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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to reject three efforts led by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have blocked certain offensive weapons sales to Israel. In a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, Sanders argued that the resolutions "would not affect any of the systems Israel uses to defend itself from incoming attacks," focusing instead on offensive weapons. "As I have said many, many times: Israel had the absolute right to respond to that horrific Hamas attack, as any other country would. I don’t think anybody here in the United States Senate disagrees with that," he said in his floor speech. More than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive into the dense enclave since the attack, according to health officials in Gaza.

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Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was accused of sexual assault. Trump himself has faced various sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied, though he was found liable last year for sexual abuse in a civil trial over an alleged incident in the 1990s that he also denies. Now, after having won the presidency again, he’s spending early political capital to confirm appointees who have faced sexual misconduct allegations of their own. The allegations against Trump’s picksGaetz’s years of controversies have been thrust back into the spotlight now that he’s up for a Cabinet post. “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters.

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☆ Trump and Fed Chair Powell could be set on a collision course over interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could be on a policy collision course in 2025 depending on how economic circumstances play out. That in turn could infuriate Trump, who lashed Fed officials including Powell during his first term in office for not relaxing monetary policy quickly enough. Though Powell became Fed chair in 2018, after Trump nominated him for the position, the two clashed often about the direction of interest rates. Should the results start to show up in the data, the Powell Fed may be tempted to hold tougher on monetary policy against inflation. "They're going to look at a very nontraditional approach to policy that Trump is bringing forward but put it through a very traditional economic lens," he said.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Donald Trump, Powell, infuriate Trump, Joseph LaVorgna, Trump Organizations: White, Washington , D.C, Federal, National Economic Council, Trump, Fed, Nikko Securities Locations: Rose, Washington ,, Trump's, Nikko

☆ Trump’s social media company is exploring a crypto payment service called TruthFi
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Truth Social, the social media platform owned by President-elect Donald Trump, appears to be exploring a move into the crypto space. Trump Media & Technology Group filed a trademark application earlier this week for TruthFi, which it described as a cryptocurrency payment processing platform. It’s not clear how far along Trump Media is in evaluating a crypto payment service or whether the Trump-owned public company will ultimately launch such a platform. The trademark application illustrates the thorny conflict-of-interest issues raised by Trump’s election victory and his sprawling business empire. The trademark application for a crypto payment service comes just days after the Financial Times reported that Trump Media is in advanced talks to acquire crypto trading platform Bakkt.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Gary Gensler, Gensler, Bakkt, Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, Lutnick Organizations: New, New York CNN, President, Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump Media, Trump, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Financial Times, Liberty, Commerce Department Locations: New York, Washington, United States, Bakkt

☆ American Airlines is starting to shame passengers who try to board too early
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementAmerican Airlines is rolling out tech that calls out passengers who try to board before their turn. The new tech also gives staff more info on passengers' connections and boarding groups. American Airlines is cracking down on passengers who try to sneak their way into an earlier boarding group. While the crackdown may be bad news for boarding group hoppers, it's likely great news for airline workers. They even call some of these passengers "gate lice."

Persons: haven't, We've, Julie Rath Organizations: Airlines, Flyers Locations: Tucson , Arizona, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Washington, Austin , Texas, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

Widespread rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with isolated totals of more than eight inches are possible across the region. Combined with rainfall from Wednesday, a potentially record-breaking 16 inches or more of rainfall is possible through Thursday. This low is expected to “bomb out” or undergo “bombogenesis,” which is the decrease in pressure of 24 millibars in 24 hours. Even without making landfall, bomb cyclones can be deadlyAlthough the first storm never made landfall, historic bomb cyclones can still bring devastating effects. At least two people were killed in Washington state from strong winds that pushed down fallen trees.

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☆ The fate of MSNBC could be in Trump’s hands
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s true that analysts expect the Trump administration to generally be less hostile to mergers. Yet it’s also true that some Republicans – including some tapped to join the Trump administration – have been described as “Khanservatives” because they’ve called for tougher, not weaker, antitrust scrutiny. Earlier this year, Gaetz told NOTUS that the FCC chair’s work “inspired me” and he expressed hope she stays in power for a Trump administration. As Gaetz fights to survive a tough nomination process to be attorney general, Comcast dropped a bombshell in the media industry by spinning off MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen and other networks. “It’s hard not to look at the spinoff of CNBC and MSNBC as potentially a response to the new administration,” said Petro.

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☆ Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says the company's staff 'spend more time arguing' than strategizing about how to beat Airbus: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The CEO also spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about the impact of his potential tariffs. Boeing's CEO Kelly Ortberg has a stern warning for his staff — stop squabbling and get to work. During the meeting, Ortberg also told staff not to "sit at the water cooler and bitch about people," per The WSJ's transcription of the recording. AdvertisementThe WSJ also reported that Ortberg has spoken with President-elect Donald Trump about the impact of potential tariffs on Boeing. Ortberg told staff that a potential trade war with China might impact the company's plane exports to Chinese airlines.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg, Ortberg, Donald Trump Organizations: Airbus, WSJ, Boeing, Business Insider, Trump, Seattle Times, Society of Professional Engineering Employees, Aerospace, . Aviation, Avia Solutions, Max Locations: Boeing's hourlong, China, Washington, Oregon

☆ The US is ramping up sanctions by targeting the last major Russian bank not yet blacklisted
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementThe US levied sanctions on Gazprombank, the last major Russian bank not yet blacklisted. Washington is clamping down on Gazprombank, Russia's last major lender operating free of US sanctions. Up until this point, Washington refrained from sanctions in order to maintain gas flows between Russia and remaining European customers. "Today's sanctions targeting Russia's largest remaining non-designated bank, as well as dozens of other financial institutions and officials in Russia, will further diminish and degrade Russia's war machine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. The so-called System for Transfer of Financial Messages is used to evade sanctions and fund Russia's war effort, the US said.

Persons: Russia's, Washington, Janet Yellen, OMV Organizations: Treasury, Treasury Department, Russia, Kremlin Locations: Russian, Russia, Europe, Washington, Ukraine, Austrian

She wrote two more bills that same week supporting Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who were behind two of the biggest US national security leaks of the 21st Century. Both men are broadly seen as enemies of the state within the intelligence community. Gabbard proposed repealing Patriot ActIf confirmed, Gabbard will be the most markedly anti-surveillance official to lead the intelligence community in the post-9/11 era. Some prominent Republicans like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former Trump UN ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley have come out against her. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesGabbard is in many ways a stranger to the intelligence community.

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☆ What Trump's presidency means for the future of AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has surrounded himself with people who have competing views on AI regulation. Elon Musk, for example, has supported more AI regulation in the past. Some Silicon Valley veterans are betting that president-elect Donald Trump's new administration will make AI development a top priority. AdvertisementMusk, who spent over $130 million on Trump's campaign, has called for greater regulation of AI in the past. It's not clear if that effort will impact their views on AI regulation.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Donald Trump's, Big, Marc Andreessen, Trump, Joe Biden, California's, Gavin Newsom, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, It's, Vance, Calvin Newport, Eric Schmidt Organizations: Trump, Trump Super PAC, Washington Post, California, Department of Government, Big Tech, Georgetown University Locations: Washington, Silicon Valley, China

☆ ‘Gladiator II’ star Denzel Washington recalls ‘hoarding cans of food’ early in his career
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Denzel Washington is Hollywood royalty, but the two-time Academy Award winning actor can still recall what it was like to think that his acting career might slip away from him. In an interview with British Vogue while promoting "Gladiator II", Washington and costar Paul Mescal were asked when they felt like they had "made it" in their careers. Washington, however, was brought back to the contents of his pantry at the start of his career. "I remember keeping cans of food," he says. "Whenever I stopped hoarding cans of food, I knew I made it."

Persons: Denzel, Paul Mescal, Mescal, he's Organizations: British Vogue Locations: Hollywood, British, Washington

☆ Ray Dalio says to understand Trump's 2nd administration, you should study how far-right governments in the 1930s worked
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementRay Dalio said Trump's approach to governance was tried by hard-right states in the 1930s. Dalio, who often publishes personal remarks on the global economy, wrote a LinkedIn commentary on Wednesday with his predictions for a second Trump administration. Advertisement"Think of Gordon Gekko and the perspective he conveyed in his 'greed is good' speech," Dalio wrote of Trump's approach, referring to Michael Douglas' character from "Wall Street," the 1987 film. Dalio wrote that he isn't saying Trump's administration would be fascist or that Trump would behave like fascist leaders. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesTheir mission, Dalio wrote, is to "create maximum economic strength and fight foreign enemies."

Persons: Ray Dalio, Trump, Donald Trump, Trump's, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Gordon Gekko, Dalio, Michael Douglas, Ramaswamy, Marco Rubio, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Brandon Bell, Pete Hegseth, Elise Stefanik Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, of Government, Trump, SpaceX, Fox News, Defense Secretary, New York, United Nations, US Senate, Republican, Business Locations: United States, Washington, China

☆ Vance debuts new role as Trump’s point person on Capitol Hill
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Alayna Treene | Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Congressional Republicans acknowledge that Vance hasn’t necessarily developed longstanding relationships on Capitol Hill during his abbreviated time in Washington. His coattails turned a 49-51 senate to a 53-47 senate,” Vance wrote on X on Wednesday. The three developed a bond that predates the campaign and has carried into the early days of Trump’s transition. But when you look at the effectiveness of JD in the campaign, there’s no better surrogate for President Trump’s agenda,” the adviser said. “In JD’s view, his role of VP is to take on any issue that President Trump would like him to take on,” the person close to Vance told CNN.

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☆ Intuit shares drop as quarterly forecast misses estimates due to revenue getting delayed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Intuit shares fell 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the finance software maker issued a revenue forecast for the current quarter that trailed analysts' estimates due to some sales getting delayed. Intuit called for second-quarter earnings of $2.55 to $2.61 per share, with $3.81 billion to $3.85 billion in revenue. At Thursday's close, Intuit shares were up about 9% so far in 2024, while the S&P 500 has gained almost 25% in the same period. On Tuesday Intuit shares slipped 5% after The Washington Post said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency had discussed developing a mobile app for federal income tax filing. WATCH: H&R Block, Intuit shares fall after report Trump admin considering a free tax-filing app

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This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it. Fourteen Security Council members voted for the resolution, while only the United States voted against it. “It is a sad day for the Security Council, for the United Nations and for the international community,” said Algeria’s ambassador, Amar Bendjama. Although Security Council resolutions are considered to be international law, the Council has no means of enforcing resolutions. That month, the United States abstained from voting on a resolution that called for a temporary halt to the fighting for the month of Ramadan.

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☆ What to know about Denzel Washington's family, including his actor kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here's what to know about Washington's kids: John David, Katia, Malcolm, and Olivia. John David Washington, Washington's eldest child, stars as the lead. In 2018, John David Washington told Andscape that pursuing football was a way to escape being compared to his father. In 2020, John David Washington told Esquire that he didn't tell his father about the audition until he got the role. Katia Washington has worked on several movies, including "The Equalizer," which starred Denzel Washington, "Fences," which was directed by Denzel Washington, and "Malcolm & Marie," which stars John David Washington.

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☆ Biden is scrambling to change the war in Ukraine before Trump takes over
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementJoe Biden is taking last-minute measures to support Ukraine before leaving things to Donald Trump. He finally let Ukraine use US missiles to strike inside Russia and approved anti-personnel mines. These moves appear aimed at changing the war before Trump — who seems to want most to end the conflict as soon as possible — takes office. Biden, whose administration has sent billions of dollars in weaponry to Ukraine, recently lifted long-held restrictions on Kyiv's use of American-made longer-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. And during a press briefing that same day, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the Biden administration moved to forgive about $4.7 billion in US loans to Ukraine.

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☆ More Biden judges will be confirmed, but four appeals court nominees won’t see a vote under Senate deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Tierney Sneed | Ted | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

However, the four Biden appellate nominees already faced tough odds of confirmation, with some, like 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Adeel Mangi, facing opposition among Democrats as well. The Senate deal puts Biden in a position to potentially beat Trump’s record of number of district court judges confirmed. Still, Demand Justice, an organization that advocates for progressive judicial nominees, blasted the new deal for depriving the four Biden circuit nominees of floor votes. Those efforts were always going to face headwinds and got more arduous when Trump demanded that Senate Republicans blockade all pending Biden nominees for the bench. Under the new deal, Republicans backed off procedural tactics that would stymie the confirmations of six district nominees that were on the floor Wednesday night and on Thursday.

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☆ ‘Gladiator II’ Review: Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal Entertain
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Denzel Washington sweeps into “Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott’s epic about ancient Rome and men at war and sometimes in love — it’s with such easy grace that you may mistake his character’s loose bearing with indifference. What you’re seeing is power incarnate, power that’s so raw and so supremely self-possessed that it doesn’t announce itself. And it keeps taking as warriors enter the Colosseum to fight and die in the blood sport that gives this sequel to Scott’s 2000 drama “Gladiator” its sober backdrop and much of its juice. It is a performance of charismatic evil and of mesmerizing stardom both. Like Scott’s filmmaking in this pleasurably immersive spectacle — with its foreign ancients and mentalities, exotic animals and equally unfamiliar calls to human nobility — Washington’s performance has skill, intensity and absolute confidence.

Persons: Denzel Washington, — Ridley, Scott Organizations: Washington Locations: Rome

☆ How AI regulation in California, Colorado and beyond could threaten U.S. tech dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed California's bill at the end of September but signed into law another bill which requires transparency in generative AI systems. "A lot of the privacy risks associated with AI can be tackled through a comprehensive data privacy regime," she said. The U.S. has historically approached data privacy with decentralized, state-by-state legislation, which is where AI regulation is currently headed. Regarding Colorado's successful AI bill, Maroney wrote on Facebook, "It is unfortunate that Connecticut chose not to join Colorado as a leader in this space. Even a model approach, if done wrong, could pose a major risk to the U.S. "Everybody's looking at California, especially when it comes to tech," Elgendy said.

Persons: Scott Weiner, Wiener, Gavin Newsom, California's, Tatiana Rice, Jonas Jacobi, Mohamed Elgendy, Elgendy, Rice, Robert Rodriguez, James Maroney, Maroney Organizations: Conference, AI Alliance, Washington D.C, U.S ., European Union AI, Privacy, Data, American, White, Office of Science, Technology, Democratic, Colorado Senate, Democratic Connecticut State, Facebook, Colorado Locations: California, San Francisco, Washington, Puerto Rico, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands, Colorado, Silicon, Connecticut

☆ Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. But scientists say the genetic changes are a reminder of what the virus is capable of if it continues to spread. The H5N1 bird flu virus that infected the teen, who is in critical but stable condition, is not the same strain that is transmitting in dairy cattle in the United States. The three mutations are at positions in the virus’ genome that Bloom and other scientists have determined would allow it to attach more easily to human cells. Most of the human H5N1 infections reported in the United States have had red, inflamed eyes as an early symptom, suggesting that’s where the virus entered the body.

Persons: ” Dr, Bonnie Henry, we’ve, ”, Jesse Bloom, “ It’s, Scott Hensley, immunologist, Hensley, Bloom, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Bloom Organizations: CNN, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, CNN Health Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, United States, Pacific Northwest, ARDS, Canadian, Washington

☆ Trump team maps out Latin America strategy as part of mass deportation plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Deportation often hinges on diplomacy – and has been a steep challenge for the US when dealing with countries where there are frosty relations. Taken together, it’s a return to a hardline approach meant to get countries receiving deportees to comply and attempt to curb migration. But sources close to and involved in discussions argue they’ve identified the incentives and pressure points to have countries cooperate. The executive actions and reviews underway by the Trump team include the return of the program informally known as “remain in Mexico,” which requires migrants to stay in Mexico during their immigration proceedings in the US. “A second-term Trump administration will expand ‘burden-sharing’ deals with Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador that cut off pathways to the US for asylum-seekers.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, it’s, they’ve, Biden, ”, they’re, “ It’s, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump’s, El, Nayib Bukele, “, Andrew Selee, CNN’s Phil Mattingly Organizations: Washington CNN —, “, Western Hemisphere, Governments, Trump, Northern, Policy Institute Locations: America, United States, Mexico, Panama, Darien, Venezuela, China, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Angeles

(Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images'That is a huge, huge gap'There is a growing disillusionment taking hold. Men are steadily dropping out of the workforce, especially those between the ages 25 to 54, which are considered their prime working years. A study by the Pew Research Center found that men who are not college-educated leave the workforce at higher rates than men who are. In 1995, both young men and women equally were likely to hold a bachelor's degree, at 25%. "That is a huge, huge gap," Pollak said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Nicolas Economou, Pollak, " Pollak, Brett House, —, Richard Fry, Fry, NEFE, Billy Hensley, Hensley, Ali Bustamante Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Getty, Nurphoto, Pew Research Center, Pew, Columbia Business School, CNBC, NEFE, Trump, Financial Wellness, Young, Roosevelt Institute Locations: Washington ,, U.S

☆ Citadel's Ken Griffin says Trump's tariffs could lead to crony capitalism
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ken Griffin, chief executive officer and founder of Citadel Advisors LLC, speaks during an Economic Club of New York event in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin issued a warning against the steep tariffs President-elect Donald Trump vowed to implement, saying crony capitalism could be a consequence. "I am gravely concerned that the rise of tariffs puts us on a slippery slope towards crony capitalism," the billionaire investor said Thursday at the Economic Club of New York. Crony capitalism is an economic system marked by close, mutually advantageous relationships between business leaders and government officials. At the same event, Griffin also said that he's not focused on taking Citadel Securities public in the foreseeable future.

Persons: Ken Griffin, Donald Trump, Griffin, Trump, he's, We're Organizations: Citadel Advisors, Economic, of New, Citadel, Citadel Securities Locations: of New York, New York, America, Washington

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