New York Attorney General Letitia James' office has pushed back on Donald Trump's claim that he could not find an insurance company to back his $464 million bond in a civil fraud case.
“The defendants herein need not wait for their answer to raise their allegations and arguments about the difficulty of obtaining bond, since their efforts to obtain that bond began before their motion for injunction was filed and indeed before judgment was entered.” State attorneys wrote.
After being turned down by 30 insurance companies, Trump's lawyers said Monday that it is nearly impossible to get a bond. They told the appeals court that the insurers wanted about half a billion dollars worth of cash or stock as collateral, and that they would not take real estate as collateral.
Trump has until Monday to post the bond, unless an appeals court agrees to grant his request to delay the release of the money while the appeals court considers it.
The attorney general's office said Trump should try to get insurance companies to file a bond or better explain the flaws in their negotiations.
“However, the defendants did not provide documentary evidence to demonstrate which real assets were provided to the guarantors, on what terms the assets were provided, or why the guarantors were unwilling to accept the assets,” the Attorney General's Office wrote.
“As far as the court infers, the sureties may have refused to accept defendants' specific properties as collateral because Mr. Trump's use of real estate would normally require a 'property appraisal' … and his properties are not as valuable as the defendants claim.” The Attorney General added.
The attorney general's office criticized the sworn statements of Trump's insurance broker Gary Giulietti and top Trump Organization lawyer Alan Gordon as unreliable.
They argue that Giulietti, a friend of Trump's for decades, testified in the civil fraud trial and that Trump should have revealed that he lacked credibility by the judge. Gordon, they argued, was unreliable because he had a stake in the outcome.
They also gave a suggestion – transfer the property to the judge.
“If the defendants cannot really make the pledge, they should at least have agreed to have their real estate interests held by the Supreme Court to satisfy the judgment, or have secured security in real estate shares of sufficient value to pay the entire judgment.
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Low-cost airline JetBlue After a federal court blocked its proposed merger with rival budget carrier Spirit Airlines, it plans to eliminate routes to five cities and cut service to Los Angeles to improve its financial performance.
Airline Remove paths Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Bogotá, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador; and Lima, Peru. JetBlue will eliminate service to Newburgh, New York, which has been suspended since 2020, and reduce the number of daily flights to Los Angeles from 34 to 24. The changes are expected to take effect in June.
“These decisions are never easy, however, these markets have recently fallen short of our expectations,” JetBlue told FOX Business in a statement. “These moves will allow us to redeploy our fleet to increase frequencies on our best-performing routes from JetBlue's focus cities, while continuing to increase critical ground time for our aircraft and reduce the likelihood of delays for our customers.
“These changes will help us at a time when aircraft availability is limited – particularly as some of our aircraft have been grounded due to Pratt & Whitney GTF engine inspections.”
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JetBlue and Spirit recently abandoned a proposed merger that a federal judge ruled would undermine competition among the budget carriers. (Joe Radle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The airline is facing a shortage of flights due to problems with seven of its RTX Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines. Airbus A320neo aircraft are foundational. That number is expected to rise to 15 by the end of 2024, according to JetBlue.
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“The majority of our customers affected by these changes will be able to self-select alternative flight options on JetBlue.com. Where alternatives are not available, customers will receive refunds,” the company said in a statement to FOX Business.
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JetBlue is refocusing its services on routes that perform well. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)
JetBlue head of network planning Dave Zenn wrote a memo discussing the changes, which was reviewed by Reuters. In the memo, Jen said Flight crew members Its financial performance has suffered on some short-haul routes in the West American and Midwest markets, as well as in South America.
“More than ever, every lane must earn the right to stay on the network,” Jenn wrote. The move does not change the airline's capacity outlook for this year, which is expected to decline by a low single-digit percentage rate from 2023.
JetBlue is dealing with a shortage of planes in its fleet as some of its planes are grounded due to engine inspections. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/Getty Images)
New JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty has vowed to take “aggressive action” to return the airline to profitability. The moves include deferring about $2.5 billion in airline capital expenditures and reducing costs through buyouts for employees in corporate, airport and customer support functions. JetBlue is trying to generate an additional $300 million in revenue this year.
JetBlue's proposed merger with Spirit Airlines was blocked by a federal judge in January because the court found the merger would harm consumers by combining two low-cost airlines.
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In the wake of the ruling, JetBlue and Spirit officially Stopped the proposed merger and to restructure their operations to improve their financial performance.
A day after Tuesday's Illinois primary election, several races are still too close to call.
When the votes are tallied, the results will appear on NBC Chicago's live election results page on the website and app. Polling ended at 7 pm on Tuesday and the results started coming in within the first half hour. They will be updated live as votes continue to be counted.
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Voters looking for real-time election updates can download the NBC Chicago app for push notifications on called races and big moments.
In Chicago, the Chicago Board of Elections noted that mail-in ballots are still being processed.
“According to Illinois election code, there is a two-week window to count mail-in ballots that arrive late but are properly registered (by March 19) — which would bring us to April 2,” said CBOE Public Information Director Max Bever.
Beaver noted, however, that most ballots are returned on election day or night, immediately following Wednesday and Thursday.
“By the time those are processed and tallied as unofficial results, we may have a much clearer picture later this week,” Bever said.
Earlier in the day, Bever noted that Chicago's voter turnout was “shockingly low,” saying that only 20% of Chicago's registered voters turned out to vote.
Who's on the ballot in Illinois?
In the 2024 primary, Illinois voters will choose their preferred candidates in races, including the presidential race, which will be at the top of the ballot.
Outside of the presidency, voters will also select candidates for their respective congressional seats in November, with 17 members of the Illinois House of Representatives facing re-election this year.
All 118 members of Illinois' House of Representatives are up for re-election in 2024, as are a third of the state's 59 senators.
Also: 10 races to watch in the 2024 Illinois primary
Some districts also have primary votes for Supreme Court justices, with elections in the First and Fourth districts. Justices in those races run to fill full 10-year terms on the court.
In addition, voters will determine candidates for the Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts, and Deputy Circuit Courts.
Finally, some districts will also have district-level races to decide in 2024.
Sample ballots can be found on the website of the local election commission in your area.
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Whether you live in Chicago or the suburbs, plenty of communities wrestle with thorny questions. Here's a preview of what to expect on your ballot, depending on where you live.
Also: What is the 'Bring Chicago Home' referendum and is it still on your ballot?
Races that are too close to call
Cook County State's Attorney
A day after the Illinois primary election, the race to be the Democratic nominee for Cook County State's Attorney is too close to call.
As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, Elaine O'Neill Burke held a narrow lead over Clayton Harris. With 99% of precincts reporting, they are separated by about 9,000 votes.
Chicago Real Estate Transfer Tax
Chicago's proposed real estate transfer tax, referred to by some as the “Mansion Tax” or “Bring Chicago Home,” is at the top of the race to see the 2024 Illinois primary.
A real estate transfer tax is a tax paid on any property sold to the city. The current rate is $3.75 for every $500. If passed, the proposal would change the ratio to a progressive or graduated structure for residential and commercial on all properties with three stories.
That rate would drop to $3 for every $500 for properties sold for less than $1 million. For sales over $1 million, the increase is $10 for every $500 in price between $1 million and $1.5 million. For properties over $1.5 million, the tax is $15 for every $500 in value over $1.5 million.
Revenue from the tax increase would be dedicated to efforts to combat homelessness.
Rep. Mike Post vs. Darren Bailey in the 12th District
In one of the high-profile Republican congressional races in Illinois, incumbent Rep. Mike Post faces former Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey in the 12th District.
Post, who was first elected to Congress in 2014, has received some high-profile endorsements from the Republican Party, including the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who easily won the Illinois presidential primary on Tuesday night. The election marks the first time Post has faced a primary challenger since 2018, when Preston Nelson ran against him.
Bailey's campaign focused heavily on Second Amendment issues and her push against abortion access. He also emphasized greater investment in energy independence and border security.
of Hong Kong The Legislature unanimously passed the new powers on TuesdayCritics and analysts warned the financial center would align its national security laws more closely with those used in mainland China and deepen ongoing repression of dissent.
is longThe national security bill — the first draft of which ran to 212 pages — was rushed through the city's opposition-free Legislature with unusual urgency at the request of City Mayor John Lee and 11 days of debate.
Coming into force on Saturday, the law introduces 39 new national security offences, in addition to the already powerful national security law, which was directly imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong in 2020.
The law has already forced Hong Kong authorities to jail dozens of political opponents, crack down on civil society groups and outspoken media, and has turned the once freewheeling city into one where patriotism is a priority.
Known locally as Article 23, the new National Security Act includes new offenses including treason, espionage, foreign interference and unlawful handling of state secrets, with the most serious offenses punishable by up to life in prison.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee described this as a historic moment for Hong Kong.
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Lawmakers attend a meeting on the Basic Law Article 23 Act at the Legislative Council on March 19, 2024 in Hong Kong, China.
Referring to China's Communist Party leadership in Beijing, he said, “We … completed a historic task, lived up to the nation's faith, and did not bring down the central government.
China and Hong Kong's leaders say new laws are needed to “seal the cracks” as part of a push to “restore stability” following mass protests in 2019. They argue that their law is similar to other national security laws around the world.
Critics counter that what China's Communist Party considers national security offenses are too broad and broad, and that political criticism, dissent and even business activities are not criminalized elsewhere.
The new law comes as Hong Kong's government mounts a high-profile campaign this year to revive the city's business credentials after a political crackdown — combined with nearly three years of strict coronavirus restrictions — spurred on. An exodus of local and international talent.
Legal scholars and business figures told CNN that the new law's broad definitions and tougher penalties could lead to further repression of civil society and threaten once-robust exchanges of information for businesses, including its vaunted financial sector.
“Continuing from the stringent security law, Hong Kong authorities are eager to further tighten information controls in the city,” said Eric Lai, a research fellow at the Georgetown Asian Law Center and an expert on Hong Kong's legal system.
Lai expects a “chilling effect” to deepen throughout society.
“The business community will be particularly vulnerable to the new 'state secrets' and 'espionage' crimes,” Lai added.
The new law outlawed “illegal acquisition,” “possession” and “disclosure of state secrets,” along with the crime of “espionage.” In the most serious circumstances, offenders can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
Observers say the law's wording has a broad interpretation of what constitutes a state secret.
The definition ranges from the secrecy of China's “construction of national security” and “diplomatic or foreign affairs activities” to Beijing and Hong Kong's “major policy decision on affairs” and “economic or social development”.
Hung Ho-fung, a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, said that while social and economic affairs are considered state secrets, “this is to say that it covers anything.”
“With these draconian and ill-defined clauses, even apolitical businessmen can get into trouble and face the risk of having their offices raided and in many cases being detained, arrested or banned from leaving mainland China,” he said. .
“This will certainly increase the skepticism, anxiety and uncertainty of foreign businesses in Hong Kong.”
The US State Department said the new law “has the potential to accelerate the closure of Hong Kong's once-open society”, and it analyzed what the potential risk would be to US citizens and “other US interests”.
“We are alarmed by what we interpret as the vaguely-defined provisions set out in their Article 23 Act and the sweep,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told a news conference.
Patel pointed out several problems with the law, including being “fast-tracked through a democratically elected legislative body after a truncated public comment period” and having “poorly defined and incredibly vague” wording.
The EU expressed concern about the law's impact on “the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong”.
“The bill's detailed provisions and broad definitions, particularly in relation to foreign interference and state secrets, appear to be of particular concern,” it said in a statement. “The substantial amount of penalties provided for in the bill, its extraterritorial scope and its – at least – retroactive applicability are also deeply troubling.”
British Foreign Minister David Cameron said the new law was “rushed through the legislative process” and would have far-reaching implications for Hong Kong's rule of law, rights and freedoms.
In a response on Tuesday, the Chinese embassy in London called Cameron's comments “a serious distortion of the facts” and defended the legislative process as “rigorous and pragmatic”.
“(The law) will contribute to a more stable and transparent business environment in Hong Kong, safeguarding the city's long-term stability and prosperity,” the statement said.
In mainland China, national security laws often ensnare local and foreign businesses in opaque investigations.
Chinese state security officials raided several offices of an international consulting firm Capvision Last year, it was part of a broader crackdown on the advisory sector as Beijing tightened controls on what it considers sensitive information related to national security.
The law refers to the involvement of “external forces” — a euphemism for foreign governments and organizations — as an aggravating factor that warrants harsher punishment.
Amnesty International's China Director Sarah Brooks Amendment said “Delivered another crushing blow to human rights in the city.”
“Officials have passed this law in the blink of an eye, and public outcry has killed any remaining hope that we can resist its most destructive elements,” Brooks said in a statement. “This is a devastating moment for the people of Hong Kong.”
Johannes Haag, head of the German Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, said that while many German businesses are committed to Hong Kong, Hong Kong wants to maintain its unique status, which includes free capital and a common law court system.
“[The law] “It's a bit difficult to make the case to our German partners that this is Hong Kong and it's different from mainland China,” he said.
Former pro-democracy lawmaker Emily Lau also worries that what made Hong Kong unique is fast disappearing.
“We want Hong Kong to prosper, we are part of China. I have never denied that,” he told CNN.
“But we are different from the rest of China. But the difference is diminishing, which is very sad.
Peter Navarro, a former senior aide to President Donald Trump, returned to a Miami jail on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court refused to delay his prison term as he appealed his refusal to testify before Congress about his efforts. The 2020 presidential election should be cancelled.
Speaking to reporters before reporting to a federal prison at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the 74-year-old economist said that by jailing him, the justice system dealt a “crippling blow to constitutional separation of powers and executive privilege.”
He insisted that he was protected from testifying before Congress, an often-cited but loosely defined legal protection designed to grant confidentiality to the president and top White House aides. publicly scrutinized.
Before entering prison, Navarro said he had done nothing wrong by ignoring a congressional subpoena and that his ultimate goal was to “protect the Constitution,” the separation of powers and executive privilege.
“I knew from day one, based on my experiences in the White House, from reading the memos from the Office of the Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, from receiving that subpoena, that there is absolute evidentiary immunity,” he said. Navarro later listed several top Trump administration aides — adviser Kellyanne Conway, adviser Donald McCain and Vice President Rick Dearborn — who “did exactly what I did and never got prosecuted.”
But — unlike those witnesses at the hearing on January 6, 2021, the attack on the U.S. Capitol and Russian interference– Navarro has no documents to show that Trump always planned to confirm the offer to keep his aide from testifying, and Trump has never publicly corroborated Navarro's account.
“If I had gone to Congress and played piecemeal with them, I would have damaged the separation of powers, I would not have done my duty,” Navarro said. Prosecutors have said that even when executive privilege applies, a witness must respond to a subpoena and explain what specific testimony or documents they believe are off limits.
After the attack on the Capitol, Navarro published a book in which he described a plot to throw the election to Trump during the day's election vote count. He shared the idea with right-wing podcast host and former Trump strategist Stephen K. told Bannon.
When a special House committee investigating the attack issued subpoenas to Navarro and Bannon to detail the plans, both ignored them. Both now face prison terms for contempt of Congress. However, the district court judge handling Bannon's case allowed him to stay out of jail.He relied on the advice of his lawyer.
Chief Justice John G. Navarro's attorneys, who declined to comment Monday after Roberts Jr. issued his decision, argued that Navarro refused to comply with a congressional subpoena because he thought he was asserting executive privilege. They argued that the statute was unclear about whether Congress intended to punish senior presidential advisers in such circumstances.
Navarro was sentenced in JanuaryFour months later, a jury convicted him of two counts of contempt of Congress. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit He refused Navarro's request to be free. The three-judge panel said Navarro “has not shown that his appeal presents substantial questions of law or fact.”to quash his conviction or sentence.
And on Monday, Roberts — who oversees emergency appeals from the D.C. Circuit — disagreed with the court's ruling, he said.
That means Navarro must return to prison by 2pm on Tuesday.
Before entering the facility, Navarro maintained that he was protected from testifying before the committee on January 6 because he was a close White House adviser to Trump.
“I am the first senior White House adviser in the history of our republic to be indicted on this charge,” Navarro said.
“For 50 years, the Department of Justice has maintained the principle of absolute witness immunity, and that somehow changed only in my case,” he said.
As a senior White House aide, Navarro argued that Congress could not compel him to testify because he was an “alter ego of the president” and was protected by executive privilege — first established by President George Washington in 1796. The J agreement protects close White House advisers from discussing conversations with the president.
Washington, however, argued for limited use of executive power, arguing that he would exercise it only during J treaty negotiations to protect national security and the country's ability to negotiate future international treaties.
Speaking outside prison, Navarro remained steadfast in his support for Trump, attacking President Biden's policies and urging others to vote for Trump in the November election.
“I'm not nervous,” Navarro said of going to jail. “I had tremendous support from Donald Trump and his team.”
Navarro – dressed in a black T-shirt and gray jacket – also complained at length about the Justice Department. He repeated baseless conspiracy theories that the January 6 attack was instigated by undercover FBI agents and Democrats.
Navarro alleged that the Justice Department “put me there today with the same tactics, tools and strategies as Donald Trump,” citing several investigations Trump faces. The former president and his cronies have repeatedly baselessly claimed that the judiciary is armed against them.
“I'm angry,” Navarro said, adding that he's “scared for this country because what they're doing should have a chilling effect on every American, regardless of their party. They're coming for me; they're coming for you.”
Navarro has vowed to bring his case back to the Supreme Court after his sentence is over.
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning announced a deal to fund the government ahead of a weekend deadline, breaking an impasse over money for the Department of Homeland Security that had held up negotiations.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced the DHS deal in a statement, saying it would allow Congress to finish funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year that ends in September. “House and Senate committees will soon begin drafting bill text for release and consideration by the full House and Senate,” he said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., echoed news of the deal, saying both chambers are now “in the process of closely reviewing the text and reports to Congress for consideration soon.”
They did not immediately release details.
Congress should hurry. Funding for the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, Labor and Health and Human Services and other agencies expires Saturday morning. Five other funding bills were effectively resolved by the end of last week, with the homeland security bill the only one where Republicans and Democrats were unable to resolve deep divisions.
Three sources familiar with the talks told NBC News Monday night that the deal would include a full-year DHS funding bill, but not a freeze as negotiators had previously considered.
US Capital in 2023.Mandel Ngan/AFP – Getty Images File
It will be even harder for Congress to pass the spending package on time. Johnson said he would give lawmakers 72 hours to read the text before a vote. The Senate must receive unanimous approval from all members by 11:59 pm ET on Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown the following day.
“We have come to an agreement with congressional leaders on the path forward for the rest of the full year's funding bills,” Biden said. “The House and Senate can now quickly bring a package to the floor that I will sign immediately.”
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Over the weekend, negotiators were poised to release a package that would separately fund DHS on an extended stopgap basis, largely continuing the status quo, before renewing efforts to negotiate a full-year funding bill for the department by the end of September.
A source familiar with the negotiations said the White House and other Democrats want more border security and enforcement money, while Republicans want to realign DHS funds toward the agency's core mission.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., insisted the DHS provision was negotiated between the White House and the GOP.
“House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement in principle on six remaining fiscal year 2024 spending bills, following the conclusion of negotiations between the Biden administration and House Republicans on homeland security appropriations,” he said.
Congress has broken the process of funding the federal government into two, passing the first installment of bills earlier this month. The political importance of immigration, especially among conservatives, has presented Johnson with a minefield.
On Monday afternoon, the two leaders of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, Reps. Bob Goode, R-Va., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, released a letter from 41 Republicans. HR 2, the Secure the Border Act,” or Biden's immigration policies, they said.
“Therefore, we ask you to join us in rejecting a funding package (or anything like it) that directly funds these disastrous policies, and choose to stand against this attack on the American people,” they wrote.
Members of the hard-right are widely expected to vote against the package, and their votes are not necessary to form the bipartisan coalition needed to pass the bill. But those members could create a political headache for Johnson if they get angry enough.
It is highly unusual for Congress to continue negotiating over government funding nearly half a year into a fiscal year. Funding for FY 2025 will be disbursed by the end of September.
Sahil Kapoor is a senior national political correspondent for NBC News.
Rebecca is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the House.
Ali Vitali is NBC News' Capitol Hill correspondent based in Washington.
A rocket launch was visible in the San Diego County sky Monday night as SpaceX launched its Falcon 9, sending 22 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
San Diego denizens saw a trail of white as the rocket split the sky into an already beautiful sunset.
The launch took place around 7:30 p.m., and viewers from as far away as Arizona and as far north as San Clemente submitted photos of the rocket launch to NBC 7.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch can be seen in Eastlake on the evening of March 18, 2024. (Jim Zuffoletto)Falcon 9 launched on the evening of March 18, 2024, over Ocean Beach Pier. (Jim Grant)The Falcon 9 launch can be seen on March 18, 2024 in the East Village of downtown San Diego. (Anonymous observer in the East Village)San Diego residents can clearly see the Falcon 9 launch over the city on March 18, 2024. (A Visitor in the East Village)A spectator in Santee takes this photo of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch from their front yard on March 18, 2024. (Julie Nucker)Falcon 9 left a long trail in the sky above Balboa Park on March 18, 2024. (Evgeny Yorop)A Falcon9 launch on March 18, 2024 leaves streaks over a beautiful sunset at a shipyard near the Coronado Bridge. (Garbriel Noyola)The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 on March 18, 2024 leaves streaks of dawn over Mira Mesa. (NBC 7 San Diego)Falcon 9's launch on March 18, 2024, left visible streaks over San Diego. (Christine Valdivia)Falcon 9's launch on March 18, 2024 will be visible as far east as Arizona. (Andrey Sroka)A viewer can watch SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch from San Clemente on March 18, 2024. (Rachel Smith)The Falcon9 launch will take place on March 18, 2024 at Cuyamaca College. (Lissa Lane)
Dow Jones futures, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were little changed before the stock market opened on Tuesday. Nvidia (NVDA) focused on extended trading, while the amazing seven stocks letters (Google) and Tesla (D.S.L.A) rallied sharply ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.
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Late Monday, Nvidia shares were down about 1% Chief Executive Jensen Huang Delivered the keynote address at the Society for Artificial Intelligence Developers' annual GTC conference in San Jose, California. The four-day event is called “AI Woodstock”. Nvidia is an IBD Leaderboard stock.
After the market closes, Stoneco (STNE) is a key revenue driver. Stonco shares fell more than 10% in extended trading.
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The interest rate decision was made on Wednesday at the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which will dominate the economic spotlight this week.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could signal that a near-term rate cut could be on the cards, supporting the odds of a June move and surprising the no-loading camp, or those expecting higher inflation to keep rates on hold. . Still, Fed projections may pencil in a smaller rate cut in both 2024 and 2025 than they showed in December, surprising soft-landing forecasters.
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Stock market today: Google, Tesla rally
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 gained 0.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite advanced 0.8%.
Among the Magnificent Seven stocks, Tesla shares were the biggest winners, up 6.3%, and Google raised 4.6% for Thai Alphabet, which is in talks with Apple to license its “Gemini” artificial intelligence training model for use in iPhones.
Finally, the Dow Jones technical symbols Apple (APL) and Microsoft (MSFT) shares of Apple and Microsoft traded up 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively, in today's stock market.
Arista Networks (Aneta), Duolingo (By), Dexcom (DXCM) and Exp (Exp) — and Dow Jones components Disney (DIS), IBM (IBM) and Procter & Gamble (PG) — is one of the best stocks to buy and watch in the stock market today.
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Before the opening bell Tuesday, Dow Jones futures, S&P 500 futures and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures were little changed. fair value. Remember that overnight action in Dow Jones futures and elsewhere does not necessarily translate into actual trading in the next regular stock market session.
On Monday, the 10-year US Treasury yield rose to 4.34%. Meanwhile, oil prices continued to rise on Monday as West Texas Intermediate futures settled above $82 a barrel.
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According to IBD MarketSurge chart analysis, Disney has broken through the 112.92 buy point of a major cup-with-handle base. And shares closed above their entry on Monday with a 1.7% gain.
After a 0.3% gain on Monday, IBM stock is below a flat base's 196.90 buy point.
Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble traded at Monday's lows, above a 158.38 buy point in Cup Base.
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Arista stock nears breakout
Arista shares rose 4.2% on Monday, nearing a flat-base buy point of 292.66. Market rise Charts. They are 2% away from the latest buying trigger.
IPO leader Duolingo is approaching the handle's 241.86 entry with a cup, but is about 10% away from a buy point.
Dexcom shares advanced 3.3% on Monday, reclaiming a flat base at 132.03 entry.
Finally, Brazil-based XP lost 0.6% on Monday, finding support above its 50-day line. Stocks form a cup with a handle showing an entry of 27.03.
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The Sun is having a fascinating year. This is solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year storm cycle. This intensifies high-latitude auroras, throwing large blobs of charged particles at Earth on a regular basis. And in a particularly active star turn, the Sun will hide behind the Moon on April 8, giving millions of people in North America the opportunity to experience a total solar eclipse.
To top it all off, a dangerous NASA mission is about to send a spacecraft practically spitting distance from the Sun.
The Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, is designed to “touch the Sun,” as NASA puts it. Hearing on Dec. 24Accelerated by gravity to more than 430,000 miles per hour, it will come within 3.8 million miles of the surface, making its closest approach.
No spacecraft has ever gone so fast or so close to the Sun.
NASA's top science administrator, Nicola “Nicky” Fox, said, “It's a journey into the unknown,” telling everyone, “It's the coolest, hottest mission under the sun.”
At a cost of $1.4 billion, the mission isn't cheap. That NASA would invest so much money and effort is a reminder that we do not fully understand the Sun, the basis for our survival.
“We live in the Sun's atmosphere. “Anything that happens on the Sun, we feel the effect on Earth,” Fox said. “When the sun sneezes, the earth catches a cold.”
The mission also has a more subtle agenda: advancing American space prowess. At a time when many countries are sending probes to the Moon, Mars and other places in the solar system, the technological innovations could be used for future space ventures.
“It's whether we're going to be on top of the world, or someone else is going to step in,” said Noor Rouwafi, an astrophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland and project scientist for the mission.
His eyes light up as he describes the spacecraft's amazing feat: “We almost landed on the star.”
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Fun fact: You can't land on the sun. There is not really a discrete surface. When scientists talk about the sunAt the surface, they refer to the “photosphere,” the lowest visible layer of the atmosphere.
At its closest approach on Christmas Eve, the Parker probe will be seven times closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. NASA engineers hope the public will understand that getting closer to the Sun is not a day at the beach.
“It is a high-risk mission. “When you get into the atmosphere of a star, it's very harsh,” Raoubi said.
The probe is equipped with instruments that take measurements of the solar wind, including temperature, density and speed. The solar wind reaches the outer edge of the solar system. Earth is completely submerged in it, but thanks to our planet's magnetic field, we are generally shielded from the most harmful solar radiation.
“We, we live in that environment. But we don't realize it because we have a geomagnetic field that protects us from these dangerous energetic particles and these blasts from the sun,” Rauvabi said. “That's why we have life on Earth.”
The solar wind is also safe because it limits the impact of cosmic rays—particles that move at tremendous speeds and come at us from all directions in our galaxy.
All these show that there is weather in space. A high-tech civilization should focus on space weather, because the solar material is an explosionA coronal mass ejection aimed directly at Earth can create a debilitating geomagnetic storm.
NASA and other governmentAgencies are particularly concerned about a repeat of the so-called Carrington phenomenon. In 1859, a coronal mass ejection hit Earth and caused telegraph lines to sing. A similar storm today could cause radio blackouts, knock out satellites or, in worst-case scenarios, shut down the power grid.
That's why engineers at Hopkins and NASA want to get comfortable looking at the Sun and understand its turbulent environment. But first, they had to figure out how to keep the Parker probe from being shot, fried, burned up, or destroyed in some other fashion by coronal mass ejections and the solar wind.
Two pieces of technology were critical to mission success. The most obvious is the heat shield. You can't fly near the sun without a good heat shield.
The shield is coated with an ultra-white plasma spray to reflect as much solar radiation as possible. The surface is perfectly smooth to prevent hot spots and cold spots. The shield has a carbon foam interior, sandwiched between layers of carbon composite similar to what you'd find in a golf club or tennis racket.
This 4.5 inch thick heat shield allows the side facing the sunAccording to NASA, the spacecraft's body is 89 degrees but will reach 2,500 degrees.
There's another reason why spaceships don't turn into molten goo: Although the temperature of the Sun's atmosphere can reach millions of degrees, the density is low, so an object flying through that region of space doesn't heat up easily.
This shield only works if it's always facing the sun directly, and the vulnerable hardware behind it is completely shaded. It requires precise navigation with multiple cameras using “fixed” stars as guides.
Solar panels are nifty. Flying closer to the sun and then farther away is a recipe for increased power. So can the panelsFolded like bird wings andPush themselves away.
Mission scientists also had to overcome a major hurdle: unbending the laws of gravity.
“Believe it or not, it's very difficult to get anything close to the Sun,” Raoufy said.
This is because a spacecraft launched from Earth carries with it the angular momentum of our home planet as it orbits the Sun. Launching a spacecraft directly toward the Sun would require an incredible amount of fuel. One possible solution would be to send the spacecraft to Jupiter and then slingshot it back to the Sun. But it will take years.
NASA eventually chose a strategy that used multiple close passesVenus bleeds off some of the spacecraft's orbital momentum each time, allowing it to get closer to the Sun on each orbit.
A tense moment at work
The Parker spacecraft has made 18 trips around the Sun, and in late December it passed just 4.51 million miles from the surface, emerging from that scorching trip in tiptop shape.
The study has already collected a wealth of information about the Sun's corona, the outer layer of the Sun that is normally invisible to the human eye. A total eclipse on April 8 will give people on Earth a rare chance to see the corona when the Moon completely blocks the main disk of our burning star.
NASA can accurately map the path of the moon's shadow and the time of totality at each location on April 8. To a heliophysicist, a large star in the sky is not as predictable as it appears. One of the things scientists don't fully understand about the Sun is what they call the “coronal heating problem.”
Corona about 300 timesHotter than the surface of the Sun. It is contrary to common sense. On a cold night the air doesn't warm as you move away from the fire, but it does near the sun.
Scientists have been trying to solve the coronal heating problem for decades. Data from Parker's study, combined with observations during eclipses by solar physicists on Earth, may put to rest this one mystery of sunlight.
The tensest moments of the mission were when the spacecraft was swinging around the Sun and could not receive commands temporarily. That would happen the following December during a close encounter: for several days, the crew would not know if the spacecraft had survived.
“That spacecraft, it becomes part of your crew,” Fox said. She should know; He worked at the Applied Physics Laboratory before coming to NASA and served as the principal scientist on the Parker mission.
The study is named after pioneering astrophysicist Eugene Parker. As a young scientist at the University of Chicago, Parker proposed the existence of the solar wind in the 1950s. His idea was initially rejected and ridiculed by many scientists, but it was thereConfirmed by subsequent space missions.
Parker himself participated in the 2018 publication of this study. According to NASA, he was the first to see the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name.
He died in 2022 at the age of 94.
Parker was amazed and thrilled when he first saw the spacecraft in the clean room at the Applied Physics Laboratory before launch, Fox said.
Later, as he watched the probe rocket into space to begin its historic journey, Parker became nostalgic, Fox recalled.
“It's very sad,” he told her. “It will never come back.”
Michelle Voebel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports for ESPNW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984 and has been with ESPN since 1996.
Women's college basketball won't have a rematch of the national championship game in 2024, but LSU vs. Iowa could be the blockbuster of the Elite Eight tournament. If both even go that far, that is.
Who are the winners and losers of the Women's NCAA Tournament? We start on the losers' side, and that starts with the last two teams standing in 2023. Neither is headed to Cleveland. In fact, no one can be there.
There are three teams in the Albany 2 region that many may have picked to reach the Final Four before the bracket was revealed: national champion LSU, national runner-up Iowa and UCLA.
Who thought this was a good idea? The NCAA selection committee decided to combine the trio with No. 4 Kansas State.
As ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo put it, South Carolina earned — and got — what it calls an “easy” regional bracket, with the tournament's top overall seed and Albany 1 ranked first. Iowa — a No. 1 seed for the first time since 1992 — should have had the second-easiest corner of the bracket, but got the tougher one instead.
The defending Big Ten Tournament champion Hawkeyes, SEC Tournament runner-up LSU and Pac-12 semifinalist UCLA were in the top four of the preseason Associated Press poll and are now in the top eight. Of course, poll rankings are one thing and NCAA tournament berths are another. Still, it's amazing to see them all together.
“At first, I thought, 'Oh, this is a tough, tough part,'” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said of his first reaction to the bracket.
We'll further break down the girls bracket winners and losers and the road ahead for undefeated South Carolina and Kaitlin Clark and Iowa.
Winners
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Carolyn Beck: South Carolina is motivated going into the tournament
Caroline Beck, Andrea Carter, Rebecca Lobo and Elle Duncan blazed South Carolina's path to the women's NCAA tournament.
South Carolina Gamecox
Two-time national champion South Carolina Albany 1 in Regional No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Oregon State and No. 4 Indiana. The Irish are the reigning ACC Tournament champions and are playing well, but the Gamecocks have the benefit of having already faced them this season. That happened in Paris in November — a 29-point Gamecock victory — and both teams have grown a lot.
The Gamecocks were so good that they would be “winners” regardless of bracket matchups. But coach Dan Staley has to be happy with the road ahead for his team.
Center Camila Cardoso will miss South Carolina's opener against the Presbyterian-Sacred Heart winner after being ejected for fighting in the SEC Tournament final. It will have little effect on that game. But the Gamecocks will be happy to follow her up against the winner of North Carolina-Michigan State, an 8-9 matchup.
If the Gamecox advance to the Sweet 16 — they last fell in the second round in 2013 — the No. They could face No. 4 Indiana.
If there's an Elite Eight matchup between South Carolina and Notre Dame, we'll see two top freshmen in Gamecox's Milesia Fulvili and the Irish's Hannah Hidalgo. But South Carolina's interior presence and depth should carry Gamecocks to Cleveland.
The Ivy League
The conference has two teams in the field: Ivy Madness champion Princeton and runner-up Columbia. This is the second time two Ivy teams have reached the field (Penn and Princeton advanced in 2016).
Both the Tigers and Lions finished 13–1 in league play, with Columbia handing Princeton its lone league loss, 67–65 on February 25 in New York.
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Andrea Carter breaks down how Region 3 is filled with “certified bucket” receivers in the women's NCAA Tournament.
USC Trojans
The program had a No. 1 seed since 1986, Trojans legend Cheryl Miller's senior year, until Sunday. USC, the top seed in the Portland 3 Region, has had a breakthrough season thanks to a star freshman class, Juju Watkins. But as the Trojans proved in their Pac-12 Tournament final when Stanford focused on shutting down Watkins, USC is more than its young superstar.
The Trojans have waited a long time — since 1994 — to make the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament again, so USC is excited, too.
USC looks to have a good path to the Elite Eight, where an epic showdown awaits the Paige Buickers and No. 3 seed UConn — the most decorated team in this corner of the bracket.
Texas Longhorns
The Big 12 Tournament champion earned its first No. 1 ranking since 2004. Like fellow No. 1 seed Iowa, the Longhorns did not win their conference regular-season title, but did win the league tournament.
After losing star guard Rory Harmon to a knee injury in late December, Texas had to navigate Big 12 play without him. They lost twice to Baylor, Kansas State and regular season champion Oklahoma. In the Big 12 tournament, the Longhorns beat Kansas, K-State and Iowa State, with freshman Madison Booker winning MVP honors.
Texas has made the Elite Eight twice since Vic Schaefer took over as coach in 2020-21. After the Big 12 finals, he said he thought the Longhorns proved they deserved the No. 1 seed. The group agreed.
“When you win a championship in a league where you play the schedule these kids played, I don't know what else we can do,” Schaefer said. “I'm really confident in this team. They've done nothing but show me that they can do it.
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Why Texas is a Team to Fear in the Women's Tournament
Charlie Cream, Rebecca Lobo, Caroline Beck and Andrea Carter swept Region 4 in the women's NCAA tournament.
UConn Huskies and Tennessee Lady Vols
Both teams could make waves in the bracket. UConn ran the schedule in the Big East this season. The Huskies could be motivated by a potential revenge matchup with Ohio State in the Sweet 16, after the Buckeyes knocked off UConn in that round last year.
Tennessee, Portland 4 Region no. 6 seed, coming off a last-second loss to South Carolina in the SEC semifinals in the NCAA tournament. But the Lady Vols know they can compete with anyone from the way they played Gamecocks.
Tennessee's potential path to the Sweet 16, which includes a win over No. 3 seed NC State in the second round, won't be easy. But lady blocks have a chance.
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Iowa Hawkeyes
Last season, Stanford — ranked No. 1 in Iowa's region — was eliminated in the second round by Ole Miss. The Rebels were defeated by Louisville and then fell to Iowa in the Elite Eight.
It hasn't been an easy road to the Final Four for the Hawkeyes in 2023, but it looks easier in retrospect given what they could face this season at Albany 2.
The potential difficulty begins in the second round. The Hawkeyes open against the Holy Cross-UD Martin winner and next face the 8-9 West Virginia-Princeton winner.
Last year, Georgia's ability to defend Iowa gave the Hawkeyes a nerve-wracking second-round victory. It could be similar if they face West Virginia, which leads the Big 12 in steals. Against Princeton, Iowa will face a program that upset Kentucky two years ago.
If seeded, Iowa will host its third meeting this season against Kansas State; The teams played twice in November, with the Wildcats winning the first and the Hawkeyes winning the second. Center Ayoka Lee provides muscle for a K-State team that knocked off Texas in the Big 12 semifinals.
If Iowa makes the Elite Eight against either No. 2 UCLA or No. 3 LSU, one of the biggest issues will be how the Hawkeyes combat the size inside both teams.
UCLA Bruins
Location-wise, the Bruins wouldn't mind trading their Pac-12 rivals Portland at 4 with Stanford or Portland at 3 with USC. But that didn't work out after falling to the UCLA Trojans in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament. . The Pac-12, as we know it in its final season, has three teams in the top two for the first time in conference history. UCLA has the toughest route of the three.
The Bruins won the 1978 AIAW Championship. But it's fair to say that UCLA is the best women's program not to make the Final Four in the NCAA era that began in 1982. A strong chance of building on that progress in 2024. We're not ruling them out, especially with a stellar sophomore class that includes fifth-year senior leader Charizma Osborne and 6-foot-7 post Lauren Betts.
But staying in this region is tough for the Bruins. If they hold the seeds, they will have to go through two different groups, LSU and Iowa. Can UCLA do it? Yes, but it is a real challenge.
LSU Tigers
Albany 2 at No. The 3rd place defending champion also matches our bracket losers. However, their path doesn't look as difficult as Iowa or UCLA. For three reasons: One, they've already played South Carolina, the best team in the country, twice. The Tigers lost their SEC regular season and matchups with the Gamecocks, but they hung with them both times. Second, LSU won the NCAA title last season, defeating Iowa in the finals, so the Tigers should head into this regional with confidence. Third, Mulkey is already a four-time national championship coach. It's her time of year.
Miami Hurricanes
Last year, the Hurricanes were one of the biggest stories of March on the women's side. No. 9th place, they are no. 8 Oklahoma State, no. 1 Indiana and defeated No. 4 Villanova to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to eventual national champion LSU.
But last year's Mojo didn't go to Miami until 2024. The Hurricanes went 19-12 overall but 8-10 in the ACC. Wins over NCAA Tournament teams NC State, Duke and North Carolina weren't enough to offset some of Miami's losses.
