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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Shares Sold by Banque Cantonale VaudoiseFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard , Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services , is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings , as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a veteran of combat missions in Iraq, said she had concerns about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice to be director of national intelligence . “I think she’s compromised,” Duckworth said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” citing Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Gabbard was a Democratic House member from Hawaii at the time. “The U.S. intelligence community has identified her as having troubling relationships with America’s foes. And so my worry is that she couldn’t pass a background check,” Duckworth said. Gabbard, who said last month she is joining the Republican party, has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. She was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait and, according to the Hawaii National Guard, received a Combat Medical Badge in 2005 for “participation in combat operations under enemy hostile fire in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III.” Duckworth’s comments drew immediate backlash from Republicans. “For her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like that is wrong,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, said on CNN, challenging Duckworth to retract her words. “That’s the most dangerous thing she could say — is that a United States lieutenant colonel in the United States Army is compromised and is an asset of Russia.” In recent days, other Democrats have accused Gabbard without evidence of being a “Russian asset.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has claimed, without offering details, that Gabbard is in Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s pocket.” Mullin and others say the criticism from Democrats is rooted in the fact that Gabbard left their party and has become a Trump ally. Democrats say they worry that Gabbard’s selection as national intelligence chief endangers ties with allies and gives Russia a win. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat just elected to the Senate, said he would not describe Gabbard as a Russian asset, but said she had “very questionable judgment.” “The problem is if our foreign allies don’t trust the head of our intelligence agencies, they’ll stop sharing information with us,” Schiff said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Gabbard in 2022 endorsed one of Russia’s justifications for invading Ukraine : the existence of dozens of U.S.-funded biolabs working on some of the world’s nastiest pathogens. The labs are part of an international effort to control outbreaks and stop bioweapons, but Moscow claimed Ukraine was using them to create deadly bioweapons. Gabbard said she just voiced concerns about protecting the labs. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, said he thought it was “totally ridiculous” that Gabbard was being cast as a Russian asset for having different political views. “It’s insulting. It’s a slur, quite frankly. There’s no evidence that she’s a asset of another country,” he said on NBC. Sen. James Lankford, another Oklahoma Republican, acknowledged having “lots of questions” for Gabbard as the Senate considers her nomination to lead the intelligence services. Lankford said on NBC that he wants to ask Gabbard about her meeting with Assad and some of her past comments about Russia. “We want to know what the purpose was and what the direction for that was. As a member of Congress, we want to get a chance to talk about past comments that she’s made and get them into full context,” Lankford said.
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As the 49ers head to Green Bay to play the Packers, the status of their quarterback is up in the air. Brock Purdy has been dealing with a shoulder injury all week, making it unclear if he will play Sunday. Purdy has started every game this season and is the only quarterback to throw a pass for the 49ers in 2024. San Francisco faces a crucial game against the Packers, as the 49ers are fighting for playoff positioning in the NFC. If Purdy can't go on Sunday, it would be a huge loss. Here is the latest on his status ahead of Sunday's game. NFL HQ: Live NFL scores | Updated NFL standings | Full NFL schedule Is Brock Purdy playing this week? Purdy will miss this week's game against the Packers, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan announced Friday. The game will mark the first time this year that Purdy will not start at quarterback. Shanahan said he was "surprised" by Purdy's lack of progress throughout the week. BREAKING: Brock Purdy (shoulder) ruled OUT vs Packers. Kyle Shanahan says the lack of progress throughout the week “surprised him and surprised us.” pic.twitter.com/FzQxpY5QAl Purdy popped up on the 49ers injury report with a right shoulder injury after playing the entire Week 11 game against the Seahawks. While it is unclear when Purdy first suffered the injury, head coach Shanahan called him "day-to-day" on Monday. From there, Purdy was limited in practice both Wednesday and Thursday, as the quarterback had to leave practice Thursday after participating to start. On Friday, Purdy did not practice at all, which was a precursor to San Francisco ruling him out. WEEK 12 FANTASY FOOTBALL RANKINGS: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/ST | Kickers 49ers QB depth chart Rank Name No. 1 Brock Purdy No. 2 Brandon Allen No. 3 Josh Dobbs Allen is behind Purdy on the depth chart and in line since Purdy's injury is too serious for him to play. The well-traveled veteran has started nine games in his NFL career and has 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. Behind Allen is Dobbs, who has more recent starting experience, having started 12 games just last year between the Cardinals and Vikings. In his 2023 season, Dobbs threw for 2,464 passing yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Allen has spent the year as the primary backup, so he will ascend to start on Sunday. Dobbs will most likely be the backup, but he has more starting experience than most third-string quarterbacks typically have. MORE: NFL playoff picture | Week 12 NFL Power Rankings | Week 12 NFL picks | Week 12 NFL picks against the spread Brock Purdy stats Games 10 Completion percentage 66% Passing yards 2,613 Touchdowns 13 Interceptions 8
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Beirut, Nov 24: Four people, including a Lebanese army soldier, were killed and 40 others injured in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to the Lebanese army and a source in the Lebanese Red Cross. In southwestern Lebanon, one Lebanese army soldier was killed and 18 others injured, including some wounded badly, on Sunday morning in an Israeli airstrike targetting a Lebanese army post “in Ameriya on the Qleileh-Tyre road, and the post was also severely damaged,” the Lebanese army said in a statement on social media platform X. Lebanese security sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua that several 155-millimetre artillery shells fired by Israel hit an army checkpoint, injuring soldiers and causing a fire in a warehouse belonging to the checkpoint. Members of the Lebanese Red Cross worked to transfer the injured to hospitals in the city of Tyre, while members of the Civil Defence worked to extinguish the fire, the sources said. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that Israel’s attack against the Lebanese army conveys a bloody message that Israel rejects all efforts to reach a ceasefire. “The Israeli enemy’s direct targeting of an army centre in the south today, and the fall of martyrs and wounded, represents a direct bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts to reach a ceasefire, strengthen the army’s presence in the south, and implement international resolution 1701,” Mikati said in a statement released by the Lebanese Council of Ministers. As of Sunday, the death toll among Lebanese army ranks has reached 41 since the beginning of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict on October 8, 2023, according to one Lebanese security source. In two other separate attacks in southeastern Lebanon, an Israeli raid targeted a neighbourhood in the town of Machgharah on Sunday morning, killing two and wounding 22 others, whereas an Israeli tank fired a shell at the home of a civilian in the town of Ibl al-Saqi, leaving the civilian dead, a responsible source in the Lebanese Red Cross told Xinhua news agency. Since September 23, the Israeli army has intensified its air attack on Lebanon in an escalation of conflict with Hezbollah. Israel further initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon in early October.