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Biden’s senior aides inside the White House have been deliberating for weeks about the possibility of issuing preemptive pardons, according to the sources familiar with the discussions. One former senior White House official said aides inside the White House and across various federal agencies are intensely worried about the possibility that the incoming Trump administration will prosecute anyone deemed as having antagonized the president-elect. “Why not do it?”A White House spokesperson declined to comment. The former White House official who spoke to CNN, who is intimately familiar with the workings of the White House counsel’s office, said it would be typical for Siskel and his team to first put together a detailed memo to be presented to Biden. “It’s just such a different use of the pardon power,” said Neil Eggleston, former White House counsel to President Barack Obama.

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Macron’s center-right prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote tabled by far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party. Marine Le Pen's National Rally party tabled a vote of no confidence in Barnier. A divided legislatureAfter Macron stunned Europe by calling snap parliamentary elections in June, Le Pen was only blocked from power by Macron’s centrists and their left-wing opponents working together tactically. But Le Pen says the budget cuts and tax rises are “red lines” she will not cross. Macron cannot run again due to term limits, leaving Le Pen as the current bookmakers’ favorite.

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks start December chilly; Korea stocks tumble on political chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this article .AXJO.SPX.DJI.IXICAAPL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTThe Fearless Girl statue outside the New York Stock Exchange on December 18, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. What you need to know todayThe bottom lineDecember may have triggered the thawing of Mariah Carey, but stocks are beginning the month chilly. Moreover, in presidential election years, December typically moves up one notch to become the second-best month for stocks.

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☆ Police share details about what they know about suspected shooter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jennifer Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks began December chilly, but will probably warm up soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. What you need to know todayThe bottom lineDecember may have triggered the thawing of Mariah Carey, but stocks are beginning the month chilly. Moreover, in presidential election years, December typically moves up one notch to become the second-best month for stocks. If the Fed does cut rates, that incision will probably scrape off any lingering frostbite on the stock market as well, in time for them to hear sleigh bells ringing.

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☆ Google’s productivity expert: The 5-minute hack that helps me focus and get more done at work
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Laura Mae Martin has coached some of the world's brightest engineers and executives through burnout and productivity slumps — yet even she isn't immune to procrastination. As Google's executive productivity advisor, Martin specializes in helping employees — from new hires to C-suite leaders — get more done without burning out. One of her go-to strategies for beating procrastination is surprisingly simple: "Act like your own assistant." "Getting started is the hardest part of tackling a bigger task," Martin tells CNBC Make It. Acting as your own assistant, Martin says, can help you break this procrastination barrier — and the strategy can take as little as five minutes.

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☆ 'Dynamic pricing' was a top contender for word of the year. Here's why it got consumers so worked up in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Also in an interview this fall, Robert Smith, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Cure, said dynamic pricing is "driven by greed," calling the practice a "scam." However, with so many recent high-profile tours, "for sure, dynamic pricing has surged to the forefront of concert goers' attention," he said. Throughout the 21st century, revenue from recorded music has gone down while revenue from live music events has gone up. In 2011, Ticketmaster first introduced an early version of dynamic ticket pricing, which is now the standard for live music ticketing sales. "The live music industry is constantly leaving money on the table that fans would pay.

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☆ Trump asks Georgia court to end criminal election interference case, cites White House win
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Another Trump defense attorney made a similar argument Tuesday in asking a New York state court judge to dismiss the criminal hush money case against him there. Sadow argued that Georgia courts lost jurisdiction over the case because Trump won the 2024 election. President-elect Donald Trump asked the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday to effectively end the criminal case related to his effort to overturn his defeat in the state's 2020 presidential election . Although Trump will not be sworn in until Jan. 20, the appeals court should "inquire into its jurisdiction" to continue hearing the appeal "well before the inauguration," Sadow wrote. Smith's move left just two criminal cases pending against Trump: in Fulton County, Georgia, and Manhattan Supreme Court.

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☆ Trump picks former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins to lead agency: CNBC Crypto World
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jordan Smith | Kaan Oguz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrump picks former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins to lead agency: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's episode, Asymmetric CEO and CIO Joe McCann reacts to President-elect Trump's pick of Paul Atkins as next SEC chair.

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☆ Expect one big 'thread the needle' reconciliation bill with Trump tax cuts next year: House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

This view is leading Smith to push for one big reconciliation bill covering many of President-elect Trump's major priorities, from energy to immigration and tax cuts. Cost of tax cuts in deficit hawk worldOne of the top concerns on the Hill is a cost from Trump's expiring 2017 tax cuts that alone runs to $4.6 trillion, without taking into account any of the new tax cut promises he made on the campaign trail. New Trump tax cut promises and budget realityStill, on the issue of any new tax cuts, Smith said it will "depend on the appetite of Congress. "I am confident the tax rate will stay at 21%," he said, referencing a view held by many tax experts that the only certainty for large companies is that the tax rate will not increase. The income from tariffs is not necessarily consistent and easy to score, with limited history of tying tariffs to tax policy.

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☆ Is Amazon's Trainium chip the 'dupe' that could finally disrupt Nvidia's AI dominance?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's newsletter, Amazon's touting new hardware it hopes can help it unseat Nvidia as the king of AI chips. The big storyAmazon's affordable AIBusiness Wire/BI'Dupes' are all the rage these days, so why not make one for AI chips? AdvertisementThat's basically Amazon Web Services' idea for breaking Nvidia's stranglehold on the AI market. The tech giant's homegrown chip is its answer to Nvidia's all-powerful GPUs, which are widely used for training AI models. AdvertisementAWS CEO Matt Garman detailed how customers can get the most out of their AI chips with 'UltraServers' — multiple Trainium servers smartly pieced together — and the 'UltraCluster' — what you get when you combine multiple 'UltraServers.'

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☆ Investigators find 11 children working 'dangerous' overnight cleaning shift in meat processing plant
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A cleaning company has been fined $171,000 after federal investigators found 11 children working a "dangerous" overnight shift at a meat processing plant in Iowa. The U.S. Labor Department said in a statement that it found the children working for sanitation company Qvest LLC at the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork factory in Sioux City, Iowa. Image of an adult Fayette Janitorial worker scooping up animal parts at a processing plant taken by the U.S. Labor Department during the course of its investigation of Fayette Janitorial Service. U.S. Department of Labor“These findings illustrate Seaboard Triumph Foods’ history of children working illegally in their Sioux City facility since at least September 2019. A yearlong NBC News investigation into underage workers in slaughterhouses highlighted how children have been hired in slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities.

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☆ 1976 Seneca, Illinois Jane Doe identified as JoAnn ‘Vickie’ Smith
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Veronica Fulton | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It’s a mystery that took more than 47 years to solve: The true identity of a woman known as Jane Seneca Doe. Jane Seneca Doe artist rendering Courtesy of Carl KoppelmanOn October 2, 1976, the body of a young woman was found murdered and tossed in a ditch along Highway 6 in an unincorporated area of Grundy County, Illinois, near the village of Seneca. After nearly two months of unsuccessful attempts to identify the Jane Doe, she was buried in an unmarked grave at a cemetery in Braceville, Illinois, where she remained until 2018. Margaret Press, who founded the DNA Doe Project in 2017, said Jane Seneca Doe was at the top of her list of cases she wanted to see identified. According to a press release on the Grundy County website, Jane Seneca Doe was identified on June 27, 2024, as a woman named JoAnn 'Vickie' Smith.

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☆ Winter weather blast to bring more snow to northern states making travel hazardous
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A new Arctic blast of winter weather is set to dump yet more snow onto the Great Lakes and Northeast, as winter weather caused transport chaos and left thousands stranded. Lake effect snow is still affecting areas downwind of lake Erie after several punishing days of winter weather and is expected to last through Wednesday. By Wednesday, the clipper weather system should bring snow to the interior Northeast and New England, while intensifying snowfall in areas downwind of the Great Lakes. In Erie, Pennsylvania, drivers were pictured on social media digging their cars and driveways out of more than a foot of snow. A lake effect snow warning is in effect across the area until 7 p.m.

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☆ Elton John says he’s lost his eyesight while onstage in London
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Jennifer Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Winter weather blast to bring more snow to Northern states making travel hazardous
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A new Arctic blast is set to dump more snow onto the Great Lakes and the Northeast, as winter weather caused transport chaos and left thousands stranded. Lake-effect snow is still affecting areas downwind of Lake Erie after several punishing days of winter weather and is expected to last through Wednesday. Some 5 million people are under winter weather and lake-effect snow warnings across the Great Lakes for Tuesday — including South Bend, Indiana; Muskegon, Michigan; Cleveland; Erie, Pennsylvania, and Syracuse, New York. By Wednesday, the clipper weather system should bring snow to the interior Northeast and New England, while intensifying snowfall in areas downwind of the Great Lakes. In Pennsylvania, homes and vehicles were buried in more than 5 feet of snow, with chaos on the roads.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBlockchain Association CEO discusses hopes for 2025 crypto legislation: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith discusses what she hopes President-elect Trump and the incoming Congress will prioritize in regards to crypto.

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☆ S&P 500 futures are little changed after index posts another record close: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2024. U.S. stock futures were flat Tuesday night after the S&P 500 posted a new record close. Futures tied to the S&P 500 added just 0.1%. During the regular session, the S&P 500 inched up by 0.05%, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.4%. The S&P Global U.S. Services Purchasing Managers' Index, factory orders and durable goods are also slated for release.

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☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 14: Bills, Eagles peaking, plus worst-case scenarios
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

The Week 14 NFL Power Rankings don’t want to be a downer, but since we did best-case scenarios last week, it’s only fair to consider the worst-case scenarios for all 32 teams. ETGO DEEPER What we learned in NFL Week 13: Eagles keep streak alive, Bills look like AFC's best4. They looked like they might be on their way to their second playoff game since 2015. They are scheduled to play on “Monday Night Football” in Week 15 and “Thursday Night Football” in Week 17. Everything else has been eight wins or fewer, and Cleveland has won only one playoff game since 1994.

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☆ Trump cites Hunter Biden pardon in latest legal attempt to throw out hush money conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Paula Reid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Defense lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump are using President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter to argue that Trump’s conviction in his Manhattan hush money case should be dismissed. “Yesterday in issuing a 10 year pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and all crimes whether charged or uncharged, President Biden asserted that his son was ‘selectively, and unfairly prosecuted’ and ‘treated differently,’” Trump lawyers wrote in a motion filed Monday. Trump’s lawyers also want the conviction dismissed, but the DA’s office says it will oppose any effort to toss the case. In addition to the pardon argument, Trump’s attorneys also told the judge that his case should be dismissed given his reelection last month. “Even (Smith) has been forced to concede, by DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (‘OLC’ ), that President Trump’s status as President-elect mandates dismissal of the unjust prosecutions pending against him,” they wrote.

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☆ What’s happening in Syria? How an old conflict in the Middle East erupted again
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

In the messy patchwork of conflicts raging across the Middle East, one country has been absent from the spotlight: Syria. That he has survived was largely because of the intervention of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy. In all, the U.N. has documented more than 350,000 deaths but says this is “certainly an undercount.”Today, however, Russia, Iran and Lebanon are distracted and depleted. All of this “puts Assad in a much weaker position.”But “the Syrian regime, in coordination with the Russians and less so the Iranians, will hit them with everything they’ve got,” he added. “Much as I oppose the Assad regime, its atrocities and abuses, what is happening in Aleppo right now is terrifying.

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Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss disclosed on Sunday he's facing a facing a serious, ongoing health issue and asked fans to pray for he and his family. The ESPN football analyst didn't disclose details of the illness he might be battling but pointedly told "all you men" to "get your blood work done and we'll work through it." "I got a great team of doctors and got a great family around me." Moss was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018. Heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol should also be regularly screened, per U.S. health guidelines.

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☆ Man arrested on murder charge after wife found dead in Oregon wilderness following widespread search
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said that on Saturday its deputies arrested Michel Fournier, 71, with the murder of Susan Lane-Fournier, 61. He is being held in a county jail with no bail on a charge of second-degree murder. Susan Lane-Fournier. Her two Malinois-mix dogs have also separately been found dead, the sheriff's office said. Lane-Fournier was first reported missing when she failed to show up for work in a local shop on Nov. 22.

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☆ Biden’s pardon of his son pours fuel on Trump’s claims of politicized justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter deepened an entanglement of politics and the rule of law that has tarnished faith in American justice and is almost certain to worsen in Donald Trump’s second term. And the cases against Hunter Biden lack the constitutional gravity or historic importance of the indictments against Trump and his frequent attacks on the rule of law. Already, Republicans are arguing the Hunter Biden pardon shows that the current president, and not the next one, is most to blame for politicizing the system of justice by meting out favorable treatment to his son. Yet at the same time, Hunter Biden put himself in a position in which he created a political vulnerability and potential conflict of interest for his father. Then, the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia soured many of the 45th president’s supporters on the justice system.

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☆ Trump expected to argue he has presidential immunity now, as president-elect, in new bid to dismiss hush-money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sentencing in the NY hush-money case has been indefinitely delayed by this latest dismissal bid. His hush-money case should therefore be immediately dismissed, and his 34 felony convictions wiped clean, his lawyers said last month that they plan to argue. Just how Trump leaps from presidential immunity to president-elect immunity has yet to be fleshed out. Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo via APThe argument that a president-elect has immunitySo why does Trump believe he enjoys presidential immunity from prosecution even now, as president-elect? Advertisement"President Trump has already commenced this complex, sensitive, and intensely time-consuming process," the two lawyers wrote of the transition on November 8.

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