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Here’s what to know about the differences between the “Wicked” film and musical. Trying to fit all of the “Wicked” musical into one film would have been a “burden,” Schwartz says. “There are things that go past in lightning speed, like the two sisters,” Holzman says of the “Wicked” musical. In the musical, Elphaba arrives at Shiz as an enrolled student under strict orders to look after her sister. More details on the GrimmerieWhile most of the songs of the “Wicked” movie soundtrack are the same as the musical, “One Short Day” has a notable addition.

Persons: ”, Gregory Maguire, Glinda —, Oz, Jon M, Chu, “, Glinda, ” Chu, Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, ” Schwartz, we’ve, Winnie, ’ ” Schwartz, “ We’ve, ” Holzman, — ” Holzman, ‘, ’ ”, Schwartz, Holzman, Nessarose, Elphaba, Elphaba’s, Marissa Bode, Bode, ” Bode, Elphaba isn’t, Madame Morrible, Michelle Yeoh, —, — Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Menzel, Chenoweth, Frank Baum’s, Ariana Grande’s Glinda, Dorothy, Dillamond, Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero, Oz ” Organizations: Gershwin, Broadway, Shiz University, Emerald City, Lion Locations: San Francisco, Shiz, Emerald, Oz, Emerald City, Munchkinland

☆ Fox hosts, cable news regulars and entertainment pros: Trump is casting a made-for-TV Cabinet
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

He has plucked two Fox News stars from their airwaves – Sean Duffy for Treasury secretary and Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. Trump’s choice for ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, had a six-year run hosting a Fox News show. As a former reality TV star, Trump is deeply attuned to the power of the small screen. Among the flurry of names for non-Cabinet roles that Trump announced Friday evening were also several former and current Fox News contributors. And Sebastian Gorka, whom Trump named senior director of counterterrorism, was a Fox contributor in 2018 and 2019.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Sean Duffy, Pete Hegseth, Trump, Mehmet Oz, Linda McMahon, Mike Huckabee, Tulsi Gabbard, Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Duffy, Rachel Campos, ”, “, Oz, Mike Waltz, Kristi Noem, Sen, Marco Rubio, Howard Luntick, Rebecca Quick, I’ve, Doug Burgum, Tom Homan, Homan, ” Trump, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz –, –, JD Vance, Scott Applewhite, Pam Bondi, Hegseth, headwinds, Chris Coons, CNN’s Manu Raju, Dr, Janette Nesheiwat, Marty Makary, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Sebastian Gorka, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Larry Kudlow, Christina Bobb, Rupert Murdoch’s, Bret Baier, Kamala Harris, Vance, Rubio, Burgum, ” CNN’s Kate Sullivan, Manu Raju, Alayna Treene, Brian Stelter Organizations: CNN, Fox, Pentagon, Department of Education, Fox News, Trump, TV Cabinet, Fox Business, Medicare, Republicans, South Dakota Gov, Department of Homeland Security, Wall Street, CNBC, Commerce, North Dakota Gov, of, Interior, Republican, Capitol, Florida, and Drug Administration, “ Fox, Department of Health, Human Services, Salem Radio Network, National Economic Council, America News Network Locations: Israel, Mar, Palm Beach , Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Florida, America, Spanish, Washington ,, Gaetz, Delaware, Ohio

Here are eight health claims — with little or no scientific evidence to back them up — that Oz made over the years. Green coffee extract, the ‘magic weight loss cure’In 2014, Oz went to Washington to seek help fighting internet marketers who were using his name and image to sell weight loss products. Senators provided several examples from Oz’s own show, but much of the hearing focused on his claims about green coffee bean extract. The BMJ study from 2014 found that the majority of Oz’s health recommendations touched on nutrition and dietary advice. (The research shows no evidence that HCG is an effective weight loss tool.)

Persons: Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, ”, he’s, Trump, Oz, Melania Trump, Kedric Payne, Richard Besser, Robert Wood Johnson, ” Besser, Dr, Besser, ” Karoline Leavitt, Vance, “ Dr, Trump’s, it’s, ’, Sen, Claire McCaskill, ” McCaskill, “, Joe Vinson, Bryan Burnham, Harriet Hall, kaempferol, —, Tim Sullivan, ” Sullivan, ” Oz, “ Life’s Organizations: Medicare, Medicaid Services, CMS, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, NBC News, Federal Trade Commission, Washington Post, YouTube, Vox, The Washington Post, National Institutes of Health, Nutrition, Cancer, Drug Administration, FDA, CBS News, Business Locations: Washington, U.S, New Jersey

☆ DOJ calls for Google to sell Chrome and HomeGoods highlighted on TikTok: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Trump’s plans for his first day in officePresident-elect Donald Trump plans to waste little time when he begins his second term in office. But much of Trump’s Day One goals will likely focus on stopping illegal immigration, the centerpiece of his candidacy. Chrome, which Google launched in 2008, provides the search giant with data it then uses for targeting ads. Additionally, the DOJ said that Google should be prevented from entering into exclusionary agreements with third parties like Apple and Samsung. These are some of the quirky items TikTok users have discovered during trips to their local HomeGoods stores.

Persons: Donald Trump, Laken Riley’s, Pope Francis, Joe Biden, Trump, won’t, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Matt Whitaker, Matt Gaetz, Dr, Mehmet Oz, Laken Riley, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Ibarra, Riley, Riley’s, Allyson Phillip, “, ”, → Susan Smith, →, Bryan Kohberger, Pope, Carlo Acutis, Francis Basilica, ” Pope Francis, he’ll, Acutis, Maurizio Cattelan’s “, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce —, Milhouse Van Houten, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, Jeff Greenberg, Daysia Tolentino, — Saba Organizations: Catholic, Biden, Trump, Security, Elon, Wall Street, NATO, Cabinet, Medicare, Services, North Carolina Republican, Democratic, U.S, University of Idaho, Google, Chrome The Department, Justice, Chrome, DOJ, Apple, Samsung, Android, Adolescents, Vatican News, FBI, Kansas City Chiefs, Indiana University, Hoosiers, NBC News, Staff, Universal, Getty, NBC, Target Locations: Russia, Ukraine, North, California, Venezuelan, St, Assisi, Italy

“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

☆ Desi Lydic Says Trump is ‘Picking Mascots,’ Not Leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“So far, he’s made a number of cabinet picks whose main qualification seems to be being on TV. His defense secretary is a guy from ‘Fox & Friends,’ his transportation secretary is a guy from Fox Business, and his attorney general is a guy who I’m pretty sure was on ‘To Catch a Predator.’” — DESI LYDIC“Wow, another daytime television guy. It’s like his whole cabinet was selected by a kid who was home sick with the flu.” — SETH MEYERS“But is someone going to tell him that this isn’t actually a doctor’s job? Jr.” — DESI LYDIC“There’s not going to be a layer of competent workers at some point. Because Donald Trump isn’t really picking leaders of agencies — he’s just picking mascots.” — DESI LYDIC

Persons: he’s, ”, ” — SETH MEYERS, Oz doesn’t, Oz’s, There’s, It’s, Donald Trump isn’t, —, DESI LYDIC Organizations: Fox & Friends, Fox Business

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he will nominate Mehmet Oz, a former Pennsylvania Senate candidate and TV doctor, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, faced criticism in 2020, for promoting the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. Oz’s TV show aired from 2009 until 2022, when he made an unsuccessful bid for Senate. Trump made an appearance on Oz’s television program, “The Dr. Oz Show,” during his 2016 presidential campaign to reveal the results of his physical examination. Trump’s announcement comes as the agency for the first time negotiates drug prices on the costliest prescription drugs under Medicare.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Oz, John Fetterman Organizations: Pennsylvania Senate, Medicare, Services, of Health, Human Services, Democrats, Children’s Health Insurance, Medicaid, CMS Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Economic worries boost Trump’s Hispanic support in battleground Nevada
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Which is not true.”Las Vegas-based real estate agent Zoila Sanchez photographed outside of her home in Henderson, Nevada. Sanchez is confident, insisting the energy she sees for Harris outweighs the increased Trump talk among fellow Hispanics. “I feel the Democrats take the Hispanic vote for granted here in Vegas or in Nevada,” Cerros said. “She came up with immigrant parents, which to me, it’s amazing for someone like that to come up and be able to be president,” Munoz said. Nevada also elected a Republican governor in 2022, and Munoz believes that makes it more hospitable climate for Trump this year.

Persons: Zoila Sanchez, ” Sanchez, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Donald Trump, “ I’ve, Jacqueline Kalil, CNN Trump, Sanchez, …, Joe Biden, Harris, Rogelio Regalado, Rafael Cerros Jr, Cerros, ” Cerros, CNN “, ’, Regalado, ” Regalado, “ It’s, Hajji, ” Hajji, Henderson, Zena Hajji, who’s, Biden, haven’t, Antonio Munoz, Penny, Trump, Munoz, ” Munoz, ” Antonio Munoz, ” Harris Organizations: Nevada CNN, Las, Reagan Republican, CNN, Trump, ”, Taco Bar, Biden, Republican Locations: Henderson, Nevada, Las Vegas, Henderson , Nevada, –, Spanish, Vegas, Israel, El Mercado, America

Supporters rush into Hard Rock Stadium ahead of Sunday’s Copa America final (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)Fans had been asked to arrive early, with watch parties banned outside the stadium or in the parking lots. Hard Rock also said “fans MUST have a game ticket” to enter the stadium campus on Sunday. With the sun beating down, fans pushed toward the closed gates, causing a crush. “Various stadium gates were closed and re-opened strategically in an attempt to allow ticketed guests to enter safely and in a controlled manner. “The Copa America final is organized by CONMEBOL and Miami-Dade Police Department provides security support, along with other law enforcement agencies,” the statement read.

Persons: ”, “, Messi, Maddie Meyer, Laura Williamson, Diana, ” Diana, Daniel Muñoz, Manuela Ángel, Daniel’s, Alexis Mac Allister’s, “ Alexis, Silvina, Juan Mabromata, Nestor Lorenzo, ” Alejandro Flores, ” Flores, they’re, Megan Briggs, Daniella Levine Cava, James Reyes, Veronica Brunati, Dan Goldfarb Organizations: Copa América, Sunday’s Copa America, Miami, Dade Police, Dade, Rescue, ”, Athletic, Hard, Getty, “ CONMEBOL, South American Football Confederation, CONMEBOL, FIFA, CONCACAF, Colombia, tonight’s Copa America, Copa America, Miami - Dade Police Department Locations: Argentina, Miami Gardens, Colombia, Colombian, Miami, AFP, “, Honduras, North Carolina, Uruguay, United States, ”

☆ Uruguay 0-1 Colombia takeaways: Argentina await Colombia in the final, Munoz sent off
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Jack Lang | Stuart James | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

After an absorbing encounter in Charlotte, North Carolina, it was Colombia who emerged to earn a meeting against defending champions Argentina in the Copa America final in Miami on Sunday. The spotlight was on Lionel Messi before this Copa America but Rodriguez, who turns 33 on Friday, has stolen the show. Stuart JamesA quintessential Copa America game? This was Copa America football — South American football — at its bewitching best, witnessed and enhanced by a crowd so fervently Colombian that we may as well have been in Medellin. Ugarte had ‘played’ Munoz, and Colombia knew that the balance of the game had totally shifted.

Persons: Jefferson Lerma, Daniel Munoz, elbowing Manuel Ugarte, Nestor Lorenzo’s, Uruguay’s Darwin Nunez, Jack Lang, Stuart James, Colombia’s, Nestor Lorenzo, James Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Lionel Messi, Timothy A, Clary, Messi, Stuart James A, Luis Diaz, dervish, Rodrigo Bentancur, Munoz, Luis Suarez, Tim Nwachukwu, Richard Rios, Rios, Mateus Uribe, Jack Lang Daniel Munoz’s, Manuel Ugarte, Darwin Nunez, Ugarte, gesturing, ‘, ’ Munoz, Stuart James Oh, Marcelo Bielsa’s, Edinson Cavani, you’ve, Nunez, Nicolas de la Cruz, Fede Valverde, Nunez’s, Chandan Khanna, shanking —, Davinson Sanchez, clobbered, La Celeste, Omar Vega, Jack Lang What’s Organizations: Argentina, Copa America, Colombia …, …, America, Getty Images, Copa America football — South, Football, Getty, La, Liverpool, Canada, Bank of America Locations: Charlotte , North Carolina, Colombia, Miami, Uruguay, Colombia … Argentina, … Argentina, Argentina, Copa America, Colombian, Medellin, Miami Gardens , Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina

All but one were abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz, according to spokespeople for the kibbutz and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Eleven foreign nationals were also released alongside the Israeli hostages: 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen, according to a Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Here’s what you need to know about the released hostages:Yafa Adar, 85Adar is a founder of the Nir Oz kibbutz and is the oldest person to be taken hostage on October 7. Now Daniel and Emilia are on their way to Israel,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement. “She has diabetes, and suffers severe vision loss in one of her eyes,” said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.

Persons: Nir, “, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Yafa, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Tamir Adar, Nir Oz, Margalit Moses, ”, Hana Katzir, Rami Katzir, Elad, Nir Oz’s, Adina Moshe, David, Sa’id, Moshe, Ruth Munder, Keren, Ohad, Roee, Avraham, Ruth, Keren Munder, Ohad Munder, Munder “, Daniel Aloni, Emilia Aloni, Emilia, Sharon Aloni, “ Daniel, Daniel, Doron Katz Asher, Raz Asher, Aviv Asher, Doron, Efrat Katz, Ganot Hadar, Dori Roberts, Efrat, Roberts, Channa Peri, Peri Organizations: CNN, Gaza, Qatar Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Raz Locations: Israel, Hatzarim Airbase, Gaza, Hatzerim Airbase, Mozambique, Aviv, Ganot, Kibbutz Nirim, South Africa

☆ Sandoz owners are banking on margin cure
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sandoz’s (SDZ.S) investors are giving CEO Richard Saynor the benefit of the doubt. Shares in the generics drug maker, which $217 billion pharma giant Novartis (NOVN.S) has finally managed to spin off, started to trade in Zurich on Wednesday. There was a risk that Novartis investors, who have long called for a sale or spinoff, would quickly dump the new Sandoz shares. At current market prices, Sandoz is worth nearly $11 billion, or $14.4 billion once net debt is added in. For now, Novartis investors seem to believe Sandoz’s treatment may be effective.

Persons: Richard Saynor, Sandoz, Aimee Donnellan, Lisa Jucca, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, Novartis, Sandoz, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, X, Brookfield pounces, Temasek, Thomson Locations: Zurich, That’s

☆ Maestro Accused of Striking Singer at Performance Apologizes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | More About Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The incident occurred Tuesday night after a concert performance of the first two acts of Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens” at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André in southeastern France. “I deeply regret the incident which occurred at the Festival Berlioz at La Côte-Saint-André on Tuesday evening and apologize unreservedly for losing my temper immediately after the performance,” Gardiner said in the statement. “I make no excuses for my behavior and have apologized personally to Will Thomas, for whom I have the greatest respect. I do so again, and to the other artists, for the distress that this has caused.”“I know that physical violence is never acceptable and that musicians should always feel safe,” he added. “I ask for your patience and understanding as I take time to reflect on my actions.”

Persons: John Eliot Gardiner, Gardiner, William Thomas, Monteverdi, Les, ”, “, Berlioz, La, unreservedly, ” Gardiner, Will Thomas Organizations: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Locations: France, La Côte

☆ Famed Conductor Accused of Striking Singer at Performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | More About Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The appearance by the conductor John Eliot Gardiner leading the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in southeastern France this week was supposed to be a celebration: the start of a tour across Europe by one of classical music’s most revered maestros and his esteemed ensembles. Instead, Gardiner, 80, provoked an outcry when, on Tuesday evening, he was accused of hitting a singer in the face backstage after a concert performance of the first two acts of Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens” at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André. Gardiner struck the singer, William Thomas, a bass, because he had headed the wrong way off the podium at the concert, according to a person who was granted anonymity to describe the incident because the person was not authorized to discuss it publicly. Thomas, a rising bass from England who was performing the role of Priam, did not appear to be seriously injured and was set to perform again on Wednesday evening. His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

Persons: John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi, Gardiner, Les, ”, William Thomas, Thomas, Priam Organizations: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Locations: France, Europe, La Côte, England

☆ Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A headline claiming that a United Nations official warned Christians to accept “minor-attracted persons” or face exclusion from society misrepresents a report by the UN’s independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz. Madrigal-Borloz, a Costa Rican jurist who has served as the UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity since 2018 (here), did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The report does not mention the terms “MAPs,” “minor-attracted persons,” or “pedophiles.” Nor did Madrigal-Borloz’s remarks to the Council include the statement attributed to him. Reuters has previously addressed false claims linking pedophilia to the LGBTQ community (here) as well as false claims that the UN and other organizations endorsed pedophilia or decriminalizing sex with minors (here), (here ) and (here ). Reuters has previously addressed false claims by this website (here), (here), (here).

Persons: Victor Madrigal, Madrigal, Borloz, Borloz’s, ”, Read Organizations: United Nations, Reuters, UN, UN Human Rights Locations: Costa Rican

Sixteen months after his infection, Mr. Muñoz’s lungs have recovered somewhat, but not completely. Tap to enableA 3-D visualization comparing a healthy set of lungs with Ms. Rodríguez’s lungs 14 months after her infection. Tilt your device to rotate lungs Slide to rotate lungs Slide to rotate lungsHealthy lungs are filled with millions of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Lung tissue with chronic damage shows scarred, thickened areas and collapsed sections with reduced airflow. Ms. Rodríguez has come closer to recovering, most likely helped by her youth and previous good health.

Persons: Andy Muñoz, Covid, ”, Howard Huang, It’s, Dr, Huang, Tom Kennedy, Kennedy, “, Marlene Rodríguez, Rodríguez, David Sayah, Sayah, “ She’s, ” Meridith Kohut, “ Covid, Mr, Muñoz, Meridith Kohut, ” Dr, Kennedy’s, Muñoz’s, Rodríguez’s, Melissa Raymundo, Ms, Raymundo, Gayle, Rodríguez didn’t, Vianney, José, it’s, “ We’re Organizations: New York Times, Houston Methodist Hospital, Covid, Medical Center, ”, The New York Times, USA Locations: La Porte , Texas, Houston, Atwater, Calif

☆ BHP’s shinier $6 bln OZ bid stays within reality
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MELBOURNE, Nov 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - BHP (BHP.AX) boss Mike Henry’s apparent nonchalance about buying OZ Minerals (OZL.AX) always smacked of play-acting. No sooner had the metals miner rejected its larger rival’s A$8.3 billion ($5.8 billion) all-cash overture in August than Henry was fobbing it off as a “nice-to-have, not a must-have” business. Yet on Friday, the target disclosed BHP recently upped its offer 13%, and says it will agree in principle to the revised bid. Henry is now dangling a 49% premium to OZ’s undisturbed share price. Cutting around a third of OZ’s annual expenses would, taxed and capitalised, cover the A$3.1 billion premium.

☆ Fact Check-John Fetterman did not receive more than half of votes by mail, contrary to claims online
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

They falsely claimed that more than half of votes for Fetterman were from mail-in ballots. The posts echo a false narrative previously debunked by Reuters that mail-in ballots lead to widespread voter fraud, (here), (here). Meanwhile, Reuters calculated that 65.04% of votes for Fetterman were from in-person ballots cast on election day (1,756,951 election day votes divided by 2,701,191 total votes). It is unclear where social media users sourced the percentage of votes by mail for Fetterman to be 52%. According to the Pennsylvania Department of State’s election results, mail-in ballots did not account for 52% of John Fetterman’s total votes.

☆ 2022 Senate election results show Fetterman beating Oz on authenticity
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jeff Gerritt | Jeff Gerritt Is The Editorial Page Editor Of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | For Which He Has Covered The Pennsylvania Senate Race | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

John Fetterman survived a bruising Senate campaign and overcame a serious stroke to prevail against Republican Mehmet Oz to claim his state’s open Senate seat Tuesday. Yet that stumble didn’t keep Fetterman from succeeding, because he was still better than Oz at selling himself as an authentic leader for Pennsylvanians. Fetterman has moved almost seamlessly from a 13-year run as the small-town mayor of Braddock to the lieutenant governorship in 2019 to the U.S. Senate today. Oz released his records a few days after a Post-Gazette editorial asked both candidates to do so, but Fetterman never did. Fetterman has also vowed to put a high priority on union rights and abortion rights, while Oz took the opposite stands.

The barrage helped Oz climb back into a race that Fetterman had led all summer — by double digits, according to at least two polls. Fetterman, whose speech and auditory processing were affected by his stroke, agreed to only one debate, on Oct. 25. His struggles were apparent, stoking alarm the next day among Democrats who worried the performance would scare away voters. Mehmet Oz takes part in a forum for Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates in Camp Hill, Pa. on Apr. “My wife wants some vegetables for crudité,” Oz said, picking out broccoli, asparagus, carrots, guacamole and salsa for the platter of raw vegetables and dips.

☆ Midterm elections live updates: Pennsylvania races, New Hampshire Senate race too early to call
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Brandy Zadrozny | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil-Kapur-Headshot.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +109 min

Share this -Link copiedWisconsin Senate and governor's races too early to call It is too early to call the Senate and gubernatorial races in Wisconsin, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedNew Hampshire Senate race too early to call The Senate race in New Hampshire is too early to call, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedPennsylvania Senate and governor races are too early to call After polls closed at 8 p.m. While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

“We’ve got to unite,” Oz said at a rally Friday in Wexford, a suburb north of Pittsburgh. Democrats see his message as blatant hypocrisy considering he is backed by former President Donald Trump and has campaigned with him. “Uhhhh will he refuse to campaign with Mastriano + Trump this weekend then?? He has mostly kept Mastriano at arm’s length while rarely mentioning Trump, instead focusing on crime, inflation and undocumented immigration. “As much as I loved Trump as president, he’s pushed the other party so far away.”

An analysis of debate schedules by NBC News confirms what many political observers have speculated: The number of debates in competitive 2022 Senate races has hit a new low since 2008. Before 2022, each election saw an average of about 20 debates among the most competitive Senate candidates surveyed. The audience awaits a debate between Ohio Senate candidates, Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat, and J.D. He pointed to the recent Pennsylvania Senate debate in which John Fetterman’s stroke-affected performance was widely panned. For instance, far more people likely saw a picture of Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker holding an honorary sheriffs badge on stage than listened to a single minute of his debate with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

☆ Will Musk break Trump and satire accounts like mine out of Twitter jail?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Kyler Geoffroy | Kyler Geoffroy Is A Freelancer Whose Writing Has Appeared On Vice | Other Publications. He Focuses On Lgbtq Politics | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

As Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter begins, he must make several important decisions that will determine the future of the social media platform millions use for their newsgathering. I got involved in political satire after watching Trump fire off several conspiracy-theory-laden posts to his over 4 million followers on Truth Social daily. I got involved in political satire after watching Trump fire off several conspiracy-theory-laden posts to his over 4 million followers on Truth Social daily. “After careful review, we determined your account broke the Twitter Rules,” read the notification from Twitter Support. But political parody accounts, even bad ones like mine, should be protected on Twitter.

☆ Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders instead of aggressively investing in new supply. “Big Oil just made another round of record profits by gouging Americans at the gas pump,” Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, said in a statement. The oil industry is a notoriously boom-to-bust business. Gas prices climbed to a record high of $5.07 a gallon in June. Fetterman’s campaign called out his opponent’s ties to the oil industry, pointing to campaign donations from oil and gas companies to Dr. Mehmet Oz’s campaign.

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