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A midsummer City Council meeting in New York can often be a sleepy event, but the gathering on Thursday was a clear exception. Everyone, after all, was still talking about the Bite. A day earlier, Susan Zhuang, a first-year Democratic councilwoman from Brooklyn who ran on a law-and-order message, was charged with assault after the police said she had bitten an officer at a protest over a proposed homeless shelter. So, as the Council convened its so-called stated meeting, the formal gathering during which bills are introduced or passed, Ms. Zhuang drew much of the attention — and she wasn’t even there. She held her own news conference near the scene of her alleged crime in Brooklyn, although a police photo of the bloody circular gash on the officer’s arm put Ms. Zhuang more in the position of explaining the confrontation than denying it.

Persons: Susan Zhuang, Zhuang Organizations: councilwoman Locations: New York, Brooklyn

☆ European Central Bank set to hold rates with inflation picture muddying demand for cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Annette Weisbach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is set to keep interest rates steady this week after cutting in June for the first time since September 2019. The hold would come amid uncertainty about underlying inflation dynamics, especially stemming from the labor market, which have weighed on the central bank's resolve to embark on a rapid path of cuts. "ECB speakers, including President [Christine] Lagarde and Chief Economist [Philip] Lane, have made it quite clear that the July meeting is set to be more of a stock-taking exercise than a policy-decision meeting, also given the absence of new staff forecasts," Anatoli Annenkov of Societe Generale said in a recent research note. "With no new quarterly data available, e.g. GDP, compensation and labour productivity data, the [ECB's] Governing Council will instead have to make do with mostly survey data," he said, adding that previous data points to a bumpy recovery in the euro area — the 20 countries that share the single currency.

Persons: Christine, Lagarde, Philip, Lane, Anatoli Annenkov Organizations: FRANKFURT, European Central Bank, ECB, Societe Generale

☆ Prosecutors say neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice. In November 2023, Chkhikvishvili began planning a “mass casualty event” for New York City on New Year’s Eve, prosecutors said. “The scheme involved an individual dressing up as Santa Claus and handing out candy laced with poison to racial minorities and children at Jewish schools in Brooklyn,” the Department of Justice statement said. He “drafted step-by-step instructions to carry out the scheme” and shared with the undercover officer “detailed manuals on creating and mixing lethal poisons and gases,” the statement said. “For example, and among other things, the handbook encourages its readers to commit school shootings and to use children to perpetrate suicide bombings and other mass killings targeting racial minorities,” the Justice Department statement said.

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☆ Live Election Updates: Harsh Rhetoric on Biden and the Border Dominates R.N.C.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Michael C. Bender | Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

“I just want to make sure those snakes and the liars don’t get those positions of power,” the younger Mr. Trump said. “My biggest role is just making sure that we have an America First, a MAGA bench for the future,” the younger Mr. Trump said. Image Donald Trump Jr. at the R.N.C. Mr. Kirk credits the size of his multimillion-dollar conservative advocacy group in part to the younger Mr. Trump’s support. “I expect nothing less from you clowns,” Donald Trump Jr. told the reporter.

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☆ David Zaslav's Warner Bros. Discovery experiment has failed, Bank of America's top media analyst says. Here are the company's 3 best paths forward.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Zaslav, the cable-executive-turned-mogul, orchestrated the tie-up between Warner Media and Discovery after running the latter for 15 years. "The current composition as a consolidated public company is not working," Ehrlich wrote in a July 16 note. AdvertisementZaslav should reexamine his strategy and look at options that would benefit his long-suffering stock, Ehrlich wrote. 3 best blueprints for a WBD turnaroundIn the note, BofA media analysts outlined several potential paths forward for Zaslav and the company. Advertisement"We have long discussed an impending 'rebundling' in media, as the current streaming market is oversaturated and ripe for consolidation," Ehrlich wrote.

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☆ Opinion | Biden Must Know How This Should End
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Mike Murphy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The horrible assassination attempt on Donald Trump has underscored Joe Biden’s dire political situation. Americans hope the awful events in Butler, Pa., will inspire the reversal of our ever-coarsening political culture, as Mr. Biden called for on Sunday night. Nonetheless, politics will march forward — and have no doubt, Mr. Biden is losing this race. The total war between Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden has now raged for eight years and exhausted our nation. Joe Biden cannot offer that.

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☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Rivian, Nvidia, Apple, Micron, Microsoft, Sweetgreen, Tesla, Netflix & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Rivian as overweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Rivian to $17 per share from $13. UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said it sees Apple results as "in-line" when the company reports on Aug. 1. UBS initiates Sweetgreen as buy UBS said the restaurant chain has "margin potential." Guggenheim reiterates Netflix as buy Guggenheim said it's sticking with its buy rating on Netflix heading into earnings Thursday. UBS reiterates Micron as buy UBS said it's sticking with its buy rating on shares of Micron.

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☆ We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Raymond Zhong | Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Just consider this image, captured recently by satellite, of surface temperatures across Phoenix. On the city’s desert fringes, in territory governed by Native American nations, the land was even hotter, 150 degrees or more. Surface temperatures are just one of many factors that cities are thinking about as they try to protect residents from extreme heat, said Ladd Keith, an associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona. Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento, Calif. July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚FCitrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Aden-Arcade Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT Florin 2 miles Citrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT Citrus Heights North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Florin AIRPORT Citrus Heights AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT AIRPORT Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sources: U.S.G.S. In Portland, Ore., tree-filled areas like Forest Park, on the city’s west side, provided oases of cool last week.

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☆ This man built a plane for his family in his garden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Amateur buildEngineer Ashok Aliseril spent 18 months building a four-seater plane during the pandemic, helped by his daughter. Aliseril briefly considered buying an older aircraft, and looked at some that had been built in the 1960s and 1970s. After researching self-assembly aircraft kits, he came across a four-seater plane manufactured by South African company Sling Aircraft that ticked all the right boxes. “I would say generally, anyone can get involved in these sorts of builds.”Lockdown projectHe built a shed in his garden to complete the build. Although he’d initially planned to hire a workshop to construct the aircraft, Aliseril feels that creating a workspace at his home was the better choice.

Persons: Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan, Abhilasha, Aliseril, ” Aliseril, Ashok Aliseril, Ashok, ”, “, you’ve, Tara, he’d, it’s, ‘, Diya, who’ve, he’s, – Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Amateur, South, Sling Aircraft, Sling, Light Aircraft Association, UK Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, CAA Locations: Essex, England, Isle of Wight, mull, Johannesburg, Abhilasha, Cambridge, Skegness, Turweston, Buckinghamshire, Bergerac, France, Norway

☆ Opinion | The Secret of Trump’s Resurrection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

ceased to be a normal political party in 2016 and became a cult of personality, less interested in winning elections than in burnishing the savior-victim myth of its charismatic leader. As a cult, the party could never realistically allow any other Republican to successfully challenge Trump for the nomination. And as a nominee, Trump would only gain strength once the extent of President Biden’s mental decline became obvious. It fails to reckon with the Biden administration’s political blunders. And it reduces the Democrats’ problem to a Biden problem.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Fox, Laura Ingraham, Biden Organizations: Republicans, Republican, Trump

☆ Europe caught between 'a rock and a hard place' in U.S.-China relations, CIO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEurope caught between 'a rock and a hard place' in U.S.-China relations, CIO saysFabiana Fedeli, equities, multi-asset and sustainability CIO for at M&G Investments, discusses potential U.S. and EU tariffs on China and how a Trump presidency might affect investments.

Persons: Fabiana, Trump Organizations: G Investments Locations: U.S, China

☆ The View From Milwaukee: Scenes of a Boisterous G.O.P. Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For a third night, thousands of Republican delegates, donors and party leaders crowded into the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee to celebrate former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign to return to the White House. Though the event began just two days after an assassination attempt against him, the mood was boisterous, with attendees donning makeshift ear bandages in support of him. Mr. Trump’s vice-presidential pick, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, along with Donald Trump, Jr., were slated to headline a night of speeches mostly focused on foreign policy. Here’s what New York Times photographers are seeing on the ground in Milwaukee.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, J.D, Vance of, Donald Trump , Jr Organizations: New York Times Locations: Milwaukee, Vance of Ohio

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☆ Opinion | What Trump Sees in J.D. Vance, His New Apprentice
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Matthew Continetti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vance of Ohio to be his running mate is the latest example of the former president’s willingness to flout political convention. But then Mr. Trump has never been a traditional candidate. The last time Mr. Trump named a running mate, he had more pressing concerns. Mr. Trump selected Mike Pence, who had close ties to evangelical Christian voters and had served 12 years in Congress, to allay their fears. The idea was that he could help Mr. Trump deal with insiders and power brokers.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, J.D, Vance of, Vance doesn’t, Trump, Vance, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, Pence Organizations: Republicans, Christian Locations: Washington, Vance of Ohio, —, Midwestern

☆ Inside the Money Race for the 2025 New York City Mayoral Primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In a luxury apartment in Trump World Tower in Manhattan near the United Nations, a group of two dozen or so lawyers and civic leaders gathered this spring at the home of Mitchell Draizin, a financier and prominent Democratic donor. The group, he said, was searching for a candidate to defeat Mayor Eric Adams, “somebody to manage and have the city progress.” And for that evening, Scott Stringer, the city’s former comptroller, had their ear. “He’s obviously not the most charismatic person. Perhaps Adams is charismatic, but look where it got us,” Mr. Draizin said in an interview. “Look at the M.T.A., look at the garbage, look at the shoplifting and the migrant crisis.”Similar scenes are playing out across the city, with Democratic supporters being courted by Mr. Adams, Mr. Stringer and others interested in running in next June’s mayoral primary.

Persons: Mitchell Draizin, Eric Adams, “, Scott Stringer, “ He’s, Adams, ” Mr, Draizin, Stringer Organizations: United Nations, Democratic Locations: Trump, Manhattan

☆ Who Is Usha Vance, the Wife of J.D. Vance?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

If you were to build a member of the American elite from scratch, she might look something like Usha Vance. The wife of Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, Donald J. Trump’s newly announced running mate, certainly has the credentials. A corporate litigator at a prestigious San Francisco law firm, Ms. Vance has clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was an appeals court judge, and earned degrees from Yale and Cambridge. It’s a conspicuous résumé for a woman whose husband gave a speech in 2021 titled “The Universities are the Enemy,” and rarely missed a chance to bash the establishment as he campaigned for the Senate in 2022, as The New York Times previously reported.

Persons: Usha Vance, J.D, Vance of Ohio, Donald J, Trump’s, Vance, John G, Roberts Jr, Brett Kavanaugh, It’s Organizations: Supreme, Yale, Cambridge, Senate, New York Times Locations: San Francisco

As the Republican convention opens on Monday, Democrats find themselves in a state of suspended animation and dread that the election could be tilting further away from President Biden. While there have been no new public calls from congressional Democrats for Mr. Biden to drop out since the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday, many in the party maintain grave concerns about the president’s ability to win. The last three weeks have been a cascade of fast-moving and damaging events for Mr. Biden. The shooting on Saturday complicated what Mr. Biden’s campaign believes is one of its most potent campaign messages: that Mr. Trump poses an immediate and active threat to American democracy. Mr. Trump’s in-the-moment response — the raised fist and bloodied face that instantly became a defining image — sent Democrats into yet another tailspin.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s, Trump’s, — Organizations: Republican, Mr, Sunday, Democratic

☆ Trading Free-Market Ideals for Protectionism, G.O.P. Goes Full Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | Ana Swanson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump’s presidency was a major turn away from the Republican Party’s long embrace of free-market economics. If the Republican platform is any indication, a second Trump term would be a near-complete abandonment. The platform does not directly mention fiscal deficits, and, apart from curbing government spending, it does not make any clear and detailed promises to rein in the nation’s borrowing. Other policies it proposes — including cutting taxes and expanding the military — would most likely swell the nation’s debt. The Republican platform also does not mention exports or encouraging trade.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s Organizations: Republican, Trump, Republican National Convention Locations: Milwaukee

☆ Live Election Updates: G.O.P. Convention to Open as F.B.I. Hunts for Would-Be Assassin’s Motive
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

There is no place in America for this kind of violence — for any violence ever, period. “I’m sincerely grateful that he’s doing well and recovering,” Mr. Biden said. And the White House said that Mr. Biden would keep his campaign events in Las Vegas. Mr. Biden will speak at an NAACP conference on Tuesday and a UnidosUS conference on Wednesday, even as Mr. Trump and his party hold the Republican convention in Milwaukee. In both sets of remarks on Sunday, Mr. Biden made a plea that — if recent history is any guide — seemed unlikely to be heeded by activists on either side of the nation’s increasingly bitter divide.

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☆ Opinion | A Tax Break for Waiters Won’t Convince Working People to Vote for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Lauren Hough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When you’re paid in tips, you’re never really sure if you’ll make rent. At a rally last month in Nevada, Donald Trump announced that, if elected, he would exempt tips from federal taxes. 6 is “Large tax cuts for workers, and no tax on tips!” Republicans in Congress are already working on a bill designed to do just that. Last week, they introduced “Tax Free Tips Act of 2024,” which would end federal income and employment taxes on tips. The other half, which earns less than 32,000, already don’t pay federal taxes on their income.

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While President Biden enjoys strong support from Black voters, Donald Trump has chipped away at that crucial Democratic base: He won 12 percent of Black voters in the 2020 election and did especially well with Black men, winning 19 percent. Some pollsters think Mr. Trump may do even better in November. This focus group was held last week, before the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump. But they also said that some of their friends and relatives sharply disagreed with them about Mr. Trump. For these men, Mr. Trump is not just the more appealing choice but also the sole realistic option, given “how off track the president is mentally,” as one participant said.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Rashad, Mr Organizations: Black, Democratic, Democratic Party Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Trump classified documents case dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon over special counsel appointment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The bombshell ruling by Judge Aileen Cannon in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida — who was appointed to that position by Trump — ruling comes two days after a would-be assassin narrowly missed killing Trump during a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania. A federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two co-defendants, ruling that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as prosecutor for the case violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling is just the latest in a series of controversial rulings and decisions by Cannon that have been seen as favoring Trump. Trump still faces three other pending criminal prosecutions, all of which he had referenced in his Truth Social post. It is not clear yet how that ruling will affect the election case against him.

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☆ World leaders condemn assassination attempt on Trump: 'Tragedy for democracy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

World leaders have joined together to condemn the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend. Trump was hit in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "sickened by the shooting" and sent his thoughts to Trump and his fellow Americans. European leaders from G-20 countries such as Germany, France, Italy, extended their concern and best wishes to Trump. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated the same, and said the campaign event in Pennsylvania was "concerning and confronting."

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☆ In J.D. Vance, Donald Trump Selects an Inheritor
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nearly nine years, Donald J. Trump has been the singular face of Republican politics and the undisputed leader of the Make America Great Again movement. Vance as Mr. Trump’s running mate, a politician nearly 40 years his junior, immediately vaults the first-term senator to the forefront of a G.O.P. If elected in November, Mr. Trump, 78, can serve only a single term — the 22nd Amendment states that no person shall be elected president more than twice — a rarity for a candidate naming a potential vice president. Mr. Vance, 39, is the first millennial to make a major presidential ticket, a Marine veteran and a politician who has thoroughly remade himself as a full-throated MAGA enthusiast. In recent months, it was Mr. Vance’s aggressive defense of Trumpism and Mr. Trump, even on mainstream news outlets, that helped him stand out for the former president as a worthy inheritor.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Vance, Trump’s, MAGA Organizations: Mr, Republican Party, Marine Locations: Trumpism

☆ America’s Gerontocracy Problem Goes Beyond the President - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Samuel Moyn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Whether or not Joe Biden persists in his run for president, America’s gerontocratic crisis will keep on worsening. Gerontocracy transcends government as a full-scale social phenomenon, in which older people accumulate power of different kinds, and then retain it. This form of power is both old and new. The term “gerontocracy” was popularized a century ago by the Scottish anthropologist J.G. Frazer to refer to a very early form of government, in which power reposed in councils of elders.

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