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An Alabama inmate convicted in a 1994 murder is poised to die Thursday in the state's third nitrogen hypoxia execution this year. Carey Dale Grayson asked to have his execution carried out by nitrogen gas. It refused to do so when Alabama executed Kenneth Smith, the first person in the U.S. to die in a nitrogen gas execution, in January and again in September, when the state executed Alan Miller in a second nitrogen gas execution. Since then, Alabama has become the first state to develop a nitrogen hypoxia execution protocol in addition to lethal injection. “The State of Alabama’s nitrogen protocol has been used twice and has not worked as they swore it would.

Persons: Carey Dale Grayson, Grayson, Vickie Deblieux, Kay Ivey, Carey Grayson, Kenneth Smith, Alan Miller, Smith, Miller, Dave Martin, John Palombi, ”, Palombi, Robert Overing, Overing, — Kenny Loggins, Trace Duncan, Louis Mangione —, Deblieux, Loggins, Duncan Organizations: Alabama Department of Corrections, U.S, Supreme, Protesters, Alabama, Montgomery Advertiser, Federal Locations: Alabama, Atmore, U.S, Pelham, Ala, The, Louisiana

Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of an overnight attack, in what would be the first use of such a weapon during the conflict. Ukrainian forces also used British-supplied long-range Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. Moscow on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for the first time, Kyiv said. But this kind of a strike might have a value as a signal,” said nuclear forces expert Pavel Podvig. Russian forces have seized the momentum in recent months and eked out a succession of territorial gains, particularly on the eastern front lines.

Persons: Dmitry, Lysak, Vladimir Putin's, ”, Pavel Podvig, “, Podvig, Kim Jong, Alexander Bollfrass, ” Bollfrass Organizations: Western, Dnipro, Emergency Service of, Getty, . Institute for Disarmament Research, Kremlin, Strategy, Technology, Institute for Strategic Studies, NBC News, Trump Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Moscow, Ukrainian, Astrakhan, Kryvyi, Emergency Service of Ukraine, AFP, Russia's Kursk, London, China

An American citizen has died at a popular adventure spot in Laos where alcohol tainted with methanol has been blamed for a spate of poisonings in recent days. The State Department said the U.S. citizen died in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers to the north of the South East Asian country’s capital. Citing confidentiality, it would not comment when asked whether they died of methanol poisoning. One of South East Asia’s poorest countries, authorities in Laos have long cautioned foreign travelers about tainted drinks at nightclubs and bars. Duong Duc Toan, the manager of Nana Backpack hostel displays a bottle of vodka at his bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, on Tuesday.

Persons: ”, Anthony Albanese, Bianca Jones, Holly Bowles, “, ” Albanese, Bowles, Jones, Vang Vieng, Nana Backpacker, Duong Duc Toan, Nana, Anupam Nath, Penny Wong Organizations: State Department, South East, NBC, Australian, Associated Press, NBC News, AP Locations: American, Laos, Vang Vieng, “, Thailand, Vang, Thailand’s Bangkok, ”, East, Australia, New Zealand

The suits were brought by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, an advocacy group serving residents of 24 counties in the state. Federal prosecutors have also alleged that tenant screening checks can be discriminatory. Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana“I sent them my expungement records, but I kept getting denied,” Williams recalled in a phone interview. TransUnion settled the suit without admitting or denying the allegations and paid $15 million, the largest amount recovered in a tenant screening matter, the FTC said. “We want safe communities where people can contribute, can build their lives, and that’s what fair housing laws are here to do.”

Persons: Don Mullen, Goldman Sachs, ”, Amy Nelson, we’ve, Brady Ripperger, Ericka Fotsch, Blackstone, Tricon, Marckus Williams, Williams, ” Williams, TransUnion, Nelson, “ Organizations: Blackstone Group, New, Pretium Partners, Goldman, Fair Housing, of Central, ” Staff, of Central Indiana, Tricon, Blackstone, National Consumer Law Center, Progress, of, NBC News, Housing, of Central Indiana “, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial, FTC, Indiana Locations: Indianapolis, California, New York City, of Central Indiana, Indiana, Eastern, of Missouri, Kinloch

☆ John Prescott, pugnacious deputy U.K. prime minister to Tony Blair, dies at 86
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John Prescott, the pugnacious deputy prime minister to Britain’s Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died aged 86 after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said on Thursday. “There was no one quite like him in British politics,” Blair told BBC radio. He went into politics after coming ashore and he attended Oxford’s Ruskin College, which offered courses for mature students. “I’ve never worked with anyone in politics on my side of the pond or his quite like John Prescott,” Gore said. His family said he had died “surrounded by the love of his family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery”.

Persons: John Prescott, Tony Blair, Alzheimer’s, Prescott, Blair, ” Blair, I’d, John, I’ve, he’s, bruiser ”, Prescott scuffles, David Kendall, Getty Images Prescott, Gordon Brown, Al Gore, Reuters “ John Prescott, ” Brown, Prescott’s, “ I’ve, ” Gore, Pauline, Marian Montgomery ”, “ John Organizations: Labour Party, BBC, Getty Images, Oxford’s Ruskin College, Labour, Kyoto, Reuters, U.S, Guardian Locations: Wales, Prescott, London, Kyoto

“Far too often, patients relying on federal government health care programs are forced to accept bureaucratic, one-size-fits-all coverage,” Crapo said. But Trump’s lack of specificity about health care could empower Oz to fill in the blanks. Oz said on an AARP questionnaire: “We can expand Medicare Advantage plans. If Oz is confirmed and chooses to push more people into Medicare Advantage, as he has pitched, he may not have too hard a time. “In our focus groups, people say they’re satisfied with both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and they make their choices based on different preferences,” Neuman said.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, Mike Crapo, ” Crapo, “ Dr, Oz, George Halvorson, “, Kamala Harris ’, ”, Larry Levitt, Harris, ” Levitt, Trump, Sen, James Lankford, hasn’t, ” Lankford, Obama, Obamacare, Patty Murray, “ Trump, Ron Wyden, Tricia Neuman, Neuman, ” Neuman, Arthur Caplan, ” Caplan, ” Wyden, they’re, Lankford, ” Sen, Mike Rounds, there’s, We’ll, pare, “ It’s, Caplan, ” Oz, John Fetterman, he’s, “ We’re, ” Fetterman, I’m Organizations: Medicare, Services, Forbes, Kaiser Permanente, Agency, Senate, Health, Education, Labor, Pensions, NYU Langone Medical, Commonwealth Fund, “ Locations: Idaho, KFF, New York City, Pennsylvania

Americans will see the new Trump administration enact changes at a pace that is “like nothing you’ve seen in history,” a Trump campaign official said. Trump’s transition team is also fielding requests from overseas to host his first foreign trip. Coming off a decisive victory on Nov. 5, Trump has moved swiftly to build out the Cabinet and a senior White House team that will execute his plans. “The thing to realize is Trump is no dummy,” said Stephen Moore, a senior economic adviser in Trump’s campaign. Noem campaigned for Trump, though a person close to Trump was surprised he tapped her for the job.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Karoline Leavitt, “, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ron Klain, Donald Trump Jr, Mike Pompeo, “ Don, that’s, ” Trump, ”, Stephen Moore, he’s, ” Moore, Will Trump, We’re, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, ” Gingrich, Ronald Reagan’s, Chad Wolf, Harris, Kristi Noem, hasn’t, Noem, ’ ” Trump, Grover Cleveland Organizations: WASHINGTON, ., NBC, Trump, Trump’s, White House, Policy Institute, CIA, Security, NBC News, Migration Policy Institute, DHS, Biden, Department of Homeland Security, Cricket, ”, Cleveland Locations: Jan, West Palm Beach , Florida, Ukraine, Russia, Washington, America, South Dakota, U.S, China

☆ Archegos’ Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive U.S. fraud
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Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday over the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10 billion. Hwang was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan, where a jury convicted Hwang in July on 10 criminal charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and market manipulation. Before sentencing Hwang, Hellerstein asked the defendant’s lawyer, Dani James, how she thought Hwang compared to Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced in March to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from users of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. While Archegos eventually managed $36 billion, Hwang’s borrowing helped him amass $160 billion of exposure to stocks. Hwang’s co-defendant, former Archegos Chief Financial Officer Patrick Halligan, was convicted at the same trial on three criminal charges.

Persons: Sung Kook, Bill ” Hwang, Hwang, Alvin Hellerstein, ” Hellerstein, Archegos ’, Hwang —, Andrew Thomas, Hellerstein, Dani James, Sam Bankman, Mr, Fried, ” James, “, ” Hwang, James, it’s, Julian Robertson, Archegos, Grace, ”, Hwang’s, Patrick Halligan Organizations: Archegos Capital Management, U.S, AS FAMILY, Tiger Asia Management, Paramount, Credit Suisse, Nomura Holdings, UBS, Mercy Foundation Locations: Manhattan, U.S, New York

☆ Robert Pattinson joins Christopher Nolan’s next film at Universal
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Robert Pattinson is re-teaming with his “Tenet” director Christopher Nolan for the filmmaker’s closely guarded project at Universal Pictures, Variety has confirmed. Pattinson joins an impressive ensemble that already includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya. Universal and Nolan’s follow-up to their Oscar-winning drama “Oppenheimer” is projecting a production start date sometime in the first half of 2025. Warner Bros. is looking to film a sequel to his 2022 blockbuster “The Batman,” in which the actor would reprise his leading turn as the DC Comics superhero. Universal has set a July 17, 2026 release date for the project, which will release in theaters and Imax.

Persons: Robert Pattinson, Tenet, Christopher Nolan, Pattinson, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Lance Oppenheim, Pattinson’s, Bong Joon, Mickey, “, John David Washington, “ Tenet, Nolan, J, Robert Oppenheimer’s Organizations: Universal Pictures, Variety, Universal, Warner Bros, DC Comics, Dunkirk, “

☆ Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16
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SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s center-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in Parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of up to $32 million for social media platforms for systemic breaches. Australia plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or government identification to enforce a social media age cut-off, some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date. France last year proposed a ban on social media for those under 15, but users were able to avoid the ban with parental consent. The law would force social media platforms, and not parents or young people, to take reasonable steps to ensure the age-verification protections are in place. “Social media has a social responsibility ... that’s why we are making big changes to hold platforms to account for user safety,” she said.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, ByteDance’s TikTok, Elon Musk’s, Snapchat, Albanese, Michelle Rowland, Rowland, ” Organizations: ”, Liberal Party, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Labor, United Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, France, United States

☆ Austin says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that Chinese defense chief declined meeting
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WASHINGTON — China’s defense minister declined a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a meeting of defense leaders in Laos, a move the Pentagon chief said Wednesday was unfortunate. Multilateral gatherings of national security officials in Asia have been used in the past for meetings between U.S. and Chinese defense leaders, but China declined a meeting request by Austin during this week’s Southeast Asian Nations-Plus defense ministers meeting. It affects the region because the region really wants to see us, you know, two significant players in the region, two significant powers, talk to each other,” Austin told reporters. “I don’t think that it has any sort of implications for the future. Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with departing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cybercrime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Lloyd Austin, Wednesday, “, ” Austin, ” Austin added.Austin, Dong Jun, Xi Jinping, Donald Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Pentagon, Austin, Nations Locations: Laos, Asia, China, Singapore, Taiwan, cybercrime, South, Sea, Russia

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to reject three efforts led by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have blocked certain offensive weapons sales to Israel. In a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, Sanders argued that the resolutions "would not affect any of the systems Israel uses to defend itself from incoming attacks," focusing instead on offensive weapons. "As I have said many, many times: Israel had the absolute right to respond to that horrific Hamas attack, as any other country would. I don’t think anybody here in the United States Senate disagrees with that," he said in his floor speech. More than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive into the dense enclave since the attack, according to health officials in Gaza.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Sanders, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ed Markey, Netanyahu, Martin Heinrich, Tammy Baldwin, “, Catherine Cortez Masto, ” Sen, Jacky Rosen, ”, Joni Ernst, Bill Cassidy, Israel’s Organizations: U.S, United States, Hamas, Democrats, Biden Locations: Israel, Gaza, U.S, United States, D, Iowa

The University of Mobile is mourning the sudden death of freshman basketball player Kaiden Francis this week. Francis, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, collapsed on campus Tuesday morning and died, university President Charles Smith said in a letter to students and faculty. "Yesterday morning Kaiden Francis, freshman point guard from Fort Lauderdale unexpectedly passed away after doing what he loved to do, working on his craft in the gym," Archey wrote. Classes at the university of almost 2,000 students were canceled Wednesday, and a vigil was held on campus Wednesday morning. "He was profoundly gifted and clearly loved by his teammates," Smith wrote.

Persons: Kaiden Francis, Francis, Charles Smith, Kaiden, Smith, Darnell Archey, Archey Organizations: University of Mobile, Facebook Locations: Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Fort Lauderdale

☆ Viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, titled “Comedian,” has proven a sound investment for one collector: One of the artwork’s three “editions” smashed estimates to sell for $6.24 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Wednesday. The auction house had estimated the work to go for between $1 million to $1.5 million; bidding began at $800,000. Prior to the sale, Sotheby’s confirmed to CNN that neither the tape nor, thankfully, the banana are the originals. The Miami installation was eventually removed amid public safety concerns, but all three editions were sold at the fair. In interviews given since the Miami installation, Cattelan has described “Comedian” as a work of commentary.

Persons: Maurizio Cattelan’s, ”, , Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s, Justin Sun, ” Sun, “, ’, Marcel Duchamp’s, David Datuna, David Galperin, ” Galperin Organizations: CNN, Art Basel Miami Beach, Guggenheim, Art Newspaper, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul National University Locations: New York, Miami, Americas, Seoul, South Korea, London, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong, Dubai, Taipei, Tokyo, Los Angeles

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was accused of sexual assault. Trump himself has faced various sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied, though he was found liable last year for sexual abuse in a civil trial over an alleged incident in the 1990s that he also denies. Now, after having won the presidency again, he’s spending early political capital to confirm appointees who have faced sexual misconduct allegations of their own. The allegations against Trump’s picksGaetz’s years of controversies have been thrust back into the spotlight now that he’s up for a Cabinet post. “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Gaetz, Hegseth, Kennedy, “, Trump, ”, Marc Short, Mike Pence’s, we’ve, Trump’s, hasn’t, Tim Parlatore, Bill Clinton’s, George H.W, Barack Obama’s, haven’t, Andy Puzder, Puzder, Patrick Shanahan, Shanahan, Ronny Jackson, Jackson, Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, ” Trump, reconsidering, JD Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, MAGA, ” Leavitt Organizations: NBC News, NBC, “, Justice Department, Trump, Committee, Washington Post, Republican, You’re, Politico, Pentagon, White House, Department of Veterans Affairs, Supreme, Capitol, White Locations: groping, Florida, America, Hegseth, Washington

A banana duct-taped to a white wall — or an acclaimed piece of art, depending how you look at it — sold at a Sotheby's auction for $6.24 million on Wednesday. The artwork debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2019 and was initially estimated to sell around $1.5 million, according to Sotheby's. At one point, someone even took the banana off the wall and ate it. According to Sotheby's, Cattelan "single-handedly prompted the world to reconsider how we define art, and the value we seek in it." As Galperin put it, "There is no better forum to adjudicate the value of art and a single object than the platform of auction."

Persons: —, Maurizio Cattelan's, Nancy Durrant, Maurizio Cattelan, David Galperin, Sotheby's, rhapsodically, Durrant, Lucius Elliot, Durrant —, Elliot, Maurizio, Emmanuel Perrotin, Perrotin, Galperin Organizations: Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel, Americas, New, New York Post, Vogue Locations: New York

☆ FBI investigating whether burglaries targeting athletes are linked to a transnational crime ring
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The officials said Wednesday that they have not made any determination as to who exactly is responsible, and the investigation is ongoing. The report did not identify Mahomes, but the address listed matches public records for Super Bowl-winning the quarterback. Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. 17, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. Twenty-thousand dollars was taken, according to a police report obtained by NBC affiliate KSHB of Kansas City. “We are aware of some of the other athletes in different states that have had their homes burglarized," the statement said.

Persons: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Mahomes, Sarah Stier, Bobby Portis, Mike Conley Jr, Conley, ” Organizations: FBI, Kanas City Chiefs, Sheriff’s Office, Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, NBC, Milwaukee Bucks, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Vikings, NBC News Locations: South America, Belton , Missouri, Cass, Foxborough, Leawood , Kansas, Kansas City, Medina , Minnesota

☆ No one would talk to Sebastian Stan about his Donald Trump movie for 'Actors on Actors': 'They were too afraid'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSebastian Stan plays a young Donald Trump in "The Apprentice," a movie about his life in the 1970s. Stan said other actors wouldn't discuss Trump, and the film, with him for Variety's "Actors on Actors." You won't see Sebastian Stan doing an "Actors on Actors" interview about his new Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice," because, according to the actor, no one would talk to him about it. "We couldn't get past the publicists or the people representing them, because it was too afraid to talk about this movie." "We invited him to participate in 'Actors on Actors,' the biggest franchise of awards season, but other actors didn't want to pair with him because they didn't want to talk about Donald Trump," Setoodeh said.

Persons: Sebastian Stan, Donald Trump, Stan, wouldn't, Trump, Ali Abbasi, Roy Cohn, Jeremy Strong, Trump's, Ivana, Maria Bakalova, It's, Abbasi, Gabriel Sherman, Ramin Setoodeh, IndieWire, didn't, Setoodeh, Sherman, Tuesday's, we're Organizations: Trump, Cannes, Penske Media Corporation, Cannes Film, Briarcliff Entertainment Locations: States

☆ Vance debuts new role as Trump’s point person on Capitol Hill
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Alayna Treene | Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Congressional Republicans acknowledge that Vance hasn’t necessarily developed longstanding relationships on Capitol Hill during his abbreviated time in Washington. His coattails turned a 49-51 senate to a 53-47 senate,” Vance wrote on X on Wednesday. The three developed a bond that predates the campaign and has carried into the early days of Trump’s transition. But when you look at the effectiveness of JD in the campaign, there’s no better surrogate for President Trump’s agenda,” the adviser said. “In JD’s view, his role of VP is to take on any issue that President Trump would like him to take on,” the person close to Vance told CNN.

Persons: JD Vance, Donald Trump’s, Vance, Matt Gaetz, he’ll, Pete Hegseth, Vance hasn’t, ”, North Dakota Sen, Kevin Cramer, Trump, “, Donald Trump, ” Cramer, ” Vance, “ Donald J, coattails, Joe Biden’s, Grace Chong, Steve Bannon’s, Chong, ” Trump, Tom Homan, ’, Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump Jr, —, Trump’s MAGA, Kamala Harris ’, JD, James Braid, “ Vance, you’ll, ” CNN’s Ted Barrett Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump’s Cabinet, Florida Rep, Fox News, Department of Defense, Senate, White, GOP, Cabinet, Trump, FBI, Republican, Democratic, Mar, Elon, JD, Central America —, “, White House Locations: Ohio, Washington, North Dakota, Central, Trump

☆ Who is Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon facing a life sentence in a national security trial?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Now 77, he's facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. I would just relay to him what happened in Hong Kong when he asked me," Lai said in court, per Reuters. This mass sentencing of Hong Kong's activists was also based on charges under Hong Kong's national security law. Related storiesThe imposition of the national security law marked the effective end of Hong Kong's political autonomy from China. "Above all else, the implementation rules have the potential to radically criminalize online speech in Hong Kong," Woodhams said.

Persons: Jimmy Lai, Kong's, Lai, Hong Kong's, Mike Pence Organizations: Hong Kong, Apple, China, White House, Democracy Locations: Hong, Hong Kong, China, Northern California

☆ The Putin-Kim bromance grows with a lion, yaks, bears, cockatoos, pheasants, and 40 ducks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementRussia announced on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is gifting Kim Jong Un about 70 animals for his zoo. Russia's environmental ministry said the animals include a lioness, two bears, two yaks, and over 60 birds. The new set of animals is another touch by Putin to firm up his alliance with North Korea. AdvertisementKozlov's ministry said it had previously sent Pyongyang birds such as eagles, cranes, and parrots, but that it was the first time Russia had donated mammals. In August, the Times of London, citing a veterinary source in Russia, reported that the Russian leader had sent Pyongyang two dozen purebred white horses.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim Jong, Alexander Kozlov, Kozlov's, Kim Organizations: Russia, North, Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow Zoo, Pyongyang Central Zoo, North Korean State Media, NATO, Central, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Locations: North Korea, Moscow, Pyongyang, North Korean, Korean, Russia, London, Russian, The, Ukraine, Korea, Germany, Poland, Western, Stockholm

She wrote two more bills that same week supporting Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who were behind two of the biggest US national security leaks of the 21st Century. Both men are broadly seen as enemies of the state within the intelligence community. Gabbard proposed repealing Patriot ActIf confirmed, Gabbard will be the most markedly anti-surveillance official to lead the intelligence community in the post-9/11 era. Some prominent Republicans like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former Trump UN ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley have come out against her. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesGabbard is in many ways a stranger to the intelligence community.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, spymaster, Tulsi Gabbard, Daniel Ellsberg, Gabbard, ”, Ellsberg, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, It’s, MAGA, Trump, Assange, Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, she’s, scot, Jamil Jaffer, George W, Bush, White, George Mason University’s, Snowden, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Assange —, Sen, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Matt Gaetz, Gabbard’s Snowden, Bill Pugliano, Tulsi, Drew Angerer, Glenn Gerstell, —, Gerstell, ” Gerstell, She’s, neocons, ” “, Vladimir Putin’s, Biden, “, Hannity, Steven Ferdman, cynically, John Bolton, Nikki Haley, DNI, ” Haley, Hillary Clinton, Assad, Obama, Tom Williams, CNN Gabbard, Bashar Assad, Nancy Pelosi, Gabbard’s, we’ve, Trump’s, Qasem Soleimani, ” ‘, Donald Trump, Scott Olson, Democratic Sen, Chuck Schumer, ” Gabbard Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Pentagon, The New York Times, Washington Post, US, National Intelligence, Republican Party, WikiLeaks, National Security Institute, George, National Security Agency, — Democratic, Trump, FBI, Fox, Patriot, Foreign Intelligence, Congress, Capitol, Defense Department, Democrat, Republican, NATO, Fox News Channel Studios, Trump UN, GOP, blindsided, Hawaii National Guard, House Armed Services Committee, Syrian, ISIS, Democratic Party, Lawmakers, Gabbard Locations: Syria, Ukraine, Russia, Alexandria, —, Washington, Detroit , Michigan, Gabbard, Washington ,, China, Hawaii, American, Moscow, New York City, Kremlin, Iraq, Lebanon, Ohio, La Crosse , Wisconsin, United States

☆ LeBron James says he will have a break from social media after citing ‘negative takes’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —LeBron James announced on Wednesday that he’s taking a break from social media. The Los Angeles Lakers star made the announcement on his X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram accounts, writing: “Getting off social media for the time being. “When the platform is so big, you can make the change and allow us all an escape from real life negativity. Knecht scored a career-high 37 points in the Lakers’ 124-118 win over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, tying the NBA rookie record of nine three-pointers in a single game. It is unclear when James will return to social media.

Persons: LeBron James, ”, James, Rich Kleiman, Kevin Durant’s, ” Kleiman, Dalton Knecht’s, Knecht, he’s Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Lakers, Twitter, Tennessee, Lakers, Utah Jazz, NBA

☆ Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are starting a 'Dogecast' podcast to chronicle their government efficiency drive
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are starting a podcast to chronicle DOGE's attempt to cut government spending. Musk and Ramaswamy have been using X to promote their new roles in government efficiency. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are planning on keeping federal workers and the American public up to date on their progress at the Department of Government Efficiency with a new podcast. Elon Musk added on X that the podcast would host guests and previously suggested the live streams would be weekly. Political scientists have questioned whether Musk and Ramaswamy's ideas, which include "deleting" whole government departments and mass layoffs of federal workers, are achievable.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk, Ramaswamy, Tesla, he'd, Donald Trump's, DOGE cryptocurrency, RTO Organizations: Department of, YouTube, Department of Government Locations: American

☆ Trump Recruits His Cast for Season 2 Straight From Television
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After an election where podcasts and influencers played an outsize role, conservatives were quick to declare that traditional media was dead. Turns out a lot of it is just moving into the West Wing. President-elect Donald J. Trump, whose rise was fueled by reality TV stardom, is once again turning to television to recruit the key cast members of his new administration. The latest was Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former syndicated TV host, who was picked by Mr. Trump on Tuesday to oversee Medicare and Medicaid. (His wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, is Mr. Hegseth’s erstwhile “Fox & Friends” co-host.)

Persons: influencers, Donald J, Trump, Mehmet Oz, Pete Hegseth, “, ”, Sean Duffy, Rachel Campos, Duffy, Hegseth’s, Friends ” Organizations: Wing, Mr, “ Fox, Fox Business, Transportation Department, Friends

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