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Qatar has grown increasingly frustrated with "political exploitation" from all sides involved in the months-long Gaza peace talks it has hosted, and insists they informed Hamas they are no longer welcome in their nation without the help of the Biden administration, Fox News Digital has learned.  U.S. officials said it was the Biden administration who had asked Qatar to push out Hamas political officials after Hamas refused proposals to release even "a small number of hostages" during recent meetings after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.  The U.S. had come to the position after the killing of Hersh Goldberg Polin , an American taken hostage on October 7.  But another diplomatic source briefed on the matter said it was Qatar’s decision on their own to ask Hamas leaders to leave after "both sides repeatedly refused to participate in negotiations except on their conditions without showing willingness to engage constructively."  The source said th...

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal : Chegg lost 500K+ subscribers since ChatGPT's launch, and its stock is down 99% from early 2021, as students looking for homework help turn to free AI tools   —  Chegg's stock is down 99%, and students looking for homework help are defecting to ChatGPT  —  Most companies are starting to figure …

President-elect Trump is set to meet President Biden at the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Saturday. The announcement comes as the pair work towards a transition of power which will conclude with Trump being sworn in as the 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025. "At President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Additional details to follow," Jean-Pierre announced in a short statement. 

Bloomberg : FTX sues Anthony Scaramucci, Crypto.com, Zuckerberg's FWD.US, and others to recoup SBF's “investments” as part of his “campaign of influence-buying” in 2022   —  - Lawsuit says $67 million was invested into Skybridge endeavors  — FTX Says investments conveyed ‘little to no benefit’

Despite rhetoric and a track record that would suggest a strong preference for Israel over the Palestinian cause, President-elect Donald Trump lost the Jewish vote by a larger margin than he lost the Muslim vote.  Thirty-four percentage points separated Trump from Vice President Kamala Harris among Jewish voters, according to Fox News Voter Analysis . Harris won their support 66% to 32%.  Despite Republican attempts to paint Democrats as inconsistent on Israel, Jewish voters only narrowly shifted toward Trump. In 2020, 69% voted for President Biden, 30% voted for Trump.  Muslim voters favored Harris by 32 percentage points. Trump won 32% of their vote, while Harris won 63%. In 2020, Biden had won 64% of the Muslim vote, and Trump had won 35%.  Trump won a majority of the vote among evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons.  Some Democrats had worried that third-party candidate Jill Stein could pull the vote of Muslims and others disaffected with Bid...

Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry is projected to win his re-election effort against Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson in the state's 10th Congressional District. Perry has served as a Pennsylvania congressman since 2013, and currently represents the state’s 10th District, which includes the state’s capital, Harrisburg, as well as Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties.  The race for the district's seat heated up recently even as most attention has been on the Keystone State's presidential and Senate races.  CONGRESSMAN, ARMY VET SAYS BIDEN BEING ‘USED,’ FEARS OTHERS ARE MAKING DECISIONS: ‘IT’S ABUSIVE’ Perry, who has repeatedly been endorsed by former President Trump throughout his career, is the former chair of the conservative House ​​Freedom Caucus and campaigned on issues such as cracking down on illegal immigration following the "Biden-Harris Administration’s reprehensible, dangerous, and failed border policies," American e...

President Xi Jinping called President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his election win, and warned the U.S. would "gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation" with China.  The message comes as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must prepare for deeper tensions as Trump has vowed to bring back the trade war of his last presidency with blanket tariffs.  "Xi Jinping noted that history tells us that both countries stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. A China-U.S. relationship with stable, healthy and sustainable development serves the common interests of the two countries," China’s foreign ministry said in a readout of the conversation.  "It is hoped that the two sides will, in the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, enhance dialogue and communication, properly manage differences, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and find the right way for China and the United States to get along wi...

Following his massive election victory, President-elect Trump is still scheduled for sentencing in his Manhattan criminal case later this month, with presiding Judge Juan Merchan first ruling whether to dismiss the charges altogether after the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling earlier this year.  Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records following his Manhattan criminal trial in May. District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office worked to prove that Trump falsified the business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to quiet her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. Trump has maintained his innocence in the case.  Trump is scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 26, which is already a four-month delay from the original date of July 11.  Trump's lawyers had asked Merchan to overturn the former president’s guilty verdict in New York v. Trump after the Supreme Court ruled in Jul...

Wall Street Journal : Sources: CFPB told staff not to use mobile voice calls or text messages due to risk from the China-linked telecom hack; many US officials curtailed phone use   —  A federal agency has issued a directive to employees to reduce the use of their phones for work matters due to China's recent hack …

Historian Allan Lichtman, who predicted nearly every election since 1984, was proved to have the wrong projection this cycle after President-elect Trump sailed to victory on Election Day.   The Fox News Decision Desk projected Trump would win the presidency in the early hours of Wednesday, after Wisconsin's call for the former president officially brought him above the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to secure a win. Lichtman, an election forecaster who had previously correctly predicted nearly every presidential race since 1984, developed a formula that is used to make predictions about presidential elections. He predicted, after the Democratic National Convention, that Vice President Kamala Harris would win the White House this cycle – but election night results show his prediction was wrong. Lichtman's "Keys to the White House" consists of 13 true or false questions that he believes establish a strong indication of who will be named the victor on el...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney acknowledged former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election victory on Wednesday, noting in a post on X that the nation has "a new President-elect." Cheney, a vociferous Trump critic who supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, asserted that Americans must accept the result. "Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect.  All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections," Cheney declared in her post.  LIZ CHENEY BLASTS TRUMP AS ‘DEPRAVED,’ ‘UNSTABLE,’ CLAIMS PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE WOMEN RALLYING BEHIND HARRIS "We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press a...

President-elect Trump’s historic victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday has surrogates of the Democratic candidate pointing fingers and laying blame for the defeat – even before Harris officially concedes. Harris-Walz surrogate Lyndi Li spoke to Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich at Howard University, Harris’ alma mater, in Washington, D.C., saying that the Harris team wasn’t "expecting a blowout at all." "The blame game has started," said Li, a member of the DNC National Finance Committee and Pennsylvania commissioner. Li said that Harris’ pick for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, may not have been the right choice to carry the "blue wall" states against the Trump-Vance ticket. TRUMP CLAIMS VICTORY, HARRIS SKIPS PARTY: THE BIGGEST SURPRISES OF ELECTION NIGHT "One of the things that are top of mind is the choice of Tim Walz as vice presidential candidate," Li said. "A lot of people are s...

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden is projected to fend off a competitive challenge from Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District election on Tuesday, avoiding an upset. Van Orden was first elected in 2022, and the 2024 election was his first as an incumbent.  CHECK OUT OUR FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB HERE He is a retired Navy SEAL and a vocal supporter of former President Trump, who endorsed him in the race. Van Orden is also an ally of Republican House leadership. TOP REPUBLICANS PROBE BIDEN ADMIN ON AFGHAN NATIONALS' ALLEGED ELECTION DAY TERRORIST PLOT Cooke is a local business owner and was appointed by Wisconsin's Democrat Gov. Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The Democrat won a heated primary in the district in order to take on Van Orden.  HARRIS BREAKS SILENCE AFTER GOP LEADERS SAY ANTI-TRUMP RHETORIC 'RISKS INVITING' ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT The 3rd Congressional District of Wisconsin includes par...

Former President Barack Obama released a new video on Tuesday telling Americans that "this election is going to be close."  "In some states, just a handful of votes in every precinct could decide the winner. So, you need to get out there and vote," Obama said in an Election Day message posted on X.   "So tell your family, talk to your neighbors, make a plan -- go to the polls with your friends and vote. Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz," Obama added.  His remarks come after Michelle Obama warned Americans to "vote like your lives depend on it."  ELECTION DAY 2024: LIVE UPDATES         "If there’s someone in your life you’ve been meaning to talk to, now is the time. Send your loved ones a text or give them a call to make sure they’ve voted," she wrote on X.  "Time is running out for us to make an impact on this election -- so if you’re feeling anxious or worried, get out there and do something!" she added.  Former Pr...

New York Times : How FTC Chair Lina Khan became a US election hot topic, drawing increasing vitriol as the presidential vote neared; Trump is expected to replace Khan if he wins   —  The Federal Trade Commission chair drew increasing political vitriol as the presidential vote neared.  Her political future hangs in the balance.

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider : Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch   —  If you're not feeling plugged in enough during the 2024 election, Apple News has a way to get up-to-the-second results on your Lock Screen and Apple Watch through Live Activities.

On the eve of Election Day, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is taking center stage as both nominees vie for final votes in the battleground state during a bevy of rallies and campaign stops.  President Biden, who was born in the Keystone State, however, has already wrapped up his campaigning for the Harris ticket and will be absent from his vice president’s list of campaign events in his old backyard.  Harris’ Monday schedule includes campaign events in Scranton, Allentown and Reading, as well as a rally in Pittsburgh before her last speech to Pennsylvania voters during a rally in Philadelphia Monday evening. Along the campaign trail, the VP will be joined at various times by supporters and surrogates, such as second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , and a long list of celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey.  Pennsylvania is again a key battleground state this cycle, and is expected to deter...

Jay Peters / The Verge : Netflix plans to delist nearly all of its interactive shows and films as of December 1 saying the tech “served its purpose”, after launching the format in 2017   —  Netflix's “Interactive Specials” page lists 24 titles, but only four will remain: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch …

Pro-life activists and leaders in Missouri are sounding the alarm about a sweeping amendment they say would not only result in unrestricted abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, but would also "go way beyond abortion" and enshrine transgender surgeries on children .   The amendment is titled the "Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative," or simply "Amendment 3."  According to the ballot’s description of the amendment, a vote in favor "establishes a constitutional right to make decisions about reproductive health car … and allows abortion to be restricted or banned after Fetal Viability except to protect the life or health of the woman." DESANTIS ADMIN BLOCKED IN ABORTION AD FIGHT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY, JUDGE RULES   Advocates for the amendment, which include Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Missouri, claim that the measure will simply reverse the state’s current abortion law, which, except in cases of medical emergency, bans the ...

Sarah Kessler / New York Times : Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC with Springboard after the sale of USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more   —  Kay Koplovitz still remembers her first negotiation.  Her family was moving from one suburb of Milwaukee to another in the middle …