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☆ Mike Bloomberg warns making RFK Jr. HHS secretary risks killing Americans, urges Senate to reject him
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Just imagine if RFK Jr. had been in office during Trump's first term," Bloomberg said at the Bloomberg American Health Summit in Washington D.C."Would Operation Warp Speed have even happened? RFK Jr. initially ran for president in 2024 as a Democrat, but switched to an independent bid and later dropped out to endorse Trump. Bloomberg in Tuesday's speech appealed directly to U.S. senators not to confirm RFK Jr. to the Cabinet role in the next Trump administration. Bloomberg expressed hope that Senate Republicans will convince Trump to reconsider nominating RFK Jr. before they are asked to weigh in. But RFK Jr. has taken a similar tack, endorsing a plan that he says is intended to "Make America Healthy Again" alongside Republicans.

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☆ Trump's Labor Secretary pick is winning Democratic praise — and GOP skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Oftentimes, you'll get a nominee out of a Republican administration who has had an anti-labor record," said Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. Advertisement"I've only heard good things," said Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Several Democratic senators have offered conditional praise for Chavez-DeRemer, indicating that they're willing to support her nomination if she commits to strengthening labor unions in her new position. And in recent years, organized labor and labor unions have enjoyed a bipartisan resurgence of support. I think the PRO Act is not good policy," said Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

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☆ Fox News ignores Pete Hegseth misconduct allegations as concerns over Trump pick mount
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The omission is potentially significant because Fox is the top TV outlet for Republicans, and Hegseth’s confirmation hinges on Republican senators. On Fox, Hegseth’s former colleagues aren’t raising alarms about the allegations or defending him – they’re just not talking about the issue at all. Instead, almost all of the recent mentions of Hegseth on Fox have been supportive or sympathetic. Hegseth told police the sex was consensual and he was never charged with a crime. A Fox News spokesperson declined to say whether the network has made an editorial decision not to report on allegations against its former host.

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☆ Trump agrees to DOJ background checks on administration nominees, appointments
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., October 30, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said Tuesday that it reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that sets the stage for the department to conduct background checks and start the security clearance process for Trump administration nominees and appointees. The Trump transition team said its memorandum of understanding with the DOJ "allows the transition team to submit names for background checks and security clearances." Democratic senators have been especially insistent that background checks are needed for all of Trump's nominees before they can be considered for confirmation by the Senate. "It's really appropriate, though, to have FBI background checks" to help illuminate the allegations against Hegseth, Fetterman said.

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☆ How Washington reacted to the Hunter Biden pardon: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In today's edition, our reporters go through President Joe Biden's pardon of his son — and the part that's particularly rankling fellow Democrats. Some Democrats bristle at Biden's pardon justificationBy Carol E. Lee, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Gary Grumbach and Dareh GregorianIt’s not just that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. The pardon comes after Biden repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his son’s sentence. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? : White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s decision to pardon his son, despite telling the press multiple times that the president had no such plans.

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☆ Democratic senators urge Biden to try to limit Trump’s ability to use the U.S. military domestically
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to issue a policy directive that could temporarily limit President-elect Donald Trump's ability to deploy U.S. military troops domestically after he takes office. “We write to urge you to issue a policy directive that prohibits the mobilization of active duty military or federalizing National Guard personnel to be deployed against their fellow Americans unless specifically authorized,” they wrote. After he takes office on Jan. 20, Trump could issue his own policy directive that would reverse the directive issued by Biden. Warren and Blumenthal, whose offices said the letter speaks for itself, apparently hope that publicly highlighting the issue might deter Trump. It allows the president to deploy military troops in cases of insurrection, rebellion or extreme civil unrest.

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☆ Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Trump to this day criticizes Pence for certifying the results of the 2020 election, falsely claiming it was stolen due to rampant voter fraud. In another interview in October of that year, Leavitt again denied that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election legitimately. Youngest White House press secretaryAt 27, Leavitt will be the youngest person ever to hold the position of White House press secretary. Trump praised Leavitt’s appointment, calling her “smart,” “tough” and “effective,” as he is expected to shake up the traditional White House press briefing in some way. Another included false claims of voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election.

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☆ Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk are on the same page about auditing the Pentagon and slashing the defense budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementBernie Sanders says Elon Musk is right about the Defense Department's wasteful spending. The DOGE co-leader criticized the Pentagon's F-35 program and $841 billion budget last month. Elon Musk has a new supporter in his push to rein in government spending — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. "Elon Musk is right," Sanders said of Musk's criticisms of the Defense Department's spending in an X post published Sunday. "Cool," Musk said in an X post in response to a New York Post story about Sanders' remarks on defense spending.

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☆ Who is Kash Patel, Trump’s pick for FBI director?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI and an ardent supporter of the president-elect, has vowed to help dismantle the same organization he’s poised to lead. The FBI director must also be confirmed by the Senate, where members are already bracing for how they’ll navigate a slew of unorthodox Trump selections. As of late last week, some close to Trump believed it was a “toss-up” between Patel and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as to whom the president-elect would pick for FBI director, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Trump briefly floated Patel as a potential replacement for then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, whom he had considered firing after the 2020 election. Patel was also put in charge of the Pentagon transition effort for Trump’s first term, overseeing coordination with the incoming Biden-Harris administration.

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CNN —Key Republican senators promised on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, will be vetted through the confirmation process. At the same time, two incoming committee chairs suggested openness to Patel and Trump’s other nominees not undergoing full FBI background checks as has traditionally been done. CNN has reported that Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks. “No, I’ll let that be a decision that President Trump makes,” he said when asked if he will insist on background checks performed by the FBI. “My position is what President Trump decides to do is what I will support.”It’s unclear how many Republican senators would be open to not having FBI background checks for nominees, and other key senators have already affirmed the importance of background checks.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. He credited President-elect Trump with this ceasefire, Jake, saying, quote, "Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump." The second dynamic to watch is, Kash Patel is on the record for the retribution agenda that Donald Trump ran on. I will never forget when you asked former President Trump – President-elect Trump and President Biden during that last presidential debate in 2020 about 545 children who were still separated from their parents. And before we go, the newest member of the Meet the Press family, Frankie Alice Katz was born at 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday.

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The threats prompted a flurry of reactions from world leaders, including a phone call between Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and a visit to Mar-a-Lago from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It’s a major tool,” Hagerty added. Hagerty praised Patel, who has little experience in federal law enforcement, telling Welker, “There are serious problems at the FBI. Hagerty dismissed concerns about Gabbard, saying he plans to vote for her anyway. “I’m not familiar with the meetings that she’s had, and I certainly don’t have to agree with every point of every one of President Trump’s nominees, but I am here to support them,” he said.

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☆ Republicans Stand Behind Trump’s Choice of Kash Patel to Lead F.B.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Trump’s announcement on Saturday that he intends to replace Christopher A. Wray, the current F.B.I. director, who still has three years left on his 10-year term, with Mr. Patel has stunned Democrats and many in the national security establishment. Mr. Patel has said he would launch a sweeping campaign of retribution against F.B.I. While Republican Senate leaders remained quiet on Sunday, other senators in Mr. Trump’s party expressed their support. Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said he had encouraged Mr. Trump to appoint Mr. Patel.

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“You’re going to see measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates go down,” Gottlieb, who led the FDA under Trump’s first administration, added. “And like I said, if we lose another 5%, which could happen the next year or two, we will see large measles outbreaks. Gottlieb referenced Kennedy’s long history of vaccine skepticism, which has included false claims that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine can cause autism. “I think that there’s skepticism in the Republican caucus more than I think the press is reporting right now,” Gottlieb said. “I talked to President Trump about vaccines in my first term,” Gottlieb said.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leads the way with over 770,000 TikTok followers, while Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a verified TikTok account with just over 1,100 followers. Of the 353 who supported the bill to force a sale, 13 have verified TikTok accounts, all of whom are Democrats. Luna’s communications director said that her TikTok account was for personal use and is not an official campaign account. Unlike in the House, where elected officials with verified TikTok accounts voted in both directions across party lines, 10 Senate Democrats with verified TikTok accounts voted to force a sale of the platform, while one independent and one Senate Republican with verified TikTok accounts voted against the bill to do so. Senators with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 318,000 TikTok followers, while representatives with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 178,000 TikTok followers.

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For several years, we were the Republican and Democratic counsels who reviewed presidential nominees’ background checks for the Senate Judiciary Committee. We know how the confirmation process is supposed to work and how important F.B.I. That’s why we’re appalled by reports that the new Republican-led Senate and the incoming Trump administration may dispense with it. background checks and even Senate confirmation itself via mass recess appointments, made by the president when the Senate is not in session, never would have flown with past iterations of the Judiciary Committee, regardless of which party was in charge. In our time working on the Judiciary Committee, we reviewed hundreds of nominations.

Persons: Trump Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Senate, Committee, Republicans Locations: United States

☆ Australia nears social media ban for children under 16 after heated debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The planned law would force social media platforms to take reasonable steps to ensure age-verification protections are in place. The ban was first announced during an emotionally charged parliamentary inquiry into social media, which included testimony from parents of children who had self-harmed due to cyberbullying. “I understand that using social media a lot is not a good thing and I’m working on it,” said Sydney high school student Enie Lam, 16. Australian media, from the publicly owned Australian Broadcasting Corp. to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., also support the ban. Let’s try and reduce the incidents we’re hearing involved with social media and young people in Australia.”

Persons: Meta, Anthony Albanese’s, Albanese, “ Young, ”, Sen, Karen Grogan, ByteDance’s TikTok, Elon Musk’s X, Enie Lam, Rupert, “, Jenny Branch, Allen, Let’s Organizations: Australia —, Google, Facebook, Labor, Sydney, Senate, Greens, Human Rights Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, News Corp, country’s, Australian Parents Council Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, Australia — Australia

☆ The senators who will determine the fate of Trump's Cabinet picks: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In today’s edition, two of our Capitol Hill experts, Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V, break down the key senators to watch in the confirmation battles over Donald Trump's Cabinet. Plus, national political correspondent Steve Kornacki takes a break from election data to dive into the polling around what Americans plan to serve at Thanksgiving this year. Programming note: From the Politics Desk is taking a holiday break the rest of the week. Trump’s Cabinet picks present an opening for Collins to further demonstrate her independent streak if she chooses to vote against some of Trump’s more controversial picks. The Cabinet nominees could be an opportunity for him to flex his muscle and use his vote to shape Trump’s agenda.

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☆ Abortions increase after Roe overturned and Mario Andretti talks new Formula 1 team: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

And former racing champ Mario Andretti shares early ideas for his new Formula 1 team. The much-anticipated decision comes after a yearlong saga marked by drama and bitter tensions between F1 and Andretti Global, led by former world champion Mario Andretti. Sahil Kapur, an NBC News senior politics reporter and F1 enthusiast, spoke exclusively to Mario Andretti about his ambitions for the new team. The one thing Mario, America’s last former F1 champion, hasn’t done is build an F1 team. Read more about Sahil’s exclusive interview with Mario Andretti.

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Here are nine key senators to watch in the nomination battles. The incoming majority leader is nobody’s idea of an ultra-MAGA Republican, but he understands his assignment: advance the Trump agenda. Does he choose to be a heat shield for members who quietly want to buck Trump without doing so publicly? The answers will set the tone for a long-awaited new era facing the Senate GOP. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.McConnell is the ultimate free agent as he relinquishes the job of Senate Republican leader after a record 18 years.

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☆ Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

CNN —Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”? Those huge current and planned investments in new manufacturing plants may represent the sole opportunity to preserve any elements of Biden’s blueprint for growing the domestic clean energy industry. Republican districts are slated to receive an equally large share of another $435 billion in clean energy projects that have been announced but not yet built, the analysis found. The US reliance on the fossil fuels driving climate change has been declining for years, but only at a modest pace. Yet interrupting that transition by repealing the federal policies benefiting clean energy remains a dangerous gamble.

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☆ One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A key challenge for all of the Trump administration’s new public health leaders, the experts said, will be keeping politics out of science. CNN has reached out to Nesheiwat and Makary for comment and did not receive a response. Some said that could put them at odds with Kennedy, whom Trump has chosen for the nation’s top health post as HHS secretary. It doesn’t seem that he has much experience working in the field of public health,” said Castrucci, an epidemiologist who is president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, a nonprofit focused on strengthening the US public health system. The US surgeon general typically serves as the voice of the administration’s public health policy while promoting their own agenda of issues that they feel are important to the health of American people.

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Senate Republicans derailed President-elect Donald Trump’s first jaw-dropping pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz. But it’s unclear if they will be able to block any other controversial nominees despite skepticism from some rank-and-file Republicans. In the weeks since Trump’s dramatic election victory, the power struggle between the president-elect and independent-minded Senate Republicans has been playing out in plain view. Senators are getting a brief reprieve from questions about Trump’s nominees as they celebrate Thanksgiving. Some Senate Republicans who leveled some of the strongest criticism at Gaetz said they could live with Hegseth, despite the 2017 assault allegations.

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☆ San Jose State volleyball player at center of fight over trans athletes can compete at tournament, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A federal judge ruled Monday that a volleyball player for the San Jose State University women's team, who is at the center of controversy about transgender athletes, can compete in this week's conference tournament. Judge S. Kato Crews, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, denied the emergency motion for a preliminary injunction filed this month against the Mountain West Conference. "San José State University will continue to support its student-athletes and reject discrimination in all forms," the university said said. "All San José State University student-athletes are eligible to participate in their sports under NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules." The Mountain West Conference has said it is taking the suit’s allegations seriously.

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☆ Australia drops plan to fine social media giants accused of enabling misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s government said Sunday that it had dropped plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online. The bill was part of a wide-ranging regulatory crackdown by Australia, where leaders have complained that foreign-domiciled tech platforms are overriding the country’s sovereignty, and comes ahead of a federal election due within a year. The Liberal-National coalition, as well as the Australian Greens and crossbench senators, all opposed the legislation, Sky News reported. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called the government bill a “half-baked option” in remarks televised on Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Sunday. Industry body DIGI, of which Meta is a member, previously said the proposed regime reinforced an existing anti-misinformation code.

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