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WASHINGTON — Over the last two years, a narrow Republican House majority has fought bitterly over everything from electing a speaker, keeping the government functioning and even passing symbolic messaging bills. Now, Republicans have clinched at least 218 seats to win a House majority, NBC News projects, but it’ll be another small one. “The House has always been a chaotic place, will always be a chaotic place. And here in the Senate, obviously, we continue to have a number of tools to exercise.”There is precedent for a narrow House majority delivering major legislation. ‘Trump is so volatile’Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., a former House majority leader, told NBC News that nobody knows what to expect from the new GOP trifecta.

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As Election Day approaches, former President Donald Trump has increasingly been warning that if he loses, it will be because of cheating. That’s all they want to do is cheat,” Trump said of Democrats during a rally this month in Juneau, Wisconsin. “They’re actually using it to cheat,” Trump said on the Los Angeles radio station KFI AM 640 on Oct. 8. “They have early voting, late voting, everything is so ridiculous,” Trump said onstage in Palm Beach, Florida, in July. And that’s what we’re striving for.”But Trump has also spoken favorably of early voting, usually in more choreographed settings.

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☆ Japanese operator of 7-Eleven rejects merger offer worth billions from Circle K owner
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Juliana Liu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong CNN —The operator of 7-Eleven has rejected an opening offer from the owner of convenience store rival Circle K, indicating the bid was too low and that its global business was worth more. In a statement Friday, Tokyo-based Seven & I Holdings, which owns 7-Eleven, said it was “open” to “sincerely consider” any proposal that is in the best interests of its shareholders. The Financial Times reported on Thursday that Seven & I was open to the possibility of a higher offer from its suitor. Shares in Seven & I have rallied since the news of the offer broke last month, pushing its market value above $38 billion. Although 7-Eleven traces its origins to Dallas, Texas, it was the late Japanese entrepreneur Masatoshi Ito who is credited with turning it into a ubiquitous global brand.

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☆ 7-Eleven's parent company rejects $38.6 billion takeover bid, says offer 'grossly undervalues' company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSeven & i Holdings has rejected the takeover offer from Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard , saying the offer "is not in the best interest" of its shareholders and stakeholders. According to LSEG data, the offer price will value Seven & i at $38.55 billion. In April, Seven & i announced a restructuring plan for the company, aimed at growing 7-Eleven's presence globally as well as divesting its underperforming supermarket business. Herrick explained Artisan asked Seven & i to consider the offer because the fund feels that capital allocation overseas has been overlooked. "You have more than 50,000 stores, or about 50,000 stores that are generating about $100 million or just over $100 million of operating profit for for the company.

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The tragedy is sadly far from unique; extreme heat is turning ordinary activities deadly. Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather, and the human-caused climate crisis is making heat waves more severe and prolonged. What heat does to your heartVideo Ad Feedback A rise in heat and humidity pushes the heart rate up. In extreme heat, your heart must work much harder to keep your body’s internal temperature stable. Blood flow to your brain decreases in extreme heat as breathing speeds up and blood vessels constrict inside your neck and skull.

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☆ Can Boeing get back to its glory days?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

Then on Jan. 5, about six minutes and 16,000 feet into a packed flight out of Portland, Oregon, a door plug blew out of a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9. The Federal Aviation Administration barred Boeing from increasing output of its Max planes and stepped up hands-on inspections at production plants. The 737 was dubbed "Baby Boeing" and went on to become the company's bestseller, helping to make Boeing the largest U.S. exporter. Pilots in those Boeing planes fought against a flight-control system, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, that pushed the nose of the planes downward repeatedly. Boeing has said it aims to increase rates to about 50 Max planes a month in the next few years.

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Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse. “It’s very lonely,” Senior Judge Paul C. Huck told CNN of Fort Pierce, a small fishing and citrus community on the edge of the Southern District of Florida where Cannon is the only federal judge. They also said Cannon’s lack of trial experience, both as a lawyer and a judge, is apparent. In her seven years as a Justice Department attorney, Cannon participated on the trial teams of just four criminal cases. And on the bench, she’s only presided over a handful of criminal trials — and Huck took over one of them.

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☆ Hurricane Beryl: Houston area residents frustrated as they enter 6th day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Taylor Galgano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

We should not have had nine fire stations without power,” Patrick said. Combined with power outages, alarmingly dangerous consequences have ensued. CenterPoint foreign assistance crews work to restore power lines on Thursday in Houston, Texas. Danielle Villasana/Getty ImagesFrustration mounts with Houston utility providerThe crisis comes more than three years after massive power outages hit the state. Greg Abbott has requested an investigation into CenterPoint Energy and other electric companies in the wake of the outages, Patrick said in a news conference Thursday.

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☆ This Italian vacation hotspot is turning tourists away as it runs out of water
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Set atop a hill on the Italian island of Sicily, Agrigento is a heritage tourist’s paradise. Sicily began enforcing water restrictions in February when the region declared a state of emergency amid a relentless drought. Tourists at the Temple of Concordia, an ancient Greek archeological site outside of Agrigento in southern Sicily, Italy. Sicily’s regional president, Renato Schifani, said the island’s losses — between crops, empty reservoirs and dying livestock — have already topped €1 billion. “The consortium used to guarantee water rotation every five or six days,” he said, referring to a farmers representative group.

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☆ Isolated and inexperienced: A portrait of Judge Aileen Cannon from veterans of her courtroom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Tierney Sneed | Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse. In her seven years as a Justice Department attorney, Cannon participated on the trial teams of just four criminal cases. Still, Cannon has asked questions in the Trump case that appear out of left field. Her orientation toward such legal rabbit holes is not distinct to the Trump case, veterans of her courtroom say. Ultimately, nearly every attorney CNN spoke to said that Cannon, despite the criticism, is unwavering in her beliefs about how each case in her courtroom should proceed.

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☆ TikTok is taking the US to court to stop its ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Dan Whateley | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok is suing the US government over its new law that forces a sale or ban of the app. AdvertisementTikTok promised to fight its ban in the US — and now the social-media giant has made it official. TikTok has denied both of these claims, and the US government has yet to present evidence that either action has occurred. Legal scholars told Business Insider that well-articulated First Amendment arguments tend to prevail in court, but Congress' national-security concerns could ultimately win out. Hans, an associate clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School and associate director of its First-Amendment clinic, told BI.

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☆ How the overturned Harvey Weinstein conviction could echo in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Some legal observers believe the Weinstein decision could prove relevant as the hush money trial against former President Donald Trump unfolds in Manhattan. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the trial and making day-by-day decisions about what evidence is allowed in court, is bound to the same guidelines as the Weinstein trial judge. Stephen Gillers, professor of law at New York University, said the Weinstein ruling will certainly be important to Merchan. Judge Madeline Singas dissented from the Weinstein appeals court ruling, saying the information was needed for the jury to consider. Gillers said the Weinstein decision is not just weighing on the judge’s mind.

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☆ Opinion | This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity for criminal acts taken in office as president is an insult to reason, an assault on common sense and a perversion of the fundamental maxim of American democracy: that no man is above the law. More astonishing than the former president’s claim to immunity, however, is the fact that the Supreme Court took the case in the first place. It is a process so vital, and so precious, that its first occurrence — with the defeat of John Adams and the Federalists at the hands of Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans in the 1800 presidential election — marks a second sort of American Revolution. And if the trial occurs after an election in which Trump wins a second term and he is convicted, then the court will have teed the nation up for an acute constitutional crisis. A president, for the first time in the nation’s history, might try to pardon himself for his own criminal behavior.

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☆ All the ways Apple is a monopoly, according to its critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here are some of the ways the DOJ says Apple is a monopoly. AdvertisementHere are a few ways the DOJ argues that Apple maintains a tight hold over the iPhone ecosystem — and keeps competitors out. The suit argues that Apple sets conditions for the apps it allows on the App Store and imposes anti-competitive rules and regulations. The suit argues that Apple makes third-party messaging apps on the iPhone "worse" than Apple messages. Digital WalletsIt's becoming more common for iPhone users to pay for items with Apple Pay, the company's digital wallet system.

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☆ The Functional Dysfunctional Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For days before a Friday midnight deadline, there is no official word of a compromise between Republicans and Democrats that will avert the crackup. But behind the scenes, members of the appropriations committees in both parties are hammering out complex deals among themselves. He puts the legislation on the floor using a maneuver that effectively deprives hard-right Republican rebels of the means to block it. The archconservatives breathe fire and condemn it, but the bill passes easily, with far more Democratic than Republican support. The Senate sends the measure to President Biden, who quickly signs it.

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☆ Kayne West's sampling of icons like Donna Summer and Ozzy Osbourne is a 'clear-cut' case of copyright infringement, legal experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Though Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath in 1979, his wife, Sharon Osbourne, told Billboard any songs the band wrote — Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — require the approval of all four members to license. Regardless of the social media feud, legal experts say if true, the unauthorized use of the samples would be a “clear-cut” case of copyright infringement. He didn't dispute it,” entertainment attorney Donald M. Woodard of Carter and Woodard told Business Insider. AdvertisementOsbourne's recent objection to West's sample would be considered a new copyright claim, as the license for use does not permit West to sample the song in perpetuity. In 2022, Chicago artist Marshall Jefferson accused the rapper of using his song “Move Your Body” in the West song “Flowers” without permission.

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The news of Mr. Navalny’s death shocked many at the conference and could add new urgency to the discussion. Ms. Harris said at the start of her address to the conference — which had already been expected to focus on Russia — that the United States was still trying to confirm the reports of Mr. Navalny’s death, but that it held Russia’s government responsible. “I made it clear to him that I believe the consequences of that would be devastating for Russia,” Mr. Biden told reporters after meeting with Mr. Putin in Geneva in 2021. “What do you think happens when he’s saying it’s not about hurting Navalny, all the stuff he says to rationalize the treatment of Navalny, and then he dies in prison?” Mr. Biden continued. “I saw Yulia Navalnaya and Leonid Volkov last night here in Munich,” said Michael McFaul, a former American ambassador to Moscow.

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☆ Most delivery gig work workers won't be impacted by the new fed rule — yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But gig delivery companies like DoorDash and Instacart say they don't plan to make any changes. AdvertisementIf you make deliveries as a gig worker, don't expect any changes from a new federal rule — at least, not immediately. But companies that rely on gig workers to make deliveries say they won't need to make any changes. Amazon, which employs gig workers through its Flex delivery arm, did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Do you work for Instacart, DoorDash, Walmart Spark, Uber Eats, or another gig delivery service and have a story idea to share?

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The office of Republican Senate Leader Phil Berger did not immediately respond Monday to emails seeking comment on the lawsuit. The “Black Belt” counties of eastern North Carolina have significant and politically cohesive populations of Black voters who overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, the lawsuit states. A white majority in the surrounding area is also politically cohesive, and the plaintiffs argue they historically vote as a bloc to defeat candidates supported by Black voters. One of those districts, Senate District 2, where Pierce and Matthews reside, stretches more than 160 miles from the Virginia border down parts of the Atlantic coastline. Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, a Wake County Democrat, said the lawsuit provides “a glimmer of hope” to Black voters in eastern North Carolina.

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☆ German Court Says Government Cannot Shift Covid Funds to Climate Projects
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Melissa Eddy | More About Melissa Eddy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Why It Matters: A Restraint on Germany’s Green Ambitions. The Climate Transformation Fund has €212 billion dedicated to projects from 2024 to 2027. The court ruled that it must now be reduced by €60 billion, the money added from unused pandemic funds. Heart of the Issue: Germany’s ‘Debt Brake’Germany is the only leading industrial economy to have a so-called debt brake written into its constitution. “The circumvention of the debt brake is becoming increasingly absurd,” said Marcel Fratzscher, head of the German Institute for Economic Research, a Berlin-based think tank.

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☆ Fact Check: Women’s birthing-duty quote misattributed to US House Speaker Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson did not say that a woman’s duties include giving birth to able-bodied workers, according to his spokesperson, despite posts online sharing the quote. The quote attributed to Johnson in a post on Instagram (archived), reads: “Every Woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.” A similar quote was shared on Facebook (archived). In a May 2022 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Johnson did suggest that abortion deprives the national economy of potential “able-bodied workers”, during a discussion of the Supreme Court’s anticipated overturning of Roe v. Wade. We’re all struggling here to cover the bases of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and all the rest. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has previously suggested that millions of able-bodied workers were lost to the economy due to abortion, but has not stated publicly that a woman’s duty is to give birth to able-bodied workers.

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☆ Alabama sets date for first-ever US execution of death row inmate by nitrogen gas in 2024, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Devon M. Sayers | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said. He asked the state to be put to death by nitrogen gas rather than lethal injection after what he called a botched execution. Smith’s execution now is set to take place between January 25 and 26, according to a news release from Gov. The court’s action came after the justices divided 6-3 earlier in the term to allow Smith’s execution to go forward by lethal injection. Smith’s case was tried by a jury twice, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has noted, both of which resulted in convictions.

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☆ Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai defends Google's search deals in antitrust trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The lack of competition in general search tools, the government argues, deprives consumers of improved quality and choice. In that version, Microsoft planned to build search into its toolbar so that users did not need to download separate extensions to search from that part of the browser. The search engine for that module would be determined by whatever users picked in the previous version of IE. Pichai testified that to his knowledge, "not a single user" used the IE setting in the earlier version of the browser to change the search engine from Microsoft's. Google had "proposed instead that users be prompted to select the default search provider the first time they use the inline search feature," Drummond wrote in the 2005 letter.

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Strikes in a western Ukrainian city blew out windows at a nuclear power plant, once again raising safety concerns. An elderly civilian woman stands with a cat on the balcony of her destroyed house in the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Thursday. In the city of Avdiivka, Ukraine claimed it had been successful in repelling assaults and taking out large numbers of Russian soldiers. “It is highly likely that the target for these drones was the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant,” he said. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, close to the front line and occupied by Russian troops since March 2022, has been the main focus of concern.

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☆ 'Real Bad with a capital B': Ex-prosecutor says Trump should be worried after former lawyers agree to plea deals and turn on him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A former prosecutor saidTrump should be worried about his ex-attorneys' plea deals in Georgia. Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro struck deals in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. He emphasized that it's "real bad with a capital B" for Trump. Additionally, Bederow said, the plea deals will likely bolster the public's perception in the legitimacy of the charges and could prompt other co-defendants in the case to turn on Trump. Trump's team downplayed the significance of the plea deals in a statement.

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