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Arrest warrants for Israeli leaders marks pivotal moment in international law | Beth McKernanPresident Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia that had stalled as the startup electric vehicle maker struggled to become profitable. It’s unclear whether the administration can complete the loan before Donald Trump becomes president again in less than two months, or whether the Trump administration might try to claw the money back. Trump previously vowed to end federal electric vehicle tax credits , which are worth up to $7,500 for new zero-emission vehicles and $4,000 for used ones. Rivian made a splash when it went public and began producing large electric R1 SUVs, pickup trucks and delivery vans at a former Mitsubishi factory in Normal, Illinois, in 2021. Months later, the California-based company announced it would build a second, larger, $5 billion plant about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Atlanta, near the town of Social Circle. The R1 vehicles cost $70,000 or more. The company plans to produce R2 vehicles, a smaller SUV, in Georgia with lower price tags aimed at a mass market. The first phase of Rivian’s Georgia factory is projected to make 200,000 vehicles a year, with a second phase capable of another 200,000 a year. Eventually, the plant is projected to employ 7,500 workers. But Rivian was unable to meet production and sales targets and rapidly burned through cash. In March, the company said it would pause construction of the Georgia plant. The company said it would begin assembling its R2 SUV in Illinois instead. CEO RJ Scaringe said the move would allow Rivian to start selling the R2 sooner and save $2.25 billion in capital spending. Since then, German automaker Volkswagen AG said in June it would invest $5 billion in Rivian in a joint venture in which Rivian would share software and electrical technology with Volkswagen. The money eased Rivian’s cash crunch. Tuesday’s announcement throws a lifeline to Rivian’s grander plans. The company said its plans to make the R2 and the smaller R3 in Georgia are back on and that production will begin in 2028. “This loan would enable Rivian to more aggressively scale our U.S. manufacturing footprint for our competitively priced R2 and R3 vehicles that emphasize both capability and affordability,” Scaringe said in a statement. The Energy Department said the loan would substantially boost electric vehicles made in the United States and support Biden’s goal of having zero-emission vehicles make up half of all new U.S. sales by 2030. “As one of a few American EV startups with light duty vehicles already on the road, Rivian’s Georgia facility will allow the company to reach production volumes that make its products more cost competitive and accelerate access to international markets,” the department said in a statement. The loan includes $6 billion, plus $600 million in interest that will be rolled into the principal. The money would come from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, which provides low-interest loans to make fuel-efficient vehicles and components. The program has focused mostly on loans to new battery factories for electric vehicles under Biden, but earlier helped finance initial production of the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf, two pioneering electric vehicles. The loan program, created in 2007, requires a “reasonable prospect of repayment” of the loan. Under Biden, the program has announced deals totaling $33.3 billion, including $9.2 billion for massive battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky for Ford’s electric vehicles. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff , who has been a vocal supporter of electric vehicle and solar manufacturing in Georgia, hailed Tuesday’s announcement as “yet another historic federal investment in Georgia electric vehicle manufacturing.” Ossoff had asked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to support the loan in July. “Our federal manufacturing incentives are driving economic development across the state of Georgia,” Ossoff said in a statement. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says his goal is to make Georgia a center of the electric vehicle industry. But the Republican has had a strained relationship with the Biden administration over its industrial policy, even as some studies have found Georgia has netted more electric vehicle investment than any other state. Kemp has long claimed that manufacturers were picking Georgia before Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, was passed. Efforts to bring Rivian to Georgia predated the Biden administration and “our shared vision to bring opportunity to Georgia will remain no matter who resides in the White House or what party controls Congress,” Kemp spokesperson Garrison Douglas said Tuesday. The loan to Rivian could rescue one of the Kemp administration’s signature economic development projects even as Biden leaves office. That could put Rivian and Kemp in the position of defending the loan if Trump tries to quash it. State and local governments offered Rivian an incentive package worth an estimated $1.5 billion in 2022. Neighbors opposed to development of the Georgia site mounted legal challenges. State and local governments spent around $125 million to buy and prepare the nearly 2,000-acre (810-hectare) site. The state also has completed most of $50 million in roadwork that it pledged. The pause at Rivian contrasts with rapid construction at Hyundai Motor Group’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle and battery complex near Savannah. The Korean automaker said in October that it had begun production in Ellabell, where it plans to eventually employ 8,500.sgo777 slot online 。

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By Paul Hughes | Republican-American HARTFORD — If ranked-choice voting is allowed in local elections in Connecticut, the choice should be left to each town and city to make, a study group recommended Thursday. The Governor’s Ranked-Choice Voting Working Group voted 11-1 to back a series of recommendations for creating a voluntary system to allow municipalities and political parties to use this voting method in caucuses, conventions, primaries and certain municipal elections. In Connecticut elections, a voter currently chooses one candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins. Candidates do not need an outright majority to be elected, but rather only a plurality of the ballots cast. With ranked-choice voting, voters select candidates in order of preference. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the votes, then the election goes into elimination rounds, and voter rankings come into play, as candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and votes are redistributed until one candidate achieves the required majority. Supporters on the governor’s working group argued Thursday that ranked-choice voting will better serve voters and democracy, while others, including Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, expressed some reservations and urged moving cautiously, and Annalisa Stravato, the Republican registrar of voters in Wilton and executive vice president of the Registrar of Voters Association of Connecticut, recommended not moving forward at all. “My main concern is the costs,” Stravato said. She said optional ranked-choice voting will increase the cost of local election administration, including staffing, training, and printing, and she questioned whether the state or local governments would end up paying the additional expenses. Stravato also said ranked-choice voting would make tabulating ballots, reporting election results and conducting recounts more time consuming. WORKING GROUP MEMBERS all agreed that if municipalities and political parties are given the option of using this voting method that the sufficient state funding must be provided to the secretary of the state’s office and local governments. This proviso was added to the subcommittee recommendations that were adopted Thursday. One of the subcommittees had already recommended the secretary of the state be given authority to defer implementation of ranked-choice voting if there are issues with ballot design, or the tabulation technology, or inadequate resources. Attorney Monte Frank, a vice chairman of the working group, offered his strong support for giving municipalities and political parties the option of using ranked-choice voting, but he stressed that state funding is a must-have. “If we don’t do it right, let’s not do it at all. But we should do it right. It is about time that this state stood up and devoted the resources to make the election process, and civic education, and voter education a priorities, said Frank, a former candidate for lieutenant governor of the eponymous Griebel-Frank for CT Party in 2018. THOMAS CAUTIONED that adding the option of ranked-choice voting would add to already heavy workloads that are straining state and local election officials and workers now. “I am continually asking myself if our election system is the thing we want to push beyond the breaking point,” she said. “Even one mistake carries the risk of eroding trust in our elections at best and disenfranchising voters at worst.” Over the next two years, Thomas said new ballot tabulators, a new voter registration system, and a new election reporting system will be introduced, and state and local election workers will need to be trained in the use of each one. She said state legislators are also expected to consider legislation in the 2025 legislative session revising post-election audit procedures, which would also require additional training if the current law is revised. Thomas said the state legislature will also be considering proposed changes to early in-person voting after its introduction in the 2024 elections. In addition, state voters just approved a constitutional amendment on Nov. 5 to allow the legislature to authorize no-excuse absentee voting in state law. Thomas said it is likely no-excuse absentee ballots will be rolled out in the 2025 local elections, or the 2026 state elections. THE WORKING GROUP also recommended a pilot program involving a group of interested municipalities to test out ranked-choice voting and obtain firsthand experience for evaluating its potential wider use. This recommendation further proposed that the secretary of the state’s office be given the authority and resources to conduct this limited test of ranked-choice voting. Stravato, the Wilton registrar, said she is also concerned about voter fatigue. She said some local ballots are lengthy because of the number of public offices that are elected, and voters could end up getting frustrated with having to vote for so many candidates that they will leave offices blank on their ballots. The working group stressed the importance of robust civic education generally about ranked-choice voting and specifically about its roll out if and when the option becomes available, and, again, recommended the legislature provide the secretary of the state’s office adequate resources for these purposes.CooperCompanies Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a $2.38 per share dividend for the first quarter of 2025. The dividend will be paid on March 7, 2025 , to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 14, 2025 . About Amgen Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative medicines to help millions of patients in their fight against some of the world's toughest diseases. More than 40 years ago, Amgen helped to establish the biotechnology industry and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what's known today. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline that builds on its existing portfolio of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, inflammatory diseases and rare diseases. 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AKRON, Ohio , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: BTCM) ("BIT Mining" or the "Company"), a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 428 South Seiberling Street, Akron, Ohio , US on January 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., New York time. Holders of record of ordinary shares and Class A preference shares of the Company at the close of business on December 20, 2024 , New York time (the "Record Date") are entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at, the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Holders of the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company's ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. The notice of the annual general meeting, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted to shareholder approval at the annual general meeting is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://ir.btcm.group . The Company filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 15, 2024 . Shareholders may obtain a copy of the Company's annual report, free of charge, from the Company's website at https://ir.btcm.group and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov , or by contacting BIT Mining Limited at 428 South Seiberling Street, Akron, Ohio , US, attention: Victor He , telephone: +1 (330) 676-2680, email: ir@btcm.group . About BIT Mining Limited BIT Mining (NYSE: BTCM) is a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company with operations in cryptocurrency mining, data center operation and mining machine manufacturing. The Company is strategically creating long-term value across the industry with its cryptocurrency ecosystem. Anchored by its cost-efficient data centers that strengthen its profitability with steady cash flow, the Company also conducts self-mining operations that enhance its marketplace resilience by leveraging self-developed and purchased mining machines to seamlessly adapt to dynamic cryptocurrency pricing. The Company also owns 7-nanometer BTC chips and has strong capabilities in the development of LTC/ DOGE miners and ETC miners. Safe Harbor Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will", "expects", "anticipates", "future", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates", "target", "going forward", "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law. For more information: BIT Mining Limited ir@btcm.group ir.btcm.group www.btcm.group Piacente Financial Communications Victor He Tel: +1 (330) 676-2680 Email: BITMining@thepiacentegroup.com View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bit-mining-limited-to-hold-annual-general-meeting-on-january-7-2025-302327447.html SOURCE BIT Mining LimitedWorkhorse Group Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors

Sports Columnist {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. This has been a brutal season at times for Sabres winger Jack Quinn. No other way to say it. In 19 games, he entered Saturday night's contest in San Jose with one goal, five points and a minus-7 rating. Barring some major pump in production over the final 60 games, Quinn has answered the question about whether he's going to need a long-term, big-money deal going into next season. He's not getting one and JJ Peterka probably is. General manager Kevyn Adams had to keep some cap space open in case both were getting big deals next summer. Now he knows he doesn't have to and can look for more help for this team. Lots of rumors that he's already been doing that, and those will only grow if the Sabres stay in the playoff race. The Sabres' Jack Quinn has just one goal and a minus-7 rating in 19 games this season. Quinn is coming back from two major injuries. His torn Achilles in June 2023 cost him the first half of last season and then he needed ankle surgery and was out more than two months after a collision Jan. 27 with Tomas Hertl late in a win at San Jose. Quinn was back at the scene of the crime Saturday at San Jose's SAP Center. Until playing a strong game Friday in Anaheim, it seemed like he should be a healthy scratch as soon as Tage Thompson returned to the lineup. It leads to the inescapable conclusion that he's just not healthy. Quinn, who has seemed to lack much acceleration in his skating at times, pushed back on the subject of his injuries when this corner broached the subject before the Sabres headed West. "Physically, I feel great to be honest. I'm happy where I'm at," Quinn said. "It's my game that hasn't been where I've wanted it to be. I've got to get that up to par. But on a positive note, my body and physical fitness feels great." Jiri Kulich completed the Sabres' comeback with an OT goal to beat the Ducks. Lance Lysowski's takeaways from Anaheim, where Buffalo moved above .500 and back into a playoff spot. Quinn looked good in Anaheim because he was skating with conviction. He was getting to spots in the offensive zone that were giving him scoring opportunities but his shot continues to be a trouble spot, as he had seven attempts but only two that landed on net. What's been the problem with an offensive game that's produced just one goal on 29 shots? "I'm not really sure. I don't think it's luck," Quinn said. "It's a little bit more about confidence in that I've got to find a way to shoot the puck more. I'm a shooter, I'm a goal-scorer, and I feel like I haven't been able to find shots this year. You're not going to score if you can't get shots. So got to find a way to be shooting more and probably confidence correlates to some more shots." Turnovers can be an issue. Quinn nearly had a major gaffe at his own blue line Friday night in overtime but was able to corral the puck before it got away from him. And seven shot attempts is a step forward. Quinn skated well in the game, got some ice time in OT and was noticeable on a line with Dylan Cozens and Peyton Krebs. It's a small victory but it's a start. Quinn wasn't a first-round pick to be a role player. He's got to score and coach Lindy Ruff seems to have plenty of patience for him. Now he's got to reward that faith. Standings always matter Hey, social media: Stop telling me the standings don't matter because it's only November. I'm tired of getting that reply every time I mention where the Sabres are in the wild-card race or the Atlantic Division. I say it matters big-time and you might say it doesn't. The decisive vote here comes from Ruff, who put the standings on the locker room video screens for every Buffalo player to see Monday before they left for the trip. Buffalo News hockey reporters Mike Harrington and Lance Lysowski discuss why it's not too early to look at the NHL standings. "You need to know where you are, whether it’s a point or two out of a wild card or three or four or five points out of the third spot in your division," Ruff said. "You need to have that awareness. Some people say they don’t like to look at the standings. Well, we’re playing games where you have to know where you’re at if you want to know where you want to get to.” Since the 2005 lockout, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman has kept track of teams in playoff spots by American thanksgiving and roughly 80% make the postseason. Maybe only one or two teams each year make it when they're not in a spot by Thanksgiving, so it matters. Big time. And if the Sabres were 10 points out, I know darn well a lot of you would be referencing the standings with your trade and firing requests. So you can't have it both ways. PITTSBURGH – On the eve of the Stanley Cup final, one of the goofiest questions to ponder is this one: Why in the world can’t the San Jose Sharks ever do much against the Buffalo Sabres? While the Pittsburgh Penguins have beaten Buffalo eight straight times, the Sabres are 9-0-1 in their last 10 games against the Western Conference 'Jumbo' night Saturday's game against the Sabres was a big one for the Sharks, with Joe Thornton's No. 19 slated to be retired in a pregame ceremony. The Bearded One known as "Jumbo" played 15 seasons for the Sharks after being acquired in trade with Boston early in the 2005-06 campaign and helped get them to the Stanley Cup final against Pittsburgh in 2016. Thornton's first game with the Sharks after the trade came in KeyBank Center vs. the Sabres on Dec. 2, 2005, and he had two assists in a 5-0 San Jose win that was the Sharks' last one in Buffalo for nearly 10 years. From his first game with the Sharks until his departure in 2020, no NHL team accumulated more standings points (1,443) and only Pittsburgh won more regular season games (660-659). Ovechkin at KeyBank? LAS VEGAS — There's a picture of a young Alex Ovechkin that's floated around the internet for several years showing the Washington Capitals star during his childhood in Russia wearing a Buffalo Sabres jacket. As the theory goes, Ovechkin was a big Alexander Mogilny fan and, by extension, maybe a Sabres fan growing up. After suffering a fractured fibula in a freak collision last week in Utah, Alex Ovechkin won't be on the ice when the Sabres play in Washington on Dec. 15. But a timeline of 4-6 weeks leaves open the possibility of the Great Eight playing Jan. 6 in his only trip of the season to KeyBank Center. Longtime Caps website writer Mike Vogel noted that Ovechkin has missed just 60 games in his career, with 36 for injuries and the others for assorted reasons that include six suspensions totaling 10 games. The Caps are 26-29-5 without him in those games — but just 4-14-0 in the last 18. So it obviously bears watching if Washington falls out of the top three of the Metropolitan Division and enters the wild card race because Ovechkin missed a lot of time. Johnson gets his due Former Sabres defenseman Erik Johnson played his 1,000th career game last weekend for Philadelphia against Buffalo and was honored for the milestone Monday night against Colorado. Johnson's old team surprised him with a presentation from injured captain Gabriel Landeskog. Johnson is the only current member of the Sabres with a Stanley Cup title on his résumé. What was it like watching the clock tick away in Game 6 with the Cup in the building waiting to be grabbed? Landeskog (knee) has not played since the 2022 Stanley Cup final but is still trying to get his career resumed. The night of the Avalanche's clinching victory at Tampa Bay, Landeskog got the Cup from NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and the first player he gave it to was Johnson in a move they had discussed several years earlier. A good Johnson trivia note from Sportsnet's Friedman: His 1,000th game made the 2006 Draft the first in which the top seven selections reached that milestone. Retired former Sabres captain Kyle Okposo went No. 7 and got to 1,000 last November. Picks 2 through 6 were Jordan Staal, Jonathan Toews, Nicklas Backstrom, Phil Kessel and Derick Brassard. The only one still active is Staal, now in his 12th season in Carolina after six in Pittsburgh. Around the boards • Tweet on old friend Jeff Skinner from veteran Edmonton-based columnist Mark Spector of Sportsnet during the Oilers' 5-3 loss Thursday night to Minnesota: " Oilers a train wreck in their own zone on Minny's 3-2 goal. Skinner flees zone rather than collecting a puck, leads to the goal. If there was a fifth line, (coach Kris) Knoblauch would put him on it at this point." Major ouch. • In the wake of the Hockey Hall of Fame's latest induction ceremony, quite the dilemma has already emerged for next season. There is a limit of four males in the player category and the list of first-time eligibles includes luminaries like Thornton, Zdeno Chara, Ryan Getzlaf, Duncan Keith and Carey Price. Which one of those five gets left out? Yikes. And you can thus forget about Alexander Mogilny or Keith Tkachuk getting a call next year. • Florida coach Paul Maurice , speaking on his multiyear contract extension signed last month, to Pierre LeBrun of the Athletic "If you don’t get it done, it becomes a conversation: 'What’s going to happen?' And you actually start getting asked that toward the end of the year and the playoffs, which is the last thing you would want. It wasn’t a negotiation. (Panthers GM Bill Zito) made me a real generous offer. I said, 'Thank you very much.' And that was it." • More Maurice, giving a tip to Chicago reporters before the Blackhawks beat the Panthers for the third straight year in United Center with Thursday's 3-1 win: " You guys came to the rink for 20 years, won Stanley Cups and beat the hell out of everybody, and you just assume that's the way it should go every year. But you've got good young players. Got a superstar (Connor Bedard). It's just a matter of time." • Connor McDavid is 27 and got his 1,000th career point earlier this month for Edmonton. The next-youngest active player past 1,000 is Toronto's John Tavares — and he's 34. It seems McDavid will have a legitimate shot at joining Wayne Gretzky as the only 2,000-point men in NHL history someday. Get in the game with our Prep Sports Newsletter Sent weekly directly to your inbox! Sports Columnist {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items."Cross the line, pay the fine" is the warning from the Colorado Department of Transportation. The technology to detect when drivers weave in and out of express lanes is coming to the central Interstate 70, I-25 South Gap and U.S. 36 corridors beginning Dec. 1, according to a recent news release. CDOT said its common to see drivers cross over the solid white lines into the express lanes when traffic slows or when trying to get around another vehicle already in the express lane. Vehicles may only enter or exit express lanes at points clearly designated with signs and dashed lines, said department officials. The system uses sensors, cameras and software that work together to identify vehicles that are weaving in-and-out of toll lanes and was deployed for the first time on the I-70 mountain corridor in June 2023. It has since been expanded to the C-470 and North I-25 express lanes, according to CDOT. “This technology has already reduced violations by 80% in the corridors where we’ve deployed it,” said Tim Hoover, a CDOT spokesman. “This means accidents avoided and lives saved.” In 2022, the legislature passed House Bill 22-1074 , allowing the Colorado Transportation Investment Office to enforce Colorado express lanes rules using advanced roadway technology. Drivers weaving over the solid lines between express lanes and the general-purpose lanes cause crashes each year. Due to the speed differentials between vehicles in the express lanes and those in the general-purpose lanes, this behavior significantly increases crash risks, according to CDOT. Drivers in all lanes do not anticipate cars suddenly crossing over solid lines in front of them, forcing them to react quickly to vehicles moving at different speeds. Vehicles should only enter or exit express lanes at clearly marked points with signs and dashed lines. “More than 90% of drivers using express lanes follow the rules and don’t cross the solid lines. Unfortunately, the small percentage that do weave endanger themselves and everyone else,” said Hoover. “Starting Dec. 1, we’re giving these drivers 30 days’ notice to change their behavior. After that, if you cross the line, you pay the fine.” Civil penalties for violating the express lane rules start at $75 if paid within 20 days. 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The Dallas Mavericks' Naji Marshall has been suspended four games without pay and the Phoenix Suns' Jusuf Nurkic is suspended three games without pay for their altercation in a game on Friday night, the NBA announced Saturday. Mavericks forward P.J. Washington was suspended one game without pay for escalating the fight by pushing Nurkic to the floor. The incident started with 9:02 left in the third quarter of Dallas' 98-89 road victory over Phoenix. Nurkic committed an offensive foul and the center had words with Marshall. Nurkic swung his arm and hit the Mavericks forward on the top of his head, and Marshall retaliated by punching Nurkic in the face. Game officials and players attempted to separate the players when Washington shoved Nurkic, who fell to the floor. All three players were assessed technical fouls and ejected from the game. Marshall tried to "engage Nurkic in a hostile manner in the corridor outside the locker rooms," the NBA said in a statement. Marshall will begin his suspension and Washington will serve his on Saturday night when the Mavericks visit the Portland Trail Blazers. Nurkic starts his suspension on Saturday night in a road game against the Golden State Warriors. Marshall, 26, is averaging 10.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 23.2 minutes in 26 games (eight starts) this season. He has career averages of 7.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 19.9 minutes in 256 games (44 starts) with the New Orleans Pelicans (2020-24) and Mavericks. Nurkic, 30, has averages of 8.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 24.3 minutes in 23 games (all starts) this season. Chicago selected him 16th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft, and the Bulls traded him on draft day to the Denver Nuggets. Nurkic has career averages of 12.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 24.6 minutes in 562 games (481 starts) for the Nuggets (2014-17), Trail Blazers (2017-23) and Suns (2023-present). Washington, 26, is averaging 12.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 32.4 minutes in 25 games (24 starts) this season. The Charlotte Hornets selected him 12th overall in the 2019 draft out of Kentucky. Washington has career averages of 12.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 30.4 minutes in 358 games (288 starts) for the Hornets (2019-24) and Mavericks. This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission.US stock indices pushed to fresh records Tuesday, shrugging off tariff threats from President-elect Donald Trump while European equities retreated. Trump, who doesn't take office until January 20, made his threat in social media posts Monday night, announcing huge import tariffs against neighbors Canada and Mexico and also rival China if they do not stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Both the Dow and S&P 500 notched all-time highs, with investors regarding the incoming president's words as a bargaining chip. "In theory, higher tariffs should not be good news for stocks. But, you know, I think the market's chosen to think of (it) as a negotiating tactic," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. "You have bullish sentiment," said LBBW's Karl Haeling. "People are tending to look at things as positively as possible." But General Motors, which imports autos from Mexico to the United States, slumped 9.0 percent, while rival Ford dropped 2.6 percent. Overseas bourses were also buffeted by the news. European stocks followed losses in Asia, despite Trump excluding Europe as an immediate target for tariffs. "These are his first direct comments on tariffs and tariff levels since becoming president-elect, and they have roiled markets," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB trading group, ahead of the Wall Street open. "It is early days, and there are plenty of opportunities for Trump to direct his attention to Europe down the line," Brooks added. The US dollar rallied against its Canadian equivalent, China's yuan and Mexico's peso, which hit its lowest level since August 2022. In other economic news, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 111.7 this month, up from 109.6 in October, boosted by greater optimism surrounding the labor market. "November's increase was mainly driven by more positive consumer assessments of the present situation, particularly regarding the labor market," said Dana Peterson, chief economist at The Conference Board. Pantheon Macroeconomics chief US economist Samuel Tombs added in a note that the increase in consumer confidence overall "likely was driven by euphoria among Republicans." "The index also jumped in late 2016, when Mr. Trump was elected for the first time," he said. Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed policy makers expect inflation to keep cooling, signaling a gradual approach to interest rate cuts if price increases ease further and the job market remains strong. New York - Dow: UP 0.3 percent at 44,860.31 (close) New York - S&P 500: UP 0.6 percent at 6,021.63 (close) New York - Nasdaq: UP 0.6 percent at 19,174.30 (close) London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.4 percent at 8,258.61 (close) Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 0.9 percent at 7,194.51 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.6 percent at 19,295.98 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.9 percent at 38,442.00 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: FLAT at 19,159.20 (close) Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.1 percent at 3,259.76 (close) Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0482 from $1.0495 on Monday Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2567 from $1.2568 Dollar/yen: DOWN at 153.06 yen from 154.23 yen Euro/pound: DOWN at 83.41 pence from 83.51 pence Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.3 percent at $72.81 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.3 percent at $68.77 per barrel bur-jmb/stPresident-elect Donald Trump is stocking his cabinet with people he wants to carry out his “America First” policies on the border, trade, national security, the economy and more. Trump has put a premium on loyalty with his picks, selecting lawmakers and aides who defended him as he navigated the fallout from the January 6, 2021, attempted insurrection and multiple criminal trials. He’s also prioritized those who have expressed an eagerness to hit the ground running as he prepares an expected flurry of executive actions and legislative proposals to quickly implement his agenda and roll back President Joe Biden’s policies. More choices are expected to be announced in the coming days—a big opening remains at Treasury—with Trump hoping to get as many nominees that require Senate confirmation in place ahead of his inauguration. Meanwhile, one controversial pick has already withdrawn from consideration: Matt Gaetz, who had announced his intention to resign from Congress when Trump named him as his pick for attorney general earlier this month. He faced an uphill battle to be approved on the Hill amid allegations of sexual misconduct. He has continued to deny any wrongdoing, while the president-elect applauded his decision to avoid being a lingering distraction to the incoming administration. Here’s a look at some of the people Trump has lined up so far: Pam Bondi, Attorney General Trump’s new pick to lead the Department of Justice he’s vowed to overhaul is another longtime ally who publicly championed his baseless claims of voter fraud in 2020. In his first administration, Bondi worked out of the White House assisting in communications related to his first impeachment trial. She also worked on an opioid and drug abuse commission in Trump’s first term. As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi earned national attention for her efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and provisions banning health insurance companies from charging more to customers with preexisting conditions. Linda McMahon, Education Secretary McMahon led the Small Business Administration from 2017-2019 during Trump’s first term, and stayed close to him afterwards, co-leading his transition team this year. She made her wealth as co-founder and chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment. If confirmed for this latest post, McMahon will run a cabinet-level agency with a $114 billion budget that Trump and many of his allies say they’d like to see abolished, leaving its key responsibilities to the states. Such a move would require congressional approval. Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary As the tussle over who gets to head the Treasury Department wears on, one of the post’s contenders was assigned to another economic role, with Trump planning to install his transition co-chair Lutnick to the agency in charge of promoting US businesses and supporting economic growth. The chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald LP is a Wall Street pick who would be expected to carry out policy around Trump’s avowed favorite word—“tariffs”—and continue to tout a populist economic agenda. Among his comments berating the Biden administration on the campaign trail for Trump, Lutnick has said high inflation is “the meanest thing you can ever do to your people.” Trump also signaled Lutnick could have outsize responsibility for the office of US Trade Representative—typically filled by a separate appointment. Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary Ex-congressman and television personality Sean Duffy is set to be Trump’s point person when it comes to decisions about America’s transportation infrastructure, including the expansion and upgrading of highways, rail networks and airports. The former Wisconsin lawmaker is the second Fox News contributor Trump has tapped for a cabinet post. He’ll have to navigate the tricky issue of the president-elect’s criticism of the electric vehicle industry, a focus of Biden’s administration, with the backing Trump has received from Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk. Chris Wright, Energy Secretary A Colorado-based oil and natural gas fracking services executive and Washington outsider, Chris Wright is Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department. As CEO of Liberty Energy Inc., Wright has been a vocal proponent of fossil fuels and his company published a paper this year concluding there is “no climate crisis.” He is credited by Trump for being a “pioneer” of the “American Shale Revolution” and if confirmed, Wright would also sit on the newly formed National Energy Council. While the department’s mission includes helping to maintain the nation’s nuclear warheads, studying supercomputers and maintaining the US’s several hundred million-barrel stockpile of crude oil, Wright can be expected to push Trump’s over-arching mission to boost domestic energy production. Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins got Trump’s nod to run Veterans Affairs, the second-largest federal government department with more than 400,000 employees tasked with providing health care and other assistance to military veterans and their families. Collins, who left Congress in 2021, would preside over sprawling operations—the department is one of the biggest consumers of medical equipment in the world. He’d also have to ensure the families get adequate support, especially in the wake of a 2014 scandal in which secret wait lists at VA hospitals shattered confidence in the system just as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were needing fresh aid. Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is Trump’s pick to run the Interior Department, which oversees energy development, grazing and other activities on some 500 million acres of public land, as well as US federal waters. That includes national parks such as Yellowstone and the Everglades. The 68-year-old raised his profile by running for the Republican nomination, but dropped out early and backed Trump. If confirmed, Burgum would likely be responsible for ramping up the sale of oil and gas leases, including in the Gulf of Mexico, which had been constrained under the Biden administration. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Health & Human Services Secretary The selection of Kennedy, a vocal vaccine skeptic, drew some worries for what it would mean for public health policy, and the news sent vaccine-makers’ stocks for a plunge. The Democrat-turned-independent—who suspended his presidential candidacy in favor of Trump—has long fielded criticism for his controversial comments on vaccines and the Covid-19 pandemic. The son of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy became a public face in recent months for Trump’s call to “Make America Healthy Again.” In the final days of his campaign, Trump said he would let Kennedy “go wild” with health policy in his administration. Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence Former US Representative and one-time Democrat Gabbard got Trump’s nod to be his head of the office that overseas the country’s 17 intelligence agencies. In Gabbard, Trump is making another unorthodox pick, elevating a loyalist and skeptic of support for Ukraine. Gabbard is a veteran of the Iraq War and continues to serve as an officer in the Army Reserve. She’s another voice backing Trump’s “peace through strength” strategy, having advocated for fewer deployments of US troops abroad. Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary An Army veteran and Fox News personality, Hegseth would oversee the US military amid Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine, conflicts raging across the Middle East and heightened tensions with China around Taiwan and the South China Sea. While he’s a loyalist, the 44-year-old Hegseth has little experience managing a bureaucracy like the Defense Department, with its 770,000 employees and 2 million men and women in uniform. Its budget is more than $840 billion, and its finances are so complicated it’s never successfully completed an audit. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Government Efficiency Trump turned to his richest supporter and a former primary opponent to oversee what he calls the “Department of Government Efficiency” whose acronym, DOGE, is the same as a popular meme coin that Musk has promoted online. While “department” suggests a government agency, it’s more likely to be a presidential commission that looks at ways to cut spending. Musk—whose companies receive billions in federal contracts—at one point in the campaign suggested that $2 trillion in government outlays could be slashed from the budget. John Ratcliffe, Central Intelligence Agency Trump is turning to his former director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, to lead the CIA. The 59-year-old ex-congressman was a fierce defender of Trump during his first impeachment before winning Senate confirmation to oversee the intelligence services in 2020. Assuming he wins confirmation this time around, Ratcliffe is expected to bring a sharp focus on countering national security threats and foreign adversaries such as China and Iran to the role. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Rubio is a one-time rival of the president-elect who later became one of his biggest supporters in the Senate. He’s also a longtime critic of China, and technically barred from entering the country under retaliatory sanctions. Rubio has defended Trump’s position to bring a swift end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling for talks that could result in Kyiv giving up occupied territory. Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor Waltz is a former Army Green Beret and combat veteran of Afghanistan. As chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness panel, he criticized the Pentagon over teaching Critical Race Theory at military institutions and an overpriced bag of metal bushings for the Air Force, among other objections. Waltz has written that he views China as a “greater threat” to the US than any other nation. Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, once a potential VP pick for Trump, is now his choice to lead the Homeland Security Department. Noem became the subject of intense criticism after she admitted in her book to shooting her own 14-month-old dog. Front and center for the 52-year-old in her expected new role will be implementing Trump’s policies on immigration, including his pledge to carry out mass deportations of undocumented migrants. Elise Stefanik, UN Ambassador Trump has described Stefanik as “an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter.” Stefanik was among the House Republicans who voted against certifying Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump and was the first House member to endorse him in this third White House bid. Tom Homan, border czar The man Trump has chosen to put “in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin” was the public face of the “zero tolerance” immigration policies during the Republican’s first term. That episode broke with the practice of keeping families together during detentions and deportations, resulting in thousands of undocumented migrant children getting separated from family members and drawing widespread backlash. Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator The former New York congressman was a member of Trump’s impeachment defense team and a vocal supporter in the aftermath of the January 6 riots. His environmental credentials are less robust, though he worked on Capitol Hill to protect the Long Island Sound from dredge dumping. Zeldin said he will seek to roll back regulations preventing energy development in the role, while also seeking to protect the air and water. Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff The Republican political operative brought stability, order and financial discipline to a campaign whose 2016 and 2020 iterations were far more volatile. She’s set to become the first woman tapped to become chief of staff and will likely help set strategy for Trump’s first 100 days in office. With assistance from Kevin Dharmawan, Justin Sink, Daniel Flatley, Ramsey Al-Rikabi, Meghashyam Mali, Skylar Woodhouse, John Harney and Romy Varghese/Bloomberg

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