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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/10/2025
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LA fires could cause over $50B in damages — making them the most expensive in California history

The devastating fires ripping across Los Angeles could cause more than $50 billion in damages – making them the most costly in state history, according to a report.

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Man arrested entering the Capitol with a machete and three knives

A man with a machete was arrested after trying to enter the U.S. Capitol just before Donald Trump's scheduled visit. Trump plans to pay his respects to former President Jimmy Carter as his body is lying in the rotunda of the complex ahead of his state funeral on Thursday.

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Trump says Newsom is to 'blame' for 'apocalyptic' wildfires

'He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt,' President-elect Trump said on Truth Social

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/09/2025
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Biden FDA moves forward with rule to lower nicotine in cigarettes, a ‘gift’ to cartels, critic says

The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to mandate lower nicotine levels in cigarettes in the final days of President Biden’s term, according to a new report, which critics say could cause Americans to smoke more and fuel organized crime cartels.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 01/08/2025
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GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.

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  • Source: AP News
  • 01/08/2025
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to get Friday’s hush money sentencing called off

President-elect Donald Trump is still set to be sentenced in his hush money case this week — at least for now — after a New York appeals court judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected his second attempt to get it called off.

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Biden admin working to effectively ban cigarettes in 11th hour proposal a 'gift' to cartels, expert says

Lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a 'a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels,' former ATF official says

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Biden admin working to effectively ban cigarettes in 11th hour proposal a 'gift' to cartels, expert says

Lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a 'a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels,' former ATF official says

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/07/2025
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Donald Trump Jr. to visit Greenland as prez-elect threatens to acquire island

Donald Trump Jr. is flying to Greenland on Tuesday as his president-elect father refuses to back off his threats to try to acquire the strategically located land, a source familiar with the trip confirmed to The Post.

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Meta’s Zuckerberg Adds UFC’s Dana White, Two Others to Board

Meta Platforms Inc. elected three new directors to its board, including Ultimate Fighting Championship Chief Executive Officer Dana White, one of the media industry’s most influential executives and a high-profile campaigner for US President-elect Donald Trump.

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McDonald’s Becomes Latest Big Company to Walk Back DEI Measures

McDonald’s announced Monday that it will be scaling back some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion measures in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-based college admissions policies and amid a growing conservative push to restrict the progressive corporate initiatives.

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Congress will gather on Jan. 6 to certify the 2024 presidential election. Here’s what to know.

A joint session of Congress will meet on Jan. 6 to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election.

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Will Joe Biden Sign the Social Security Fairness Act? Here's What We Know

President Joe Biden may soon sign into law the Social Security Fairness Act, a bill that would eliminate restrictions on Social Security benefits paid to millions of American workers.

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Elon Musk Wades Into German Politics, Speaks Up For Sovereigntist AfD Party Ahead of Snap Election

South African-American billionaire Elon Musk promoted the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in unambiguous terms in a newspaper column, prompting the publication’s opinions editor to resign in protest.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/01/2025
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FBI seizes 150 homemade explosive devices from Virginia farm in record bust

A Virginia man arrested two weeks ago on an illegal gun charge was allegedly concealing the largest arsenal of “finished explosive devices” ever seized by the FBI, the bureau said in court documents.