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Plus, not all of his Fox News picks are for Cabinet roles. A TV doc to oversee health insurance for 160 million-plus AmericansDr. Mehmet Oz outside of a polling location during the primary election in Rockledge, Pennsylvania, on May 17. In between failed bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016, Huckabee hosted a show on Fox News. Homan was actually the first of Trump’s picks to be announced from the Fox News orbit. An anti-mainstream conspiracy theorist and author to oversee health policyRobert F. Kennedy Jr. in New York in May.

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Mike Huckabee as the U.S. ambassador to Israel, a high-profile diplomatic posting in a tumultuous region. On the campaign trail, Trump, a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to put an end to the conflict. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador to Israel,” Trump said in a statement. He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Huckabee's daughter, the current Arkansas governor and a former Trump administration official, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was also a top surrogate for Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, Benjamin Netanyahu, Huckabee, Trump, “, ” Trump, “ Mike, Israel, Mike, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Organizations: Arkansas Gov, Huckabee, Hamas, Qatar, Republican, Trump, United, Republican Jewish Coalition Locations: U.S, Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, United States, Faith

☆ Trump’s Cabinet picks could be complicated by GOP math in the House
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sarah Ferris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Plenty of House Republicans are privately jockeying for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. “I have 10 colleagues who think they’re going to the Cabinet,” one House GOP lawmaker quipped, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. But you’re not going to let three or four go.”Inside the House GOP, many lawmakers and senior aides have long assumed Stefanik would go to the Cabinet. She and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, Trump’s former physician, are considered to have some of the tightest relationships between Trump and the House GOP. And privately, Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills have also expressed interest, according to a Florida GOP source.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, There’s, Mike Johnson can’t, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, Mike Rogers, Sam Graves —, won’t, Johnson, ”, Kelly Armstrong, “, Mike, that’d, we’ve, you’re, Ronny Jackson, George W, Bush, Trump, Matt Gaetz, Brian Mast, Byron Donalds, Carlos Gimenez, Greg Steube, Anna Paulina Luna, Cory Mills, Garret Graves, Matt Rosendale, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Bill Hagerty, Mike Lee of, Tom Cotton of, Eric Schmitt of Organizations: CNN, of, Republicans, Trump, Monday, New York, Florida, Armed, GOP, North, ”, Texas, Green Beret, Florida GOP, Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric Schmitt of Missouri Locations: Washington, North Dakota, Afghanistan, East, Africa, Florida, Garret Graves of Louisiana, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Sens, Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah, Tom Cotton of Arkansas

☆ I graduated from college at 39, after almost a decade in the military. I feel behind, but I think I made the right choice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Josh Rose graduated from college at age 39 after nine years of active service in the military. Rose spent five years in the Air Force and four years in the Army on active duty. It paid well and was familiar from my time in the Air Force, but looking back, it was a mistake. I graduated at 39 and got a software engineering jobIt wasn't until May 2024 that I graduated from college at age 39. I feel behind in life, but I think finishing college was the right choiceHaving a degree boosted my confidence.

Persons: Josh Rose, —, Rose, didn't, I'd, Bill, I'm Organizations: Service, United States Armed Forces, Air Force, Army, University of Arkansas, Air, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Fortune, Business Locations: Texas, Afghanistan

Since late August, six of his town halls have been moderated by a prominent woman in politics or media. So far, Trump has partnered on town halls with Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee; Govs. (A virtual town hall with self-help guru Tony Robbins was canceled this month because of Hurricane Milton.) Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele is one of the women who have moderated recent Trump town halls. Elijah Nouvelage / AFP - Getty ImagesThe town halls have provided memorable and, at times, awkward moments.

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☆ What if Trump Deported Millions of immigrants?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Emma Goldberg | Chase Castor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Northwest Arkansas was last year ranked the 15th fastest-growing region in the country, and much of that population growth was driven by immigrant workers. “It’s a popular selling point to the base to say ‘I’m going to round up five million immigrants,’” said Mr. Quiñones, 35. The influx of immigrants into Northwest Arkansas has given rise to a thriving local ecosystem of businesses. Northwest Arkansas is the 15th fastest-growing region in the country, and much of that population growth is driven by immigrant workers. “We don’t have this thinking that people are being displaced,” Mr. Peacock said.

Persons: Diego Quiñones, Quiñones, Quiñones’s, Donald J, Tyson, Trump, JD Vance, Trump’s, “, ’ ”, Chase Castor, ”, Nelson Peacock, Peacock, . Peacock, Vance, Mr Organizations: Walmart, American Immigration Council, Ozark United FC, U.S, The New York Times, Northwest Arkansas Council, ” Locations: Bentonville, Ark, United States, Mexico, Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, Springdale, America, Rogers, Downtown Springdale, Iowa, Ar . Northwest Arkansas, The, Fayetteville, Springfield , Ohio

☆ Origins of humanity’s love of carbs revealed, new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The origin of modern humans’ long-standing love affair with carbs may predate our existence as a species, according to a new study. The study revealed these genes duplicated long before the advent of agriculture. Without amylase, humans would not be able to digest foods such as potatoes, pasta, rice or bread. The research also revealed duplication of the AMY1 gene existed in the genomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans, an extinct hominin first discovered in 2010 about whom relatively little is known. “This study’s genomic sleuthing is helping to finally time stamp some of those major milestones, and it is revealing tantalizing clues about humanity’s long love affair with starch.”

Persons: ”, Feyza Yilmaz, —, sapiens, AMY1, Taylor Hermes, wasn’t, ” Hermes, “, Christina Warinner, John L, Loeb, Warinner Organizations: CNN, The Jackson Laboratory, University of Buffalo, Jackson Laboratory, University of Arkansas, Social Sciences, Harvard University Locations: Farmington , Connecticut, New York

☆ Despite Trump’s embrace of Orbán, Senate Republicans sound alarms over Hungary’s democratic backsliding
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Morgan Rimmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —If there is one area where senior Senate Republicans have chosen to break with former President Donald Trump, it is his embrace of Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He added, “Hungary also continues to disregard the concerns raised by its allies and partners about deepening its ties with China. Orbán has endorsed Trump, and Trump has touted the prime minister’s backing, even noting it during September’s presidential debate. GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina restarted the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group in 2018, co-chairing the group alongside Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. This led Tillis and Shaheen to introduce a Senate resolution condemning Hungary’s democratic backsliding and its delay in allowing Sweden to join the alliance.

Persons: Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, –, Sen, John Cornyn of, Jerry Moran, ” Moran, Cornyn, Republican appropriator, Susan Collins of, John Hoeven of, John Boozman of, Orbán, ”, Trump, “, Mitch McConnell, ” McConnell, Josh Hawley, Kari Lake, Orbán “, Andy Harris of, Paul Gosar, Orbán’s, McConnell, ’, GOP Sen, Thom Tillis, Democratic Sen, Jeanne Shaheen of, Tillis, Shaheen, ” Tillis Organizations: Washington CNN, Republicans, GOP, Conservative, “, Republican, European Union, Parliament, Kentucky Republican, NATO, ., Trump, Caucus, “ Republicans, CNN, Reagan Republicans, Senate, U.S . Senate NATO Observer Group, Democratic Locations: Budapest, John Cornyn of Texas, Hungary, Kansas, Russia, China, “, “ Hungary, Susan Collins of Maine, Sens, John Hoeven of North Dakota, John Boozman of Arkansas, Ukraine, Mar, Lago, Germany, France, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Andy Harris of Maryland, Arizona, U.S, Washington, North Carolina, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Sweden, NATO

☆ Harris addresses criticism over biological children, talks abortion rights in ‘Call Her Daddy’ interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Ebony Davis | Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who suggested at a town hall with former President Donald Trump last month that the vice president doesn’t have anything to keep her humble because she doesn’t have biological children. “I feel sorry for her, and I’m going to tell you why,” Harris said on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast released Sunday. “Because I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who one, are not aspiring to be humble. Family comes in many forms, and I think that increasingly, all of us understand that this is not the 1950s anymore,” Harris said. Harris added: “This is the same guy that said women should be punished for having abortions.

Persons: CNN — Kamala Harris, ”, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump, doesn’t, ” Harris, Harris, Alex Cooper, “, – Cole, Ella Emhoff –, Doug Emhoff, Sanders, Kamala Harris doesn’t, Trump’s, Sen, JD Vance, they’ve, Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert, ” —, Trump, won’t, Roe, Wade, Cooper, ” Cooper, Vance, CNN’s Arit John, Eva McKend, Brian Stelter, Daniel Dale Organizations: CNN, Arkansas Gov, Democratic, Republican, Trump White House, The Ohio Republican, CBS, Spotify, United States, Trump Locations: Arkansas, Univision, Minnesota, United States

☆ Jack Smith court filing against Trump and Israel strikes central Beirut: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A new court filing from special counsel Jack Smith argues Donald Trump acted as a private citizen when he sought to overturn the 2020 election. It includes new details about Trump’s actions after the 2020 election and leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, including testimony detailing Trump’s conversations with former Vice President Mike Pence. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung blasted the “falsehood-ridden” filing and declared the case a “partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt.”Read the full story here. Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and daughter of a former Republican vice president, will campaign with Vice President Kamala Harris today in the Wisconsin city considered the birthplace of the Republican Party. 2025 ambitions: Republicans in Congress are already looking ahead at what they could accomplish if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Hurricane Helene, Here’s, Trump ‘, “, ”, Mike Pence, Pence, Trump, Steven Cheung, Witch Hunt, Helene Swannanoa Deon Hampton, Deon Hampton, Beverly Eller, Stewart Cody, Helene, Elon Musk’s, Joe Biden, Sen, JD Vance, Liz Cheney, Kamala Harris, Tom Cotton of, Charisse, Lane, — Michelle Garcia, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: NBC News, U.S . Capitol, Getty, country’s Ministry of Health, Beirut . One U.S, NBC, Staff, Mission, Republican, Republican Party, Affordable, Trump, GOP, College Republicans, Florida, M University Locations: Beirut, United States, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, AFP, Bachoura, Beirut . One, Lebanese, North Carolina, Hurricane, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Swannanoa , North Carolina, Asheville, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tom Cotton of Arkansas

A school-privatization activist and frequent Fox News guest whose work has been praised by former President Donald Trump was placed on leave by his conservative nonprofit employer after reports that he had appeared in gay pornography videos surfaced. A person who resembles DeAngelis and performs under the name “Seth Rose” appears in at least three gay adult films on the pornography site GayHoopla dating to 2014. The existence of the videos was first reported last week by the blog Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares gay porn and articles about sex. In more recent years, he has become a fierce advocate of “school choice,” which subsidizes private schools with public dollars. “It’s just so strange how the far left is so obsessed with inserting sexual topics into elementary schools,” DeAngelis said in the segment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Corey DeAngelis, Betsy DeVos, Rebekah Bydlak, “, ” Bydlak, DeAngelis, Seth Rose ”, “ Seth Rose ”, Forbes, Carl Nassib, “ It’s, ” DeAngelis, ”, ’, ” Trump, “ Corey DeAngelis, JD Vance, Vance, Mike Johnson, — Organizations: Fox News, American Federation for Children, University of Arkansas, Los Angeles Unified School District, NFL, Parental, Republican, Trump, American Federation for, NBC Locations: Israel

☆ DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese sequenced by scientists
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A decade after the dairy discovery on strikingly intact remains mummified by the Taklamakan Desert’s arid conditions, scientists have extracted and sequenced DNA from the 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. Fu is director of the ancient DNA laboratory at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. The researchers recovered animal and microbe DNA from the kefir cheese discovered on the Tarim Basin mummies. Fu and her colleagues also sequenced the bacterial genes in the ancient kefir cheese, revealing insights into how probiotic bacteria evolved over the past 3,600 years. “Ancient DNA analysis, especially on microbes, is fraught with technical problems, mostly stemming from contamination by modern bacteria,” he added.

Persons: ”, Christina Warinner, John L, Loeb, Warinner wasn’t, Qiaomei Fu, Fu, Yang, it’s, Taylor Hermes, ” Hermes, Pichia kudriavzevii, kefir, we’ve, ” Fu, Hermes, Warinner, William Taylor, Taylor, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Cell, Social Sciences, Harvard University, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Arkansas, University of Colorado, school’s Locations: what’s, China, ”, Beijing, Tarim, China’s Xinjiang, Asia, Russia, Tibet, United States, Japan, Caucasus, Anatolia, University of Colorado Boulder

☆ Latino groups denounce laws making it harder to help voters with disabilities and language issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Albinson Linares | Albinson Linares Is A Reporter For Noticias Telemundo Based In Mexico City. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Laws in three states have enacted tougher restrictions for people who help voters with disabilities, language or other issues cast their ballots. Latino groups who have sued Texas, Arkansas and Missouri over these laws are warning that those who need help to vote in November’s elections may not get the assistance they need. “Many Latino voters have disabilities or English is not their first language. “We have to remember that the number of Latino voters who participated in 2020 was higher than the number needed to tip the presidential election results. According to data from the Pew Research Center, in Arkansas there are approximately 83,000 Latino voters who are eligible to participate in elections; in Missouri's case, it's 125,000.

Persons: ”, Tania Chavez Camacho, LUPE, “, ” Chavez Camacho, María Cristela Rocha, John B, Scott, Ken Paxton, Lisa Wise, Paxton, Donald Trump’s, Sen, Bryan Hughes, Diego Bernal, Laura MacCleery, ” MacCleery, ” Thomas A, Saenz, MALDEF, ” Saenz, Mireya Reith, it’s, ” Reith, Rocha, she’s Organizations: Brennan Center for Justice, Mexican American Legal Defense, Educational Fund, Texas, Western, Western District of, Telemundo, El, Noticias Telemundo, Republican, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Democratic, Rep, U.S ., Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Pew Research Center, Arkansas United, Appeals, Circuit, State Locations: Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, del Pueblo, U.S, Western District, Western District of Texas, El Paso County, ” Arkansas, “ In Missouri, Unlike Texas, United States

With no guarantee she would make the Olympic team, Wieber opted to go pro. The gymnastics performed by the U.S. national team at world championships and the Olympics is called elite gymnastics, which is considerably more difficult than college gymnastics. "What a cool thing for the sport of gymnastics," Wieber said. Leanne Wong on floor on Day 2 of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials on June 28 in Minneapolis. While many athletes like Wong have benefited from NIL, college coaches nationwide have had to reconstruct their programs to accommodate its inevitable challenges.

Persons: Jordyn Wieber, Wieber, Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Ronald Martinez, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Chiles, Carey, It's, Jamie Squire, Samantha Peszek, ” Peszek, they’re, Wieber's, Ross, Stew Milne, ” Ross, Leanne Wong, Wong, Karen Hickey Organizations: Olympic, University of Arkansas, U.S ., Paris Olympics, Team USA, NBC Sports, U.S . Olympic, NCAA, Arkansas, Auburn, Neville Arena, Jan, Getty, University of Florida's Locations: United, London, Tokyo, Paris, Arkansas, Auburn, Ala, Minneapolis

☆ Sarah Huckabee Sanders is latest Trump ally to make dig at Harris over biological kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble,” said Sanders, the first female governor of Arkansas and Trump’s former White House press secretary. Unfortunately, she doesn’t.”The comments come as the Trump campaign attempts to narrow the gap with Harris among female voters. “That’s the lack of humility Governor Sanders was referencing.”The Harris and Trump campaigns did not respond to requests for comment. Kamala Harris has spent her entire career working for the people, ALL families,” she wrote on social media Tuesday in response to Sanders’ remarks. “When you have no substance, you have to resort to superficiality,” said Donna Brazile, a Harris ally and veteran Democratic political strategist.

Persons: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris doesn’t, Sanders, “, ”, Trump, Harris, Trump’s, JD Vance, doesn’t, they’ve, ” Vance, Taylor Swift, Vance, Cat Lady, ” Trump, ” Sam Dubke, ” Dubke, – Cole, Ella Emhoff –, Doug Emhoff, ” Cole Emhoff, Kerstin Emhoff, “ Cole, Ella, Kamala Harris, Sanders ’, Donna Brazile, Brazile, Scott Jennings, ” Jennings, Abby Phillip ”, ” Brian Lanza, Phillip, ” Lanza Organizations: CNN, Arkansas, Trump, White House, Democratic Party, Republican, Biden, Democratic National Convention, Democratic, Republicans, Republican Party Locations: Flint , Michigan, Arkansas, Ohio, Washington, America, Flint

“If you could find us,“ she asked, “why didn’t they?”Do you have a story to share about the use of unclaimed bodies for research? Dr. Douglas Hampers, the CEO of National Bioskills Laboratories — which had leased Honey’s torso — said he was disturbed to learn his company had received unclaimed bodies. He said his company would ensure that it no longer accepted unclaimed bodies and would adopt policies to make certain future specimens were donated with families’ permission. To curb this ghastly 19th-century practice, states adopted laws giving schools authority to use unclaimed bodies for student training and experiments. Each of the 44 that answered said they don’t use unclaimed bodies — and some condemned doing so.

Persons: Fran Moore, Carl Yenner, “, —, Victor Honey —, ”, Brenda Cloud, didn’t, DePuy, Johnson, Medsystems, Medical Sciences —, Douglas Hampers, Thomas Champney, Tim O’Hare Organizations: NBC, Army, University of North Texas Health Science, Health Science Center, Health Science, NBC News, Health, Dallas, U.S . Army, Johnson, Boston Scientific, University of Arkansas, Medical Sciences, University of North, National Bioskills Laboratories, American Association for Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Locations: Texas, Dallas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, North Texas, University of North Texas, Dallas County, Tarrant County

☆ A teacher caught students using ChatGPT on their first assignment to introduce themselves. Her post about it started a debate.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Yet many of the students enrolled in her ethics and technology course decided to introduce themselves with ChatGPT. AdvertisementSecond week of the semester and I've already had students use (and own up to using) ChatGPT to write their first assignment: "briefly introduce yourself and say what you're hoping to get out of this class". AdvertisementThe calculator argument — why ChatGPT is not just another problem-solving toolMany of the commenters who defended using AI likened ChatGPT for writing to using a calculator for math problems. OpenAI even partnered with Arizona State University to offer students and faculty full access to ChatGPT Enterprise for tutoring, coursework, research, and more. A professor in another post that received over 600 upvotes said that ChatGPT was "ruining" their love of teaching.

Persons: —, Megan Fritts, Fritts, I've, they're, clued, ChatGPT, they've, Charles Harvey, Harvey, I'm, They're, Curby Alexander, Anna Cunningham, Joel Nishimura, OpenAI, upvotes Organizations: Service, Business, University of Arkansas, University of Central, EdWeek Research, Texas Christian University, Arizona State University, ChatGPT Enterprise Locations: Little, University of Central Arkansas, Arizona

☆ The most dominant shot putter in history eyes a third straight Olympic gold medal – if his body holds up
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

PARIS — The best shot putter in track and field’s history spent this spring and summer experiencing something unusual: vulnerability. Doctors didn’t clear him to resume throwing the 16-pound metal shot until almost June. Only four men have thrown past 75 feet, 5 1/2 inches (23 meters) — and Crouser has done it nine times. It is not as though Crouser has won multiple Olympic and world championships while beating up on inferior competition, either. “I don’t really talk when I see him training because he’s the world record holder,” said triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert, a medal contender from Jamaica who competes collegiately for Arkansas.

Persons: Ryan Crouser, didn’t, ” Crouser, “, ” Ryan Crouser, Adam Davy, Crouser, Ralph Rose, Parry O’Brien, Tomasz Majewski, it’s, ”, Jaydon Hibbert, “ I’m, he’d Organizations: PARIS, Paris Olympics, London Athletics, Stade de France, University of Arkansas, Razorbacks Locations: Oregon, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris, U.S, Rio, Fayetteville , Arkansas, Jamaica, Arkansas

☆ American Ryan Crouser wins third straight Olympic gold medal in shot put
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It made him not only shot put’s farthest thrower of all time — Crouser owns the world and Olympic records — but also indisputably its most dominant. “To say the least.”His opening throw of 74 feet, 3 ½ inches would have been enough to win gold by itself. It is not as though Crouser has won multiple Olympic and world championships while beating up on inferior competition, either. “I don’t really talk when I see him training because he’s the world record holder,” said triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert, a medal contender from Jamaica who competes collegiately for Arkansas. “I’m not going to bother the world record holder.”Ryan Crouser during the London Athletics Meet on July 20.

Persons: Ryan Crouser, — Crouser, putters Ralph Rose, Parry O’Brien, Tomasz Majewski, Bolt, Carl Lewis, Denis, Bernat, Crouser, didn’t, ” Crouser, “, Leonardo Fabbri, Joe Kovacs, ”, Jaydon Hibbert, “ I’m, ” Ryan Crouser, Adam Davy, he’d Organizations: PARIS, Stade de France, Paris Olympics, University of Arkansas, Razorbacks, London Athletics Locations: Saint, France, Oregon, Italian, London, Paris, Rio, Tokyo, Fayetteville , Arkansas, Jamaica, Arkansas

☆ Trump has long been criticized for his public treatment of women. The ones in his life argue he’s different in private
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump has long been known for the brash, even vulgar way he sometimes speaks about women. “President Trump championed my journey, empowering me to be who I became today,” Habba said. “The media’s negative portrayal of President Trump and his treatment of women is entirely false,” Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, said in a statement. “Every attack on President Trump only strengthens our movement,” said Habba, who represented Trump in the Carroll defamation suit. “Sham indictments and baseless allegations will not deter us, because the only crime President Trump has committed is loving America.”

Persons: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump, Trump, Alina Habba, Kai Trump, ” Sanders, “ Sarah, Bernadette Tuazon, ”, ” Habba, Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s, ” Conway, –, “, ” Lara Trump, Luke, President Trump, ” Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, Trump’s brashness, Biden, Megyn Kelly, Kelly, Carly Fiorina, Sen, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, ” Clinton, Jean Carroll, Carroll, White, Joe Biden, “ Mr, ” Biden, he’s, Habba, “ Sham Organizations: CNN, Republican, Republican National Convention, Democratic, White, ”, RNC, White House, Republican National Committee, Trump Locations: Milwaukee, Arkansas, ” Arkansas, Carolina, ”, Ted Cruz of Texas, Florida, Detroit, America

☆ Kennedy Fails to Qualify for CNN Debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the CNN presidential debate on June 27 by the network’s Thursday deadline, according to the outlet, a significant blow to his independent presidential bid that will deny him a coveted national stage alongside President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump. Qualifying for the CNN debate, one of two presidential debates scheduled before Election Day, would have been a plum prize for the Kennedy campaign. More than 73 million people watched the first debate between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump in 2020, and Mr. Kennedy would have had the opportunity to confront his opponents in front of an extensive national audience. But Mr. Kennedy failed to meet two criteria. In the face of mounting challenges before the deadline, Mr. Kennedy had accused CNN of colluding with the Biden and Trump campaigns to exclude him from the debate, and filed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission accusing the network of violating campaign finance law.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Donald J, Kennedy, Trump, Ross Perot’s, George Bush, Bill Clinton of Organizations: CNN, Trump, Gov, Biden, Federal Locations: Texas, Bill Clinton of Arkansas

One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

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☆ Tyson Foods Suspends Executive After Second Alcohol-Related Arrest
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A top executive at Tyson Foods who is a fourth-generation member of the Tyson family business was suspended on Thursday after he was charged with driving while intoxicated, the company said in a statement. John Randal Tyson, 34, the company’s chief financial officer and a great-grandson of Tyson’s founder, was arrested in Fayetteville, Ark., by the University of Arkansas Police Department and booked at the Washington County jail at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, jail records show. It was the second time in less than two years that Mr. Tyson had been charged with an alcohol-related offense. Mr. Tyson, whose father is Tyson’s chairman, was named the company’s chief financial officer in September 2022. He had been in his position just over a month when he was arrested in November 2022, after a woman called the police to report that she had returned to her home in Fayetteville to find him asleep in her bed, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.

Persons: Tyson, John Randal Tyson, Tyson’s Organizations: Tyson Foods, University of Arkansas Police Department, Arkansas Democrat Locations: Fayetteville, Ark, Washington, Arkansas

☆ Election Updates: Trump rallies in Las Vegas.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Republicans defended Mr. Trump against what they insisted was an unfair trial in New York. Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and co-chairman of Mr. Biden’s re-election campaign, opposed asylum restrictions when Mr. Trump enacted them. “Former President Trump actually wants a problem to solve through his election rather than a solution that a bipartisan group of senators stood behind,” he said. President Trump is simply making a political issue of this.”Whitmer said contraception was “very much at risk” under Republicans. Vance of Ohio, another possible running mate to Mr. Trump, criticized Mr. Biden for his trip to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and for an ad from his campaign that featured veterans denouncing Mr. Trump.

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☆ Biden makes his play for anti-Trump Republicans he hopes can give him a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who hate him. Or, he argued, “they’re likely to stay home.”Hutchinson told CNN he won’t stay home himself, but he won’t vote for Biden or Trump. “This swath of Republican strategist types are literally begging the Biden campaign to give them a reason to support him,” a former House Republican leadership aide told CNN. “You can hold your nose and vote for Biden and not be in public screaming about it. But Purcell has also not yet heard from the Biden campaign this time.

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