Cars Are Polluting the Environment Less Than Ever, EPA SaysFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Josh Hoover threw for 252 yards and a touchdown and JP Richardson had 149 all-purpose yards and a 38-yard touchdown reception to lead TCU over Arizona 49-28 on Saturday. On the first play from scrimmage, Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita was intercepted by Bud Clark. TCU scored five plays later on Trent Battle’s 4-yard run. The Horned Frogs scored touchdowns on five straight drives, going at least 75 yards on nine or more plays on three of the possessions. TCU (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) drove 75 yards in 12 plays in the final 1:55 of the first half to take a 21-13 lead on Savion Williams’ 20-yard run. Hoover completed five passes on the drive, including gains of 24, 19, and 24 yards to set up Williams’ score with 20 seconds left in the half. The Horned Frogs took the second-half kickoff and drove 76 yards in nine plays to build a 28-13 lead on Battle’s 1-yard run. Richardson’s 33-yard punt return to the Arizona 34 set up a third touchdown in three possessions. He caught a short pass over the middle from Hoover and raced untouched 38 yards for the score and a 35-13 lead. Richardson led TCU with six catches for 107 yards. Four TCU running backs scored a touchdown, including Williams, who rushed for 80 yards and two scores. Battle also rushed for 28 yards and two scores. Fifita was 29 of 44 for 284 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Arizona (4-7, 2-6). Tetairoa McMillan made nine catches for 115 yards. Arizona defensive lineman Sterling Lane II picked up a fumble from TCU backup quarterback Ken Seals with just over a minute left in the game and ran it 70 yards for a touchdown to cap the scoring. Clark leads the Horned Frogs with three interceptions, including one in each of the past two games. He is tied for fifth-most in the Big 12. Arizona: The Wildcats, who started the season in the AP Top 25 poll, will not be bowl eligible this season with a game remaining under first-year coach Brent Brennan. A year ago under coach Jedd Fisch, who is now at Washington, Arizona advanced to the Alamo Bowl for the first time since 2017. TCU: The Horned Frogs, who became bowl eligible two weeks ago, won their third consecutive game at Amon Carter Stadium after losing two in a row to UCF and Houston. TCU has won four of its past five, the only blemish a 37-34 last-second loss at Baylor. TCU: At Cincinnati on Saturday. Arizona: Hosts Arizona State on Saturday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as “border czar;” and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's “family separation policy.” Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.
No. 9 SMU aims to improve playoff odds vs. CalKai Trump shows Elon Musk awkwardly tutoring Trump in rocket scienceDaily Post Nigeria Walk through Benin streets for N50m — APC challenges ex-Governor Obaseki Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Politics Walk through Benin streets for N50m — APC challenges ex-Governor Obaseki Published on November 27, 2024 By Enahoro Iyemefokhai The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised to reward the immediate past governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, with N50 million if he could walk freely on the streets of Benin City and receive a rousing welcome from residents. DAILY POST reports that Prince Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the party and member of the Edo State Assets Verification Committee, threw the challenge at a press briefing shortly after the inauguration of the committee by Governor Monday Okpebholo at Government House in Benin City. Afegbua, who responded to some allegations and criticism against the barely two-week-old administration of Governor Okpebholo in the state by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opined that the people-oriented policies and steps so far taken by the new government had endeared him to the people. According to him: “The reason for the press briefing, just like the chairman said, is to respond to some insinuations out there. “First, they said that the government of APC, that is barely 14 days old, has shut down the e-governance platform. That is very laughable and very incorrect. What they called e-governance is actually e-corruption. “That is the basic truth because we tried as much as possible to access some of the information that was paraded before this new government, we couldn’t even access them. “Secondly, the opposition is saying that our thugs invaded their secretariat. I think they are just trying to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it. We are too preoccupied, too serious, and too busy trying to pick up Edo State from the ashes of underdevelopment that the previous government plunged it into. “To be looking at the secretariat of an opposition party that was humbled at the last election, beaten flat in their domains by the resounding victory that we got from the Edo people? “The decisions and policy focus of the present government is such that we will not be bogged down by claims [of those] trying to attack us, just to distract us. “Only today they issued another statement complaining about the facts that because we lack what to do, we are setting up an asset verification exercise. “Everyone knows that all over the world, it is good for you to have a status report of a government when you are taking off. The practice is not just for Edo State or Nigeria alone; it is everywhere. “And, because the previous government was short in terms of facts and figures that dominated its own governance process, we have a duty to, as APC, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government to begin to interrogate certain gaps as already captured by the chairman of this Assets Verification Committee. “So, we want to tell Edo people that as few days as the new government has taken off, the projects we have embarked on as a government and as a party, and the steps we have taken so far have endeared us to the hearts of Edo people. “If the opposition is truly serious, they should please invite ex-Governor Godwin Obaseki to come to Edo for a street walk. We are ready to pay him N50 million for that particular exercise and let us see who the Edo people will embrace,” he said. Afegbua alleged that the immediate past governor has hired some persons across the state to attack and cast aspersions on APC and its government in the state. He, however, said that would not distract the government and the party from keeping their eyes on the ball and providing credible projects that would help address the challenges that the state currently faces. Related Topics: APC Benin Obaseki Don't Miss Stop endorsing, passing vote of confidence on Ganduje – APC Chieftain warns legislators You may like Stop endorsing, passing vote of confidence on Ganduje – APC Chieftain warns legislators Gov Okpebholo inspects schools, mocks ex-Gov Obaseki’s EdoBest program Commissioning of Stella Obasanjo Hospital a scam – Okpebholo knocks Obaseki Gov Okpebholo squandered over N30bn left by Obaseki in 14 days – PDP alleges I accepted half of my salary with Super Eagles to coach Benin – Rohr Gov Okpebholo’s Asset verification committee will not witch hunt Obaseki — Umakhihe Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd
NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As holiday shopping ramps up, so do the efforts of scammers looking to cash in on the season's spending frenzy. But you don't have to be a victim. Recently, President and CEO of the Financial Technology Association (FTA), Penny Lee, did a satellite media tour in partnership with D S Simon Media to share simple yet powerful tips to protect yourself and your wallet from common payment scams. "Scams can happen to anyone, which is why it's important to stay vigilant during key moments like the holiday shopping season," said Penny Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Technology Association . "Our annual national campaign provides consumers with simple steps to protect their payments and be Smarter Than Scams." 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Be Aware of Account Activity by ensuring your account notifications, such as two-factor authentication and alerts for new device logins, are turned on. Pause Before You Pay by only sending money to people you know and trust and verifying and double-checking all recipient information. FTA represents industry-leading payment companies taking action to combat fraud and protect consumers from scams. FTA members deploy advanced technologies to monitor, detect, and combat bad actors, including sophisticated identity verification methods, strong authentication processes, and robust transaction monitoring. FTA has called for a coordinated national strategy to combat scams, including more resources for law enforcement, greater information sharing, ongoing consumer education, and modern identity verification, including digital ID. For more information about the common payment scams during the holiday season and how Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo work to protect consumers to transact safely, visit SmarterThanScams.com . About Financial Technology Association (FTA): The Financial Technology Association (FTA) is a Washington, DC-based trade association representing industry leaders shaping the future of finance. We champion the power of technology-centered financial services and advocate for the modernization of financial regulation to support inclusion and responsible innovation. About D S Simon Media: The firm is well known as a leader in the satellite media tour industry and produces tours from its studio and multiple control rooms at its New York headquarters. Clients include top brands in healthcare, technology, travel, financial services, consumer goods, entertainment, retail and non-profits. Established in 1986 the firm has won more than 100 industry awards. About YourUpdateTV: YourUpdateTV is a property of D S Simon Media. The video included and release was part of a media tour that was produced by D S Simon Media on behalf of Financial Technology Association (FTA). Dante Muccigrosso Director of Media Integration & Client Reporting E: dantem@dssimon.com C: 973.524.0104 A video accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3f84529d-17be-4847-a278-00e436ec30ea © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.Commonwealth Games row: Ditching of Ulster Banner discussed in 'calm and respectful way' at AGM
Today inour Daily Dose of Social Media , we review the most significant activities and Entertainment from ATP and WTA players. The ATP released a video where Daniil Medvedev builds his perfect player, including celebrations, cool-headedness, and mental games, mentioning his colleagues Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz among his picks. Afterwrapping up the season, one of the major tennis events ahead is the UltimateTennis Showdown, an exhibition that has gained significant prominence, withsome of its stars already sharing their thoughts ahead of the tournament. In aconversation between Dominic Thiem, Thanasi Kokkinakis, and Denis Shapovalov,they chose which member of the Big-3 has the most aura, offering intriguingresponses. Humorousand honest: Medvedev picks his perfect player at ATP Finals DaniilMedvedev created his version of the perfect tennis player a few weeks agoduring the ATP Finals. The 2021 US Open champion gave a humorous interviewwhere he highlighted qualities from Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and evenhimself, including his quirky celebrations. The Russianplayer ended the season ranked World No. 5 after being eliminated in the RoundRobin stage of the Finals, suffering defeats against Taylor Fritz and Sinner,with his only victory coming against Alex de Minaur. Medvedev finished the yearwithout a title for the first time since 2017, with losses in the finals of theAustralian Open and Indian Wells. In thevideo, Medvedev chose himself as the player with the best celebrations andmental games. “Me, yeah for sure, out of the guys here, me for sure,” heresponded. The former World No. 1 also named Carlos Alcaraz as the player withthe best connection to the crowd. Watch the rest of his answers in the videobelow. Una publicación compartida de Tennis (@tennischannel) “Who hasthe most ‘Aura’ in the Big-3?” Shapovalov, Kokkinakis, and Thiem weigh in Aspreparations wrap up for the Ultimate Tennis Showdown Finals, set to take placefrom December 6 to 8 this year, tournament stars Denis Shapovalov, ThanasiKokkinakis, and Dominic Thiem shared their experiences facing the Big-3. Theydiscussed and debated which of Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , or Novak Djokovic possesses the most "aura." Shapovalovimmediately picked Djokovic. “I remember Paris, the year I made the final. Iplayed him in the final, and I was thinking, ‘Oh man...’ because I heard rumourshe’d been sick all week, you know? And he was drinking his juices, drinkingstuff all the time,” the Canadian recalled.“I’m like, dude, ‘I’ve got him. I’m playing the best tennis of my life. The guyis not feeling good; he’s not 100%. Like you said, this is my chance...’”Shapovalov said, looking at Kokkinakis. “No chance. The guy was toying withme.” “And theworst is if the crowd pisses him off,” added the Australian. “If he gets pissedand starts yelling at the crowd—dude, pack your bags.” Meanwhile,Dominic Thiem joined the conversation and claimed that there’s no greaterchallenge in tennis than facing Nadal at Roland Garros. “But I think the worstthing in tennis is if you play against Rafa on Philippe-Chatrier, and the guystarts to talk: 2005, 2006, 2007...” Thiem said, referencing the playerintroductions where each of Nadal’s French Open titles is listed. Who has the most ‘aura’? Nadal, Federer, or Djokovic? Shapovalov, Kokkinakis, and Thiem weigh in #uts #utstour #tennis pic.twitter.com/wtkUH1CWRX TaylorFritz wraps up stellar 2024 season TaylorFritz reflected on videos of his incredible 2024 season, during which hereached his career-high ranking as World No. 4 and made significant finalsappearances at the US Open and ATP Finals. The American No. 1 confirmed theimpressive form he had carried over from previous seasons, maintainingconsistency throughout the year and adding two new titles to his record. The27-year-old became the first American to reach both the US Open and ATP Finalsfinals in the same season since Andre Agassi in 1999. “That’s awrap on the 2024 season 2 Titles, US Open finals, ATP Finalsrunner-up, an Olympic , and ending at a career high of #4 Thank you to my team for putting upwith me all year, and thank you to everyone for the love and support all yearlong, it was an amazing year. Feeling ready and more motivated than ever tokeep working and come back next season even stronger ,” Fritz posted. Una publicación compartida de Taylor Fritz (@taylor_fritz) Rafa Nadal meetsManchester City stars and watches Real Madrid’s defeat RafaelNadal visited Manchester City's training ground in England, where he posed forphotos with several players from the club and Spanish coach Pep Guardiola. The22-time Grand Slam champion spent the morning at City’s sports complex withplayers such as Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, and Manuel Akanji, as well asGuardiola. In the afternoon, he traveled to nearby Liverpool to watch the Redsface Real Madrid. TheMallorcan attended the stands at Anfield for a crucial match for Real Madrid intheir quest to reach the round of 16. Nadal was accompanied by his sisterMaribel during the Spaniards' 0-2 defeat to Liverpool FC. Una publicación compartida de Manchester City (@mancity) Enjoying his retirement! Rafael Nadal is at Anfield to cheer on Real Madrid. #BBCFootball #UCL pic.twitter.com/AsgS7YDftS This article first appeared on TennisUpToDate.com and was syndicated with permission.
Sambhal: Acting on a representation regarding the Banke Bihari temple in Sambhal, the district administration on Tuesday reached the spot to determine the age of the structure and to investigate facts related to symbols of deities found on the walls. Earlier, the Shri Kartik Mahadev temple (Bhasma Shankar temple) was reopened on December 13 after the authorities said they stumbled upon the covered structure during an anti-encroachment drive. The temple housed an idol of Lord Hanuman and a ‘shivling’. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Chandausi tehsildar Dhirendra Singh said on Tehsil Diwas (December 21), a complaint was submitted to the district magistrate regarding the Banke Bihari temple, which is in ruins. Singh said symbols related to Lord Shiva were found in the temple. Besides, idols of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita are carved on the walls, he said. The tehsildar said the age of the temple will be determined and the circumstances under which it got ruined will also be examined. Singh said the Banke Bihari temple is spread across 1.137 hectares. If encroachment is found, it will also be removed immediately, he added. Local resident Kaushal Kishore, who had complained to the district magistrate Rajendra Pensia, said he had brought to the notice of the official about the existence of an old temple which was lying in a state of ruin in the Chandausi area of Sambhal district. He said the Banke Bihari temple was established in 1870. The 150-year-old temple is located in the Laxman Ganj area. Kishore said there was a sizeable Hindu population here earlier but after the priest of the temple was murdered, the Hindus migrated from here. In May 2010, the idols of the Lord Shiv and His family in the temple were broken by anti-social elements and the entire temple was turned into ruins, he said. Kishore recalled that the then government and administration did not pay any attention. This ancient temple should be renovated, he said, and added that it is the centre of faith for Hindus. The Bhasma Shankar temple had remained locked since 1978. The temple also has a well nearby which the authorities had planned to reopen. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vandana Mishra had told PTI that information was received through the local SHO that idols had been found. The temple is situated in the Khaggu Sarai area (in Sambhal district), just over a kilometre from the Shahi Jama Masjid where violence took place on November 24 during a protest over a court-ordered survey of the mosque. Four people were killed and several, including police personnel, were injured in the violence.75% LOCAL CONTENT FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTERS