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The Republican National Committee (RNC) threatened to prevent GOP presidential candidates from taking part in future party-sanctioned debates if they engaged in an open-press event in Iowa next week, drawing backlash from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The threat came prior to an agreement that was announced Saturday between the RNC and organizers of the event to allow GOP candidates to participate. Prior to the agreement over the format of the forum, in an Oct. 28 letter to the respective presidential campaigns the RNC Counsel's Office said that any candidate who participates in the Nov. 17 Des Moines event would violate their pledge to not participate in non-RNC-sanctioned primary debates . "It has come to the attention of the RNC Counsel’s Office that several Republican presidential candidates have been invited to participate in an open-press event in Iowa in November at which they would ‘gather around the table to have a moderated, friendly, and open discussion about the i...

Wall Street Journal : Ex-FTX execs, including general counsel Can Sun, launch crypto exchange Backpack and say they will protect user funds with lessons learned from FTX's failure   —  Ex-FTX lawyer Can Sun and other former company executives want the new exchange to allow customers to verify holdings at any time

San Francisco has undertaken a significant effort to glam up streets ahead of a vital U.S.-China summit next week, including the removal of homeless camps around the city.  "I know folks are saying, 'Oh they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town.' That's true, because it's true — but it's also true for months and months and months before APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit], we've been having conversations," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday at the unveiling of a new program to plant trees in urban neighborhoods. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the conference could help the city with an anticipated $53 million injected into the economy, according to FOX affiliate KTVU , adding that "tourism is our business here in San Francisco."  KTVU noted that the efforts to clean the city have created "noticeable" cleanliness to the streets but also far fewer homeless en...

President Biden is returning to his Delaware home on Saturday — only a short distance from hundreds of protestors accusing him of genocide. Biden is returning to his residence in Wilmington after delivering a Veterans' Day address as the "Delaware Palestine March" commences in the same area. "President Biden, you can't hide! We charge you with genocide!" the crowd chanted as protestors began gathering earlier this afternoon. BETO O'ROURKE SAYS BIDEN 'REALLY FAILING US' ON ASYLUM POLICY, CLAIMS DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE 'UNEXCITED' Protesters are pushing for Biden to push for a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel continues its ground invasion of Hamas-controlled territory. IDF SURROUNDS HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN GAZA, SAYS HAMAS COMMANDERS, 19 OPERATIVES KILLED The U.S. says Israel has agreed to daily pauses in fighting to allow aid into Gaza, but both the U.S. and Israel oppose a cease-fire. There remain roughly 240 Hamas hostages in Gaza, and...

Scott Stein / CNET : Hands-on with Apple's spatial video: easy to record on iPhone 15 Pro and viewing them on Vision Pro is an impressive experience with compellingly realistic 3D   —  I tried the new iPhone 15 Pro camera feature on Apple's upcoming AR-VR headset.  The 3D is undeniably vivid.

A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered the former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to produce records related to her work advising the Republican Assembly speaker on whether to impeach a current justice. Former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was one of three former Supreme Court justices asked by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to give him advice on pursuing impeachment. Vos has floated impeachment against liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz based on how she rules on a pending redistricting lawsuit Democrats hope will result in new legislative electoral maps. The liberal watchdog group American Oversight filed a lawsuit seeking records from Vos and the three former justices. Vos and two of the former justices, David Prosser and Jon Wilcox, turned over records. That included an email from Prosser to Vos advising against impeachment. Vos turned over more than 21,000 pages of documents last week, American Oversight attorney Ben Sparks said at a Friday hearing. WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY ...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Maine's government says that MOVEit hackers may have accessed the personal information of ~1.3M individuals, which is close to the state's entire population   —  The State of Maine has announced that its systems were breached after threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool …