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DeForest, Wisconsin CNN  —  President Joe Biden brought his State of the Union populist economic messaging to Wisconsin on Wednesday, firing back at Republicans and highlighting US manufacturing in a preview of an expected 2024 argument in the battleground state. Biden made clear that he was willing to continue the fight as he hit the road, reigniting the social safety net argument with Republicans that sparked one of the most memorable moments in Tuesday’s speech. The argument highlighted Biden’s attempts to shift his message away from the “extreme MAGA” and “mega-MAGA” talking points of the 2022 midterm election. “Last night,…

Google VP of VR Clay BavorSource: GoogleGoogle veteran Clay Bavor is leaving the company to build a startup focused on artificial intelligence with former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.“We share an obsession with recent advances in AI, and we’re excited to build a new company to apply AI to solve some of the most important problems in business,” Bavor wrote in a Linkedin post on Wednesday, announcing that he’s leaving Google after 18 years. Bavor is currently vice president of Labs, a Google unit that focuses on “forward-looking bets for the company,” according to his LinkedIn profile. Before that, Bavors started…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  Joe Biden unveiled a post-Trump populism Tuesday night, replacing the aggrieved sense of “American carnage” with a promise of American renewal that echoes the idea behind making America great again. In a State of the Union address meant to make the case for his second term, Biden sounded more like a consumer advocate than a head of state. RELATED: I annotated the speech along with CNN’s fact check team. See that full annotation. Biden spent a…

Three people, two of them students, were shot outside a Brooklyn high school Wednesday afternoon, police and law enforcement sources said. Bullets flew around 2 p.m., close to dismissal time, outside the Williamsburg Charter High School at 198 Varet St., cops said. A female student was shot in the back and a male student was shot in the leg, cops said. A male staffer suffered a graze wound to the neck. The shooter fled. A shooting at Williamsburg Charter High School happened right before dismissal.Google Maps All the victims were all taken to the hospital in stable condition.  No other…

A new addition to the menu at Domino’s Pizza’s could translate into big gains for shares of potato producer Lamb Weston , according to Bank of America. One day after Domino’s announced the national roll out out of “Loaded Tots,” Bank of America analyst Peter Galbo reiterated a buy rating on Lamb Weston shares, and repeated a 12-month price target of $115 on the Idaho-based company’s stock, implying 16% upside from Tuesday’s closing price. Lamb Weston, whose shares have already risen about 11% in 2023, stands to benefit from the Domino’s move, Bank of America said. It’s the largest manufacturer…

Washington CNN  —  One of President Joe Biden’s top cybersecurity advisers will retire next week as the Biden administration continues to face a myriad of foreign hacking threats and US officials urge – and sometimes compel – US companies to tighten their defenses. The departure of Chris Inglis, who has over four decades of government experience in national security, comes as the White House office he leads faces a crossroads. Congress created the Office of the National Cyber Director in 2021 to bring coherence to how the executive branch responds to major hacks and to keep a close eye on…

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to reject Clive Palmer’s coal mine proposal in Queensland does “nothing to help” the current inflation crisis, says Nationals Senator Matt Canavan.“All Tanya’s decision will do is deny Australian families a job to keep a house over their head,” Mr Canavan told Sky News Australia.“To help tackle inflation, we need a more productive economy and decisions like this will hurt that as well.” Source: Sky News

Mum-of-four Alexandra Osei Bonsu, who is severely disabled, claims she has been ignored by Haringey Council, who say they are dismayed and appalled by the family’s living conditionsA disabled mum of four says the potentially poisonous black mould that has covered nearly every inch of her flat spreads like wildfire as soon as she clears it. The dangerous grime has covered the ceiling, walls and carpets of Alexandra Osei Bonsu’s home in Haringey, north London for the past 17 years. It has been there for nearly two decades and no amount of clearing can get rid of it. Things have…

US equities fell in afternoon trade in New York on Wednesday as investors turned cautious on comments from Federal Reserve officials that US interest rates would have to rise to combat inflation.The blue-chip S&P 500 was 0.9 per cent lower as traders’ concerns lingered that rates may rise more than they expected since last week’s blockbuster US jobs report.The headline number of the payrolls report released last Friday was far higher than economists expected and led to a sell-off in US stocks and bonds.Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said Wednesday that ballooning jobs growth was proof that the Fed needed…