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Republican Chris Christie is hoping the second time's the charm when it comes to White House runs.The former New Jersey governor took part in a CNN town hall Monday night, less than a week after declaring his bid for the presidency.History is not on Christie's side, however.To capture his party's nomination, he and a slew of other candidates competing in the GOP primary would need to register a comeback not seen in at least 50 years.

Fifteen years ago, a new generation of young voters propelled Barack Obama to a decisive victory that augured a new era of Democratic dominance.Fifteen years later, those once young voters aren't so young and aren't quite so Democratic.Chart showing the share of voters of different age groups who voted for a Republican candidate in the 2012 versus the 2020 presidential elections.

President Joe Biden's bid for a second term begins with a wide advantage over his declared opponents for the Democratic nomination, but he faces headwinds among the overall public from declining favorability and a widespread view that his reelection would be more negative than positive for the country, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

President Joe Biden mistakenly told members of the White House press corps that he would be holding a press conference later on Friday, confusing it with an interview he is set to have with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle.I'm doing a major press conference this afternoon, so I love you all but I'd like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business, said Biden after speaking to reporters about April's jobs report and forthcoming debt limit negotiations with Republicans.

As Joe Biden seeks to conquer public concern he is too old to run for and complete a second term in office, the White House is reportedly planning to boost support for Biden's vice-president, Kamala Harris, in the face of increasing Republican attacks.An unnamed source familiar with conversations inside the White House told NBC News: They need her to be strong.

Former Harvard professor and prominent public intellectual Cornel West will mount a third party run for president, he said on Monday in a video posted on Twitter.A supporter, surrogate and confidante of Bernie Sanders during the Vermont senator's 2016 and 2020 presidential bids, West is one of the leading democratic socialist activists of his generation.

While the world awaits Ukraine's spring battlefield offensive, its leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, has launched a diplomatic one.In the span of a week, he's dashed to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and Britain to shore up support for defending his country.On Friday, he was in Saudi Arabia to meet with Arab leaders, some of whom are allies with Moscow.

WASHINGTON President Biden sought on Monday morning to head off any crisis of confidence following the failure of two major banks in recent days, insisting that Americans can have faith in the system even as he emphasized that the rescue does not constitute a taxpayer bailout.In a brief televised statement from the White House shortly before the markets opened in the United States, Mr. Biden declared that the government was responding decisively to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in a way that would protect depositors without rewarding risk-taking executives and investors.

Two years ago, an Orange County megachurch took a stand that pitted it against conservative members of its denomination.It ordained three women as pastors.Now, the Southern Baptist Convention has ousted Saddleback Church, its second-largest congregation.The Lake Forest-based evangelical church, founded by popular pastor and author Rick Warren, is one of the largest churches in the United States.

While Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of marketing technology for some time, ChatGPT's launch made the topic white-hot.As a result, more and more AI-powered solutions are being announced every day.Here is a roundup of AI-powered martech products, platforms and features announced this week.

Forty-one percent of small businesses are considering using AI to help make business decisions, according to a new study conducted by American Express.And customer service and marketing use cases are the top applications for using AI technology.AI use cases.Small businesses said they are considering AI for a wide range of use cases.

AI is used in marketing by 67% of B2B organizations, according to the new "Global State of AI in B2B Marketing Survey" by Forrester.More than 70% of respondents plan to "moderately" or "significantly" increase their plans for using AI in marketing processes, the study found.

The maker of SurveyMonkey, Momentive Global, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Symphony Technology Group (STG), in a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion.The deal is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2023."The Momentive board voted unanimously in favor of the transaction," said David Ebersman, chair of the Momentive board of directors, in a statement.

Cookie-based advertising is on its last legs, but not enough marketers have moved on.A full 75% of marketers still rely heavily on third-party cookies, according to a new Adobe study.Going in the wrong direction.Some 45% of marketers are spending at least half their budgets on campaigns and other activations based on third-party cookies, according to the study.

Joseph Milano, the owner of the Union Oyster House - the country's oldest continuously running restaurant - has a romantic backstory for how he imagines two rare orange lobsters ended up in the tanks of his stalwart eatery after a delivery from Ipswich Shellfish Co. last weekend.Two cooked orange lobsters on a plate are nothing new (Union serves them up with fries and butter for dipping) but two orange lobsters still alive and swimming certainly are.

Brandon Johnson has been inaugurated as Chicago's 57th mayor.Johnson took the oath of office Monday morning, administered by Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, during a ceremony commemorating the former county commissioner and longtime labor organizer's once-improbable rise to become the most progressive leader of the nation's third-largest city in decades.

A poignant irony came wrapped in the news that Harry Belafonte had died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at age 96.Surely, one easily imagines, the iconic singer, actor and activist would take issue with that diagnosis.Although his body had failed after almost a century of history-making activism and award-winning artistic achievements, his spirit never did.

Politicians often complain about government regulations as a big pain in the neck.So I was relieved in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to see some bipartisan good sense break out.Having grown up many moons ago next to the old Baltimore & Ohio tracks between Cincinnati and Dayton, I sympathize with the residents of East Palestine whose lives were disrupted.

Over the years, I have seen videos of members of government bodies around the world erupting in anger, yelling and sometimes even engaging in fistfights.But I never would have imagined members of our Congress degrading themselves in that way.During the State of the Union Tuesday night, far-right Republicans' boos and yells of "liar" to our president demonstrated their complete disregard and disrespect for this historic moment and for the office Joe Biden holds.

No, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries does not want to be the next Barack Obama, although sometimes it seems as if everyone is asking.A lot of people were asking after the stemwinder of a speech that Jeffries delivered in Congress as he was briefly handed the House speaker's gavel, previously held by California Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

Realtor.comOne of Houston's most iconic socialite couples, John Thrash and Becca Cason Thrash, are auctioning off their lavish home later this month.It marks the first time the expansive estate has been up for sale.John Thrash is the CEO of energy company eCORP International, while his wife is well known for her philanthropic work and knack for throwing a showstopping soiree.

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When the name "Natasha Obama" came up on the list of hundreds of students graduating from USC's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on Friday morning, the crowd almost universally cheered for the former first daughter.Sasha Obama, 21, beamed as she crossed the stage at Allyson Felix Field to commemorate her new sociology degree, as her sister and parents - the 44th president and former first lady - applauded in the audience.

Newton Minow, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears before the House Antitrust Subcommittee which was probing newspaper competition, in 1963, in Washington, D.C. Minow died on Saturday.AP CHICAGO Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died Saturday.

When an appalling catastrophe dominates the news-9/11, natural disasters, the school shooting of the week-articles about how to explain such tragedies to children pop up like mushrooms after a heavy rain.But here is a previously unaddressed question: How do we talk to kids about King Charles III? Why, young minds might inquire, is the adult world so obsessed with a man who has spent almost of all of his life waiting around for his mom to die?

AP Photos Former President Donald Trump threw a tantrum over reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a bigger book opening with The Courage to Be Free.Earlier this week, several news outlets including Mediaite reported that sales of the DeSantis memoir The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Survival, outpaced books from Trump, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton at the same stage in their respective political careers.

"We are here to send a message to the country and, quite frankly, to the world: The free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of a free society, not the enemy," US President Joe Biden said.The president and first lady Jill Biden, upon arriving at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, met privately with the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March.

Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and wide-ranging activist, has died aged 96.The cause of death was congestive heart failure, his spokesman told the New York Times.As well as performing global hits such as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), winning a Tony award for acting and appearing in numerous feature films, Belafonte spent his life fighting for a variety of causes.

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AI was arguably the most contentious topic in the world of art and design last year, and looks set to retain the same honour in 2023.Text-to-image generators have been causing controversy for a while now - but perhaps lost in all the noise is just how much they've developed in the last 12 months alone.

David Adjaye, the superstar architect behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has proposed designs for a roughly 650,000-square-foot multi-use development in St. Elizabeth's East Parcel 15.The project, called Sycamore & Oak, imagines residential units, office space, a hotel, outdoor areas, and a pavilion for performances and community gatherings.

Senator for Delaware Joe Biden talks with US President Jimmy Carter during a fundraising event in 1978.gettyPresident Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia.Biden told donors at a California fundraiser Monday evening about his recent visit to see the 39th president, whom he has known since he was a young Delaware senator supporting Carter's 1976 presidential campaign.

With Marriott removing Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin's $100 million defamation lawsuit to federal court, the corporation has secured a more favorable forum than a state court in which home cooking often is a reality.But there's a silver lining for Irvin.The federal judge who'll handle the case will be naturally inclined to look more favorably on Irvin's claims.

Gregory Allen Howard, who wrote the scripts of several Hollywood movies about inspiring episodes in Black history, most famously Remember the Titans, died on Friday in Miami.He was a day shy of his 71st birthday.His death, at a hospital, was caused by heart failure, his spokesman, Jeff Sanderson, said.

SAN DIEGO Mitt Romney made clear publicly on Friday night what he has spent the last week conveying in private to Republicans across the country: He is considering another presidential campaign.I'm giving some serious consideration to the future, Mr. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, told a group of Republicans gathered here for the party's winter meeting.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle tried to crack a joke, but it didn't go over well with some of her followers.On Thursday, January 26, the TV personality, 53, uploaded a photo of two kids in play cards with the caption, "THE FBI PREPARING TO RAID THE BIDEN RESIDENCE."mega
Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr., was seemingly poking fun at how poor of a job the FBI is doing after they raided the home of President Joe Biden, where they found several classified documents.