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☆ Top Russian official says internal corruption surged in 2024, with 30,000 officials caught for graft this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He told state media that 30,000 officials were disciplined for corruption in 2024. AdvertisementRussia's prosecutor-general said on Monday that detections of corruption among officials have jumped this year, with a 30% increase in bribery cases compared to 2023. Igor Krasnov told state media that almost 30,000 Russian officials were caught and disciplined for breaking anti-graft rules in 2024. Krasnov said that at least half of all corruption cases involved bribery and that almost 19,000 such crimes were discovered in the first nine months of 2024. That's nearly as many as the 20,300 bribery cases his office found in 2023, Krasnov added.

Persons: Igor Krasnov, Krasnov, That's, DIB, Vladimir Putin, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Sergei Shoigu, Mark Galeotti Organizations: hemming Russia, US, Reagan National Defense, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Washington, Russia, Ukraine

American journalist Austin Tice is alive and in Syria more than a decade after his disappearance, his family says. Tice went missing in 2012 a few days after celebrating his 31st birthday in the country, where he went to report on the civil war that began in 2011. Siblings Meagan Tice Malone and Simon Robert Tice on Monday told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that the family has reliable information that their brother is alive but could not share how they know. Simon Robert was only 19 when his older brother went missing, he said. “We have a strong faith in the American government, and we were all raised with a faith in the American government,” Simon Robert Tice said.

Persons: Austin Tice, Tice, Bashar al, Meagan Tice Malone, Simon Robert Tice, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, ” Malone, “ It’s, Biden, ”, Simon Robert, “, ” Simon Robert Tice, there’s, Joe Biden, ” Biden, Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, John Kirby, MSNBC “ That’s, he’s, ” Kirby, Andrea Mitchell, ” Hadi, Assad Organizations: The, Department, Hostage Affairs, U.S, NBC News, White House, MSNBC, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary, Opposition Forces, NBC Locations: Syria, U.S, Syrian, Houston, Beirut, Lebanon

☆ Elon Musk just keeps getting richer, with his net worth rising almost $150 billion this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Theron Mohamed | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's net worth keeps rising on the back of Tesla's stock surge since the election. Tesla stock closed on Friday at just over $389, pushing the EV maker's valuation to a new high. AdvertisementElon Musk just keeps getting richer following the postelection rally for Tesla stock. Musk is now worth $376 billion — $130 billion ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who's worth $246 billion. His $376 billion net worth is about $30 billion higher than the market cap of Salesforce, valued at $346 billion — or $27 billion more than the combined wealth of Walmart heirs Jim, Rob and Alice Walton.

Persons: Elon, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump's, Mark Malek, Trump, Tesla, Austin, BofA, Warren Buffett's, Berkshire Hathaway, Musk, Rob, Alice Walton . Organizations: SpaceX, Bloomberg, Amazon, Dow, Marketwatch, PAC, Bank of America, Optimus, Tesla Locations: Dow Jones, Berkshire, Delaware

☆ ‘We know that Austin is alive’: Family of US journalist held in Syria speaks to CNN
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Abu Mohammad al-Jolani: Who is the leader of Syria’s rebels and what does he want?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

As a Syrian “foreign fighter” in his early 20s, Jolani crossed into Iraq to fight the Americans when they invaded the country in the spring of 2003. For its part, the Biden administration is taking no chances over whether Jolani has the capability to manage the threat from ISIS. What to do about those US forces in Syria is a decision that Trump will likely face as he assumes office. Jolani was fighting against the Americans in Iraq then, so he is presumably aware of this instructive history. In Libya in 2011, a US-led NATO bombing campaign contributed to the fall of another brutal secular dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.

Persons: Abu Mohammad al, Bashar al, Assad, Jolani, Camp Bucca, Baathist Assad, Abu Bakr al, al, Tahrir, Aaron Zalin, CNN’s Jomana, “, ” Jolani, ”, Austin Tice, Joe Biden, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won’t, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Moammar Gadhafi Organizations: CNN, US State Department, ISIS, US Center for Naval, Central Command, Baath, NATO, United Arab Locations: Syria, Syrian, Iraq, al Qaeda, Idlib, American, Afghanistan, Libya, US, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Russia, Turkey

☆ What to watch for in 2025 housing market predictions
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | Ana Teresa Solá Is A Personal Finance Reporter For Cnbc. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“If the housing market were going to crash, it would have already crashed by now,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “The housing market has been so resilient to interest rates going up as high as they have.”Here are five housing market predictions for 2025, according to Fairweather and other economists. If fewer homes are built in a supply-constrained market, prices might grow much higher, said Channel. More than 21 million renter households are “cost-burdened,” meaning they spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs, according to 2023 U.S. Census data. “Rent prices typically decline in the colder months of the year,” as fewer people are apartment hunting in the late fall and winter seasons.

Persons: Redfin, ”, Daryl Fairweather, Fairweather, Selma Hepp, Donald Trump, Jacob Channel, ” Redfin’s Fairweather, “, Hepp, CoreLogic, Donald Trump’s, ” Jessica Lautz, ” Fairweather, CoreLogic’s, “ We’ll, Redfin’s Fairweather, What’s, Milton Organizations: U.S, Redfin, LendingTree, ”, D.C, LendingTree’s, National Association of Realtors, CNBC, “ Locations: U.S, Austin , Texas, Seattle , Washington, New York City, Florida , California, Texas, California, Florida, Asheville , North Carolina

☆ 5 housing market predictions for 2025, according to economists
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If fewer homes are built in a supply-constrained market, prices might grow much higher, said Channel. A stable rental market will also give renters more strength to negotiate with landlords. For instance: Austin, Texas was the "epicenter of multi-family construction," she said, meaning a lot of new supply was added into the city's rental market, bringing rental costs down. In contrast, supply-constrained metropolitan areas like Seattle, Washington, D.C., and New York City, are experiencing high rent growth of 5% annually. Mortgage rates declined this fall in anticipation of the first interest rate cut since March 2020.

Persons: Fairweather, Selma Hepp, Donald Trump, Jacob Channel, Redfin's Fairweather, Hepp, CoreLogic, Donald Trump's, Jessica Lautz, CoreLogic's Organizations: D.C, National Association of Realtors, CNBC Locations: U.S, Austin , Texas, Seattle , Washington, New York City, Florida , California, Texas

☆ Biden says U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors after Assad dynasty collapses
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 26, 2024. The U.S. will support Syria's neighbors, including Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel, during the transition period and send senior officials to the region, Biden said. He also pledged to continue the mission against ISIS and to ensure the security of detention facilities in Syria that hold ISIS fighters. He added that U.S. forces conducted a dozen precision air strikes in Syria on Sunday, targeting ISIS camps and operatives. That pledge will include humanitarian aid to help Syria after 13 years of civil war.

Persons: Joe Biden, It's, Biden, Austin Tice, Tice, Bashar al, Assad, We're, Assad's Organizations: White, ISIS, Russia's, Ministry, Hezbollah Locations: Washington , U.S, Syria, United States, U.S, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, American, Damascus, Syrian, Moscow, Russia, Iran, Lebanese

☆ NYC legalized tiny backyard homes and other extra dwellings. Here's how they've helped homeowners and renters across the country.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's part of a bigger movement to boost ADU construction across the US. Nearly half of California ADU owners said they've rented out their unit to short- or long-term tenants, according to one poll last year. According to the poll of California ADU owners, 61% said they built their ADU to house a family member. AdvertisementEven as a real-estate industry professional, Hepp struggled to sort out the rules and regulations on ADU construction in LA. But since most ADU legalization efforts have happened since 2022, their full effects are not yet evident in many places.

Persons: that's, They've, Scott Turner, Eliza Relman, they've, ADUs, Selma Hepp, Hepp, Selma Hepp's ADU, Freddie Mac, Elizabeth Riddick, Nolan Gray Organizations: National Association of Realtors Locations: York City, York, Austin, California, San Francisco Bay, Austin , Texas, LA, Burbank , California, Selma, . California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Vermont

☆ President-elect Trump says Ukraine to 'possibly' receive less military aid
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In an exclusive interview with Donald Trump on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the president-elect told NBC News' Kristen Welker that Ukraine will "possibly" receive less military aid once he takes office. Trump told Welker of support that has gone to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022. All told, the U.S. has committed more than $62 billion in assistance to Ukraine since the conflict started nearly three years ago. The comments suggest that Zelenskyy's diplomatic skills were to credit for the tens of billions of dollars in U.S. military aid packages, rather than the country's actual needs. "Europe is in for a fraction, and war with Russia is more important for Europe than it is for us," Trump told Welker.

Persons: Donald Trump, Britain's Prince William, Kristen Welker, Trump, Welker, Lloyd Austin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that's, Putin Organizations: Notre, Dame de, Cathedral, NBC, . Defense, NATO, U.S Locations: British, France, Paris, Ukraine, Europe, U.S, Russia, Russian

☆ The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Carnegie Mellon
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

More universities are offering degrees in artificial intelligence, so BI rounded them up. Other institutes are offering graduate degrees in AI or degrees with AI specializations. As more colleges introduce an AI major, it means the computer science degree, long viewed as a pipeline into Big Tech, has some more competition. Stanford University's symbolic systems degree and Carnegie Mellon's computer science degree also offer AI concentrations. AdvertisementSome institutes that don't have undergraduate degrees still offer graduate degree programs in AI, both online and in-person.

Persons: David Garlan, Robert Ghrist, Garlan, Duke University's, Carnegie Mellon Duke John Hopkins John Organizations: Big Tech, Carnegie, Carnegie Mellon, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League, Intelligence, Education, Penn Engineering, Universities, Artificial Intelligence, Carnegie Mellon University University of Pennsylvania California Institute of Technology Dakota State University Illinois Institute of Technology Keiser University Long Island University New England Institute of Technology Oakland University UC Santa Barbara University of Texas San, Boston University, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon Duke, Carnegie Mellon Duke John Hopkins John Hopkins University UCLA University of Texas, Austin, Columbia University Cornell University Georgia Institute of Technology Rice University Stanford University USC Locations: Carnegie Mellon University University of Pennsylvania California Institute of Technology Dakota State University Illinois Institute of Technology Keiser University Long Island University New England Institute of Technology Oakland University UC Santa Barbara University of Texas San Antonio, undergrad

☆ College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( The Athletic College Football | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

… We just played a playoff game, basically, out there and played pretty dang good. And none of the three beat a better opponent than in their conference title game than No. Anything extra — like a Playoff win or two — seems like a bonus. But here’s why the circumstances surrounding Beck’s injury in Saturday’s SEC title game are different from the injury to Florida State’s Jordan Travis last year. — BakerGO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: SMU favored over Alabama for final spot(Photo: Grant Halverson / Getty Images)

Persons: Ralph D, Russo, Matt Baker, Justin Williams, Joe Rexrode, Sam Khan Jr, Clemson —, Nolan Hauser, “ They’ve, ”, Rhett Lashlee, we’re, ” Lashlee, …, Dabo Swinney, — Khan, GmNL2hnoO0, Ashton Jeanty, — Russo, Watson, Trevor Lawrence, Quarterback Cade Klubnik, — Baker, Drew Allar, Tez Johnson, Dillon Gabriel, haven’t, Gabriel, didn’t, — Williams, — Organizations: Football, Saturday’s Power, Boise State, Power, —, Arizona State, Clemson, ACC, SMU, Tigers, Alabama, ” SMU, Athletic, Florida State, Mustangs, FBS, Vanderbilt, ESPN, Playoff, GmNL2hnoO0 — ACC Network, Big, SEC, Georgia, Broncos, Iowa State, Miami, South, Louisville, mulligans, Swinney’s, Penn State, Ducks, Nittany Lions, Lions, Rose, Ohio State Locations: — Oregon, Georgia, Arizona, Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon, Syracuse, South Carolina, Ohio, Florida

☆ U.S. unveils $988 million aid package for Ukraine including rockets and drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The United States unveiled a $988 million aid package of new arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russia's invasion on Saturday. The USAI funds will be put toward buying ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) made by Lockheed Martin as well as drones and spare parts to maintain artillery equipment, according to the Pentagon. The Biden administration has often used Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes President Joe Biden to transfer excess articles and services from U.S. stocks without congressional approval during an emergency. The USAI funds are separate and will go to purchase new weapons from industry. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, the U.S. has committed more than $62 billion worth of security assistance to Ukraine.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Biden's, Biden, Lockheed Martin, Joe Biden, congressionally Organizations: Defense, House Appropriations, Department of Defense, Capitol, United, Russia's, Ukraine Security, Initiative, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Lockheed, Pentagon, Reagan National Defense, Authority Locations: Washington, United States, Ukraine, U.S, California, Russian

☆ Insider Today: 'Brotox' on the rise
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the agenda:AdvertisementBut first: How to win your company holiday party. We've all heard the same advice around this time of year when company holiday party invitations abound. When you arrive at your company's holiday party — and when you leave, for that matter — is just as important as the other oft-told advice you've probably heard. White-collar men's beauty secretsJuanjo Gasull for BIMen in corporate America want to look good at work — and they're spending thousands of dollars to do so. More of this week's top reads:AdvertisementThe Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

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Musk financed RBG PAC, according to the report the group filed Thursday night with the Federal Election Commission. The super PAC, which did not disclose its donors before the election, launched ads contending that Trump did not support a federal abortion ban. But during this campaign, Trump backed away from that position and instead declared that he supported states' rights to decide abortion laws. Musk also gave $3 million to the MAHA Alliance, a super PAC affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" push, in late October. Trump selected Musk to advise him on cutting spending across the federal government as a co-chair of his "Department of Government Efficiency" initiative.

Persons: Elon, Donald Trump, Trump, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ginsburg's, Clara Spara, Roe, Wade, Amy Coney Barrett, Ginsburg, Musk, Larry Krasner, Robert F Organizations: RBG PAC, Federal, Commission, PAC, Elon, Supreme, New York Times, Trump, Republican, RBG, America PAC, Philadelphia, The Justice, MAHA Alliance, Space, Department of Government Locations: Austin , Texas, America, Trump's Florida

☆ The Pentagon knows it's got a drone problem. Here's what it's doing about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThe Pentagon has released a new strategy to combat the growing threat of drones. The US military is increasingly realizing that drones are a substantial problem it's going to need an answer for. The fact sheet, which offers limited insight into the classified counter-drone strategy, sketches out five steps that the US will take to tackle the drone problem in the near, mid, and long term. The new counter-drone strategy builds upon a range of existing initiatives to not only boost US drone capabilities but also strengthen defenses. AdvertisementDespite these efforts, the Pentagon acknowledges that there's still work to be done considering the direction that drone warfare is headed.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Defense Lloyd Austin, Jordan, PFC Gower Liu, there's Organizations: Pentagon, Defense, Department of Defense, US, PFC, Affairs, Department, US Army, Aircraft Systems Office Locations: Ukraine

☆ Scientists find huge trove of rare metals needed for clean energy hidden inside toxic coal waste
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But this toxic waste may also be a treasure trove for the rare earth elements needed to propel the world toward clean energy. Coal ash from the Appalachian Basin contains the highest amounts of rare earth elements, but only 30% can be extracted. “Strong acids and bases are needed to extract rare earth elements. There are currently more than 2 billion tons of coal ash stored across the US, according to the Department of Energy. “There is no indication that future reliance upon coal ash as a feedstock for critical materials will incentivize coal power,” said a DOE spokesperson.

Persons: Bridget Scanlon, ”, “ We’re, ” Scanlon, “, Davin Bagdonas, Wade Payne, Justin L, Fowler, Paul Ziemkiewicz, Ziemkiewicz, Biden, Jennifer Granholm, Scanlon, ” Scalon Organizations: CNN, University of Texas, UT’s Jackson School of Geosciences, International Energy Agency, University of Wyoming, TVA, USA, Water Research, West Virginia University, ”, Department of Energy, DOE Locations: United States, Austin, California, China, TVA Kingston, Harriman , Tennessee, Springfield , Illinois, Wyoming, Montana

☆ 'This was preventable’: Corporate world shudders at new risks after slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday doing something countless other American executives routinely do: Walking unaccompanied to an investor event held by his company. But the slaying on a Manhattan sidewalk of Thompson, head of the largest private health insurer in the U.S., is the highest profile such incident in decades. Several health-care companies have reacted by pulling photos of executives from websites, and health insurer Centene made an investor meeting virtual after the killing. Thompson didn't have a security detail with him on Wednesday morning, despite known threats against him, according to NYPD officials. None of the executives of UnitedHealth received personal security benefits, according to the company's filings.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Chuck Randolph, Centene, Thompson, UnitedHealth Organizations: UnitedHealthcare Locations: Austin , Texas, Manhattan, Thompson, U.S, New York

☆ Austin Tice’s family says he is alive and well, but they are deeply frustrated after meeting with Biden administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Michael Conte | Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —The family of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist held in Syria since 2012, said they have new confirmation that he remains alive and well. A source familiar with what the Biden administration knows says there is no change in the administration’s assessment of Austin Tice, and they have no new information. Bill McCarren, director of the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club, emphatically insisted the Biden administration is “lying” about what they know about Tice. “Our larger question was, how can we use this disruption to leverage something for Austin during this time?” she said. Austin’s father, Marc Tice, said that the family met with the State Department on Thursday, but that the meeting was not productive.

Persons: Austin Tice, Biden, Tice, “, ”, Debra Tice, Karine Jean, Pierre, Jean, Bill McCarren, Roger Carstens, Bashar Assad’s, Jacob Tice, Jake Sullivan, Assad, Sullivan, ” Jacob Tice, “ Sullivan, Harris, ” Debra Tice, Meagan Tice, Austin’s, Marc Tice, ” Marc Tice, Donald Trump, Austin, Naomi Tice, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Samantha Waldenberg Organizations: Washington CNN, National Press, White, Press, National Press Club, State Department, Austin, ”, State Department’s, White House, National Security, Biden, Harris Administration Locations: Syria, Damascus, Austin, Aleppo, ”

☆ China's cheap goods are threatening to undermine its influence in the developing world
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementChina is flooding the developing world with cheap goods. China's exports, meanwhile, are growing at a rate of around 12% in dollar terms year-on-year, according to October trade data, with 50% being sent to the developing world. Meanwhile, consumers in the developing world have benefited from the influx of affordable Chinese goods. As the economies of developing nations become woven more tightly with China's, the volume of cheap Chinese imports has increased. Yet the importance it places on its status as a manufacturing powerhouse, and the relative weakness of domestic Chinese demand, means the flow of cheap Chinese goods abroad is unlikely to let up anytime soon.

Persons: it's, Charles Austin Jordan, Jinping, Jordan, Mingda Qiu, Beijing's, Jonathan Ward, ISHARA, Ali Wyne Organizations: China Projects, Xinhua News Agency, Getty Images, Eurasia Group, Hudson Center, Chinese Communist Party, KODIKARA, Getty Locations: China, Western, Indonesia, Brazil, Brussels, Thailand, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Getty Images China, Africa, South America, Asia, Washington, United States, Colombo, Sri Lanka, AFP, Washington ,, Latin America, Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia

☆ The SEC to Texas: No Bevo at the SEC title game vs. Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A popular member of the Texas Longhorns’ contingent won’t be able to attend the Southeastern Conference championship game on Saturday in Atlanta. The current mascot Bevo, known as Bevo XV, weighs 1,700 pounds, according to the Associated Press. 2 Texas, in its first year as a member of the SEC after leaving the Big 12, will take on No. “When we received the request for Bevo to be on the sideline in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, our staff looked at several alternatives including the sideline location,” SEC spokesman Chuck Dunlap said. “The reality is there is limited sideline space at the stadium.

Persons: won’t, Greg Sankey, Pat McAfee’s, “, Chuck Dunlap, ” Dunlap, Charles Seiler Organizations: CNN, Texas Longhorns, Southeastern Conference, Associated Press, SEC, ESPN, “, Mercedes, Benz, Uga, Atlanta Journal, Constitution, AJC Locations: Atlanta, Texas, Georgia, Austin

☆ Where House progressives' new leader thinks Democrats went wrong: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

In today’s edition, senior national political reporter chats with the new 35-year-old chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus about where Democrats went wrong in the 2024 election. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up,” Casar said. Casar, 35, from Austin, ran unopposed for progressive chair to take the reins from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who is term-limited. He said the solution is to lead without getting too far ahead of where that voter is on social issues. Read more → 💰 NFT party : Trump is claiming credit for Bitcoin eclipsing $100,000.

Persons: Jonathan Allen, Pete Hegseth, ’, Sahil Kapur, Greg Casar of, Casar, Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Casar, ”, Pramila Jayapal, Harris ’, Harris, ” Read, Pete Hegseth’s, Jonathan Allen It’s, There’s, Sen, John Tower, He’s, Hegseth, doesn’t, Matt Gaetz’s, Donald Trump’s, he’s, 🗞️, Caro, tran, eli, Su Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democratic Party, NBC News, Republican, Republicans, Rep, Austin City, Democratic, Senate, Pentagon, Senators, Justice Department, Hegseth Locations: Greg Casar of Texas, Austin, Mexico, Washington

Instead, Casar said Democrats should change course by redirecting such attacks and accusing the GOP of fueling culture wars to district voters from their agenda of helping the rich get richer. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up,” Casar said. “The Democratic Party, at its best, can hold people or can have inside of its tent people across geography, across race and across ideology. “I think we should lead the country, but we should never be more than an arm’s length ahead,” Casar said. “It’s less of a left-right fight and more of a getting back to a Democratic Party that’s for everyday people, no longer being seen as preachy or disconnected,” Casar said.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Greg Casar of, Casar, Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Casar, ’, “, Pramila Jayapal, Harris ’, Harris, ”, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: Democratic Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus, NBC News, Republican, Republicans, Republican Party, Rep, Austin City, Democratic Locations: Greg Casar of Texas, Wall, Austin, Mexico, Texas

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Persons: —, Kristine Stevenson Seale, Seale, It's, Danny Werfel Organizations: Service, IRS, Society of Accountants, Better Business Locations: Austin , Texas, Chevron

Hearing from Honeywell: Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur on Thursday spoke publicly for the first time since activist investor Elliott Management initiated a more than $5 billion stake in the industrial conglomerate and called for a break up of the company. On Thursday, Waymo said it plans to launch its robotaxi service in Miami in 2026 through its Waymo One app. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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