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☆ UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Annie Waldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Internal company documents reveal Optum is deploying “rigorous utilization management” in response to an increased need for ABA therapy. With the diminished hours of treatment, Benji grew increasingly disruptive. “We’ll let it go,” she warned with a sugared voice, “but hands to self, OK?”Benji works with registered behavioral technician Hortencia Cervantez during ABA treatment. Even though Optum denied the additional hours of treatment, Benji has continued to receive them. Internal documents show Optum is aiming to exclude from its network about 40% of Louisiana groups that offer ABA therapy.

Persons: ProPublica, Sharelle Menard, Benji, couldn’t, ”, “, ” Benji, Menard, she’s, Optum, Karen Fessel, ” Optum, Christa Stevens, Tim Clement, Deborah Steinberg, Dan Unumb, Whitney Newton, Annie Flanagan, Martin Parish, Benji’s tantrums, Benji didn’t, She’d, Joslyn McCoy, it’s, ProPublica McCoy, McCoy, ” McCoy, Newton, Mario Brothers, Hortencia, Daddy Yankee, ” Newton, We’re, Lorri Unumb, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: Optum, United, ABA, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealth, ProPublica, Mental Health, Autism Insurance, Autism, Autism Legal Resource, Aspire Behavioral Health, Breaux, Aspire, ProPublica Autism, of Autism Service, CNN, CNN Health Locations: Menard, Louisiana, Lafayette, St, Martin, Arizona , Nebraska , Tennessee, Virginia , New Jersey , Indiana

Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign over his short-lived martial law attempt. Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul on December 4, after Yoon's declaration of martial law. The following day, South Korean police raided the presidential office, a presidential security official confirmed to CNN. Last week, South Korean prosecutors detained former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who allegedly recommended the martial law imposition and resigned in the wake of the scandal. Senior government officials have testified at various government hearings over the last week revealing some extraordinary details about the night of the martial law order.

Persons: Yoon Suk, Yoon, I’ve, ” “, ”, Han Duck, ” Kang Sun, Yoon’s, impeaching, “, Kim Hong, Han, Park Chan, Woohae Cho, Jung Yeon, Kim Yong, Kim, Kwak Jong, geun, Park, hye, CNN’s Lex Harvey, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae Organizations: South Korea CNN, country’s, South, Democratic Party, CNN, People Power Party, National Assembly, Reuters, South Korean, Constitutional, Getty, MBC, Police, Korean, Warfare Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea’s, Korean, South Korean, cahoots, North Korea, East

☆ ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. In a statement, ABC News said: "We are pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing." Last year, Trump was found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Carroll and was ordered to pay her $5 million. In January, he was found liable on additional defamation claims and ordered to pay Carroll $83.3 million. The judge said the verdict did not mean that Carroll "failed to prove that Mr. Trump 'raped' her as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'

Persons: Donald Trump's, George Stephanopoulos, E, Jean Carroll, Trump, Stephanopoulos, Nancy Mace, defaming Carroll, Lewis Kaplan, Carroll, Kaplan Organizations: ABC News, ABC, Carroll, Trump, New York Penal Locations: Carroll's, New York

☆ TikTok’s ban won’t be delayed. Here’s what you should know
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Auzinea Bacon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —TikTok has plans for another appeal as it faces a ban on January 19. The latest ruling follows last week’s decision by the same appeals court to uphold the law, citing national security concerns. The Supreme Court could make a quick decision on the case. “I have trouble thinking that the conservative force on the Supreme Court would not see this as a (national) security case,” Schiller said. He said in July (in a video posted to the app) that he would “never ban TikTok” — although he did try to ban it during his first term.

Persons: CNN — TikTok, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Michael Hughes, Josh Schiller, Boies Schiller Flexner, “, ” Schiller, Gautam Hans, TikTok, ByteDance, hasn’t, Donald Trump, Alan Rozenshtein Organizations: CNN, DC Circuit, Amendment Clinic, Cornell Law School, Justice, Apple, Google, Department, Trump, University of Minnesota Locations: Beijing, China, United States

The former Indiana University basketball team doctor accused of sexually assaulting players back in the 1990s invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination dozens of times during a recent deposition when he was asked whether he performed rectal examinations on young athletes, according to the transcript of his testimony. Neither Knight, who died last year at age 83, nor Bomba are listed as defendants. Mujezinovic and Miller said in the lawsuit that they “were routinely and repeatedly subjected to medically unnecessary, invasive, and abusive digital rectal examinations” by Bomba. Bomba had played football for Indiana University and was nicknamed “Frankenstein” by coaches and players “due to the large size of his hands and fingers,” the lawsuit added. Mujezinovic, who spent two seasons at Indiana from 1995 to 1997, and Miller, who played for the Hoosiers from 1994 through 1998, are seeking unspecified damages.

Persons: Dr, Bradford Bomba, Bob Knight, Bomba, Judge Mario Garcia, Haris Mujezinovic, Charlie Miller, Knight, Miller, ” Kathleen Delaney, “ I’m, ” Mujezinovic, “, ’, ”, ” Miller, Barnes, ” Anthony Prather, Mujezinovic, Frankenstein, “ Dr Organizations: Indiana University basketball, The Herald Times, University, Indiana University, Indianapolis, NBC News, Hoosier, Indiana, Hoosiers

☆ Trump ordered to sit for deposition next week in his defamation case against ABC News
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Andrew Kirell | Andrew Kirell Is A News Editor With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

President-elect Donald Trump has been ordered to spend part of the week before Christmas being grilled by lawyers in his defamation case against ABC News. Trump has thus far not made himself available for a recorded deposition — to the apparent chagrin of the defense team. “I can understand your frustration,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid said to Nathan Siegel, the lawyer representing ABC News. Hours after the hearing, Reid issued an order that Trump sit down for an in-person deposition the week of Dec. 16 and that it be limited to four hours. Further, the judge ordered that Stephanopoulos must also be deposed next week and it must also be restricted to four hours.

Persons: Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, Trump, “, Judge Lisette M, Reid, Nathan Siegel, “ he’s, ” Siegel, “ I’m, ”, Trump’s, Alejandro Brito, Stephanopoulos, Paula Lobo, ABC Trump, Nancy Mace, E, Jean Carroll, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Carroll, Brito, Siegel Organizations: ABC News, Lawyers, U.S, ABC, Service, Trump, Southern District of, Carroll, District Locations: Florida, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, U.S

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear a case related to California's ability to set its own, often strict, vehicle emissions standards that include curbs on greenhouse gases. Due to the size of the California market, the state’s regulations hold considerable sway over vehicle manufacturers. The Obama administration granted California a waiver to regulate greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions but the first Trump administration sought to change course. The most recent EPA waiver, in 2022, prompted 17 Republican states led by Ohio and the business groups to sue. In court papers, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar pointed out that manufacturers are already meeting the state's standards.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Obama, Trump, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar Organizations: federal, Air, EPA, Republican, The U.S, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit Locations: California, Ohio, The

Smith & Wesson voluntarily agreed, among other product safety changes, to make magazine disconnects available as an option on all its pistols. “I can’t really go around talking about how there needs to be more gun safety for 25-year-old men who know better,” she said. But in a second interview months later, Skipper said that after talking with NBC News she had come around to the idea that more guns should have magazine disconnects. And law enforcement agencies that previously required magazine disconnects in standard-issue weapons have largely moved to guns without them. Magazine disconnects are “becoming much less common for sure.”Consumers may have moved on, but the deadly accidents have persisted.

Persons: New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, ” Morial, Clinton, Smith, gunmakers, ” Wayne LaPierre, ”, Gregory Smith, Beretta, Jonathan Lowy, “, ” John Burnsworth III, J.R . Gustafson, Burnsworth, ” Burnsworth, —, Gustafson, ’, hasn’t, Keane, “ That’s, Sharon Skipper, Thomas Gage Skipper, Gage, Tyler Shepperd, he’d, Sharon Skipper Gage, Skipper, Shepperd, Glock, Natalie Behring, ” Glock, Preston Spicher, Lowy, Sig Sauer, ” Smith, ” Reno, he’s, that’s Organizations: New, New Orleans Mayor, Smith, Wesson, NRA, Getty, Beretta, Global, NBC News, Springfield Armory, U.S . Marine Corps, NBC, Delaware ., Industry, Ruger, California, Association, Republicans, U.S . House, Senate, ”, YouTube Locations: New Orleans, Dallas, Illinois, Mount Pleasant , Pennsylvania, Florida, Austrian, Rexburg , Idaho, Delaware, Knoxville , Tennessee, Las Vegas, California, Pennsylvania

☆ Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If ByteDance fails to sell TikTok by that date, Apple and Google will be required by law to ensure that their platforms no longer support the TikTok app in the U.S., the lawmakers wrote. They said that since President Joe Biden passed the original TikTok law in April, "Congress has provided ample time for TikTok to take the necessary steps to come into compliance." President-elect Donald Trump has not publicly stated whether he plans to enforce the effective TikTok ban when he officially takes office on Jan. 20. Apple, Google and TikTok didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. WATCH: TikTok ban law upheld

Persons: Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, John Moolenaar, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jan, Shou Zi Chew, Joe Biden, TikTok, Donald Trump, Trump, Jeff Yass, didn't Organizations: U.S, Capitol, House Committee, Apple, Google, Chinese Communist Party, U.S ., Washington , D.C, TikTok, Republican, Susquehanna International Group, NBC, CNBC Locations: Washington ,, U.S, United States, ByteDance, Yass

Skepticism over government responseOne New Jersey lawmaker is accusing federal officials of lying about the presence and purpose of the mysterious drones. Connecticut State Police announced Friday they have deployed a drone detection system to assist in investigative efforts into unauthorized drone sightings reported over Fairfield County. Josh Shapiro said his administration is “aware of” the reported drone sightings and is taking them seriously. Residents in New York’s Rockland County reported drone sightings starting as early as November. A total of 791,597 drones are registered with the FAA, split almost evenly between commercial drones and recreational drones.

Persons: Maura Healey, Josh Gottheimer, CNN’s Kate Bolduan, York’s, Kathy Hochul, “, Nicole Malliotakis, Vito Fossella, Mike Ghassali, Michael Melham, Melham, ” Melham, Erik Peterson, CNN’s Victor Blackwell, Peterson, he’s, ”, Donald Trump, Biden, ” Trump, US Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Alejandro Mayorkas, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Mayorkas, Phil Murphy, Bill Addison, Democratic Sen, Andy Kim of, Andy Kim, Sen, Tony Hwang, It’s, Josh Shapiro, Glenn Youngkin, John Kirby, ” Kirby, ” Mayorkas, ” Gottheimer, Ed Day, Joe Biden, ” Malliotakis, Brian Glenn, Tom Adams, ” Adams, Donald Trump’s, Tony Perry, Rick Smith, ” Hochul, Smith, CNN’s Gloria Pazmino, Zoe Sottile, Taylor Romine, Kate Sullivan, Alayna, Brynn Gingras, Samantha Waldenberg, Betsy Klein, Ted Barrett, Holmes Lybrand, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Polo Sandoval, Lauren Mascarenhas, Elizabeth Wolfe, Haley Britzky, Hanna Park, Omar Jimenez, Dakin Andone Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal, Massachusetts Gov, Defense Department, Arsenal, Naval Weapons Station, FBI, DHS, New Jersey Democrat, House Intelligence, York’s Stewart International Airport, Port Authority of New, Port Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, ” New York Gov, New York State Intelligence Center, New York Republican, Port Liberty, Fort Wadsworth, Emergency Management, Social, US, Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs Committee, Homeland, CNN, New Jersey’s Democratic Gov, White, Naval, Station, US Navy, Democratic, Sheriff’s, ”, York State Police, Connecticut State Police, Republican, Pennsylvania State Police, Gov, Department of Emergency Management, National Security Communications, Department of Homeland Security, Senate, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, Preparedness, FAA, AP, CNN News Central, Democratic New York, UAS Authority Security Locations: New York, New York City, Massachusetts, New York , New Jersey , Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, Port Authority of New York, Orange County, Staten Island, Port Liberty New York, Fort, Montvale , New Jersey, Belleville , New Jersey, United States, Federal, Middletown , New Jersey, Salem, Hope, Andy Kim of New Jersey, Morris County, Somerset, Fairfield County, Fairfield, New York’s Rockland County, Rockland County, Bernardsville , New Jersey, Belleville Township, Bedminster, “, Hanna

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon US Capitol rioters on Day One, but one month before Inauguration Day it’s not clear who among the hundreds of convicted rioters, defendants awaiting trial and remaining fugitives would receive clemency. In a Time Magazine interview conducted last month and published Thursday, the president-elect said he would look at rioters’ cases individually. Some judges in Washington, DC, have also been publicly critical of Trump’s attempts to whitewash the riot’s causes and violence. One major question has been where a line might be drawn among the Capitol riot defendants who would be eligible for Trump’s clemency, and what would qualify as violent versus non-violent actions. One judge, Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, made pointed comments in a hearing for a Capitol riot defendant two weeks after this year’s election.

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☆ The battle between human and robot ride-hailing drivers hinges on airports
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Airport rides are among the most profitable trips for human drivers. If Waymo One's robotaxis continue expanding to airports, human ride-hailing drivers could see their incomes take a big hit. AdvertisementMany Uber and Lyft drivers have told BI their gigs are already less profitable than they were a few years ago — due, in part, to an increase in competition from both human and robot drivers. AdvertisementWaymo One, which is owned by Alphabet, is the only company operating autonomous vehicles at US airports, Waymo told BI. AdvertisementAirport trips are some drivers' 'bread and butter'Moore said that airport trips aren't as profitable for drivers as they used to be, but that they remain important.

Persons: Waymo, Uber, Lindsey Cameron, —, You've, Nicole Moore, she's, they're, It's, robotaxis, hasn't, Lyft, Moore, Jason D, Sergio Avedian, Guy, Avedian, isn't Organizations: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Drivers, Waymo, Los Angeles World Airports, Airport Commission, San Francisco International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Austin, Bergstrom International Airport, BI, GM, Uber, Phoenix Locations: Phoenix, LA, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Miami, Waymo, Phoenix —, San Francisco , Los Angeles, aren't

☆ Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether the law should take effect while the social media platform’s challenge to it plays out. Last week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the law, clearing the way for it to take effect on January 19. Days later, TikTok asked the court to issue a temporary pause on the ban while the company asks the Supreme Court to review its challenge to the law. The appeals court unanimously rejected that bid in a brief, unsigned order that called such a block “unwarranted.”The law requires the platform to be sold to a new, non-Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. The company has indicated in court filings that if the appeals court declined to grant interim relief, it would ask the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the law for now.

Persons: TikTok, ”, Biden Organizations: CNN, Supreme, DC Locations: United States

☆ I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

athletes doing Mr. Trump’s dance moves were a sign, the hosts said, that Mr. Trump had recaptured popular culture from the clutches of Hollywood liberals. Blame for any hiccups in Mr. Trump’s strategy was assigned to Democrats or even Republicans who were not sufficiently obedient. Perhaps the biggest cheerleader for Mr. Trump was Mr. Bongino, the eponymous host of Rumble’s most-watched show, with 3.4 million followers. I don’t remember seeing Mr. Bongino criticize Mr. Trump — not once. When Mr. Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration later that week after significant pushback, Mr. Bongino never faulted Mr. Trump for the whole ordeal.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, influencers, ⏸︎, It's, Graham Allen, you’re, Crowder, Tucker, Rogan, Biden, ”, Joe ” ▶, Russell Brand, —, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia, Clayton Morris, Morris, Roseanne Barr, Jake Pentland, Barr’s, Diane Ellis Marseglia, Ms, Marseglia, “, Dan Bongino, MAGA podcasters, we’re, that’s, Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s, Howard Lutnick, David Sacks, Christopher Pavlovski, Elon Musk, ” Mr, Pavlovski, Tim Murtaugh, Tommy Tuberville, MAGA, “ We’ve, Tuberville, Bongino, Bongino’s, Matt Gaetz, Mr, Trump —, Gaetz, ‘ You’re, Pentland, Stephen K, Bannon, Candace Owens, Candace Organizations: YouTube, Pew Research, Biden, Trump, MSNBC, Mar, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security’s, Progressives, Republicans, Fox News, Rumble, Democratic, Bucks, deride, Republican Party, White House, Congress, Mr, Craft Ventures, New York Times, Alabama Republican, Senate, Republican, Bongino Inc, CNN, ABC News, Justice Department Locations: Russia, Canadian, —, Washington, United States, Nashville , Los Angeles , Buffalo , New York City, Los Angeles, Ukraine, Portugal, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pa, Florida, Alabama, Chew

☆ DOGE tracker: A running list of what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy say they will change
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aim to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget by June 4, 2026. There are more than 440 government agencies; Musk has said he wants to trim that down to no more than 99. In a post on X, Ramaswamy endorsed the idea, and did so again while speaking to Fox News in November. For the fiscal year 2024, it had a $90 billion budget, which is less than 11% of the defense budget of $842 billion. Target expired federal spending commitmentsOn X, Ramaswamy has floated a range of places that could see cuts.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, They've, Donald Trump, Ramaswamy, SCOTUS, Raimondo, — Ramaswamy, Musk, Trump, Chip Somodevilla, haven't, Brandon Bell, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Sanders, Trump's, ANGELA WEISS, DOGE, X Organizations: Department of Government, Security, Musk, Trump, Street, Environmental Protection Agency, Loper Bright Enterprises, Political, Department, Education, of Education, Fox News, Department of Defense, Consumer Financial, Financial, Bureau, Republicans, Internal Revenue, IRS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Government, Office, Getty, Congressional, NASA, Partnership for Public Service, Washington Post, Pentagon, Management, Daylight Savings Locations: West Virginia, Washington, American, Afghanistan

It's called the Schumer Box after New York Senator Charles Schumer, who championed the legislation that eliminated much of the fine print. Key components of the Schumer Box explainedInterest rates (APR) overviewThis section details the APR range for your credit card. FAQs about the Schumer BoxWhat is the purpose of the Schumer Box on credit card applications? The Schumer Box is a standardized disclosure format that credit card issuers are required to use in the United States to outline the costs, fees, terms, and conditions of a credit card agreement. Late payment fees, balance transfer fees, returned payment fees, penalty fees, and cash advance fees are typically listed in the Schumer Box.

Persons: Schumer, It's, Charles Schumer, Grace, you'll, they're, it's, Jason Steele Jason Steele, Jason, Guy, he’s Organizations: New, Schumer, Conference, Credit Card Media, Forbes, USA, Newsweek, Street Journal, CNN, University of Delaware, Colorado ExperienceExpertiseEducations Locations: United States, Colorado

☆ China says Philippines has 'provoked trouble' in South China Sea with U.S. backing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as "Chinese maritime militia" (back R) and a China Coast Guard vessel (front R) sailing near the Philippine military chartered Unaizah May 4 (L) during its supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on March 5, 2024. China accused the Philippines on Friday of having "provoked trouble" in the South China Sea with U.S. backing, a week after Beijing and Manila traded accusations over a new confrontation in the disputed waters. "The Philippine side, with U.S. support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea," Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's defence ministry, said on its official WeChat account. Beijing and Manila have been involved this year in a series of confrontations at reefs and outcrops in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. Sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal has never been established.

Persons: Thomas Shoal, Wu Qian, China's, EEZs Organizations: Philippine Coast Guard, China Coast Guard, Philippine, Unaizah, U.S, National Maritime Council, National Security Council, Navy's, China's Coast Guard, United, UN, Scarborough, Association of Southeast, Nations Locations: China, Philippines, South, U.S, Beijing, Manila, South China, Spratly, Scarborough, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, The U.S, Huangyan, United Nations

McBride, a Delaware Democrat, previously described the resolution as an “attempt to misdirect” attention away from other policy priorities. “I don’t want to get into the bathroom issue,” Trump told Time. Time also asked Trump about his campaign ads that focused on transgender people. The ad ended with the tagline: “Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you.”“Well, it’s true,” Trump told Time. “Trump is for us.”When pressed further, he said: “I mean, Trump is definitely for us, OK?

Persons: Donald Trump, Sarah McBride —, Nancy Mace, ” Mace, Mike Johnson, McBride, Trump, “, ” McBride, Mace, Johnson’s, Taylor Haulsee, ”, ” Trump, it’s, Kamala Harris ’, “ Kamala, “ Trump, “ I’m Organizations: Delaware Democrat, Time, NBC, U.S . Capitol Police, Advancement, Biden Locations: Delaware, Tennessee

☆ UCLA student sues California doctors, says she was 'fast-tracked' into transgender surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery, according to her lawsuit. “There is strong consensus among the most prominent medical organizations worldwide that evidence-based, gender-affirming care for transgender children and adolescents is medically necessary and appropriate. Surgical gender-affirming care is rarely performed on minors, and these procedures are illegal in dozens of states, though California is not among them. Research suggests that regretting treatment for gender dysphoria is “extremely rare,” according to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH. Transition-related care for minors has been a divisive political issue, with Republicans in 26 states passing measures to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for minors in recent years, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.

Persons: Kaya Clementine Breen, “, ” Kaya Clementine Breen, Kaya Clementine Breen Breen, ”, Breen, ” Breen, Johanna Olson, Kennedy, Scott Mosser, Susan P, Landon, Olson, . Olson, there’s, ” Mosser, doesn’t, Dr, Moira Szilagyi, “ detransitioners, detransitioned Organizations: UCLA, Court, Center, Transyouth Health, Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, NBC, of San, UCSF Health Community, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Endocrine, NBC News, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, UCSF, American Psychiatric Association, Research, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, National Center for Transgender Equality, Movement Advancement, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital Los, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, of San Francisco, San Francisco, Mosser, California, U.S, New York

☆ Top U.S. liquor distributor favored Costco, Kroger, other chains over small businesses: FTC
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Dan Mangan | Dan Mangan Is A Reporter Covering Politics For Cnbc.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Federal Trade Commission in a new lawsuit accuses the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits of illegal price discrimination that gave large chains — among them Costco, Kroger and Total Wine & More — much better prices than those offered to neighborhood grocery stores, convenience shops and independent liquor stores. The distributor, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, is the tenth largest privately held company in the United States, generating about $26 billion in revenues from sales to retail customers in 2023, the FTC said Thursday in announcing the suit. The suit alleges the distributor violated the Robinson-Patman Act by providing “steep discounts” without any market justification to a certain set of retailers. “When local businesses get squeezed because of unfair pricing practices that favor large chains, Americans see fewer choices and pay higher prices — and communities suffer,” said FTC Chair Lina Khan in a statement. “The law says that businesses of all sizes should be able to compete on a level playing field,” Khan said.

Persons: Robinson, ”, Lina Khan, ” Khan, Pernod Ricard, Silver Tequila, Jim Beam Bourbon, Mark Whiskey Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, U.S, Costco, Kroger, Southern, “ Enforcers, CNBC, Central, Central District of, Jameson, Bacardi U.S.A, Bacardi, Diageo, Smirnoff, Beam Suntory Locations: United States, Southern, U.S, Central District, Central District of California

☆ Meta donates $1 million to Trump inaugural fund after Zuckerberg Mar-a-Lago meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, said Thursday it had donated $1 million to the inaugural fund of President-elect Donald Trump. The donation is the latest swing in the up-and-down relationship between Trump and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company. The two men had dinner together last month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. In 2021, Meta suspended Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as did some other platforms like Twitter, after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Peter Thiel, another investor and a former Meta board member, is also a longtime Trump adviser.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Mark Zuckerberg’s, Zuckerberg, Kamala Harris, Joseph Simons, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel Organizations: Instagram, Facebook, Street Journal, Trump’s, Meta, U.S . Capitol, Federal Trade Commission, Trump, Democratic, Free Press, Mar Locations: Lago, Florida

WASHINGTON — The FBI failed to take the "basic step" of canvassing its field offices for intelligence ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a long-awaited Justice Department's inspector general report released Thursday. FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate told investigators that the lack of a canvas was a "basic step that was missed" and that he would have expected it to have occurred, the inspector general's office said. The inspector general did find that the FBI "recognized the potential for violence" and took "significant and appropriate steps" even though the FBI played "only a supporting role in preparing for and responding to" the events of Jan. 6. A total of 13 confidential human sources entered the restricted area around the Capitol, the IG report said, while the remaining 9 never entered the Capitol or restricted area. Smith is still expected to issue a written report on his investigation.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Paul Abbate, Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Smith, Smith Organizations: FBI, U.S . Capitol, Capitol, Attorney's, District of Columbia, Violence, NBC Locations: Washington, U.S

The civil lawsuits, filed anonymously in New York state’s Supreme Court by lawyer Thomas Giuffra, involve incidents that happened between 2019 and 2022. One man alleged Combs’ associates threatened him into keeping quiet. The third man alleged Combs and “his associates from Bad Boy Records” took turns sexually assaulting him. He said in the summer of 2020 he was invited by one of Comb’s “associates” at Bad Boy Records to a party at Comb’s mansion in East Hampton, New York. The man said in the lawsuit, Combs and “his associates from Bad Boy Records” took turns sexually assaulting and raping him.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Thomas Giuffra, Combs, Bad Boy Records ”, ” Giuffra, he’d, Prosecutors, They’re, “, ” Combs, John Doe, ”, Plaintiff, Combs “, Comb’s “, Casandra, Cassie ” Ventura, Ventura, Dawn Richard, Danity Kane Organizations: Bad Boy Records, NBC News, Metropolitan Detention, Giuffra, Bad Boy Entertainment Holdings Inc, Bad Boy Entertainment LLC, Bad Boy Productions Holdings, Inc, Sony Music Holdings Inc, CNN Locations: New York, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Comb’s, East Hampton , New York, Ventura

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related health care for minors. “Fortunately, the Montana Supreme Court understands the danger of the state interfering with critical healthcare,” Kell Olson, an attorney for Lambda Legal, said in a statement. The law also prohibits Medicaid from covering such treatments for trans minors. In upholding the injunction, Montana Supreme Court Justice Beth Baker wrote in the majority opinion that the Legislature “did not make gender-affirming care unlawful,” nor “did it make the treatments unlawful for all minors,” as minors can still receive the treatments for other reasons. The U.S. Supreme Court took up such restrictions for the first time last week, when it heard arguments over a similar law in Tennessee.

Persons: Jason Marks, “, ” Kell Olson, ” Chase Scheuer, Austin Knudsen, ” “, Montanans, ” Scheuer, Marks, ”, Beth Baker, ” Baker Organizations: Montana Supreme, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda, Lambda Legal, Montana Attorney, Republican, dysphoria, Associated Press, Movement Advancement, Montana, State, Zooey, Montana’s, U.S, Supreme Locations: Montana, Missoula County, Montana’s, ” Montana, Tennessee

President-elect Donald Trump isn't ruling out the possibility of a war against Iran during his second term, saying in a recent interview that "anything can happen." Russia-UkraineWhile Trump didn't take war with Iran off the table, he made clear that he wants the wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas to end. He told Time that the situation in the Middle East is "an easier problem to handle than what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine." “We’re just escalating this war and making it worse.”According to Time, Trump said he would use U.S. support for Ukraine as leverage against Russia in trying to negotiate an end to the war. “I don’t believe we’ll have to, because we will send the whole family back,” Trump said.

Persons: Donald Trump isn't, Trump, Bashar al, Joe Biden, ”, “ We’re, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Pardoning Jan, “ It’s, Time he’s, “, ” Trump, Tom Homan, it’s, They’ll, they’ll Organizations: Iran, Time, Trump, Russia, NBC, Capitol, Biden, Democratic, White Locations: Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, U.S, Mexico

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