empowering Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry to pass bills, and the need for Democratic support.

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☆ Rep. Jim Jordan unlikely to win House Speakership in second round of voting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | 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 EmailRep. Jim Jordan unlikely to win House Speakership in second round of votingCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the second round of votes for Representative Jim Jordan as House Speaker, Republicans withdrawing their support for Rep. Jordan, and the need for bipartisan support when electing a new Speaker.

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☆ Jim Jordan loses second House speaker vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJim Jordan loses second House speaker voteCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Rep. Jim Jordan losing the Speakership vote for the second time, and the effort to expand Patrick McHenry's powers as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Emily Wilkins, Patrick Organizations: Pro Tempore

☆ U.S. House starts voting for new House Speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | 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. House starts voting for new House SpeakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the current House of Representatives vote for a new Speaker, and five republican representatives casting votes against GOP Speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan.

Persons: Emily Wilkins, Jim Jordan Organizations: U.S, House, GOP

☆ Rep. Jim Jordan loses Speaker vote as division among GOP persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | 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 EmailRep. Jim Jordan loses Speaker vote as division among GOP persistsCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Rep. Jim Jordan losing the first round of the Speaker vote, whether or not Rep. Jim Jordan will pursue another vote, and other candidates receiving votes.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Emily Wilkins Organizations: GOP

☆ House will hold next Speaker vote Wednesday morning
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | 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 EmailHouse will hold next Speaker vote Wednesday morningCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'Fast Money' with the latest on another failed vote for House Speaker.

Persons: Emily Wilkins

☆ House Speaker race: What you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | 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 EmailHouse Speaker race: What you need to knowCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the Republican effort to nominate a coalition government, a shift in House sentiment towards Representative Jim Jordan, and the plan for a Speaker vote on Tuesday

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☆ Rep. Jim Jordan nominated for House speaker, but falls short of total votes needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks to reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on the speaker of the house nomination on Thursday, October 12, 2023. On this vote, Jordan came away with 152 votes for him, and 55 against, far short of the 217 he would need in a formal vote on the House floor. Following the second vote, lawmakers broke for the weekend, with few signs of what would come next. House Republicans had nominated Scalise Wednesday after he defeated Jordan in a narrow 113-to-99 internal party vote behind closed doors. The lower chamber is effectively in a state of paralysis, unable to move forward with urgent business until a House speaker is elected.

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☆ House Republicans nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | 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 EmailHouse Republicans nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be speakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the latest House Speaker nomination from the Republicans, the votes needed to finalize a new Speaker, and the Democrats remaining united around Hakeem Jeffries.

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