PoliticsYahoo NewsJulián Castro warns that 'nothing is going to get done' in Washington if Democrats lose Georgia Senate races
Former Housing Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro hit the campaign trail for Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock this week as Democrats look to win two crucial runoff elections in the state next month. If Mitch McConnell is given the keys to the Senate again, nothing is going to get done for the people of Georgia,” Castro said to a small crowd of local organizers gathered Tuesday at East Lake Park in Atlanta. Nothing is going to get done in our time of need when people need to get their small businesses back up and going, when folks need to get back to work, [and] when we need to distribute that vaccine so that we can get past this pandemic.
BusinessBusiness InsiderNewsmax, one of Trump's new favorite networks, is reportedly trying to poach Fox News employees with offers of higher salaries
The conservative TV network Newsmax has attempted to poach several Fox News staffers with offers of higher salaries, according to Axios. The news comes soon after Newsmax briefly eclipsed Fox News in a key ratings metric for the first time on Monday, according to Reuters. It continues the intense competition between Fox — still the leading cable news network — and Newsmax's brand of upstart, hyperpartisan pro-Trumpism.
BusinessThe WeekAirbnb's co-founder learns live on air that his net worth just doubled
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky could use a bit of work on his poker face — though learning you've raised a few billion more dollars than expected is a reasonable excuse for breaking it. The home rental app, which Chesky launched along with Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia, first started selling shares at $68 per piece when they began being traded Wednesday. Essentially, Chesky and the other co-founders' net worth was about to double as well, from about $3 billion to more than $6 billion, seeing as they all planned to retain around 10 percent of the company.
WorldINSIDERA megachurch pastor in Florida told his parishioners not to take a COVID-19 vaccine and instead believe in 'divine immunity'
Guillermo Maldonado, the founding pastor of Miami's King Jesus International Ministry, made false claims about COVID-19 during a sermon on Sunday. A pastor at a Florida megachurch has encouraged his parishioners not to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, and instead told them to "believe in divine immunity." Guillermo Maldonado, the founding pastor of Miami's King Jesus International Ministry, made the scientifically inaccurate comment during a sermon that was streamed on Facebook Live on Sunday.
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Sexual misconduct shakes FBI's senior ranks with little to no discipline
An Associated Press investigation has identified at least six sexual misconduct allegations involving senior FBI officials over the past five years, including two new claims brought this week by women who say they were sexually assaulted by ranking agents.
U.S.Associated PressMinneapolis approves cuts to police budget, not staffing
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs — but will keep the mayor's targeted staffing levels for sworn officers intact, averting a possible veto. Mayor Jacob Frey, who had threatened to veto the entire budget if the council went ahead with its plan to cap police staffing, said the vote was a defining moment for the city, which has experienced soaring crime rates amid calls to defund the police since the May 25 death of George Floyd.
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U.S.Business InsiderFox News anchor scolds liberal guest host who accused the panel of not bringing up the US's record COVID-19 deaths until '43 minutes into the show'
On Fox News on Thursday, liberal guest host Marie Harf questioned why her fellow panelists weren't focusing more on the record COVID-19 daily deaths in the US. "We're 43 minutes into this show, and we haven't mentioned yet that 3,000 Americans died yesterday, more than on 9/11," Harf said, adding, "We cannot lose sight of the tragedy that is unfolding every single day in this country, largely because people want to go about life as normal." In response, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner berated Harf: "Please, keep your judgment someplace where you know you can fact check it, because you can't see my heart."
PoliticsThe WeekCDC director allegedly ordered staff to delete email from Trump administration official trying to change COVID-19 report
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official has reportedly alleged that Director Robert Redfield ordered the deletion of an email showing a Trump administration appointee attempting to interfere with a scientific report. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), chair of the House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, wrote to Redfield and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar this week to express "serious concern about what may be deliberate efforts by the Trump administration to conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered with career officials' response to the coronavirus crisis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," The Washington Post and Politico report.
PoliticsAssociated PressWatchdog clears Pompeo's wife of travel ethics charges
An independent probe into the travel of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's wife has concluded that the trips with her husband on official business did not violate federal ethics rules. But, in a report released Thursday, the department's acting inspector general, Matthew Klimow, also determined that the State Department did not secure proper written approval or documentation for six of Susan Pompeo's eight trips covered by the investigation. In addition, the inspector general angrily rebutted accusations by Secretary Pompeo's aides that the investigation was a “waste of time.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderDianne Feinstein forgets conversations and gets upset with her staff for not briefing her on a topic shortly after they do, new report says
Sen. Dianne Feinstein forgets conversations and gets upset with her staff for not briefing her on a topic moments after they do, according to a new report from the New Yorker. The US Senator from California is said to be struggling with her short-term memory, even forgetting things she herself has said, sources familiar with the situation told the New Yorker's Jane Mayer.
Senate Democrats reportedly staged an intervention around Dianne Feinstein's mental 'deterioration'The Week
Chuck Schumer had to tell Dianne Feinstein that she should step down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee twice because she forgot the first conversation they had, new report saysBusiness Insider
U.S.USA TODAY'Hyphenated identity groups': Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee blocks legislation for Latino and women history Smithsonians
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, blocked two proposals on Thursday to create Smithsonian museums for Latino and women's history from unanimously passing the Senate, saying there's been too much "balkanization" in the country. Claiming "the last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation," Lee blocked proposals to establish the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum. "Within the walls of a Smithsonian museum just like at the National Gallery of Art or the great memorials that dot this city, there is no us and them.
HealthTheGrioFauci says daughter ‘saddened greatly’ by death of boyfriend’s brother, 32, from virus
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been one of America's most trusted medical leaders during the coronavirus pandemic, recently confirmed that the virus has impacted his own family. The nation's leading disease expert said the brother of his youngest daughter's boyfriend died from COVID-19 at only 32, despite being previously healthy. Fauci made the revelation during a livestream interview hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN.
PoliticsAssociated PressGeorgia House speaker moves against election official
Amid continuing Republican attacks on the legitimacy of Joe Biden's presidential victory in Georgia, the state House speaker is proposing to take the selection of the state's chief election official from the voters and put it in the hands of legislators. Republican House Speaker David Ralston said Thursday that he will seek a state constitutional amendment to change how Georgia's secretary of state is chosen. With two-thirds approval needed by both the House and Senate, such a move is unlikely, particularly with Democrats signaling immediate opposition.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderRep. Eric Swalwell refused to say if he had sex with a suspected Chinese spy who slept with 2 mayors for an intelligence campaign
On Tuesday, Axios reported that a suspected Chinese spy got close to Rep. Eric Swalwell of California early in his political career and, separately, slept with two unnamed US mayors as part of a yearslong intelligence campaign. Swalwell has not been accused of wrongdoing, and Axios also did not report on or suggest any sexual relationship between Swalwell and the woman. But on Tuesday night, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that US intelligence officials believed Swalwell and the woman had a sexual relationship and that Swalwell's office declined to comment on the matter.
U.S.USA TODAY5 bicyclists killed, 4 injured after truck hits group on 'retirement ride' in Nevada
On a highway ride to celebrate a cyclist's retirement, five bicyclists were killed and four others were injured in a crash involving a truck, according to authorities. Around 9:40 a.m., a box truck struck a group of about 20 bicyclists. The box truck remained at the scene for several hours after the collision, as authorities investigated what caused the crash.
U.S.Miami Herald‘Savage:’ Watch an alligator get eaten whole by an unlikely creature at Florida lake
Wildlife photographer Shellie Gilliam saw a king of the swamp swallowed whole on Saturday afternoon — by a bird — at Lake Apopka, outside Orlando. OK, so the scaly little guy wasn't fully grown, but color us impressed, anyway. In a video posted to her Facebook page on Monday, Gilliam shows the great blue heron consuming its reptilian snack whole.
U.S.TheGrioER doctor who spoke out against Trump to be removed from Walter Reed
According to a new report, Dr. James Phillips will no longer be employed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning next year. CBS News reported Phillips has been removed from the schedule beginning in January 2021, according to sources close to the situation. The news outlet stated the emergency room doctor is chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University and works on a contract basis for Walter Reed.
BusinessAssociated PressWatchdog raises possible Kushner link to $700M rescue loan
A congressional monitor of federal pandemic aid is raising the possibility of a link between President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and a $700 million relief loan to a struggling trucking company. Bharat Ramamurti, a Democratic member of the four-person Congressional Oversight Commission, raised the possible Kushner connection at a hearing Thursday, as panel members from both parties challenged the Treasury Department's decision to award the loan to YRC Worldwide. The taxpayer-funded loan was made on the grounds that the company's operations are critical for maintaining national security.
U.S.Business InsiderA Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 pilot is dead after a fighter jet crash in Michigan
A Wisconsin National Guard F-16 fighter jet crashed in Michigan during a routine training flight Tuesday night, the Guard said in a Facebook post. The Guard's 115th Fighter Wing announced Thursday afternoon that the pilot, who was initially missing after the crash, had died. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
PoliticsUSA TODAYPresident-elect Joe Biden selects Susan Rice as director of White House Domestic Policy Council
President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice to be director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, a surprise choice that will give the foreign policy veteran a hefty domestic portfolio. Rice is a seasoned diplomat with extensive national security experience, but she has not been heavily involved in domestic policymaking. Rice was seen as a top contender to be Biden's secretary of state, though she would have faced a difficult confirmation battle.
U.S.Business InsiderThe 'unprecedented' wreck of a Hyundai cargo ship off the coast of Georgia a year ago is no longer a mystery - here's what happened
Golden Ray cargo ship in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Source: NPR ... and the ship listed a full 90 degrees, according to CBS News.
EntertainmentINSIDERDisney World is seemingly editing virtual masks onto parkgoers who take theirs off for ride photos
Disney World is seemingly editing digital masks onto parkgoers who remove their face coverings for ride photos, WDW News Today reported. In the past, Disney deleted photos that showed people without masks, meaning that they and others on the ride could not purchase them. While some people think Disney's new idea is "brilliant," others argued that this could encourage people to not wear masks on rides.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderJudges striking down and dismissing Trump's election lawsuits keep asking: Why'd you wait so long?
President Donald Trump and his allies keep filing election lawsuits more than a month after the November 2020 election ended. Many of them challenge voting laws or rules that had been on the books for months — and sometimes years — before the challenges were brought. For example, failed lawsuits that the ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has filed are premised on conspiracy theories involving an election in Venezuela from over a decade ago.
EntertainmentMiami Herald‘Cyberpunk 2077’ glitch causes genitals to pop out of characters’ clothes, players say
Bugs aren't uncommon in new releases, but one glitch in particular in the hotly anticipated “Cyberpunk 2077” computer game has fans atwitter. Players of the science fiction game, which debuted Thursday on PC and consoles, report problems such as soda cans floating in air, passers-by walking through characters like ghosts and inexplicable vehicle crashes, PC Gamer reported. But those bugs, along with problems with mission progression and controls, are run-of-the-mill compared to one that causes the penises and breasts of characters to seem to pop out of their clothing from time to time, Kotaku reported.
“The prospect of a 2024 run is politically significant. It’s also a complete fiction.”
“His flirtation with a 2024 bid ensures he’ll remain the dominant force in the Republican Party.”
“He shouldn’t run for president again. There’s a better job and life for him on the horizon.”
“Trump is in for years of scandals and humiliations…He’ll have to devote much of his energy to trying to stay out of prison.”
“If Trump himself passes on the opportunity, his two very political children could also potentially pick up the mantle.”