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☆ Are immigrants taking jobs from 'native' U.S. workers? Here's what economists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Immigrants expected to boost the economyThere are several reasons why immigrants largely benefit the economy and job market, economists said. Immigrants take jobs but they also create new ones by spending in local economies and by starting businesses, economists said. One 2020 research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found immigrants are 80% more likely to become entrepreneurs than native workers. To the extent there's job competition from new immigrants, it tends to fall mostly on prior immigrants rather than native U.S. workers, according to the National Academies paper. "Sudden surges of immigration obviously affect the ability of native workers to find and take jobs on a given afternoon," Clemens said.

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☆ The next chapter in record U.S. book bans? ‘Soft censorship’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jillian Eugenios | Jillian Eugenios Is A Senior Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In observance of Banned Books Week, which started Sunday and runs through Saturday, two new reports were released. Yasmin said she began writing the book in 2019 after thinking about how abortion bans affect teenagers. “So what we’re seeing is this censorship happening before the book is banned because of the draconian ecosystem that we’re living in,” she said. Dr. Seema Yasmin signing copies of her new book, “Unbecoming,” a young-adult novel published by Simon & Schuster. Its release during Banned Books Week was a coincidence, though Johnson acknowledges the book will likely be banned at some point.

Persons: David Shelley, Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, ”, Shelley, Aidan Chambers ’, ” Shelley, Hachette Shelley, “, you’re, George M, Johnson, ” Dr, Seema Yasmin, Seema Yasmin's, ’, ” Yasmin, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Yasmin, Katie Rinderle, Rinderle, can’t, Toni Morrison, ” Johnson, Leah Johnson, Reece T, Williams Leah Johnson, John Green, Judy Blume’s “, they’re, Leah Johnson’s Organizations: Hachette, U.S, PEN America, American Library Association, PEN, ALA, Alamy, Workman Publishing, American Civil Liberties Union, Simon &, ACLU Teachers, Associated Press, NBC News, Harlem Renaissance, Escambia County School District, Loudmouth Locations: Margaret, London, New York City, U.S, Thatcher’s Britain, Florida and Iowa, Dallas County, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Utah, county’s, PEN America, Oklahoma, Indianapolis, Indiana

We’ve had challenges getting the prime minister across the line. “We stay up nights trying to figure out a way to get across the line on this ceasefire and hostage deal. And we have spoken out directly about our concern when we’ve seen the prime minister not take steps that we think are necessary to get to that deal,” he said. Vice President Kamala Harris has frequently cited the importance of reaching a ceasefire and hostage deal but hasn’t detailed any new approach in reaching an agreement. “Ultimately the thing that is going to unlock everything else in that region is getting this deal done,” she said last week.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, State James Baker, George Mitchell’s, “, ”, Bill Burns, Antony Blinken, Brett McGurk –, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, We’ve, we’re, Jake Sullivan, we’ve, Sinwar, they’re, it’ll, Kamala Harris, “ I’m, I’ve, Yahya Sinwar Organizations: CNN, Hamas, State, United Nations, State Department, CIA, MSNBC, UN Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, East, Northern Ireland, New York, Israel, United States, American, Saudi Arabia

Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The ALA attributed the decline in book challenges in the first eight months of 2024, in part, to the work of anti-censorship activists and “success in courts” against laws that restrict book access. “But, you know, the First Amendment protects the rights of minors as well.”While the ALA’s report shows signs of book challenges abating, objections to certain titles still persist. Like the ALA, PEN said a large portion of the books targeted have racial or LGBTQ themes. It is supported by the ALA, PEN, the Authors Guild, the National Book Foundation and more than a dozen other organizations.

Persons: “, ” Deborah Caldwell, Stone, ” Caldwell, Toni Morrison’s “, Maia Kobabe’s, George M, shouldn’t, abating, Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, ”, Kasey Meehan Organizations: American Library Association, PEN, Intellectual, Labor, ALA, “, NBC, New College of Florida, Utah State Board of Education, Read, Book Foundation Locations: PEN America, Florida and Iowa, United States, Nassau County , Florida, Utah, Florida

☆ Judges keep failing to disclose their trips and gifts. Don't expect it to stop anytime soon.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Federal judges are gods, and they can get away with anything," Rahmani said. More than 30 conservative federal justices, members of Scalia's family, and several fellow members of the conservative Federalist Society also attended, ProPublica reported. Earlier this summer, President Joe Biden called on Congress to implement term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for Supreme Court justices. AdvertisementThe nine Supreme Court justices did agree to a code of conduct last year, modeling their new guidelines after the rules that govern federal judges. California Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a bill earlier this year that would expand penalties for federal judges who violate ethics rules.

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☆ The history of the US Secret Service
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The agency was commissioned within the Treasury Department, and the Secret Service was entirely focused on counterfeit money, a major problem of the day. Threatening presidents was not made a crime until 1917, the same year Congress approved Secret Service protection for the immediate family of a president. The Secret Service remained a part of the Treasury Department until 2003, when a massive government reorganization after the 9/11 terror attacks moved the Secret Service to the Department of Homeland Security. But the Secret Service is still tasked with fighting financial crimes. The entire Secret Service employs nearly 8,000 people for its protective and investigative missions, and it secures thousands of events each year.

Persons: Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton, Lincoln, Erik Larson, Pinkerton, Union Gen, George McClellan, McClellan, Lafayette Baker, John Frederick Parker, Parker, John Wilkes Booth, Baker, Booth, Grover Cleveland, — James Garfield, William McKinley, Leon Czolgosz, Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Robert F, Kennedy, Trump’s reemergence, Trump, CNN’s Stephen Collinson, Kamala Harris, walling, Ryan Wesley Routh, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Kimberly Cheatle Organizations: CNN, Union, of Congress, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, Ford’s Theatre, United States Secret Service, Service, Treasury Department, Congress, White, California Democratic, Department of Homeland Security, Trump, Republican, Secret Service, Republican Gov Locations: Baltimore, Lincoln, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, New York City, Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida, Alexandria, Virginia

☆ During ‘China Week,’ House GOP revived surveillance program. Asian Americans are slamming it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Asian American groups are sounding the alarm after the House this week passed a bill seeking to revive the highly controversial, Trump-era surveillance program the China Initiative. “Originally a Trump-era initiative sold as a national security measure, the China Initiative instead turned out to be a witch hunt,” leaders from civil rights groups Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Stop AAPI Hate, and the Asian American Scholar Forum said in a joint statement. The groups added that the initiative devastated families and impeded the United States’ ability to retain and attract academic talent. Asian American advocacy groups have long been warning of the security program’s “chilling” effects. He said that he “concluded that this initiative is not the right approach.”For more from NBC Asian America, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Persons: Lance Gooden, ”, Mike Johnson, Jeff Sessions, Gang Chen, Chen, ” Chen, “, Anming Hu, University of Tennessee —, China Initiative —, ” Hu, Biden, Matthew Olsen Organizations: China Initiative, Lawmakers, Trump, Justice, American, Forum, NBC News, Chinese Communist Party, ”, MIT, U.S . Capitol, Nanotechnology, University of Tennessee, White, of Justice, George Mason University, National Security Division, DOJ, NBC Asian Locations: China, U.S, States, Texas, NBC Asian America

A person was shot and and suffered a life-threatening injury Thursday after tackling a pro-Israel demonstrator in Newton, Massachusetts, the district attorney said. A member of the demonstrating group, a 47-year-old man from Framingham, then shot that person, she said. Asked at a news conference if the person shot was anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, Ryan said, "I think it’s too soon to get into that." The person who was shot, who has not been identified by authorities, sustained injuries that are life-threatening and was at a hospital Thursday night, Ryan said. At one point the person who was shot went into the street toward the demonstrators and then returned back to the other side, before crossing the street and tackling the demonstrator, she said.

Persons: Marian Ryan, Ryan, George McMains, McMains, Ruthanne Fuller, Newton, Fuller, It's Organizations: Israel, Newton Police Locations: Israel, Newton , Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Framingham, Gaza, Boston

☆ Trump likely wouldn’t need Congress to approve his most controversial trade policy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —It’s easy to dismiss many presidential candidates’ campaign promises as empty, because Congress would need to approve them. Alex Durante, an economist at the Tax Foundation, a right-leaning think tank, told CNN that 100% tariffs would threaten the economy. It’s possible he is floating 100% tariffs as just a threat designed to change the behavior of other countries. ‘No question it’s inflationary’The Trump campaign did not provide an explanation to CNN about how Trump would implement 100% tariffs nor what the trigger would be. He said Trump’s tariff plan, if enacted, would risk setting off a market panic like former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss did in 2022.

Persons: New York CNN —, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Trump, “, you’re, ” Maury Obstfeld, Obstfeld, ” Obstfeld, Christine McDaniel, George W, Bush, ”, McDaniel, George Mason University’s, Alex Durante, ” Durante, Brian Hughes, ” Hughes, ‘, Harris, Kamala Harris, ” Kent Smetters, Smetters, Wharton “, it’s, ” Wharton, Liz, Joe Brusuelas, ” “ I’m, Joe Biden, Biden, Brusuelas, Liz Truss, Matt Priest, Trump’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Peterson Institute for International Economics, CNN, International Monetary Fund, Trump, United States Trade Representative, Commerce Department, Tax Foundation, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Penn Wharton Budget, Wharton, ABC, RSM, Democratic, Footwear Distributors, Retailers of America Locations: New York, Wisconsin, United States, China, Russia, “, American

☆ Heavy metals found in tampons prompt FDA investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy metals such as lead and arsenic found in tampons. The FDA’s action follows the July publication of a small pilot study that found arsenic and lead in organic and nonorganic tampons. The July study discovered only the presence of the metals and “did not test whether metals are released from tampons when used,” the FDA said in a statement Tuesday. “However, there is no reason for people to be afraid to use menstrual products at this time,” Pollack added. That advice also applies to anyone concerned about heavy metals or chemicals in their menstrual products, experts say.

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President Donald Trump and his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 15, 2017. “Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials." Since leaving the Trump administration, Clark has argued that the attorney general should not be independent. Davis told NBC News that he does not expect he would fill the role of acting attorney general but that another Trump ally could. Donald Trump, left, and Attorney General William Barr at the White House on May 22, 2019.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “ Trump, ”, Stephen Gillers, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Sessions, Evan Vucci, ” Trump, “, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Jack Smith, Barack Obama, Liz Cheney, Richard Nixon’s, Robert Mueller, general’s, Jeffrey Clark, Jose Luis Magana, Clark, Russ Vought, —, ” Clark, Mike Davis, Sen, Chuck Grassley, Neil Gorsuch, ” Davis, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Davis, General Merrick Garland’s, Trump’s, Stephen Richer, ” Richer, Ilya Somin, Gene Hamilton, William Barr, Chip Somodevilla, Hamilton, ” Gillers, Zuckerberg Organizations: of Justice, New York University Law School, ”, and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, WIN, Political, Illegal Voters, Democratic National Convention, Republican, Justice Department, White, White House, Democratic, Trump, Conservative Political, DOJ, “, Supreme, Washington , D.C, NBC News, Trump DOJ, Capitol, D.C, FBI, George Mason University, Partisan, America, NYU Locations: Quantico, Va, Oxon Hill, Md, America, Iowa, Washington ,, Albany , Atlanta, New York City, Palm Beach, Phoenix, Fort Pierce , Florida, Lago, Maricopa County , Arizona

☆ NFL team sales are likely to stall as valuations soar
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Abbie Parr | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesThe Seattle Seahawks may be the next National Football League team to sell. The average NFL team is now worth $6.49 billion, and no team is valued at less than $5.25 billion, according to CNBC's Official 2024 NFL Team Valuations. Seven of the last 10 NFL teams to be sold outperform the S&P 500 on a percentage-gained basis since the sale. Each of the last four NFL team sales has set a new record, showcasing the rise in valuations. WATCH: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on new NFL private equity ruleswatch now

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☆ Jessica Fern's 'Polysecure' promised a world beyond monogamy. She didn't say it would be easy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

The psychotherapist's 2020 book, "Polysecure," has become the poly bible for an increasingly queer and fluid generation. As consensual nonmonogamy went mainstream, searches for Fern's "Polysecure" spiked. "I've heard authors joke they get a cup of coffee from their book," Fern said. When Jessica Fern and Dave Cooley opened up their relationship, Cooley was surprised at the "searing anguish" he felt about his wife seeing other men. Fern, Cooley, and Fern's partner bought the property together and settled in, planning to live there long term.

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☆ Summer box office bounced back thanks to 'Inside Out 2,' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Thanks to some anthropomorphic emotions and a bad-mouthed, fourth-wall breaking antihero, the domestic summer box office scraped together $3.6 billion in ticket sales. Box office analysts and cinema owners braced themselves a few months ago for the possibility that the summer movie season could be the worst showing in a decade. But it wasn't until mid-June that the box office got a proper surge of moviegoers. Through Labor Day, the film was the highest-grossing summer movie with $650 million in box office receipts. Box office analysts foresee the summer's momentum carrying over into the fall, ultimately bolstering the overall third-quarter box office results.

Persons: Paul Dergarabedian, it's, Guy, George Miller's, Max, Disney's, Dergarabedian, Romulus, Eric Handler, Roth MKM, Shawn Robbins Organizations: Comscore, Labor, Marvel, Disney, Marvel Studios, Warner Bros, Deadpool, Universal, Fathom, Comcast, CNBC Locations: Kingdom, NBCUniversal

☆ Thousands of homes on $1 land: The new housing crisis solution sweeping the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-31 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

State and local governments often lease or sell land to builders, including affordable housing developers, particularly in areas with high demand for homes. In a rare overlap of goals between the two campaigns, Harris and Trump have both proposed building housing on federal land. Some Republican lawmakers agree that more federal land should be used for homes. The Biden administration has proposed selling hundreds of acres of land in Nevada controlled by the Bureau of Land Management to local governments to build thousands of new homes. But repurposing federal land for new residential communities in Nevada would likely mean more sprawl, which comes with both environmental and economic concerns.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Trump, Matthew Murphy, doesn't, George McCarthy, McCarthy, MidPen, It's, Abby Goldware Potluri, Harris couldn't, Republican Sen, Mike Lee of, He's, Biden, Maurice Page, Page Organizations: Service, Democratic, Republican, Biden, Business, NYU's Furman Center, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's, Geospatial Solutions, Lincoln Institute of Land, Center for Geospatial Solutions, Privately, Center, Trump, of Land Management, US Postal Service, Republican Party, General Services Administration, DC, Bureau, Land Management, Las Vegas, Nevada Housing Coalition Locations: State, Nevada, Utah, Massachusetts, Florida, . Massachusetts, San Mateo County, San Francisco, MidPen, Saudi, Mike Lee of Utah, Fort Lauderdale, Las

The virus is classified into two distinct groups: clade I and clade II. Clade II was responsible for the 2022 outbreak, which has led to around 100,000 cases worldwide. Clade I is more transmissible than clade II and capable of being more severe, so infectious disease experts are concerned about further international spread. How does this version of mpox spread? Historically, mpox lesions have tended to appear on the face, chest, palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.

Persons: ”, Anne Rimoin, that’s, Stuart Isaacs, Isaacs, there’s, Rimoin, Marc Siegel, Amira Albert Roess, “ It’s Organizations: Democratic, Health, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, George Washington School of Medicine, Health Sciences, ”, Department of Health, Human Service, George Mason University Locations: Mpox, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sweden, Africa, Pakistan, Los, Congo, U.S, DRC

☆ Private jet flights are down 15% in two years as Covid-era demand wanes
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-16 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Private jet flights fell 15% in the first half of the year compared with their peak in 2022, as the industry grapples with waning demand and a new competitive landscape for high-end travel. Despite a short boost from the Summer Olympics, with a record 713 private jet flights to Paris the last week of July, the private jet industry continues to lose altitude this travel season. Jet It, a large U.S. private jet operator, shut down last year after grounding its fleet of Phenom 300s, Gulfstream G150s and HondaJets. Private jet passengers who paid six figures for flights started facing delays and cancellations as operators couldn’t buy or lease planes fast enough. “Prices are about 20% higher than they were in 2019,” Private Jet Card Comparisons' Gollan said.

Persons: Washington's, J, David Ake, Robert Frank, Covid, Rob Wiesenthal, George Mattson, VistaJet, Thomas Flohr, Doug Gollan, ”, Jay Duckson, —, ‘, I’m, Gollan, Travis Kuhn, “ It’s, ” Gollan, Berkshire Hathaway, ” Kuhn, “ Organizations: Gulfstream, Washington's Reagan National Airport, Getty, Private, Summer, Argus International, Blade Air Mobility, Delta Air Lines, CNBC, Industry, Central Business Jets, Companies, Jefferies, Argus, Berkshire Locations: Arlington , Virginia, Paris, U.S, Covid, Argus, “

☆ Jury selection to begin for ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Pitaro also taught Robert Telles, the public official accused of killing German, in law school about a decade ago at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Originally from Milwaukee, German was widely respected for reporting about courts, organized crime, government corruption, political scandals and mass shootings, first at the Las Vegas Sun and then at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Telles grew up in El Paso, Texas, and lived in Colorado before moving to Las Vegas. Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles argues in court during a hearing in Las Vegas on October 18, 2023. Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images fileHe has pleaded not guilty to open murder and could face life in prison if convicted.

Persons: Sin City, ” Tom Pitaro, Jeff German, Pitaro, Robert Telles, ” Pitaro, Telles, K.M . Cannon, “ He’s, ”, Robert Draskovich, “, Michelle Leavitt, Leavitt, George McCabe, Katherine Jacobsen, ” Gabe Rottman, ” Rottman Organizations: VEGAS, University of Nevada, Labor, Protect Journalists, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Prosecutors, Police, Clark County, Tribune, Service, Getty, Reporter’s, Freedom, Press, Washington , D.C Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin, Vegas, U.S, New York, Milwaukee, German, Telles, El Paso , Texas, Colorado, Clark, Clark County, Washington ,

☆ Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: ‘It Didn’t Sound Like Joe Biden to Me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +55 min

And they know you’re going to act so they won’t mess with you. Put it in somebody else’s mouth because it was AI mean, it didn’t sound like Joe Biden to me. I think you’re I think you’re underselling this a little bit. And if they don’t, I’m going to keep my promise and send them 100 powdered wigs because they’re just living in a different era. All these other politicians, these career politicians didn’t know how to make a good deal.

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☆ Sean Grayson’s fatal shooting of Sonya Massey highlights risky practice of hiring ‘wandering officers’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

The suspension of former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson’s law enforcement certificate came only after he was fired and charged with murder. Sean Grayson, a deputy with the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, faces multiple charges in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. ‘We can’t have you in our uniform’Grayson worked at six Illinois law enforcement agencies over a four-year period. Then he started working full time with Auburn police, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, and finally the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in May 2023. The union representing Illinois law enforcement officers said it will not challenge Grayson’s termination.

Persons: Sonya Massey, Sean Grayson’s, Grayson, Massey, “, they’ve, ”, Christy Lopez, Obama, Lopez, “ It’s, ” Lopez, Sean Grayson, It’s, CNN Grayson, Daniel Fultz, Jack Campbell, ” “ Grayson, ” Campbell, ” Grayson, Campbell, Brian Grisham, Bryce Dubee, “ Sean P, Kincaid, KSHB, ” Grisham, Grayson “, Logan, admonishing Grayson, “ I’m, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Floyd, Chauvin, Michael Brown, Ferguson, –, it’s, Barack Obama’s, ” Laurie Robinson, ” Decertification, Grisham, “ We’ve, Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Amanda Musa, Andy Rose, Chris Boyette, Brad Parks, Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Army, International Association of Chiefs, Police, Georgetown University, US Justice Department, Illinois, US Army, Department of Defense, Kincaid Police Department, KSHB, International Association of, DOD, Board, Auburn Police Department, Pawnee, Auburn police, Office, Auburn, Sangamon County Sheriff’s, of Police Labor Council, George Floyd Justice, Minneapolis Police, Internal Affairs, Ferguson Police Department, Justice Department, George Mason University, Peace, Yale Law, “ Police Locations: Illinois, Sangamon County, Sangamon, Fort Riley, Kansas, Macoupin, Logan, Logan County, Missouri, Ferguson, St, Louis County, “, California , Massachusetts, Minnesota , Tennessee , New York , New Jersey, Texas

GLD 5Y mountain GLD The SPDR Gold Shares ETF is the world's largest, with BlackRock's iShares Gold Trust and iShares Physical Gold ETC the second and third, respectively. Other top physical gold ETFs include the Borse Commodities GmbH Xetra-Gold and the SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust . Gold mining ETFs Buying gold mining ETFs — which own shares of multiple gold mining companies — is another way to get exposure to gold, and Meyer described those backed by large banks as "relatively safe," in an email to CNBC. "Even though gold equities respond to changes in gold price, the degree of that response has deteriorated over time," he said, adding that the risks and costs of gold extraction can weigh on miners. A selection of gold bars and one-ounce gold coins at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

Persons: Tom Price, Price, Berenberg, Robin Bhar, Amy Arnott, John Meyer, Colin Hamilton, BlackRock's, Meyer, Barrick Gold Panmure Liberum, George Milling, Stanley, they're, Morningstar's Arnott, Bhar, Chris Ratcliffe Organizations: CNBC, Panmure, Bank of America, Citi, UBS, Gold, Morningstar, SP, CNBC Pro, Royal Mint, BMO Capital Markets, Borse Commodities, MiniShares, Gold Miners ETF, Miners, Barrick, Resolute Mining, Hochschild, Caledonia Mining, Barrick Gold Panmure, Endeavour Mining, Endeavour, Pan, Resources, State Street Global Advisors, Gold Investments, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Panmure Liberum, U.S . New York, United States, U.S, Hochschild Mining, Zimbabwe, London, West Africa, Berenberg

☆ How Trump could replace JD Vance if the Ohioan's terrible polling continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While Trump insists he's sticking with Vance, the senator's poor polling combined with Vice President Kamala Harris' momentum has led some to ask: Could Trump replace Vance? The Democratic and Republican National Committees have separate rules governing how they fill vacancies of presidential or vice presidential nominees. Related stories"I think sometimes what people forget is that people start voting in September," Dacey told Business Insider. It would be, he said, "extraordinarily disruptive" both logistically and politically to replace Vance as the vice presidential nominee. In 2020, there were rumors he would replace former Vice President Mike Pence on his ticket.

Persons: —, Sen, JD Vance, Donald Trump's, Trump, Vance, Kamala Harris, Amy Dacey, Dacey, Kenneth Mayer, Mayer, Glenn Youngkin, Harris, Mike Pence, he's, George McGovern, Thomas Eagleton of, Eagleton, McGovern Organizations: Service, Trump, Republican Party, Business, Democratic, Republican National Committees, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Sine Institute of Policy, American University, University of Wisconsin -, CNN, Punchbowl, Republican National Convention, Gov, Fox News Locations: Ohio, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Virginia, Thomas Eagleton of Missouri

☆ Elon Musk praises the first prime minister of Singapore as 'brilliant' in response to a glowing blog post about the country's airport
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewElon Musk said that Singapore's first prime minister, touted as the country's founding father, was a "brilliant" man. Mack wrote about Lee's efforts in conceiving Singapore's Changi Airport, which has been named the world's best airport 12 times by London-based research firm Skytrax. Singapore's award-winning Changi Airport. John Seaton Callahan/Getty ImagesBefore Singapore's Changi Airport became operational in 1981, the island state had a small commercial airport located inland on the east side of Singapore, called Paya Lebar Airport. The country's largest public universities, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, ranked 8th and 15th, respectively, in the 2025 QS top universities rankings.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, George Mack, Lee Kuan, Mack, d1C60XIvNA — Elon, Musk, Lee, Singapore's, John Seaton Callahan, Skytrax, Martin Puddy, Liu Thai Ker, Jon Hicks, it's Organizations: Service, SpaceX, Business, Changi, Changi Airport, Singapore's Changi, Airport, Changi Airport's, Business Times, The New York Times, Financial, Singapore Crowds, Getty, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, QS, Cornell, Princeton, Yale Locations: London, Singapore, Paya, Changi, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore's Orchard

☆ What Americans say they want on climate versus what Biden and Trump are offering
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump couldn't be farther apart when it comes to climate action. Trump and his pick for vice president, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, are both climate deniers. By contrast, the Democrats unveiled a platform that said it would build on the Biden administration's unprecedented spending on renewable energy and the green workforce while cracking down on the oil-and-gas industry. The center conducted the survey with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The majority of Americans support climate actionMaibach said the shift among Republicans shouldn't distract from the fact that the majority of Americans support many of Biden's climate policies.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump couldn't, Trump, isn't, Sen, JD Vance, pollsters, Edward Maibach, Maibach, shouldn't, Karoline Leavitt, Biden, Alec Tyson, Tyson, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Republican National Convention, Democrats, Biden, Business, America, George Mason University, Yale, GOP, Republicans, Pew Research Center, Pew, —, Trump, China Locations: Milwaukee, Ohio, China, Caribbean and Texas, America, Ukraine

☆ When Will Democrats Stand Up to Biden? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Before I get to President Biden, let me tell you about my love for a different presidential candidate. In 1972, when I was 13 years old, I knocked on doors to canvass for George McGovern, the Democratic senator who wanted to end the Vietnam War. When more sober-minded Democrats pushed to nominate former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who had the virtue of being electable, the McGovern faithful fought back and Humphrey’s bid collapsed. At the time of the 1972 Democratic National Convention, McGovern was down 20 points in a Harris poll. But we cheered McGovern and believed in him — until Nixon won that November by a 23-point landslide, carrying 49 states.

Persons: Biden, George McGovern, McGovern, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, —, Nixon Organizations: Democratic, Convention Locations: Vietnam

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