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House barrels toward vote to remove Santos

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © The Hill/Greg Nash House barrels toward vote to remove Santos The House is poised for at least one more vote on whether to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the chamber on Thursday. If expelled, Santos would be...

Faces of jurors in Young Thug’s Georgia trial exposed

The faces of jurors were briefly exposed during a livestream of Young Thug's ongoing trial in Georgia, where he faces gang and racketeering charges. The rapper's trial kicked off earlier this week, with the jury on Wednesday hearing from the first expert witness, Mark Belknap, a detective with the Atlanta Police Department. While recording Wednesday's...

Harris fires back at McCarthy over criticism of Biden’s negotiating

Vice President Harris took aim at former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Wednesday over his criticism of President Biden’s negotiating skills earlier that day. "With all due respect, when anyone who has had the experience McCarthy just had, I don’t think he’s a judge of negotiations," Harris told New York Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at...

Harris to attend UN climate summit in Dubai in Biden’s absence 

Presented by BP — Harris will be in Dubai on Friday and Saturday for the the conference known as COP28, her office said. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Harris to attend UN climate summit in Dubai in Biden’s absence Vice President Harris will attend a major United Nations climate...

Health care leaders seek regulation, transparency for AI in health industry 

Health care sector leaders urged Congress to pass regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry based on experiences facing issues in the AI programming such as implicit bias and patient privacy.   Wednesday’s hearing on the use of AI in health care comes after tools such as ChatGPT made waves in...

Biden targets Boebert as leader of ‘MAGA movement’ during Colorado tour

President Biden on Wednesday called out Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) during an appearance in her congressional district — marking a rare instance of Biden directly targeting what he often pegs as a “MAGA Republican” by name. While Biden has spent much of this year traveling to and fundraising in affluent, safe-blue enclaves during domestic travel,...

DeSantis knocks Trump over BLM leader’s endorsement: ‘Makes perfect sense’

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis knocked former President Trump after he earned an endorsement from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist Mark Fisher. “BLM praising Donald Trump — and Trump celebrating it — makes perfect sense,” DeSantis posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The Florida governor was responding to a post from the...

Google agrees to pay $74M to Canadian news industry under law

Google reached a deal with the Canadian government on Wednesday after months of turmoil over a new law that requires major online platforms to pay news outlets to share their articles. Pascale St-Onge, the minister of Canadian Heritage, said Wednesday that Google agreed to contribute $100 million in Canadian dollars — about $74 million in U.S. dollars...

Rite Aid to close 31 more stores: Here’s where

Rite Aid is closing 30 more stores across a dozen states, adding to the more than 100 they closed earlier this year.

Views on China as ‘enemy’ of the US grow, many support military buildup to deter Taiwan invasion: survey

The annual Regan Defense Forum Survey shows a majority of Americans view China as the greatest enemy facing the U.S., and would support military intervention to defend Taiwan.

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