ST. PAUL — Kris Bolle is living the “van life” these days with Annie, his mini Australian shepherd. Bolle, 46, bought a 2020 Dodge Ram ProMaster cargo van this past fall. The Hayfield resident planned, essentially, a studio apartment inside. The van with a high roof has room for a full bed, a small kitchen area and a writing desk. He saves money by forgoing rent, but there is a cost — isolation. It’s a lifestyle he’s grown accustomed to since he had to hide his sexuality over the years, including in the Navy under the now-defunct “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which allowed gay and lesbian service members to stay in the military as long as they weren’t out, he said. “I had to be very, very tight-lipped about me ... so I’m used to it,” Bolle said. “But yes, it wears on you. It wears you down, and you feel isolated and you feel left out.” About 48% of Minnesotans feel left out some of the time or often, according to the “Minds of Minnesotans” survey conducted by APM Research Lab. The poll also finds that about half of Minnesotans feel lonely, at least some of the time. More specifically, 13% say they “often” lack companionship and another 35% lack companionship “some of the time.” Results were similar when Minnesotans were asked how often they feel left out and isolated from others. Bolle was one of 3,399 participants surveyed by the firm Lumaris. He said he often feels a lack of companionship as well. He hasn’t been in a relationship since 2009. He often feels left out and sometimes feels isolated. “I’m isolated in the sense where I really can’t find a suitable partner,” he said. His social connections are at his nursing assistant job, which he looks forward to, Bolle said. He’s never thoroughly enjoyed a job as much as his role at a skilled nursing facility, he said. “Work is great. I get to see people, I get to interact with people. I get to chat and talk and all the things that you know, that people do,” Bolle said. “That’s really hard to find.” The APM Research Lab included these questions in the survey, conducted this year between July 20 and Nov. 22, to better understand what the U.S. Surgeon General has called “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.” The three questions used in the APM Research Lab survey were replicated from the widely used UCLA Loneliness Scale to help assess Minnesotans’ state of mind in the post-pandemic era, and possibly to help identify groups of Minnesotans that are faring better or worse with feelings of loneliness and isolation. In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a report calling loneliness an epidemic, posing significant health risks akin to tobacco usage, obesity and addiction. Loneliness intersects with various aspects of people’s lives, said Carrie Henning-Smith, an associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. “Social isolation and loneliness have profound impacts on health, on mortality risks, on all of the ways that our lives play out within health, within that sphere, but in so many other ways, too,” said Henning-Smith, who conducts research on rural populations as the co-director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the Rural Health Program. According to the U.S. Surgeon General report, “the physical health consequences of poor or insufficient connection include a 29 percent increased risk of heart disease, a 32 percent increased risk of stroke, and a 50 percent increased risk of developing dementia for older adults.” A lack of social connections increases the risk of premature death by more than 60%, the report added. Mary Jo Kreitzer, the founder and director of the Earl Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota, said the report is significant. “Just by him [Murthy] touching that subject, everybody remembers that he did,” she said. “People remembered that. Because I’m sure that everybody has somebody like that in their life, or they themselves are feeling lonely.” There’s also a stigma surrounding the idea of loneliness. “People are reluctant to admit that they feel lonely. It somehow means like that you’re unlikable or unlovable or there’s something wrong with you,” Henning-Smith said. “It’s important to have these conversations, because the truth is, just about everyone will feel lonely at some point in their life.” she added. “It's a universal part of being human.” Kreitzer said the data reported by APM Lab is comparable to other global and U.S. data on the subject. “Other studies, like this one found that loneliness peaks in younger age groups,” she said, calling it “a very interesting finding.” The survey found that the Gen Z cohort of 18 to 27, were the most lonely. “That surprises a lot of people, but I think it’s consistent with other data,” Kreitzer said. She said people assume that older people suffer from loneliness because they lack the social connections they once had earlier in their lives. The survey data, instead, showed that baby boomers, currently aged 60-78, are the least lonely of adult-age generations in Minnesota: 63% score as “rarely lonely” and only 7% indicated frequent loneliness. “Sometimes, like in the boomer generation, when people have retired, they actually have more time to build and strengthen connections,” Kreitzer said. “Boomers can be great at joining groups, pursuing interests, be that hobbies or fitness activities or book clubs or volunteering, and all of those are ways that can really help us build social connections.” She said her local YMCA in Grand Rapids is a hub of activity with engaged older folks. She sees them playing cards, working out, swimming and more. Gen Zers, however, are experiencing numerous life transitions. “During that age, they’re expected to separate from their family, to find a partner, to launch a career,” Kreitzer said. “So there’s been a lot of disruption in social connections that they probably have had in their life for a long, long time.” Henning-Smith called the loneliness rates among young adults “concerning.” Social media and technology may explain part of the higher rates. “People who live their lives online, people who are digital natives and were born into a world where they’re living their lives online, have fundamentally different ways of connecting with other people,” Henning-Smith said. “I worry that some of those skills and some of the infrastructure for connecting with people in meaningful ways and in-person connections might be lacking for some folks in younger generations.” Kreitzer suggests to those who may have frequent bouts of loneliness to acknowledge the feelings. Don’t ignore them. She advises them to reach out to family and friends to try to build or rebuild social connections. She also encourages people to join groups based on their interests. Kreitzer highly recommends volunteering because of the health benefits associated with it. “There’s actually research on that that, like, volunteering helps improve our own well-being,” she said. “It can actually improve our overall positive outlook, our mental health and well-being.” Back in Hayfield, Bolle said he tries to find community to fend off his loneliness. His location is a challenge because he finds groups in the Twin Cities some 90 miles away. He belongs to a spiritual group that meets once a week in Rochester, but that’s a 52-mile round trip, so he only goes from time to time. Bolle also prepares himself to encounter situations that bring on feelings of loneliness when he goes to Rochester on his weekends to run errands. “When I see families out having fun together, or groups of people, groups of young people, you know, out together and having fun, that can trigger pangs of loneliness,” he said. “I just feel like I’m missing out on human connection.” He said when he was younger, he bought into society’s emphasis on rugged individualism. “But it just doesn’t work, because you will almost ultimately, always end up feeling lonely,” he said. When he traveled the world with the Navy, Bolle said he saw community and family as top priorities in other countries as well as in the Mexican and Latino communities of Southern California where he grew up. “You really do need that connection with other people,” he said. “It’s almost as important as food and shelter, you know?” The data and the heart appear to agree. ______________________________________________________
Member of Parliament for St Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert Flynn says Opposition Leader and People’s National Party President Mark Golding is a man who believes in holding chains to the necks of the Jamaican people. Cuthbert Flynn also says Golding is a man who likes to brag about his riches and should be rejected by Jamaicans in the upcoming General Election. The state minister in the Ministry of National Security made the accusations on Sunday as she addressed the annual conference of the governing Jamaica Labour Party inside the National Arena. Said Cuthbert Flynn: “We have to say no to ‘Marky British’ because he’s a man who love fi show-off, him love fi boast and say him done rich aready. We don’t need a man like that. We have to say no to the man that is leading the PNP who love fi style black people and call them likkle bwoy and likkle lady”. “We have to say no to the man who tell us out of his own mouth that him want to run Jamaica with himself and him topanaris friend dem. We have to say no to the PNP topanaris man and him friend Peter Bunting who’s really the leader because they are the same ones who had a company years ago that benefited from the wicked PNP policies and they made millions off the backs of the Jamaican people,” she added. Cuthbert Flynn implored Jamaicans to “say no to them because we know that we have the better leader. It is very clear that we have to say no to Marky British and yes to our God bless Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness”OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposal to open Oklahoma primaries is drawing criticism. Earlier this week, supporters announced State Question 835 that seeks to obtain 172,993 signatures to get the issue on the November 2026 ballot. Under the proposal, Oklahoma primaries would be open to all voters with the top two vote getters advancing to the general election. Supporters said they expect a challenge to the measure. Gov. Kevin Stitt on social media voiced his opposition. “Oklahomans made decisions at the polls that these third party groups don’t like – so now they want to upend the way we run our elections,” Stitt said. “Open primaries are a hard no in Oklahoma.” Likewise, Lt. Gov Matt Pinnell, former Oklahoma Republican Party chairman, opposes the proposal. “At best, the push to mandate open primaries is a solution in search of a problem, and at worst, it is a thinly veiled attempt to weaken Republican voters in choosing the nominees to represent our party,” Pinnell said. “Oklahoma is a conservative state, and Republicans hold all the statewide and federally elected positions and super majorities in the Legislature for a simple reason: our values and principles represent the will of our state voters.” But not all Republicans have panned the idea. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, a former Republican state senator, embraced it. He said the system in which a mayor is elected allows all residents to vote. “Our voters get to see all the candidates and our candidates have to face all voters,” Holt said. “As a result, our leadership delivers unity and consensus outcomes that are clearly moving us forward.” The state question is being backed by Oklahoma United, a nonpartisan organization that says the change will increase voter participation, reduce polarization and force candidates to be responsive to all voters. It will also benefit independent voters, who can’t vote in Republican or Libertarian primaries. Democrats currently allow independents to vote in their primaries. The idea is not new. In 2017, the Oklahoma Academy recommended a top-two election system. Its report said a top-two system could increase turnout, reduce partisanship and “eliminate fringe special interest involvement in campaigns because candidates would be forced to respond to more moderate, general voters rather than play to the extremes of either party.” The Oklahoma Academy is a nonpartisan group that works to educate Oklahomans about public policy. Republican political consultant Fount Holland said he doubted Oklahoma voters would approve the proposal should it make the ballot. “At the end of the day, it is about moderating the Republican primary,” Holland said. He said the Republican Party takes things to the extreme, which is not the best way to govern. Holland said no one enters the Republican primary as a moderate or very few can survive campaigning as a moderate. “They might be moderate, but they don’t campaign that way,” Holland said. He said he tells his clients to run to win. If approved, the measure would be advantageous to Democrats or people who want a more moderate group of elected officials, Holland said. Republican Superintendent Ryan Walters is considered by many to be ultra-conservative, while his predecessor Joy Hofmeister was considered a moderate member of the GOP, said Holland, who worked on her two successful races for superintendent. Walters has focussed on putting Bibles in the classroom and removing some books from schools, while Hofmeister prioritized across-the-board teacher pay increases and boosting counseling services in schools. Hofmeister ultimately switched parties and made an unsuccessful run as a Democrat for governor. “If you hate politics the way they are, then you need to be on our team, because we want to change it and we want to make it better,” said Margaret Kobos, Oklahoma United CEO and Founder. She was asked about the partisan reaction to the proposal. She said it misses the point because the issue is about people and not political parties. Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Del City, supports the measure, saying it takes power away from the political parties and gives it to the people. “Every voter. Every election,” he said. “That is the way democracy is supposed to work.” Oklahoma Voice is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oklahoma Voice maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Janelle Stecklein for questions: info@oklahomavoice.com .
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street on Thursday as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell less than 0.1% after spending the day wavering between small gains and losses. The tiny loss ended the benchmark index’s three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Trading volume was lighter than usual as US markets reopened following the Christmas holiday. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, slipped 0.2%. Meta Platforms fell 0.7%, and Amazon and Netflix each fell 0.9%. Tesla was among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500, finishing 1.8% lower. Some tech companies fared better. Chip company Broadcom rose 2.4%, Micron Technology added 0.6% and Adobe gained 0.5%. Health care stocks were a bright spot. CVS Health rose 1.5% and Walgreens Boots Alliance added 5.3% for the biggest gain among S&P 500 stocks. Several retailers also gained ground. Target rose 3%, Ross Stores added 2.3%, Best Buy rose 2.9% and Dollar Tree gained 3.8%. Traders are watching to see whether retailers have a strong holiday season. The day after Christmas traditionally ranks among the top 10 biggest shopping days of the year, as consumers go online or rush to stores to cash in gift cards and raid bargain bins. US-listed shares in Honda and Nissan rose 4.1% and 16.4% respectively. The Japanese car makers announced earlier this week that the two companies are in talks to combine. All told, the S&P 500 fell 2.45 points to 6,037.59. The Dow added 28.77 points to 43,325.80. The Nasdaq fell 10.77 points to close at 20,020.36. Wall Street also got a labour market update. US applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years, the Labour Department reported. Treasury yields mostly fell in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.58% from 4.59% late on Tuesday. Major European markets were closed, as well as Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Trading was expected to be subdued this week with a thin slate of economic data on the calendar.Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best .366 for the Atlanta Braves, has died. He was 85. Major League Baseball, the players’ association and the Braves paid tribute to Carty on social media on Sunday. No further details on Carty’s death were provided. “Carty was one of the first groundbreaking Latino stars in the major leagues, and he established himself as a hero to millions in his native Dominican Republic, his hometown of San Pedro de Macoris, and the city of Atlanta, where he was a beloved fan favorite,” the players’ association said in its statement. The Braves said Carty left an indelible mark on the organization. “While his on-field accomplishments will never be forgotten, his unforgettable smile and generous nature will be sorely missed,” the team said in its statement. Carty made his big league debut with the Braves in September 1963. He batted .330 with 22 homers and 88 RBIs in his first full season in 1964, finishing second to Dick Allen in voting for NL Rookie of the Year. The Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season, and Carty got the franchise’s first hit in its new home on April 12, 1966, against Pittsburgh. Carty had his best year in 1970, batting .366 with 25 homers and a career-best 101 RBIs. He started the All-Star Game after he was elected as a write-in candidate, joining Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the NL outfield. Carty batted .299 with 204 homers and 890 RBIs over 15 years in the majors, also playing for Cleveland, Toronto, Oakland, Texas and the Chicago Cubs. He retired after the 1979 season.A New Hampshire high school banned two parents from its grounds after they wore wristbands protesting boys participating in girls’ sports. Two months later, the school remained adamant about its decision in a court hearing on Friday. The controversy began in September when parents complained to the Bow High School athletic director about their daughters’ soccer team having to compete against a team with a boy on the roster, the reported. “Where’s your courage? Where’s your integrity? Stand up for real women or get out of the way,” soccer dad Anthony Foote wrote in an email to athletic director Mike Desilets. When the school told the parents nothing could be done because of the federal judge’s ruling that the word “girl” included , the parents took a stand at the next game on Sept. 17. Multiple parents wore bright pink wristbands which read “XX,” of course implying the fact that girls have two x chromosomes. Officials stopped the game, demanding the parents remove the wristbands. Police issued “No Trespassing” letters to Foote and fellow soccer dad Kyle Fellers. Foote said he was banned from the school until Sept. 23, which meant missing his daughter’s homecoming soccer game. Superintendent of Schools Marcy Kelley signed the order, saying the pink wristbands violated the school’s policy against “threatening, harassing, or intimidating ... any person.” Kelley added that the wristbands violated its policy “that no person shall ‘impede, delay, disrupt or otherwise interfere with any school activity.'” “The District had to obtain additional police presence to ensure order. The District had to order you to remove the armbands and as a result of your ‘protest’ and other actions, play was temporarily stopped,” Kelley said. Foote, his wife, Fellers and other parents filed a lawsuit against multiple school administrators, including Kelley and Desilets, according to . The parents testified Thursday at a hearing in the United States District Court in Concord, New Hampshire. Foote said that the protesters hadn’t intended to harass or target anyone, merely protest the participation of . “I don’t care what Parker wants to do with his life,” Foote told the New Hampshire Journal. “What I do care about is that my daughter could be , maybe not by Parker because he’s not the biggest kid on the field. But there’s a chance that next time will be different.” Kelley and Desilets claimed otherwise, saying the protests wouldn’t stop with the wristbands, citing strongly worded emails to school administrators and social media posts encouraging other parents to attend and protest the game. One parent reportedly told school officials hearsay of plans to heckle the “transgender” player on the other team — male Parker Tirrell. The protesters were supposedly going to wear dresses and make fun of Tirrell. “When we suspect there’s some sort of threat . . . we don’t wait for it to happen,” Kelley said at the hearing Friday. Tirrell and another student had previously challenged the state law prohibiting boys from participating in girls’ sports — . The judge ruled that the players could temporarily participate in the games during the ongoing lawsuit, Fox News reported. At that time, Tirrell’s next game would be the Sept. 17 game in question, in which he played nearly the whole game, the New Hampshire Journal reported. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. .
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped less than 0.1% on Thursday, its first loss after three straight gains. The Dow Jones industrial average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Trading volume was lighter than usual as U.S. markets reopened following the Christmas holiday. Chip company Broadcom rose 2.5%, Micron Technology climbed 1.3% and Adobe gained 0.8%. Although tech stocks overall were in the green, some heavyweights were a drag on the market. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, slipped 0.1%. Meta Platforms fell 0.5%, Amazon slipped 0.4% and Netflix gave up 0.7%. Tesla was among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500, down 1.4%. Healthcare stocks helped lift the market. CVS Health rose 1.4% and Walgreens Boots Alliance rose 3.9% for the biggest gain among S&P 500 stocks. Several retailers also gained ground. Target rose 3.1%, Ross Stores added 1.8%, Best Buy climbed 2.5% and Dollar Tree gained 3.6%. Traders are watching to see whether retailers have a strong holiday season. The day after Christmas traditionally ranks among the top 10 biggest shopping days of the year, as consumers go online or rush to stores to cash in gift cards and raid bargain bins. U.S.-listed shares in Honda and Nissan rose 4.2% and 15.9%, respectively. The Japanese automakers announced this week that the two companies are in talks to combine. Traders got a labor market update. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years, the Labor Department reported. Treasury yields turned mostly lower in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.58% from 4.59% late Tuesday. Trading was expected to be subdued this week with a thin slate of economic data on the calendar. Still, U.S. markets have historically received a boost at year’s end despite lower trading volumes. The last five trading days of each year, plus the first two in the new year, have brought an average gain of 1.3% since 1950. This month, the U.S. stock market has lost some of its gains since President-elect Donald Trump’s win on election day, which raised hopes for faster economic growth and more lax regulations that would boost corporate profits. Worries have risen that Trump’s preference for tariffs and other policies could lead to higher inflation, a bigger U.S. government debt and difficulties for global trade. Even so, the U.S. market remains on pace to deliver strong returns for 2024. The benchmark S&P 500 is up roughly 26% this year and remains near its most recent all-time high it set earlier this month — its latest of 57 record highs this year. Veiga writes for the Associated Press. AP Business Writers Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott contributed.
SMU has plenty to play for when it closes the regular season against California on Saturday afternoon in Dallas. The Mustangs (10-1, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who checked in at No. 9 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, would like to send their seniors off the right way. They would also like to complete a perfect regular season before appearing in the ACC title game in their first year in the conference. Most importantly, they want to continue to strengthen their playoff case. "You've got the College Football Playoff, so every game matters. That's what's so cool about it now. The regular season is important," SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said. "We'd like to finish well in everything we do, particularly on Saturday, to finish off the regular season, continue our momentum into the following week. Hopefully, continue to show the committee and others that we're worthy of continuing to play this year." The Mustangs are a worthy playoff team to date. Kevin Jennings has established himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the country, throwing for 2,521 yards with 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also has rushed for 315 yards and four TDs. Brashard Smith has been another standout, rushing for 1,089 yards and 13 TDs. Defensively, the Mustangs rank tied for 14th in the country with 20 takeaways. "Obviously they've had a phenomenal season," Cal coach Justin Wilcox said of SMU. "As soon as you turn the tape on, it doesn't take very long to see why their record is what it is. They're very, very good really in every phase of the game - extremely explosive and quick and fast. They've got a dominant D-line. We've got a lot of challenges in front of us and our guys are excited for that." Cal (6-5, 2-5) is coming off an emotional win, defeating rival Stanford 24-21 on Saturday to secure a bowl berth. The Golden Bears will appear in consecutive bowls for the first time since 2018-19 and are now looking to clinch their first winning season since 2019. SMU is not overlooking Cal, as all five of the Golden Bears' losses have come by one score. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a better 6-5 team in America," Lashlee said. "I think you can conservatively say they very, very easily could be 9-2." Cal is led by quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who has thrown for 3,004 yards with 16 touchdowns and six interceptions. Tight end Jack Endries leads the team with 555 yards receiving, while wide receiver Nyziah Hunter has caught a team-leading five touchdowns. Defensively, Cal has the ACC's top scoring defense (20.7 points per game) and is tied with Clemson for the ACC's best turnover margin (plus-13). Defensive back Nohl Williams is the star of the group -- he leads the country with seven interceptions. Even though oddsmakers are heavily favoring SMU, Cal is going into the game with a simple mindset. "Our task at hand is to make the best bowl game right now," Mendoza said. "And the way to do that is to go into Dallas, give it our best and ruin SMU's season." Saturday will mark the first conference meeting between these ACC newcomers, and just the second meeting between the programs all time. SMU won a 13-6 game back in 1957. --Field Level MediaThe five-part series will debut globally on December 10, following elite global players on and off the field as they compete in the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida. A trailer for the series titled Polo, executive produced by Harry and Meghan, was released on Thursday, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the “fast-paced and glamorous world of polo”. In a statement, Harry said: “This series offers audiences an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look into the passion and determination driving some of the world’s elite polo players, revealing the grit behind the glamour. “We’re proud to showcase the true depth and spirit of the sport — and the intensity of its high-stakes moments.” It has been produced by the Sussexes’ Archewell Productions, having previously released three documentaries with Netflix as part of a multimillion-pound deal with the streaming giant. Heart Of Invictus, which aired last August, followed a group of service members on their road to the Invictus Games, the Paralympic-style sporting competition set up by Harry in 2014 for injured and sick military personnel and veterans. Netflix also released the documentary series Live To Lead and the controversial six-part Harry & Meghan documentary in December 2022. Harry and Meghan moved to the US in 2020 after stepping down from royal duties.NoneAs a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for "exactly what our movement will do" with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face. He denied knowing anything about the "ridiculous and abysmal" plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies, AP reported. Now, after being elected the 47th president on November 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as "border czar;" and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy. Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the US government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. 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"All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups." Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. As budget chief, Vought envisions a sweeping, powerful perch The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. "The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President's mind," Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, "is a President's air-traffic control system" and should be "involved in all aspects of the White House policy process," becoming "powerful enough to override implementing agencies' bureaucracies." Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, "knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State" - Trump's catch-all for federal bureaucracy - and would help "restore fiscal sanity." In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: "We're not going to save our country without a little confrontation." Vought could help Musk and Trump remake government's role and scope The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings - ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a "Department of Government Efficiency." Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers - who have job protection through changes in administration - as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping "efficiency" mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president - not Congress - is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his "Agenda 47," Trump endorsed so-called "impoundment," which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, "The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure." Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. Homan and Miller reflect Trump's and Project 2025's immigration overl Trump's protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas. Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various US immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries - reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in US history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. "America is for Americans and Americans only," Miller said at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on October 27. "America First Legal," Miller's organisation founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump's first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's "family separation policy." Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: "No one's off the table. If you're here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder." Project 2025 contributors slated for CIA and Federal Communications chiefs John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA, was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on US intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a US adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman "is empowered with significant authority that is not shared" with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address "threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market," specifically "Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square." He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and "empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any." Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts. FAQs Q1. What is the age of Donald Trump? A1. Donald Trump's age is 78. Q2. Who is US President-elect? A2. Donald Trump is the US President-elect. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelationsThe Congress secured a resounding victory in the Karnataka bypolls, winning all the three contesting seats and giving significant blows to the BJP and JD(S). The results are seen as an endorsement of Congress’s welfare schemes and governance, strengthening its position in the state assembly while eroding long-held strongholds of its rivals. Chief minister Siddaramaiah described the bypoll results as an affirmation of his government’s policies and welfare programs. “You know what Mahatma Gandhi said. He said people’s court is better than the courts. Now people’s court has given me its verdict,” he remarked. Siddaramaiah also criticised the BJP and JD(S) for their negative campaigns, adding, “They resorted to fake allegations and a misinformation campaign against us, but the people have seen through it.” Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar echoed Siddaramaiah’s sentiments, emphasizing that the welfare schemes had played a pivotal role in the victory. “Our guarantees and development played a major role in the bypolls. Ultimately, criticisms perish, and work remains intact. This has been proved,” he said, adding that the results set the stage for the 2028 assembly elections. In Shiggaon, Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan of Congress emerged victorious, defeating BJP candidate Bharath Bommai by a margin of 13,448 votes. Bharath, son of former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, was unable to retain the seat, which had been a BJP bastion for decades. Basavaraj Bommai had vacated the constituency after being elected to the Lok Sabha from Haveri-Gadag earlier this year. In Channapatna, Congress’s CP Yogeshwar defeated JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy by an emphatic margin of 25,413 votes. Nikhil, son of Union minister HD Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, had been campaigning to retain the JD(S)’s traditional stronghold. However, Yogeshwar’s victory delivered a severe blow to the JD(S), particularly in the Ramanagara district. Despite concerns over the controversial racist slur by minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan against HD Kumaraswamy, which raised fears of alienating the Vokkaliga community, the Congress successfully garnered their support. Analysts also highlighted the pivotal role of Muslim voters, who shifted allegiance to the Congress after previously backing Kumaraswamy in elections when he was not aligned with the BJP. In Sandur, E Annapoorna, wife of Congress MP E Tukaram, secured a victory by defeating BJP’s Bangara Hanumantha with a margin of 9,649 votes. The bypoll for the reserved Scheduled Tribe constituency was necessitated after Tukaram won a Lok Sabha seat. Minister Santosh Lad played a crucial role in quelling internal dissent over Annapoorna’s candidacy, unifying party workers behind her campaign and maintaining the Congress’s dominance in Sandur. With these victories, Congress increased its tally in the Karnataka assembly from 134 to 137 seats, further solidifying its position with the support of an independent MLA. The Congress leadership credited its grassroots-level strategy for the clean sweep. Leaders such as DK Shivakumar, Satish Jarkiholi, and Santosh Lad coordinated efforts across constituencies, ensuring the effective mobilization of voters. Shivakumar, in his early campaigning, which began in August, set the stage for Congress’s strong performance. Working closely with his brother and former Congress MP DK Suresh, Shivakumar spearheaded efforts to mobilize support at the panchayat level even before the bypoll dates were announced, said leaders in the know of the development. “The push for adding Channapatna to Bengaluru was a campaign that sustained voters’ interest,” said a senior party leader. Similarly, minister for public works Satish Jarkiholi was instrumental in consolidating AHINDA votes, particularly in Shiggaon. His ability to unify minorities, backward classes, and Dalits under a single platform was pivotal in securing Congress’s first win in the constituency in three decades. Commenting on the Shiggaon constituency, political analyst Ashok Chandaragi said: “Over the last four assembly elections, Congress consistently fielded Muslim candidates here but couldn’t achieve victory. This time, however, the party effectively consolidated AHINDA votes.” “Earlier campaigns for Muslim candidates in Shiggaon often lacked luster and sometimes veered into communal issues. In this bypoll, Congress successfully brought together AHINDA votes, which include around 18,000 Scheduled Tribe voters in the constituency. Leaders like Satish Jarkiholi, Zameer Ahmed Khan, and Shivananda Patil played a key role in consolidating support from AHINDA groups and Panchamasali Lingayats,” he said. Labour minister Santosh Lad’s involvement was crucial in Sandur, where he quelled dissent within the party and ensured a united front. “Lad’s deep connections with the constituency, despite it being reserved for ST candidates since 2008, proved invaluable. His personal involvement in the campaign, from addressing grievances to overseeing polling day logistics, solidified Congress’s dominance in the region,” he added.
The NBA got viewers for Christmas, even while going up against NFL games. The NBA's five-game Christmas lineup was the league's most-watched in five years, with the games averaging about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN and its platforms, the league said Thursday based on Nielsen's preliminary numbers. It's an 84% rise over the NBA's Christmas numbers from 2023. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-113 victory over the Golden State Warriors — a game pitting Olympic teammates LeBron James and Stephen Curry — averaged 7.76 million viewers and peaked with about 8.32 million viewers toward the end of the contest, the league said. Those numbers represent the most-watched NBA regular season game in five years. “I love the NFL,” James said in his televised postgame interview Wednesday night. “But Christmas is our day.” The NBA said all five Christmas games on its schedule — San Antonio at New York in Victor Wembanyama's holiday debut, Minnesota at Dallas, Philadelphia at Boston, Denver at Phoenix and Lakers-Warriors — saw year-over-year viewership increases. Wednesday's numbers pushed NBA viewership for the season across ESPN platforms to up 4% over last season. The league also saw more than 500 million video views on its social media platforms Wednesday, a new record. For the NBA, those are all good signs amid cries that NBA viewership is hurting. “Ratings are down a bit at beginning of the season. But cable television viewership is down double digits so far this year versus last year," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month. “You know, we’re almost at the inflection point where people are watching more programing on streaming than they are on traditional television. And it’s a reason why for our new television deals, which we enter into next year, every game is going to be available on a streaming service.” Part of that new package of television deals that the NBA is entering into next season also increases the number of regular season games broadcast on television from 15 to 75. AP NBA: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NBABidding started at $800,000 and within minutes shot up to $2 million, then $3 million, then $4 million, and higher, as the auctioneer, Oliver Barker, joked “Don’t let it slip away.”NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Batties II had 16 points in Harvard's 67-61 victory against Iona on Sunday. Batties also contributed eight rebounds and six blocks for the Crimson (4-8). Austin Hunt scored 16 points, shooting 5 for 9 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line. Tey Barbour had 14 points and shot 4 for 6 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line. The Gaels (4-9) were led in scoring by Dejour Reaves, who finished with 22 points and four steals. Adam Njie added 12 points and four steals for Iona. Yaphet Moundi also put up eight points and four blocks. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — What's stoking the Denver Broncos' surprising surge is the growing connection between rookie quarterback Bo Nix and veteran wide receiver Courtland Sutton. Whenever the Broncos (7-5) need a clutch catch, a key flag or a timely touchdown, Sutton is usually the one delivering it like he did Sunday when he caught eight passes on 10 targets for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns that sparked the Broncos' come-from-behind 29-19 win at Las Vegas. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get updates and player profiles ahead of Friday's high school games, plus a recap Saturday with stories, photos, video Frequency: Seasonal Twice a weekKobe Sanders scores 27 points, Nevada never trails in 90-78 win over Oklahoma State
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Authorities are taking a closer look at mysterious Venmo payments that were sent from 31-year-old Hannah Kobayashi's account - including one for a possible tarot card reading. After missing her connecting flight to New York City on Nov. 8 from LAX, several suspicious Venmo payments were sent from Kobayashi's account the next day, before she was last seen at the Pico Metro Station in Downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 11. One of the payments was sent around 6:25 p.m. for an undisclosed amount to a woman named Veronica Almendarez. The only text that accompanied the payment was a bow and arrow emoji. The next was sent about an hour later at 7:19 p.m. to a man named Jonathan Taylor, also for an undisclosed amount. The payment carried the description "Reading'." Missing Hannah Kobayashi's family shares heartbreaking statement after her father Ryan's death Cause of death for dad of missing woman Hannah Kobayashi revealed by medical examiner Sources told the U.S Sun that it was a payment for a tarot card reading, something the "spiritual" Kobayashi is interested in. According to insiders, Taylor has been approached by those searching for Kobayashi through his TikTok account and has since turned it private. Taylor did not respond to the multiple requests from the U.S Sun for comment. Reddit users also alleged Taylor went live on social media to claim he introduced Kobayashi to a mystery man and doesn't know where she is now, but these claims have not been substantiated. Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi's aunt, has made police aware of the payments, The U.S Sun reports. She also alleges that Kobayashi potential met with a scammer and that was the cause of the Venmo payments as well as the strange text messages sent from Hannah's phone, which family members say did not sound like her. "We have been made aware and so have the LAPD. It's in their hands," she said. "We are still focused on Downtown LA. Even though it's been 15 [days] we still have hope. Hannah's father, Ryan Kobayashi, traveled to Los Angeles to search for his missing daughter. But at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, he reportedly jumped from a parking structure near the famous airport, allegedly dying by suicide, the police theorized, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram . Kobayashi’s family said he died by suicide, CNN reported . The medical examiner confirmed their family's fears on Tuesday when they ruled the cause of death to be a suicide by several blunt force traumatic injuries. The last pinned location from Hannah's phone was at LAX, it was reported. In New York, Hannah was supposed to meet up with family to attend events and check off some items from her bucket list, but her relatives began to worry when she didn't appear for those events and they couldn't reach her. Her ex-boyfriend had allegedly been on the flight from Maui to LAX with her, but they didn't sit together or speak, and he got on the connecting flight to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, but she didn't. He has reportedly been cooperating with the investigation. The circumstances of the woman's disappearance remain mysterious, and her father's death only compounds the mystery and intrigue of the events of the past two weeks. The FBI is assisting LAPD in their search and investigation of the disappearance, according to a statement sent by CNN by the Los Angeles FBI field office. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.St. Petersburg council rejects immediate repair to Rays' ballpark roof after first giving approvalDeep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards Hims & Hers Health HIMS , and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in HIMS usually suggests something big is about to happen. We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 39 extraordinary options activities for Hims & Hers Health. This level of activity is out of the ordinary. The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 41% leaning bullish and 33% bearish. 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By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated , conspiracy theories still swirl and any new glimpse into the fateful day of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas continues to fascinate . Related Articles President-elect Donald Trump promised during his reelection campaign that he would declassify all of the remaining government records surrounding the assassination if he returned to office. He made a similar pledge during his first term, but ultimately bended to appeals from the CIA and FBI to keep some documents withheld. At this point, only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination have yet to be fully released, and those who have studied the records released so far say that even if the remaining files are declassified, the public shouldn’t anticipate any earth-shattering revelations. “Anybody waiting for a smoking gun that’s going to turn this case upside down will be sorely disappointed,” said Gerald Posner, author of “Case Closed,” which concludes that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Friday’s 61st anniversary is expected to be marked with a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. in Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy’s motorcade was passing through when he was fatally shot. And throughout this week there have been events marking the anniversary. When Air Force One carrying Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy touched down in Dallas , they were greeted by a clear sky and enthusiastic crowds. With a reelection campaign on the horizon the next year, they had gone to Texas on political fence-mending trip. But as the motorcade was finishing its parade route downtown, shots rang out from the Texas School Book Depository building. Police arrested 24-year-old Oswald and, two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer. A year after the assassination, the Warren Commission, which President Lyndon B. Johnson established to investigate the assassination, concluded that Oswald acted alone and there was no evidence of a conspiracy. But that hasn’t quelled a web of alternative theories over the decades. In the early 1990s, the federal government mandated that all assassination-related documents be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration. The collection of over 5 million records was required to be opened by 2017, barring any exemptions designated by the president. Trump, who took office for his first term in 2017, had boasted that he’d allow the release of all of the remaining records but ended up holding some back because of what he called the potential harm to national security. And while files have continued to be released during President Joe Biden’s administration, some still remain unseen. The documents released over the last few years offer details on the way intelligence services operated at the time, and include CIA cables and memos discussing visits by Oswald to the Soviet and Cuban embassies during a trip to Mexico City just weeks before the assassination. The former Marine had previously defected to the Soviet Union before returning home to Texas. Mark S. Zaid, a national security attorney in Washington, said what’s been released so far has contributed to the understanding of the time period, giving “a great picture” of what was happening during the Cold War and the activities of the CIA. Posner estimates that there are still about 3,000 to 4,000 documents in the collection that haven’t yet been fully released. Of those documents, some are still completely redacted while others just have small redactions, like someone’s Social Security number. There are about 500 documents where all the information is redacted, Posner said, and those include Oswald’s and Ruby’s tax returns. “If you have been following it, as I have and others have, you sort of are zeroed in on the pages you think might provide some additional information for history,” Posner said. Trump’s transition team hasn’t responded to questions this week about his plans when he takes office. From the start, there were those who believed there had to be more to the story than just Oswald acting alone, said Stephen Fagin, curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which tells the story of the assassination from the building where Oswald made his sniper’s perch. “People want to make sense of this and they want to find the solution that fits the crime,” said Fagin, who said that while there are lingering questions, law enforcement made “a pretty compelling case” against Oswald. Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said his interest in the assassination dates back to the event itself, when he was a child. “It just seemed so fantastical that one very disturbed individual could end up pulling off the crime of the century,” Sabato said. “But the more I studied it, the more I realized that is a very possible, maybe even probable in my view, hypothesis.”Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to ceasefire with HezbollahRoslovic scores twice in Hurricanes' four-goal third in win over Devils
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