A suspect within the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing is charged with homicide. Younger Democrats are battling older lawmakers for highly effective positions on House committees. And how the New York Mets can justify paying Juan Soto $765 million.
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Suspect charged with homicide in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
The man accused within the dying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was charged with homicide in New York hours after he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged with one rely of homicide, three counts of felony possession of a weapon and one rely of possession of a cast instrument, on-line courtroom paperwork confirmed.
Mangione was charged individually in Pennsylvania with two felonies — forgery and carrying a firearm with no license — and three misdemeanors — tampering with information or identification, possessing devices of crime and offering false identification to regulation enforcement.
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Mangione was discovered at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 240 miles away from New York City, after an worker on the restaurant known as police a couple of suspicious particular person. Mangione had a gun similar to the one used within the deadly capturing, a gun silencer and a pretend ID with the identical identify the suspected gunman used at a New York City hostel, police mentioned. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned investigators additionally discovered a handwritten doc that “speaks to each his motivation and mindset.” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney mentioned Mangione appeared to carry “sick will towards company America.”
Mangione, of Maryland, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 and appeared to have a major on-line footprint. On the e-book evaluation platform Goodreads, he reviewed the “Unabomber Manifesto,” because it’s identified, by Ted Kaczynski. On X, Mangione’s posts centered on what he seen as failures of contemporary society, and he retweeted posts about masculinity and well being, in addition to synthetic intelligence. Here’s what else we know in regards to the suspect.
And a pal who performed in the identical Discord group as Mangione recalled playing a game called “Among Us,” through which some gamers are assigned to be assassins whereas attempting to keep away from suspicion from different gamers. “I simply discovered it extraordinarily ironic that, you recognize, we have been on this sport and there might truly be a real killer amongst us,” the pal mentioned.
Younger Dems eye highly effective House committee positions
When Democrats elect their House committee leaders subsequent week, a number of high-profile races will probably be carefully watched. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 35, is taking over a extra senior colleague, Rep. Gerry Connolly, 74, to be the Oversight Committee’s high Democrat. Rep. Jamie Raskin, 61, is poised to change into the Democratic chief on the Judiciary Committee after his bid led Rep. Jerry Nadler, 77, to drop out of the race. Both Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin are amongst a rising band of House Democrats taking over seasoned veterans for highly effective posts. The identical can also be occurring on the Natural Resources Committee and Agriculture Committee.
Seniority has lengthy performed an outsized function in figuring out which Democratic rank-and-file members are chosen as their committee leaders, however “the Biden debacle,” as one Democrat working within the Biden administration labeled it, has taught youthful Dems that their elders typically must be elbowed out. Some veteran lawmakers are on board with seeing new blood in high-ranking positions. But an inflow of youthful members might additionally rid committees of institutional knowledge, one Democratic committee staffer warned.
More Trump transition and politics information:
- Democratic governors at an annual gathering this week in Los Angeles agree they should shift their focus. It begins with how they react to Trump and his upcoming administration.
- Trump went the extra conventional route when choosing company vet Caleb Vitello to steer Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a choice that may doubtless help Trump implement his immigration agenda quickly.
- Republican National Committee Treasurer KC Crosbie is running for RNC co-chair to interchange Lara Trump, who introduced Sunday night time she is stepping down from the submit.
Regime collapse in Syria additionally a blow to Iran
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime represents a devastating defeat for Iran, the most recent in a string of setbacks which have punctured long-held assumptions within the West about Tehran’s navy prowess. After a mass rebellion in opposition to Assad in 2011, Syria had help from Russia and Iran, however this time round, Iran was caught off guard at a tough second. Its navy has been depleted by Israeli air raids and its proxy forces in Lebanon decimated from combating with Israel, present and former U.S. officers mentioned. So when the rebels pressed forward this time, there was no concerted effort to cease them.
The dramatic occasions over the weekend marked “a fundamental change in the equation of the entire Middle East,” a senior Biden administration official mentioned. Iran’s weakened place has challenged prevailing assumptions in Washington and different capitals about Iran’s energy and resilience, in addition to expectations about how a direct conflict between Israel and Iran would play out, former U.S. intelligence officers and specialists mentioned.
More protection of Syria:
- Jubilant Syrians toppled statues, honked horns, waved flags and cheered within the streets to have fun Assad’s ouster.
- The extremist previous of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who led the rebel that toppled Assad’s brutal regime, casts a shadow over his future.
- The U.S. is engaged in efforts to carry dwelling Austin Tice, the American journalist who disappeared 12 years in the past. His household instructed NBC News’ Lester Holt that they have renewed hope that he’ll lastly return dwelling.
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- A lawyer for Shawn Carter, the hip-hop mogul generally known as Jay-Z, requested a decide to deny a request to remain anonymous from the lady who accused him of raping her when she was 13.
- A jury acquitted Daniel Penny in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, whose last moments on a New York City subway prepare have been captured in a bystander video that drew nationwide consideration.
- Disney influencer Dominique Brown died on the age of 34 after reportedly experiencing a extreme allergic response at a holiday brand event in Los Angeles.
- “Polarization” is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 phrase of the 12 months. Several different phrases being thought of have been related to politics.
Staff Pick: How the New York Mets can justify a $765 million contract
Outfielder Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets is about to be the most costly in MLB historical past and immediately vaults him forward of three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani as the sport’s highest-paid participant. Yet Soto is just not precisely a family identify, and he hasn’t even stayed on a single group for greater than 4 full seasons. So how was he in a position to get this bag? A easy reply: Mets proprietor Steve Cohen isn’t any strange proprietor, and his approach to the team is rare. — Rob Wile, enterprise reporter
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