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23 minutes ago

Trump HUD Report Alleges Biden Admin Shelled Out Rental Help Payments to 30,000+ Dead People

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found $5.8 billion in questionable 2024 rental assistance payments to deceased and ineligible recipients, revealing major oversight failures.
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fromFortune
3 hours ago

Georgia's 'America First' license plates, Washington's $17 minimum wage and Hawaii's climate change tourist tax: new laws are on the books | Fortune

Hawaii imposes a tourist 'Green Fee' for climate resilience; Utah intensifies alcohol ID checks and marks extreme DUI licenses; Georgia offers 'America First' plates.
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fromThe Verge
5 hours ago

Free speech's great leap backwards

Government pressure and private-platform decisions curtailed immigration-related speech, with app removal and billionaire-controlled platforms amplifying censorship risks.
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fromAxios
3 hours ago

Basic Medicaid info can be shared with ICE, judge says

Federal agencies may share basic biographical, location, and contact data of Medicaid recipients with immigration authorities, while broader data sharing is restricted pending legal justification.
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fromFox News
10 hours ago

Eric Adams says Biden DOJ used 'lawfare' against him, compares treatment to Trump

The Biden Justice Department engaged in lawfare against political opponents, targeting Eric Adams and Donald Trump over corruption and classified-document allegations.
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fromFortune
3 hours ago

The government paid $5 million instead of $50,000 to a Florida Democrat's healthcare company. She claims innocence from fraud | Fortune

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick denies stealing $5 million in COVID-19 disaster funds and faces federal charges alleging conspiracy and theft.
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fromNew York Post
18 hours ago

Blakeman tells Mamdani to fire activist from transition team over cop-hating 'killers' comments: 'Disgusting'

Bruce Blakeman demands Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani remove transition member Kazi Fouzia for calling NYPD officers 'killers' in resurfaced activist comments.
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fromThe Mercury News
17 hours ago

Letters: Eric Swalwell is a great choice for next California governor

Eric Swalwell is an excellent gubernatorial candidate; Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez should be censured for allegedly supporting Hamas and misrepresenting Gaza funding and culpability.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
7 hours ago

Trump turns a Minnesota fraud allegation into ammunition for his MAGA army against Democrats

Federal agencies are investigating alleged fraud in Minnesota social assistance programs linked to daycare subsidies and implicating parts of the Somali community.
fromFortune
3 hours ago

YouTuber's viral 'Somali daycare' video spurs sweeping federal fraud probe in Minnesota as Walz defends oversight of $18 billion | Fortune

A viral video alleging fraud at several Minnesota daycare centers has triggered intensified federal and state scrutiny of how public money is spent. At the same time, officials stress that the claims remain unproven and under active investigation. The clash between online allegations and official audits has put Governor Tim Walz's administration and the state's oversight systems under a national spotlight.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Despair for would-be US citizens as American dream blocked by Trump

USCIS excluded applicants from a Boston naturalization ceremony based on travel-ban countries, denying people who had completed vetting the opportunity to take the oath and causing distress.
fromPortland Mercury
11 hours ago

Immigrant Rights Groups Allege Multnomah County Jail is Violating Sanctuary Laws

The suit, filed in circuit court earlier this month, claims that Multnomah County is unlawfully agreeing to hold individuals detained by the U.S. Marshals Service for violations of federal immigration law even after they have posted bail or a judge has ordered their release. In one case, the organizations filing the suit allege, Multnomah County held a man for three days for immigration-related reasons after a judge ordered his release.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit

It seems possible that what will ultimately emerge is a clarified sense of principles and a deeper commitment to them (which is why part of the conflict is over American history itself). On one hand, there are the heads of the federal government and their spokespeople, whose lies are part of their disdain for the electorate and the rule of law.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Karl Rove Reveals 2025's Dangerous' Theme: We Have to Get Our Act Together'

Widespread public distrust of institutions, fueled by conspiracy theories, political cruelty, and intra-party divisions, threatens civic stability and demands rebuilding trust and civility.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
17 hours ago

Fight over Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee moves to appeals court

The US Chamber of Commerce is appealing a federal court ruling that upheld President Trump's $100,000 H‑1B visa application fee.
#trump
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fromwww.mediaite.com
17 hours ago

Fox's Jessica Tarlov Says There's No Way' a YouTuber Uncovered More Than $100 Million of Fraud in Minnesota On His Own'

A lone YouTuber's claim of uncovering over $100 million in Minnesota child-care fraud met skepticism amid broader reporting and questions about veracity and political consequences.
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fromSlate Magazine
7 hours ago

Brett Kavanaugh Is Trying to Walk Back "Kavanaugh Stops." Too Late.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh allowed 'apparent ethnicity' as a factor for immigration stops, enabling abusive 'Kavanaugh stops,' then later backtracked, forbidding race as a consideration.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

House Democrat Eric Swalwell Puts Susie Wiles on Notice' Over Vanity Fair Quip: Save Your Sh*t!'

Rep. Eric Swalwell vowed to investigate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles over comments suggesting President Trump weaponizes the justice system.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
8 hours ago

The year Trump created 1.6 million undocumented immigrants

The current U.S. administration rendered 1.6 million people undocumented in one year and is expanding deportations while revoking prior protections like parole and TPS.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

DOJ Told Trump Transition Team That Tom Homan Was Being Investigated for Bribery

Trump transition officials were informed days before inauguration that Tom Homan faced a DOJ bribery investigation involving recorded acceptance of $50,000 linked to border contracts.
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fromSocial Media Explorer
7 hours ago

"Justice by ZIP Code": New Data Shows How Where You Live Decides Whether Kids Go to Jail - Social Media Explorer

Youth incarceration rates differ dramatically by state, driven by policy and geography rather than uniform national crime levels.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Minnesota Fraud Committee Chair Accuses Tim Walz of Turning a Blind Eye' to Her Repeated Warnings

The Republican chair of the Minnesota Fraud Committee, state representative Kristin Robbins, accused Governor Tim Walz of ignoring her repeated warnings about widespread fraud in the state's taxpayer-funded daycare system. Robbins, a declared GOP candidate for governor seeking to challenge Walz next year, says she alerted his administration last year to serious concerns that some daycare providers were siphoning off public funds despite extensive compliance violations. According to Robbins, those warnings were met with inaction.
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fromemptywheel
6 hours ago

Brian Cole's Lawyers Admonish Jeanine Pirro for Yapping Her Mouth - emptywheel

But Jeanine Pirro did. She want on social media and repeated the apparent miscitation of Cole's own words I laid out here, treating a comment made in the present tense this month - "I really don't like either party at this point" - as if it were a comment about his mindset on January 5, 2021.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 hours ago

Elias: Musk's bid to create rift with America Party' going nowhere

Elon Musk's contemplated third-party bid is driven by retaliation over EV tax credit losses and faces long odds given historical third-party failures.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Mike Johnson Claims This Year Was a Productive One for Congress. Data Says Otherwise.

Congress passed several Republican priorities but enacted only 57 bills, the fewest among the last four presidents' first years.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? | Norman Soloman

The Democratic National Committee's decision to block the release of its own autopsy report on the 2024 election is stunning but not surprising. Averse to unpleasant candor, the Democrats' governing body functions more like a PR firm than a political organization devoted to grassroots capacities for winning elections. The party's leaders pose as immune from critique, even if they have led the party to disaster.
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fromFast Company
2 hours ago

U.S. consumer watchdog faces extinction in 2026 as Trump says it's 'very important' to shut it down

Her student debt had been double-counted, making it look as though she owed a quarter of a million dollars and putting home ownership out of reach. Jones disputed the items with Experian, one of the major credit reporting agencies, multiple times in writing and over the phone, but got nowhere. "They kept saying it's been verified, it's been verified...They never investigated. They never tried to remove it," Jones said in an interview.
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fromThe Nation
3 hours ago

Stephen Miller's Monstrous Tentacles

Readers' organizing and donations can defend independent progressive journalism and fight abuses of power; year-end matching donations double impact and sustain reporting.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

We still don't really know what Elon Musk's Doge actually did

Doge's aggressive federal overhaul yielded minimal savings, widespread disruption, legal battles, and obstructed transparency, destabilizing humanitarian programs worldwide.
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fromThe Atlantic
5 hours ago

The Year That Shattered American Science

US scientific research faced major funding and political disruptions in 2025, but key projects continued and many researchers remained despite cuts and uncertainty.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
14 hours ago

Deadly New Disease': 1998 Poll of Americans' Predictions for Future Were Surprisingly Prescient'

1998 Americans foresaw a Black president, legalized gay marriage, and a deadly new disease by 2025, but overestimated space travel, cancer cures, and centenarian norms.
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
18 hours ago

Alameda mayor: City fighting feds' cancellation of VA clinic, columbarium

2025 was a tumultuous year that tested our resolve from federal funding cuts to local road safety and climate resilience projects, a lengthy government shutdown that caused federal workers to miss paychecks and suspended nutrition assistance programs and the loss of subsidies for health insurance premiums for those who buy their insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft is the mayor of Alameda.
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fromLos Angeles Times
7 hours ago

Commentary: Trump regime's lies against immigrants in 2025 even did Frank Sinatra dirty

Trump's aggressive deportation campaign and tactics in Southern California led to wrongful detention, use of force against residents, and escalated community protests.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 hours ago

A recruitment crisis is coming': Readers debate looming teacher strike threat

UK teachers face heavy workloads, pay erosion, understaffing and systemic underfunding, prompting divided public views on strikes and long-term recruitment and retention risks.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 hour ago

Trump administration bans abortions through Department of Veterans Affairs

The Trump administration ordered the VA to reinstate a near-total ban on abortions for veterans, allowing care only when the mother's life is endangered.
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fromConsequence
2 hours ago

Jack White Slams GOP Representative for Posting AI-Generated, Ragebait Slop of Him Yelling About Trump

Jack White publicly rebuked Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett for reposting an AI-generated video falsely depicting White shouting at Trump supporters.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
3 hours ago

21 immigration judges fired in San Francisco, many reportedly without explanation

More than 100 immigration judges nationwide, including at least 21 in the San Francisco Bay Area, were fired, threatening longer immigration case backlogs.
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fromAdvocate.com
6 hours ago

How No Kings aims to build 'protest muscle' for the long term

Large public protests have shifted into sustained, strategic organizing that converts turnout into mutual aid, legal defense, targeted actions, and relay-style long-term pressure.
fromThe Nation
2 hours ago

In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent

The great sports sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards has described athletes as "the canary in the coal mine," meaning that the politics and struggles in sports prefigure what will come elsewhere in society. Think of Jackie Robinson integrating baseball nearly a decade before the Montgomery bus boycotts or Billie Jean King signaling the coming of Title IX legislation by standing for women's liberation in a traditionally male and hostile space.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Fox's Kayleigh McEnany Predicts Gavin Newsom Will Launch White House Campaign in 2026 And Be Challenged by Frenemy

Kayleigh McEnany predicted Gavin Newsom will declare a 2026 presidential run and Kamala Harris will follow with a 2027 declaration.
fromThe Oaklandside
1 hour ago

The FBI's Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a 'checkered past'

The morning of Jan. 17, 2025, federal prosecutors filed into a windowless room at the San Francisco federal building and lined up solemnly behind the podium. They were about to announce a bombshell political corruption case. Hours earlier they had unsealed an indictment charging Oakland's newly recalled mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner Andre Jones, and two local recycling moguls, David and Andy Duong, with orchestrating an elaborate bribery scheme.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 hours ago

Share the Spirit: Immigration Institute of the Bay Area makes citizenship goals a reality

It was April, just a few months since the new administration took over in the White House, and Cynthia Verduzco walked into an office for the most important interview of her life: She was applying to be a United States citizen. After she was born in Mexico, her family moved to Los Angeles when she was an infant, then to Newark when she was in middle school. She raised three kids here.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
18 hours ago

Judge blocks Trump effort to strip South Sudan deportation protections

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese, preventing TPS from expiring on January 5.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

US judge halts ending of temporary protected status for South Sudanese migrants

A federal judge blocked the planned termination of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of South Sudanese nationals, preventing their deportation while legal challenges proceed.
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fromThe Mercury News
4 hours ago

Share the Spirit: Immigration Institute of the Bay Area makes citizenship goals a reality

Fear and political change doubled calls to the Immigration Institute as it helps immigrants navigate citizenship interviews, legal rights, and emotional support.
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fromBusiness Matters
6 hours ago

Men have lost their work ethic, says Trump's former commerce secretary

Prime-age American men show declining labour-force participation driven by entitlement, weakened work ethic, and long-term structural shifts since the 1960s.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 hours ago

Starmer's Labour branded austerity-lite' and rudderless' in scathing attack on PM

For too long it has been everyday people, workers and communities who have paid the price for crisis after crisis not of their making. In 2026, this must stop. The government needs to decide what it stands for and who it stands for. If we have to ask, it is not working. The party faithful can agonise about its failing leadership and a night of the long knives'. But a new Labour leadership with the same policies simply won't cut it.
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fromNewsmax
1 hour ago

Hourly Minimum Wage to Rise to $17 in NYC

New York's minimum wage rises to $17 in New York City, Westchester and Long Island and to $16 elsewhere on Jan. 1 as part of scheduled annual increases.
#social-security
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 hour ago

What Prediction Markets Say About Tariff Stimulus Checks: Here's the Latest

Prediction markets and political signals have spurred bets on the probability of tariff-funded stimulus checks tied to 2026 tax refunds.
#donald-trump
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fromWIRED
7 hours ago

The Great Big Power Play

The 2025 administration and tech companies are promoting nuclear energy as a solution to AI's power needs after prior failed subsidies and plant closures.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago

Trump Assures Public the New White House Ballroom Will Have a Drone-Free Roof'

Donald Trump is building a massive, inauguration-capable ballroom with bulletproof glass and a drone-free roof while directing broad White House renovations.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
23 hours ago

James Cameron weighs in on controversial ending to ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow's film

James Cameron praises and defends Kathryn Bigelow's ambiguous ending in A House of Dynamite as the possible conclusion; The Independent seeks donations to fund reporting.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
16 hours ago

Special run-off election: Voters to decide on Santa Clara County assessor ahead of new year

Santa Clara County holds a special election for county assessor with low turnout and candidates contrasting office experience versus property-tax reform priorities.
fromFortune
3 hours ago

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the wrong way risks a second Great Recession | Fortune

Now, the Trump Administration wants to reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, indicating that an IPO could occur as early as year's end, yet providing few policy details. This lack of transparency raises concerns that a hasty insider-driven exit from conservatorship will erode the safeguards that have kept the housing market stable, exacerbate systemic risks, and primarily enrich shareholders.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 hours ago

Photos show how US presidents have redecorated the Oval Office through the years, from Taft to Trump

US presidents have redecorated the Oval Office in different ways since it was first built in 1909. Most presidents have sat at the Resolute Desk, but others brought in their own personal furniture. President Donald Trump has added numerous gold embellishments to the Oval Office. It's been nearly 100 years since the Oval Office was first built under President William Howard Taft. Throughout that time, US presidents have each made different design choices to redecorate the formal workspace.
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fromFortune
15 hours ago

Trump says he still might fire Powell as Fed chair pick looms | Fortune

President Trump prefers a Fed chair candidate, plans a January announcement, criticizes Jerome Powell, and may seek to remove or sue him.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

CNN's Abby Phillip Accuses Scott Jennings of Denigrating' a Whole Religion' With Handmaid's Tale' Remark During Heated Debate

Abby Phillip accused Scott Jennings of denigrating a religion by mocking Peggy Flanagan's hijab and comparing it to The Handmaid's Tale.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
18 hours ago

No 10 was forced to apologise over John Major's improper' message to Queen Mother

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

5 Most Shocking White House Briefing Room Moments of 2025

Karoline Leavitt's confrontational briefings created an adversarial relationship with the White House press corps, producing several shocking clashes, including a controversial tariff defense.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
9 months ago

Gay Trump official threatens NBC reporter who asked him if a recession is coming - LGBTQ Nation

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to guarantee no recession, downplayed market concerns, and later threatened a journalist after a critical question.
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fromThe New Yorker
7 hours ago

A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport-and Leave Their Kids Behind

Undocumented parents try to postpone ICE deportation until their youngest child reaches eighteen.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 hours ago

Kennedy Center's New Year's Eve Concert Scrapped as Artist Boycott Grows Over Trump Name-Change

The Kennedy Center canceled its New Year's Eve concert after artists boycotted following the board's decision to add Donald Trump's name to the center.
fromwww.theguardian.com
34 minutes ago

The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump's forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost | Editorial

He has refused to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and repeatedly floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. He threatened to seize the Panama canal. He has imposed swingeing tariffs on key partners, and says he might abandon the Canada-Mexico trade pact signed in his first term. He has meddled outrageously in elections in Honduras and Argentina, and sought to interfere with Brazilian justice.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

How President Trump has reshaped U.S.-Israel relations

Trump and Netanyahu maintain a transactional, mutually dependent relationship characterized by political calculations, mutual distrust, and cooperation driven by domestic and regional objectives.
#venezuela
fromAxios
1 day ago
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Trump claims U.S. struck facility in Venezuela campaign, but offers no details

fromAxios
1 day ago
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Trump claims U.S. struck facility in Venezuela campaign, but offers no details

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fromwww.theguardian.com
16 hours ago

US military says two were killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific

US forces killed two men in an eastern Pacific strike on a suspected drug boat, the 30th naval attack, bringing deaths to at least 107.
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fromsyracuse
3 hours ago

New York minimum wage to increase in 2026

New York's minimum wage will rise Jan. 1 to $17 in Downstate areas and $16 elsewhere, with future CPI indexing and potential freezes.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 hours ago

Trump Needs to Carry Out Regime Change' in Iran If He Wants to Be Known as the Peace President,' Alan Dershowitz Says

Trump must support regime change in Iran and green-light Israeli strikes to be seen as a peace president; Palestinians have not yet earned statehood.
#journalism-funding
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fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago

Unbelievable': CNN's Scott Jennings Loses It on Guest Who Cited Death Toll in Gaza

Scott Jennings forcefully rebuked Emma Vigeland for blaming U.S. administrations and Israel for Gaza's civilian death toll while omitting condemnation of Hamas.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Zelensky Reveals Trump Is Considering Sending Troops to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told reporters that President Donald Trump is considering sending U.S. troops to his country. In recent days, Trump has spoken with both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war in the region. Those peace efforts were further complicated when Russia launched strikes on Kyiv over the weekend the day before Trump and Zelensky met at Mar-a-Lago.
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fromIndependent
12 hours ago

Pop culture review of 2025: Samantha Mumba's Eurovision rant, Swiftwatch and unconsciously coupling at a Coldplay gig

In 2025 pop culture overtook politics, turning celebrity spectacle into governing influence while romances and stunts dominated public attention.
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fromAxios
14 hours ago

Trump, top aides asked Netanyahu to change policy in occupied West Bank

Violent escalation in the West Bank would undermine the Gaza peace agreement and jeopardize expansion of the Abraham Accords before the end of Trump's term.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Trump says there's progress on a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia

Trump and Zelenskyy report progress on a proposed peace deal but key issues remain unresolved and Russian attacks continue.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 hours ago

Carbon monoxide the hidden killer' of the fuel poverty crisis

People in fuel poverty face higher carbon monoxide poisoning risk due to cold, damp, poorly maintained homes and reliance on gas.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
18 hours ago

Trump claims attack on a dock in Venezuela; US strikes kill two in Pacific

There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs, Trump said as he met in Florida with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now, we hit the area. It's the implementation area. That's where they implement. And that is no longer around.
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