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CNBC takes viewers on a deep dive into Salt Lake City's booming banking sector. The city's exceptional growth in finance can be traced back to an early catalyst: industrial banking. This little-known type of banking institution allows nonfinancial companies, such as car manufacturer BMW , to own its own bank. Utah is home to most of America's industrial banks, with 15 of the nation's 23 located in Salt Lake County — a concentration unmatched anywhere else in the country. Jason Kotter, a professor of finance at Brigham Young University, explains the role of industrial banks, how they function, and why they've been key to Salt Lake City's rise as a major financial powerhouse.
Persons: Jason Kotter, they've, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Ryan, Ashley Smith, Former Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, Wade Sherman, Larry Miller, Steve Starks, Goldman Sachs, John Waldron, Vivint, Todd Pedersen, Maven, Tessa Arneson, Rocky Donati, Entrata, Catherine Wong Organizations: CNBC, BMW, Brigham Young University, Smith Entertainment Group, Former Utah Governor, Adobe VP Locations: Salt, Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City
The White House said Tuesday that Biden would veto the bill – passed unanimously by the Senate this summer and set for a House vote this week – that would add judgeships to the most overburdened federal courthouses in the country. Judges across the ideological spectrum have warned that staffing shortages have created a major backlog in cases. Democrats are now pointing to House GOP leadership’s failure to do so as reason why they’re reversing their support. Judges – including in interviews with CNN – have said that the judiciary faces a staffing crisis that is undermining litigants’ right to speedy justice. Lawmakers may try to get the bill passed in the new Congress, but getting Democratic support may require delaying the first allocation of new judges until 2029, when White House control will be unknown.
Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, , Trump, , Jerry Nadler, Darrell Issa, ” “, CNN –, Gabe Roth, Biden’s, , Mitch McConnell, ” McConnell, Barack Obama’s, Merrick Garland Organizations: CNN, Senate, GOP, , ” New York Rep, Republicans, California Republican, Biden, Judicial Conference, Biden White House, Alliance, Justice, Judicial, prudential, Democratic Locations: California, America,
DAMASCUS, Syria — Jubilant Syrians waving flags clambered Monday onto a government tank abandoned in the capital city's main square and took selfies. Then they chained it to the back of a truck and dragged it through the streets past cheering crowds. Hours after Assad fled, HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani arrived at a Damascus mosque wearing military fatigues. Still, President Joe Biden on Sunday declared, "At long last, the Assad regime has fallen." “We will engage with all Syrian groups, including within the process led by the United Nations, to establish a transition away from the Assad regime," he said.
Persons: Syria —, Bashar al, Assad, Assad's, Hafez al, Vladimir Putin, Abu Mohammad al, Jolani, he’s, Ahmad al, Al, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, , Ghazi al, Maciej Duszczyk, Richard Engel, Corky Siemaszko Organizations: AK, U.S, United Nations, Sunday, Golani, European Union Council Locations: DAMASCUS, Syria, Lebanon, Damascus, Tahrir, Russia, Al Qaeda’s Syria, U.S, Soviet, Qardaha, Syrian, Europe, Britain, Germany, Finland, New York City
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
After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside suburb of Miami, Florida, in 2021, state lawmakers implemented new requirements for older condominiums. For some associations, the costs are in the millions of dollars, and condo owners, many of whom are retirees on fixed incomes, are on the hook. Longtime analyst Peter Zalewski, founder of Miami-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures, calls it the condo cliff. In the usually busy summer season, sales were down 21.5% year over year and the average price was down 2.4%. In the third quarter of this year, active listings were up 60% from the same period the year before.
Persons: Peter Zalewski, who's Organizations: Miami, Condo, Dade Locations: Surfside, Miami , Florida, Champlain, South Florida, Miami, Broward, Palm Beach
They’re led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the head of militant group HTS, a former al Qaeda affiliate in Syria that used to go by the name Al-Nusra Front. The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group Abu Mohammed al-Jolani at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power in Syria for more than five decades. Analysts told CNN the Syrian rebels used a vacuum left by the group to advance in Syria. Syrian rebel fighters and locals celebrate in the central city of Homs early on December 8, 2024, after entering Syria's third city overnight.
Persons: CNN — Long, Assad, Damacus “, Bashar al, , Louai Beshara, ” It’s, They’re, Abu Mohammad al, al, Jolani, ” Jolani, Tahrir, Abu Mohammed al, Aref Tammawi, Hafez al, Sam Hariri, what’s, Joe Biden, Abdulaziz Ketaz, Syria Hossein Akbari Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Getty, Operations Command, Nusra, Syrian National Army, Syrian Democratic Forces, United Nations, Baath Party, UN, Amnesty, Saydnaya, Syria's, Ministry, AFP, Rebels, Hezbollah, Analysts Locations: Syria, , Russia, Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Moscow, AFP, Iran, Qaeda, al Qaeda, Turkey, Kurdish, United States, Umayyad, London, Ukraine, Israel, Assad Syria, Syrian, Syria's
Myanmar’s military government did not immediately comment. Maungdaw, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, has been the target since June of an Arakan Army offensive. The group captured Paletwa and Buthidaung, two other towns on the border with Bangladesh, earlier this year. The Myanmar town of Maungdaw, seen from the Teknaf area of Bangladesh just across the border on September 26, 2024. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersSince November 2023, the Arakan Army has gained control of 11 of Rakhine’s 17 townships, along with one in neighboring Chin state.
Persons: Myanmar’s, Aung, Suu Kyi, Khaing, Thurein Tun, Khaing Thukha, Mohammad Ponir Hossain Organizations: Bangkok AP, Arakan Army, Associated, Reuters, Rakhine Locations: Bangkok, Maungdaw, Bangladesh, Arakan, Rakhine, Suu, Mandalay, Myanmar’s, Myanmar, Chin, Ann, Bay, Bengal, Buthidaung, China
Smoke rises as a member of the rebels, led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, drives on a motorbike in al-Rashideen in Aleppo, Syria, on November 29. Mahmoud Hasano/ReutersSyria’s rebel coalition consists of Islamist and moderate factions who, despite their differences, are united in fighting the Assad regime, ISIS and Iran-backed militias. He created Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, and operated the group until a public split with in 2016 over ideological differences and opposition to ISIS. The Syrian National Army (SNA): The “Syrian National Army” incorporates dozens of factions with various ideologies that receive funding and arms from Turkey. In Syria’s south, fighters from the country’s Druze religious minority have also joined the fight, a local activist group told CNN.
Persons: Mahmoud Hasano, Assad, Al Sham, Abu Mohammad al, al, Sham, Tal Rifaat Organizations: Reuters, ISIS, Hayat, Organization for, Jolani, Syrian National Army, Liberation, Sharia, Free Syrian Army, Syrian Democratic Forces, Peoples ’, CNN Locations: Rashideen, Aleppo, Syria, Iran, al Qaeda, United States, Iraq, Syrian, Turkey, Kurdish, Tal, Daraa
Smoke rises as a member of the rebels, led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, drives on a motorbike in al-Rashideen in Aleppo, Syria, on November 29. Mahmoud Hasano/ReutersSyria’s rebel coalition consists of Islamist and moderate factions who, despite their differences, are united in fighting the Assad regime, ISIS and Iran-backed militias. The Syrian National Army (SNA): The “Syrian National Army” incorporates dozens of factions with various ideologies that receive funding and arms from Turkey. In Syria’s south, fighters from the country’s Druze religious minority have also joined the fight, a local activist group told CNN. Druze are fighting in the southern city of as-Suwayda, which neighbors the Daraa province, where opposition forces claim to have taken control of Daraa city.
Persons: Mahmoud Hasano, Assad, Al Sham, Abu Mohammad al, al, Sham, Tal Rifaat Organizations: Reuters, ISIS, Hayat, Organization for, Jolani, Syrian National Army, Liberation, Sharia, Free Syrian Army, Syrian Democratic Forces, Peoples ’, CNN Locations: Rashideen, Aleppo, Syria, Iran, al Qaeda, United States, Iraq, Syrian, Turkey, Kurdish, Tal, Daraa
‘Extremely challenging’ transition of powerSyria’s armed opposition ultimately plans to form a government defined by institutions and a “council chosen by the people,” Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant figure driving the latest rebel swing, told CNN. He heads the dominant group in the coalition, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a former Al Qaeda affiliate. Jolani told CNN that abuse in prisons “were not done under our orders or directions” and HTS had already penalized the perpetrators. Thousands of people assembled at the foot of the main square in Damascus, where rebels ransacked Assad’s residence. Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty ImagesAnd further afield, Syrian refugees forced to flee the war shared their hopes of returning to a peaceful country.
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But, he told Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, "I can't guarantee anything." "I can't guarantee anything," Trump told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker in his first major network television interview since the November general election. "We took in hundreds of billions of dollars and we had no inflation," the president-elect told Welker. "We're subsidizing Mexico, and we're subsidizing Canada, and we're subsidizing many countries all over the world. AdvertisementAcross the United States, Trump cut into traditional Democratic advantages with working-class voters and minority groups, with many siding with him at the ballot box over his focus on inflation.
Persons: Trump, Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, Welker, Justin Trudeau of, Trudeau, Claudia Sheinbaum, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's, Harris Organizations: NBC, Trump, Mar Locations: Canada, China, Mexico, United States, Justin Trudeau of Canada
For more on the GOP agenda in the new Congress, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” this Sunday at 8 a.m. Typically, any senator can filibuster legislation, which would require 60 votes to overcome in a Senate where Republicans will hold a 53-47 majority. We know how to work with a small majority.”With the razor-thin majority, House Republicans may have an unusual amount of leverage in the typically Senate-driven process of crafting a filibuster-proof legislative package. A group of House GOP chairmen first sat down in May to plot this massive package under a potential Trump presidency, according to a person familiar with the discussions. But even some veteran Senate Republicans warned that passing two reconciliation bills will be a tall order.
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The United States, Jordan, Turkey and the European Union at the war’s start all called for Assad to step down. Testament to the horror of that regime were scenes of jubilant celebration as rebel forces took control of Syrian cities. Bashar al-Assad, center, is seen during the closing session of the ruling Baath party congress in Damascus, Syria, on June 20, 2000. Bashar al-Assad was then thrust into the national spotlight and studied military science, later becoming a colonel in the Syrian army. They then turned to outright condemnation of the regime after he met the 2011 pro-democracy groundswell with brutal force.
Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Assad’s, SANA, Hafez al, Bassel, Hafez, Asma al, Barack Obama, ” Assad, , Syria's, Mohammed al, Ban, Washington, Syria wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, ISIS, European Union, Baath Party, Muslim, Hezbollah, Getty, UN, United Nations Locations: Syria, United States, Jordan, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Homs, Damascus, Soviet, Hama –, London, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Assad, Hama, AFP, States, Western, US
Legal experts say it is obvious that Elon Musk's DOGE falls under a federal transparency law. Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that they would not officially join the Trump administration. Musk has already said that DOGE is looking for staffers willing to work 80-plus hours a week for no money. Musk wrote on X. Musk is already getting to work on DOGE.
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Rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept through Syria, seizing Damascus. AdvertisementBashar Assad's 24-year rule came to an end on Sunday as rebels swept into Damascus, the Syrian capital. Jolani later returned to Syria, his homeland, where he fought with Jabhat Al-Nusra — an Al Qaeda offshoot formed in 2012 — and other rebel groups against Assad's forces. Jolani severed his ties with Al Qaeda in 2016 and formed a new group, which eventually became HTS in 2017. "Old-school Al Qaeda or the Islamic State would never have done that."
Persons: Bashar Assad's, Assad, Hayat Tahrir, Sham, Abu Mohammed al, Jolani, Jabhat Al, Nusra, Al, Al Qaeda, Aron Lund, Jonathan Panikoff Organizations: United Nations, PBS, Salvation Government, Al, Century International, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Sky News, Security Initiative Locations: Syria, Damascus, Here's, Moscow, Aleppo, Hama, Homs, Turkey, Lebanon, Syrian, Iraq, Al Qaeda, United States, Idlib Province, Idlib, Salvation, East
But the war of attrition has left Russia “incapable” of assisting Assad, even President-elect Donald Trump noted on Saturday. But this is one seized by Turkey, a NATO member which has dealt with the most fallout from Syria’s turmoil. Adem Altan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe unknowable impact of vast, fast change left Syria mired in half-policies and US inaction before. This may prove the swift and severe change that Syria needed to stabilize – a shaking of the carpet that leaves society smoother. Syria’s past 13 years have been so brutal it deserves exactly that.
Persons: George W Bush, Obama, Donald Trump, Bashar al, Assad, Ghaith, Sergei Lavrov, , Hayat Tahrir, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Adem Altan, Barack Obama, Trump’s Organizations: CNN, US, NATO, Syrian Democratic Forces, ISIS, Getty Locations: Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Ghouta, Beirut, Donetsk, Syrian, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Ankara, Turkish, Ireland, Afghanistan, AFP
HOMS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 06: Anti-regime armed groups advancing in Syria's strategically important province of Homs, the gateway to the capital Damascus, on Dec. 06, 2024. Syrian rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa on Saturday, the birthplace of a 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the fourth city his forces have lost in a week. There was no immediate comment from the military or Assad's government, and Reuters could not independently verify the rebels' claim. With the fall of Daraa, Assad's forces have surrendered four important centres to the insurgents in a week. A coalition of rebel factions that include the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) made a last call on forces loyal to Assad's government in Homs to defect.
Persons: Bashar al, Assad Organizations: Reuters, Syrian Locations: HOMS, SYRIA, Syria's, Homs, Damascus, Daraa, Jordan, Latakia, Tartus
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his senior aides are discussing the idea of issuing preemptive pardons for those whom President-elect Donald Trump has scorned in recent years as he has hinted about plans for retribution, two sources familiar with the discussions confirmed. Some Democrats and “Never Trump” Republicans have supported the notion of preemptive pardons to protect people under a new Trump presidency. Previous presidents have issued such pardons, including George H.W. Back in the Biden White House, there is work being done on the president’s use of clemency authority on criminal justice cases. Advocates, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and civil rights attorney Ben Crump are encouraging the president to act on a variety of cases they say are worthy of clemency.
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A third Democratic lawmaker reported being told this week by Ocasio-Cortez, 35, that she was definitely running. The contest will serve as a gauge of whether the Democratic caucus still values seniority or truly wants generational change. “AOC is very collaborative on the committee and helps lift up all members,” Khanna said in a brief interview. The Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which is closely aligned with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is planning to make recommendations for committee leaders later this month. After that, all 215 House Democrats who will serve in the new Congress will vote on who they want as their committee leaders for the 119th Congress.
Persons: Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Gerry Connolly, Ro Khanna, ” Khanna, , Trump, Jamie Raskin, Jerry Nadler, Raskin, Nadler, “ I’m, , ” “, Gerry, Connolly, Joe Crowley, I've, Hakeem Jeffries Organizations: WASHINGTON — Rep, Democratic, NBC News, Ocasio, Rep, Trump, Committee, Democrats Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, D, , Washington, New York
The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral, five years after being devastated by a fire, was supposed to be Emmanuel Macron's triumph. A tourist looks at Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris on the eve of its reopening to the public on December 06, 2024 in Paris, France. French President Emmanuel Macron appears on screen as he makes a television address to the nation after Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government was toppled in a no confidence vote in parliament, in Paris, France, December 5, 2024. Macron expects to hold meetings with Trump and, perhaps, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has been invited but not confirmed his attendance, diplomatic sources said. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands after signing an agreement, February 16, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France.
Persons: Emmanuel Macron's, Notre, Dame, Donald Trump, Georgina Wright, Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier's, Christian Hartmann, Macron, Marine Le, Le Pen, Pieyre, Alexandre Anglade, Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Thibault Camus Organizations: Notre, Dame, Dame Cathedral of, Chesnot, European Union's, Institut Montaigne, Reuters, Front, National, Brexit, Trump, Ukrainian Locations: Dame Cathedral of Paris, Paris, France, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, American, Germany
European markets are expected to open lower on Friday, as investors in the region digest the latest political developments in France. He insisted he would see out the remainder of his presidency, which will see him stay in office until 2027. The euro was marginally lower against the dollar before the European opening bell following a rise in the previous session. In Asia, markets were mixed, with traders monitoring political instability in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law. Across the Atlantic, investors are looking ahead to the publication of U.S. nonfarm payroll figures, which are expected to have increased in November.
Persons: Michel Barnier's, Barnier, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Yoon Suk Organizations: French Locations: France, London, Asia, South Korea
The War in Syria Has a New Map. Again.
  + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Samuel Granados | Vivian Yee | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +8 min
The War in Syria Has a New Map. Turkish army and Syrian opposition Joint control with Syrian government TURKEY Aleppo Kurdish forces Rebels Raqqa Advances since November Hama IRAQ Homs Syrian government LEB. Locations controlled by Syrian gov’t and allies Joint control with Kurds2014 2017 Aleppo Deir al-Zour Hama Homs Damascus 2019 2024 Approx. area seized by rebels since November 2024 2014 2017 2019 Aleppo Deir al-Zour Hama Homs Damascus Approx. Looking for protection against Turkey, the Kurdish-led forces turned to Damascus, allowing Mr. al-Assad’s forces to return to parts of northern Syria, where they have co-existed since.
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AdvertisementElon Musk spent at least $277 million on Trump and the GOP, according to new documents. Most of it went toward America PAC, where Musk spent just shy of $239 million. Elon Musk spent at least $277 million in political contributions to support President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to documents filed late Thursday. More than $19 million went toward supporting GOP House candidates in 18 battleground districts, 10 of whom ultimately won their races. AdvertisementRecords show that $40.5 million went toward paying voters for signing the petition, while an additional $18 million — $1 million apiece — went to 18 lottery winners, each of whom were paid for being a "spokesperson consultant."
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“Then people wonder why a health insurance CEO was gunned down … because insurance companies pull this garbage,” one X user wrote. In an interview, he said he was not condoning the killing, but calling attention to populist anger about the private health insurance system. “My take is that there is a great deal of populist anger about the way corporations in private health insurance are able to just abuse people and ruin people’s lives and in the case of health insurance even potentially leave them to die with impunity and for profit,” Chow said. “The health care sector specifically has seen a pretty significant increase in violence, whether that be physical violence, threats, et cetera. “Two things can be true: The health insurance system is broken and must be fixed, and also gun violence and murder is wrong.”
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Other judges have reversed retirement plans after electionsA handful of judges in recent years have also reversed retirement plans when they have not been able to secure a preferred successor, including US District Judge Karen Caldwell, a judge who sits in McConnell’s home state. Cogburn and Marbley are also not the first judges to back off retirement plans after an election. As McConnell himself highlighted, a district judge did the same about-face after President George W. Bush’s reelection in 2004, and another changed his retirement plans when Obama won in 2008. CNN’s messages seeking comment from the two judges submitted with the judges’ courts were not returned. But, Wheeler said that McConnell “may be having the effect he wants” if the two appellate judges are “wavering” about whether to keep to their retirement plans.
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