Only 14 per cent of American voters believe they are better off financially now than when Joe Biden took office, in the latest sign that the president’s economic record could undermine his re-election prospects.

A poll found that almost 70 per cent of voters thought Biden’s economic policies had either hurt the US economy or had no impact, including 33 per cent who said they believed the president’s policies had “hurt the economy a lot”. Only 26 per cent said his policies had helped.

The new monthly poll conducted for the Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business will seek to track how economic sentiment affects the race for the White House. In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan famously asked voters whether they were better off than they were four years earlier, setting the stage for his landslide victory over incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter.

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Only 14% of American voters believe they are better off financially now than when Joe Biden took office, according to a. new monthly poll conducted for the ⁦@FT⁩ and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. https://t.co/MTAfuXdUr2

— annmarie hordern (@annmarie) November 13, 2023

The court’s initial step on ethics, in the spring, did not mollify critics. Roberts declined an invitation from Durbin to testify before the Judiciary panel, but the chief justice provided a “Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices” signed by all nine justices that described the ethical rules they follow about travel, gifts and outside income.

The statement provided by Roberts said that the nine justices “reaffirm and restate foundational ethics principles and practices to which they subscribe in carrying out their responsibilities as Members of the Supreme Court of the United States.”

The statement promised at least some small additional disclosure when one or more among them opts not to take part in a case. But the justices have been inconsistent in doing so since.

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The Supreme Court is adopting its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. https://t.co/a9p0n2ZKgz

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 13, 2023

Gen Z and millennial adults are having a hard time achieving the same milestones their parents did when they first ventured out into the workforce.

For instance, 55% of young adult respondents find it is “much harder” to purchase a home, 44% said it is harder to find a job and 55% said it is harder to get promoted, according to a Youth & Money in the USA poll by CNBC and Generation Lab.

The survey polled 1,039 people between ages 18 and 34 across the U.S. from Oct. 25 to Oct. 30.

“This is purely a snapshot of what young people perceive their lives to be like compared to their parents,” said Cyrus Beschloss, founder of Generation Lab, an organization that built the largest respondent database of young people in America.

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Gen Z, millennials have a much harder time ‘adulting’ than their parents did, CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds https://t.co/h1T3NEXdZq

— CNBC (@CNBC) November 13, 2023

10.6 Faced with these problems there would appear to be broadly three (not necessarily mutually exclusive) pathways forward that would have some degree of theological integrity and which might enable the Church of England to proceed in a way that minimises conflict and division and maintains as high a degree of communion as possible in the light of where we now are:

Pausing in order to refine and develop further the theological arguments set out here in Annex H and then seeking a consensus for them in their final articulation as an adequate theological rationale for a form of PLF consistent with them and for new pastoral guidance and pastoral reassurance including any “formal structural pastoral provision in this time of uncertainty” (Introduction, para 18, p.3);
Recognising that for “a time of uncertainty” we have well-established processes in relation to liturgical development and so using Canon B2 (and the need for two-thirds support for any change in all 3 Houses of General Synod at the end of the process) for all of PLF;
Acknowledging that our deeper problem is that the Church has within it two significantly sized groupings divided over whether the existing doctrine is right and should shape our pastoral and liturgical life or is wrong and needs to be replaced with an alternative theology that should then shape our pastoral and liturgical life. Each of these has a clear and internally consistent theological rationale. What is therefore likely needed is not an unsatisfactory and unstable mix of supposed doctrinal continuity but with significant practical changes based on a “new insight into doctrine”. Instead, we need to seek some form of new structural settlement which would give to each of these contrasting and competing theologies their own secure, legally defined and episcopally-led ecclesial space with theological integrity and as high a degree of communion as possible between them within the Church of England.

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As General Synod gathers, some thoughts on the theological rationale being offered for PLF with thanks again to @Psephizo for posting. https://t.co/R3RmHgE3pU

— Andrew Goddard (@goddardaj) November 13, 2023

Thousands of lives could be saved every year by using a new artificial intelligence tool that performs better than doctors at predicting if patients will have a heart attack, a study suggests.

The technology from the University of Oxford, based on 40,000 patients in UK hospitals, can spot people with early heart problems that are missed on CT scans reviewed by the human eye.

It would mean those people could start preventive treatment, such as statins, cutting their risk of suffering or dying from a heart attack or stroke during the next decade. The AI tool is already being piloted in five UK hospitals, and researchers hope it can be rolled out further.

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Thousands of lives could be saved every year by using a new artificial intelligence tool that performs better than doctors at predicting if patients will have a heart attack, a study suggests https://t.co/kJyFou16OB

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) November 13, 2023

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Welcome to the week! The autumn colours in the #YorkshireDales have been spectacular this year 🧡💚

Does anyone know where this village is? 🤔 Clue: it's in #Swaledale.

📸 With thanks to Tom Kolour, who took your #PicOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/PDWMZD4kXJ

— Yorkshire Dales National Park (@yorkshire_dales) November 13, 2023

Restore us, O God of hosts;
let thy face shine, that we may be saved!

–Psalm 80:7

Lovely november Monday#malmö #photofrommyheart pic.twitter.com/ZghRzLrCr6

— Lisa von Steijern🇸🇪 (@LisavonSteijern) November 13, 2023