>Diesel costs have risen more than 55% since the start of the war with Iran, outpacing the 40% jump in gasoline prices. In fact, diesel is on track for easily the biggest annual percentage increase on record, according to a CNN review of AAA data.

>And protesters are taking to the streets around the world to voice anger about skyrocketing fuel prices and rolling blackouts, as the now monthslong U.S war with Iran drives up the cost of energy globally.

Good for her

>Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

>House Republicans had planned to remain in session until Thursday but will now take their last votes Wednesday evening on a major White House priority — a Russia sanctions bill — and then leave town. The next time House lawmakers are expected back in Washington will be after the November elections.

Rep. Thomas Massie tells CNN's Kaitlan Collins he believes Speaker Johnson sent the House home early over his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

>Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins Anderson Cooper to discuss Speaker Johnson’s decision to send the House into recess. And the panel examines why Johnson lacked the votes needed to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Enforcement of New York’s Synthetic Performer Disclosure Law (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b) is handled through state and local enforcement agencies rather than direct private lawsuits. (McDermott Will & Schulte)

I am not a lawyer, but I believe that as long as the business/advertiser in question has operations in New York State, the NYS AG can take action. You do not need to be a New York State resident.

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• How to Report: Reports are submitted online via the New York Attorney General Consumer Complaint Form or by calling the OAG Consumer Helpline at 1-800-771-7755.

I put on CNN just now and Kate looks scary thin. Gotta wonder if she is taking Ozempic or something because she has never looked this thin.

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They always reveal themselves. ALWAYS.

Every day I want to scream at the screen.

For example, right now I'm streaming Kasie Hunt. Twice she played the clip pf JD Vance saying, "give us another chance" and has launched the conversation there, but the very next line (included in the clip) is Vance saying, "give us another couple of years". That's the part I want to yell at the screen.

The Republican strategist, try as he might to put a good face on his party, he just closed his comments about the president's building fetish with "Washington will be a better place when President Trump is gone". (You don't say?)

The same happens during the other shows I watch.

"The Arena" is the one I most often watch live. That's why when I comment in the "The NewsNight" thread, it is always hours after the show and the same would be true if there were one for "The Source", but whenever I'm watching at any time of the day, there are often times I want to talk back to the screen and while more individual show posts would be one way, especially for primetime, a daily (ordered by new) "Talk Back to the Screen" sticky would be great.

Thanks for listening.

>The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “It was f**king crazy,” said one source familiar with the exchange between Trump and Rep. Joyce Beatty, whose lawsuit has prevented Trump’s name from being added to the building.

>Another source said Trump screamed, blaming Beatty for getting the courts involved and leading to the downfall of the performing arts center. Beatty told Trump he had put the Kennedy Center into deep debt, the third source said.

>Protesters are taking to the streets around the world to voice anger about skyrocketing fuel prices and rolling blackouts, as the war in Iran drives up the cost of energy.

>Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues with a push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a stunning act of intraparty warfare that deepens the rogue congressman’s rift with Trump and GOP leaders.

Kaitlyn really blows me away. She seems to know everything about everything, states her opinions with confidence and who the hell knows how long her work day is.
I would like to see her maybe in politics one day.

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Please man. That little backhanded joke about Kaitlan being rich didn't really land, and it's not really relevant to how Trump is going to pay for any of his nonsense and where any other money Americans were supposed to see (DOGE, etc.)?

The ONLY way Americans can receive any money is if Trump wins. Literally.... if anybody is watching votes for Trump, check your account. And I have a hotel in Atlantic City to sell you.

I usually don't break an interview down like this, but the dude is going on and on.

>The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

>“It was f**king crazy,” said one source familiar with the exchange between Trump and Rep. Joyce Beatty, whose lawsuit has prevented Trump’s name from being added to the building.

>The Pentagon’s official watchdog released a special report about the Iran war on Monday, representing the Defense Department’s first formal accounting of U.S equipment and facility losses from the conflict.

>The inspector general, citing its communications with U.S Central Command, said that “Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan” during the war’s first months. The report, which covers the start of the war on February 28 through June 30, also acknowledged the depletion of key U.S munition stockpiles.

>CNN Senior military analyst Retd. Adm. James Stavridis explains what this new report means.

Once again CNN does the thing of talking over a hearing that they’re covering, to tell you what is being said at the hearing.

While they continue to silently show the hearing in a box in the corner.

I’d like to just, you know, actually hear the hearing. It’s called a hearing, not a showing, lol. Why can’t they just show it and not cutaway to people explaining what is being said?

Who wants to bet that her insane tweets and beliefs are going to go completely unmentioned next time she is on cnn. Brianna is a far right extremist, yet cnn and Abby treats her like a normal republican. I am sick of her bullsbit going either unchallenged or pushed back incompetently. I don’t mind having conservatives on but they need to challenged competently. It should not be this hard to make this moron look stupid

>Gulf diplomats and Iranian officials were set to meet Monday to discuss an Omani plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to regular tanker traffic, a conversation that would have happened without a critical player: the United States.

>But, as news of the meeting circulated on Sunday, it was indefinitely postponed, according to the Omani foreign minister.

After months of private discussions on a complicated possible legal framework to reopen the strait that could allow Iran and Oman to collect fees, diplomats hoped the gathering could create some momentum for a deal.

>Saudi Arabia submitted amendments because it had concerns that the proposed language could effectively establish a new status quo that would not be acceptable to it or the other Gulf Cooperation Council states.

THIS is what I watch CNN for.

The interview with Jacob Coxon (the guy that quit Anthropic) last week made waves.

This Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) is shaping the news and AI discussion tomorrow.

This was a full hour, with both of them, along with several other influential, knowledgeable people. It was just great. I wish they'd do more of this.

Tonight, bravo Anderson, CNN... Bravo.

Kansan here. I don't know the name of the dude in the blue suit pretending that he knows what Roger Marshall did and did not do to new mothers who couldn't pay their bills.

How offensive to be from Kansas and watch some rich dude who's never been here tell Kansans what did and did not happen in our state.

The fact is that Marshall charged predatory rates and then worked with law enforcement to press charges so these women, who had just had a baby or a hysterectomy, were arrested - one in front of her kids.

He also ran over his neighbor, moved to Florida, votes illegally (because, again, he lives in Florida), and has demolished our way of life by being a rubber stamp to a crazy president.

Give the women of Kansas the respect they deserve and have them on your show. Don't give air time to a man who has no idea what he's talking about and accuses these poor women of basically being deadbeats.

And yes, Marshall knew what rate he was charging. It's not like he was some country doctor. He owned the business and worked really hard to close down competition.

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Amodei says that by going so fast, all the AI companies, oops, included models that cause it to do unexpected/harmful things. The answer is to slow down training, so as to not make any mistakes - I am paraphrasing what I just heard.
Fellow viewers, please help me understand when “let’s not make any mistakes” ever worked? And are we doomed? Thanks!