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Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor picked by President-elect Donald Trump to oversee the country's Medicare and Medicaid programs, has agreed to stop promoting health and wellness products if confirmed by the Senate, according to a spokesperson for the Trump transition. Likewise, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – who recently raised eyebrows by appearing on his wife's social media account apparently showering naked in the background while she promoted her beauty line – also has agreed to disclose his finances and undergo a federal ethics review if confirmed as health secretary, said spokesperson Katie Miller. "Both Mr. Kennedy and Dr. Oz plan to divest where appropriate and fully cooperate with the Office of Government of Ethics," Miller told ABC News. Whether Trump's nominees planned to follow traditional ethics rules that have governed Washington policymakers for decades had been an open question. Trump has picked several billionaires to lead his Cabinet, while Kennedy and Oz promoted wellness companies in new online posts even after being named as part of the incoming administration. Experts say it's still possible for any nominee to try to test the bounds of ethics rules. MORE: What to know about Dr. Oz as Trump picks him to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services While many requirements are spelled out in law, Trump's Justice Department would be in charge of enforcing those rules. Trump also would ultimately be in charge of the federal ethics office after inauguration and would be responsible for pursuing or authorizing any disciplinary or corrective action among his cabinet members. Still, the transition's promise to follow ethics rules is an important first step, aid Delaney Marsco, ethics director for the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center. "It is one of the most basic commitments to not commit a criminal conflict of interest violation" when taking a government job, Marsco said. "The price of having all this power is that you have to use it to serve the public. And part of that deal is that you can't have financial conflicts of interest that would cloud your judgment," she added. Ethics laws require office holders to either divest investments that pose a conflict of interest or recuse themselves from making decisions related to those investments. Separate federal regulations impose standards of conduct that generally prohibit government officials from promoting products online that could be seen as a kind of federal endorsement. Five days after Oz was named as the incoming head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid – a federal agency that oversees federal health insure for 160 million Americans and regulates private insurers – he turned to social media to promote iHerb, an online retailer that sells vitamins and supplements. "Thanksgiving is a perfect excuse for practicing gratitude -- which also happens to be a proven way to reduce stress. You can also reduce stress with adaptogens like ashwagandha from a trusted source like iHerb. Happy Thanksgiving!" Oz wrote on X, with a similar video message posted on his personal Instagram account. Last month, Kennedy posted a similar post promoting an online fitness game called BoxBollen shortly after Trump named him to be health and human services secretary. "The ideal stocking stuffer! " Kennedy said in a video playing the game and wearing the game's headband. Kennedy quickly deleted his post. Miller said Kennedy has canceled his promotional contract already, while Oz plans to end his relationship with iHerb to avoid any potential conflict of interest. MORE: Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS? Oz also does not have any ongoing contractual agreements with weight-loss drugs, which he has promoted in the past on his syndicated television show. Separately, Oz's regular posts promoting iHerb prompted calls this week by the liberal consumer watchdog group Public Citizen for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. FTC rules requires online influencers to make clear in their posts if they are being paid to promote products. The FTC declined to comment on whether it would consider such a request. There are no records of past actions against Oz by the FTC. Less clear is how federal ethics rules might apply to the business owned by Kennedy's wife, Cheryl Hines, which sells home and body products. Marsco of the Campaign Legal Center said spouses typically aren't required to step away from their jobs or businesses because their partner was hired by the U.S. government. However, government officials are required to recuse themselves from making decisions that could impact their spouse's employment and would still have to divest financial holdings that conflict with their work. Those details would have to be worked out with the ethics office and enforced by the president, she said. Under the law, the couple could divest their financial interest in the company to Hines' adult daughter while he remains in office. Marsco said these requirements won't kick in until after Trump takes office and they are officially nominated. "Assuming they follow through with what they've said, which is that they're going to fully cooperate and divest and follow all the conflict of interest laws and rules, then that is what is frankly expected of people in their position," she said.

The Patriots were without three starters during Tuesday’s practice, while five other players were limited ahead of Saturday’s game with the Chargers. Center Ben Brown is in concussion protocol, so he won’t return until he passes all the necessary testing. If he isn’t cleared and is unable to go, that might open the door for Cole Strange to see time. Strange, who was on the game-day roster for the first time in over a year last week in Buffalo, was a limited participant Tuesday. Cornerback and punt return specialist Marcus Jones, who missed Sunday’s loss to the Bills, didn’t practice while safety Kyle Dugger, who has been playing with an ankle injury, with a quad problem added to the mix, also wasn’t present. Here’s the practice report for both teams: DID NOT PARTICIPATE C Ben Brown, Concussion S Kyle Dugger, Ankle / Quad CB Marcus Jones, Hip LIMITED PARTICIPATION LB Curtis Jacobs, Concussion S Jabrill Peppers, Hamstring OL Cole Strange, Knee LB Jahlani Tavai, Groin OT Caedan Wallace, Ankle FULL PARTICIPATION RB JaMycal Hasty, Ankle DID NOT PARTICIPATE TE Hayden Hurst, Illness DL Otito Ogbonnia, Pelvis LB Denzel Perryman, Groin G/T Trey Pipkins III, Hip P JK Scott, Illness More Patriots ContentNone

Wall Street stocks surged to fresh records Wednesday on hopes about easing US monetary policy, shrugging off political upheaval in South Korea and France. All three major US indices scored records, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing above 45,000 for the first time. "The market at this point is looking for excuses to go up, and there's not really anything that might work against that narrative," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. "Over the last couple of days, it's managed to ignore all sorts of inconvenient things and decided that the situation in France doesn't matter for them," Sosnick said of the stock market. "The situation in Korea doesn't matter." South Korea's stock market fell less than feared and the won rebounded from earlier losses after President Yoon Suk Yeol swiftly reversed a decision to impose martial law. In Europe, Paris stocks managed to advance as France's government faced looming no-confidence votes. Late Wednesday in Paris, French lawmakers voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, pushing the country further into political uncertainty. For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had been proposed by the hard left but which crucially was backed by the far-right headed by Marine Le Pen. "Political turmoil in both France and South Korea provide a uncertain backdrop for global markets, with the likely removal of both Barnier and Yoon bringing the potential for both countries to find a fresh direction," said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets. Thomas Mathews, head of Asia-Pacific markets at Capital Economics, said the losses in Seoul could have been "much worse" had the president not aborted his plan. "Rarely does a combined sell-off in a country's stocks, bonds and currency feel like a relief rally," he said. Oil prices turned lower after surging around 2.5 percent Tuesday, mainly after the United States sanctioned 35 companies and ships it accused of involvement with Iran's "shadow fleet" illicitly selling Iranian oil to foreign markets. Major producers at the OPEC+ grouping led by Saudi Arabia and Russia were set to meet Thursday to discuss extending output limits. Back in New York, major indices were led by the Nasdaq, which piled on 1.3 percent to finish at a third straight record. Wednesday's gains came after payroll firm ADP said US private-sector hiring in November came in at a lower-than-expected 146,000 jobs, while a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed weaker sentiment than expected in the services sector. But the lackluster data boosts expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this month. At a New York conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell refrained from tipping his hand, but he "didn't say anything that would scare the market," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare. O'Hare noted that Wednesday's gains were led by large tech names such as Nvidia and Microsoft, which are major AI players. The boost followed strong results from Salesforce, which was the biggest gainer in the Dow with an 11 percent jump. New York - Dow: UP 0.7 percent at 45,014.04 (close) New York - S&P 500: UP 0.6 percent at 6,086.49 (close) New York - Nasdaq Composite: UP 1.3 percent at 19,735.12 (close) London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.3 percent at 8,335.81 (close) Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.7 percent at 7,303.28 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: UP 1.1 percent at 20,232.14 (close) Seoul - Kospi Index: DOWN 1.4 percent at 2,464.00 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.1 percent at 39,276.39 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: FLAT at 19,742.46 (close) Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.4 percent at 3,364.65 (close) Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0510 from $1.0509 on Tuesday Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2702 from $1.2673 Dollar/yen: UP at 150.56 yen from 149.60 yen Euro/pound: DOWN at 82.71 from 82.92 pence Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 1.8 percent at $72.31 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 2.0 percent at $68.54 per barrel burs-jmb/jgc

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The impeachment train has cranked up its engine once again, ready to roll, and raring to roadshow the trial of Sara Duterte on whether she should stay as the country’s second highest official. It promises to be the mother of all political soap operas, and is expected to provide the climax to the dynasty war between the Marcoses and the Dutertes. On Monday, Akbayan party list Rep. Percival Cendaña endorsed an impeachment complaint filed by 17 personalities against Vice President Sara Duterte. The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives also announced that it will endorse this week a second impeachment complaint against the VP, which will be filed by “50 representatives from various progressive organizations and concerned citizens.” Judging by the evidence unearthed by a House committee investigating VP Sara, and the acrimony between House leaders and the Vice President, the impeachment charges will muster the required 1/3 vote of all House members. This will pave the way for the complaints to be transmitted speedily to the Senate for trial. Anyone who says that an impeachment trial in the Senate is a political exercise, should be held in contempt of the Filipino people, and detained for one week in a room that plays nonstop a recording of the profanities spewed by VP Sara. An impeachment trial requires senators to decide on whether or not the public official on trial is guilty of at least one of five impeachable offenses: culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption and other high crimes, and betrayal of public trust. If found guilty, the official will be removed from public office and permanently disqualified from any government position. Such function requires the exercise of judicial responsibility imposed on political officials. To say that impeachment is a political exercise is to lay the very wrong predicate that our senators have the license to decide on the basis of political considerations such as partisanship and horse trading, and not on the guilt or innocence of the official on trial. There will be a very strong propensity, however, for our senators to decide on political merits because of the upcoming elections. We will elect 12 senators in six months. A crucial number of the current senators who will sit as impeachment judges are either running for reelection or have relatives who are running for a Senate seat. For this group of senators, the temptation to vote on the basis of what they or their relatives can gain (or lose) politically, will be very strong. It must be remembered that the Dutertes still have a sizeable bloc of loyal voters, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao. The Dutertes are expected to flex their political muscle to make the senator-judges decide in favor of acquittal, regardless of the judicial merits of the evidence. The threat is real that those voting for VP Sara’s ouster will find solid Duterte followers campaigning against them. To successfully impeach VP Sara, 2/3 of the Senate, or 16 senators, must vote to convict her. To acquit VP Sara, at least nine senators must vote in her favor. Of our incumbent senators, four senators (Bato dela Rosa, Bong Go, Robin Padilla, and Imee Marcos) are openly in favor of VP Sara. They need just five more senators to obtain an acquittal. Apart from Dela Rosa, Go, and Marcos, four other senators are up for reelection next year: Bong Revilla, Pia Cayetano, Lito Lapid, and Francis Tolentino. In addition, four non-reelectionist senators have relatives running for the Senate: Cynthia Villar, Mark Villar, Allan Cayetano, and Nancy Binay. For these eight senators, the temptation will be immense to vote on the basis of political merits. And what do we make of the leanings of the rest of the non-reelectionist senators? On the opposite side of the political divide are the Marcos loyalists. As to which group is bigger—Marcos loyalists or Duterte diehards—is anyone’s guess. Between these two groups are the yellow/pink forces who constitute a formidable 15 million voters as shown in the last elections. Should yellow/pink voters sit on the couch, popcorn in hand, and pontificate with “I told you so,” while watching the trial? If the Marcos and the Duterte camps are left to battle between themselves, the impeachment will be decided on political considerations, and the result may horrify the yellow/pink forces. The yellow/pink forces must get actively involved in the impeachment trial by making their pivotal voices heard. They must make the senators feel that, if they do not decide on judicial merits, there will be political consequences to pay from the solid bloc of yellow/pink voters. The senator-judges in the impeachment trial must be made aware that, while they will sit in judgment in the trial of Sara Duterte, they themselves will be on trial and the verdict for or against them will be delivered in the May 2025 elections. In other words, the impeachment trial will be a double trial—one against the Vice President, and another against the senators. Filipino voters must stand ready to repeat what we did during the Joseph Estrada impeachment trial, when the political vote of the senators was overwhelmingly reversed and resoundingly overturned through people power. —————- Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Comments to [email protected] #DAISO NEW STORE OPENING IN PLANO, TEXAS

Article content Christopher Nolan’s next film has been revealed as an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey that will use “brand new IMAX film technology.” Universal Pictures, the studio behind the upcoming movie, announced the project in a social media post late Monday afternoon, effectively ending months of speculation as to what the storyline would be. “ Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” the studio tweeted. “The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theatres everywhere on July 17, 2026.” Along with Matt Damon, with whom Nolan worked on Interstellar and last year’s Oscar-winning Oppenheimer , the film is also set to star Tom Holland, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron. Nolan has also worked with Hathaway before (on The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar ) as well as Pattinson (on Tenet ). Released in 750-650 BC , Homer’s ancient text follows Greek hero Odysseus during his tumultuous journey home following the Trojan War. Holland said he signed on to the film without knowing much about it. “To be perfectly honest, I don’t really know what it’s about,” Holland recently said on The Dish podcast . “I’m super excited, but it’s been pretty quiet about the project. I met with (Nolan) and it was awesome. He kind of loosely pitched what it is, and I’m sure when he’s ready he’ll announce what it’s about” The Marvel star told Good Morning America back in October that he would accept an offer to star in a Nolan movie “sight unseen.” “When the opportunity came in, it was the phone call of a lifetime,” Holland said during an appearance on the morning program . “It was reminiscent of getting the call about Spider-Man 10 years ago.” Holland’s co-star Hathaway recently told Women’s Wear Daily that hearing from Nolan for a third time “makes me feel like I’m doing something right.” “It fills me with so much joy,” Hathaway said. “I love Chris and Emma Nolan so much, and to be invited into their world [is] one of the best places you can find yourself. Getting to be invited twice really felt like something, three felt like it would’ve been greedy, so I never let myself hope that that would happen, and that it has makes me emotional, to be perfectly honest.” Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026. The Odyssey has been adapted for the big screen before, serving as an inspiration for the Coen brothers’ 2000 comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the recently released Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche drama The Return . Prior to this week’s announcement, as casting fell into place over the last few months, rumours swirled around the plot for Nolan’s next film. In October, Gizmodo published a report saying it had received a tip “from a reliable source that Nolan’s film is a vampire movie set in the 1920s.” Another synopsis, revealed by Production Weekly and shared on X by Christopher Nolan Art & Updates, suggested the filmmaker was going to go in a completely new direction with his next movie said to be inspired by the 1983 action flick Blue Thunder and centre on “a pair of aerial helicopter cops, with an older mentor and younger lead.” That outline was expanded upon in a viral Reddit post shared by someone who said the film would be “in the vein of Blue Thunder ” because “Nolan is a fan of the movie & it was his starting point when putting the project together.” “My sister’s father-in-law works at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn & there has been excitement recently among the personnel in the NYPD Aviation Unit that Christopher Nolan & key people from his production team will be arriving in November to spend roughly a month with the unit ahead of production of his next movie with Matt Damon joining early next year,” the Reddit post read. “The word is that the movie will be a New York-based futuristic action movie about a Helicopter pilot Cop who heads up the Aviation Unit in the US & the creation of a super-advanced yet dangerous Helicopter itself being pursued by terrorists.” Instead of receiving screenplays, the post went on to add that key personnel were given high-quality versions of Blue Thunder , which starred the late Roy Scheider and was directed by John Badham, “ as well as various items of written work related to that movie.” There was also speculation that Nolan might be named as the director for the next James Bond film, with rumours circulating last fall that he was in talks to helm the “two or three” films in the franchise with the action set in the 1950s. Nolan added his own fuel to that chatter when he was plugging Oppenheimer in July 2023. “The influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent,” Nolan told the Happy Sad Confused podcast . “And so there’s no attempt to shy away from that. I love the films. You know, it would be an amazing privilege to do one.” But Nolan confirmed he was not pursuing a Bond project as his next film last fall when he told t he Associated Press : “No, sadly no — no truth to those rumours.” mdaniell@postmedia.com

There was a pretty epic "situation" going down -- the cast of "Jersey Shore" reunited to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the iconic MTV series! Deena Nicole Cortese , Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio , Jenni "JWOWW" Farley , Vinny Guadagnino , Ronnie Ortiz-Magro , Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi , Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino , and Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola were all living it up at the 15th anniversary bash in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on Tuesday. The cast didn’t miss a beat, rocking their finest luxe evening attire -- a far cry from the skimpy party gear they used to sport while tearing up the boardwalk during their heyday! Fashion aside, the crew was still all about their classic fist-pumping fun, but they've clearly swapped the chaos for a bit more class ... because things look a lot more chill. Of course, there was plenty to celebrate and reflect on -- "Jersey Shore" changed the reality TV game the moment it hit MTV, becoming an instant smash hit and the highest-rated series in network history. And let’s be real, a lot of its lingo is still going strong today. Happy Anniversary!

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