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Politicians Love to Talk—Just Not About Their Health
  + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Annie Linskey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze while speaking to the media Wednesday in Covington, Ky. In July, the Senate minority leader froze for about 20 seconds during a news conference in Washington. Photo: WCPO/ReutersWASHINGTON—When then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid injured himself with exercise equipment in 2015 at age 75, his office issued a sunny statement assuring that he was ready to get back to work. Years later, he confessed that the accident was far worse than he let on and ended his political career.
Persons: Sen, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid Organizations: Democratic Locations: Covington , Ky, Washington, WASHINGTON
Politicians Love to Talk—Just Not About Their Health.
  + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Annie Linskey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze while speaking to the media Wednesday in Covington, Ky. In July, the Senate minority leader froze for about 20 seconds during a news conference in Washington. Photo: WCPO/ReutersWASHINGTON—When then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid injured himself with exercise equipment in 2015 at age 75, his office issued a sunny statement assuring that he was ready to get back to work. Years later, he confessed that the accident was far worse than he let on and ended his political career.
Persons: Sen, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid Organizations: Democratic Locations: Covington , Ky, Washington, WASHINGTON
Politicians Love to Talk. Just Not About Their Health
  + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Annie Linskey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze while speaking to the media Wednesday in Covington, Ky. In July, the Senate minority leader froze for about 20 seconds during a news conference in Washington. Photo: WCPO/ReutersWASHINGTON—When then-Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid injured himself with exercise equipment in 2015 at age 75, his office issued a sunny statement assuring that he was ready to get back to work. Years later, he confessed that the accident was far worse than he let on and ended his political career.
Persons: Sen, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid Organizations: Democratic Locations: Covington , Ky, Washington, WASHINGTON
On Wednesday, McConnell was speaking to reporters in Kentucky when he froze for more than 30 seconds. McConnell had been sidelined from Congress earlier this year, after he tripped in March and was hospitalized for a concussion and a minor rib fracture. "I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was absent from the Senate for months earlier this year, after she suffered complications from shingles. "He was his old self on the telephone," said Biden, who served with McConnell in the Senate.
Persons: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Congress's, Brian Monahan, Dianne Feinstein, Joe Biden, Biden, Biden's, Donald Trump, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Senate Republican, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, ABC, U.S . Capitol, Senate, Lawmakers, Democratic U.S, Democrats, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Covington , Kentucky, U.S, WASHINGTON, Kentucky, Washington, United States
watch nowSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is "medically clear" to continue working, the attending physician for the U.S. Congress said one day after the Kentucky Republican froze during a press conference for the second time this summer. The doctor was referencing a concussion that McConnell, 81, had suffered in March after a fall at a political fundraiser. Monahan said he has "consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team," and gave him the all-clear after "evaluating yesterday's incident." That incident came at the start of a Wednesday afternoon press conference in Covington, Kentucky, when McConnell abruptly stopped speaking and stared straight ahead for about 30 seconds. He appeared to fail to respond when an aide approached him to ask if he had heard a reporter's question.
Persons: Mitch McConnell, Dr, Brian Monahan, McConnell, Monahan Organizations: U.S . Congress, Kentucky Republican Locations: Covington , Kentucky
To the visitor driving in from out of state, the 127 Yard Sale seems like a kind of Ironman for thrifters. The “world’s longest yard sale” is a test of endurance and attention. Spanning six states, 690 miles and thousands of stalls, it traverses dramatic landscapes, delicate cultural terrain and two time zones. The 127 Yard Sale is fluid, kinetic, alive. Driving down 127, I started to see “yard sale” signs long before reaching its northernmost point in Addison, Mich. We asked some guys at a gas station where they thought it started.
Persons: Mike Walker Organizations: thrifters Locations: Jamestown, Tenn, Covington, Ky, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Michigan, Addison, Mich
After Wednesday’s spell, a spokesman said Mr. McConnell planned to be examined by a doctor before continuing on to his next event, but no update was provided about a diagnosis. But the second public episode, which took place on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., increased the pressure on Mr. McConnell to offer some explanation of what was going on. It also prompted at least one call from the Republican establishment outside Congress for Mr. McConnell to give up his leadership post. Mr. McConnell’s latest medical incident came at the tail end of Congress’s long summer recess, a time when senators are traveling all over the world on official trips. Mr. McConnell spoke with members of his leadership team on Wednesday after the incident, and connected on the phone with President Biden on Thursday.
Persons: McConnell, , , Biden, Jim Banks Organizations: Capitol, Major League Baseball, Republican, Mr, Review, Republicans, Kentucky, Senate Locations: Covington , Ky, Indiana
Washington CNN —Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the US Capitol physician said Thursday, after he froze for the second time in as many months in public. “I have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team. Even if they have a meeting, there’s no mechanism to force a vote on the party’s leadership. “The leader sounded like his usual self and was in good spirits,” said Ryan Wrasse, a spokesman for Senate GOP Whip John Thune, who spoke to the GOP leader. “Obviously his first responsibility is to the voters of Kentucky,” GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told CNN in July.
Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, , Dr, Brian Monahan, , Monahan, , hasn’t, McConnell’s, Sen, John Barrasso, Jim Banks, McConnell didn’t, Banks, Joe Biden, neurosurgeons, ” Biden, Ryan Wrasse, John Thune, Kelley Moore, Shelley Moore Capito, “ Sen, Capito, ” Capito’s, GOP Sen, Kevin Cramer of North, ” Cramer, John Cornyn, Cornyn Organizations: Washington CNN, GOP, Capitol, CNN, Republican, West Virginia Republican, Senate, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota Locations: Covington , Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky,
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longtime Republican leader who suffered a serious head injury in a fall earlier this year, experienced another alarming freeze-up at a news conference on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., the second such episode caught on camera in recent weeks. Mr. McConnell, 81, was taking questions from reporters after an event hosted by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce when he was asked for his thoughts on running for re-election in 2026. Mr. McConnell, who appeared thinner and frailer than he has in recent months, began to answer the question with a slight chuckle when he abruptly stopped speaking, standing motionless behind a lectern with his mouth pursed and his eyes wide. When an aide approached to ask if he had heard the question, he mumbled “yes,” but he seemed unable to continue speaking or to move. It was the second such incident in two months, and the scene intensified questions about Mr. McConnell’s future in the Senate.
Persons: Mitch McConnell of, McConnell, McConnell’s Organizations: Republican, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Mr Locations: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Covington , Ky
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday appeared briefly unable to respond to reporters' questions at a press event, marking the second time in weeks that the Republican leader has abruptly stopped speaking and required help from people around him. McConnell, 81, initially seemed to struggle to hear when asked at an event in Covington, Kentucky, about his views on running for reelection. But the senator then froze at the lectern and did not speak for about 30 seconds. McConnell then appeared to signal he was ready to receive another question. He was asked about Kentucky's Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron, who is running for governor.
Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Daniel Cameron Organizations: Wednesday, Republican Locations: Ky, Covington , Kentucky
CNN —Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky. “I’m sorry you all, we’re gonna need a minute,” the aide told reporters. Speaking to reporters after the incident, McConnell insisted he was “fine.”McConnell and his top deputy, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, spoke this afternoon after Wednesday’s incident. President Joe Biden also told reporters Wednesday afternoon that he plans to try to “get in touch” with McConnell. I don’t know enough to know,” Biden told reporters following remarks on the federal response to Hurricane Idalia and the wildfires in Maui.
Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, , ” McConnell, , Kentucky Republican “, John Thune, Ryan Wrasse, Joe Biden, “ Mitch, ” Biden, Hurricane Idalia Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Republican, Kentucky Republican, prudential Locations: Covington , Kentucky, Washington, Kentucky, Maui
The incident raised fresh questions among Republican and Democratic members of Congress about some of their aging colleagues. After being approached by a second person, McConnell resumed speaking but needed reporters' questions repeated to him and only answered two more questions. A McConnell aide said the senator would be consulting with a physician prior to his next public event. McConnell froze on Wednesday after being asked whether he intended to run again in 2026, when his six-year term is up. McConnell has served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and as Senate minority leader since then.
Persons: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Daniel Cameron, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Ramsay Hunt, Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dean Phillips, Feinstein, Kanishka Singh, Makini Brice, Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Senate Republican, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, NBC News, Republican, Democratic, Capitol, Senate, Democratic U.S, Reuters, Congress, Thomson Locations: Covington , Kentucky, U.S, Covington, Washington
US antitrust regulator names Henry Liu to head competition unit
  + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Federal Trade Commission seal is seen at a news conference in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday that Henry Liu, a partner at law firm Covington Burling, would be the new director of the commission's Bureau of Competition. "I'm excited to have Henry at the helm of the Bureau of Competition," Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. At Covington & Burling, where he worked for 14 years, Liu rose to be a partner in litigation and antitrust practices, according to the statement. Liu went to Yale Law School, graduating in 2007, according to his LinkedIn page.
Persons: Yuri Gripas, Henry Liu, Covington, Liu, Henry, Lina Khan, R, Guy Cole Jr, Bill Clinton, Diane Bartz, Ismail Shakil, Rami Ayyub, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, REUTERS, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Competition, Meta's Facebook, Amazon.com, FTC, Big Tech, Justice Department, Albertsons, Covington &, Yale Law School, U.S ., Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, commission's, Covington, Covington & Burling, Washington, Ottawa
“It’s definitely a [mining] renaissance,” said Rebecca Campbell, global mining and metals lead at law firm White & Case. “We’re trying to foster a permitting landscape that is both efficient and responsible.”In Europe, the mining renaissance comes after years of nearly no new mining activity on the continent. Left: A layer of spodumene within the host rock that Savannah Resources intends to mine. Savannah Resources, which has set up two offices in the municipality, has said it would strictly avoid that and instead build reservoirs to store rain water. That view is echoed by Savannah Resources.
Persons: COVAS, Portugal —, Barroso, BEL, mina ”, , Nelson Gomes, Covas, Alex Gorman, , Nelson, YUSUF KHAN, “ It’s, Rebecca Campbell, ” “, Jayni Hein, Hein, “ We’re, Peel Hunt’s Gorman, Dale Ferguson, Gomes, Jessica Polfjärd, Polfjärd, Ana Fontoura Gouveia, Fontoura, ” Fontoura, Yusuf Khan Organizations: COVAS DO BARROSO, Associação, Peel, Vulcan Energy Resources, Adriatic Metals, White, Covington, Burling, Environmental, Council, Savannah Resources, Sustainable Business, Sweden’s Moderate Party, Serra Locations: Portugal, Porto, Boticas, Covas, It’s, Europe, Germany, Sweden, Bosnia, Finland, Greece, U.S, Savannah, London, spodumene, Serbia, China, yusuf.khan
She applied to a work program in Montana and moved to a place where she knew nobody. It's one of the reasons why I decided to take the biggest risk I've ever taken in my life and move to Montana. My journey to Montana started earlier this year when I decided I was going to get a steady job. @namiimanx I’m moving to Montana tomorrow…nervous and excited for the new chapter and change I prayed for ♬ original sound - Nami ImanI got the job. I've gotten comments from random people telling me, "I don't know you but I'm so fucking happy for you.
Persons: Nami Iman, Iman, — I've, Emily, , I've, I'm, Abbott, It's, Montana Organizations: Service, Metro Atlanta Locations: Georgia, Montana, Wall, Silicon, Metro, Covington , Georgia, Yellowstone
For his part, Trump has continued to stress his innocence. Chris Christie is sharpening his lines of attack against other candidates besides Trump. All hawkeyes on the GOP candidates: Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is sitting down with a handful of Republican presidential candidates for interviews at the Iowa State Fair next month. Abortion in the courtroom: Iowa’s Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal of a lower court order that blocked a six-week abortion ban GOP Gov.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Marcus Cleaver, Jake Traylor, , ” Cleaver, Traylor, we’re, Jack Smith, General Merrick Garland, , “ Rather, … Christie, Egwuonwu, Emma Barnett, Chris Christie, Kim Reynolds, Reynolds, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, ’ Jillian Frankel, Alex Tabet, Pence, Mike Pence’s, Sarah Dean Organizations: NBC, New, New Jersey Gov, Trump ., hawkeyes, GOP, Iowa Republican Gov, Iowa State Fair, Fox News, Miami Mayor Locations: New Orleans, Covington, La, America, New Jersey, Iowa
A spokesperson for Covington said the firm will "review the decision carefully and consider any next steps in consultation with our affected clients." Any final outcome could make it easier for the government to get information on law firm clients in the future, and law firms warn it could chill cooperation between the private sector and authorities investigating cyberattacks. The SEC had sought the names of all the nearly 300 companies affected, but Covington resisted identifying any clients. The agency said it needed the names to probe for securities law violations associated with the attack, arguing that Covington’s law firm status did not shield it from cooperating. Covington told the court a law firm’s clients are part of a “zone of privacy” protected by the U.S. Constitution and legal ethics rules.
Persons: Burling, Judge Amit Mehta, Covington, cyberattacks, Mehta, Andrew Goudsward, David Bario, Susan Heavey Organizations: Covington, Burling, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S, SEC, Circuit U.S, of, Thomson Locations: Covington, Washington
Now, it's expanding to small towns and hurting chains like Chick-fil-A, according to Placer.ai. Popular steak house chain Texas Roadhouse, which is 1.6 miles from the new Chipotle, saw year-over-year traffic slide by 5.27% in April and by 3.92% in May 2023. A Chick-fil-A less than a mile from Chipotle, saw foot traffic decrease four out of five weeks in May, Placer.ai reports. "I don't see how Chipotle's brand can transfer to small towns." Chipotle isn't betting all of its growth on small towns.
Persons: Chipotle, Placer.ai, Jack Hartung, Tim Powell, Zers, Powell Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Placer.ai, Texas, X Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chipotle, America, Texas, San Angelo , Texas, The Texas, McDonald's, Covington , Louisiana, Camden , Delaware, Washington, Canada, France, Germany
US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2023. Chinese intelligence hacked into Microsoft email accounts belonging to two dozen government agencies, including the State Department, in the United States and Western Europe in a "significant" breach, according to Microsoft and U.S. national security officials. "The Senate Intelligence Committee is closely monitoring what appears to be a significant cybersecurity breach by Chinese intelligence," Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, and chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence said Wednesday. The compromise was "mitigated" by Microsoft cybersecurity teams after it was first reported to the company in mid-June 2023, Microsoft said in a pair of blog posts about the incidents. It's also a timely example of the kind of threat that U.S. national security officials have been warning about for months and years.
Persons: Strategic Communications John Kirby, James, Brady, Sen, Mark Warner, Mandiant, Charles Carmakal, Adam Hodge, Covington Organizations: National Security, Strategic Communications, White, Microsoft, State Department, Senate Intelligence, Intelligence, U.S, Warner, of State, CNBC, National Security Council, FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, Security, Wall Street Locations: Washington ,, United States, Western Europe, China, Burling, Guam, It's, U.S
NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo (WFC.N) promoted Dawson Her Many Horses, head of Native American Banking, to managing director, one of the first enrolled tribal members to reach that rank at a major U.S. bank, the lender said on Monday. Her Many Horses was appointed head of Native American Banking in the commercial banking division in 2021. He joined Wells Fargo in 2018. Wells Fargo has banking relationships with one out of three federally recognized tribes in the U.S. with about $3.4 billion in credit commitments and $4.1 billion in deposits. Reporting by Nupur Anand in New York; Editing by Lananh Nguyen and Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Wells, Dawson, Wells Fargo, Nupur Anand, Lananh Nguyen, Richard Chang Organizations: YORK, American Banking, Covington, Burling, New York Times, Thomson Locations: U.S, Wells Fargo, New York
NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Family-owned food giant Mars Inc on Wednesday agreed to buy Kevin's Natural Foods, which is known for its sous-vide meals, sauces, and side dishes, the companies said. McLean, Virginia-based Mars, which generates about $48 billion in annual sales, has three major businesses - Mars Petcare, Mars Snacking, and Mars Food & Nutrition. After the deal is completed, Kevin's will operate as a standalone brand under the food and nutrition unit. Mars plans to grow its food business through more potential acquisitions in the near term, said Shaid Shah, global president at Mars Food & Nutrition. McCray launched Kevin's after he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, as he wanted to build a food brand that focused on healthy diets.
Persons: Kevin's, Mars, Canin, Shaid Shah, Shah, Dan Costa, Kelsie Costa, Olson, Kevin McCray, McCray, Simpson Thacher, ArentFox Schiff, Sheppard Mullin, Anirban Sen, Abigail Summerville, Jamie Freed Organizations: YORK, Mars Inc, Mars Food, Nutrition, Mars, Heska Corp, Towerbrook Capital Partners, NewRoad Capital Partners, Unilever, Flagstone Foods, Campbell Soup, Citi, Burling, Wells, Wells Fargo Securities, Thomson Locations: McLean , Virginia, Modesto , California, North America, Bartlett, Covington, Wells Fargo, New York
It may have helped Google to make a decision that many other East Coast employers did not that California-based companies have more experience with hazardous air quality issues. But one thing is certain: companies and workers should expect these wildfire-related air quality issues to return. The decisions companies make on these matters have significant legal and employee satisfaction ramifications, especially given the potential for future air quality issues. Air quality is becoming a broad employee health issue Between Covid, wildfires, radon and other environmental issues, there's been an increased awareness among employers and commercial real estate firms of the importance of air quality. Broadly speaking, companies need to be asking whether the systems they have in place are "adequate to ensure protection and safe air during very bad air quality events," he said.
Persons: David Dee Delgado, didn't, Eric Adams, Sedina Banks, Greenberg, Charles Simikian, Sara H, Dickinson Wright, it's, there's, Thomas Brugato, Nathan J, Oleson, Akin Gump, James Carbone Organizations: Summit, Vanderbilt, Getty, Google, New York, Safety, Health Administration, HR Partners, OSHA, Burling, Newsday Locations: Canada, New York, California, Asia, York, East, Maryland, Los Angeles, Washington, Covington, Islandia , New York
As a budding writer with a knack for shrewd description, Nate spends the length of Paul Rudnick’s life-filled rom-com trying to find ways to describe that man, Farrell Covington: He is a “blinding sun god,” a “blank check,” an “unhinged cipher” and more. In so doing, Nate also reaches for a new way of seeing himself and what he believes to be possible for two men in love. To Nate’s surprise, Farrell returns his gaze with an even stronger intensity. It supersedes the look of a crush — it’s an appraisal, a reverie. And of the pair, Farrell is the one with an eye for beauty.
Persons: FARRELL COVINGTON, Paul Rudnick Nate Reminger, Nate, Paul Rudnick’s, Farrell Covington, Farrell, aesthete Organizations: Yale University Locations: New Jersey
May 10 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve its dispute with law firm Covington & Burling over the agency's demand for the names of 300 clients affected by a cyberattack on the firm. The SEC sued Covington in January to force the prominent Washington-based firm to identify public company clients whose information was accessed or stolen in the breach. Mehta told an SEC lawyer that the subpoena puts Covington in the “very awkward position” of having to identify its clients to an enforcement agency without evidence of wrongdoing. “We’re not targeting any particular party,” SEC lawyer Eugene Hansen responded. A lawyer for Covington, Theodore Boutrous, said the SEC has made Covington a “test case” for new authority to scrutinize public companies through demands on their law firms following a hack.
NBA roundup: Nuggets belt Bucks in matchup of titans
  + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Antetokounmpo was aggressive from the start, with 13 points in the first quarter and 24 at halftime. But the Bucks went 4:10 without a point in the fourth period as the Nuggets built a 20-point lead. Booker led six Suns scoring at least 13 points. Biyombo also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Tyrese Haliburton added 19 points and 13 assists.
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