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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports The two teams are suing NASCAR and were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that will allow them to compete as chartered teams in 2025. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth D. Bell said that “NASCAR fans (and members of the public who may become fans) have an interest in watching all the teams compete with their best drivers and most competitive teams.” NASCAR has indicated it will appeal his ruling and wants his injunction partially blocked pending the appeal. The hearing is the latest in the legal brawl between the two Cup Series teams and the sanctioning body that began late last season. Judge Bell is set to decide other motions, as well. He also set a Sept. 19, 2025, deadline for discovery to be completed and set a trial date of Dec. 1 — after the completion of next season. 23XI, the team owned by Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, and Front Row refused in September to sign take-it-or-leave it charter renewal offers made by NASCAR. A charter is essentially a franchise and guarantees prize money, a spot in the field each week and other protections. The teams filed suit alleging NASCAR owners are “monopolistic bullies” and lost a bid in November to be recognized as “chartered” teams as the suit continues. 23XI and Front Row can now sign the charter agreements and still pursue their lawsuit. They also each were granted permission to purchase additional charters from Stewart Haas Racing, which is going from four Cup cars to one, though NASCAR must approve the transfers to those teams.
Halifax security forum gathers as Trump's support for Taiwan, Ukraine in questionWASHINGTON — While Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushes to confirm many of Joe Biden’s judicial nominees through the lame-duck session, Republicans have employed a series of procedural tactics to slow down the process as much as possible. When Schumer attempted to file cloture on nominees Monday evening, a procedural step typically done in just a few minutes with unanimous consent, Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and John Thune, R-S.D., asked for the yeas and nays on each motion. That forced the chamber into a series of 18 roll call votes lasting more than four hours as it moved back and forth from legislative to executive session. By the end, shortly before midnight, cloture had been filed on nine district court judges. Then, when the first scheduled cloture vote was about to begin Tuesday morning, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, objected to a motion from Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., to waive the mandatory quorum call, another procedural step typically occurring without incident. It then took around 40 minutes for the Senate to move to the scheduled vote to invoke cloture on the nomination of Mustafa Kasubhai to be a U.S. district judge for the District of Oregon. The delay tactics didn’t prevent Democrats from confirming any judges. But it leaves Democrats with just one option – play the waiting game. “They’re going by the rules, and the rules are the rules, but I think our persistence and determination will overcome their obstruction delays,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the Democrats are not doing anything immoral when they try to push through Biden’s nominees before the end of the year. “It’s exactly what we do in the same circumstances, but it’s our job to try and slow it down,” Romney said. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Biden lost an election. “It takes unanimous consent on our part to speed up the process and to make it easy for him. Why would we do that?” Hawley said. Four years ago, when Donald Trump was a lame duck president, Republicans confirmed 18 of Trump’s judicial nominees between the presidential election and the end of the Congress, including one appeals court judge and 12 district court judges, according to Senate records. Among those was the confirmation of a consequential nominee: Aileen Cannon to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Cannon would go on to preside over the criminal case related to Trump’s retention of classified documents after his presidency, where he faced more than three dozen charges including false statements, concealing government records and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Cannon in 2022 initially ruled in Trump’s favor to prevent the Justice Department from using classified documents seized in this summer’s search of Mar-a-Lago in a criminal investigation. A panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed her ruling, and the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal of that ruling. Then in 2024 Cannon dismissed the case against Trump, finding that the special counsel handling the case was appointed unconstitutionally. The Justice Department has appealed that ruling to the 11th Circuit as well, but Trump’s election means the charges against him will not go forward. Attendance has also become a flashpoint for some Republican senators as the clock winds down on the Senate’s work for the year. On Monday, the Senate voted 49-45 to confirm Embry Kidd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Sen. Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va., voted against the confirmation, and five Republicans did not vote, including Sens. JD Vance of Ohio, the vice president-elect, and Marco Rubio of Florida, Trump’s pick to be secretary of State. Carrie Severino, the president of conservative advocacy group JCN, pointed Tuesday to the 49-45 vote to confirm Embry Kidd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. “If all of the Republican Senators showed up, Kidd’s nomination would’ve been rejected 49-50 and President Trump may have had an opportunity to fill the vacancy instead,” Severino said on social media. Prior to Tuesday, Vance had not cast a vote in the Senate since being named Donald Trump’s running mate in July. He showed up to vote Wednesday, as criticism of Republican lack of attendance to block Biden nominees bubbled up in conservative commentary circles. On Wednesday morning, if all Republican senators had voted on two judicial nominations, it might have required Vice President Kamala Harris to vote to break a tie. The Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Rebecca L. Pennell to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and 50-48 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Amir H. Ali to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The two absences were Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Mike Braun, R-Ind., who will leave the Senate in January to become governor of Indiana. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said he was “very angry” over the attendance issues. “Ninety percent of success in life is showing up. We could have stopped those 18 votes after that first vote if we had shown up that day,” Tillis said. “I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make damn sure we’re all there at the strike of the gavel. It’s that simple.”
Article content FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. Recommended Videos Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a veteran of combat missions in Iraq, said she had concerns about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice to be director of national intelligence. “I think she’s compromised,” Duckworth said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” citing Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Gabbard was a Democratic House member from Hawaii at the time. “The U.S. intelligence community has identified her as having troubling relationships with America’s foes. And so my worry is that she couldn’t pass a background check,” Duckworth said. Gabbard, who said last month she is joining the Republican party, has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. She was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait and, according to the Hawaii National Guard, received a Combat Medical Badge in 2005 for “participation in combat operations under enemy hostile fire in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III.” Duckworth’s comments drew immediate backlash from Republicans. “For her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like that is wrong,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, said on CNN, challenging Duckworth to retract her words. “That’s the most dangerous thing she could say — is that a United States lieutenant colonel in the United States Army is compromised and is an asset of Russia.” In recent days, other Democrats have accused Gabbard without evidence of being a “Russian asset.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has claimed, without offering details, that Gabbard is in Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s pocket.” Mullin and others say the criticism from Democrats is rooted in the fact that Gabbard left their party and has become a Trump ally. Democrats say they worry that Gabbard’s selection as national intelligence chief endangers ties with allies and gives Russia a win. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat just elected to the Senate, said he would not describe Gabbard as a Russian asset, but said she had “very questionable judgment.” “The problem is if our foreign allies don’t trust the head of our intelligence agencies, they’ll stop sharing information with us,” Schiff said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Gabbard in 2022 endorsed one of Russia’s justifications for invading Ukraine: the existence of dozens of U.S.-funded biolabs working on some of the world’s nastiest pathogens. The labs are part of an international effort to control outbreaks and stop bioweapons, but Moscow claimed Ukraine was using them to create deadly bioweapons. Gabbard said she just voiced concerns about protecting the labs. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, said he thought it was “totally ridiculous” that Gabbard was being cast as a Russian asset for having different political views. “It’s insulting. It’s a slur, quite frankly. There’s no evidence that she’s a asset of another country,” he said on NBC. Sen. James Lankford, another Oklahoma Republican, acknowledged having “lots of questions” for Gabbard as the Senate considers her nomination to lead the intelligence services. Lankford said on NBC that he wants to ask Gabbard about her meeting with Assad and some of her past comments about Russia. “We want to know what the purpose was and what the direction for that was. As a member of Congress, we want to get a chance to talk about past comments that she’s made and get them into full context,” Lankford said.
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Political stability is a must for economic stability of the country and all segments of society would have to play their role for this national cause. LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Dec, 2024) Political stability is a must for economic stability of the country and segments of society would have to play their role for this national cause. Former parliamentarian and Naib Ameer Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Liaquat Baloch expressed these views at a dinner hosted in honor of office-bearers and Executive Committee members of of Commerce and Industry ( ), according to the 's spokesman here Tuesday. There was an in-depth of ideas concerning a wide array of national issues with a particular focus on trade, industrial growth, ’s economic challenges and the ongoing political instability that has impacted the country’s development. Former EC member Arshad Chaudhry, Chairman Veterinary Pharmaceuticals Association Dr. Asim Mahmood, Chairman Meat Exporters Association Mian Abdul Hanan, Chaudhry Mohsin Bashir, Asim Shafiq Sheikh, Ijaz Tanvir, Zulfiqar Bhatti also spoke on the occasion. There was a long discussion between Senior Vice President Engineer Khalid Usman and Liaquat Baloch as they explored ways to revive ’s ailing economy. Both leaders recognized the critical need for coordinated efforts both the public and private sectors to address the nation’s financial struggles. Liaquat Baloch said that the private sector plays a pivotal role in ’s economic recovery and long-term prosperity. He underscored the importance of creating an environment where businesses could thrive without being stifled by bureaucratic inefficiencies and economic instability. “The community is the backbone of our economy. Ensuring their growth and providing them with the necessary support will be key to driving the nation’s economic revival,” he added. Highlighting key economic obstacles and urging comprehensive reforms, Engineer Khalid Usman cited several critical obstacles currently hindering ’s industrial growth. Among these were recurring energy shortages, outdated taxation systems, and inconsistent policies, of which hamper expansion. He stressed the need for far-reaching reforms in these areas to foster a more business-friendly climate and to make the country more attractive to both local and foreign investors. “The challenges faced by the sector are not only hindering economic growth but also undermining investor confidence. For to experience sustainable economic , we must address the systemic issues within our policies, especially those affecting trade, , and industrial production,” Engineer Usman stated. Both leaders agreed on the necessity of policies which would encourage , improve the ease of doing , and address supply chain bottlenecks affecting industrial output. A central theme during the discussions was the impact of political instability on ’s economic development. Liaquat Baloch emphasized that political and stability are indispensable for the effective of national challenges and the creation of a conducive environment for . The Executive Committee members advocated for pro-business policies and fostering greater dialogue between the and the private sector. They expressed optimism that continued discussions with political leaders would pave the way for addressing the community’s concerns and finding solutions that could to broader economic prosperity. LCCI members also discussed the potential for greater collaboration between the and political sectors in identifying key areas for investment and development, with the aim of boosting industrial growth and creating more opportunities for ’s growing workforce. They stressed that a long-term approach, focusing on collaboration and between political and leaders, is essential to overcoming the current challenges.
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Tonya Garcia (Bloomberg) — A Starbucks Corp. barista strike has shut down about 170 cafes, according to the coffee chain, disrupting service at locations nationwide during the final days of the crucial holiday shopping season. The union said it expects the number of stores impacted to hit 300, but it’s unclear if the group will hit that target by the end of Christmas Eve. Over 5,000 workers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, among other cities, planned to join the work stoppage on Tuesday, according to an emailed statement from Starbucks Workers United. Elected officials, including Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, have also joined striking baristas on the picket line over previous days, with the union asking for further support on its last scheduled day of action. The walkouts began on Dec. 20 at a handful of locations in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle and escalated over the following days. “Only around 170 Starbucks stores did not open as planned,” the company said Tuesday morning, leaving 98% of its more-than 10,000 company-operated stores open. Baristas will return to work Wednesday or Thursday, and are ready to resume negotiations, according to the union. Starbucks Workers United planned the walkouts to coincide with the days leading up to Christmas — an important time for Starbucks as shoppers treat themselves to lattes while finishing up their shopping. In addition to beverages, the company sells a large volume of gift cards during the year’s final months. The strikes were sparked by a breakdown in final-stage negotiations between the union and company leadership, according to the union, which represents employees at over 500 stores. Starbucks Workers United said the coffee chain offered a package that included no immediate pay raises for its members. Unionized employees and the company have been facing off since the first store organized for better pay, hours and schedules in December 2021. Earlier, Starbucks said the union “prematurely ended” a bargaining session and called for talks to continue. The coffee chain has said it’s focused on improving workers’ experience and that baristas who work at least 20 hours a week receive $30 an hour, on average, when combining pay and benefits. Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol, who took the top job in September, has pledged to negotiate with the union in good faith. The Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Taco Bell veteran was hired to turn around sagging sales. Since he took over on Sept. 9, the stock has declined about 3%, compared with a 10% gain for the S&P 500 Index. Related Articles Business | Starbucks triples baristas’ paid parental leave to 18 weeks Business | Starbucks promises faster service, no price hikes in 2025, and no more fees for non-dairy milk
The Obama Democracy Forum kicks off Thursday in Chicago. The goal is to bridge the political divide and get people talking about issues together. The former president, along with actor Ryan Reynolds and country music singer Reyna Roberts, will be speaking. Obama Foundation CEO and longtime Barack Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke with Scripps News about what to expect from the conference. "Part of what we're doing [Thursday] is inviting leaders in the community who can take these tools back to their local communities and help the people on the ground who are feeling helpless in this situation," Jarrett said. "I do think there is a hunger around our country and around the world to focus on what we have in common, to avoid the kind of polarization that we're seeing, to talk to each other in a way that's respectful, to disagree and have hard conversations without letting them break down into acrimony." RELATED STORY | South Korean parliament defies president by lifting declaration of martial law Jarrett also discussed recent threats to democracy, including in South Korea, where President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law in an attempt to eliminate "anti-state" forces alleged to be sympathizing with North Korea. "We take a long view. We look at this as a way of building confidence in leaders that are moving forward, that will be leaders of tomorrow. They'll be confident because they'll have the necessary tools to avoid the kind of friction and combativeness that we are seeing all too often," Jarrett said. Watch the full interview with Jarrett in the video above.Tony Hunt, who has worked at Multitone since November 1978, has played a "pivotal role" in shaping the company's manufacturing processes and product development. He started at the company as an assembly operator, building transmitters for the London Fire Brigade. Mr Hunt said: "I vividly recall my first day arriving at the Multitone factory, which was in a village called Marham, an old RAF base. "It was very daunting for an 18-year-old, especially as I was extremely shy and quiet. "When I walked in though, I thought, 'Wow, this is such a well-organised place'. "As my time there went on, it was clear that the communications at all levels, top down and also bottom up, were absolutely first class." Mr Hunt, who is now the company's engineering and NPI project manager, said the family-like atmosphere at Multitone convinced him he had made the right decision, and this supportive environment continued to shape his career and personal life. He even met his wife Helen at Multitone in 1980. Mr Hunt said: "When we were married two years later, 50 per cent of the guests were from Multitone. "My mother-in-law and also one of my daughters have worked at Multitone, so I have always had to be on my best behaviour." Mr Hunt's skills and Multitone's mission ensured a steady progression, and he was promoted to production supervisor in 1982. He said: "This new job gave me the chance to tackle repetitive faults, talking to engineers to see how we could solve the issues. "It was also a great opportunity to see if we could make a product better – not just fix it when it went wrong. "Looking back, helping Multitone to shift towards this more proactive approach in manufacturing is a source of great pride for me." Throughout his career, Mr Hunt has been at the forefront of advancing new technologies, and in 1985, Multitone introduced surface mount processes to its manufacturing process. He also led a team in 2017 to introduce the new i-Message Lite family of products, which today is a major seller for Multitone. Mr Hunt said: "I do enjoy what I do, and that's an important thing. "Of course, I've had job offers in my time, but I've enjoyed everything about my work here and Multitone is a really good company to work for. "Long-serving employees are the backbone of many organisations. "Their dedication, experience, and loyalty are invaluable assets."South Korea's Yoon names new defence minister after botched martial law
There is a subtle but an influential intersection of the debate between Tamil nationalism and Dravidian identity in Tamil Nadu politics for over a decade. There are curious and interesting dimensions to this debate with the Tamil nationalists seeking separate identity based on language, culture and politics while advocates of Dravidian identity emphasising that Tamil nationalism is intrinsic to the Dravidian politics without forfeiting language, culture and identity within the plural, multicultural and multinational state system like India. Although the polarisation appears to be real and raging yet the debate itself is a camouflage of the long drawn power rivalry and mask for political competition as a response to the century old influence and impact of Dravidian politics. At the same time, it is equally important to identify, acknowledge and classify the sources of Tamil nationalism as party and non-party movement based entities articulating their claims and rights with their definitions of Tamil identity and legitimacy for power. The Tamil nationalists argue that Tamil and Dravidian identity are mutually exclusive and therefore need not reinforce each other. There are two historical but conflicting interpretations of the term “Dravidian” with the common reference to majority of people living in Southern India (south of Vindhiyas) and the other with the location of Brahmans in the south which later became an indication at large for all including the indigenous people. In cultural-anthropological terms, the Dravidians are an ethno-linguistic family of people with a unique culture, ethnicity and history who largely live in the south Indian states and speak one of several Dravidian languages including Tamil which alone retains eighty per cent of Dravidian linguistic characteristics. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam are known as the great league within the Dravidian family of languages. Given the pre-colonial and post-independent history and political developments, the territorial assimilation of Madras Presidency during the British colonial administration largely retained the characteristics of classical understanding and interpretation of the Dravidian identity. It is the linguistic reorganisation of states in the post-independent period which not only provided an impetus to the surge in linguistic identity within the larger Dravidian linguistic family but also acquired a momentum for political quest among the subaltern groups within each of the linguistic members. The caste and class composition of the Indian National Congress (INC); Aryan-Dravidian divide and the language rights consciousness gave a powerful cultural-political-ideological orientation to the Dravidian movement with an inclusive worldview of Tamil-Dravidian orientation. The birth of Dravida Kazhagam (DK) and the journey of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) harmonised this historical transition with a twin edge of resistance to the north centric post-independent Indian politics while accommodating the claim for separate statehood for Andhra and territorial settlements with other neighbouring states including Kerala and Karnataka. The Tamil nationalists formed the socio-cultural and intellectual basis of the Dravidian movement in the first half (1900-1950) of the 20th century and later made a substantial contribution to the rise and role of DMK during the third-quarter (1950-1975) of the same period. A slow but gradual alienation of the Tamil nationalists from the major Dravidian parties including the DMK, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was taking place despite the continued access and maintenance of channel of communication between the Tamil nationalists and Dravidian parties. The love and hate relationship continued with an open exhibition of dissent and cautious distance for all political purposes until the emergence of Eelam liberation struggle as a critical question in the politics of Tamil Nadu with an acute polarisation between the Dravidian parties and Tamil nationalists due to the effects of realpolitik and the Union government’s Sri Lanka policy impacting upon the role and responses of the Dravidian parties. The drift was obvious after May 2009 with an electoral defeat of the DMK in 2011 and 2016 assembly elections and the tactful harvesting of Tamil nationalists’ votes by the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK despite her strong opposition to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The formation of the Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) on May 18, 2010, a year after the end of Eelam War-IV in Sri Lanka as a revival of SP Adithanar’s “We Tamils” (Naam Thamizhar Katchi) marked a decisive shift in the Tamil nationalists’ movement with the departure of cultural-intellectual movement to party-political orientation with the rise of Seeman exhibiting political eccentrism and theatrics. The high tide and low ebb of the Tamil nationalists’ movement crisscrossed at the same point of a capricious and opportunistic political trap laid out by Seeman. The cultural-intellectual voices of Tamil nationalism including the highly respected and eminent political leaders were either silenced or besieged by the fascist and megalomaniac traits of Seeman with the routine exhibitions of delusions of grandeur and an obsession for power. Given the courting by all and sundry in the name of Tamil nationalism and electoral networking with the AIADMK, Seeman has learnt to survive with the opposition to the DMK because of the end of his tales and waning influence among the Eelam Tamil Diaspora. It is an irony of sorts that he has found more compatibility with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu and often serves as a diving board for the BJP in launching its attacks against the DMK. Seeman and his political outfit NTK has been gripped by a sudden panic of desertions after the launch of actor Vijay’s Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) although Vijay holds no direct threat or challenge to Seeman and his political journey. It is the fear of displacement beyond the periphery of Tamil Nadu politics that has nudged him to reach the iconic mediators to convince the BJP leadership of his services in platter. The debate between Dravidian identity and Tamil nationalism needs a genuine pause with a distinction between the mobilization of opposition to the DMK through electoral politics and the revival of reinvigorating cultural – intellectual traditions of Tamil nationalism as a counter narrative to the Dravidian identity politics. There is a yawning gap between the two roles reflecting the strength and dynamism of the Tamil society with a plural, diverse and the universal mind echoing the legendary poet Kaniyan Poongunranar who wrote 2000 years ago that “to us all places are one, all people our kin,” leaving the question ‘who is a Tamil?’ to rest in peace. Seeman is a backwater channel for the BJP in Tamil Nadu drew attention of the undecided youth and peripheral voters (Prof.Ramu Manivannan is a scholar-social activist in areas of education, human rights and sustainable development through an initiative “Multiversity.”)
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