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☆ Ron DeSantis, facing challenges at home, will test presidential ambitions overseas
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
While in Israel, DeSantis will also keynote an event hosted by The Jerusalem Post and the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. The trip will spotlight DeSantis’ foreign policy credentials as he inches toward a White House bid. DeSantis’ predecessor, now-US Sen. Rick Scott, embarked on more than a dozen trade missions during his tenure as governor. Eleven Florida Republicans have endorsed Trump over DeSantis so far – including seven last week. State lawmakers have also balked at a provision in DeSantis’ immigration package that would eliminate in-state tuition for undocumented residents.
☆ Barry Humphries, Australian comedian best known for alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, dies
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —The Australian comedian Barry Humphries, best known for his drag character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1934, Humphries created the character of housewife Edna Everage in 1955 as a social satire. Before Edna made it big, Humphries appeared in numerous West End productions including “Oliver” and “Maggie Way” in the 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Humphries landed a series of TV talk shows, specials and films, as Dame Edna and his other alter-egos Les Patterson and Sandy Stone, among them The Dame Edna Experience in 1987. As well as performing on television, Humphries was a prolific author Marianna Massey/WireImage/Getty ImagesIn 2000, Humphries won a Special Tony Award for his Broadway show “Dame Edna, The Royal Tour”, officially breaking into the US market.
☆ The creepy secret behind online therapy
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Tanmoy Goswami | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
Crisis Text Line, now in its 10th year of operations, uses artificial intelligence to respond to people experiencing emotional abuse, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts. 'The vast majority of mental-health apps are exceptionally creepy'BetterHelp, a poster child of online therapy founded in 2013, calls itself "the world's largest therapy platform" and says it has over 2 million users. One of the first popular mental-health apps, PTSD Coach, was launched by the US Department of Veteran Affairs in 2011. But for mental-health companies these practices can undermine the very foundations of mental-health care: dignity, trust, and psychological safety. As Crisis Text Line wrote on its website extolling its deal with Loris: "Why sell T-shirts when you can sell what your organization does best?"
☆ Britain's Benn provisionally suspended by UKAD for doping violation
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - British welterweight Conor Benn has been provisionally suspended by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) after two failed voluntary drugs tests last year that forced the postponement of his fight against Chris Eubank Jr, the organisation said on Thursday. Undefeated Benn, who has reiterated his innocence, voluntarily relinquished his British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) licence after the Eubank Jr fight was called off, vowing to clear his name. "Following reports in the media and comments made by professional boxer Mr Conor Benn on Tuesday 18 April 2023, and in exceptional circumstances, UKAD confirms that Mr Benn was notified and provisionally suspended by UKAD on 15 March 2023 in accordance with the UK Anti-Doping Rules," a statement read. "UKAD can also confirm that on 3 April 2023 it charged Mr Benn with an Article 2.2 violation for the alleged Use of a Prohibited Substance (clomifene). The charge against Mr Benn is pending and will now follow the Results Management process in accordance with the UK Anti-Doping Rules."
☆ Trump-aligned PAC rolls out Ron DeSantis 'Pudding Fingers' ad, mocking his rumored eating habits and hitting him on Medicare and Social Security
  + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Trump-aligned super PAC attacked DeSantis over his eating habits in a new ad. The ad makes fun of a story in which DeSantis ate pudding with his fingers. Ron DeSantis for his record on Medicare and Social Security — and his rumored eating habits. On Friday, Make America Great Again, Inc. released a new ad titled "Pudding Fingers." "Tell Ron DeSantis to keep his pudding fingers off our money," the ad ends, showing a pile of empty pudding cups on the table.
☆ Stormy Daniels says Trump shouldn't go to prison over a hush money payment: 'I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration'
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
But she also thinks Trump shouldn't go to prison over hush money payment-related charges. "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration," Daniels told Piers Morgan. "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration. The crimes Trump was charged with are connected to an election-eve hush money payment of $130,000 made to Daniels in 2016 by Trump's former fixer and personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. The appeals court ruling was not legally connected to the charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney last week.
☆ Stormy Daniels says Trump should not go to prison in hush money case
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Katharine Jackson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
April 6 (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of the criminal case against Donald Trump, said she does not think the former president should go to prison if convicted of concealing hush money payments he made to her. Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, the first sitting or former U.S. president to face criminal charges, of trying to conceal a violation of election laws during his successful 2016 campaign. Trump, the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination in 2024, denies having an affair with Daniels but has acknowledged the payment. Daniels told Morgan that if the case goes to trial, she would like to testify. Reporting by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Andy Sullivan and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ These US port cities are fighting to restrict cruise ships. It's easier said than done.
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The pandemic offered coastal communities across the US a taste of life without cruise ships. Now, port cities in Florida, Maine, Alaska, and California are fighting to limit or ban the vessels. A few weeks prior, Juneau, Alaska's city assembly voted to cap the number of cruise ships visiting the capital's downtown port at five per day. According to one study commissioned by Stand.earth, an environmental organization, found that cruise passengers visiting Victoria, a major Canadian cruise port, were responsible for less than 2% of tourism spending. Do you live or work near a US cruise port?
☆ Trump again defends Putin and rips into DeSantis for calling him an 'authoritarian gas station attendant' and a 'war criminal'
  + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ron DeSantis called Putin "basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons." Trump knocked DeSantis over the comments, claiming the rhetoric could lead to war. Trump has a long history of defending Putin and called his justification for invading Ukraine "genius." —Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) March 29, 2023Representatives for DeSantis and Romney did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. In the interview last week in which he called Putin a war criminal, DeSantis said his comments had been "mischaracterized."
☆ White House Disorder: Do Voters Care?
  + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Tevi Troy | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
After staying mum for months about Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis has unveiled a critique of the 45th president: Mr. Trump’s chaotic management style. In an interview with Piers Morgan , Mr. DeSantis contrasted his own style with that of leaders who bring “daily drama” and undermine political teamwork with their “own agenda.” On March 10, Mr. DeSantis told Iowans, “If you talk to Floridians, there’s no drama in our administration.” At the Reagan Library a few days earlier, he said: “I can tell you in four years, you didn’t see our administration leaking like a sieve, you didn’t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue.”
☆ Trump says Ron DeSantis has 'no personality' and would be working at a cigar store if he hadn't endorsed him in 2018
  + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Donald Trump said Ron DeSantis may have ended up working at a cigar store without his backing in 2018. Ron DeSantis. Probably working either at a cigar store or a law firm," Trump added, per the Daily Mail. During the rally, Trump mocked DeSantis, drawing a muted response from a mostly silent audience. Representatives for DeSantis and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
☆ Trump campaign says that anyone who works for DeSantis will be blacklisted from ever getting a job with him, report says
  + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Donald's Trump campaign plans to blacklist anyone who works for Ron DeSantis' book tour or presidential campaign. Ron DeSantis' book tour or for his possible presidential campaign, a report says. "If you work for Ron DeSantis' presidential race, you will not work for the Trump campaign or in the Trump White House." Trump has repeatedly claimed that DeSantis owes Trump his political career, citing an endorsement that helped him become governor in 2018. In recent days both Trump and DeSantis have ruled out the possibility of DeSantis ever being Trump's running mate.
☆ Ron DeSantis wants everyone to know he did not eat a chocolate pudding with 3 fingers
  + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ron DeSantis says he did not eat a chocolate pudding with his fingers. Ron DeSantis wants people to know that he's never eaten a chocolate pudding with three fingers. DeSantis replied to the chocolate pudding accusation, saying that he does not "remember ever doing that." DeSantis told Morgan. The unnamed sources said the chocolate pudding incident happened in March 2019, on a private plane ride to Washington, D.C., from Tallahassee.
☆ Ron DeSantis Clarifies Comments on Ukraine War, Calls Russian Invasion Wrong
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis triggered blowback from fellow Republicans over his recent remarks about the war. Ron DeSantis , a likely 2024 Republican presidential candidate, sought to qualify his recent contentious remarks that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “territorial dispute” and not vital to U.S. interests. “Well, I think it’s been mischaracterized,” he told broadcaster Piers Morgan for an interview to be shown Thursday on the streaming service Fox Nation. Mr. Morgan included the comments in a column Wednesday evening for the New York Post.
☆ After calling the Russia-Ukraine war a 'territorial dispute,' DeSantis says Putin is a 'war criminal' and 'basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons'
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ron DeSantis called the Russia-Ukraine war a "territorial dispute" last week. When asked about the comment, DeSantis said Russia's invasion was "wrong" and Putin was a "war criminal." Ron DeSantis used some of his harshest words yet for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. DeSantis's comments come after he downplayed the US interest in the war, referring to it as a "territorial dispute" between Russia and Ukraine. When asked about his "territorial dispute" comment, DeSantis told Morgan his words had been "mischaracterized," adding that "obviously" Russia invaded last year, as well as Crimea in 2014, and was "wrong" to do so.
☆ DeSantis opens up for the first time about 'shattering' death of his sister, Christina, at age 30
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
DeSantis opened up for the first time about the sudden death of his sister, Christina, at age 30. DeSantis teared up as he spoke about Christina, Morgan wrote in excerpts of the interview published Wednesday in the New York Post. When she died, Christina had been engaged to Stephen Pasiewicz, a British film editor. When Christina died, DeSantis' family set up an account in her name to fund a scholarship to Florida state. Christina died before DeSantis became governor.
☆ DeSantis implies Trump is a loser by suggesting the former president give him a new nickname: 'Winner'
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
DeSantis hit back at Trump in the New York Post after he made salacious insinuations on Truth Social. DeSantis' comments to the Post mark an escalation against Trump, who the Florida governor could challenge for the GOP nomination for president. All weekend, DeSantis had stayed silent on Trump, only to dig at him Monday over his alleged affair. Trump was president when the federal government fast-tracked the vaccine and conservative voters have been more likely to reject boosters. "The approach to Covid was different," DeSantis told the New York Post.
☆ DeSantis said he doesn't really know what Trump's 'Ron DeSanctimonious' nickname means: 'It's got a lot of vowels'
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
DeSantis says he "doesn't know how to spell" Trump's nickname for him, Ron DeSanctimonious. "I don't really know what it means," DeSantis told Piers Morgan. Ron DeSantis said he doesn't really know what former President Donald Trump's nickname for him, "Ron DeSanctimonious," means. "I don't really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it's long, it's got a lot of vowels. "I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner," DeSantis told Morgan.
☆ Ron DeSantis says that if he runs for president in 2024, he gives the GOP a shot to beat Joe Biden
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Without announcing a 2024 run, he told Piers Morgan he'd give the GOP an edge over Joe Biden. I think the country wants a change," DeSantis told Morgan. "You can't win with just Republicans," DeSantis told Morgan. Once a supporter of DeSantis, Trump has dragged the governor with insulting nicknames such as "Ron DeSanctimonious." Representatives for DeSantis, Trump, and the White House did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent after business hours.
☆ 'No daily drama' -DeSantis on how he differs from Trump
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Politics'No daily drama' -DeSantis on how he differs from TrumpPostedFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis stepped up his criticism of former President Donald Trump this week in an interview with Fox News's Piers Morgan.
☆ Trump's looming indictment causes his feud with DeSantis to boil over into insults and insinuations about a 'porn star' and 'underage' classmates
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
The Trump indictment news put DeSantis on the spot, given he's expected to run for president. "I don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair," DeSantis said. "But when he can actually make a positive difference — whether that's the Silicon Valley bailout or the Trump indictment — he shuts up for political convenience. Asked about the battle, DeSantis' political team pointed to the governor's comments Monday saying that he would not participate in helping Bragg with an extradition. Ron DeSantis' interview with the New York Post.
☆ George Santos signals that he'll run for re-election despite cloud of scandal and possible criminal charges
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
An FEC filing from Rep. George Santos signals he may run for re-election in 2024. The New York Republican has faced calls from within his own party to resign. But paperwork filed Tuesday hints that Santos may not be ready to leave Washington. The legislation would affect politicians beyond Santos, but the changes are clearly aimed at the freshman's own future. Santos represents a competitive New York seat, giving House Speaker Kevin McCarthy more reasons to keep him around to preserve the GOP's slim five-seat majority.
☆ Reaction to Lineker being pulled from presenting by the BBC
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
But the decision to take Gary Lineker off air is indefensible. LABOUR PARTY LEADER KEIR STARMER"The BBC is not acting impartially by caving in to Tory MPs who are complaining about Gary Lineker." FORMER LABOUR LEADER JEREMY CORBYN"Well done Gary Lineker for standing up for refugees. FORMER CULTURE SECRETARY NADINE DORRIES"News that Gary Lineker has been stood down for investigation is welcome and shows BBC are serious about impartiality." "The perception out there is going to be that Gary Lineker, a much-loved television presenter, was taken off air after government pressure on a particular issue."
☆ Benn says he had suicidal thoughts after positive drugs tests
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
March 7 (Reuters) - British boxer Conor Benn said he felt suicidal after his failed drugs tests last year caused his much-hyped fight with Chris Eubank Jr to be cancelled in October. loadingAsked if he was feeling suicidal, Benn said: "Yeah, I would say so. I got in a really bad way about it. 'Kill yourself', racist comments to my son, to my family," Benn said. I was in a really bad way and I was coping terribly with it."
☆ Artist's discovery of an 'execution wall' sheds light on the brutal history of Nazi concentration camps on British soil
  + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Forensic evidence from a bullet-damaged wall sheds light on the Nazi occupation of a British island. During World War II, thousands of prisoners were sent to labor and concentration camps in Alderney. Before the Germans occupied the Channel Islands, the whole population of Alderney were evacuated to England. German occupying troops parading in St. Helier on Jersey, Channel Islands in 1940. Last year a right-wing British think tank proposed that asylum seekers headed to the UK be detained on the island.
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