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☆ 'House of the Dragon' director reveals why they 'tamed down' one Rhaenyra scene in the season 2 premiere
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Rhaenyra Targaryen comes to terms with her son Lucerys' death in "House of the Dragon" season two. Director Alan Taylor revealed that they had to tone down one of Rhaenyra's scenes in the premiere. AdvertisementWarning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode one of "House of the Dragon." One of the "House of the Dragon" season two premiere's most emotionally cutting moments could have been even more heart-wrenching, according to director Alan Taylor. During a scuffle in the skies between Vhagar, Aemond's dragon, and Arrax, Lucerys' dragon, Vhagar takes a bite of Arrax and Lucerys and sends their remains tumbling to the sea below.

Persons: Rhaenyra Targaryen, Lucerys, Alan Taylor, Taylor, Emma D'Arcy, —, Jacaerys, Harry Collett, Elliot Grihault, Stark, Arryn, Aemond Targaryen, Ewan Mitchell Organizations: Service Locations: Vhagar

☆ Black Farmers in Georgia Cool to Biden, Reflecting a Bigger Challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Alan Rappeport | Marilyne Moja Mwangi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a hot day in May, Andrew L. Smith Sr., a vegetable farmer from Ludowici, Ga., listened with skepticism as Tom Vilsack, the U.S. agriculture secretary, touted President Biden’s efforts to help Black farmers overcome decades of discrimination. Seated alongside hundreds of farmers in front of a former plantation once owned by a Georgia slaveholder, Mr. Smith, 62, wondered why he had not benefited from any of those programs, including one aimed at helping Black farmers clear their debts. Mr. Smith, a third-generation farmer, said he was especially frustrated that he is not eligible for another effort that will compensate farmers who have faced discrimination. “We march on using what we got and then they tell us that you can’t even use that,” he said. Mr. Smith voted for Mr. Biden in 2020.

Persons: Andrew L, Smith, Tom Vilsack, Biden’s, ”, Biden, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Mr Locations: Ludowici, U.S, Georgia

☆ As Social Security faces looming fund depletion, there's fierce debate over whether a commission can help
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"A vote for a commission is a vote to cut Social Security," the man shouted before he was escorted off the floor. How the last major reforms, in 1983, came togetherPresident Ronald Reagan signs the Social Security Act Amendment into law on April 20, 1983. The changes involved taxes on Social Security benefits, increases to payroll tax rates, a future increase to the retirement age and a near-term postponement of cost-of-living adjustments. Social Security Commission Chairman Alan Greenspan, left, shakes hands with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, prior to a Social Security hearing on Feb. 15, 1983. Lawmakers divided on best path forwardToday, lawmakers are divided on the best path forward to address Social Security.

Persons: —, Scott Peters, Peters, Bill Huizenga, Joe Manchin, Mitt Romney, — Rep, John Larson, Connecticut —, It's, " Larson, Larson, Nancy Altman, Ronald Reagan, Alan Greenspan, Greenspan, Jim Baker, Reagan, Tip O'Neill, Robert M, Ball, O'Neill, Sen, Charles Grassley, Bob Dole, John Danforth, Altman, Bruce D, Schobel, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, California —, they're, Hakeem Jeffries, Conn, Brian Higgins, Jimmy Gomez, Jeffries, Dan Kildee, Richard Neal, Tom Williams Organizations: iStock, Social, Social Security, AARP, CNBC, Rep, Democratic, Corbis, National Commission, Social Security Reform, Greenspan, Federal Reserve, House, White, Finance, Economic Policy Institute, Republican, Greenspan Commission, Senate Finance, Bettmann, Getty, Congress, Democratic House, White House, Democrats, Security, Capitol Visitor Center, CQ, Inc Locations: Sens, R, Utah, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa, California, D

☆ Come inside star-studded King’s Foundation awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —King Charles III was in his element this week as he celebrated a very special moment for his foundation at St. James’s Palace in London. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old monarch attended the inaugural awards of his King’s Foundation, so we thought, why not take our Royal News readers along with us? Now, to rewind for just a moment – King Charles set up the charity back in 1990 when he was still the Prince of Wales. King’s Foundation chief executive Kristina Murrin told CNN that the charity is underpinned by the monarch’s philosophy of working in concert with nature to “build sustainable thriving communities.”King Charles III presents the Harmony Award to Ban Ki-moon, left, the former United Nations secretary-general, at the King's Foundation awards. King Charles III smells a wool sample at the King's Foundation awards.

Persons: London CNN — King Charles III, James’s, King Charles, Prince of Wales, Kristina Murrin, ” King Charles III, Ban, Kirsty Wigglesworth, ” Murrin, Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster, David Beckham, Sienna Miller, Edward Enninful, Naomi Campbell, Raymond Blanc, King Charles III, we’ve, “, Charles, King, Alan Titchmarsh, ”, Isabelle Pennington, I’d, Beckham, “ we’ll, Murrin Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Foundation, Royal News, King’s Foundation, CNN, United Nations, King's Foundation, Dumfries House, King Charles III Harmony, UN, Pipers, National Piping Centre, Rock Choir, King’s, England, Royal Locations: London, St, United Kingdom, Korean, James’s, Edmead, Caribbean, Germany, Iceland

☆ Trump Lawyers Argue Barring Attacks on F.B.I. Would Censor ‘Political Speech’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump pushed back on Friday night in an aggressive — and at times misleading — way against an effort to curb his public attacks on the F.B.I. In a 20-page court filing, the lawyers assailed prosecutors in the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith, for seeking to limit Mr. Trump’s remarks about the F.B.I. on the eve of two consequential political events: the first presidential debate, scheduled for June 27, and the Republican National Convention, set to start on July 15. “The motion is a naked effort to impose totalitarian censorship of core political speech, under threat of incarceration, in a clear attempt to silence President Trump’s arguments to the American people about the outrageous nature of this investigation and prosecution,” the lawyers wrote. The dispute began last month when Mr. Smith’s team asked Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who is overseeing the case, to revise Mr. Trump’s conditions of release to bar him from making any public remarks that might endanger agents involved in the proceeding.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Smith’s, Judge Aileen M, Cannon Organizations: Republican National Convention Locations: Florida

☆ Live Updates: U.S. to Sign 10-Year Pact With Ukraine as G7 Leaders Meet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( David E. Sanger | Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Mr. Biden and Mr. Zelensky will meet on Thursday and sign a security agreement, said Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden’s national security adviser. Mr. Biden faces the hurdle of convincing his allies, starting with Mr. Zelensky, that the United States plans to stay in the fight with Ukraine, no matter what happens in November. Mr. Biden told Mr. Zelensky last week, in France, that “I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what was going to pass,” and put the onus on Republicans in Congress. During a trip to Normandy last week, Mr. Biden appeared to have persuaded France, one of the last holdouts, to support the deal. “The administration has been quick to get aid to Ukraine once Congress moved, and that’s to its credit,” he said.

Persons: Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mr, Zelensky, Jake Sullivan, “, ” Mr, Sullivan, we’ll, ”, Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis, Donald J, Trump, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Biden’s, Vladimir V, Putin, Claudia Greco, John E . Herbst, Evelyn Farkas, Barack Obama, Ms, Farkas, ” Alan Rappeport Organizations: Ukraine, U.S, Kremlin, Group, Air Force, “, hobble, NATO, Mr, Reuters, European, World Bank, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council, United, McCain Institute, Arizona State University Locations: Ukraine, United States, Italy, Israel, Russia, hobble Russia, Europe, France, Congress, Savelletri, Normandy, Belgium’s, U.S, Eurasia

☆ Neither Biden nor Trump is seriously addressing the safety net crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“They’re both promising not to tackle the debt,” Ryan said, coming back to the issue that has animated his political career. Trump wants to extend all of the tax cuts, which could further explode the debt without corresponding spending cuts. When Trump and Republicans enacted the current tax structure, they made individual tax cuts temporary and most of the corporate tax cuts permanent. Biden has proposed additional taxes on those making more than $400,000 to address Medicare’s solvency, among other ideas, but does not have a detailed Social Security plan. The dirty little secret in all of this is, Medicare and Social Security are going insolvent on their own.

Persons: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, he’ll, Trump, ”, Ryan, Republican –, “, ” Ryan, Sen, Mitt Romney, “ They’re, Joe Biden, Biden, Barack Obama, CNN’s Tami Luhby, What’s, won’t, Alan Greenspan, Obama, Republican Sen, Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles Organizations: CNN, Trump, Republican, Fox News, Social Security, Democrats, Affordable, Biden, Republicans, Democratic, American, Treasury, Medicare, Fox, Federal, White House, National Commission Locations: Wisconsin, Trump, Luhby

☆ The fashion industry needs better sourcing and waste practices — fast. Cloud computing could be a long-term fix.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Jake Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Cloud computing is gaining tractionCloud computing offers on-demand services, from storage to software, over the internet. And the fashion industry has gradually been waking up to the potential of cloud computing. In her report, "Fashion Transformation 4.0: Beyond Digitalization & Marketing in Fashion Industry," she said that the fashion industry must embrace new technologies in order to survive. "Fashion is a terribly old-fashioned industry," Alies ter Kuile, the cofounder of Fashion Cloud, said. With cloud computing, retailers can avoid overbuying stock — a key driver of fashion's textile-waste problem.

Persons: —, It's, Porter, Eon, there's, Bharati Rathore, Rathore, ter, ter Kuile, they're, Ter Kuile, Alan Holcroft, Steven Gonzalez Monserrate Organizations: Service, Green, Google, University of South, Marketing, Fashion Industry, Brands, Cegid Locations: University of South Wales, Dutch, ter Kuile

☆ The Fed still has a bias to cut rates, and they'll cut twice this year: Former Fed VC Alan Blinder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | 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 EmailThe Fed still has a bias to cut rates, and they'll cut twice this year: Former Fed VC Alan BlinderAlan Blinder, former Federal Reserve vice chairman and Princeton University professor, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss if the Federal Reserve has a bias to cut rates, how soon they'll cut rates and how many times.

Persons: they'll, Alan Blinder Alan Blinder Organizations: Federal Reserve, Princeton University

☆ Fears are rising ocean freight rates may surpass $20,000 with no relief for global trade into 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Goetz Alebrand, head of ocean freight at DHL Global Forwarding Americas, said he is not optimistic freight rates will decline anytime soon. "It is unlikely that the situation will resolve itself soon and [ocean freight] rate levels might not ease up before Chinese New Year," Alebrand said. Air freight prices and demand are going higher According to freight intelligence firm Xeneta, China to North America air freight spot rates increased 43%, to $4.88 per kilogram, year-on-year in May. According to ocean freight data from FreightWaves SONAR, container bookings and freight orders from shippers to the ocean carriers are down 48% month-over-month. Xeneta data tracking ocean freight rates from the Far East to the U.S. East Coast, West Coast and Gulf Coast ports shows the historic run.

Persons: Joe Giddens, Paul Brashier, Brashier, Goetz Alebrand, Alebrand, Alan Murphy, Murphy, Peter Boockvar, Boockvar, We've, Nate Herman, Xeneta, Daniel Ives, Niall van de, van de, Good Hope Organizations: Federal Reserve, CNBC, ITS Logistics, DHL Global, Intelligence, Defense Intelligence, U.S ., Bleakley Financial, American Apparel and Footwear Association, Global, ", Apple, Wedbush Securities, Trade, Good Locations: Asia, Europe, Sea, Red, Africa, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Genoa, U.S . West Coast, East Coast, U.S, China, North America, U.S . East Coast , West Coast, Gulf Coast

☆ Jerry West, NBA legend, dies at age 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"On behalf of the NBA, we send our deepest condolences to Jerry's wife, Karen, his family and his many friends in the NBA community." "Jerry West, the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him, passed away peacefully this morning at the age of 86," according to a statement by the Clippers. NBA legend Jerry West, whose prolific playing career landed him on the league's logo and basketball savvy led to multiple championships, has died, the Los Angeles Clippers said in a statement Wednesday. Jerry West drives up the middle and scores in 1st period of Laker 127-120 win over Bullets. NBA Legend Jerry West poses for the media with the Larry O'Brien Trophy which is being delivered by Southwest Airlines' Slam Dunk One to the Finals city the day prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 9, 2008 at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.

Persons: Jerry West, Jerry, Silver, Jerry's, Karen, Larry O'Brien, Alan Siegel, Dick Schaap, Siegel, West, I've, Rich Eisen Organizations: LA Clippers, Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, League, Thomas & Mack Center, NBA, Los Angeles Clippers, Laker, Bullets, West, Lakers, Naismith, Basketball Hall of Fame, University of West, Los Angeles Lakers, Southwest Airlines, Los Angeles International Airport, Showtime, NBA.com Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, University of West Virginia, Los Angeles , California, West Virginia

☆ Did Jerry West Inspire the N.B.A.’s Logo? ‘There Was Never Any Doubt.’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Benjamin Hoffman | More About Benjamin Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shortly after the announcement that Jerry West, the Hall of Fame basketball player and executive, had died at age 86 on Wednesday, the N.B.A. emailed a statement to the news media from Adam Silver, the league’s commissioner, extolling the virtues of Mr. West as “a basketball genius” who contributed to every facet of the league over a period of more than 60 years. Just above the statement was an image of the league’s iconic logo: A rounded rectangle, blue on one side, red on the other, with a white silhouette of a player dribbling up the middle. In keeping with one of the league’s oddest traditions, no acknowledgment was made that the man dribbling at the top of the statement was, in fact, Mr. West. hired Alan Siegel — the branding expert who created Major League Baseball’s logo — to create a logo for the league in 1969 and he based the image off a photograph of Mr. West, who was a star player for the Los Angeles Lakers at the time.

Persons: Jerry West, Adam Silver, ”, Alan Siegel Organizations: of Fame, Los Angeles Lakers

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a series of new financial sanctions aimed at interrupting the fast-growing technological links between China and Russia that American officials believe are a broad effort to rebuild and modernize Russia’s military during its war with Ukraine. The actions were announced just as President Biden was leaving the country for a meeting in Italy of the Group of 7 industrialized economies, where a renewed push to degrade the Russian economy will be at the top of his agenda. The measures were coordinated by the Treasury, State and Commerce Departments and aimed to further isolate Russia from the global financial system and cut off its ability to gain access to the technology that powers its military arsenal. The effort has grown far more complicated in the past six or eight months after China, which had previously sat largely on the sidelines, stepped up its shipments of microchips, machine tools, optical systems for drones and components for advanced weaponry, U.S. officials said. But so far Beijing appears to have heeded Mr. Biden’s warning against shipping weapons to Russia, even as the United States and NATO continue to arm Ukraine.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Wednesday, Treasury, State, Commerce, NATO Locations: China, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Beijing, United States

☆ World Bank Sees Rosier Growth Outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The World Bank on Tuesday raised its outlook for the world economy this year but warned that the rise of new trade barriers and protectionist policies posed a long-term threat to global growth. In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank projected global growth to hold steady at 2.6 percent this year, an upgrade from its January forecast of 2.4 percent, and predicted that output would edge higher to 2.7 percent in 2025. The forecasts showed the global economy stabilizing after being rocked in recent years by the pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. “Four years after the upheavals caused by the pandemic, conflicts, inflation and monetary tightening, it appears that global economic growth is steadying,” Indermit Gill, the World Bank’s chief economist, said in a statement accompanying the report. However, sluggish growth continues to haunt the world’s poorest economies, which are still grappling with inflation and the burdens of high debt.

Persons: ” Indermit Gill Organizations: Bank, World Bank Locations: Ukraine

☆ AI is getting very popular among students and teachers, very quickly
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Khan recently told CNBC that its AI tool will expand from 65,000 students to one million students next year. It also recently announced that Microsoft is paying so that AI can be offered to teachers across the U.S. free of charge. In fact, teachers were the only demographic polled where year-over-year favorability declined, though a majority (59%) still have a positive view of AI chatbots. Minority groups are adopting AI for education at higher rates, including the teachers and parents who are using AI to help children. Black and Hispanic K-12 students and undergraduates were more likely to use AI for school.

Persons: Hyoung Chang, ChatGPT, Ethan Mollick, Sal Khan, Khan, CNBC's, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, zeroed, Mollick, It's, Nadia, Alan Turing's Organizations: Getty, Microsoft, Apple, Impact Research, Walton Family Foundation, Learning, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Khan Academy, CNBC, Teachers Locations: Denver, Newark , New, U.S

☆ Opinion: How the era of the counterspy changed history
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Opinion Tim Naftali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

First of all, their main job was to get false information to Adolf Hitler — rather than to steal Nazi secrets. And, secondly, some of these spies didn’t actually exist — they were completely made-up creations of British intelligence. But World War II would see a dramatic expansion of the offensive use of counterspies — not simply to prevent the enemy from knowing things but to actively deceive the enemy by planting disinformation. I also met the man who came up with the D-Day deception, Roger Fleetwood Hesketh, who was a trained architect. He told me that for the D-Day deception, codenamed Fortitude South, he had drawn on different talents.

Persons: Tim Naftali, Adolf Hitler —, didn’t, Counterespionage, —, Juan Pujol García, Garbo, Greta Garbo, ” —, Juan Pujol Garcia, Keith Waldegrave, ANL, ”, George Patton, Hitler, ” Hitler, Roger Fleetwood Hesketh, Alan Turing, counterspies, Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby, ’, Oleg Gordievsky, counterespionage, Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, Hanssen, Ames, Mikhail Gorbachev Organizations: CNN, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Tim Naftali New York University, Allied, Nazi, Army, Pas des Calais, Facebook, Strategic Services, German Wehrmacht, US National Archives, British, Soviets, US, Soviet Union, USSR Locations: France, Pas des, Pas des Calais —, Belgium, British, Berlin, Spanish, United Kingdom, Britain, Buckingham, Calais, Normandy, Tokyo, German, England, Liverpool, Europe, counterespionage, USSR, London, Washington, America, Soviet, Soviet Union

A federal judge on Thursday told Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, to surrender by July 1 to start serving a four-month prison term imposed on him for disobeying a subpoena to give testimony to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. After Mr. Bannon was sentenced in October 2022 on contempt of Congress charges, Judge Carl J. Nichols, who has overseen the case, allowed him to remain free while he appealed. Lawyers for Mr. Bannon have promised to ask the full appeals court to reconsider the panel’s ruling. Judge Nichols said that Mr. Bannon would have to start serving his sentence in less than four weeks unless the full appeals court takes the case and issues its own ruling to pause the sentence from being enforced. Another former aide to Mr. Trump is already serving a prison term for refusing to take part in the House committee’s wide-ranging investigation into Mr. Trump’s efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.

Persons: Stephen K, Bannon, Donald J, Trump, Carl J, Nichols, Judge Nichols Organizations: Capitol, Lawyers Locations: Washington

☆ U.S. Adds Tariffs to Shield Struggling Solar Industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ana Swanson | Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tariffs aimed at protecting America’s solar industry from foreign competition snapped back into place on Thursday, ending a two-year pause that President Biden approved as part of his effort to jump-start solar adoption in the U.S. The tariffs, which will apply to certain solar products made by Chinese companies in Southeast Asia, kicked in at a moment of growing global concern about a surge of cheap Chinese solar products that are undercutting U.S. and European manufacturers. The Biden administration has been trying to build up America’s solar industry by offering tax credits, and companies have announced more than 30 new U.S. manufacturing investments in the past year. But U.S. solar companies say they are still struggling to survive as competitors in China and Southeast Asia flood the global market with solar panels that are being sold at prices far below what American firms need to charge to stay in business. That has forced President Biden to make an uncomfortable choice: Continue welcoming inexpensive imports that are helping the United States transition away from fossil fuels, or block them to protect new U.S. solar factories that are benefiting from taxpayer money.

Persons: Biden Organizations: U.S Locations: Southeast Asia, U.S, China, United States

☆ Judge Reshuffles Hearings in Trump Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case abruptly changed the proceeding’s schedule on Wednesday, reshuffling the timing for hearings on an array of important legal issues. The move by the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, was unlikely to have much impact on the overall trajectory of the case, but it reflected the substantial number of unresolved legal motions she is juggling. Last month, Judge Cannon scrapped the case’s trial date, saying she could not yet pick a new one because of what she described at the time as “the myriad and interconnected” questions she had still not managed to consider. Judge Cannon kept in place a hearing she had set for June 21 to discuss a motion by Mr. Trump’s lawyers to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that Jack Smith, the special counsel named to oversee the prosecutions of Mr. Trump, was illegally appointed to his job. Similar motions have been rejected in cases involving other special counsels, including Robert S. Mueller III, who investigated connections between Russia and Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign, and David C. Weiss, who has brought two criminal cases against Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, Judge Cannon, Jack Smith, Trump, Robert S, Mueller III, David C, Weiss, Hunter Biden, Biden’s Locations: Russia

☆ It Was Legal Boilerplate. Trump Made It Sound Like a Threat to His Life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the day before the F.B.I. obtained a search warrant almost two years ago to look for classified materials at former President Donald J. Trump’s private club and residence in Florida, one of the agents on the case sent a reassuring email to his bosses. “The F.B.I. Over the next 10 hours, according to court papers, there was little drama as they hauled away a trove of boxes containing highly sensitive state secrets in three vans and a rented Ryder box truck. Two years later, Mr. Trump has tried to flip the facts about that search entirely on their head, in particular by twisting the meaning of boilerplate instructions to the agents about limits on their use of lethal force.

Persons: Donald J, ”, Ryder, Trump Organizations: Mr Locations: Florida, Mar, Trump’s, Beach

☆ King Charles banknotes enter circulation for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONOND — Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III entered circulation on Wednesday for the first time, the Bank of England said in a statement . New bank notes that bear a portrait of King Charles III, and which will enter circulation on June 5, 2024, are displayed for a photograph after having been presented to Britain's King Charles III by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of England Chief Cashier Sarah John, at Buckingham Palace in London on April 9, 2024. Notes featuring Queen Elizabeth II will remain legal tender and will be in circulation alongside those showing Charles, the Bank of England said. "This means the public will begin to see the new King Charles III notes very gradually." People would, however, be able to exchange notes they already have for the new ones featuring Charles.

Persons: Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner, Alan Turing, King Charles III, Britain's King Charles III, Andrew Bailey, Sarah John, we've Organizations: Bank of England Museum, Bank of England Locations: London, United Kingdom, Buckingham

☆ 'Boy Meets World' actor Trina McGee is pregnant at 54. More women are having children at the age when menopause can happen.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewActor Trina McGee has announced she is pregnant at the age of 54, as part of a growing trend of women having children at a time more often associated with menopause. McGee, who played Angela Moore on the popular 1990s sitcom "Boy Meets World," announced on Monday that she is expecting her fourth child. She wrote on Instagram: "At the tender age of 54, I have found myself pregnant. She said she fell pregnant despite having had her "tubes tied" and being a year into menopause. "Having a child at my age is not a big deal for the rest of the world outside America," she said.

Persons: —, Trina McGee, McGee, Angela Moore, Marcello Thedford, Courtland Davis, they're, Dr, Alan Decherney, Sophie King, King, Naomi Campbell, Cameron Diaz Organizations: Service, Business, National Center for Health Statistics, University College London, National Center, Integrative, People, National Institutes of Health Locations: Belize, America, Health

☆ Trump's plan to tax the entire world will result in the type of global trade war not seen since the Great Depression, think tank says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDonald Trump says his trade policy would be a way to protect the US from exploitation. Yet, by applying a base tariff on virtually all foreign goods, he's starting a "war against trade itself," Alan Wm. Related stories"Economists agree that high tariffs broadened and deepened the Great Depression, when US unemployment reached 25 percent and we nearly lost our democracy," the distinguished visiting fellow wrote. That's why I think we're going to be entering into a trade war next year." For instance, the new 50% tariffs on Chinese semiconductors may seem extreme, but they target a trade that's just below $1 billion a year, he said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Alan Wm, Wolff, Trump, Trump's, Kenneth Rogoff, Leland Miller, Biden, Waller, they're Organizations: Service, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Republican, Business, Trump, Peterson Institute, Biden Locations: Britain, China, Beijing, America

☆ Here’s Where Trump’s Other Cases Stand
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Alan Feuer | Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan came to an end this week when a jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to upset his 2016 presidential campaign. But Mr. Trump is still facing federal charges, brought by a special counsel, in two cases: one in Florida, where he is accused of illegally holding on to classified documents after leaving office and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them, and one in Washington, D.C., where he’s accused of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He faces similar election-tampering charges in a third case brought by a local prosecutor in Georgia. The proceedings — all of which are bogged down in delays — can be confusing to keep track of. Here are updates on where each of them stands.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: Washington , D.C Locations: Manhattan, Florida, Washington ,, Georgia

☆ Extraordinary Circumstances, Ordinary Due Process
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When former President Donald J. Trump was convicted on all charges at his criminal trial in Manhattan this week, it unleashed a torrent of outrage from the right savaging New York’s legal system as better befitting a banana republic. The jury, it was argued, was full of liberals. And the entire endeavor of bringing nearly three dozen felony counts against Mr. Trump as he was campaigning for the White House, it was said, was little more than an exercise in raw political power ginned up by President Biden. At each turn in the proceeding, Mr. Trump had the chance, like any other criminal defendant, to represent his interests — and his lawyers often availed themselves of the opportunity to the fullest extent of the law. And the process is far from over: The former president has vowed to file an appeal, meaning he will have another chance or two to vindicate himself.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, — Organizations: White, Mr Locations: Manhattan

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