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Budweiser
organizationAlcohol is not available in shops in Qatar and only served in certain upmarket hotels. Alcohol cannot be brought into the country, consumed in public, or bought outside of licenced venues. FIFA will now likely face a legal suit from Budweiser, who had the exclusive right to sell beer at World Cup matches.
Nancy Pelosi
personHouse Democrats suffered defeat in the 2022 midterm elections. After two years of unified control in the House and Senate, the party will pass control back to Republicans. With the party's loss, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be forced to hand over the speaker's gavel.
The Office for Budget Responsibility
organizationOffice for Budget Responsibility downgraded previous projections. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the forecasts ‘confirm that our actions today help inflation to fall sharply from the middle of next year’ The 7.1% drop in real terms income is the largest since records began in 1956.
Nancy Pelosi
personPelosi became the first female speaker of the House and the highest-ranking woman in American history in 2007. She pushed through an unpopular bank bailout that averted a looming depression. She muscled through Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act.
Taylor Swift
personTicketmaster and SeatGeek announced Thursday that the public sale of tickets has been canceled. Ticketmaster says extreme interest, combined with bot attacks, led to "unprecedented traffic on our site"
Jeremy Hunt
personTreasury analysis shows half of British households will be worse off next year. Tax rises hiked to the highest levels since the end of the second world war. Health and education will get enough to stagger on for two years. Autumn Statement expected to outline plans to cut public spending by around £30bn.
Ticketmaster
organizationTicketmaster says it doesn't have enough tickets for Taylor Swift's upcoming stadium tour. The decision comes two days after a presale event caused the site to crash and left many fans without tickets. This is Swift's first nationwide tour since her 2018 Reputation tour.
Jeremy Hunt
personU.K. Treasury Chief Jeremy Hunt set out the country's budget for next year. It contained 55 billion pounds ($65.53 billion) of financial consolidation. Shares in house builders reacted positively, with Barratt Developments up 0.5%. Hunt said he will increase the NHS budget by an extra £3.3bn.
Karen Bass
personKaren Bass will be the first woman and second Black Angeleno elected to lead the city in its 241-year history. Bass led with 53.1% of the vote, compared with 46.9% for billionaire businessman Rick Caruso. She takes office Dec. 12 as the City Council faces a racism scandal.
the House of Representatives
organizationRepublicans are projected to win a slim majority in the US House of Representatives with 218 seats, giving the GOP control of the lower chamber of Congress. Current House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has already cleared the first hurdle toward being elected House Speaker.
AP
organizationDenver police officers met with students in Denver Public Schools about traffic safety on Wednesday. The event was made possible through the Denver Police Museum which obtained a grant from the E-470 Transportation Safety Foundation. The winning numbers in the Idaho Lottery’s “Idaho Cash’ game were:15-16-17-26-30.
Brittney Griner
personBrittney Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 210 miles east of Moscow. She was sentenced in August following her February arrest at an airport in Moscow, when Russian authorities say she was caught entering the country with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The US State Department declared Griner to be 'wrongfully detained'
Malaysia Airlines
organizationDutch court finds two Russian men and one Ukrainian man guilty of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Russian foreign ministry said that prosecutors had ignored all evidence it said indicated that the missile could have been launched by Ukrainian troops. Russia denies any involvement or responsibility for MH17's downing in 2014.
the House of Representatives
organizationRepublicans projected to win between 218-223 seats in the 435-seat House. The party in control of the White House has lost 28 seats on average in the House of Representatives.
Hunter Biden
personRep. Mike Garcia won California's 27th Congressional District, claiming the 218th seat needed for the GOP to flip control of the House. With Democrats controlling the Senate, the divided Congress creates challenges for Biden's agenda in the remaining two years of his administration.
OBR
organizationOffice for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said it expected UK gross domestic product (GDP) to slump. It significantly downgraded previous projections that the economy would actually grow by 1.8% in 2023. Jeremy Hunt said the forecasts ‘confirm that our actions today help inflation to fall sharply from the middle of next year’
Gemma Owen
personBish asked Owen to be his girlfriend in a lavish proposal in August. Pair split after going on a make or break holiday to Dubai. Luca claims that he was 'blindsided' by their split.
Kevin Spacey
personKevin Spacey was hit with seven additional charges in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. The new charges date back to the early 2000s and relate to one alleged victim. The 63-year-old actor was charged on Tuesday with a number of sexual offenses against the same man between 2001 and 2004.
Ticketmaster
organizationTicketmaster faces a heap of criticism from Taylor Swift fans. Many faced technical issues, long virtual lines and, now, sky-high resale prices. Swift announced earlier this month she was going on a new U.S. stadium tour starting next year.
Target
organizationThe S&P 500 lost 0.8% Wednesday. The Nasdaq fell 1.5%, and small-company stocks fell even more. Target reported a 52 percent drop in profits for its third quarter.