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☆ Where is Robert Card? Manhunt for Lewiston, Maine shooting suspect comes with challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Card is a certified firearms instructor, law enforcement officials in Maine told CNN. Lewiston Police Department identified Robert Card as a "person of interest" involved in the Lewiston shooting. “I would say living up in Maine he has more outdoor experience than most people get in their bootcamp experience in the Army,” D’Amico said. His careful planningSeveral law enforcement experts also pointed to what they said was evidence of careful planning by the suspect. Those are unknowns,” said CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller.

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U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2022. Bowman, 47, had previously admitted to pulling the fire alarm, mistakenly thinking it would open a door to the Cannon House Building. The bill ultimately passed with near-unanimous Democratic support but, at the moment, Democrats were scrambling to buy time to read the bill, which Republican then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had just unveiled. The Cannon House Building was ultimately evacuated for about 90 minutes. Some House Republicans had called for Bowman to resign following the incident.

Persons: Jamaal Bowman, Eduardo Munoz, Bowman, Kevin McCarthy, Kanishka Singh, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: National Action Network, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic U.S, Columbia, DC, Washington, U.S . Capitol Police, Cannon, Democratic, Republican, Republicans, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Westchester County, District, DC, Washington

☆ 'We're wiser': US Republican women candidates steer clear of speaker fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"We're wiser," said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a former chair of the Republican House Conference. Women make up 15% of the voting members of the House Republican party - compared to the 43% of House Democrats - and none have put themselves forward as speaker. 4 Republican, Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, has so far not put herself forward for the top job, standing by as she's watched others try and fail to unite the party's factions. "Republican women are too smart to get involved in the shenanigans that have been taking place the last few weeks," Representative Kat Cammack said on Tuesday. Only one has received any votes on the House floor - Representative Kay Granger, who was nominated by fellow Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Persons: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Tom Brenner, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, Elise Stefanik, she's, Kat Cammack, Kay Granger, Mariannette Miller, Meeks, It's, Lori Chavez, DeRemer, Nicole Malliotakis, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Stephen Coates Organizations: U.S . Rep, Energy, Commerce, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, House, Representatives, Republican, Republican House Conference, House Republican, Democrats, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, New York

You may think the term "net worth" only applies to celebrities and CEOs, but it's something we all have — and we all should know it. Here's a breakdown of both median and average American net worth by age, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances published in October 2023. Knowing your net worth can help you assess whether your next financial move is a good one. Empower (formerly Personal Capital) and Mint are two platforms that make tracking your net worth easy. Empower has its own net worth calculator and Mint has a net worth-specific dashboard that calls out your progress each month.

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U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting to choose a nominee in the race for House Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2023. Emmer has been seen as a strong supporter of assisting Ukraine in it war with Russia. A "report card" by the conservative Defending Democracy Together's "Republicans for Ukraine" campaign gave Emmer an "A excellent" rating, based on his past votes. Jordan received an "F very poor" rating, as did Representative Mike Johnson, the last speaker candidate eliminated before Emmer became the nominee. Republicans have a narrow 221-212 House majority, and many have voted for Ukraine aid, but the next speaker could quash more assistance before a proposal reaches the House floor if he opposed the idea.

Persons: Tom Emmer, Jonathan Ernst, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, Emmer, Together's, Jordan, Mike Johnson, Scalise, Joe Biden, Patricia Zengerle, Alistair Bell Organizations: Republican, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, Republicans, Democrats, Emmer, Democratic, Biden, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Washington, Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, United States, corruptly, Israel, Taiwan

☆ Opinion | The Palestinian Republic of Fear and Misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

As with many other Palestinian journalists, Said’s primary source of income was working with foreign reporters as a “fixer,” someone who could arrange difficult meetings, translate from Arabic, show you around. Said had an independent streak and he was no fan of Yasir Arafat, which made him particularly helpful in cutting through the Palestinian Authority’s propagandistic bombast. With Said, I interviewed senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, officials in Ramallah, retired terrorists in Nablus, political dissidents in Jenin and construction workers in Hebron. The Palestinian territories, by contrast, are republics of fear — fear of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and of Hamas in Gaza. During the first major Israel-Hamas war, in 2008 and 2009, Palestinian groups claimed the death toll was mostly civilian, with roughly 1,400 people killed.

Persons: Said, Yasir Arafat, ”, I’ll, Gaza’s Shifa, Hani al, Agha, Israel, — Organizations: Street, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, West Bank, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Locations: Palestinian, Gaza, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Hebron, Israel, Gaza’s, Pyongyang, —

☆ Republican US Rep. Emmer Drops Out of Race for House Speaker -Media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has dropped out of the race to become speaker, hours after being nominated for the position, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Persons: Tom Emmer Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican

☆ Republican US Rep. Emmer drops out of race for House speaker -media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) departs from a House Republican meeting to discuss possible new candidates to lead them as speaker at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has dropped out of the race to become speaker, hours after being nominated for the position, according to media reports on Tuesday. Reporting by Costas Pitas and Katharine Jackson; editing by Dan WhitcombOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tom Emmer, Nathan Howard, Costas Pitas, Katharine Jackson, Dan Whitcomb Organizations: Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Longworth, Washington , U.S

☆ The Republican House speaker crisis is part of its identity crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Tuesday marks three full weeks without a House speaker and 24 days until the government runs out of money, to say nothing of aid packages many lawmakers want for Israel and Ukraine. Most Republicans voted for all three men as speaker, but the outside edges of the party were too big to get a majority. Only two of the current speaker candidates supported the 2020 election results: Emmer and Scott. Four of the current speaker candidates voted no, including Sessions. But Trump’s power within the House GOP is limited.

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☆ Republicans: House circus embarrasses senior party leaders as the country and the world wait for a speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The uprising that began nearly three weeks ago with the toppling of Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now weakened three of the most powerful figures in the House GOP. Twisting colored squares together in the right order seems simple by comparison with attempts to unite a House Republican conference unable to comprehend how clownish it looks. “We need (a speaker) because the House can’t do anything without a speaker,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen because if we don’t have a speaker of the House, we can’t govern. “This is embarrassing for the Republican Party.

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☆ A former US congressman says several family members were killed in Israel airstrikes on Gaza church
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Rep. Justin Amash said several relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a Gaza church. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Rep. Justin Amash said that several of his relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza. An explosion struck the church in Gaza on Thursday evening, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians were sheltering, the enclave's Hamas-controlled authorities said. Israel has bombarded Gaza with airstrikes following the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, which killed at least 1,400 Israelis. Subsequent strikes on Gaza have killed 3,785 people, according to the enclave's authorities.

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I don't know if that's a newsflash for anybody here," Republican Representative Scott Perry said. Republican Representative Jodey Arrington, who has been floated as an alternative, said he was backing Jordan for now. That plan would give more authority to Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, who is filling the speaker's chair on a temporary basis. House Democrats and the White House have said they are open to the idea, but Republicans rejected it on Thursday. He helped to engineer government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 and helped to push Republican Speaker John Boehner into retirement in 2015.

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Republicans who control the chamber appear no closer to resolving a leadership battle that has paralyzed the House for more than two weeks. ET (1400 GMT) vote, Jordan said the House needed to install a speaker so it could take up aid for Israel and other matters, but he did not predict victory. Jordan has failed to win the 217 votes needed to claim the speaker's gavel in votes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Republicans control the House by a 221-212 margin, and Jordan has not gotten more than 200 votes so far. He helped to engineer government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 and helped to push Republican Speaker John Boehner into retirement in 2015.

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☆ Jim Jordan loses third speaker vote with no end in sight for House leadership crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2023. He alluded to the 15 rounds of voting that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy needed before securing the gavel. "There's been multiple rounds of votes for speaker before — we all know that," Jordan told reporters at a press conference Friday morning, before the vote. "End the attachment to the extremist Jim Jordan and join with Democrats in finding a bipartisan path forward," Jeffries told reporters. "We recognize that Jim Jordan is a clear and present danger to the American people.

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☆ US Republican senators ask tech firms about content moderation in Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel's Republican lawmakers sent a letter on Friday to tech companies Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter, seeking information on their content moderation policies in the Israel-Hamas war, the senators said. The Republican lawmakers of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said they asked the companies "to commit to fully preserving a documentary history of Hamas's atrocities." Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people, mainly civilians. "We believe it is imperative that we preserve a full documentary history of Hamas's atrocities," the Republican lawmakers led by Senator Ted Cruz said. The senators said they requested a number of pieces of information, including content policies relevant to the dissemination of content from the Israel-Hamas War, data on content removed systematically without human review, and an explanation of how these policies are affected by international laws.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ted Cruz, Kanishka Singh, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Senate, Google, Twitter, Republican, U.S . Senate, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Washington

☆ US citizen working as journalist detained in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Atlanta CNN —A US-Russian dual national working for Radio Free Europe has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, the US-funded news organization reported Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva is currently employed as a journalist and editor for the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and is based in Prague. According to her employer, Kurmasheva was detained on June 2 in the city of Kazan in Russia while waiting for a return flight to the Czech Republic. According to RFE/RL, Kurmasheva is an accomplished journalist who has been writing about the life of ethnic minorities in Russia’s Tatarstan and Bashkortostan regions for many years. He’s the first US journalist to be accused of spying by Moscow since 1986, when US reporter Nick Daniloff was detained on a similar charge.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Kurmasheva, Jeffrey Gedmin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Evan Gershkovich, Nick Daniloff, Gershkovich Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, ” CNN, US State Department, Wall Street Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Russia, Prague, Kazan, Czech Republic, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ Companies won't hire these women to drive trucks because of their gender, a new lawsuit says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new lawsuit accuses one of the US's largest trucking companies of gender discrimination. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn a new class action lawsuit, three named women allege that a trucking company either delayed their hiring processes or refused to hire them altogether because of their gender. Per the filing, other women applying were told there was a hiring freeze for women. Romer-Friedman added filing with the EEOC is the first step in a process that could lead to a federal civil rights lawsuit against Stevens Transport. Stevens Transport did not respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular working hours.

Persons: —, Kim Howard, Ashli Streeter, Peter Romer, Stevens, Howard, Streeter, Friedman, Romer, I've Organizations: Service, Stevens Transport, Trucking, Commission, Romer, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Friedman's, America

Israel and the U.S. said the cause was a failed rocket launch by anti-Israeli Palestinian militants in Gaza who denied responsibility. Amid fears the conflict could spread beyond Gaza, Biden had planned to meet Arab leaders. But Jordan called off his planned summit there with Egypt and the Palestinian Authority after the hospital blast. During Biden's visit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel would let food, water and medicines reach southern Gaza via Egypt. En route to Washington, Biden told reporters he was blunt with Israel about the need to facilitate aid to Gaza.

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Inventories reached 102 million barrels on Oct. 6, up from 85 million barrels a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“Weekly petroleum status report”, EIA, Oct. 12). Stocks were 13 million barrels (+15% or +1.18 standard deviations) above the prior seasonal average for 2015-2022 and just 1 million barrels below the all-time high of 103 million set in November 2015. Inventories ended winter 2022/23 around 10 million barrels (+22% or +0.98 standard deviations) above the seasonal average and the surplus has continued to swell despite strong exports. U.S. petroleum refineries also produced 59 million barrels of propane between January and July 2023, unchanged from the same period in 2013. Shipments to the Netherlands (25 million barrels), Singapore (18 million), Indonesia (17 million), Brazil (14 million), Belgium (14 million), Spain (14 million) and Chile (13 million) took the share to more than 80%.

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☆ House meets to vote on Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. House of Representatives gaveled into session Tuesday to vote on whether Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will become its next speaker. The vote on Jordan's candidacy is scheduled to begin around 12:30 p.m. The deeply divided Republican conference has so far been unable to coalesce around a candidate for speaker after McCarthy's ouster. Jordan has said he wants the House to keep voting Tuesday until it chooses a speaker, suggesting Jordan intends to wear down his opposition on the House floor. The House has been leaderless for two weeks after a faction of eight Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida ousted McCarthy in an unprecedented no-confidence vote.

Persons: Jim Jordan, gaveled, Kevin McCarthy, Jordan, Steve Scalise, McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, McCarthy's, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries Organizations: Republican, U.S . House, GOP, Rep, Ohio Republican Locations: Washington ,, Ohio, Florida, New York

☆ Jim Jordan's House Speaker bid gains momentum as Biden warns of 'dangerous' leadership vacuum in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2023. The renewed momentum came at a crucial moment for Jordan, whose candidacy seemed destined to fail late last week. After winning the internal, closed door nomination vote, Jordan still faced a bloc of around 50 House Republicans who opposed his speakership. Jim Jordan can do it," McCarthy said in a social post. President Joe Biden called the leadership vacuum in the House "dangerous" in an interview with CBS News that aired Sunday.

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CNBC Select explains the drawbacks of buying a lottery ticket with a credit card and what to do instead. A credit card cash advance is when you withdraw money from your credit card, essentially borrowing cash against your card's line of credit. Cash advance fees typically amount to 3% or 5% of the total cash advance withdrawn. "If you use your credit card for these transactions, you may be charged a cash advance fee and a potentially higher cash advance interest rate." In a number of states, including Massachusetts and Georgia, buying a lottery ticket with a credit card is illegal.

Persons: Cash Organizations: CNBC, Axos, CNBC Select's, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Massachusetts, Georgia

☆ Russia says it deserves a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. It may have a shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Richard Roth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Russia’s war in Ukraine war is still grinding on, and several UN human rights investigations have accused Moscow of committing human rights abuses. The Human Rights Council is made up of 47 member states, distributed by geographic region and elected by fellow nations. Russia joined the Human Rights Council in January 2021. “Every day Russia and China remind us by committing abuses on a massive scale that they should not be members of the UN Human Rights Council,” Human Rights Watch UN director Louis Charbonneau said.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Russia –, –, Louis Charbonneau, ”, Cuba –, Vassily Nebenzia, ” Jason Evans Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Human Rights, Ukraine wanes, Human, UN, Assembly, Security Council, Eastern European, Albania, UN Human Rights, Rights Watch UN, ” Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, New York, North Korea, UN, Gabon, Bulgaria, Libya, China, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Vietnam, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Burundi, Russian, Kharkiv, Hroza

CNN has requested comment from Musk and X on the posts related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Community notes allow users on X to fact-check false posts on the platform. While notes were appended to both of these false posts, they often come after a false post has been viewed thousands – or in some cases millions – of times. “In times of war, social media becomes a propaganda battlefield; there is always an element of disinformation and exaggeration,” said Emerson Brooking, senior resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. He said other platforms that have little or no guardrails including the social media messaging app Telegram are also hotbeds of misinformation, but X is unique given Musk’s behavior.

Persons: Musk, influencer Jackson Hinkle, Hinkle, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Israel, Emerson Brooking, ” Brooking, ” Joe Galvin, ” Galvin, X Organizations: CNN, Elon, White, Washington, Pentagon, Jerusalem Post, Directorate, Defamation League, Atlantic, Forensic Research, “, monetization, Twitter Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Gaza, Azerbaijan

☆ The US will likely 'go to war' in Israel with air and naval power if Syria or Iran become actively involved, retired 4-star general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The US will probably go to war in Israel if other countries get involved, a retired general said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US is likely to directly intervene with air and naval strikes if Israel's existence is threatened, Ret. "I would suggest to you our support of Israel will be absolute, and if we see Syrian military intervention, active Iranian military intervention, we'll go to war," McCaffrey added. However, it's unlikely that the US would send troops into Israel, given the Israel Defense Forces' own ground capabilities, McCaffrey added. They want to make sure that the Syrian military and Hezbollah don't enter this fray," he said.

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