Today U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met with PRC Premier Li Qiang as part of ongoing efforts to maintain open channels of communication across the full range of issues.  He noted the urgent need for China to decarbonize the power sector, cut methane emissions, and reduce deforestation. Secretary Kerry also emphasized U.S. efforts to keep […]

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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met today with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi in Beijing, China to discuss the critical importance of bilateral and multilateral efforts to address the climate crisis.  Secretary Kerry emphasized how critical it is for China to increase its ambition […]

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a fireside chat moderated by NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell on Friday, July 21, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. EDT /9:00 a.m. MDT at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado. This event will be streamed live on the Department homepage and the Department YouTube channel . For information on in-person media coverage at the Aspen Security Forum, please contact Jon Purves at [email protected]. Official […]

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The Dallas businessman and pastor is calling on the Republican Party ‘to start thinking big. I’m running for president not because of a small vision. I’m not trying to pull the party three feet over to the right. You’ve got a lot of candidates who can do that.’

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 25, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Ryan Binkley will join top Republican candidates for president including former President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis, and former Vice President Mike Pence on July 28 to address hundreds of GOP party leaders during the annual Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.

Binkley will unveil a bold new vision for America from the stage. “Much of America is dissatisfied. We’re divided and unhappy,” Binkley told supporters in Iowa. “People are connecting to our message that it’s time for us to unite to solve our biggest problems.”

At Friday’s Lincoln Dinner, the Dallas businessman and pastor will outline his proposals to end healthcare monopolies, secure the border with a comprehensive immigration plan, revitalize our urban communities, and balance the federal budget. 

“If the Republican Party is honest with ourselves and we talk about the elephant in the room, Republicans have spent as much money the last 40 years as Democrats, just on different things. It’s time that we change that,” Binkley told a cheering crowd in Florida. “I’m putting together a seven-year plan to balance the budget.”

Binkley is co-founder and CEO of the mergers and acquisitions firm Generational Group and co-founder and lead pastor of Create Church, both in the Dallas area. Under Binkley’s leadership, Generational Group has grown to nearly 400 employees through 16 offices in North America and has sold over eight billion dollars’ worth of businesses. 

“It’s time for us to start thinking about the next generation,” Binkley told young Republicans. “I actually believe we have to lead a cultural revolution that turns our country back to God and back to each other again.”

After Binkley speaks at one of the most influential events of this election season Friday, he will expand his outreach beyond the 50 counties he’s visited and $1 million in advertising he’s spent in Iowa by meeting with voters in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.

“It’s time for us to hear a new voice ,” Binkley told supporters recently. “The people I meet want a common sense solution to our border, to our debt. They want to save money on health care costs. They know we can do better in education. Other candidates are ignoring these critical issues. As we talk about them, everybody’s saying thank you.”

The digital-savvy Binkley 2024 campaign provides media outlets with downloadable assets through its online press kit here. 

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Today, the U.S. government added four foreign commercial spyware entities to the Entity List for engaging in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. Intellexa S.A. in Greece, Intellexa Limited in Ireland, Cytrox AD in North Macedonia, and Cytrox Holdings Crt in Hungary were added to the Entity […]

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Der Beitrag Pavlo Kostyuk: “Ukrainian schools should have alternative heat sources” erschien zuerst auf ukrainereconstructionfund.

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PRESIDENT HERZOG:  Welcome, Mr. Secretary.  It was wonderful to see you before at the Oval Office with President Biden.  I want to thank you and I want to thank the entire U.S. administration for hosting me so graciously as we mark 75 years for Israel’s independence, a great historic moment, and of course marking the […]

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United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals finds CFTC’s 2014 no-action letter constitutes a “license”

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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A decision issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a striking victory for the popular prediction market platform, PredictIt (http://www.predictit.org/markets), as well as more than a dozen plaintiffs – including Aristotle, traders and academic data users – in a case against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Crucially, the Court finds that under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) the no-action letter (NAL) issued to Victoria University of Wellington under which PredictIt operates is considered a “license,” and that its withdrawal in August 2022 was a “final agency action,” making the attempted withdrawal of the license reviewable in court.

According to Aristotle and PredictIt co-founder and CEO, John Phillips, in response to the decision:

“This is a sweeping victory for prediction markets like PredictIt and those who find value in the insights they provide. One of the highest courts in the country agrees that in 2014 PredictIt was issued a license to operate, and the CFTC’s attempts to take that away were unjustified.” 

The ruling remands the case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas with an order to enter an injunction against the CFTC and proceed with a hearing on the merits of the PredictIt plaintiff’s claims.

Major findings: 

• The 2014 NAL and the attempts to withdraw it constitute “agency action” under the APA.
• The 2014 NAL constitutes a license under the APA.
• The withdrawal effort is “final action” because there is no way to appeal within the agency and beneficiaries could no longer rely on the NAL.
• The March 2023 preliminary withdrawal letter violated the Fifth Circuit injunction and is procedurally deficient 1) because it does not provide Victoria University with an opportunity to “demonstrate or achieve compliance” as is required for revocation of a license, 2) because the reasoning provided is inadequate and 3) because the reasoning constituted a post hoc rationalization for a decision the agency had already made.

Market operator Aristotle and its partners will continue to review the implications of the Court’s decision over the coming weeks to determine the next course of action. 

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Court Sides With PredictIt: CFTC Actions Are ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’

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The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog today in Washington, D.C.  The Secretary and President reiterated the importance of the 75-year-old U.S.-Israel partnership, emphasizing the enduring commitment to fundamental, shared values of democratic governance and human rights, which have long been at the heart […]

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From July 19-24, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen will visit Los Angeles, California, and Aspen, Colorado.  Her trip is focused on communicating the work of the State Department to domestic constituencies; supporting the Department’s 5,000-person strong global public diplomacy workforce; and engaging the private sector to deliver compelling content to […]

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