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California is suing the Trump administration over its termination of billions of dollars in funding for high-profile clean energy projects awarded under President Biden, state officials announced Wednesday. AdvertisementThe funding cuts reflect “partisan retribution” and will lead to more than 200,000 lost union jobs, higher energy prices and worse pollution in California, said Atty. In September, Trump told reporters that he was open to “cutting programs that [Democrats] like” as a government shutdown loomed. The cuts will also erode the nation’s position as a global leader in the clean energy transition, he said. “California will fight for these jobs, this infrastructure, and the global clean energy competitiveness that the Trump administration has ceded to China,” Newsom said.
But there is a second, shadow effort occurring on podcasts and social media platforms. Those involved in the Guthrie case say they are just trying to help solve the case. “From Day One [the Guthrie case] hasn’t followed the usual pattern … we normally see in a missing person or kidnapping case. Some on social media have been quick to point out the delays in finding Guthrie, taking sometimes-subtle jabs at law enforcement. The congresswoman said a man she knows closely was doxxed after reports on social media said he was connected to Guthrie’s disappearance.
Tesla has avoided a 30-day suspension of its California dealer and manufacturer licenses after complying with a regulatory order to end misleading “Autopilot” marketing claims. Tesla sales won’t be suspended in California after regulators ruled Tuesday that the electric vehicle company has stopped misleading customers about its driver assistance features. The DMV threatened to suspend Tesla’s dealer and manufacturer licenses in the state for 30 days if it did not correct its marketing. AdvertisementBusiness California DMV threatens to shut down Tesla sales over ‘autopilot’ false advertising The California DMV has given Tesla 90 days to correct its misleading advertising for its driving assistance features or the company will be barred from selling vehicles in the state for one month. Since then, Tesla has stopped using the term “autopilot” in California and added “supervised” to describe its Full Self-Driving mode.
The US military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, though President Donald Trump has yet to make a final decision on whether he’ll authorize such actions, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. But one source cautioned that Trump has privately argued both for and against military action and polled advisers and allies on what the best course of action is. Trump was also briefed Wednesday by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, about their indirect talks with Iran that occurred a day earlier. The US’s readiness to strike by the weekend was first reported by CBS News. She added that while “diplomacy is always his first option,” military action remains on the table.
It has created divisions among Democrats and has placed Los Angeles at the center of a broader political fight, with Bernie Sanders set to hold a rally on Wednesday night in support of the wealth tax. “California’s proposed wealth tax is an unprecedented attempt to chase down people who have already left as a result of the state’s poor policies,” Kiley said in a statement Wednesday. “But a wealth tax is something unique because a wealth tax is not merely the taxation of earned income, it is the confiscation of assets.”The fate of Kiley’s proposal is just as uncertain as his future in Congress. “What’s especially threatening about this is that our state’s tax structure is essentially a house of cards,” Kiley said. Brin is donating $20 million to a California political drive to prevent the wealth tax from becoming law, according to a disclosure reviewed by the New York Times.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is said to be fuming over a new company policy that sharply restricts how on-air talent can promote their own books. 3 CNN anchor Jake Tapper is reportedly “very, very unhappy” with a new network policy restricting on-air book promotion. CNNOn Feb. 4, CNN updated its standards guide in what Breaker reported was a direct response to Tapper’s on-air promotion. Tapper has since gathered several fellow anchors and is seeking a meeting with Thompson to discuss the new restrictions, the report said. AP3 CNN chief Mark Thompson rolled out the new policy limiting book promotion by on-air talent.
Now this team has a chance to end that drought after beating Sweden, 2-1 in overtime, Wednesday to advance to Friday's semifinals, where they will play Slovakia. The win was the Americans' first over Sweden in an Olympic tournament in nine games dating to 1960. Canada also advanced to the semifinals, overcoming one-goal deficits twice to beat Czechia, 4-3 in overtime. The U.S. finally found one midway through the second period with Larkin, a Detroit Red Wings' forward, deflecting in a one-timer from Jack Hughes at the blue line. The Americans haven't trailed since the middle of the second period of their second game.
Courtesy of Noah Michelson JumiMost dog owners would love to spend every minute of every day with their pups. They sort of live in the moment.”However, there are some behaviors that signal a dog should not be present“Where we shouldn’t have the dog in a room when people are having sex is when the dog tries to intervene,” Levine told us. “We recently adopted a new dog and he loves to lick our older dog’s penis,” the listener said. And is there any downside to this or should I just let them go at it?”Advertisement“There are different reasons a dog may lick another dog’s penis,” Levine said. “We want to make sure the dog doesn’t have like some sort of yeast infection or something in there that’s making it more attractive to the other dog,” she said.
MILAN —The medal wasn't what Amber Glenn wanted. Glenn instead wanted Liu to enjoy her own moment after the 20-year-old from Oakland was third entering Thursday's free skate. The difference could be equivalent to the base value of one triple jump. While the free skate is more forgiving, the short program has seven specific requirements, including three for jumps. There has to be a jump combination that consists of a double jump and a triple jump or two triple jumps.
Our relationship with the United Kingdom is a strong and powerful one, and it has been for many years, but Prime Minister Starmer is losing control of this important Island by claims of entities never known of before. Prime Minister Starmer should not lose control, for any reason, of Diego Garcia, by entering a tenuous, at best, 100 Year Lease. This land should not be taken away from the U.K. and, if it is allowed to be, it will be a blight on our Great Ally. We will always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the U.K., but they have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them. DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!
Tapper's book reports on how Joe Biden's cognitive decline was kept from voters until it was exposed in a televised debate against Donald Trump. But a new report says Tapper’s heavy promotion of the book last year “turned into a rolling informercial” which rubbed some of his CNN colleagues the wrong way. Tapper was reported to have turned his CNN appearances into a "rolling informercial" for his book on Joe Biden. Speaking with copies of his latest book strategically placed behind him, Tapper insisted The Lead did discuss Trump’s health. “I mean, we cover it all the time on my show,” Tapper said of covering Trump’s health on his CNN show.
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A Delta Air Lines flight from Houston to Atlanta made an emergency landing early Wednesday after a passenger tried to access the cockpit, the pilot told air traffic controllers. Delta flight 2557, a Boeing 717 aircraft, had just taken off from Houston’s Hobby Airport when the pilot declared an emergency. “We had a passenger get up and try to access the cockpit,” the pilot can be heard in a radio recording with air traffic control captured by Broadcastify. “(He is) in cuffs in the back of the aircraft, but he did assault another passenger, so we would like that other passenger checked out,” the pilot told air traffic control. The police are there waiting,” an air traffic controller told emergency responders.
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