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☆ U.S. House Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following election wins earlier this month, Republicans will take control of the House in January. The letter could be a sign of tough scrutiny they plan to apply to Chinese companies including TikTok, a target of the Republican administration of former President Donald Trump. But the Democratic Biden administration has also expressed concern about TikTok. Among other questions, the lawmakers asked TikTok to provide drafts of any agreement being negotiated with the Biden administration to allow TikTok to remain active in the United States. CFIUS and TikTok have been in talks for months aiming to reach a national security agreement to protect the data of TikTok's more than 100 million users.

☆ House Republicans expected to soup up their Biden-centric investigations by taking pages from the Jan. 6 committee's groundbreaking playbook: oversight veterans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newly empowered House Republicans are preparing to launch myriad investigations next year. Oversight veterans expect the GOP to take some cues from the January 6 committee hearings. "I think Republicans will go to school on that," Davis told Insider. The recent development Davis said GOP leaders might soon regret is their decision to dodge the January 6 committee subpoenas. Aides to anticipated Oversight committee chair James Comer and Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan did not respond to requests for comment about the January 6 committee's work or their forthcoming investigations.

☆ House Republicans are going after Hunter Biden. Here's why the White House should be worried.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The new GOP House majority will likely subpoena Hunter Biden as they dig into his business dealings. The career of Hunter Biden, on the other hand, has all the earmarks of a real one. Nor will it protect the Biden White House from potential fallout stemming from the Justice Department's own criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, which is ongoing. During Joe Biden's vice presidency, Hunter Biden was openly trading on the Biden family name. A lawyer for Hunter Biden did not respond to Insider's request for comment Friday about the looming possibility of a congressional inquiry.

☆ Children's hospitals call on Biden to declare emergency in response to 'unprecedented' RSV surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The president should declare an emergency under the Stafford Act or the National Emergencies Act, and the health secretary should declare a public health emergency, Wietecha and Del Monte wrote. ACEP described the situation as a public health emergency. Oregon this week became the first state to declare on emergency in response to the RSV surge. A national public health emergency would be determined based on countrywide data, science trends and the insight of public health experts, the spokesperson said. UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh has faced a huge surge in respiratory illnesses since September, said Dr. Raymond Pitetti, director of the hospital's emergency department.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans' majority will be smaller than expected, but they're eager to use their new oversight powers and pass a spate of bills to draw contrasts with Democrats and give the Biden administration heartburn. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in Washington on July 21, 2021. A growing number of Republicans say they have their sights set on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bashing his handling of the border surge. LegislationDemocrats still occupy the White House, so any legislation Republicans pass on a partisan basis won’t be signed into law by Biden. But House Republicans say they will waste no time showing the parties’ stark differences as they battle for control of the White House in 2024.

A White House statement accused House Republicans of planning to go after Biden "with politically motivated attacks chock full of long-debunked conspiracy theories." Hunter Biden never held a position in the White House or on his father's campaign. The House Republicans' probe will begin to unfold next year, as the U.S. political calendar heads toward the 2024 presidential election, in which Biden said he currently intends to seek re-election. More than a dozen House Republicans appeared alongside Comer at a Wednesday press conference, many of them staunch allies of Trump, who announced his own 2024 White House run on Tuesday. The looming House Oversight investigation of Biden will coincide with a House Judiciary Committee probe into allegations of political influence at the Justice Department under Biden.

☆ Newly empowered House Republicans accuse President Joe Biden of influence peddling as part of anticipated Hunter Biden probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

House Oversight ranking member James Comer said he's investigating President Joe Biden. Comer has long alleged that Hunter Biden's business dealings have compromised his father. The announcement marks an escalation of the House GOP's probe into Hunter Biden. To date no evidence has substantiated GOP claims that Hunter Biden's work influenced policy decisions made during his father's three stints in the White House or that Joe Biden has somehow profited from Hunter's dealings. Comer outlined plans to rake President Biden's scandal-plagued youngest son over the coals before the midterm elections, billing Hunter Biden as a national security risk.

☆ Surge of viruses leaves children’s hospitals scrambling to free up beds and find room for patients
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Every inpatient bed at Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been full for more than six weeks. Many of the patients at Comer Children’s have RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, which can cause lung infections. Some hospitals are sending ICU patients directly home once their cases are no longer acute, rather than to another floor. Dr. Kevin Messacar, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said his hospital is accepting patients from five nearby states. But suctioning can be tricky for parents, according to Dr. Elizabeth Schlaudecker, an infectious disease specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

UFC 280 will stream live on October 22, with the main card starting at 2 p.m. UFC 280 returns to the "Fight Island" venue in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, that hosted multiple events during the COVID-19 pandemic. How to watch UFC 280You can watch the main event of UFC 280 on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. Ways to save on the UFC 280 pay-per-view priceIf you plan on signing up for ESPN+ to watch UFC 280, you can take advantage of a special discounted package. Here's the fight card for UFC 280: Oliveira vs. MakhachevESPNPrelims — 10 a.m.

☆ FDA, CDC sign off on Novavax Covid-19 vaccine as a first booster shot
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is now available in the United States for use as a first booster dose for people 18 and older. The company said its booster is for adults for whom a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna updated booster vaccine is not accessible or clinically appropriate, and for adults who elect to receive the Novavax vaccine because they would otherwise not get a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. “The U.S. now has access to the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted, the first protein-based option, as a booster,” Novavax President and CEO Stanley Erck said in a news release Wednesday. Novavax executives have long suggested that their Covid-19 vaccine could be used as a booster dose, even for people who got another vaccine type as their primary series. The most common side effects reported with the Novavax booster were pain or tenderness at the injection site, fatigue, muscle pain and headache.

☆ A top House Republican gifted Kevin McCarthy an ornate silver bowl as a nod to a famous scene from HBO's 'The Wire' about leaders having to eat crap: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A top ally of Kevin McCarthy loved "The Wire" so much that he gave the Republican a silver bowl. Nonetheless, McHenry continued to email the Republican clips of the scene that incredibly is a parable an actual politician used to tell. "There's a knock at the door in the corner of the room, and Pete comes walking in carrying this gorgeous Sèvres silver bowl, hand chased ... 'It's from the unions,' Tony, played by Sam Coppola, says. You're sitting, eating shit all day long, day after day, year after year." So according to Draper, the North Carolinian bought an ornate silver bowl that was once the property of the British army.

☆ Surge in cases of RSV, a virus that can severely sicken infants, is filling hospital beds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Aria Bendix | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

He tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common virus that causes lung infections. Aesop was moved to a pediatric ICU on Tuesday after his heart and breathing rates soared. Many RSV patients in Massachusetts are being transferred to nearby states, she added. At Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago, hospital and ICU beds have been full for over a month. He said the volume of RSV patients is "two to three times what we've ever experienced."

☆ Surge in RSV, virus that can severely sicken infants, fills hospital beds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

He tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common virus that causes lung infections. Aesop was moved to a pediatric ICU on Tuesday after his heart and breathing rates soared. Many RSV patients in Massachusetts are being transferred to nearby states, she added. At Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, hospital and ICU beds have been full for over a month. He said the volume of RSV patients is "two to three times what we’ve ever experienced."

Many companies that have shifted enterprise-technology tools into the cloud in recent years, in part as a cost-saving measure, say those investments have yet to pay off. Rather than run software and systems in their own hardware, commercial cloud users tap computing capabilities from providers such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. They are also turning to multiple cloud providers, rather than relying on one cloud, for different systems and applications for different business areas. “Many first movers expected significant IT cost efficiency from their cloud investments,” said Barry Brunsman, a principal in KPMG’s CIO Advisory group. “You really do need to not just take it for granted that cloud is where you should head,” she said.

☆ We're seeking nominations for our "Rising Stars of Real Estate 2022" list. Here's how to apply.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider is putting together its third annual list of the best young talent in real estate. We want to spotlight standouts in the worlds of commercial and residential real estate in 2022. We're looking for standouts, the leaders of tomorrow who are making notable contributions and setting themselves apart from their class in commercial and residential real estate. The nominations are open to professionals working in real estate as well as those in other industries who have a focus on real estate. We are seeking the best and the brightest working in real estate in roles including, but not limited to, developers, investors, brokers, architects, builders, designers, urban planners, founders, and property managers.

☆ 2 GOP lawmakers are looking into whether Biden's student-loan forgiveness is a 'serious ethics violation' and benefits staffers who helped craft the policy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GOP Reps. Foxx and Comer want investigations into the ethics of Biden's student-loan forgiveness. They're concerned that the staffers who helped craft the policy could stand to benefit from it. The White House has not yet given a direct response to Foxx and Comer's concerns. —Oversight Committee Republicans (@GOPoversight) September 15, 2022Since Biden announced the debt relief, Republicans have been on the offense, pursuing many routes to attempt to prevent the loan forgiveness from coming to fruition. Amid GOP pushback, Democratic lawmakers are blasting Republicans for trying to take relief away from millions of working Americans.

☆ Meet 'SNL's' newest cast members
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

(CNN) "Saturday Night Live" has added four new faces. Joining the cast as featured players in Season 48 are: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker. Hernandez is a Cuban/Dominican stand up comedian, writer, and actor who has opened for comedians like Jim Breuer and Gilbert Gottfried, according to his official website. Kearney, who uses they/them pronouns, recently had a part in Amazon Prime Video's "A League of Their Own" TV series, according to IMDB. Longfellow, who hails from Phoenix, was recently featured in the "Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival," as a notable up-and-comer.

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