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☆ Kamala Harris: A jittery campaign makes big plans to clinch a narrow win
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

To get there, the campaign is finalizing marquee, attention-grabbing events showcasing Harris, with symbolic backdrops aimed at driving home the message. JB Pritzker, a Harris campaign co-chair. Harris supporters wear custom “Kamala is brat” shirts at a rally in Milwaukee on August 20, 2024. The Harris aides CNN spoke to expressed a jittery self-confidence, but they also kept using phrases such as“jump ball” and “down to the wire” and the occasional emoji with nauseous green cheeks. But some Harris voters and even some on-the-ground operatives and volunteers are.

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☆ How a one-time GOP critic found alliance with Trump in pivotal Michigan Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

For more on the US Senate race in Michigan, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” this Sunday at 8 a.m. The former Republican congressman blamed then-President Donald Trump’s “chaotic leadership style” for costing his party two critical Senate seats in Georgia. He said that “the spell” around Trump had been broken by the US Capitol attack, which, he said, Trump’s actions “clearly” provoked. “Well, you’re damn right you had responsibility for this,” Rogers said of Trump on January 12, 2021. A fraying Democratic coalitionAs both sides see the race as a deadheat, the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, is dropping a staggering $27 million in the final six weeks of the campaign.

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An armed man broke into the home of a rabbi in Southfield, Michigan, on Wednesday evening during a holiday dinner with Jewish students from the University of Michigan, police and university officials said. The dinner took place at the start of Rosh Hashanah, they added, and no one was injured. “The preliminary investigation indicates this was a crime of opportunity,” said police in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit that is roughly 40 miles from the university in Ann Arbor. Santa J. Ono, the university’s president, said the armed man entered the house through an open back door, stole a bag and fled. Ono said campus police had increased patrols on university grounds and in neighboring areasHe vowed to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff members and visitors.

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☆ A McDonald's cashier who has worked for the company since before the invention of Happy Meals and McNuggets is finally retiring at 84
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dot Sharp worked at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania for 45 years. Dot Sharp started working at the McDonald's restaurant in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, on September 7, 1978, and served her final customer – her granddaughter – on January 12, 2024. "I'm really sad about that because it's not so much the food, it's the people," Sharp told ABC-affiliate WTAE. During her tenure at the company, she witnessed the introduction of Happy Meals, McNuggets, and McFlurries. An employee makes notes at the counter at a McDonald's restaurant in Southfield, Michigan, July 1978.

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☆ Fact Check: Posts about US Representative Tlaib’s birthplace lack context
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, the first and only Palestinian-American congresswoman, is a Detroit native, despite posts suggesting that she was not born in the U.S. and should be deported. Tlaib represents Michigan’s 12th congressional district, which includes the cities of Detroit, Dearborn, Southfield and surrounding suburbs. The Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress says that Tlaib was born in Detroit on July 24, 1976. Tlaib is a natural-born citizen, an individual born on U.S. soil who is therefore automatically a U.S. citizen at birth. U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib is a U.S. citizen born in Detroit, Michigan.

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☆ Rashida Tlaib, Censured by the House, Is Praised and Condemned at Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Charles Homans | More About Charles Homans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But those vigils have told starkly differing stories about the war, and also about Rashida Tlaib, who represents the area and is the only Palestinian American in Congress. Khalid Turaani, a Palestinian-American activist, compared Ms. Tlaib’s censure to that of Joshua Reed Giddings, a congressman and abolitionist who was censured by his House colleagues in 1842 for introducing resolutions opposing the slave trade. Since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, no American politician save for President Biden has featured more centrally in arguments over the Israel-Hamas war than Ms. Tlaib. Interviews in Ms. Tlaib’s district revealed a split-screen view of the war in Gaza and laid bare the grievances that have shaped it. But for Ms. Tlaib, who has staked out a position that alienates many of those constituents, it could be unbridgeable.

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Bowman, Lee, Omar and Tlaib also were among the 17 sponsors of Bush’s resolution asking the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire. Challenges to Bush and the others were possible even before the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 or Israel’s subsequent attack on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It is unfortunate, Andrabi said, that the House Democratic leadership has not taken a stronger stance against AIPAC’s efforts to knock off rank-and-file Democrats. It remains unclear whether House Democrats will help incumbents fend off primary challengers through campaign fundraising arms. Before Oct. 7, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., issued statements of support for Omar and others, saying he will support the reelection of every House Democratic incumbent, regardless of ideology.

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DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) — Many of Michigan's top Democrats, including Gov. In Dearborn, which borders Detroit, nearly half of the roughly 110,000 residents claim Arab ancestry. Among them were a who's who of Michigan Democrats, including Whitmer, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, two U.S. House members, the secretary of state and the state attorney general. In Congress, the war has forced Democrats back to a familiar place where the establishment’s history of unconditional loyalty to Israel is being tested. She has been widely criticized by members of both parties — including fellow Michigan Democrats — who say she hasn't explicitly faulted Hamas for the Oct. 7 attack.

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REUTERS/Bianca Flowers Acquire Licensing RightsSept 22 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Aznavorian has already cut output about 6% at his small auto parts factory outside Detroit due to the United Auto Workers strike. If the strike expands, it would only be a matter of weeks before some smaller suppliers faltered, said Marick Masters, a professor of business at Wayne State University. He estimates 30% of smaller suppliers carry too much debt to survive a long strike. Other measures also point to a supply base that was strained even before the strike. RapidRatings calculates "core health scores" for privately owned auto parts companies - based on a 100-point scale - which looks at their returns, cost structures, and capital structure.

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☆ COVID vaccine manufacturers set list price between $120-$130 per dose
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies BioNTech SE FollowModerna Inc FollowNovavax Inc Follow Show more companiesSept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. COVID vaccine manufacturers set list prices for their shots between $120 and $130 per dose, company executives said at an advisory panel meeting of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.DE) set the list price at $120 per dose, while Moderna (MRNA.O) said the list price for its shot is $129 per dose, for their respective COVID vaccines. Novavax (NVAX.O) said the list price for its COVID vaccine was $130 per dose. Reporting by Bhanvi Satija and Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Millions of high earners pay this investment income tax every year. Here's how to avoid it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Higher earners are more likely to owe an extra levy on investment earnings than a decade ago. Enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act health-care expansion, the 3.8% net investment income tax applies to capital gains, interest, dividends, rents and more once your so-called modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI, exceeds certain thresholds. MAGI can be higher than adjusted gross income because it adds back the foreign earned income exclusion. While dozens of tax code provisions adjust for inflation every year, the thresholds for net investment income tax have remained the same since 2013 — MAGI above $200,000 for single filers and $250,000 for married couples filing together. An estimated 7.3 million taxpayers paid nearly $60 billion in net investment income tax in 2021, compared with 3.1 million taxpayers paying $16.5 billion in 2013, according to the Congressional Research Service.

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Debate over the US debt ceiling puts the potential of a US Treasury default in focus. Failing to do so could lead to a US Treasury default if the government becomes unable to make payments on all of its outstanding debts. "This type of default — one that occurs due to not being able to raise the debt ceiling — would be unprecedented," Steeno says. 6 ways a US Treasury default could hurt your financesHere are some of the biggest financial impacts Americans would feel in the event of a US Treasury default:1. But a Treasury default could undo any progress they've been made.

☆ Burger King is closing 26 locations in Michigan. See the full list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

26 Burger King locations are closing in Michigan by April 15, predominantly in the Detroit area. Burger King franchisee EYM King of Michigan said it failed to reach a deal with the fast-food giant. EYM began shuttering Burger King locations on March 17 and expects to shutter all locations by the middle of April. Leslie AllenThe news of over two dozen Burger King locations closing in Michigan comes as the chain, owned by Restaurant Brands International, undergoes a brand reset in the US. The parent company also named a new CEO of Burger King in Joshua Kobza, formerly the chain's COO.

☆ FDA doesn't see increased risk of stroke for seniors who received Pfizer's omicron booster
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink, which monitors serious reactions to vaccines, showed a possible risk of stroke in late November. The FDA launched an extensive review of federal data after investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected a possible risk of stroke for seniors who received Pfizer's booster. The Food and Drug Administration hasn't found an increased risk of stroke for seniors who've received Pfizer's omicron booster shot, a federal health official said Thursday. The FDA reviewed CMS data from 4.25 million seniors who received Pfizer's omicron booster and did not identify any increased stroke risk. The Department of Veterans Affairs has also conducted preliminary review of its database and did not identify an increased stroke risk, Forshee said.

☆ Insurance is poised to perform well even amid economic weakness. Here are expert's top stock picks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Why insurance stocks have outperformed There are a few things that have led to the sector's outperformance this year and that are expected to give it a lift in 2023. Within the group, he's focused on property and casualty insurance and life insurance. Other analysts also see value in so-called multi-line companies, which bundle different kinds of insurance together, and reinsurance, which is insurance for insurance companies. Which stocks insurance analysts like Dwelle's top pick is AIG , which has property and casualty and life insurance. He also recommends the insurance group for investors who want to orient themselves more conservatively and stay away from buying beaten up growth stocks, such as tech names.

☆ Most Americans want to 'age in place' at home. Here's how to plan your support systems
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Deborah Nason | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Retirement-focused financial advisors can help with both the financial and non-financial preparations to do so. "I saw my clients struggling [with this issue] and I wanted to help them think about the process of aging." Sandy Adams partner with the Center for Financial PlanningWhen should people start this kind of planning? "None of us knows when that event might happen that will cause us to suddenly need help." Black, CFP and partner at Bridgeworth Financial Management in Birmingham, Alabama.

☆ DOJ plans to monitor elections in these 46 cities and counties to ensure voters aren't harassed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Justice Department plans to monitor polls in two dozen states across the country to ensure no one intimidates voters or otherwise meddles with Tuesday's midterm elections. The department's Civil Rights Division selected 64 jurisdictions in 24 states, including Alaska, Florida, Georgia and Nevada, for oversight in both the general election and early voting. The division routinely monitors elections in the field, starting in 1965 when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. DOJ monitored polls in 18 states and 44 cities and counties in 2020, by comparison. Attorneys' Offices and the Office of Personnel Management will assist the DOJ Civil Rights Division in monitoring efforts and maintaining contact with state and local election officials.

☆ Factbox: U.S. companies gird themselves as Hurricane Ian makes landfall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida with Category 4 fury on Wednesday, pushing residents to empty grocery shelves, board up windows and rush to evacuation shelters. Since then, it has been working to redeploy offshore personnel after determining Hurricane Ian no longer posed a significant threat to its assets. A spokesperson said the company was monitoring the hurricane and making adjustments to operations to keep warehouse staff and drivers safe. Costco Wholesale Corp closed nine stores located in Florida due to an impact of Hurricane Ian. CRUISE OPERATORSWalt Disney Co's Disney Cruise Line on Tuesday canceled its Disney Wish ship that was to set sail from Florida on Friday.

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