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From left, President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden. Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden hopes to walk away from his closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday having put the US-China relationship on steadier footing after months of tension between the two superpowers. With conflicts raging in the Middle East and Europe as he prepares to fight for reelection, Biden hopes to prevent another crisis from exploding on his watch. He is not only looking to demonstrate to Americans – but also to Xi directly – why an improved relationship with Beijing is in everyone’s interests. “Intense competition requires and demands intense diplomacy to manage tensions and to prevent competition from verging into conflict or confrontation.”Read more about Biden’s meeting with Xi.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Biden, Xi, week’s Biden, Jake Sullivan, Wang Yi, Antony Blinken, Janet Yellen, Gina Raimondo, John Kerry, —, ” Organizations: Getty, Foreign, China’s, American, “ Locations: China, East, Europe, Beijing, California, Washington

If the House passes the bill, the Senate will next need to approve the measure. Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17. In the first major test of his leadership, newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is pursuing an unusual two-step plan that would set up two new shutdown deadlines in January and February. The conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly 30 hardliners, has taken an official position against Johnson’s two-part government funding plan. A number of conservatives oppose the stopgap bill because it would not implement the deep spending cuts they have demanded.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, CNN’s Kristin Wilson, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox Organizations: Energy Department, Caucus, Republican, GOP, Freedom Caucus, Johnson’s Locations: Israel, Ukraine

In the 16 months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, six states have held direct votes on the future of abortion rights within their borders. And on six occasions, the pro-abortion rights side has prevailed — including in traditionally conservative states like Kentucky. Virginia: “There’s not like a referendum question on the ballot, but it is on the ballot,” Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine told CNN after a backyard rally for Democratic state legislative candidates in September. Though Virginia is now reliably blue in presidential races, its local races are a fierce battleground. Virginia’s off-off-year local elections — held a year after federal midterm elections and featuring no statewide contests — are famously difficult to predict.

Persons: Roe, Wade, “, ” Virginia Sen, Tim Kaine, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Republican Glenn Youngkin, Terry McAuliffe, —, Youngkin, ”, Andy Beshear, Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Cameron, Matt Bevin, Read Organizations: US Senate, CNN, Democratic, Commonwealth, Republican, Voters Locations: Kentucky, Ohio , Virginia, Pennsylvania, . Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Midwestern

Mike Sauschuck, Commissioner of the Department of Safety, speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, October 25. WMURA vehicle of interest was located in Lisbon, Maine, Mike Sauschuck, state commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, said during a news briefing Wednesday night. Lisbon is about 8 miles southeast of the city of Lewiston, where the shooting unfolded earlier Wednesday. Residents in Lisbon and Lewiston are being told to shelter in place as the manhunt for a person of interest, Robert Card, continues, he said. Hundreds of officers continue to search for Card as he remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, Sauschuck said.

Persons: Mike Sauschuck, Robert Card, Sauschuck Organizations: Department of Safety, Department of Public, Residents Locations: Lisbon , Maine, Lisbon, Lewiston

Attorney General Merrick Garland said he was not instructed to charge Donald Trump with federal crimes, pushing back against comments made by the former president over the weekend. Trump told NBC that the charges he’s facing as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents and election interference probes are “Biden political indictments,” and that Biden “said to the attorney general ‘indict him.’”Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California asked Garland to respond to the allegation, “Was [Trump] telling the truth or was he lying when he said the president told you to indict him?”“No one has told me to indict,” Garland said, “and in this case the decision to indict was made by the special counsel.”“So that statement the president made on Sunday was false,” Schiff asked. Garland again repeated that “no one has told me who should be indicted in any matter like this, and the decision about indictment was made by Mr. Smith,” referring to special counsel Jack Smith.

Persons: Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Biden “, ‘, ’, Adam Schiff of, Garland, “, ”, ” Garland, ” Schiff, Smith, Jack Smith Organizations: NBC, Biden, Democratic, Adam Schiff of California

Ukrainian strikes on the eastern Donetsk region left six people dead and another nine wounded Saturday, said Denis Pushilin, the Russia-backed head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian forces shelled the cities of Donetsk, Svitlodarsk and Horlivka, Pushilin said on Telegram. Several houses and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged during the strikes, Pushilin added. Remember: The Donetsk People's Republic is a self-declared, Russian-backed separatist region in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has raged since 2014. This post has been updated to include the latest death and injury toll reported by Russia-backed authorities in Donetsk.

Persons: Denis Pushilin, Pushilin Organizations: Donetsk People's Locations: Donetsk, Russia, Donetsk People's Republic, Ukrainian, Svitlodarsk, Russian, Ukraine

As part of her request, Willis noted that one of the defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, sought a quick trial under Georgia’s Speedy Trial Act. Late Friday, another defendant, attorney Sidney Powell, also requested a speedy trial, according to a new filing. How does Georgia’s speedy trial law work? Under Georgia law, any criminal defendant has the right to demand a trial within weeks of being indicted. Lawyers for Trump told the judge that they oppose the proposed October 23 trial date, and will attempt to separate his Georgia case from Chesebro, who wanted to speed up the trial date.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Kenneth Chesebro, Georgia’s, Sidney Powell, ”, Chesebro, Elie Honig, Andrew Fleischman Organizations: State, CNN, Trump Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, ” Georgia, Chesebro

☆ Live updates: Maui wildfires death toll rises, Lahaina closed again to public
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The US Army Corps of Engineers deployed teams to help manage debris, set up temporary emergency power and consult officials on the recovery from Hawaii's devastating wildfires, a spokesperson told CNN. “Our personnel are assisting with planning and assessments,” said Raini Brunson, the Corps of Engineers spokesperson. The deployment includes experts on relevant topics in public works and engineering, Brunson said. The soldiers' mission has been coordinated through FEMA, according to the official. It’s unclear where the teams have specifically been sent.

Persons: ”, Raini Brunson, Brunson Organizations: US Army Corps of Engineers, CNN, “, Corps, Engineers, FEMA

Ukraine’s National Resistance Center — an official body — claimed Tuesday that the construction of another camp to host Wagner Group fighters has begun in the Zyabrovka Air Base in Belarus. “On the border with Ukraine, in the village of Zyabrovka in the Republic of Belarus, a new camp for 'Wagner' PMC mercenaries is being built,” the center said on its website. Zyabrovka is located near Gomel in southeastern Belarus, about 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine's Chernihiv region. The camp can house around 1,000 personnel, the center said, and it looks like a tent city. Moscow used Belarusian territory to facilitate its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, strengthening ties between President Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko.

Persons: —, Wagner, Alexander Lukashenko, Wagner’s, Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko, ” Organizations: Resistance Center, Wagner Group, Zyabrovka, Base, PMC, “, CNN, Ukraine, NATO Locations: Belarus, “, Ukraine, Zyabrovka, Republic of Belarus, Chernihiv, Gomel, Ukraine's Chernihiv, Russia, Moscow, Poland, Europe, Warsaw, Belarusian

Trump’s attorneys, including Todd Blanche, received the target letter from Smith’s team informing them that their client could face charges in the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with what happened tell CNN. A target letter from federal prosecutors to Trump makes clear that prosecutors are focused on the former president’s actions in the investigation into overturning the 2020 election – and not just of those around him who tried to stop his election loss. The target letter cites three statutes that Trump could be charged with, according to multiple news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, that cited a person familiar with the matter. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the former president with falsifying business records in March, and Smith charged Trump in the classified documents investigation last month. Read more about the Trump target letter.

Persons: Donald Trump, he’s, Jack Smith, Todd Blanche, Trump, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Smith Organizations: CNN, Trump, Street Journal, Department, Manhattan, Attorney Locations: United States

Fran Drescher with SAG-AFTRA members at a SAG-AFTRA news conference today. If we don’t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble," she said at Thursday's press conference. Drescher said she started negotiations thinking a strike could be avoided, and was shocked by what she said was the corporate greed of management's proposals. And she concluded the press conference saying she expects the general public will support the actors in the strike, and issuing a warning that foretold what could happen if they don't win. "If we let this happen to us, dollars to donuts it going to happen to you and your family, your children and everyone you work with too.

Persons: Fran Drescher, Drescher Organizations: SAG, CNN SAG Locations: Southern California

The North Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images/FileThe White House is declining to comment on reports that former President Donald Trump has been indicted. Biden upheld that very notion earlier on Thursday when he was asked what he would tell Americans to convince them that they should trust the independence and fairness of the Justice Department. “Because you’ll notice, I have never once, not one single time, suggested to the Justice Department what they should do or not do on whether to bring any charges or not bring any charges. I’m honest,” Biden said.

Persons: Mandel Ngan, Donald Trump, Ian Sams, Justice Department —, “, Joe Biden, Biden, ” Biden Organizations: White, Getty, Justice Department, Department of Justice Locations: Washington ,, AFP

Wildfire smoke turns the air orange for the same reason clear air makes the sky look blue — it has to do with what kind of tiny particles are in the air, how many there are and what wavelength color they block. As it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere, the sun’s light hits all of the molecules and particles in the air. Wildfire smoke blocks the shorter wavelengths — like yellow, green and blue — leaving just the red and orange to pass through. The light has more atmosphere to pass through before it gets to our eyes, which amplifies the colors and how thick the smoke looks in the air. Watch a timelapse from the National Weather Service as smoke turns the skies orange in New York City:

Persons: Max, ” Organizations: National Weather Service Locations: New York City

Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Joni Ernst, and Sen. Mitt Romney. Mariam Zuhaib/AP; Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bonnie Cash/ReutersSenators from both parties on Thursday night defended their decision to support the debt ceiling deal, despite their concerns about the legislation. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat, noted that while he had some concerns about the deal, he planned to vote for it anyway. “I'd like to get rid of the debt ceiling, because this hostage-taking sort of approach is becoming institutionalized, very dangerous to the country. I think that Kevin McCarthy negotiated a good deal – for now,” the Iowa Republican said.

Persons: Sen, Peter Welch, Joni Ernst, Mitt Romney, Mariam Zuhaib, Amanda Andrade, Rhoades, Bonnie Cash, “, Welch, Biden, ” Sen, Kevin McCarthy, “ It’s Organizations: Reuters, White, Iowa Republican, Republican Locations: Vermont

Analysts say the proposed debt ceiling deal could have only marginal effects on the US economy. "The impacts will be negative but small," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told CNN. Here's what's in the proposed deal and how it would show up in the broader economy:What's in the deal? It would keep non-defense spending relatively flat in fiscal 2024 and then set a cap of 1% in spending increases for fiscal 2025. The debt deal and GDP.

Persons: Mark Zandi, Goldman Sachs, Ian Shepherdson, Gregory Daco Organizations: Moody's, CNN, Internal Revenue Service, Pantheon, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: West Virginia

In a civil suit like Carroll’s, the jury must determine whether Carroll’s legal team proved that Trump committed battery against Carroll by a preponderance of the evidence. They must also determine that she proved by clear and convincing evidence that the statement was false, and that Trump made the statement with actual malice. Both the preponderance of the evidence standard and the clear and convincing evidence standard are not as high a standard as proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which is used in criminal cases. Clear and convincing evidence is higher than preponderance of the evidence, which means more likely than not. Clear and convincing evidence leaves no substantial doubt in the juror’s mind and establishes that the proposition is highly probable.

Two videos emerged on social media this past week that appear to show beheadings of Ukrainian soldiers. The first video was posted to a pro-Russian social media channel on April 8. In the video, a voice can be heard, behind the camera, the sound seemingly distorted to prevent the speaker’s identification. Apparently referring to the bodies on the ground, the voice, laughing, continues, “They killed them. Some pro-Russian social media accounts have suggested Ukrainian forces were responsible for the beheadings in an effort to conceal identification.

Travelers wait in the terminal after flights were delayed and canceled due to an FAA outage. FAA officials told reporters early Wednesday that the issues developed in the 3 p.m. It has a backup, which officials switched to when problems with the main system emerged, according to the source. They decided to perform the reboot early Wednesday before air traffic began flying on the East Coast in order to minimize disruption to flights. During this process, the FAA told reporters that the system was "beginning to come back online," but said it would take time to resolve.

A Russian lawmaker announced Saturday that he invited freed arms dealer Viktor Bout to be in "broad cooperation" with a government committee that he leads. The legislator, Leonid Slutsky, is head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. Slutsky said Bout could help the committee on "issues of assistance to Russian citizens who find themselves in a difficult life situation abroad." "And the experience of interaction during the release of Victor will certainly be useful,” Slutsky said in a post on his Telegram account. The Russian official said Bout is holding up well for "all the trials he had gone through."

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