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☆ Idaho Man in ‘Doomsday’ Killings Is Sentenced to Death
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An Idaho judge on Saturday sentenced a man to death, two days after he was found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2019 killings of his first wife and two of his current wife’s children, capping a case that drew scrutiny because of the couple’s “doomsday” religious beliefs. The decision came after jurors took more than a day to deliberate during the special sentencing proceeding in the case against the man, Chad Daybell, 55, in Ada County District Court in Boise, Idaho. Earlier on Saturday, the jury had recommended the death penalty before the judge ordered a short recess to make a final sentencing decision. As the judge, Steven W. Boyce of the Seventh Judicial District, read his decision, Mr. Daybell sat with his hands in his lap, expressionless at the defense table. Defense lawyers did not have any questions when asked by the judge.

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☆ Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“You were involved in and guilty of conspiring to murder … Tammy Daybell, who had children of her own. And as I leave this courtroom today, I choose to never think of you again,” Gwilliam said, addressing Vallow Daybell. Lori Vallow Daybell's children, Joshua Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 16, went missing in September 2019, according to the Rexburg Police Department. Police didn’t locate him at the family’s house but were told by Vallow Daybell and Daybell he was staying with a family friend in Arizona, according to authorities. She attempted over the next few months to contact her grandson, but never got any response from Vallow Daybell, she said.

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U.S. ethics officials in recent years have warned one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials that they or their families owned stocks related to the agency’s work, reminding them not to violate federal conflict-of-interest rules. Most held on to the stocks, a Wall Street Journal analysis of officials’ financial disclosures from 2017 through 2021 shows.

☆ Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign Fundraising Starts Slowly
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Chad Day | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign started the year with about $6.8 million in cash on hand as he began his third run for the White House, new campaign finance reports show. Mr. Trump, the only declared major party presidential candidate of the 2024 election cycle, raised about $9.5 million in the roughly six weeks between the Nov. 15 launch of his campaign and the end of last year, according to the reports filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission and a campaign official.

☆ George Santos Faces New Questions About Six-Figure Campaign Loans
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Chad Day | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Revisions to financial reports filed by the campaign of Rep. George Santos (R., N.Y.) about the source of hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans are adding to questions about the embattled freshman congressman’s finances. Mr. Santos, 34 years old, is already facing formal complaints related to campaign-finance matters as well as investigations into lies he told during his campaign about his education, work history and ancestry. The latest questions regarding the GOP lawmaker arose from a series of amended filings with the Federal Election Commission made Tuesday.

☆ Tech Companies Make Final Push to Head Off Tougher Regulation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( John D. Mckinnon | Chad Day | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Companies such as Apple, led by Tim Cook, have successfully blocked major legislation in Washington. WASHINGTON—Supporters of tougher tech regulation are making a final push to eke out a few wins before Congress adjourns—and big technology companies are responding with a fresh advertising blitz. Tech companies have built a perfect record so far in blocking major legislation in Congress that could impede their business interests, with the help of prodigious spending on Beltway lobbying and grass-roots politicking.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alleged Campaign Finance Violations Explained
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Chad Day | Paul Kiernan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. authorities have accused Sam Bankman-Fried of violating federal campaign finance law as part of what they called a sweeping scheme to defraud customers of FTX, the crypto company he founded. Here’s what we know—and don’t know—about the campaign finance allegations against Mr. Bankman-Fried from his indictment and lawsuits filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

☆ Why It Takes Longer to Know Election Results in Some States
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Chad Day | Christine Mai-Duc | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Why is it taking so long to know who won in the midterm elections? It’s a question on many Americans’ minds as they await the outcome in close contests in Arizona, California and elsewhere. Here are a few factors behind the wait. Close RacesIt always takes days and in some cases weeks for every ballot to be counted in every state.

☆ Republicans in Strong Position to Retake House as Counting Continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Eliza Collins | Chad Day | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—Republicans remained poised to win control of the House of Representatives with more than a dozen races still uncalled Monday, as Congress returned to work and new members set to take office next year began orientation. Democrats are projected to hold their Senate majority after a weekend win in Nevada, giving them the 50 seats needed to control the chamber. A final Senate race, in Georgia, is set for a runoff on Dec. 6 because neither candidate got a majority.

☆ House Majority Undecided as Democrats Keep Senate Control
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Chad Day | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Republicans and Democrats are waiting for election results that might not be known for days. WASHINGTON—Control of the House of Representatives remained unsettled Sunday after Democrats won a crucial victory in Nevada to retain their hold on the Senate. The GOP appeared on track toward winning the barest of House majorities, nonpartisan analysts said, but the final outcome hinged on races, mostly on the West Coast, that remain too close to call. Both parties were girding for results that might not be known for days.

☆ GOP Weighs Leadership Choices, Looks for Answers After Rough Midterm Elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Chad Day | John Mccormick | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—Republicans face a crucial week in determining the future direction and leadership of the party after disappointing midterm elections left them in the Senate minority and with likely only the barest of majorities in the House. Control of the House remained unresolved Sunday night as votes continued to trickle in from competitive races in the West, though nonpartisan analysts still favored the GOP to take the majority by just a handful of seats. The Senate picture was clearer, as Democrats were declared the winners in Nevada’s Senate contest Saturday night. The party is now guaranteed at least 50 seats—with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking ties—and could gain a 51st seat in the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff.

WASHINGTON—Democrats retained control of the Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won a tight race in Nevada over Republican Adam Laxalt , giving the party the 50 seats it needs for a majority, regardless of the result of a runoff election in Georgia next month. Ms. Cortez Masto had 48.7% of the votes with 97% counted when the Associated Press called the race, compared with 48.2% for Mr. Laxalt, a former state attorney general. Her win gives Democrats control of 50 seats, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking ties, even without a result yet from the Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia.

☆ How Different Groups Voted in the 2022 Midterm Elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Brian Mcgill | Chad Day | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Here are the results of a survey of about 115,000 registered voters, compiled by the Associated Press, which offer a look at voting patterns and trends. These numbers will continue to update as more responses are added and the survey’s weighting adjusts. Notes: State data is displayed only if the category has more than 100 interviews. Data not available (N/A) for some states and some questions. Results may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Federal officials working on the government response to Covid-19 made well-timed financial trades when the pandemic began—both as the markets plunged and as they rallied—a Wall Street Journal investigation found. In January 2020, the U.S. public was largely unaware of the threat posed by the virus spreading in China, but health officials were on high alert and girding for a crisis.

It’s the kind of rapid-fire trading you see on Wall Street: hundreds of stock-market wagers, sometimes peppered with options and other aggressive trades. But this wasn’t done by ordinary traders. The transactions came from about seven dozen senior federal-government officials who disclosed that they or their families each made more than 500 trades from 2016 through 2021. That totals more than 80,000 transactions while these officials worked in government.

☆ Money Pours Into Senate Races as Midterm Campaign Enters Home Stretch
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Chad Day | John Mccormick | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign reported raising more than $26.4 million from July through September. Democratic candidates outraised their Republican opponents in 10 of the most competitive Senate races as the midterm campaigns headed into the final stretch before Election Day, new fundraising reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show. More than $175 million flowed into the campaigns of Democratic Senate candidates across those races in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, according to reports filed over the weekend. That compares to nearly $77 million for opposing Republican campaigns.

The top watchdog of American business is also home to Washington’s most active Wall Street investors. The Federal Trade Commission in recent years has opened investigations into nearly every major industry. It has launched antitrust probes into technology companies, examined credit card firms and moved to restrict drug, energy and defense-company mergers.

Thousands of officials across the government’s executive branch reported owning or trading stocks that stood to rise or fall with decisions their agencies made, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. More than 2,600 officials at agencies from the Commerce Department to the Treasury Department, during both Republican and Democratic administrations, disclosed stock investments in companies while those same companies were lobbying their agencies for favorable policies. That amounts to more than one in five senior federal employees across 50 federal agencies reviewed by the Journal.

CHICAGO—Many Black voters in some of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods are frustrated that Democrats haven’t curbed persistent crime or fixed the economic problems that underpin it, prompting some to weigh sitting out upcoming elections. The Republican effort to win the Illinois governor’s race this fall has centered on calling for more police officers and blaming Democrats for violent crime in Chicago, which last year had one of its worst years since the 1990s before some types of crimes receded this year. Republican aides and strategists said they wouldn’t come close to winning deep-blue areas of the state such as Chicago but that they hoped to chip away at the Democratic advantage in the city, which could be achieved if some voters stay home.

Pro Cyber NewsToo many small and medium-size businesses rely on usernames and passwords alone to secure their systems, leaving them vulnerable to cyberattacks that could otherwise be prevented, government officials and cybersecurity chiefs say.

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