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President Joe Biden quietly signed off on the revised “Nuclear Employment Guidance” in March, a classified document that guides the U.S.’s nuclear weapon policy, which now advises the U.S. to prepare for the possibility of a coordinated nuclear attack from China, North Korea and Russia, according to the New York Times. While not much about the document is public, Vipin Narang, a nuclear strategist who recently departed from his job at the Pentagon, said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies on August 1, that the “president recently issued updated nuclear weapons employment guidance to account for multiple nuclear-armed adversaries, and, in particular, the significant increase in the size and diversity of the PRC’s (China) nuclear arsenal.” The policy shift piggybacks off of the Pentagon’s recent estimate that China may increase it’s nuclear stockpile by “over 1000 operational warheads by 2030.” Talks between Beijing and Washington around nuclear deterrence faltered in July after China backed out of talks citing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, according to Air and Space Forces.Read it at ThNew York TimesRead more at The Daily Beast.

Joe Biden Quietly Authorizes New Secret Nuclear Strategy Against China

Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations president, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the state of relations between the U.S. and China, each candidate's strategy on China, and much more.

'Selective technology decoupling' is occurring between the U.S. and China, says CFR's Michael Froman

Axios

IBM is the latest American company to downsize its presence in China amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. Why it matters: China's efforts to decrease its dependence on the West have ratcheted up local market competition — and U.S. tech giants including Microsoft are looking elsewhere to house their operations.

IBM is latest U.S. tech giant to pull back from China

WashingtonExaminer

In Chicago last week, the Democratic Party’s A-list was on full display, but it wasn’t the kind of A-list you might think. It was a list of foreign policy abominables, the Democratic leaders responsible for squandering America’s hard-fought Cold War victory and creating the conditions for today’s increasingly dangerous confrontations with Russia, China, and Iran. […]

How the Democratic A-Team blew it on foreign policy

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brian Deese, an economic adviser for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, called on Thursday for an economic program to loan allies money to buy U.S. green energy technologies as part of a wider strategy intended to fight climate change.

Harris adviser Deese calls for Marshall Plan on clean energy

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NBC News

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down Kamala Harris' rise in...

The biggest change in the polls since Biden’s exit: From the Politics Desk

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Axios Chicago

River North condo owner Dolores Kunda's walls are covered in nearly 100 handmade suns.The big picture: We recently asked Axios Chicago readers to tell us about their collections and received a flood of responses spanning nostalgic matchbooks to vintage watches.The intrigue: Research suggests you can improve your well-being when you join a hobby group or engage in social elements of your hobby, like attending car shows.What they're saying: "The suns line the walls of the entrance to my guest bedroom, welcoming company to my beloved Chicago," Kunda tells Axios.Her collection began in 1990 when she was working in Mexico and...

Collecting suns: Photos reveal Chicagoan's happy hobbies

HuffPost

"We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos," the former president said.

'The Sequel Is Usually Worse': Obama Warns Americans Against Voting For Trump

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

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Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli must turn over all copies of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased album "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin" by Friday, a judge in Brooklyn ruled. Why it matters: Shkreli, who was nicknamed "Pharma Bro" after gaining notoriety for having raised the price of an AIDS drug by 5,000%, previously owned the only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's rare album.

Martin Shkreli ordered to surrender all copies of rare Wu-Tang Clan album

President Joe Biden took a swing at Donald Trump’s manners on Tuesday, saying he would attend the former president’s inauguration if he were re-elected in November. Standing on the South Lawn of the White House, shortly before departing on Marine One to New Orleans, the president was asked if he would attend the inauguration if the Republican nominee succeeds.

Biden says he would attend Trump’s inauguration if he wins election – but slams former president’s manners

The Independent

 A White House aide reportedly called Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention an “implicit rebuke” to President Joe Biden’s term, perpetuating rumors that there is a rift between the president and his former boss Barack Obama.The former first lady delivered a powerful speech on the second night of the DNC. She anticipated that a Kamala Harris presidency would bring a long-dormant sense of “hope” back to the country, reminding the nation of the enthusiasm felt during the Obama years — while glossing over President Biden’s term.“Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it?” Michelle Obama began....

White House aide says Michelle Obama’s speech was ‘implicit rebuke of the Biden era’

Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

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Town Talks

Americans are some of the most overweight people in the world, not just stereotypically but statistically too. In fact, nearly 42% of U.S. adults are obese, and it’s costing us. Unfortunately, the extra pounds have inflated the costs of obesity-related medical treatment to approximately $190.2 billion a year and annual productivity losses due to work absenteeism to around $4.3 billion.

North Carolina City Has Been Named The Fattest City in the State

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Nashville, TN

- Advertisement - A Tennessee man has been arrested for generating revenue for North Korea’s illicit weapons program by using a “laptop farm,” the U.S. Justice Department announced on August 8. Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, of Nashville, Tennessee, is accused of helping North Korean workers “pose as...

Tennessee man arrested for arranging North Koreans secure U.S. remote IT jobs

Emily Standley Allard

When your temper flares are you a raging bull? A vicious Virgo or a conniving Capricorn? Emotions are complex states that involve physiological, behavioral, and cognitive changes. They influence how we perceive the world around us, how we interact with others, and how we make decisions. However, our emotions are not the only factor that influences our behavior. Astrology can be a telling factor as well.

The Most Ruthless Zodiac Signs - Ranked from Most to Least

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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Latin Times

The FBI now has less than a week to meet House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer's hard deadline and hand documents related to what he has described as Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's "longstanding connection" to China and its government. On August 17, the committee formally requested...

FBI has less than a week to meet James Comer's deadline related to Tim Walz alleged China 'connections'

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Former Trump White House aide Olivia Troye and ex-Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan urged Republicans to back Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump. Troye, who served in former president's administration as a counterterrorism advisor to then-Vice President Mike Pence, and Duncan framed the choice between Harris and Trump in patriotic terms.

Republicans 'sick and tired of making excuses' for Trump should vote Harris, says GOP ex-Lt. Gov. of Georgia

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Axios Salt Lake City

Utahns experiencing homelessness in 2023 saw a death rate that's 10 times higher than the general population, according to state data.The big picture: Homelessness is rising in Utah. In 2022, the state saw a 10% uptick in first time homelessness, per an annual report released last year.For years, providers and advocates have called on state and local leaders to provide data surrounding their deaths.Here are five takeaways from mortality report, the first-ever of its kind by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services:Accidents, suicides and homicides caused half of all deaths among homeless people in 2023. The rate for...

5 takeaways from Utah's first homeless mortality report

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Scoop: Sullivan to make first China visit next week

National security adviser Jake Sullivan will visit China next week to meet with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to three people familiar with the matter. Why...

Scoop: Sullivan to make first China visit next week

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