Politics

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Biden admin plows ahead with 11th hour plan to effectively ban cigarettes

The FDA rule cleared a regulatory hurdle earlier this month as critics sounded off the move would benefit cartels and the black market.

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Kamala Harris Declines Traditional Invite for JD Vance to Visit Vice Presidential Residence

Vice President Kamala Harris has declined the traditional invite for her successor, JD Vance, to visit the vice presidential residence ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration.

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Trump would have been convicted in election interference case had he not won election, special counsel Jack Smith’s report claims

Special counsel Jack Smith’s long-awaited report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case argues that the president-elect would’ve been convicted at trial had he not won the 2024 presidential election.

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Kamala Harris Home Burglary Reports Amid Los Angeles Fires: What We Know

Two individuals were detained near Vice President Kamala Harris' home in Brentwood, California, early Saturday morning, after police were called about a suspected burglary amid a citywide curfew due to the ongoing wildfires ravaging Los Angeles.

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Kremlin says it's watching Trump's pursuit of Greenland 'very closely'

A spokesperson described the development as “rather dramatic” and expressed relief that the situation had not progressed past rhetoric.

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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: 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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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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  • Source: ANF
  • 12/31/2024
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Biden orders closure of federal government agencies on Jan. 9

All federal government agencies and departments will be shut down on January 9, according to a statement from the White House.