BlackRock spent nearly $800,000 (£647,000) last year on security for its chief executive Larry Fink following a backlash by activists over the company’s “woke” stance on investing...

The world’s biggest asset manager spent $564,000 upgrading security systems at Mr Fink’s home and $217,000 on bodyguards in 2023, according to a filing earlier this month that was first reported by the Financial Times.

It comes after a wave of criticism aimed at BlackRock, which manages $10.5 trillion on behalf of investors.
As a leading voice in the so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement, the business has repeatedly used its clout to push for more diverse boardrooms and tougher action on climate change.
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Look at this story. Hamas Protests. But why aren’t Country Loving Republicans allowed to peacefully protest around the Courthouse, where I am right now. It’s like an armed camp. MAGA2024! - DJT

Pro-Palestinian supporters at Columbia University confront Jews ‘to push them out of camp’
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Fresh revelations about TikTok come as Senate considers the divestment bill

Senator Marco Rubio, a longtime critic of the app and proponent of a forced divestment, wrote in the pages of the New York Post last month after the House passed the first version of its TikTok divestment bill, arguing in support of the measure.

“I raised concerns about where it could go back in 2019 when it became apparent the Chinese Communist Party could — and almost certainly would — weaponize TikTok against America,” the senator wrote.
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THE HILL: Trump urges supporters to ‘go out and peacefully protest’ ahead of hush money trial’s opening arguments

Former President Trump aired grievances on social media ahead of Monday’s opening arguments in his trial over an alleged hush money scheme, taking aim at prosecutors and urging demonstrators to “peacefully protest” in support of him.

In a post just before he left for the courthouse, Trump questioned why pro-Palestinian protesters were allowed to “roam the Cities, scream, shout, sit, block traffic, enter buildings, not get permits, and basically do whatever they want” while his supporters are “rudely and systematically shut down and ushered off to far away ‘holding areas,’ essentially denying them their Constitutional Rights.”
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The leader of Israeli military intelligence resigned Monday over the lapses that allowed Hamas to execute its deadly Oct. 7 2023 terror attack, according to the Israel military.

The resignation of Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva makes him the first senior Israeli figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history, according to the Associated Press.
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BREAKING: Travis Kelce, NFL star tight end and boyfriend of Taylor Swift, is causing controversy after liking a post of ESPN's former reporter Sage Steele and Donald Trump at a UFC event.

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Poland’s president says the NATO member would be ready to host the nuclear weapons of the military alliances’s other members in response to Russia’s moving its nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus.

President Andrzej Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Fakt tabloid.

Russia is “recently relocating its nuclear weapons to Belarus,” Duda said, in a reference to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s announcement in December.

“If there were a decision by our allies to deploy nuclear weapons within the nuclear sharing also on our territory in order to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank, we are ready,” Duda said.

He said Poland is aware of its obligations within the 32-member alliance that includes the United States.
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The Supreme Court will hear the Biden administration’s appeal of a ruling that would invalidate its “ghost gun” regulations, setting the stage for a major showdown on firearms next term.

After previously intervening in the dispute twice on an emergency basis, the justices in a brief order on Monday agreed to take up the case on the merits.
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After more than 100 people were arrested at anti-israeli protests, Columbia University has canceled in-person classes.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/columbia-cancels-in-person-classes-amid-anti-israel-protests/

The New York Stock Exchange is polling market participants on the merits of trading stocks around the clock as regulators scrutinise an application for the first 24/7 bourse.

The survey by the NYSE, part of Intercontinental Exchange, was put out by its data analytics team rather than its management, but it highlights the growing interest in trading the likes of Nvidia or Apple overnight between 8pm and 4am Eastern time.

The issue has become a hot topic in recent years, prompted in part by the 24/7 operation of cryptocurrency trading and the rise in retail investor activity first spurred by coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.
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The Supreme Court will convene Thursday morning over arguments for why President Trump should not face trial for alleged election interference based off Presidential immunity.

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Just as the Senate is anxious to get on the road for its scheduled recess, Republicans who oppose the bill are demanding votes on amendments and procedural motions to hold up the bill - and urging their colleagues to vote against it.

The upper chamber will vote to invoke cloture and begin debate on the bill Tuesday morning - starting a 30-hour clock before they can vote on final passage unless there's agreement to vote sooner. Senate leaders could offer angry opposers votes on their amendments to keep them from holding up the legislation any longer.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, urged voters: 'We Don't Have To Pass This Bill Tell Your Senators To Vote 'No!' #KillTheBill.'

The foreign aid package has laid to bare a rift within the GOP almost as vast as the on between the two parties. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tore into Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance for his anti-Ukraine aid stance over the weekend.
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