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By Matt Bracken December 5, 2024 Private-sector tech leaders told House lawmakers Thursday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s secure-by-design push may benefit from more of an incentive structure, but poorly trained developers remain “a real problem” for the nearly two-year-old initiative. The four witnesses testifying before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection all characterized CISA’s voluntary secure-by-design pledge as a net positive that has resulted in significant industry-wide progress. The question posed by subcommittee Chair Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and ranking member Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was how the initiative could level up and better enhance cybersecurity across more U.S. sectors. Shane Fry, chief technology officer at RunSafe Security, acknowledged that CISA’s secure-by-design program — which now counts over 250 companies as signees — “is making a lot of waves.” But there’s a missing piece, Fry said, in limiting the program to IT systems and not addressing operational technology device manufacturers. “Let’s work with Congress and find a good way, or CISA to find a good way, to incentivize these companies to actually secure their systems,” Fry said. “Because I think limiting it to just IT systems is a little bit short-sighted.” Fry also spoke up for incentivizing the development of safety-certified tooling for memory-safe languages. Memory safety vulnerabilities, Fry said, account for roughly 70% of vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and frequently have the highest severity ratings. Rewriting software with memory-safe languages is part of a CISA-recommended strategy to reduce entire classes of vulnerabilities, one of seven pillars in the agency’s secure-by-design pledge . But reaching the lofty goals spelled out in that pillar is the most difficult for companies to achieve, according to Jim Richberg, head of cyber policy and global field CISO at Fortinet. A former Office of the Director of National Intelligence official during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, Richberg said the elimination of whole classes of vulnerabilities “was intended as the stretch goal for companies like Fortinet and Google. ... Even for big companies, it’s going to take us a long time to knock off all of those.” Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president for security engineering, agreed with Richberg and Fry on the vulnerability pillar as the toughest goal to meet. Though Google has more resources than anyone, the tech giant still relies on some third-party and open-source software. Adkins said that if companies want to better address entire classes of vulnerabilities, there has to be a change in “the way developers work.” “We don’t have any control over how that [open-source] software is developed,” she said. “We’ve had to spend a lot of time really innovating in that space to make sure that the way we write code is safe.” Google expects its work with generative AI to help mitigate that issue, Adkins said. But that may not be an option for other software companies due to a lack of resources and an ill-equipped workforce. Srinivas Mukkamala, an Ivanti alum who serves on the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology’s board of regents and as an independent board member of El Paso Electric Company, said it’s too early to tell if machine-generated code will be good or if it will create a new class of weaknesses and vulnerabilities. At the same time, having a human involved in the writing of code has obvious shortcomings. “Most of our developers today are not trained in software security. That is a real problem,” Mukkamala said. “And the other thing that’s also causing a real issue is [that the] majority of the software is actually built offshore” by developers that aren’t trained in best security practices. Conducting exhaustive audits and identifying and replacing legacy systems with secure-by-design products should be a top priority, but multiple witnesses noted that smaller, under-resourced municipalities are at a severe disadvantage. “That’s where advocacy and potentially funding at the state and federal level can help those smaller municipalities get to secure systems today,” Fry said. “And the faster we can get vendors to do secure-by-design and solve some of these problems today, the faster that funding can be effective.” Whether CISA’s secure-by-design initiative remains an agency priority appears to be an open question heading into the Trump administration. Garbarino said the agency has been a “trusted partner” to the subcommittee and he would miss working with outgoing CISA Director Jen Easterly. Swalwell said secure-by-design “is just one example of the many vital projects that CISA carries out. Efforts in the next administration to weaken or abolish CISA could have devastating impacts on our national security, and I hope that we can continue to work as we have this Congress under the chairman’s leadership, in a bipartisan way to support this vital agency.”Lagos Liga adopts VAR, clubs battle for N50m
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Last month, the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, “ Wicked ,” released in theaters, breaking box office records. A viral post online prompts people to share photos they took while watching the movie. “Show ur ‘wicked part 1’ photos,” the post says. Although many people are aware that video recording inside the theater is illegal, others replied to the post with photos they took in their local movie theater, sparking a discussion online about whether it’s legal to take those pictures. Movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse responded to the post calling for photos, writing “Or, don't do that.” THE QUESTION Is it illegal to take pictures of movies at the theaters? THE SOURCES United States Code 2319B Eisner Gorin LLP AMC Theaters Regal THE ANSWER Yes, it is illegal to take pictures of movies at the theaters. WHAT WE FOUND Taking photos of a movie in theaters is illegal under federal copyright laws. Movie theaters also ban the practice. United States Code 2319B states that “any person who, without the authorization of the copyright owner, knowingly uses or attempts to use an audiovisual recording device to transmit or make a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work protected under title 17, or any part thereof, from a performance of such work in a motion picture exhibition facility” could face up to three years in prison, fines, or both. If it's a subsequent offense, prison time can increase to up to six years. Audiovisual recording devices are defined under the law to be “a digital or analog photographic or video camera, or any other technology or device capable of enabling the recording or transmission of a copyrighted motion picture or other audiovisual work.” By that definition, cell phones or any still image camera would be included. In addition, the crime is not limited to distributing or sharing illegal work. The very act of taking the picture is in itself illegal. While the law “emerged in response to the growing threat of piracy in the digital age,” Eisner Gorin LLP says it “targets the act of recording itself, regardless of whether the recorded content is distributed or used for personal gain.” Federal law gives theater employees the authority to detain anyone suspected of violating the law. Many movie theaters have outlined in their rules that filming or taking photos during a movie is strictly prohibited. For example, Regal’s admittance policy says , “No recording devices (cameras, video recorders, sound recorders, etc.) are permitted to be used within any Regal Entertainment Group facility.” AMC Theaters has a similar policy, with its code of conduct stating , “In support of federal law, camera use is not permitted in our auditoriums” Related Articles Social media impersonation accounts are illegal in some states, if they’re intentionally deceitful No, T-Mobile is not fining customers over their text message content Are surprise restaurant fees illegal? It depends on where you are The VERIFY team works to separate fact from fiction so that you can understand what is true and false. Please consider subscribing to our daily newsletter , text alerts and our YouTube channel . You can also follow us on Snapchat , Instagram , Facebook and TikTok . Learn More » Follow Us YouTube Snapchat Instagram Facebook TikTok Want something VERIFIED? Text: 202-410-8808(CNN) — Top telecom executives met with US national security officials Friday as concerns mount over a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage campaign that has targeted some of the most senior US political figures in the country. The hackers burrowed deep into some major US telecom providers to spy on phone calls and text messages and have proved difficult to kick out of some networks, people briefed on the matter said. The meetings were a chance for telecom executives to advise the government on how it could boost its defenses against sophisticated hacks, according to the White House. The groups also shared intelligence on the operation with one another. The hack is shaping up to be one of the biggest cyber and national security challenges facing the incoming Trump administration. It is “by far” the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history,” Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and chairman of the intelligence committee, told CNN. But the full scope of the hack, who it affects and its impact on national security are still being investigated. The FBI has notified fewer than 150 victims, most in the Washington, DC, area, according to Warner. But all of those victims have likely called or sent texts to numerous people, meaning the number of records accessed by the hackers is likely far greater. The hackers could listen to the calls of specific targets for certain periods of time, according to Warner. US officials and private cyber experts are keeping a running tally of the number of telecom firms breached. US broadband and internet providers AT&T, Verizon and Lumen have all been targeted in the hacking effort, CNN previously reported. The hackers have targeted the phone communications of senior figures in both the Republican and Democratic parties, including President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Jared Kushner and Eric Trump, CNN has previously reported. China has denied the hacking allegations. US intelligence agencies also have vast hacking capabilities and have targeted China’s telecommunications sector, according to documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden over a decade ago. US officials have sounded the alarm for years about China’s hacking program, which FBI Director Christopher Wray says is bigger than those of all other major countries combined. But those warnings have grown more dire over the past year as concerns mount about a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Chinese government-linked hackers “will not and are not stopping because it is part of their overarching national objectives and cyber has become one of their most powerful levers of national power,” Morgan Adamski, executive director of US Cyber Command, the military’s offensive and defensive cyber unit, said in a speech on Friday. The US government, including Cyber Command, has carried out offensive and defensive operations that are focused on “degrading and disrupting” China’s cyber operations worldwide, Adamski said at the CYBERWARCON conference in Arlington, Virginia.
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from “significant widespread misinformation” about the policy. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.Police probe launched after tractor driver sent waves of Storm Bert floodwaters smashing through shop windows while speeding through Worcestershire town By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 21:00, 25 November 2024 | Updated: 21:30, 25 November 2024 e-mail 37 View comments A police probe has been launched after a tractor triggered waves of Storm Bert floodwaters to hit local businesses, smash windows and knock doors open. The large green vehicle can be seen speeding down a flooded street in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, on Sunday as onlookers gasp in shock. West Mercia Police are now investigating after they were made aware that videos of the incident was circulating on social media. The footage shows the tractor ploughing down the flooded road with the water nearly covering its wheels. Behind the camera alarmed bystanders can be heard saying: 'Oh my good God,' and: 'That's caused so much damage, all the shops up the high street'. The vehicle caused the water on the already-flooded properties to go into shops and homes on either side of the street. Many business owners said waves caused by the tractor smashed windows of premises which were already impacted by flooding and worsened flooding in some areas protected by sandbags. A police probe has been launched after a tractor triggered waves of Storm Bert floodwaters to hit local businesses, smash windows and knock doors open The green vehicle can be seen speeding down the flooded street in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire on Sunday as onlookers gasp in shock The footage shows the vehicle ploughing down the flooded road with the water nearly covering its wheels In a statement West Mercia Police said: 'We're actively investigating the incident and officers are in Tenbury Wells this morning speaking to people whose businesses and properties may have been affected, as well as reviewing additional video footage. 'No arrests have been made at this time. We will provide further updates when we are able to.' Paul Birkin, the owner of the Crow pub, told The Guardian : 'It was bad, the water had come up, but nothing would have happened to the pub if it wasn't for the tractor. 'There wasn't a drop of water in here until he drove through. 'This business would have probably got away with it but he came down, for whatever reason, at that speed.' The locked front doors of the pub were pushed open and damaged, along with the windows next to it, with the wave of water moving sandbags across the room. The main street through Tenbury Wells was submerged under several feet of water after the Kyre Brook burst its banks. The co-owners of the beauty business Eternally Ageless Aesthetics, Stephanie Hopkins and Nick Harrold, had to come to terms with the damage caused by the wave. The tractor caused the water on the already-flooded properties to go into shops and homes on either side of the street West Mercia Police are now investigating after they were made aware that videos of the incident was circulating on social media Harrold said the tractor was to blame for the 'total devastation' saying: 'That's certainly not flood damage is it, that's the impact of the tidal wave.' The pair had pumped £15,000 of their own money into the business to get it set up 18 months ago but now they say this could be the end of the road. Harrold explained how they couldn't afford to pay for insurance and Hopkins added that they don't have the funds to spend on repairs. It comes as major clean up operations are underway across the UK after Storm Bert wreaked havoc across the nation at the weekend. Hundreds of flood warnings remained in place this morning after the killer storm brought 82mph winds, snow and a month's worth of rain, leaving at least five people dead in its wake. More than 400 flood alerts or warnings were issued across Britain today - including 206 alerts and 157 warnings in England; and 29 alerts and ten warnings in Wales. There were three severe flood warnings, while Scotland had four warnings in place. Strong winds, waves and rain brought by Storm Bert at Newhaven in West Sussex yesterday Landslides in Cwmtillery, south Wales, have left roads blocked with mud and debris A swollen river in Pontypridd rushes through the town amid heavy rain caused by Storm Bert on Sunday The storm initially brought blizzards when it barrelled in over the weekend - but flurries were quickly swept away as up to three quarters of a month's rain turned rivers into torrents, flooding homes, causing transport disruption and power cuts. On Monday severe travel disruption and high risk flooding remain, with Northamptonshire Police warning against 'all unnecessary travel'. Bert has claimed five lives - the latest being a man in his 80s who died after his car entered water at a ford on Cockhill Lane in Foulridge, Lancashire, on Saturday. And rescuers yesterday found the body of a pensioner reported missing after going to walk his dog near the swollen River Conwy in North Wales, 24 hours earlier. Police divers and mountain rescue volunteers had scoured the banks of the river near Trefriw to search for Brian Perry, 75, before making the tragic discovery. He was visiting the area and his wife raised the alarm after he failed to return from the walk. There were three deaths on the roads on Saturday - including Mohammed Wahid, 34, whose car hit a wall in the heavy snow in Shipley, West Yorkshire, just before 1pm. A man in his 60s died when his Mercedes was hit by a tree on the A34 at Winnall, Hampshire. And a man in his 40s died on the A45 near Flore, Northamptonshire. Share or comment on this article: Police probe launched after tractor driver sent waves of Storm Bert floodwaters smashing through shop windows while speeding through Worcestershire town e-mail Add commentSecret Service director touts changes as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt
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NoneBy KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington . As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race , held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets , he didn’t just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin. “It’s like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like,” said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing — but not completely abandoning — their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. Black women often carry much of the work of getting out the vote in their communities. They had vigorously supported the historic candidacy of Harris, who would have been the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to win the presidency. Harris’ loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns. AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, found that 6 in 10 Black women said the future of democracy in the United States was the single most important factor for their vote this year, a higher share than for other demographic groups. But now, with Trump set to return to office in two months, some Black women are renewing calls to emphasize rest, focus on mental health and become more selective about what fight they lend their organizing power to. “America is going to have to save herself,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter. She compared Black women’s presence in social justice movements as “core strategists and core organizers” to the North Star, known as the most consistent and dependable star in the galaxy because of its seemingly fixed position in the sky. People can rely on Black women to lead change, Brown said, but the next four years will look different. “That’s not a herculean task that’s for us. We don’t want that title. ... I have no goals to be a martyr for a nation that cares nothing about me,” she said. AP VoteCast paints a clear picture of Black women’s concerns. Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris. About 9 in 10 Black female voters supported Harris in 2024, according to AP VoteCast, similar to the share that backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Trump received support from more than half of white voters, who made up the vast majority of his coalition in both years. Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue. Despite those concerns, which were well-voiced by Black women throughout the campaign, increased support from young men of color and white women helped expand Trump’s lead and secured his victory. Politically engaged Black women said they don’t plan to continue positioning themselves in the vertebrae of the “backbone” of America’s democracy. The growing movement prompting Black women to withdraw is a shift from history, where they are often present and at the forefront of political and social change. One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , which gave women the right to vote. Black women, however, were prevented from voting for decades afterward because of Jim Crow-era literacy tests, poll taxes and laws that blocked the grandchildren of slaves from voting. Most Black women couldn’t vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Black women were among the organizers and counted among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, during the historic march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded federal legislation. Decades later, Black women were prominent organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes. In his 2024 campaign, Trump called for leveraging federal money to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government programs and discussions of race, gender or sexual orientation in schools. His rhetoric on immigration, including false claims that Black Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs, drove support for his plan to deport millions of people . Related Articles Tenita Taylor, a Black resident of Atlanta who supported Trump this year, said she was initially excited about Harris’ candidacy. But after thinking about how high her grocery bills have been, she feels that voting for Trump in hopes of finally getting lower prices was a form of self-prioritization. “People say, ‘Well, that’s selfish, it was gonna be better for the greater good,”’ she said. “I’m a mother of five kids. ... The things that (Democrats) do either affect the rich or the poor.” Some of Trump’s plans affect people in Olivia Gordon’s immediate community, which is why she struggled to get behind the “Black women rest” wave. Gordon, a New York-based lawyer who supported the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s presidential nominee, Claudia de la Cruz, worries about who may be left behind if the 92% of Black women voters who backed Harris simply stopped advocating. “We’re talking millions of Black women here. If millions of Black women take a step back, it absolutely leaves holes, but for other Black women,” she said. “I think we sometimes are in the bubble of if it’s not in your immediate circle, maybe it doesn’t apply to you. And I truly implore people to understand that it does.” Nicole Lewis, an Alabama-based therapist who specializes in treating Black women’s stress, said she’s aware that Black women withdrawing from social impact movements could have a fallout. But she also hopes that it forces a reckoning for the nation to understand the consequences of not standing in solidarity with Black women. “It could impact things negatively because there isn’t that voice from the most empathetic group,” she said. “I also think it’s going to give other groups an opportunity to step up. ... My hope is that they do show up for themselves and everyone else.” Brown said a reckoning might be exactly what the country needs, but it’s a reckoning for everyone else. Black women, she said, did their job when they supported Harris in droves in hopes they could thwart the massive changes expected under Trump. “This ain’t our reckoning,” she said. “I don’t feel no guilt.” AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux and Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
NoneBy KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington . As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race , held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets , he didn’t just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin. “It’s like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like,” said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing — but not completely abandoning — their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. Black women often carry much of the work of getting out the vote in their communities. They had vigorously supported the historic candidacy of Harris, who would have been the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to win the presidency. Harris’ loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns. AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, found that 6 in 10 Black women said the future of democracy in the United States was the single most important factor for their vote this year, a higher share than for other demographic groups. But now, with Trump set to return to office in two months, some Black women are renewing calls to emphasize rest, focus on mental health and become more selective about what fight they lend their organizing power to. “America is going to have to save herself,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter. She compared Black women’s presence in social justice movements as “core strategists and core organizers” to the North Star, known as the most consistent and dependable star in the galaxy because of its seemingly fixed position in the sky. People can rely on Black women to lead change, Brown said, but the next four years will look different. “That’s not a herculean task that’s for us. We don’t want that title. ... I have no goals to be a martyr for a nation that cares nothing about me,” she said. AP VoteCast paints a clear picture of Black women’s concerns. Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris. About 9 in 10 Black female voters supported Harris in 2024, according to AP VoteCast, similar to the share that backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Trump received support from more than half of white voters, who made up the vast majority of his coalition in both years. Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue. Despite those concerns, which were well-voiced by Black women throughout the campaign, increased support from young men of color and white women helped expand Trump’s lead and secured his victory. Politically engaged Black women said they don’t plan to continue positioning themselves in the vertebrae of the “backbone” of America’s democracy. The growing movement prompting Black women to withdraw is a shift from history, where they are often present and at the forefront of political and social change. One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , which gave women the right to vote. Black women, however, were prevented from voting for decades afterward because of Jim Crow-era literacy tests, poll taxes and laws that blocked the grandchildren of slaves from voting. Most Black women couldn’t vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Black women were among the organizers and counted among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, during the historic march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded federal legislation. Decades later, Black women were prominent organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes. In his 2024 campaign, Trump called for leveraging federal money to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government programs and discussions of race, gender or sexual orientation in schools. His rhetoric on immigration, including false claims that Black Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs, drove support for his plan to deport millions of people . Related Articles Tenita Taylor, a Black resident of Atlanta who supported Trump this year, said she was initially excited about Harris’ candidacy. But after thinking about how high her grocery bills have been, she feels that voting for Trump in hopes of finally getting lower prices was a form of self-prioritization. “People say, ‘Well, that’s selfish, it was gonna be better for the greater good,”’ she said. “I’m a mother of five kids. ... The things that (Democrats) do either affect the rich or the poor.” Some of Trump’s plans affect people in Olivia Gordon’s immediate community, which is why she struggled to get behind the “Black women rest” wave. Gordon, a New York-based lawyer who supported the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s presidential nominee, Claudia de la Cruz, worries about who may be left behind if the 92% of Black women voters who backed Harris simply stopped advocating. “We’re talking millions of Black women here. If millions of Black women take a step back, it absolutely leaves holes, but for other Black women,” she said. “I think we sometimes are in the bubble of if it’s not in your immediate circle, maybe it doesn’t apply to you. And I truly implore people to understand that it does.” Nicole Lewis, an Alabama-based therapist who specializes in treating Black women’s stress, said she’s aware that Black women withdrawing from social impact movements could have a fallout. But she also hopes that it forces a reckoning for the nation to understand the consequences of not standing in solidarity with Black women. “It could impact things negatively because there isn’t that voice from the most empathetic group,” she said. “I also think it’s going to give other groups an opportunity to step up. ... My hope is that they do show up for themselves and everyone else.” Brown said a reckoning might be exactly what the country needs, but it’s a reckoning for everyone else. Black women, she said, did their job when they supported Harris in droves in hopes they could thwart the massive changes expected under Trump. “This ain’t our reckoning,” she said. “I don’t feel no guilt.” AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux and Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Secret Service director touts changes as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attemptSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. The adoption of bitcoin — which has been legal tender in the Central American nation since 2021 — never quite matched the president’s enthusiasm, but the value of the government’s reported investment now stands at more than $600 million. Bitcoin has rallied mightily since Donald Trump’s election victory last month, exceeding the $100,000 mark on Wednesday night, just hours after the president-elect said he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Just two years ago, bitcoin’s volatile value fell below $17,000. Bitcoin fell back below the $100,000 by Thursday afternoon, sitting just above $99,000 by 3 p.m. E.T. Bukele on Thursday blamed his beleaguered political opposition for causing many Salvadorans to miss out on the bonanza. There were street protests when the Congress made bitcoin legal tender in June 2021, though that move was not the only motivation for the protesters. The tiny Central American country has long used the dollar as currency, but Bukele promised bitcoin would provide new opportunities for El Salvador’s unbanked and cut out money transfer services from the remittances Salvadorans abroad send home. The government offered $30 in bitcoin to those who signed up for digital wallets. Many did so, but quickly cashed out the cryptocurrency. “It’s important to emphasize that not only did the opposition err resoundingly with bitcoin, but rather, differently from other issues (where they have also been wrong), this time their opposition affected many,” Bukele wrote on Facebook. Bukele drew an “impressive” comment from Elon Musk on the social media platform X Thursday. El Salvador’s former Central Bank President Carlos Acevedo pointed out on Thursday that while there has been a gain, it remains an unrealized one until the government’s bitcoin is sold. That said, he credited Bukele’s administration with doing well on the bitcoin move, especially in light of Trump’s election. Acevedo said “the markets’ optimism that a Trump administration will be friendly with the markets and particularly with bitcoin” explained its sustained rally over the past month. But the cryptocurrency’s volatility was a persistent risk, he said. “The average Salvadoran doesn’t use bitcoin, but obviously there are Salvadorans with economic resources who even before had already invested in bitcoin, but it is a small group,” Acevedo said. Esteban Escamilla, a worker in a clothing store in Santa Tecla, outside the capital San Salvador, said he had cashed out the original $30 of bitcoin offered in 2021. “I don’t use bitcoin because I don’t have (money) to invest and speculate with, but I know it has gone up a lot,” he said, recognizing that he would have more money now if he had kept it in bitcoin. Josefa Torres, 45, said as she was doing her grocery shopping that she didn’t have any bitcoin either. “I took out the money and used it for household expenses,” she said. At the conclusion of meetings between the International Monetary Fund and El Salvador’s government in August, the IMF issued a statement that mentioned the country’s bitcoin holdings. “While many of the risks have not yet materialized, there is joint recognition that further efforts are needed to enhance transparency and mitigate potential fiscal and financial stability risks from the Bitcoin project,” the IMf said. AdvertisementChhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nov 23 (PTI) Shiv Sena nominee Hikmat Udhan defeated former Maharashtra minister and incumbent NCP (SP) MLA Rajesh Tope by a margin of 2,309 votes from the Ghansawangi seat in the assembly polls, results of which were declared on Saturday. Notably, Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district, which became the epicentre of the Maratha quota agitation led by Majoj Jarange, is part of the Ghansawangi seat. Hikmat Udhan had joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena after quitting the Shiv Sena (UBT) ahead of the elections. Rajesh Tope had won the Ghansawangi constituency in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly elections. Udhan polled 98,496 votes while Tope's tally stood at 96,187 votes. Independent candidate Satish Ghadage bagged 23,696 votes while VBA nominee Kaveri Khatke polled 20731 votes. Political experts observed that the consolidation of OBC votes in favour of the Mahayuti coalition could have negated the potential impact of the Maratha caste equation seen in the region in Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. (This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)
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