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A nearly four-year-old legal effort by Black voters to convince a court to prevent former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party from potentially intimidating voters and poll workers is quietly coming back to life as the 2024 election approaches. First brought in the days following the 2020 election, the lawsuit has moved slowly through the federal courts in Washington, DC, as Trump’s claims of presidential immunity from civil lawsuits were being litigated. It coincidently has landed before US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, the judge handling the federal election subversion charges against Trump. But now, the case is beginning to show signs of movement. If the plaintiffs ultimately prevail, their victory could provide them with a significant deterrence against potential intimidation and harassment of election workers and voters from Republicans as Trump and his allies signal that they will again try to undermine the results of the election.

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☆ Gold buoyed by Fed rate-cut hopes, geopolitical concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An employee handles one kilogram gold bullions at the YLG Bullion International Co. headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Gold prices firmed on Wednesday on mounting bets of U.S. interest rate cuts in September and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, with markets awaiting U.S. economic data for clues on the Federal Reserve's interest rate path. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $2,399.38 per ounce, as of 11:29 a.m. Bullion is considered a hedge against geopolitical and economic uncertainties and tends to thrive in a low interest rate environment. Meanwhile, China's central bank held back on buying gold for its reserves for a third straight month in July, official data showed on Wednesday.

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Male agent 1: “Get down, get down, get down.”More shots heard as Trump surrounded by agents. 18:11:41: Female agent: “What’re we doing, what’re we doing.” “Where are we going…”Man indistinctly yelling. 18:12:01: Male agent 2: “Ready”18:12:02: Male agent 3: “Move!”18:12:03: Male agent 2: “Up!”18:12:03: Male agent 3: “Move!”18:12:04: Male agent 4: “Go, go, go.”18:12:06: Male agent 2: “Hawkeye’s here.”18:12:06: Female agent 1: “Hawkeye’s here, moving to the spare.”(“Hawkeye” is the code name for the counter assault team.) 18:12:09: Male agent 4: “Spare get ready, spare get ready.”18:12:10: Male agent 2: “You ready?”18:12:16-21: Agents: “Shooter’s down, shooter’s down, are we good to move?”18:12:21: Male agent: “Shooter’s down. 18:12:33: Trump: “Let me get my shoes, let me get my shoes.”18:12:35: Male agent 2: “I got you sir, I got you sir.”18:12:36: Trump: “Let me get my shoes on.”18:12:37: Another male agent: “hold on, your head is bloody.”18:12:39: Male agent 2: “Sir we’ve got to move to the car sir.”18:12:42: Trump: Let me get my shoes.”18:12:43: Female agent: “OK, [inaudible].”18:12:47: Trump: “Wait, wait, wait” then fist pumps to crowd.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, Here’s, what’re, indistinctly, ”, Sir we’ve Organizations: CNN, Trump, Secret Service Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania

President Joe Biden joked about his age and discussed his faith during remarks to churchgoers at Philadelphia’s Mount Airy Church of God in Christ during a campaign stop Sunday. We don’t know where or what faith will deliver us to or when. What we do know, is that we can seek a life of light, hope, love and truth, no matter what — we can seek that life. Biden separately discussed this week’s NATO summit, stating: “I’m about to host the NATO nations in Washington. Biden’s allies have encouraged him to do more unscripted and off-the-cuff events to shift the narrative away from his poor debate performance.

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Asked whether Biden would exit the race, Biden campaign spokesperson Seth Schuster responded: “No.”“There’s no basis for that,” one Biden adviser also told CNN Friday morning. The Biden campaign will hold an all-staff meeting Friday afternoon, two Biden campaign officials told CNN, part of what they said is a routine pattern of Friday meetings. “It’s hard to debate a liar,” Biden told patrons at an Atlanta-area Waffle House following the debate. Big lies.”Pro-Biden political world fretsIn the broader pro-Biden and anti-Trump political universe, the panic over Biden’s debate performance was much clearer on Friday morning. God.”The veterans of Obama’s administration who launched the “Pod Save America” series of podcasts popular with liberal listeners also lamented Biden’s performance.

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CNN —President Joe Biden is facing backlash from lawmakers in both parties over his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons. “So if you’re worried about Palestinian casualties, the stated policy here actually doesn’t make a ton of sense,” Vance said. The president’s announcement amounted to a turning point in US-Israeli ties since the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October. Still, the president’s aides said the message shouldn’t have been a surprise to their intended recipients in Israel given repeated warnings to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I think President Biden has taken forceful action – so much so there’s been a lot of blowback for his recent public statement.”CNN’s Kit Maher, Aileen Graef, Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood contributed to this report.

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☆ GOP Rep. Mike Lawler says he’s ‘confident’ Ukraine funding will get a vote after Easter recess
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Jack Forrest | Andrew Millman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Rep. Mike Lawler, a moderate Republican from New York, expressed optimism on Sunday that a vote on funding for Ukraine’s war effort could land on the House floor when members return from recess early next month. Divisions in the House GOP have so far stymied progress on sending aid to the key US ally. I am not going to delve into the details of that conversation, but I am confident that he’s going to bring that bill to the floor and that we will have a vote,” Lawler said. Lawler called Greene’s effort to oust Johnson “idiotic.”“It’s not actually going to help advance the cause she believes in, and in fact it undermines our House Republican majority,” Lawler said. Democrats have signaled they may be willing to save Johnson if he moves a Ukraine aid bill they can support, but one including new border restrictions, as Lawler has suggested, falls outside their demands.

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CNN —Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said Donald Trump would effectively end the war in Ukraine by cutting off funding to Kyiv, should the former US president return to power in November. “He (Trump) has a very clear vision,” Orbán said in an interview to Hungarian broadcaster M1 broadcast on Sunday. That’s why the war will end, because it’s obvious that Ukraine cannot stand on its own two feet.”Orbán’s comments came after Trump hosted the Hungarian strongman at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. And then the war will end,” Orbán said. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and former US President Donald Trump are seen at the White House in 2019.

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☆ Opinion | Only Voters Can Truly Disqualify Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Noah Millman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’m not going to predict how the Supreme Court will rule, or whether its ruling will be persuasive to those with a different view of the law. But there’s a critical philosophical question that lies beneath the legal questions in this case. In a representative democracy, the people are sovereign, and they express their sovereignty through representatives of their choice. If the courts presume to pre-emptively reject the people’s choice, then who is truly sovereign? The question of sovereignty was central to the purpose of the 14th Amendment in the first place.

Persons: Donald Trump, I’m, — Locations: United States

☆ Speaker Johnson says he believes he has the votes for a Biden impeachment inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Andrew Millman | Alexandra Ross | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday he believes Republicans have the votes to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “I believe we will,” Johnson told Fox News of a GOP-led impeachment inquiry. Johnson, appearing alongside House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik, claimed the inquiry wouldn’t be used as a partisan political tool. “Now we’re being stalled by the White House because they’re preventing at least two to three DOJ witnesses from coming forward” and withholding evidence from the National Archives, he continued. “A formal impeachment inquiry vote on the floor will allow us to take it to the next necessary step, and I think it’s something we have to do at this juncture.”To this point, House Republicans have been pushing to formalize their impeachment inquiry into Biden but have not had the votes to do so.

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CNN —Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday “there’s a powerful argument to be made” for barring Donald Trump from the presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. “My sense is it’s probably going to get resolved in the courts,” Kaine said on “ABC This Week,” adding that Democrats’ focus should be on winning in 2024. Legal experts have pointed to the 14th Amendment as a potential long-shot avenue to keep Trump from becoming president. Video Ad Feedback Does the 14th Amendment make Trump ineligible? Seven GOP senators joined the chamber’s 50 Democratic and Independent members in finding Trump guilty of inciting a riot on January 6.

Persons: Virginia Democratic Sen, Tim Kaine, Donald Trump, ” Kaine, Trump, CNN Kaine, Trump’s, Kaine Organizations: CNN, Virginia Democratic, ABC, Trump, Liberal, United, Capitol, GOP, Democratic, Independent Locations: Michigan, New Hampshire, United States, Virginia

☆ Action Network's Chad Millman breaks down the NFL's gambling policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAction Network's Chad Millman breaks down the NFL's gambling policyChad Millman, chief content officer at The Action Network, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss sports gambling and more.

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☆ A Russian court upholds a Wall Street Journal reporter’s detention.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Moscow court denied an appeal on Thursday by Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who asked to end his pretrial detention in Russia, where he was jailed and charged with espionage 12 weeks ago. Mr. Gershkovich, an American journalist who has been based in Russia for nearly six years, was arrested in late March and charged with spying, which he denies. The American ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracey, was present, as were Mr. Gershkovich’s parents, Ella Millman and Mikhail Gershkovich. The United States government and The Journal have vehemently rejected the charges. The White House has said that Mr. Gershkovich is “wrongfully detained,” tantamount to being a political prisoner.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, ’, Lynne Tracey, Gershkovich’s, Ella Millman, Mikhail Gershkovich Organizations: Street, United Locations: Moscow, Russia, American, Moscow’s, United States

Washington CNN —Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday it was a “useless idea” to force 2024 GOP contenders to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “It’s only in the era of Donald Trump that you need somebody to sign something on a pledge. Trump, as a candidate in 2015, did not rule out an independent run for president at a debate in Cleveland. He ultimately signed a pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee and to not run as a third-party candidate if he did not win the GOP nomination. The RNC announced earlier this month that the first presidential primary debate will take place on August 23 in Milwaukee.

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☆ Gold rises as traders hunker down for economic cues
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Spot gold was up 0.35% to $1,996.12 per ounce, while U.S. gold futures settled 0.34% higher at $2,006.60. The rival safe-haven dollar rose 0.5%, making bullion more expensive for buyers holding other currencies, while benchmark 10-year Treasury yields fell by their largest amount since March. A weak U.S. consumer confidence report and lackluster manufacturing data fanned fears of economic slowdown, lowering the bets for a rate hike next week. While gold is considered a safe haven during economic uncertainties, higher interest rates dull appeal for zero-yield bullion. Traders also took stock of U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that failure by Congress to raise the government's debt ceiling would trigger an "economic catastrophe" that would send interest rates higher for years to come.

CNN —Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell testified Thursday before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. Grenell was subpoenaed to testify in special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing criminal probe, according to a source familiar with the matter. While serving in the administration, Grenell embarked upon an effort to declassify documents that were of interest to Trump because the then-president believed they could delegitimize the Russia investigation. Grenell remained in Trump’s orbit even after the former president left office and has been seen at his Mar-a-Lago resort as recently as last week. Grenell has also commented publicly about Trump’s retention of classified documents and the former president’s still-unproven claims that the materials he kept had been declassified.

☆ It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year—For Goats (No Kidding)
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Joel Millman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHILADELPHIA—Teddy is on a diet, but for two Saturdays this month he’s delighted to eat his fill. The 200-pound Nubian breed goat needs to be at 180, his handlers say, to prevent arthritis pain in his knees. Yet, he recently munched contentedly on a buffet of pine needles and twigs at what has become an annual postholiday event here—the recycling of hundreds of discarded Yuletide trees into goat feed and, later, mulch.

☆ TikTok is ‘digital fentanyl,’ incoming GOP China committee chair says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Andrew Millman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —TikTok is an addictive drug China’s government is providing to Americans, says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China. TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese-owned, has been banned from electronic devices managed by the US House of Representatives, according to an internal notice sent to House staff. The move comes after more than a dozen states in recent weeks have implemented their own prohibitions against TikTok on government devices. “We have to ask whether we want the CCP to control what’s on the cusp of becoming the most powerful media company in America,” he told NBC. Security experts have said that the data could allow China to identify intelligence opportunities or to seek to influence Americans through disinformation campaigns.

☆ There's overwhelming support for an age limit on the president and Congress. Here's why that won't happen anytime soon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Some have proposed age limits for elected officials amid concerns about America's gerontocracy. The history of the contemporary movement for term limits largely dates back to the early 1990s, when dozens of states enacted term limits not just for their own legislatures but for their federal representatives in Washington. "Put it this way: I'm a little more interested in term limits than age limits," Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland told Insider. "There's a logic to term limits, because the principle of democracy is taking turns," Raskin, 59, said. "If there were to be term limits, the legislature certainly should have more terms than the executive," he offered.

☆ Cel mai mare avion din lume a efectuat al doilea zbor de test
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cel mai mare avion din lume a efectuat al doilea zbor test, marcând un nou pas către următoarea generație a tehnologiei de lansare aeriană, scrie Telegraph, citează hotnews.ro. Avionul a fost supranumit ”Roc”, după pasărea mitologică ce putea căra un elefant dintr-o poveste cu Sinbad. Proiectul Stratolaunch a fost demarat în 2011 de Burt Rutan și co-fondatorul Microsoft Paul Allen, acesta decedând înainte de primul zbor de test, ce a avut loc în aprilie 2019. Inițial, acest ”monstru” aerian a fost proiectat pentru a duce rachete la marginea atmosferei, de unde să fie lansate din zbor, cu scopul de a face trimiterea de sateliți pe orbită ”la fel de simplă ca achiziționarea unui bilet de avion”. Dar, în 2020, Stratolaunch a anunțat că schimbă direcția spre lansarea de avioane supersonice care să zboare de cinci ori mai repede decât viteza sunetului.

Persons: Sinbad, Burt Rutan, Microsoft Paul Allen, Stratolaunch, David Millman Organizations: Facebook, Microsoft Locations: american California, american, SUA, China, Rusia

☆ Performanță extraordinară pentru Radu Albot; L-a bătut pe unul dintre cei mai bun tenismeni ai momentului — Cotidianul
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( De Către | Please Enter Your Name Here | ) cotidianul.md time to read: +1 min

Tenismanul moldovean Radu Albot s-a calificat în sferturile de finală ale turneului ATP de la Sofia, dotat cu premii în valoare totală de 325.615 euro, după ce a reuşit să-l învingă în două seturi, 6-2, 6-4, pe canadianul Denis Shapovalov, principalul favorit al competiţiei din capitala bulgară, într-o partidă disputată marţi. Albot (locul 93 ATP), care împlineşte astăzi (miercuri) 31 de ani, se va lupta pentru un loc în semifinale cu câştigătorul partidei dintre francezul Adrian Mannarino, cap de serie numărul 5, şi belarusul Egor Gherasimov. În primul tur, reprezentatul Republicii Moldova reuşise să treacă de japonezul Yuichi Sugita (6-4 6-1), în timp ce Shapovalov, aflat în prezent pe locul 12 mondial, a debutat direct în turul secund. Într-un alt meci din optimile de finală ale turneului de la Sofia, canadianul Vasek Pospisil s-a impus cu 6-3, 6-4 în faţa germanului Jan-Lennard Struff, al patrulea favorit, iar următorul său adversar va fi învingătorul meciului dintre australianul John Millman, campionul de la Astana Open, şi francezul Gilles Simon, scrie Agerpres.

Persons: Albot, Denis, Adrian, belarusul Egor, Jan, John Millman, Gilles Simon Organizations: Astana Open Locations: Sofia, bulgară, belarusul, Republicii Moldova, canadianul

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