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☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX sues California commission who blocked launches, accusing it of 'unconstitutional overreach'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

SpaceX has sued the California Coastal Commission. Legal experts said Musk will need to prove the commission would have granted the flights, if not for Musk's politics. In the lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Musk's SpaceX accused the commission of '"unconstitutional overreach" after members criticized his political leanings during a meeting about whether to approve more frequent SpaceX launches off the California coastline. "But if a court concludes that it's more likely than not that the result would have been different but for Musk's speech, then there would be a violation," said Volokh. AdvertisementNeither SpaceX nor the California Coastal Commission immediately responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Gretchen Newsom, Musk, Caryl Hart, Eugene Volokh, David Driesen, Driesen, Volokh, Sarah Kreps, Kreps Organizations: SpaceX, California Coastal Commission, Service, Court, Central, Central District of, US Space Force, Vandenberg Space Force, UCLA, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Syracuse University, Tech, Institute, Cornell University, California Coastal, Business Locations: California, Central District, Central District of California

☆ Why working-class White women could be so decisive this fall
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Those working-class White women loom as a critical, potentially even decisive, factor in Trump’s third White House bid. But while White women with a college degree have trended toward the Democrats in the presidential campaigns since then, the White women without a college degree have moved sharply in the opposite direction. She acknowledges that Trump’s alarms have resonated among working-class White women, especially older ones. Not only college-educated White women, but also the equivalent White men were much more likely than the blue-collar White women to express positive views about Harris and negative ones about Trump, Gallup found. “I think there is a lot of implicit [gender] bias with” these working-class White women, Lake said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Joe Biden’s, it’s, Harris, Harris doesn’t, ”, Lake, “, Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters “, Bradley Beychok, Beychok, gee, ” Beychok, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Bill Clinton, George W, Bush, Al Gore, Chip Somodevilla, Barack Obama’s, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Biden, – Harris, ” Lake, Republican pollster Christine Matthews, William Frey, ” Trump, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, –, Jackie Payne, Payne, pollsters, Jon McHenry, McHenry, Joe Biden, Mathews, Matthews, Vance, ” Matthews, White, Gallup Organizations: CNN, White, Electoral, Democrats, Trump, Democratic, PAC, Reuters, American, Republican, Edison Research, Pew Research, Michigan, Quinnipiac University, Marquette Law School, Metro, Dodge, Airport, Biden, New York Times, ”, Times, Gallup Poll, Gallup Locations: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan , Pennsylvania, Flint , Michigan, Reading , Pennsylvania, Southern, Philadelphia, Juneau , Wisconsin, Siena, White, Wilkes, Barre , Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen is an unlikely civil rights warrior. Where Cohen, now a voluble Trump critic, aligns with civil rights advocates is on trying to turn the tide on the Supreme Court’s hostility to claims against federal officials for constitutional violations. Cohen also faces an unlikely alliance opposing his request: Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The current president’s Justice Department has filed a brief agreeing with the former president that the Supreme Court should not get involved. In Trump’s brief, his lawyer Alina Habba wrote that lower courts “faithfully applied” Supreme Court precedent in ruling against Cohen.

Persons: WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, Cohen, Trump, —, ” Cohen, ”, Mark Milley, William Barr, Jon, Michael Dougherty, Egbert, “ Bivens, Bivens, Patrick Jaicomo, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden, Alina Habba, Vladimir Putin, Bill Barr Organizations: Trump, Republican, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Border Patrol, for Justice, NBC News, 2nd Circuit U.S, president’s Justice Locations: New York

Is that what’s going on?”Invoking Trump’s medical history may serve a particular purpose for Harris, reminding voters that they're a generation apart in age and that at 78, Trump is the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history. Trump told CBS News in August that he would release his medical records. Holding clipboards, Democratic campaign aides approached Harris supporters as they stood in line to enter the arena Sunday, inviting them to knock on doors on her behalf and to staff phone banks. And let’s handle November.”Supporters lined up hours before Harris’ appearance at the East Carolina University basketball arena. A disc jockey kept Harris’ supporters entertained as they waited for her to take the stage, something of a campaign novelty meant to keep the crowd energized throughout.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, ”, Trump hasn’t, ” Harris, ” Steven Cheung, Ronny Jackson, Trump’s, “, hasn’t, Barack Obama, Obama, Jimmy Carter, Holding, Chris Schulte, she’s, weaponize, Justice Department “, Harris ’, Tanyetta Hill, they’ve Organizations: CBS, ’, White, CBS News, White House, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Justice Department, East Carolina University, Commodores, Democratic Party Locations: GREENVILLE, N.C, North Carolina, America, United States, Texas, Carolina, Onslow

☆ As a warning, China sent warplanes and warships, including its first aircraft carrier, to practice assaulting Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

China conducted a large-scale military exercise surrounding Taiwan on Monday. China employed a number of warships, as well as its first aircraft carrier, and dozens of aircraft. AdvertisementIn a warning, China's military surrounded Taiwan during a military exercise on Monday, demonstrating its ability to blockade key ports, execute strikes, and assault positions. China's military, the People's Liberation Army, announced the "Joint Sword-2024B" exercises on Monday morning, with its Eastern Theater Command dispatching troops to conduct joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan and its outlying islands. In response to the Chinese military drills, Lai posted on X that China aimed "to undermine stability and the status quo, failing to live up to global expectations."

Persons: —, Li Xi, Li, Daniel Ceng, URfScDhgdj — Ryan Chan 陳, Lai Ching, X3SvV8sQY4 — Ian Ellis, Lai Organizations: Service, People's Liberation Army, Eastern Theater Command, PLA Eastern Theater Command, Getty, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, PLA, PLA Navy, Ministry of Defense, Liaoning, Sanya Naval, China PLA Navy Locations: China, Taiwan, Anadolu, Liaoning, Sanya, Sanya Naval Base, Hainan, South, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan's, Beijing

(Read more here from NBC News’ pollsters on why this poll measures registered voters and not likely voters.) That’s a change from September’s NBC News poll, which found Harris leading Trump by 5 points, 49%-44%, though that result was within the margin of error. Independent voters are essentially split in the poll, with Harris getting support from 44% of them versus 40% choosing Trump. Harris’ popularity declinesAnother significant change in the NBC News poll since September is Harris’ popularity. The NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters, 898 of whom were reached by cellphone, was conducted Oct. 4-8.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Trump, ”, Jeff Horwitt, Bill McInturff, ” McInturff, “, doesn’t, Joe Biden, Trump’s, — Trump, Horwitt, ” Horwitt, — Harris, That’s, Biden’s, —, Harris ’, Biden Organizations: NBC News, Trump, Republicans, Harris, Democratic, Republican, NBC, Republicans —, Democrats —, Black, Independent, Biden, September’s Locations: America

But the surveys also reveal a noticeable gap in support between the pro-abortion rights amendments and the Democratic presidential and Senate candidates who are campaigning on a pro-abortion rights platform. Pro-abortion rights ballot measures won in every state where they appeared on the ballot, including conservative-leaning ones, in the 2022 and 2023 elections. Similarly in Arizona, a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution has clear majority support. In Montana, there’s little evidence that the presence of an abortion rights amendment has had a major effect on the race between three-term Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy. For example, in Missouri, public polling indicates broad support for a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights, while Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and Trump hold strong leads in their races.

Persons: Shannon Bilbray Axelrod, Axelrod, Roe, Wade, —, “, ’ ”, Mike Noble, Noble, ” Noble, ”, ” Montana GOP Sen, Steve Daines, haven’t, didn’t, Chuck Rocha, Tova, Jeri Burton, Democratic Sen, Jacky Rosen, Republican Sam Brown, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, Ruben Gallego, Republican Kari Lake, Republican Sen, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, Jon Tester, Tim Sheehy, Sheehy, Chuck Denowh, ” Denowh, Josh Hawley, I’ve, Rocha, Bridget Bowman, Adam Edelman Organizations: Democratic, Nevada Assembly, U.S, ” Montana GOP, National Republican Senatorial, NBC News, Democrat, National Organization for Women’s, Fox, Senate, Republican, New York Times, Siena, Suffolk University, ”, The New York Times, Trump, Montana Republican Party, “ Locations: Nevada, Clark County, “, Arizona, Montana, Florida, U.S ., Nevada , Arizona, ” Montana, National Organization for Women’s Nevada, The, Siena, Missouri, Las Vegas, New York

☆ How abortion rights and immigration are shaping the race for Arizona’s 11 electoral votes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Chandler, Arizona CNN —David Tapia has watched one election after another from the sidelines, unfazed and largely uninterested in politics. Abortion and immigration are driving factors in the election in all corners of the country, but the issues are colliding in Arizona like few other battlegrounds. A proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights is widely expected to prevail, strategists in both parties told CNN. CNNYet not all Trump supporters agree. Nearly 1 of every 4 Arizona voters is expected to be Latino.

Persons: Chandler, Arizona CNN — David Tapia, Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris, “, I’m, ”, Tapia, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, Vance, ” Vance, Ross D, Roe, Wade, ” Harris, Donna Ross, Harris ’, Laura Dent, Dent, ” Mayra Rodriguez, ” Rodriguez, Jesus, it’s Trump, Candy Purdue, Donald Trump, Go Nakamura, of Jesus Christ, Mesa Mayor John Giles, ” Giles, Doug Emhoff, Veronica Stracqualursi, David Wright Organizations: Arizona CNN, Trump, Tucson Mayor, Democrat, Republican, Tucson Speedway, Franklin, AP, CNN, ” Purdue, Republicans, Democrats outspending Republicans, National Association of Latino, of Jesus, Pew Research Center, Mesa Mayor, Arizona Republicans Locations: Arizona, unfazed, “ Arizona, Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson, Chandler , Arizona, Mexico, Glendale , Arizona

☆ Vance says ‘childless cat ladies’ comment was ‘dumb’ but his point stands
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Kit Maher | Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Not to have kids because of concerns over climate change? I think the more bizarre thing is our leadership, who encourages young women, and frankly young men, to think about it that way,” Vance said. Vance also claimed a new “pathological frustration with children” exists in American society, citing negative reactions to children on public transportation or restaurants as an example. We want to preserve the right of the states to make these decisions,” Vance said. He added: “I’m OK with the states making these decisions, even if they make decisions that JD Vance or Donald Trump might not make.”

Persons: Vance, Donald Trump, —, “, ” Vance, Tucker Carlson, Kamala Harris, ”, ‘, Carlson, Harris, Alexandria Ocasio, Pete Buttigieg, she’s, ’ Vance, Michael Brown, I’ve, Sophia Nelson, he’d, I’m, ’ ” Vance, Roe, Donald Trump’s, mistrusted, we’ve, Trump, JD Vance Organizations: CNN, Republican, The New York Times, Democratic Party, New York Rep, New York Times, Republicans Locations: Ohio, Alexandria, Cortez, San Francisco, India, California, Alabama

The Supreme Court may soon consider two cases that could dismantle limits on how close protesters can be to people at abortion clinics and other health care facilities. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, three abortion clinics have opened in Carbondale. “You can’t have protests on the steps of the Supreme Court,” he said. Neither petition has been scheduled to be discussed by the Supreme Court justices. It also turned away a case involving Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling that threatened access to in vitro fertilization in the state.

Persons: ”, Kristan Hawkins, Melissa Fowler, Roe, Wade, Jennifer Pepper, Andrea Morales, “, Brian Westbrook, Carbondale’s, Nicole Hester, Hill, Dobbs, Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes, ” David Cohen, Biden Organizations: Life, National Abortion Federation, Midwest, Choices, Reproductive, NBC News, Detroit City Council, Coalition, Thomas More Society, NBC, Reproductive Health, USA, Jackson, Health Organization, Carbondale, Englewood Mayor, Drexel University Kline School of Law, Alabama’s Locations: Carbondale, Illinois, Roe, Carbondale's, Hill v . Colorado, Colorado, Carbondale , Illinois, New Jersey, Englewood, Westchester , New York, Texas

Wiles then made the formal request for additional security with acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe on September 30, according to an email reviewed by CNN. The requests from Trump’s campaign also include access to Camp David vehicles for Trump’s primary motorcade as well as access to other military assets, such as drones with thermal monitoring. Security resources are also often determined on a case-by-case basis, one administration official said. The Secret Service has increased its presence around Trump, adding members to his detail and taking extra precautions, often traveling with a counter assault team. Secret Service agents previously assigned to desk jobs or other posts also have also been brought into the rotation to protect Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, crisscrosses, Joe Biden, – “, “ I’ve, …, ” Biden, Susie Wiles, Jeff Zients, Wiles, Ronald Rowe, David, encase Trump, Trump, Anthony Guglielmi, ” Guglielmi, Guglielmi, “ Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Trump, Service, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense Locations: Iran, United States, Trump’s Florida, Pennsylvania

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faced off in Arizona’s feisty first and only Senate debate Wednesday evening, trading shots over the border, abortion, tax policy and more. Lake has long made the border a cornerstone of her campaign, chastising Gallego for supporting the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies. Gallego, in turn, has made the bipartisan border bill that Trump and Lake opposed a big part of his campaign. “He acts like he cares about us,” Lake said of Gallego, “speaking directly to the women” watching the debate. Talking to the media immediately after the debate, Gallego said: “She needs to be loud, she needs to lie because she’s weak.

Persons: Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego, ” Gallego, Lake’s, “ We’re, Gallego, Lake, Donald Trump, Donald Trump doesn’t, Trump, “, “ Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, hasn’t, ”, Laken Riley, —, ” “, Sen, Kyrsten Sinema, Democratic Sen, Chris Murphy, GOP Sen, James Lankford, chastising Gallego, Arizonans, ” Lake, it’s, Katie Hobbs Organizations: PHOENIX, Democratic Rep, Progressive Caucus, ”, Lake, Arizona Republicans, Trump, Senate, “, Washington , D.C, NBC, Democratic, GOP, Biden, Border Patrol, UVF Locations: Arizona, Washington ,, Mexico, Georgia, Connecticut, James Lankford of Oklahoma

Like the presidential contest, the Senate race offers deep contrasts in a state that’s been divided neatly in half for years. We want to have a lawfully run election,” Lake said. In 2022, Lake challenged her loss to Hobbs, taking it all the way through the Arizona legal system. “It’s going to be a tight race,” Lake acknowledged. In 2018, Gallego rallied alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Phoenix, saying facetiously: “President Trump is going to build a wall.

Persons: Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego, Sen, Kyrsten, Gallego, Katie Hobbs, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, ” Gallego, Harris, Biden, “, haven’t, Lake’s —, Donald Trump’s —, John McCain, McCain, ”, Ruben ”, Paul Hickman, —, he’s, Kate Gallego, Trump, Lake, Hobbs, ” Lake, “ It’s, I’ve, Bernie Sanders, It’s, Donald Trump, they’re “ Organizations: PHOENIX, White, Trump, NBC News, Democratic, Arizona Republican, Republicans, Independents, McCain, Phoenix, Congress, Lake, Senate, Republican, Phoenix Fox, AARP, Harris ’, Democrat Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus, “, Phoenix Police Association, Justice Department, Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix police, NBC, Arizona Police Association Locations: PHOENIX — Arizona, Scottsdale, “, Arizona, Congress, Vietnam, American, Colombian, Ukraine, ”, Israel, Taiwan, Maricopa County, Iowa, Gallego, Phoenix

☆ Anthropic's power players: Here are the 11 leaders helping shape the future of the Amazon-backed AI company
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

It's sought to position itself as the safer, more responsible AI company. She, along with her brother Dario, was part of the team that left OpenAI with the goal of creating a more responsible AI company. Krishna Rao, Chief Financial OfficerAs any emerging AI company can attest, conducting groundbreaking research isn't enough. In this role, he's building deep relationships with users and helping to turn Anthropic's research into a mass-market product. These capabilities are essential to Anthropic's positioning of itself as the safer AI company.

Persons: Anthropic, It's, —, OpenAI's, Dario Amodei, Amodei, Dario, Daniela Amodei, She's, Jack Clark ,, Clark, Jared Kaplan, Kaplan, Chris Olah, Sam McCandlish, McCandlish, Tom Brown, Brown, Krishna Rao, Rao, Mike Krieger, São Paulo, Krieger, Claude, Brian Israel, it's, Brian, Sam Bowman, Bowman, Jan Leike Organizations: Service, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google, Princeton University, Hertz, Stanford University School of Medicine, sager, Bloomberg, Harvard, Johns Hopkins University, Research, Organization, Core Resources, Stanford University, Brandeis University, Core, Blackstone, Bain & Company, Anthropic, State Department, NASA Locations: OpenAI, Anthropic, Airbnb, São, Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York, Israel

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. Since January, Pyongyang has fortified its border defenses, laying land mines, building anti-tank traps and removing railway infrastructure, according to the South Korean military. Over the past year, a US aircraft carrier, amphibious assault ships, long-range bombers and submarines have visited South Korea, drawing angry rebukes from Pyongyang. “North Korea’s threats, both real and rhetorical, reflect the regime survival strategy of a hereditary dictatorship.”North and South Korea have been separated since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement. In January, Kim said North Korea would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, calling inter-Korean relations “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” KCNA reported at the time.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, ”, Hong Min, ” Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim Jong Un, ” Easley, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, South, DPRK, Staff, Korean People’s Army, Democratic People’s, South Korean, General Staff, US, Korea’s, Chiefs, Korea Institute for National Unification, CNN, Inter, Korean, Armed Forces, Ewha Womans University, North Korean, United Nations Command Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, Hong, Russia, West

☆ Walz says Electoral College ‘needs to go’ at California fundraiser
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Tim Walz said the Electoral College “needs to go,” while acknowledging “that’s not the world we live in,” during a campaign fundraiser in California on Tuesday, according to a pool report. “I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go. We need, we need national popular vote, but that’s not the world we live in. Walz’s call for eliminating the Electoral College is not an official campaign position, a Harris campaign official told CNN. The movement to abolish the Electoral College gained momentum in 2020 amid the United States’ reckoning with its history on race.

Persons: Tim Walz, ”, “ that’s, that’s, Gavin Newsom’s, Harris, “ Governor Walz, Walz, Kamala Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, ” Harris, “, Walz’s, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton –, Karimi Organizations: CNN, Minnesota Gov, Electoral, “, Electoral College, Democratic, Gov Locations: ”, California, Tuesday, Beaver County , Pennsylvania, York , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Reno , Nevada, Sacramento, United States, Seattle, States

☆ Trump seeds disinformation as he sets course for a possible Oval Office return
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a fact-bending blast of disinformation, the former president is charging Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s White House of the very transgressions of which he stands accused. This is false, but Trump, while president, did repurpose FEMA funds to help finance his hardline immigration policies. But in retrospect, the charade featuring his first White House press secretary Sean Spicer was a harbinger of an administration that bucked fact as an instrument of political power. Trump voters respond to his populism and his evisceration of elites and many sincerely believe he’s a response to a march to the left by the Democratic Party. Both Trump and Harris, who are deadlocked in the polls, are chasing voters who may not habitually follow politics.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s, Helene, Trump, Biden, ”, you’ll, Hugh Hewitt’s, –, Harris, It’s, fib, Tim Walz, Don’t, ” Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, ” Vance, Dana Bash, Biden hadn’t, “, it’s, braggadocio, Sean Spicer, Trump’s, ’, Vance, —, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, stigmatize Harris, Viktor Orbán Organizations: CNN, FEMA, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Veterans, Foreign Wars, Union ”, Biden, GOP, White, Democratic Party, Wyoming Locations: Wisconsin, “, Hong Kong, Minnesota, Kansas City, Springfield , Ohio, “ State, North Carolina, Hurricane, York, Hungarian, America

☆ How Harris could secure a historic winning record for Democrats in November – and still lose
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

By contrast, the modern day Democrats’ historic success at winning the popular vote hasn’t translated into nearly as much governing power for them. Over this record run of popular vote success, Democrats have already twice lost the Electoral College – and thus the White House – while winning more votes. Amazingly, Republicans won unified control of government in two elections when Democrats won a plurality of the national presidential vote: 2000 and 2016. The Democrats’ popular vote winning stretch began in 1992 with Clinton’s victory over George H.W. The highest share of the popular vote Democrats have won over this period is the 52.9% that Obama garnered in 2008.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D, Roosevelt, –, ”, Paul Pierson, Harris isn’t, Trump, Joe Biden, Harris, Evan Vucci, Grover Cleveland, Kyle Kondik, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Biden, Lee Drutman, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Truman, “, Pierson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Mark Schiefelbein, George H.W, Clinton, Al Gore, Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W . Bush, William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt’s, William Howard Taft’s, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Harding, Lyndon B, FDR, John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, Michael Tesler, Kondik, that’s, Drutman, Mitch McConnell, ” Drutman, Mitt Romney’s, Nikki Haley, Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini, centrists, Jim Kessler, Reagan, H.W, H.W . Bush, haven’t, ” Pierson, Ruffini Organizations: CNN, Democrats, Deal, TR Republicans, FDR Democrats, Electoral College –, TR, Supreme, University of California, Electoral, House, Senate, AP, Republican Senate, Democratic, University of Virginia’s Center, Politics, FDR, White, White House, “ Republicans, New America, Republicans, Republican, Dort Financial, Electoral College, Trump, GOP, kinks, Democratic Party, “ Party, The Locations: Berkeley, Butler , Pennsylvania, LBJ, Dort, Flint , Michigan, George H.W . Bush, Bush, Vermont, Arkansas, North Carolina, –, ”, H.W .

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Biden administration appeal in a dispute over emergency room abortion care in Texas, leaving in place a lower court victory for the Republican-led state. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Texas on the question of whether a federal law concerning emergency room care in some cases trumps state abortion restrictions. In the meantime, a lower court ruling that allows emergency room doctors to perform abortion in some situations remains in place. The administration appealed to the Supreme Court, but asked the justices to hold the case until it decided the Idaho dispute. Over the summer, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar urged the court to throw out the appeals court ruling so that new developments could be considered afresh.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Biden, sidestepped, Elizabeth Prelogar Organizations: Biden, Republican, New, Circuit, Appeals, Labor, Alabama Locations: Texas, Idaho, New Orleans, In Texas, Guam

☆ Melania Trump stays pro-choice on abortion, despite Republican nominee's 'different beliefs'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump listens as her husband Outgoing US President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. Melania Trump stood firm on her pro-choice abortion position on Sunday, despite acknowledging the divergence from the Republican campaign platform of her husband, former President Donald Trump. Melania Trump officially went public with her pro-choice stance on Thursday in a promotional video to preview her upcoming book, "Melania." The book is set to release on Tuesday and expected to detail her abortion views further. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment about Melania Trump's abortion stance.

Persons: Lady Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, husband's, Roe, Wade, Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: Joint Base Andrews, Republican, Fox News Locations: Maryland

☆ Illinois is considering a 3% tax on millionaires to solve the state's skyrocketing property tax problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The governor says the tax could generate $4.5 billion annually and alleviate high property taxes. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the US. State leaders say it could alleviate the burden of high property taxes on the average resident. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the United States, according to the Tax Foundation, a tax policy nonprofit. "South suburban homeowners already pay some of the highest property taxes in the county, and these increases will make paying those bills even more difficult."

Persons: —, JB Pritzker's, Maria Pappas, Pappas, Pat Quinn, Quinn, WBEZ Organizations: Service, Illinois Gov, JB, Tax Foundation, Former Illinois Gov Locations: Illinois, WBEZ, Massachusetts . Massachusetts, United States, Cook County, Chicago

☆ What the 1960 election can teach us about the peaceful transfer of power
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Chris Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Editor’s Note: This essay is adapted from Chris Wallace’s book, “Countdown 1960.”The 1960 presidential election changed everything. Countdown 1960 is the riveting new history by Chris Wallace, bestselling author of Countdown 1945 and Countdown bin Laden, offering a fresh take on 1960 and the dramatic 11 months leading up to a deeply relevant election for the ages. To put it simply: There is good reason to believe the presidential election of 1960 was stolen. And yet, in 1960, the candidate who “lost” refused to contest the results and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. Kennedy won Illinois and its 27 electoral votes by just 8,858 votes out of more than 4.7 million cast.

Persons: Chris Wallace’s, ”, John F, Kennedy, –, Caroline ”, – Kennedy, Chris Wallace, Random, Richard M, Nixon, Kennedy’s, Nikita Khrushchev, Dwight D, Eisenhower, “, Chicago Mayor Richard J, Daley, Sen, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Kentucky Sen, Thruston Morton, Somebody, That’s, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, ” Trump, Trump, you’re, Mike Pence, Pence, ” Nixon Organizations: CNN, Illinois, Chicago Mayor, Cook County Democratic, The Chicago Tribune, Republican, Democratic, Kentucky, Republican Party national, White House . Fox News, Electoral, Biden, Capitol Locations: Moscow, Cook County, downstate Illinois, Chicago, Cook, Chicago’s Ward, Nixon’s, Texas, Starr County, Illinois, Key Biscayne , Florida, America, Arizona

In a speech to Congress, also on Tuesday, with López Obrador sitting a few steps from her, the promises seemed more tangible. It is far less than the 2.6 million barrels per day López Obrador promised at the beginning of his term. Experts said Mexico would not be able to increase oil production using traditional methods, because its fields are getting tapped out. Mexico is almost out of oil,” said Adrian Fernandez, who holds a PhD in environmental science from Imperial College London and directs the Mexico Climate Initiative, a think tank. Before leaving office, López Obrador pushed through a constitutional reform that strongly favors the Federal Electricity Commission.

Persons: —, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ”, López Obrador, Sheinbaum, Rosanety Barrios, Enrique Peña Nieto, Adrian Fernandez, Fernández, Hurricane John, Hurricane Otis, Claudia, ” Barrios Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Federal Electricity Commission, Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission, Ministry of Energy, Imperial College London, Mexico Climate Initiative, United Nations, Hurricane, CFE, Associated Press Locations: MEXICO, López, Mexico, Paris, Dos Bocas, Acapulco, Guerrero, AP.org

A couple, badly hurt in an Uber crash, can’t sue the company because their daughter once waived trial rights while using Uber Eats — a fateful click that prevents the family from suing the tech giant, a New Jersey appellate court ruled. But the court ruled that the couple cannot sue the tech giant because their daughter, a minor, once checked a box while using her mother’s phone to order a pizza on Uber Eats, agreeing to waive trial rights. Georgia and John McGinty. And even before that pizza order, the company said, Georgia McGinty had previously clicked through Uber’s fine print, agreeing to waive a jury trial. John McGinty suffered a fractured sternum and severe fractures to his left arm and wrist, leading to a bone graft.

Persons: can’t, John McGinty, —, Georgia McGinty, John, Evan Lide, ” Lide, “ That’s, ” Georgia McGinty, ”, “, NBC’s Organizations: “ Georgia, NBC News Locations: New Jersey, Georgia

☆ Dating Apps Helped Me Find Love. Now They've Become a Total Scam.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Albert Fox Cahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

I spent some time alone after things ended, but by the end of 2012, I was ready to re-embrace online dating. Within a few years, my fellow millennials and I were reportedly spending 10 hours a week on dating apps. "Dating apps are designed to be a miserable experience," Stephanie Rodgers, the founder of the forthcoming dating app Verb, said. Increasingly, it feels like dating apps make things more monotonous and cumbersome to incentivize us to pay for upgrades. And while dating apps' cost in terms of harassment, threats, and violence is paid disproportionately by women, its financial cost is disproportionately paid by men.

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