In the days before Inauguration Day, Joe Biden is overshadowed by Donald Trump. Police provide fresh information regarding the gunman’s movements during the CEO’s murder. Additionally, the first Jewish quarterback at Brigham Young University secures a suitable sponsorship agreement.
What to know today is as follows.
Trump isn t president yet, but he s starting to act like it
Even though Donald Trump isn’t officially taking office for another forty-five days, it feels like he has.
This weekend, the president-elect will go to Paris to attend the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Mar-a-Lago after he shook Mexico and Canada with his threats of high tariffs. Additionally, he has threatened on social media that if hostages are not released from Gaza before Inauguration Day, there will be hell to pay.
To put it another way, as President Joe Biden nears the end of his tenure and gradually fades from the public eye, Trump is pushing him out.
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According to Newt Gingrich, a Republican former House speaker and Trump ally, Trump is effectively a presumptive president given the current president’s fragility and the speed at which things change in the modern world. Undoubtedly, he is receiving that treatment from foreign countries.
Biden hasn’t indicated whether he is upset about being overshadowed. In actuality, Trump’s actions might be beneficial to the extent that they support Biden’s overarching objectives. For instance, while the Biden administration attempts to negotiate their release in return for a truce, Trump’s warning to Hamas about releasing hostages may prove beneficial.
However, Trump’s options are limited as long as Biden remains in office.
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Billionaire Elon Musk
spent more than $250 million
to boost Trump s 2024 campaign, including more than $20 million into a mysterious RBG PAC.
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Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, the duo Trump tasked with finding ways to overhaul the federal budget and bureaucracy, began in-person discussions with congressional Republicans.
Here s who they met with.
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Nearly 100 former national security officials signed a letter
questioning whether Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is fit
to become the director of national intelligence.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has told colleagues that she s
running to be the top Democrat
on the influential Oversight Committee.
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House lawmakers
voted against releasing an Ethics Committee report
on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, ending a fight over its publication for now.
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The acting Secret Service director and a Republican congressman
got into a screaming match
during the final hearing of the House task force that investigated the assassination attempts against Trump.
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The new chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
laid out his vision for the future
in a wide-ranging interview, including how to combat Trump s culture wars.
Police track past travel of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter
Following Wednesday’s prearranged targeted attack on the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City, the gunman who shot and killed Brian Thompson is still at large. This is what we have discovered.
According to three senior law enforcement sources, investigators think the shooter may have gone from Atlanta to New York last month. They are collaborating with Greyhound to try and identify the shooter’s name from tickets they have already purchased.
Police are also investigating whether the shooter rented a room at a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side using cash and a forged ID.
The senior New York City law enforcement official said the gunman purchased two protein bars and a water bottle from a nearby Starbucks prior to the incident.
What more is known about the probe is as follows.
The murder of Thompson was widely praised and ridiculed on social media. The majority of individuals responded to a UnitedHealth Group Facebook post regarding Thompson’s passing by using the laughing emoji. People applauded the shooter with memes on Reddit. People ponder why we want these executives dead, according to a Bluesky article by journalist Taylor Lorenz, who has previously written for the Washington article and the New York Times.
The responses and comments he has seen demonstrate popular ire at the private health insurance system, according to climate campaigner Tobita Chow, whose own X post regarding Thompson’s death was extensively shared.
But according to academics, the rhetoric is a concerning indication of radicalization and comes at a time when threats against workers in the health care sector have increased since the pandemic. According to one scholar, it is particularly concerning that this tragedy is being framed as a class conflict opening rather than a heinous murder.
Learn more about how people responded to Thompson’s passing.
Insurer halts anesthesia payment policy after backlash
A decision by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to restrict anesthesia compensation for surgeries and medical treatments based on time constraints has been overturned. Starting in February, the regulation would have placed a cap on how long anesthesia may be reimbursed for treatments in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. Anesthesia is usually given for as long a surgery takes, depending on the doctor conducting the procedure. There is usually no time restriction on this.
Although Anthem BCBS’s policy change was subtly disclosed last month, it was not widely known until this week, when the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson triggered a surge of criticism directed at the American healthcare system, bringing Anthem BCBS’s move into the public eye. According to an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield representative, the insurance company has never and will never refuse to cover medically required anesthetic services.Go here to read the entire story.
An uncertain job market
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its November jobs statistics, which is anticipated to show 214,000 new jobs added and a little increase in the unemployment rate from 4.1% to 4.2%.
There has hardly been a worse moment in recent history to be looking for work, even though the jobless rate is still historically low. A significant change in the job market seems to be contributing to the issue. According to a Gallup poll, a large percentage of American workers are looking for new possibilities because they are unhappy with their existing positions, while recruiting managers are struggling with shrinking budgets and staffing changes.
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A magnitude-7.0 earthquake off the coast of northern California
briefly triggered a tsunami warning
stretching up to Oregon and left thousands of people without power.
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Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi s family said they are investigating whether she was involved in
a possible green card marriage scam
.
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NASA said its next moon mission
will be delayed until 2026
, but it still has its sights set on landing astronauts on the lunar surface before China.
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The past two years have been among the hottest on record, and a new study suggests
there s something (not) in the air
that might be causing warmer temperatures.
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A man was seriously injured
after he leapt onto a polar bear
when it lunged at his wife during a rare attack in far northern Canada.
Staff Pick: ‘BYJew’ gets a kosher brand deal
We’ve been living in the age of college athletes landing big-time, high-paying contracts with major corporations for a few years now. The top athletes in the nation typically sign contracts with Nike, Adidas, and other major sportswear firms for the use of their names, images, or likenesses (NIL).
The news that the first Jewish quarterback in Brigham Young University’s history has signed a non-binding agreement with the kosher Jewish food company that I often identify with macaroons, matzo, and the end caps of big grocery stores around Passover is delightful. Jake Retzlaff, who guided the Cougars to a 10-2 season, will be sponsored by Manischewitz, according to sports writer Greg Rosenstein. He does, in fact, go by BYJew. To everyone participated, mazel tov!Richie Duchon, Platforms’ deputy director
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