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☆ Israel announces that West Bank settlers no longer face detention without trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Israel’s new defense minister has said security forces would no longer apply administrative detention orders to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and thus only Palestinian suspects can be held indefinitely without trial. Israel Katz, a long-time ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was appointed defense minister earlier in November and announced the decision on Friday. In 2019, Trump abandoned the long-held U.S. position that West Bank settlements are illegal before it was restored by President Joe Biden. Settler immunity from administrative detention coincides with heightened rhetoric from Israeli ministers calling for the West Bank to be annexed. The U.N. said four Palestinian children have been killed every week in the West Bank on average since the current conflict began, a three-fold increase from the first nine months of 2023.

Persons: Donald Trump, Israel Katz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz Bebeto Matthews, B’Tselem, Yair Lapid, Israel's, Itamar Ben, Trump, Joe Biden, Israel’s, Bezalel Smotrich, Trump’s, Smotrich, “, ”, Mike Huckabee, Yossi Mekelberg, Defense Lloyd J, Austin, Katz Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian Prisoner Society, National, Palestinian Authority, Arkansas Gov, Arutz, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Chatham House’s, NBC, Defense Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, Bank, U.S, Washington, Arkansas, East, North Africa, South Lebanon

Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries — including, for the first time, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan — were in Azerbaijan for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a critical deal on climate finance. Participating world leaders Tuesday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. “It is really disappointing to see that world leaders haven’t shown up in force in solidarity,” she added. While Trump “may put climate action on the back burner,” U.S. climate envoy John Podesta said, “the work to contain climate change is going to continue.”U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said states, cities, nongovernmental organizations and companies are still “all-in” on pursuing climate goals. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks Tuesday on day two of the COP29 climate conference.

Persons: Donald Trump, Alexander Nemenov, General Ban, ”, Ruth Townend, COP29, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau, Shigeru Ishiba, ” Townend, haven’t, Matiul Haq Khalis, Laurent Thomet, Trump, John Podesta, Jennifer Granholm, ” Granholm, Darren Woods, Who, Ilham Aliyev, Carl Court, Getty Images Aliyev, Adel, Lord Adair Turner, Britain, “, James Marape, Marape, Asadullah Jawid Organizations: Change, United Nations, Getty, World Meteorological Organization, House, Pacific, British, Seven, Canadian, Japanese, Environmental Protection Agency, Getty Images, U.S . Energy, Infrastructure Law, NBC, Exxon, Independent, Climate Finance, U.S, Energy, Commission, Union, Baku, American University of Locations: BAKU, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, United States, Paris, AFP, London, Baku, U.S, ”, Saudi, Adel Al, Saudi Arabia, Saharan Africa, China, Papua New Guinea, American University of Afghanistan

Migrant families and immigration advocacy groups are preparing for millions of families to potentially be separated from each other during the mass deportations planned by President-elect Donald Trump. It is unclear how exactly the deportations will play out and how families will be impacted. In states like Arizona, Colorado and Pennsylvania, mixed-status families, asylum-seekers and advocates say they are planning for scenarios where children could be separated from their parents. Alex Wong / Getty ImagesIn Tucson, Arizona, the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, a group of more than 10 nonprofit organizations, is helping undocumented and mixed-status families create “emergency packets” ahead of potential mass deportations. Advocacy groups are also bracing for state-level changes to immigration enforcement that could result in deportations.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Dennis, Jae C, Lillie, ”, Trump, “, “ He’s, ’ ” Lillie, Tom Homan, Alex Wong, Isabel Garcia, Garcia, ” Garcia, Coalición, noncitizens, Biden, Gabe Gutierrez, David Hathaway, ” Hathaway, he’s, He’s, I’m, Casas, Greg Abbott, “ They’re, ’ ”, ’ Organizations: President, American Immigration Council, U.S . Customs, Border, CBS News, Trump, NBC News, Republican National Convention, ICE Air, NBC, Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Gov Locations: Arizona , Colorado, Pennsylvania, Nogales Ariz, U.S, Honduras, nonborder U.S, Milwaukee, Tucson , Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Harlingen , Texas, Texas, Santa Cruz County, Colorado In Denver

☆ I spent 10 years and $800,000 renovating an Arkansas missile silo. It's my greatest accomplishment, but I don't recommend others try it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementArkansas resident GT Hill purchased a missile silo, decommissioned in the 1980s, for $90,000 in 2010. He bought a $90,000 decommissioned missile silo and turned it into an Airbnb. If it's a Walking-Dead-style apocalypse, you don't want to be in a missile silo because then you're trapped inside. Lastly, I was interested in owning a missile silo because it's just kick ass. Courtesy of GT HillI found my missile silo, called Titan II, online.

Persons: Hill, I'm, It's, we're, We've, We'd, we've, Kara, Nate, Lynne Peeples, everybody's, it's Organizations: GT Hill, GT, Air Force, US, Titan Locations: Arkansas, Vilonia , Arkansas, Oregon, Searcy , Arkansas, Russia

☆ I wanted to have kids but my wife didn't. I chose my relationship over becoming a mom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Brooke Havrilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWhen we started dating eight years ago, my now-wife said she didn't want kids. I wanted to have kids, but I chose to put my focus on our relationship and it paid off. When starting a relationship, the topic of kids will come up at some point. I wanted to have a child, but she didn't. It was then up to me to decide if I wanted a child more than I wanted to continue loving her.

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☆ Russia will keep testing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile, Putin says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Katharina Krebs | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday. The firing of the missile came after the White House authorized Ukraine to fire its long-range missiles into Russia. In a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s defense ministry, Putin claimed the missile could not be intercepted by air defenses and said Russia will begin serial production of the new weapon. Putin added Russia was developing “several similar systems” for further testing. Putin’s comments come a day after Russia fired the “Oreshnik” missile – which contains multiple warheads – at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Putin, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Donald Tusk Organizations: CNN, Friday, Ukraine, White House, Poland’s, NATO Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Dnipro

☆ Trump might be able to get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting. A real peace is harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week indicated he's willing to take part in negotiations. "Given its own track record in Ukraine, Russia has a history of taking 'a crunch at a time,'" Paul Cormarie, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, told BI. AdvertisementPutin has said that as a condition of any peace deal, Ukraine must agree to remain neutral. If Trump takes Ukrainian NATO membership off the table, a different type of security deal could still be negotiated, said Cormarie. A truce containing a watered-down security deal for Ukraine would likely only mean a pause in the war while Russia regathers its strength.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump's, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Paul Cormarie, Putin, JD Vance, Trump's, Vance, Timothy Ash, Margus, Cormarie Organizations: Trump, RAND Corporation, Ukraine NATO, Ukraine, NATO, Kyiv Independent, London's, Ukrainian NATO, Financial Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Kyiv, Western, Moscow

☆ Can the Gilgo Beach Suspect’s House Become a ‘Nice Starter Home’?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Corey Kilgannon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Neighbors breathed a sigh of relief this week when an empty shipping container appeared outside the dilapidated red house in Massapequa Park that has become known as the home of the accused Long Island serial killer. “The best thing that could happen is they knock that house down and build a brand-new one so that the memory of all this is obliterated,” said a neighbor, Albert Cella, 80. “All this” referred to the sensation caused by the arrest last year of Rex Heuermann, 61, who prosecutors say presented himself as a family man in the little red house all while committing the Gilgo Beach murders. With Mr. Heuermann in jail awaiting trial after pleading not guilty, and his wife, Asa Ellerup, being paid to participate in a documentary series, the family is moving out. Ms. Ellerup and the couple’s two adult children are relocating to a South Carolina property purchased years ago as a retirement home, and she will put the Long Island home up for sale after her divorce from Mr. Heuermann becomes final in about six months, their lawyers said.

Persons: Long, ”, Rex Heuermann, Heuermann, Asa Ellerup, Ellerup Locations: Massapequa, Albert, South Carolina

An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Beirut killed at least 11 people on Saturday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, part of an intensifying Israeli military campaign that appears aimed at pressuring Hezbollah into a cease-fire deal. The strike was an attempt to assassinate a top Hezbollah military commander, Mohammad Haidar, according to three Israeli defense officials who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations. Hezbollah officials on Saturday afternoon said that none of the group’s leaders were at the site of the airstrike, and later in the day, one of the Israeli officials said Mr. Haidar was not killed. The strike came just after 4 a.m., jolting Beirut residents awake with thundering explosions that left much of the city enveloped in acrid smoke. It was the third strike this week in central Beirut, an area that had largely been spared since the war between Hezbollah and Israel escalated.

Persons: Mohammad Haidar, Mr, Haidar, Firass Abiad Organizations: Lebanese Health Ministry, Health Ministry Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Basta

☆ 1,200 baby boomers told us what they regret about investing for retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Millions of Americans facing retirement are worried they won't be financially prepared — or fear that they'll have to work forever. Others said they took Social Security too early or retired without a long-term financial plan. Some older Americans wish they'd had more investing knowledgeA major theme among BI's survey respondents was that they lacked knowledge about investing. She also didn't realize that because she has a pension in addition to receiving Social Security when she retires, she would be affected by a little-known Social Security provision that would lower her monthly check. Between her pension of $713 monthly and Social Security, which she expects will be between $1,200 and $1,400 monthly, she'll have just enough to cover her rent.

Persons: they'd, boomer, Gary Lee Hayes, he'd, Hayes, Charles Schwab, Nancy Seeger, Seeger, she's, I've, Nevenka Vrdoljak, Vrdoljak, PJ White, White, She's, hasn't Organizations: Social Security, Navy, Verizon, Vanguard, Transamerica Institute, Medicare, Bank, America's, Bank of America, Merrill, Bank of America Private Bank Locations: California, Cleveland, San Diego

☆ I moved to Dubai for a dream job and loved the glamorous life. Eventually, it took a toll.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Malic said life in Dubai was glamorous, but she got burned out at work and missed parts of Phoenix. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jessika Ros Malic, a former Emirates stewardess from Phoenix, about living in Dubai. AdvertisementI had a glamorous life in Dubai and loved travelingUpon arriving, Emirates housed me in an apartment. Temperature-wise, Dubai is comparable to Phoenix, but Dubai is much more humid because of the ocean. Because of Emirates, Dubai was affordable for me.

Persons: Malic, Jessika Ros Malic, It's, we'd, Manseen Logan Organizations: Emirates, Dubai — Locations: Phoenix, Dubai, Emirates, it's, Phoenix ., South Phoenix, mlogan

☆ Cher came back from owing $270,000 in back taxes, only to wind up broke again. 6 points about money from her new memoir.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementCher came back from owing $270,000 in back taxes only to wind up broke again years later. We owe the IRS $270,000 in back taxes and we don't have the money," Bono said to Cher in the late 1960s, in her telling. Cher's divorce from Sonny Bono was finalized in 1975. Cher writes in her memoir that "the contracts he'd had me sign were secretly designed to strip me of my income and the rights to my own career." Advertisement"Mom's store attracted a lot of press attention, but it was never solvent and soon began to lose money," Cher writes.

Persons: Cher, overspent, Sonny Bono, I'd, We're, Bono, Getty Images Cher, she'd, you've, Ed Sullivan, who'd, David Geffen, Barry King, Geffen, Sonny, he'd, overextending, John Marshall Organizations: CBS, Getty Images, Geffen Locations: Los Angeles, Brentwood , California

☆ Biden’s Chief Economist Processes the Election With ‘Confusion, Guilt’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Talmon Joseph Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That is a big blow to the idea of “Bidenomics,” of which Mr. Bernstein was a leading evangelist and architect. The U.S. economy recovered from the pandemic with greater strength than any of its peers. Unemployment stayed below 4 percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s, and remains low. Several prominent economists, peers of Mr. Bernstein’s, argue that the administration’s robust fiscal response caused the inflation. And other issues of affordability — especially housing — have sapped the optimism of many households in the last couple of years.

Persons: Jared Bernstein, Donald J, Trump’s, “, Bernstein, Biden’s, Bernstein’s Organizations: White House Council, Economic Advisers Locations: U.S

☆ Opinion | Flattery as Trump Management Strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Katherine Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One of the things that has been clear with Donald Trump’s win this time is how different it is: no shock wave jolting society. This is, according to polling, one of the presidential election outcomes most widely accepted as legitimate of the past 25 years. On the public level, we’re back in business in some way, back to an earlier pre-Trump era of normal relations, strategic silence, public deference and an antiseptic corporate friendliness — a bit of flattery, at times, for Mr. Trump. Tim Cook, the Apple C.E.O., wrote on X on Nov. 6: “Congratulations President Trump on your victory! “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so,” Joe Scarborough said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Biden, Tim Cook, ” Phil Murphy, he’ll, Joe ”, “, Joe Scarborough, ” Mika Brzezinski Organizations: Mr, Apple, Democratic New Locations: United States, Democratic New Jersey

☆ Trump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Ana Swanson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The sweeping tariffs that President-elect Donald J. Trump imposed in his first term on foreign metals, machinery, clothing and other products were intended to have maximum impact around the world. They sought to shutter foreign factories, rework international supply chains and force companies to make big investments in the United States. But for many businesses, the most important consequences of the tariffs, enacted in 2018 and 2019, unfolded just a few blocks from the White House. In the face of pushback from companies reliant on foreign products, the Trump administration set up a process that allowed them to apply for special exemptions. The stakes were high: An exemption could relieve a company of tariffs as high as 25 percent, potentially giving it a big advantage over competitors.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: United States Trade Representative, Commerce Department Locations: United States, China

☆ How tech bros bought 'America's most pro-crypto Congress ever'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Bernie Moreno, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, attends a campaign event in Holland, Ohio, on Saturday, October 26, 2024. In total, crypto-related PACs and other groups tied to the industry reeled in over $245 million, according to Federal Election Commission data. Crypto accounted for nearly half of all corporate dollars that flowed into the election, according to nonprofit watchdog Public Citizen. It was one of the top spending committees of any industry this cycle and exclusively gave to pro-crypto candidates running for Congress. "Welcome to America's most pro-crypto Congress ever," Armstrong wrote on X on Nov. 5.

Persons: Bernie Moreno, Moreno, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Tom Williams, Donald Trump, Coinbase, Crypto, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, David Sacks, " Moreno, Brian Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam, Faryar Shirzad, Armstrong, Ehrsam, Coinbase's Armstrong, Gary Gensler, Brown, Elizabeth Warren, FTX, Fairshake, gunning, Republican Jim Justice, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Katie Porter, Porter, he'd, Horowitz, Sacks, Coinbase's Shirzad, Moreno wasn't, Shirzad, David McIntosh, McIntosh, hasn't, JD Vance's, Sam Bankman, Gensler, Andreessen Horowitz, Cameron, Tyler Winklevoss, Ripple, Chris Larsen, JD Vance, Paul Grewal, Jesse Powell, Trump, Phil Potter, Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani, Fred Wilson, Charles Cascarilla, Mike Belshe, Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, Wences Casares Organizations: Republican U.S, Cq, Inc, Getty, Democratic, Banking Committee, Public Citizen, Crypto, House, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Senate, Committee, Republicans, Protect, Fairshake, Defend, Jobs, Republican, New, CNBC, Andreessen, Craft Ventures, Club for Growth, Growth, Politico, PAC, Labs, Senate Inc, Trump, Union Square Ventures, Xapo Bank Locations: Republican, Ohio, Holland , Ohio, Cleveland, Coinbase, U.S, Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia, California, Washington, FTX, Nashville , Tennessee

☆ Trump vs. the FBI, explained
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But there’s a growing expectation that he will quickly make at least one new vacancy by firing FBI Director Christopher Wray. “There certainly was the question, can any president fire an FBI director when there’s a legislated 10-year term,” Charles said. Robert S. Mueller III, who happened to be the former FBI director. In this 2017 photo, then-President Donald Trump sits with FBI Director Christopher Wray in Quantico, Virginia. Trump wants to go in the opposite direction today and bring the FBI more under the control of the president.

Persons: Donald Trump, Christopher Wray, Trump, Wray, J, Edgar Hoover’s, he’d, James Comey, Comey, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, William Sessions, Jimmy Carter, Clarence Kelley, Carter, Kelley, Douglas Charles, there’s, ” Charles, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Andrew Harnik, cascaded, Rod Rosenstein, Rosenstein, Jeff Sessions, Robert S, Mueller III, Mueller, Obama, Trump’s, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Bill Barr, didn’t, Steele, Robert Mueller, Chip Somodevilla, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Strzok, Andrew McCabe, McCabe, Wray Wray, John Durham –, Barr, Sessions, Evan Vucci, Douglas Organizations: CNN —, Republican, FBI, Trump, Democratic, GOP, Penn State University, Department, Trump’s Justice Department, NBC News, Senate Intelligence, Justice, Trump’s, Justice Department, Images Trump, CNN, Department of Justice, Teapot Locations: Russia, Washington ,, Washington, New York, Quantico , Virginia

AdvertisementPresident-elect Donald Trump has started making picks for key cabinet positions and other White House jobs. He started by naming Susie Wiles his chief of staff, making her the first woman to hold the role. Here's a running list of those Trump has tapped for his administration. Now that President-elect Donald Trump has secured another four years in the White House, he's beginning to staff his administration. AdvertisementHere's a running list of Trump's staff picks, who will determine everything from his daily schedule to the ins and outs of finance, defense, and education.

Persons: Donald Trump, Susie Wiles, Here's, Trump, Trump's, Matt Gaetz Organizations: White Locations: Florida

☆ Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The power needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing are growing so large that individual data center campuses could soon use more electricity than some cities, and even entire U.S. states, according to companies developing the facilities. Now, with the advent of artificial intelligence, data centers are growing so large that finding enough power to drive them and enough suitable land to house them will become increasingly difficult, the developers say. Technology companies are in a "race of a lifetime to global dominance" in artificial intelligence, said Ali Fenn, president of Lancium, a company that secures land and power for data centers in Texas. Beyond VirginiaAs land and power grow more limited, data centers are expanding into new markets outside the long-established global hub in northern Virginia, Sahlstrom said. The privately-held company is working with utilities to secure up to 1.8 gigawatts of power for the site to support as many as 40 individual data centers.

Persons: Ali Fenn, Nat Sahlstrom, Sahlstrom, Phoenix — Organizations: Technology, Phoenix, CNBC, Department of Energy, Bureau Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh, Texas, Denver, Virginia, Maricopa County , Arizona, Storey County , Nevada, Reno, Buckeye , Arizona

☆ Europe’s Leaders Seek Greater Unity to Counter Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For months, European business leaders have watched as Donald J. Trump paved a path back to the White House by doubling down on an “America First” economic policy, putting protectionism and business-friendly tax and regulatory pledges high on the agenda. With the U.S. presidential inauguration less than two months away, they are now furiously lobbying policymakers in Brussels with an appeal of their own: Put Europe First. Nothing has galvanized the European business community quite as urgently as the prospect of a second Trump presidency, this time with Mr. Trump wielding bolder promises to disrupt the global economic order in ways that threaten to leave Europe lagging even further behind. At a business conference in Paris this week, hundreds of corporate chiefs and lobby groups from France, Germany and Italy gathered to discuss just that. They described Mr. Trump’s election as a “wake-up call” for Europe to get its house in order — or face a painful economic fallout.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: U.S, Trump Locations: Brussels, Europe, Paris, France, Germany, Italy

☆ Dining Sheds Changed the N.Y.C. Food Scene. Now Watch Them Disappear.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Pete Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Building for the Long HaulBalthazar, SoHo, ManhattanJonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York TimesThe Open Restaurants program was originally scheduled to end after Labor Day in 2020. Street dining at Cebu began in late 2020 with movable barricades separating diners from the traffic. Privacy on a Busy StreetDon Angie, West Village, ManhattanJonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times Jonah Rosenberg for The New York TimesThe public-health rationale for outdoor dining was that fresh summer breezes could help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times (Balthazar, Don Angie, Oscar Wilde). Marissa Alper for The New York Times (Cebu).

Persons: Lila Barth, Philip Guardione, Piccola Cucina, verdigris, Restaurateurs, Eric Adams, Karsten Moran, Manhattan Jonah Rosenberg, Jonah Rosenberg, Balthazar, cabanas, Ian McPheely, Keith McNally, ”, Erin Wendt, Roberta Delice, Resy, Wendt, “ We’re, Ms, Brooklyn Marissa Alper, Marissa Alper, The New York Times Michael Esposito, Esposito, I’m, Don Angie, Scott Tacinelli, Angie Rito, Rito, “ Scott, ” Mr, Tacinelli, aren’t, Manhattan Lila Barth, Stacy Pisone, Caroline Brennan, Brennan, Eduardo Kobra, Andy Warhol, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Frida Kahlo, “, Rushmore, ” Ms, Pisone, “ It’s, Ayza, Zafer Sevimcok, Sevimcok, Oscar Wilde, Eden Weingart, Andrew Hinderaker Organizations: The New York Times, verdigris Beaux, City Council, Department of Transportation, New York Times, The New York, Labor, Paisley Design, cabanas, Balthazar Restaurant, American Express, Gardens, Cebu Bar, Cebu, GRT Architects, Herald Locations: SoHo, Mount Etna, New York City, Havana, New York, Rome, Buenos Aires, Dawa’s, Woodside , Queens, Manhattan, Spring, Paris, Eyesores, Gardens Cebu, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Cebu, West Village, Chelsea, Boston

☆ Who is Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She was elected in 2011 to her first political position – Florida attorney general – and was the first woman to hold that office. “Knowing her as a trial attorney and the attorney general,” Colton told CNN, “I feel that she would be very qualified for this job.”Dave Aronberg, a Palm Beach County state attorney who worked for Bondi when she was attorney general in Florida, told CNN that while Bondi will carry out Trump policies loyally, she is likely to treat Justice Department employees fairly. And for Trump’s opponents, Aronberg said not to expect a better pick for attorney general. “Pam Bondi is the best attorney general that Donald Trump is going to nominate,” Aronberg said. Since leaving the Florida attorney general post in 2019, Bondi has worked Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to Trump and his incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles.

Persons: Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Matt Gaetz, Trump, Bondi, Gaetz, Trump’s, Todd Blanche, ”, Dwight Gooden, –, Nick Cox –, University of South Florida –, ” Cox, “, Bruce Colton, ” Colton, ” Dave Aronberg, ” Aronberg, Aronberg, John Durham, “ Pam Bondi, Barack Obama’s, Joan Biskupic, John Roberts, Obama, Rick Scott, Ballard, Susie Wiles, baselessly, Joe Biden, Hunter Organizations: CNN, Trump, US Justice Department, Republicans, Justice Department, DOJ, Department of Justice, New York Mets, University of South, ”, Bondi, Obamacare, Reuters, Trump University, Ballard Partners, Foreign, Amazon, General Motors, Uber, Republican National Convention, White, Center, Litigation, Trump America, Policy Institute, Trump – Locations: Florida, Bondi, “, University of South Florida, Beach County, Russia, Washington, Qatar, Pennsylvania

☆ Sara Duterte: Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM (Marcos), (first lady) Liza Araneta, and (Speaker) Martin Romualdez. Speaker Romualdez, a cousin of Marcos, has slashed the vice presidential office’s budget by nearly two-thirds. The two families are at odds over foreign policy and former President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, among others. In the Philippines, the vice president is elected separately from the president and has no official duties. Many vice presidents have pursued social development activities, while some have been appointed to cabinet posts.

Persons: Sara Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos ’, Duterte, Marcos, “, BBM, Liza Araneta, Martin Romualdez, ” Duterte, ”, Romualdez, Rodrigo Duterte’s, Benigno Aquino Organizations: Philippines Reuters, Philippine, Presidential Communications, Presidential Security Command Locations: Manila, Philippines, Philippine

☆ National security officials meet with US telecom execs to share intel on Chinese cyber espionage campaign, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

(CNN) — Top telecom executives met with US national security officials at the White House on Friday as concerns mount over a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage campaign that has targeted some of the most senior US political figures in the country. The meetings were a chance for telecom executives to advise the government on how it could boost its defenses against sophisticated hacks, according to the White House. The hack is shaping up to be one of the biggest cyber and national security challenges facing the incoming Trump administration. But the full scope of the hack, who it affects and its impact on national security are still being investigated. US officials and private cyber experts are keeping a running tally of the number of telecom firms breached.

Persons: Trump, ” Sen, Mark Warner, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, Edward Snowden, Christopher Wray, ” Morgan Adamski, Adamski Organizations: CNN, — Top, US, White, Democrat, FBI, Warner, Verizon, Lumen, Republican, Democratic, National Security Agency, US Cyber Command, Cyber Command Locations: Virginia, Washington, DC, China, Taiwan, Arlington , Virginia

☆ 2 convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death while crossing U.S.-Canada border
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

They were each convicted on four counts related to human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally. Because of this unimaginable greed, a father, a mother and two children froze to death in sub-zero temperatures on the Minnesota-Canadian border,” Luger added. Shand was to pick up 11 Indian migrants on the Minnesota side of the border, prosecutors said. Canadian authorities found the Patel family later that morning, dead from the cold. Rajinder Singh, 51, testified that he made over $400,000 smuggling over 500 people through the same network that included Patel and Shand.

Persons: FERGUS, Ramanlal Patel, Harry, ”, Steve Shand, Attorney Andy Luger, Harshkumar Patel, ” Luger, Luger, Jagdish Patel, Vaishaliben, Dharmik, Jan, Patel, Shand, Prosecutors, Rajinder Singh, Singh, John Woods, El Salvadorans, Jamie Holt, ” Holt, “, Kevin Paul, ” Paul Organizations: Indian, Minnesota U.S, Attorney, Sherburne County Sheriff’s, “, Minnesota -, Attorney’s, Associated Press, Canadian Press, Bank, U.S ., The U.S . Border Patrol, Pew Research, Homeland Security Investigations Locations: Minn, —, Canada, U.S, American, Florida, Minnesota, Sherburne County, Elk River, Minnesota - Canadian, India, Fergus Falls , Minnesota, Gujarat, “, United States, Emerson , Manitoba, The U.S, El, Clearwater , Minnesota, North Dakota

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