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☆ What's the most you should pay for housing? Here's a breakdown by salary, from $30,000 a year to $120,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Housing costs are the biggest expense most people face, so knowing how much you can afford to spend can be key to staying on top of your budget. As a rule of thumb, financial planners commonly recommend spending no more than 30% of your gross income on housing, whether that's mortgage or rent costs. This advice is often based on guidelines set in the 1980s by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which defined spending beyond 30% as "housing cost burdened." That means if you earn the U.S. median income of around $80,000, you should aim to keep your housing costs to $2,000 a month. Considering that Americans are routinely spending more than 30% of their income on housing, the guideline can feel more like an ideal than a realistic rule of thumb.

Organizations: U.S . Department of Housing, Urban Locations: U.S

☆ Trump may cede global climate leadership to China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After a campaign featuring promises to slash landmark climate legislation, and a first term record that included pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, President-elect Donald Trump's win casts a shadow of doubt over the world of global climate policy. As an isolationist, Trump-led American foreign policy cedes global leadership on the issue, an increasingly willing China can assume the spot instead. Ceding global climate leadership to China "would be a mistake"China is looking to "play a more proactive role internationally on climate change," said Joanna Lewis, an associate professor at Georgetown University and expert in international climate policy. But "it would be a mistake for the United States to completely cede not just [its] leadership role on climate change. But the development of low carbon technologies, that's really the area that has been particularly competitive between China and the United States," said Lewis.

Persons: Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Donald Trump's, Trump, Joanna Lewis, Lewis, Joe Biden Organizations: European Union, Republicans, United Nations, BMO Capital Markets, Georgetown University Locations: Osaka, Japan, Paris, China, United States

☆ Lindsey Vonn: US skiing legend to make surprise return after five-year retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lindsey Vonn, one of the greatest skiers of all-time, is set to end her five-year retirement and return to the sport. “Getting back to skiing without pain has been an incredible journey,” Vonn said in a US Ski & Snowboard statement on Thursday. But after partial knee replacement surgery in April, Vonn has been testing her fitness over the last few months. “Lindsey has made an indelible mark on alpine skiing and our organization throughout her career. “I’ve always enjoyed racing in Cortina and I’ve had a lot of success in Cortina,” Vonn said.

Persons: CNN — Lindsey Vonn, Vonn, “, ” Vonn, “ Lindsey, We’re, ”, Sophie Goldschmidt, Jonathan Nackstrand, “ I’ve, I’ve Organizations: CNN, US Ski Team, Ski Team, US, Getty, The New York Times, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Cortina Locations: Colorado, AFP, Italy

☆ Here's my playbook for how to invest in stocks during a Trump presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Trust portfolio is what we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Back in April 2018, Trump ruled then-Twitter — now X and under the ownership of Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk . It was labeled "Trump stock" and a professional announcer, the deep-voice guy we used to use all of the time at the network, recorded it. I pushed the button whenever I was sure that a stock could somehow do well under the first Trump administration. There was no "Trump Stock," "Trump Stock" button pressing for Amazon that day.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He's, Elon Musk, Lisa, Jeff Marks, Jeff, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Republican Donald Trump, Andrew Kelly Organizations: Dow Jones, Trump, CNBC, Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, Meta, New York Stock Exchange, Republican, U.S Locations: Bahamas, Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, New York City

☆ I bought a house in Cork. My Irish husband lives there full-time, but I'm still going back and forth between the US.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Julia Skinner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I bought a house in Cork, Ireland, but I still live in the US for part of the year. My Irish husband lives in the house full time, and I go back and forth between Atlanta and Cork. It's a bit complicated, but I'm glad I have time to figure out all the logistics of moving abroad. AdvertisementYears ago, I had a dream (yes, really) telling me to head to West Cork, Ireland. I've had to be really, really particular about which pieces and belongings I want to take to Ireland because shipping things overseas isn't cheap.

Persons: —, who've, — who's, I'm, it's, I've, Julia Skinner Organizations: Service, Western Locations: Cork, Ireland, Atlanta, It's, West Cork, Dunnes, Western Europe, East Coast

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs is especially popular for a handful of reasons, so I've gathered all of the best places where you can buy a Kelce jersey below. Swifties also might love a Kelce jersey for the collection, following the popularity of Taylor and Travis' relationship since it kicked off in 2023. Where to buy Travis Kelce jerseysOfficially licensed Travis Kelce jerseys for men, women, and kids are available for purchase from Dick's Sporting Goods and Fanatics. They're often pricey, but as Black Friday nears later this month, I expect we'll see plenty of Travis Kelce jersey deals cropping up from several retailers. We've got you covered for the best gifts for Taylor Swift fans, too.

Persons: we're, it's, Travis Kelce, Swifties, Taylor, Travis, Swift, Taylor Swift, We've Organizations: Business, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, merch, Super Bowl, Dick's Sporting Goods, NFL Locations: merch . Kansas

☆ Buying opportunity or time to bail? What to do with gold following the postelection selloff
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( David Keller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

First, let's recognize the strength of the uptrend in gold leading into November 2024. While the two trends were both higher in October, a post-election surge in the US Dollar appeared to signal the end of the golden era of gold in 2024. And while the long-term chart of gold remains in decent shape, the short-term reversal in recent weeks has pushed gold stocks down to key price support. Now the GDX is testing its 200-day moving average, which also represents a 50% retracement of the 2024 bull phase. In terms of a longer-term inflection point for gold, it's all about finding signs of accumulation.

Persons: it's, wasn't, we'd, David Keller Organizations: Nasdaq, Gold Miners, CMT, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL

Diamond Sports moved closer to exiting bankruptcy on Thursday after a bankruptcy judge approved its reorganization plan, which slashes the hefty debt load that toppled the company. The green light is a significant milestone for the owner of regional sports networks, which has been under bankruptcy protection since March 2023. It presented its reorganization plan to the court with a standing objection from the U.S. The reorganization plan that received court approval on Thursday will see Diamond's debt load cut from nearly $9 billion to $200 million. Diamond is now unencumbered by legacy debt, financially stable and enthusiastically supported by new ownership," Diamond CEO David Preschlack said in a release Thursday.

Persons: Jose Siri, Dansby Swanson, Travis d'Arnaud, Diamond, David Preschlack Organizations: Major League Baseball's Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Diamond Sports, Amazon, Major League Baseball, U.S ., Diamond Locations: Truist, Atlanta

☆ The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs to do to regain its relevance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

What can news outlets do to regain trust and appeal to new audiences without alienating existing readers and viewers? For the past week, CNN’s media team has been receiving feedback from readers of the Reliable Sources newsletter. Mainstream media outlets have been losing public trust for decades, particularly among Republicans, but also among Democrats and independents. Maybe, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan commented last week, the media collectively spent “too much time obsessing about polling (where did that get us?) As long as President-elect Donald Trump keeps repeating lies and raising controversies, the press will be seen as a hostile force by many Trump voters.

Persons: New York CNN — Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, ” Elon Musk, Harris, Donie O’Sullivan, MAGA, it’s, TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman, Donald Trump, They’re, Joe Rogan’s, Charlie Warzel, Rachel Karten, “ Trump, Tim Graham, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Vox, Lulu Garcia, Navarro, Buck, Richard Stengel, Andrew Morse, “ It’s, Will Bunch, there’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, ” Fox, Trump, Media, ABC News, Nielsen, CNN, News, Civic Health, Media Research Center, ” New York Times, Atlanta, Philadelphia Locations: New York, Washington, York, U.S

☆ Markets are ripping past all-time highs after Donald Trump's electoral victory. Doomsday investors aren't convinced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. "The backdrop is already a more volatile FX market," Webb said, comparing markets now to when Trump was inaugurated in January 2017. But market volatility is at its lowest level since July, based on the VIX Index, Wall Street's favorite measure of uneasiness. Universa has demand for its strategy, Yarckin said, but it's coming from "a small subset of people." "I wonder if this is being underestimated" by the markets, Webb said.

Persons: Warren Buffett, —, Donald Trump, Jonathan Webb, Webb, Trump, Wall, Brandon Yarckin, Universa, Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Yarckin, Simon Aninat, haven't, Mark Spitznagel, Aninant, Mattias Eriksson, Eriksson, Elon Musk, It's Organizations: Universa Investments, Service, Twitter, C8 Technologies, Jefferies, Business, Oracle Locations: Omaha

☆ Instead of job killings, there's a strange AI hiring boom happening, according to Marc Andreessen
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Instead of killing jobs, generative AI is fueling a surprising job boom, according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. OpenAI and Google are struggling to significantly improve their next AI models, multiple media reports said this week. That's what makes these AI models smart, and without that, OpenAI and others are hitting a worrying wall. They're a function of the training data," Andreessen said. "And a big part of the AI hiring boom is actually hiring the experts to actually craft the answers to be able to train the AI."

Persons: Marc Andreessen, Horowitz, Andreessen, OpenAI, Ben Horowitz, Andreessen's Organizations: Google, AIs, Business, Andreessen Locations: chimed

☆ On-the-Job Training Is Broken. That Hurts Companies and Workers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Workers are struggling to get a handle on their jobs, and this failure falls on everyone — companies, managers, human-resources departments, and, in some cases, the workers themselves. The chaos has left employers, managers, and employees wondering just how much time and money it's worth investing in training in the first place. It's tough to learn by osmosis over Slack, and the deluge of HR apps and training modules isn't filling in the gaps. As workers and managers are increasingly overextended, these types of unmeasured, softer activities can fall by the wayside. Gavin emphasized that it's not just on companies and managers to make sure employees are learning and getting onboarded but also on individual workers.

Persons: Gen, It's, what's, Gallup, Ana Goehner, Kenneth Matos, Matos, they're, it's, Ashley Herd, nonmanagers, Christy Pettit, Herd, Stephanie Wolf, she's, Wolf, that's, Phoebe Gavin, Gavin, I'd, hadn't, Michelle, Z, they've, Emily Stewart Organizations: Workers, Adobe, doer, Fortune, Business Locations: America, HiBob, RebuttalPR

☆ Actress Sydney Sweeney slams ‘fake’ female empowerment in Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney has hit out at what she calls “fake” pronouncements on female empowerment in the entertainment industry. “This entire industry, all people say is ‘women empowering other women.’ None of it’s happening. “I’ve read that our entire lives, we were raised — and it’s a generational problem — to believe only one woman can be at the top. There’s one woman who can get the man. There’s one woman who can be, I don’t know, anything,” said Sweeney.

Persons: Sydney Sweeney, “, Sweeney, Carol Baum, ” Sweeney, ”, “ I’ve, ’ I’m, I’m, Christy Martin, she’s, Martin — Organizations: CNN, Hollywood Locations: Hollywood

☆ Matt Gaetz would oversee US prisons as AG. He thinks El Salvador’s hardline lockups are a model
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( David Culver | Rachel Clarke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As he stood inside the echoing hall of the prison, Matt Gaetz seemed impressed. It was July, and Gaetz — who will oversee the Federal Bureau of Prisons if he becomes attorney general — was visiting El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), where gang leaders and murderers are locked up and from which they are never released. “This is the solution” for El Salvador, Gaetz added, in a video released by Bukele. That trip came just a month after Gaetz, Donald Trump Jr. and others traveled to Bukele’s second inauguration. Gaetz founded a congressional El Salvador caucus with Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas in July in a rare moment of bipartisanship.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, “, ”, Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, Gaetz —, —, El Salvador’s, El, Nayib Bukele, Trump, Bukele —, Bukele, Donald Trump Jr, Vicente Gonzalez Organizations: CNN, Federal Bureau of Prisons, El, Supreme, Time Magazine, Democratic Rep, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Representatives, State Department Locations: United States, El Salvador, Central, South America

☆ Europe fines Meta almost $840 million for linking Marketplace to Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Thursday, the European Commission fined Meta almost 798 million euros (about $840 million). AdvertisementMeta was fined almost 798 million euros (about $840 million) for breaching European rules by linking Facebook Marketplace to its social network Facebook and imposing unfair trading conditions on other classified platforms. The European Commission said Thursday that all Facebook users are "regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not." AdvertisementVestager said Meta's "conduct benefited Facebook Marketplace and gave it "advantages that other online classified ads service providers could not match." Advertisement"The reality is that people use Facebook Marketplace because they want to, not because they have to."

Persons: Meta, —, Margrethe Vestager, Vestager Organizations: European, Meta, Service, Facebook, European Commission

☆ Amazon's new discount section 'Haul' looks like a Temu version of Temu
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've gotta say, sadly: It's the Temu version of Temu. It's Amazon's attempt to compete with cheap e-commerce apps like Temu, Shein, and the TikTok Shop. The Haul section of Amazon's app is now in beta mode. The sweater section on Amazon's Haul section has a familiar aesthetic. But for now, to me, it just feels like a sort of crummy version of Temu.

Persons: —, Ava Max, Lady Gaga, It's, Obama, Shein, China — Organizations: Amazon, Service, Apple, Business Locations: Temu, China, Utah

☆ Hollywood Is Leaving Los Angeles: Remote Work Comes to TV, Movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementLately, creative workers are increasingly chasing their Hollywood dreams in production hubs far from Hollywood. FilmLA, which issues permits for production in the region, found that Greater Los Angeles' share of US-produced TV and film projects declined from 23% in 2021 to 18% last year. Brin said Lexington had attracted 30 film and TV projects so far this year, representing more than $2 million in local spending. Actually being on a set is only one part of entertainment production. While the power of Los Angeles is dispersing, no single "new Hollywood" is coming to take its place.

Persons: Joe Gallegos Jr, he'd, Bailee Madison, Lukasiak, Pat Boone, Gallegos, JJ Abrams, HBO Max —, he's, It's, Patrick Adler, Taner Osman, couldn't, Tiffany FitzHenry, Lisa Brin, Brin, Noah Hawley, Maddy Bilder, Yorgos, Guy, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Tyler Mitchell, I've, Bilder, Adler, Otis, FitzHenry, hasn't, Keisha Perry, Cedric, I'm, She's, Lucia Moses Organizations: Netflix, HBO, of Labor Statistics, Westwood Economics, Planning Associates, Dallas, Miami, Hollywood, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Marvel, Otis, Creative, Lex Studios, Austin, Austin Film Society, Southwest, Sony, Universal Pictures, Ampere, Technology, ScreenIt, LA, Westwood, Gallegos, Business Insider's Media Locations: New Mexico, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, La La, Hollywood ., America, California, Atlanta, Hollywood, LA, Georgia, Kentucky, Lexington, New York, Ireland, Budapest, South Africa, Hungary, Australia, North America, Saudi Arabia, Miami

☆ Pete Hegseth: Trump’s Pentagon pick aims for clash with top military leadership
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A Princeton and Harvard grad, Hegseth was CEO of the conservative veteran’s advocacy organization, Concerned Veterans for America, beginning in 2006. He has 20 years’ experience in the military, having served in the Army National Guard as an infantry officer from 2002 to 2021 and leaving service as a major, according to military service records. He also worked as a guard at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from June 2004 to April 2005. Hegseth has been awarded two Bronze Stars from his combat service. In one June interview on Fox, Hegseth bemoaned the state of the US military’s procurement system and the threat posed by China’s growing military.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Pete Hegseth, Hegseth, CQ Brown, —, “ Fox, ”, Trump, ” John Noonan, ‘ You’ve, Hugh Hewitt, “, they’re, Shawn Ryan, you’ve, ” Hegseth, Brown, Staff —, shouldn’t, Obama, Ben Shapiro, America Allison Jaslow —, who’ve, ” Jaslow, –, Biden, neocon, Hegseth –, neocon ”, he’s, ’, they’ve, Vladimir Putin’s “, Ryan, King, warcrimes, Matthew Golsteyn, Clint Lorance –, Eddie Gallagher, Mark Esper, Gallagher, Golsteyn, Lorance, Jaslow, Tim Parlatore, “ Everyone’s, ” CNN’s Oren Liebermann Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Joint Chiefs, Army National Guard, Star, Pentagon, Trump, Princeton, Harvard grad, Veterans, Republican, Defense Department, Armed, Navy, of Defense, Staff, Air Force, Army Ranger School, Army Special Forces, Naval, Warfare Command, Afghanistan Veterans, Ranger School, Defense, Iraq, Fox, United, “ Fox, ”, warcrimes CNN, United States Senate Locations: China, Ukraine, America, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Washington, United States, Washington ,, Trump, Europe, Poland

CNN —When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. But she returned home to find she wasn’t offered the same support by the US Department of Veterans Affairs that male combat veterans were offered, Smithers said. Women account for roughly 17.5% of the Defense Department’s active-duty force, according to 2022 data from the agency. Hegseth has specifically criticized having women in roles where strength “is the differentiator,” he said on the podcast last week. She also worries any course reversal on women serving in combat will have a sweeping impact on women serving in other government jobs.

Persons: Elisa Smithers, Smithers, wasn’t, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, –, he’s, ”, Hegseth, “, hasn’t, ” Hegseth, Shawn Ryan, ” Smithers, we’ll, Elizabeth Beggs, Let’s, ” Beggs, Beggs, who’ve, Lory Manning, “ I’m, …, ” Manning, it’s, Manning, we’ve, Brandy Cottrill, Cox, “ It’s, ‘ That’s, Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Anna Moneymaker, Illinois Sen, Duckworth, MAGA, Wendy Coop, Wendy Coop Wendy Coop, ” Coop, Coop, don’t, that’s, she’s Organizations: CNN, National Guard, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Fox News, Army, Defense, Warriors, US Army, Army National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Navy, Army Rangers, Army Special Forces, Marine, “ Seals, Rangers, Green Berets, Service, Action, American Civil Liberties Union, “, National Center for Veterans Analysis, Combat, Veterans Families, US Coast Guard, US Army Special Operations Command, US National Guard, Capitol, US Navy, US Naval Academy Locations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Washington , DC, Illinois, St, Augustine , Florida

☆ Why Trump is trying to outrage Washington with his controversial Cabinet picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s increasingly provocative Cabinet picks have left some Republican senators aghast and Washington in shock. The dismay engulfing establishment elites contrasted with the euphoria rocketing through conservative networks and social media among Trump fans. News that Hegseth had been picked to lead the Pentagon rocked Washington the night before the Gaetz pick and sparked similar questions about Trump’s motives. And she was accused of “parroting” false propaganda from America’s premier espionage adversary, Russia, by no less than Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. Not all Trump’s picks are contentious.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, aghast, Florida Republican Matt Gaetz —, Justice Department —, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s MAGA, Pete Hegseth, Geraldo Rivera, Gaetz —, Trump, ‘, Anthony Scaramucci, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Pennsylvania Democratic Sen, John Fetterman, CNN’s Manu Raju, “, —, Gaetz, Elie Honig, Hegseth, Gabbard, ”, Bashar al, Assad, Utah GOP Sen, Mitt Romney, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Rubio, Alaska Sen, Lisa Murkowski, Maine Sen, Susan Collins, Iowa Republican Sen, Joni Ernst, South Dakota Sen, John Thune, Thune, Matt Gaetz, Alabama Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Republicans — you’re, ” Tuberville, acquiesce Organizations: CNN, Florida Republican, Justice Department, Democratic, Fox News, Trump, Senate, Pennsylvania Democratic, Gaetz, FBI, CNN International ., Pentagon, Fox, Defense Department, Utah GOP, GOP, Republican Trump, Iowa Republican, South Dakota, Republican, Republicans, Pennsylvania Senate, Treasury, Health, Human Services, Republican Senate Locations: Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania, Russia, America, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hawaii, Utah, China, Alaska, South, Alabama

☆ I stayed in a 540-square-foot luxury tent at the edge of Africa's Serengeti National Park. The lodge was stunning, but the safari perks were the real highlight.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

At the edge of Serengeti National Park sits TAASA, a luxury safari lodge. The lodge sits near three ecosystems: the Serengeti National Park, the Maasai Mara National Reserve, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A pair of zebras and a lion in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. In Serengeti National Park, night game drives aren't permitted. I whispered the words to myself on game drives and woke up to the lyrics in my mind some mornings.

Persons: —, Jambo, Habari, Mzuri sana, TAASA's, May Simon, Simon, TAASA, Monica Humphries, Mikindo, Logolie Milya, Sam, Milya Organizations: Service, Toyota, Cruiser, Business, Mara, Reserve, Rovers Locations: TAASA, Tanzania's Lobo, Lodge, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Ololosokwan

☆ Some voters retain optimism for a woman president following Trump's win: 'Americans are ready, it just wasn't meant to be Harris'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

But the idea of electing the first female president didn't strongly motivate people to turn out. They don't expect that America will have to wait much longer for a female president. "I voted for Vice President Harris, but there was so much pause in that decision — I debated it for weeks," she says. Harris' loss has not diminished Amiwala's optimism that the U.S. could elect its first female president soon. "I think Americans are ready for a woman president, it just wasn't meant to be Harris," Amiwala says.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton's, didn't, Harris, Ali Vitali, —, Joe Biden, Vitali, Amiwala, she's, that's, Chip Somodevilla, Chabaka, Biden, Natasha Bowman, Bowman, Trump, Alejandra Toro, Toro, — wasn't, Laura Kray, Kray, Taylor Swift Organizations: AP VoteCast, NBC News, CNBC, NBC, Capitol Hill, AP, Carolina Girls, Horizon, Getty, Republican, Center for Equity, UC Berkley's Haas School of Business Locations: Fairfax , Virginia, America, U.S, Chicago, Israel, Palestine, Greensboro , North Carolina, Sioux Falls , South Dakota, New York, Charlotte , North Carolina

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump stunned Senate Republicans by announcing Wednesday that he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be attorney general. Some Senate Republicans said the process won’t be smooth sailing. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said it will be “a significant challenge” for Gaetz to win enough votes to be confirmed. I can’t even believe it.”Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a member of the Judiciary Committee, said Gaetz lacks basic qualifications for the job. “We met with President Trump and said, ‘Please, no more House members after Matt Gaetz,’” Scalise said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, Sen, Lisa Murkowski, Gaetz, “, That’s Lisa Murkowski’s, ” Murkowski, ” Sen, Joni Ernst, “ He’s, John Cornyn, ”, ” Cornyn, Cornyn, we’ll, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Collins, there’s, Kevin Cramer, Katie Britt, Ron Johnson, Pete Ricketts, didn’t, Trump’s, Chris Coons, Peter Welch, Joe Manchin, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, ” Blumenthal, John Fetterman, it’s, Mike Simpson, Simpson, Steve Scalise, he’s, President Trump, ” Scalise, Max Miller Organizations: WASHINGTON, Trump, Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, Republicans, Committee, House, ” Locations: Pennsylvania, Alaska, Iowa, Texas, Maine, Idaho, Ohio

On the day after the election, Nov. 6, X experienced its largest user exodus since Elon Musk bought the platform in 2022. NBC News spoke to six people who have joined or committed to using Threads and Bluesky in place of X after the election because of Musk. In the past five days, Wurtz said people she used to follow on X have started to trickle over to Threads. “I have a private personal account for friends and family and a public account for Taylor Swift, so nobody drowns in my Taylor Swift content,” Polo said. Currently, X users can go to the site’s settings and opt out.

Persons: Elon Musk, Don Lemon, Donald Trump, Musk, Kara Wurtz, Louis, ” Wurtz, “, I’m, Wurtz, Wurtz isn’t, Adam Mosseri, Bluesky, ”, Mosseri, David Carr, X, Polo, Swifties, Taylor Swift, ” Polo, Elon, Rory Mir, ” Mir, José Vilson, “ I’m, ” Laura Sell, Sell, “ It’s, Micah Lee, Dr, Jorge Caballero, ” Caballero, it’s Organizations: Elon, Guardian, NBC, Trump, Twitter, NBC News, Bluesky, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Duke University Press Locations: Similarweb, United States, Canada, Bluesky

Judith Joseph described the current violence and political turmoil in Haiti — a place she calls home — as heartbreaking and devastating. “For me, it’s very emotional.”“The gangs, the gangs, my God,” she said. Haitian National Police officers patrol the area near Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 12, 2024. Clarens Siffroy / AFP via Getty Images fileA JetBlue flight to New York and an American Airlines flight returning to Miami were also shot on the same day. The flights were shot at on the same day Haiti swore in a new prime minister, adding to the country’s political turmoil.

Persons: Judith Joseph, —, ” Joseph, ”, Prince, Clarens Siffroy, that’s, “, Jacques Balynce’s, ” Balynce Organizations: FAA, Spirit Airlines, Haitian National Police, Getty, JetBlue, American Airlines, Angels, Humanity, U.S . State Department Locations: Haiti, Port, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Toussaint, Prince, AFP, New York, Miami, Cap, U.S, Dominican Republic

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