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Whatever House Republicans come up with is nearly certain to be rejected by the Senate, where Democrats and most Republicans want to fund the government. Political Cartoons View All 1169 Images“The ball’s in Kevin’s court,” said Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of the Freedom Caucus. “Extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples’ lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown,” the White House said. But House Republicans are late to the effort, with time running short to act. One seasoned lawmaker, Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, warned of pain ahead for Americans if the government shuts down.

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In order to protect Republican spending priorities for defense, veteran and disaster relief, it cuts other spending by over 8%. McCarthy planned to hold a vote on a Department of Defense spending bill on Wednesday, then the stopgap funding measure the next day. Leaders of the so-called “five families” — the various conservative factions that make up the House Republican majority – are expected to convene later Monday behind closed doors in the speaker’s office. “How are you going to win your arguments to secure the border if the border agents don’t get paid? Still, Schumer called on McCarthy to take a bipartisan approach to keep the government running.

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☆ AI-Driven Cataclysm Could Rock the Job Market: Top Economist
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

Over the course of three conversations this summer, Acemoglu told me he's worried we're currently hurtling down a road that will end in catastrophe. "There's a fair likelihood that if we don't do a course correction, we're going to have a truly two-tier system," Acemoglu told me. "I was following the canon of economic models, and in all of these models, technological change is the main mover of GDP per capita and wages," Acemoglu told me. In later empirical work, Acemoglu and Restrepo showed that that was exactly what had happened. "I realize this is a very, very tall order," Acemoglu told me.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol to discus an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden on Thursday, September 14, 2023. House Republicans released a bill after a tentative agreement between the far-right Freedom Caucus and the center-right Main Street Caucus, the sources said. If the legislation passes the House, it would resolve one internal problem for Speaker Kevin McCarthy while creating a new one. The bill includes most of the Secure the Border Act of 2023, a wish list of immigration provisions for GOP hardliners, with the exception of provisions requiring the use of E-Verify for employers to check immigration status. Earlier in the day, McCarthy urged his colleagues to avert a shutdown during an appearance on Fox News.

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☆ Matt Gaetz calls reports that he's running for governor 'clickbait' — but he's not denying it and claims 'dozens' of his former colleagues are pushing him to run
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On Monday afternoon, NBC News reported that Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to run for governor. Gaetz told Insider in a statement the report was "overblown clickbait." He said that "dozens" of his former colleagues in the state legislature asked him to run. When Gaetz attended a local GOP event on Sunday evening, he "strongly implied several times he would be running for governor," according to NBC. In a statement to Insider, Gaetz downplayed the report.

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Denny Hamlin didn't chill Sunday with his bravado that this is indeed the year he will finally win a NASCAR championship. The day after his win at Bristol Motor Speedway hurdled Hamlin and his No. 11 team into the second round of NASCAR's playoffs, Hamlin was still pumping his chest. Hamlin shared a back-and-forth with the crowd, and that's when he first declared that this is, finally, his year. Hamlin only got the win in Bristol but was strong enough to sweep the opening two races, won by Larson and Reddick.

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☆ Disney asset sales won't break the bank, but they will move legacy media forward
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Disney 's motivation to potentially sell ABC and its owned affiliates, linear cable networks and a minority stake in ESPN isn't predicated on what these assets will fetch in a sale. It's about signaling to investors the time has come to stop thinking about Disney as old media. Rather, a sale of ABC and linear cable networks would be a message to the investment community: The era of traditional TV is over. "Disney almost has a good bank and a bad bank at this point," Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall said in a CNBC interview. Nexstar has held preliminary conversations with Disney to acquire ABC and its owned and operated affiliates, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Persons: Walt Disney Company Bob Iger, Mickey Mouse, that's, Bob Iger, Wells, Steven Cahall, Disney, Byron Allen Organizations: Walt Disney Company, New York Stock Exchange, ABC, ESPN, Disney, CNBC, Nexstar, Bloomberg, . Media, Geographic Locations: New York City

He is third behind William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports and Gibbs teammate Martin Truex Jr. with the points reset for NASCAR's second round. Logano became the first reigning champion eliminated in the first round when he crashed early in the third stage and finished 34th. Harvick, who is retiring at the end of the season, also was eliminated after finishing five laps down in 29th. Wallace gave Hamlin both of Hamlin's 23XI Racing cars spots in the next round by running a clean race. UP NEXTNASCAR opens the second round of the playoffs next Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, which has only one Cup race this year for the first time since 2004.

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☆ Here's what we think about the big time buyout interest in Disney's ABC
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Jim Cramer said the affected Bronco plant at Ford (F) is a blow but not as big as it could have been had F-150 facilities been targeted. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ ABC News staffers ‘freaking’ out over reports Disney is in talks to sell the outlet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media Group. The duo also reported that media mogul Byron Allen has also spoken with Disney about a possible deal. “Everyone is freaking the f**k out,” one ABC News staffer bluntly told me about the state of affairs inside the network. Whether a deal to offload ABC and Disney’s linear stations is ultimately in the cards remains to be seen. “I’m ridiculously passionate about news,” Iger told senior company leaders.

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The lower-ranking Federal Court in 2021 found Qantas broke the law by outsourcing the ground handling jobs, but the airline appealed the ruling in the High Court which upheld the decision on Thursday. The matter now returns to the Federal Court which will decide penalties and compensation for affected employees. "These workers have been put through hell," said Michael Kaine, secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) which brought the lawsuit. Qantas said in a statement that it accepted the High Court decision and noted the Federal Court had already ruled out forcing the company to reinstate the workers. It said it had already made an unspecified provision in its accounts for penalties and compensation for affected employees after the Federal Court decision.

Persons: David Gray, Michael Kaine, Kaine, Byron Kaye, Roushni Nair, Subhranshu Sahu, Jamie Freed Organizations: Qantas Airways Airbus, Sydney Airport, REUTERS, Rights, Qantas Airways, Australia, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Federal, Transport Workers Union, Thomson Locations: Australia, Sydney, Bengaluru

☆ McDonald's to start focus groups with owners as part of civil rights audit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

McDonald's will begin virtual focus groups with some owners and operators as a part of an ongoing civil rights audit, according to a message to franchisees viewed by CNBC. Last year, shareholders approved of a proposal by SOC Investment group to conduct a civil rights audit in a close vote. The note also assured owners that neither McDonald's nor anyone employed by the company would participate in the groups or the selection process. The audit comes as McDonald's has made changes to its franchising structure and restaurant grading system in recent years. Other major companies including Citi, Starbucks and Airbnb have undertaken civil rights audits in recent years, and last year Apple and Amazon shareholders approved proposals for similar assessments.

Persons: McDonald's, WilmerHale, Herb Washington, Byron Allen, Allen Organizations: CNBC, Investment, U.S, Owner, Black, MLB, Allen, Citi, Starbucks, Apple, Amazon Locations: McDonald's

☆ Australia to require AI-made child abuse material be removed from search results
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia will make search engines like Google and Bing take steps to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence, the country's internet regulator said on Friday. A new code drafted by the industry giants at the government's request will require search engines to ensure that such content is not returned in search results, e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said in a statement. It will also require that AI functions built into search engines cannot produce synthetic versions of the same material, she said. "The use of generative AI has grown so quickly that I think it's caught the whole world off guard to a certain degree," Inman Grant said. We asked the industry to have another go," Inman Grant added.

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Trump will join the South Dakota Republican Party for a “Monumental Leaders Rally” in Rapid City. South Dakota holds a late primary and isn't competitive in a general election. That hasn’t stopped those who are keen to be considered as Trump's running mate from openly jockeying for the position and trying to curry favor with him and his aides. Despite not running for president, Noem has continued to position herself nationally. “Kristi Noem has spent more time out campaigning for I don’t know what than she has in South Dakota.

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☆ Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum faces misinformation linked to COVID influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Dozens of campaigners who built substantial audiences during the COVID era by opposing Australia's pandemic response have turned their focus to undermining the Oct. 14 referendum, analysis of social media posts by independent fact-checkers shows. The direct link between COVID agitators and misinformation about the Voice has not been previously reported in detail. Polls show support for the Voice has slumped from about two-thirds in April to less than 40% this month. Not one X post containing electoral misinformation was marked or taken down in the monitoring period, before or after being reported, Reset.Tech said. "Many of the accounts pushing electoral misinformation narratives turned to a style of anti-lockdown politics during the pandemic," said Reset.Tech Australia executive director Alice Dawkins.

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☆ Australia says Qatar strip-searches of women in 2020 a factor in blocking extra flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows the Qatar Airways' airbus A350 parked outside Qatar Airways maintenance hangar in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Imad Creidi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australia said a strip-search of women at Qatar's main airport in 2020 played a part in its decision this year to stop Qatar Airways from selling more flights to Australia, denying it was acting due to pressure from rival Qantas Airways. The claim brings a new element to a controversy surrounding the Australian Labor government's relationship with Qantas (QAN.AX) which had lobbied against a Qatar Airways request to increase its flights. It was "nonsense" to suggest that adding more Qatar Airways flights would have put downward pressure on international fares, King added. Antitrust regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said more Qatar Airways flights would have lowered fares.

Persons: Imad Creidi, Catherine King, King, Alan Joyce, Vanessa Hudson, Byron Kaye, Kirsty Needham, Michael Perry Organizations: Qatar Airways, airbus, REUTERS, Rights, Qantas Airways, Australian Labor, Qantas, Australian, Hamad International Airport, Antitrust, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, ACCC, Thomson Locations: Doha, Qatar, Australia, Qatar's, Canberra

☆ Australia passes law to encourage competition for main market operator ASX
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A pedestrian is reflected in a window where an investor sits looking at a board displaying stock prices at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney, Australia February 9, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies ASX Ltd FollowSYDNEY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Australia passed a law on Wednesday to support competition in post-trade settlement and clearing for financial markets, challenging the near-monopoly status held by ASX Ltd (ASX.AX). After ASX cancelled a costly overhaul of its trading platform, the federal government said it was opening up the market to let other players in. Though Australian financial regulators have called for greater competition in clearing and settlement functions for years, a failed overhaul of ASX's all-in-one legacy software system renewed pressure from market participants to challenge its near-monopoly. In other major financial markets, clearing and settlement, or confirming the transfer of stock ownership and updating share registries, are managed by separate entities to the market operator.

Persons: David Gray, Jim Chalmers, Byron Kaye, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Australian Securities Exchange, REUTERS, ASX Ltd, Senate, Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Securities and Investments, Thomson Locations: Sydney, Australia

☆ Enrique Tarrio, Former Proud Boys Leader, Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ This company thinks the future of education is virtual reality schools that offer students a more 'decentralized' experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementBack in 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey predicted that — sooner or later — virtual reality headsets would find their way into the classroom and enable a new, more immersive future for education. Now, an online school called Optima Academy Online seems to be answering those queries, and bringing Luckey's vision to fruition. Kevin Wolf/APOptimaEd, the Florida-based company behind Optima Academy, is helmed by conservative education activist Erika Donalds, wife of Republican Congressman Byron Donalds. A field trip to EverestThe school instructs students through a combination of virtual reality sessions and online classes. Instruction for kindergarten through second grade is more similar to virtual school where classes are both live and pre-recorded, according to Optima's website.

Persons: Adam Mangana, Palmer Luckey, Luckey, Erika Donalds, Byron Donalds, Kevin Wolf, Ron DeSantis, Jeremy Bailenson, Optima's Organizations: Yorker, New, Summit, Optima, Meta, Optima Academy, Everest, New Yorker, Research Locations: Florida, Dublin, Everest, à, Arizona, Michigan, Yorker

☆ Proud Boys Leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl Receive Lengthy Jail Terms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Australia regulator sues Qantas alleging sale of tickets on cancelled flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Qantas aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Australia, November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Qantas Airways Ltd FollowSYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator sued Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) on Thursday, accusing it of selling tickets to thousands of flights after they were cancelled, putting the airline at risk of huge fines and reputational turbulence. The airline kept selling tickets for an average of 16 days after it had cancelled flights for reasons often within its control, such as "network optimisation", the ACCC added. Qantas kept selling tickets to one Sydney-to-San Francisco flight 40 days after it had been cancelled, the regulator said. At the Senate hearing, Joyce confirmed Qantas had written to the federal government in 2022 asking it to deny a request from Qatar Airways, a Qantas competitor on international routes, to increase flights to Australia.

Persons: Phil Noble, Rico Merkert, Alan Joyce, Joyce, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Byron Kaye, Poonam, Shailesh Kuber, Rashmi Aich, Gerry Doyle, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Qantas, Melbourne International Airport, REUTERS, Rights Companies Qantas Airways Ltd, SYDNEY, Qantas Airways, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, ACCC, Sydney University's Institute of Transport, Logistics Studies, Australia, Senate, Qatar Airways, Qatar, Thomson Locations: Melbourne, Australia, Sydney, Francisco, Bengaluru

☆ Proud Boys Leader Joseph Biggs Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country. China was just getting started as the United States nuclear industry began to take a back seat. Power follows demand, so the new nuclear reactors tend to be built where fast-developing economies need power to fuel their growth. For the United States to win the export business, it must prove it can put steel in the ground in the United States. "We and our close nuclear energy allies are at what I think is just the start of a fierce competition for supremacy in global nuclear energy export markets," Kotek said.

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☆ Trump’s Free Speech Runs Up Against Courtroom Decorum
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Choreographers Make Their Own Kind of Administrative Dance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Margaret Fuhrer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Creative Administration Research program pairs choreographers with what it calls thought partners, collaborators who might be business-minded arts administrators, funders or presenters, but who are also often working artists. The program has also hosted two summits, bringing several dozen artists and leaders to the center’s University of Akron home to share their insights into creative administration. (And to dance together — or to “physicalize their administrative thinking and dreaming,” as a news release said.) Banning Bouldin, who uses they/them pronouns, formerly ran their Nashville organization, New Dialect, as a conventional dance company, though their goal was to create a dance hub for the city. “We’re serving more artists and more of the community in a way that’s financially sustainable.”Rosie Herrera, the director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, found that Creative Administration Research affirmed many of her existing ways of working.

Persons: Byron Au Yong, Raja Feather Kelly, Takahiro Yamamoto, Au Yong, Banning Bouldin, John Michael Schert, ” Bouldin, “ We’re, Rosie Herrera, ” Organizations: Creative Administration, center’s University of Akron, Rosie Herrera Dance, Creative Administration Research, Latina Locations: United States, Nashville, Miami

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