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☆ Why fewer people are choosing to have kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“A lot of people make the assumption because we don’t have kids, we’re not fulfilled,” Becky Hayden said. “We see majorities … saying having a fulfilling life doesn’t have much to do with whether someone does or doesn’t have children,” Minkin said. The reasons people aren’t having kidsThere were many reasons why people said they didn’t have kids, including financial concerns, infertility, or that it just didn’t happen, according to the research. For people younger than 50, the top reason reported for not having children was that they don’t want to. Many of the cons people reported in the Pew survey related to not having children come from the outside.

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☆ Trump running mate JD Vance doubles down on 'childless cat ladies' comment about Harris, Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, on Friday defended his comments accusing key Democrats — including Vice President Kamala Harris — of being miserable "childless cat ladies" who want to "make the rest of the country miserable too," as well as anti-family and anti-kids. Vance has been under fire for days after the "cat ladies" remark resurfaced online following the Ohio Republican's nomination as the party's vice presidential candidate. I explicitly said in my remarks," Vance said. At the time Vance made his remarks Buttigieg was in the process of adopting twin babies with his partner. A month after his comment in 2021, Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's now defunct-show on Fox News — Kelly's former employer — and expanded on it.

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☆ Why JD Vance is being dogged by couch memes — and struggling in general
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNearly two weeks after former President Donald Trump selected JD Vance to be his running mate, it's safe to say the Ohio senator is struggling. His polling is the worst of any non-incumbent vice presidential nominee in decades. Related storiesThat lack of familiarity is a key reason that the memes about Vance having sex with a couch have taken off. By Thursday, social media was awash with memes riffing on the notion that Trump's vice presidential nominee had once fornicated with a couch. In Vance's case, the meme seems to be an ironic stand-in for other issues that voters may have with the Ohio senator, even if they know he probably didn't have sex with a couch.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, JD Vance, they've, he's, Vance, MAGA, Joe Biden, they're, Blake Masters —, it's, — JD Vance, @JDVance, Kamala Harris —, Tucker Carlson, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Associated Press, Democratic, CNN, Ohio, Senate, GOP Locations: Ohio, Arizona, New York

☆ Doug Emhoff blasts JD Vance's 'stupid, uninformed' comments about Kamala Harris being a 'childless' cat lady: 'It hurt my feelings'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Emhoff said that Vance's remarks show he doesn't appreciate the reality of a modern family. Emhoff's daughter, Ella Emhoff, and his ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had already teed off on Vance over previously coming after their family. The Democrats are in complete disarray with the most unpopular Vice President in history as their party's nominee," Van Kirk said in a statement to Business Insider. I've got nothing against dogs," Vance told former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on her podcast.

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☆ Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance for ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks: ‘I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jennifer Aniston is criticizing JD Vance for comments he made in his past about women without children. “All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day,” Aniston wrote on her Instagram stories. The ship has sailed.”Aniston’s passionate words about Vance’s comments come from a personal place, as the “Friends” star has personal experience being judged for not having children. (The video Aniston reposted was shared by actress Allison Janney.) CNN has reached out to Aniston’s representative for further comment on her post about Vance and her apparent endorsement of Harris.

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Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were joined on stage by vice presidential nominee JD Vance and his wife, Usha. Here are five takeaways:Trump details shooting: Trump appeared solemn are he narrated the “painful” events of his Saturday rally in minute detail. Little mention of Biden (by name): Trump said he would use President Joe Biden’s name only once. But it’s also because Trump might not face Biden again, after all. A rare Melania sighting: Melania Trump has kept a low profile since the Trump administration ended, choosing not to attend Trump’s hush money trial or the CNN debate.

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☆ Putin Counted on Waning U.S. Interest in Ukraine. It Might Be a Winning Bet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Anton Troianovski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Vladimir V. Putin’s strategy for defeating Ukraine can be summed up in one revealing moment in his February interview with the former television host Tucker Carlson. Addressing the possibility of heightened U.S. involvement in Ukraine, the Russian leader asked Americans: “Don’t you have anything better to do?”After several tumultuous weeks in American politics, Mr. Putin appears closer than ever to getting the answer he seeks. President Biden, Ukraine’s most important ally, is engulfed in the biggest political crisis of his tenure, with calls from fellow Democrats to withdraw from the presidential race. Former President Donald J. Trump, favored in the polls, has picked as his running mate one of the loudest critics of American aid to Kyiv. And at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, Mr. Trump renewed his pledge to end the fighting and channeled Mr. Putin in warning of “World War III.”

Persons: Vladimir V, Tucker Carlson, “, Putin, Biden, Ukraine’s, Donald J, Trump, ” Organizations: Ukraine, Republican, Convention Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv

TuesdaySeveral Senate candidates and House leaders joined Mr. Trump in the box over the course of Tuesday night. Eric Trump Donald J. Trump Senator J.D. Mr. Trump responded with applause, flanked by Mr. Vance and Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the House majority leader. Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet Vanessa Trump Massad Boulos Ronan Anthony Villency Linda McMahon, business executive Kimberly Guilfoyle Kai Trump Eric Trump Lara Trump Michael Boulos Issac Perlmutter Laura Perlmutter Donald Trump Jr. Usha Vance Donald J. Trump Gov. Vance, Ohio Melania Trump Eric Trump Donald Trump Jr. Photo by Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

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CNN —On a night Republicans projected bravado around their 2024 presidential ticket, Donald Trump started his prime-time address by displaying a rare vulnerability. The former president’s son Eric Trump delivered conservative red meat, much like his brother Donald Trump Jr. had a night earlier. Little mention of Biden (by name)Trump said Thursday night that he would use Biden’s name only once. Thursday night, CNN reported that many senior-ranking White House and campaign officials now privately believe that Biden must abandon his campaign for a second term – and soon. And especially so on its final night, when the politicians mostly gave way to right-leaning celebrities.

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☆ Tucker Carlson, Ousted by Fox, Roars Into Milwaukee as a Top Trump Ally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

All of a sudden, Tucker Carlson has roared back to the forefront of Republican politics. Once the top-rated anchor on Fox News — only to be abruptly ousted 15 months ago, his national platform yanked out from under his feet — Mr. Carlson has made an improbable re-emergence into America’s living rooms at this week’s Republican National Convention. He is even returning to prime time: Mr. Carlson is set to deliver a televised address to the convention on Thursday in a coveted slot shortly before Mr. Trump accepts his party’s nomination. Mr. Carlson once electrified Fox viewers with racial grievances and flimflam conspiracy theories. But behind the scenes over the past year, Mr. Carlson has become more deeply allied with Mr. Trump than at any point in his long relationship with the former president, a man for whom the broadcaster once expressed deep ambivalence.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Mr, Carlson, Donald J, Trump, Joe Roganesque Organizations: Fox News, Republican National Convention, Mr, Fox

☆ Edgy and Unscripted, Tucker Carlson Fires Up the Convention Crowd
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tucker Carlson’s return to prime time kicked off with a roar. Mr. Carlson, a Fox News star until his firing 15 months ago, brought the Fiserv Forum to its feet when he emerged onstage at the Republican convention on Thursday evening, his support from the Make America Great Again crowd clearly intact. The grin on his face suggested just how much he relished his return to the limelight. Mr. Carlson is freshly embedded in former President Donald J. Trump’s inner circle, and he delivered an unscripted monologue straight out of his old Fox News show, complete with off-color jokes and dark visions of a nation at risk of falling into tyranny should Mr. Trump not prevail in November. “You could take, I don’t know, a mannequin, a dead person, and make them president,” Mr. Carlson said to laughter.

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☆ JD Vance, Trump's 2024 running mate, would likely be the first Marine veteran to serve as vice president if elected
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday selected Ohio Sen. JD Vance — a Marine veteran, author, and once-critic of the former president — as his running mate for the 2024 election. Military.com could not find any evidence that any vice president served in the Marine Corps . Donald Trump elevated JD Vance to the national stage as his running mate on Monday — and Ukraine is likely worried. The last enlisted vice president was Al Gore, who similarly deployed to Vietnam for six months as an Army correspondent. In April, he used the Iraq War as a historical example against intervention.

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☆ When does JD Vance speak tonight? The new heir to Trump’s MAGA movement steps into the spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’s very clear that Trump wants someone who can carry the movement on,” a person close to Trump told CNN said of the Vance selection. The two became close friends, a relationship that helped Vance earn Trump’s endorsement in a contested primary for an open Ohio Senate seat. As a senator, Vance quickly won over the thought leaders of Trump’s populist movement. Vance and Trump Jr. embraced on the convention stage Tuesday afternoon as they prepared for their moments in the spotlight. Challenges certainly remain for Vance to maintain his position as next in line to the throne in Trump’s party.

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That person, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, was one of several people urging Trump in the final moments to select Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Only moments earlier, Trump had shared the information with Vance himself, according to multiple people familiar with the call. Trump spent the final 24 hours waffling over his pick, multiple sources told CNN, leaving even those in his inner circle guessing about his ultimate choice. Several Republican donors argued for Youngkin as Trump’s pick in recent days as it became clear that Rubio and Burgum may not make the cut. “I can’t stomach Trump,” Vance said in an interview with NPR at the time.

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AdvertisementThe Thiel effectFor Vance, Thiel's influence first left its mark when he was still a student. Thiel also got a shoutout on the acknowledgments page of Vance's 2016 book, "Hillbilly Elegy." The former PayPal CEO has given $15 million to Vance's campaign, Politico reported — the largest donation ever given to one Senate candidate. AdvertisementOne of Trump's biggest donors in the 2016 presidential campaign, Thiel has re-emerged as a key player in the MAGA movement after largely sitting out the 2020 election. Thiel also appears to have pulled some of his Silicon Valley strings to advance Vance's campaign.

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☆ Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and David Sacks personally lobbied Trump to pick Vance: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewTesla billionaire Elon Musk, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and venture capitalist David Sacks personally lobbied Donald Trump to select JD Vance as his running mate, according to Axios. Axios said that a secret lobbying campaign continued into Monday morning, led by key figures such as Musk, Carlson, and Sacks. Tucker Carlson praised JD Vance after he was announced as Trump's VP nominee. Advertisement"When the Twin Towers came down, JD Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps, gung-ho to exact justice on America's enemies," Sacks wrote on X. Representatives for Donald Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and David Sacks did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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☆ Here are the Trump megadonors, VP hopefuls and celebrities headlining the Republican National Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Doral, Florida, on July 9, 2024. Various Trump megadonors are also on the RNC lineup including venture capitalist David Sacks and investors Steve and Zach Witkoff. In total, the RNC will have over 80 speakers rallying support around Trump before the convention culminates in officially designating him the Republican presidential nominee. Notably missing from the RNC speaker list is former First Lady Melania Trump, as well as Trump's daughter and former White House advisor Ivanka Trump. Melania has so far been conspicuously absent from the Trump campaign trail, drawing mockery from President Joe Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, frontrunners, frontrunners — Sens, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum —, Sen, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, David Sacks, Steve, Zach Witkoff, Mike Johnson, Tucker Carlson, Amber Rose, Melania Trump, White, Ivanka Trump, Melania, Joe Biden, Eric Trump, Lara Trump Organizations: Republican, Republican National Convention, Capitol Hill, frontrunners —, North Dakota Gov, GOP, RNC, Trump, Senate, Conservative, Republican Party Locations: Doral , Florida, R, Ohio, Savannah, Milwaukee

Lauren read several articles about how Democrats reacted to Biden’s performance. What stood out most to David Carlson, the treasurer of the Georgia Young Republicans, was the mainstream media’s reaction to Mr. Biden’s performance. Jonathon saw memes on Facebook about Biden’s performance and Jill Biden’s response after the debate. Jonathon saw memes on Facebook about Biden’s performance and Jill Biden’s response after the debate. “I already had my mind set on Trump” before the debate, Mr. Ballard said.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Aaron Hernandez, California Lauren Waits, Georgia Arina, Independent Indiana Jonathon Ballard, Independent Wisconsin Jim Hauersberger, Independent Iowa David Carlson, Lauren Waits, Lauren, Vox, David Carlson, ”, “ It’s, David, Trump, “, ” “, ” Aaron, Jon Stewart, Aaron, Arina Trotter, Mr, ” Arina, Arina, Jim Hauersperger, Hauersperger, “ I’m, Jim, Jonathon Ballard, Ballard, ” Mr, Jonathon, Jill Biden’s, Biden’s Organizations: Media, Trump, Georgia, Georgia Arina Trotter, Independent Indiana, Independent Wisconsin, Independent Iowa, Republican Georgia, Democratic Party of Georgia, New Yorker, Georgia Young Republicans, Despair, Democratic, Mr, U.S . Capitol, Democratic Party, Republican Party, ABC News, CBS, Facebook, Republican Locations: Atlanta, California, Bloomington, Ind, Unionville , Iowa, Green Bay, Wis, Alabama

Now, with Biden facing an increasingly uncertain political future amid the fallout from his shaky debate performance, Republicans are trying to determine what the Democratic incumbent stepping aside would actually mean for the Trump campaign. “Chaos is our friend,” a person close to Trump said. Even if Biden is not the Democratic nominee, the Trump campaign believes the issues likely to decide the election will remain the same. After Carlson suggested Harris would replace Biden on the Democratic ticket, Trump predicted: “Not really. One Trump adviser told CNN the Democratic handwringing had been expected to blow over within a week.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, ”, Kamala Harris, MAGA, Harris, Chris LaCivita, Susie Wiles, ’, pollster, Gretchen Whitmer, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro, Gavin Newsom, they’re, “ We’re, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, didn’t, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, Trump’s, Democratic handwringing, “, Crooked Joe Biden, ” LaCivita, Wiles, Joe Biden’s, “ I’m, Mike Howell, ” Howell, Rick Hasen, ” Hasen, “ Joe Biden, Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Biden, Trump, Inc, “, Republican National Committee, Michigan Gov, California Gov, Republicans, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Heritage Foundation, Wisconsin –, UCLA Locations: New Jersey, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin

CNN —A major Supreme Court ruling Friday that shifted power from the executive branch to the judiciary stands to transform how the federal government works. By overturning a 1984 precedent, the court’s conservative majority has made countless regulations vulnerable to legal challenge. The Supreme Court ruling could boost efforts by conservatives who have taken aim at the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s rules limiting planet-warming pollution from vehicles, oil and gas wells and pipelines, and power plants. The ruling has injected legal uncertainty into regulations of all types, including those on technology, labor, the environment and health care. But the Supreme Court has yet to decide a case heard this term that might gut that limitation.

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☆ These 13 states — including Florida and Texas — opted out of a $2.5 billion federal food program that would help feed low-income kids this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

During the pandemic, the federal government covered the entire cost of the Summer EBT program, but starting this summer, states will be on the hook to split administrative costs 50/50. AdvertisementThirteen Republican-led states ultimately opted out of the program this summer, citing myriad reasons, including redundancy, insufficient support, and politics. AlabamaAccording to the state's Department of Health, one in four children in Alabama faces food insecurity. The state will reconsider joining the summer program once the backlog is dealt with, the outlet reported. Brian Kemp told local outlet 11 Alive that the state already has a summer food program in place.

Persons: —, Brian Kemp, Republican Sen, Cindy Carlson, Kim Reynolds, Reynolds, Kevin Stitt, Stitt, Biden, Henry McMaster, Scott Olson, Iran Fury, Kristi Noem, Chalkbeat, Fury, Megan Degenfelder, Degenfelder Organizations: Service, Department of Agriculture, SUN, Business, The, Agriculture, state's Department of Health, SUN Bucks, Alabama, state's Department of Education, Assistance, SNAP, state's Department of Children, Families, Florida Department of Children, Republican Gov, Republican, Idaho Education, Iowa, Iowa Iowa Gov, Human Services, Biden Administration, Mississippi The Mississippi Department of Human Services, Magnolia Tribune, Oklahoma Republican Gov, South Carolina Republican Gov, The Texas Tribune, state's, Human Services Commission Locations: Alabama, Alaska Alaska, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, SUN Bucks, NurPhoto Idaho, Idaho, Iowa Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Dakota South Dakota, Iran, Texas Texas, Wyoming Wyoming, Wyoming

☆ Evan Gershkovich: Russia begins espionage trial of US reporter behind closed doors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The trial of Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, began Wednesday morning in a closed door hearing that has been condemned by his newspaper and the United States. While many newsrooms subsequently pulled their reporters out of Russia, Gershkovich remained, covering the war and how it was changing life in Russia. Footage on Wednesday morning showed Gershkovich inside a glass court cage, his head shaved, ahead of the trial due to start imminently behind closed doors. The trial of Gershkovich, the American-born son of Soviet-era emigres to the US, has highlighted the extent to which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has harmed relations between Moscow and Washington. Gershkovich seen inside an enclosure for defendants in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 26, 2024.

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Trump’s campaign insists the former president is his own best adviser and he alone will make the call. Vance,” Trump Jr. told Newsmax in January. That’s a key concern of Trump’s top advisers who have otherwise let the former president dictate the process. “President Trump should not be made to explain other people’s scandals or statements.”Burgum’s wealth may have worked in his favor for a time when Trump trailed President Joe Biden in the money wars. But the recent influx of cash into the campaign following Trump’s fundraising blitz and criminal convictions has blunted that advantage.

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☆ 'Only pirates do this,' a general said after China's Coast Guard, armed with bladed weapons, clashed with Philippine boats in the South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Only pirates do this," General Romeo Brawner Jr. said in a social media post regarding the recent actions of the Chinese coast guard. This is how barbaric the Chinese Coast Guard is in the recent RoRe mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Chinese coast guard might have used pirate-like tactics, but it's not legally piracy. This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. The nine-dash line is a map marking designating China's sweeping and controversial claims to the South China Sea.

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☆ Trump’s former top strategist pushes the 2024 election as a ‘victory or death!’ war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Is this a political war to the knife?”I was not familiar with that term – “war to the knife” – but Bannon also recently used it in an interview with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Ousted from White House role in 2017Bannon’s tenure in Trump’s White House was relatively short; he was fired in August 2017, part of a major reorganization under then-chief of staff John Kelly, who was brought in to control a chaotic atmosphere. As chief strategist at the White House, Bannon was known for large whiteboards full of lists of priorities – things that still ring true in the priorities he outlined over the weekend. Courts, Congress and mismanagement kept Bannon and Trump from achieving many of these goals in Trump’s first term. Anticipating the potential for a second Trump term, there are any number of supporters who are mapping out how to make the most of it.

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