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GOP Rep. Van Orden says he would vote to release Gaetz report

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden (Wisc.) said he would vote to release the House Ethics Committee report into allegations of misconduct against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who President-elect Trump nominated to be attorney general.

“I think it’s very important that eve

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Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender peop

Trump’s second presidency

Follow live updates on the transition to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidency. We’re tracking the people Trump has picked or is considering to fill his Cabinet. Here’s what a second Trump presidency could mean for America.

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Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after killing her 2 sons. Here’s

Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman whose lies about killing her two sons sharply divided a small town, was denied parole Wednesday morning.

Smith’s denial was decided unanimously by five members of the parole board of the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Ser

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Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trad

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear in the U.S.-China trade war.

The financial

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Bill Nye: RFK Jr. has ‘lost his way’

Bill Nye, an engineer best known for his 1990s TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” panned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s selection as the incoming Trump administration’s top health official.

“I think he’s lost his way,” he said on Wednesday while speaking to reporters in

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Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty by judge in campus killing, sen

The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus was found guilty by a judge on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder.

He was sentenced by the judge to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the maximum possi

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Trump Transition Live Updates: News on Matt Gaetz and House Ethics Com

But since Mr. Trump named Mr. Gaetz last week as his choice to head the Justice Department, House Republicans have been reluctant to make the report public. And following an hourslong meeting on Capitol Hill of the secretive ethics panel on Wednesday, Representative Susan Wild of

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California storm: Power outages, road closures as rain batters state

A strong atmospheric river-fueled storm arrived in California, with heavy rain drenching many regions and flooding in some hard-hit areas.

The atmospheric river is being driven by a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system over the Pacific Ocean, which has met the meteorological

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House Ethics Committee is deadlocked on whether to release Gaetz repor

The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.

After meeting behind closed doors for about two hours Wedne

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Trump’s hunt for Treasury secretary down to the wire

The jockeying for President-elect Trump’s pick to run the all-important Treasury Department is coming down to the wire.

Trump’s economic team will be tasked with imposing an aggressive tariff regime meant to shake up global trade while keeping financial markets calm amid the

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Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms s

The Senate on Wednesday voted down an effort led by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to block a series of planned US weapons sales to Israel.

The failure of the long-shot effort highlights that despite criticism from the left that the Biden administration and Israel are n

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Man found guilty, sentenced to life without parole in Laken Riley murd

A Georgia judge sentenced Jose Antonio Ibarra to life in prison without the possibility of parole just hours after finding the Venezuelan national guilty on all counts in the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student whose February killing inflamed t

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Live WA windstorm: Bomb cyclone leaves erratic path of destruction in

Hours after a massive windstorm howled with gusts up to 74 mph in the lowlands, crews in Western Washington were working Wednesday to restore electricity for over 640,000 customers who lost power overnight.

At least two people have died.

One died when wind toppled a tree at a L

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Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, months before she is se

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Linda McMahon Got Body-Slammed Over Bogus Education Degree

President-elect Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee Linda McMahon previously resigned from a high-ranking education post after her qualifications began to publicly unravel.

In 2009, the former WWE CEO was confirmed to Connecticut’s state board of education following a

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Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Is

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza over mounting civilian deaths there.

The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats sought to put legislation up

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The FBI arrested a man who’s been charged with planning an attack on

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI.

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Fl

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Florida man arrested over New York Stock Exchange bomb plot

Florida man arrested over New York Stock Exchange bomb plot AxiosFlorida suspect arrested for allegedly planning to bomb NYSE: 'I feel like Bin Laden' Fox NewsFlorida Man Accused of Plotting Attack on New York Stock Exchange The New York Times

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Apollo Faces CEO Question and Golden Moment If Trump Picks Rowan as Tr

Rowan is among contenders to be named US Treasury secretary

Role would give him a voice in policies for private markets

Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan ’s potential next act as US Treasury secretary would thrust the firm he co-founded into an

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‘What’s left for Bob?’ Lutnick pick raises questions about Light

That’s left trade policy watchers in Washington and foreign capitals wondering what role, if any, Lighthizer will play in trade and economic policy for the Trump administration, after serving as a driving force throughout the campaign. And it’s raising some doubts about just

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How Dr. Oz could change Medicare under President Trump

While no one knows for sure, and Oz would need Senate confirmation to become the 19th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), it’s possible to read the tea leaves based on what we’ve heard from him, Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—Oz’s boss

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How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest

This storm was off the charts.

The bomb cyclone emerged from the middle of the Pacific Ocean and swirled with such intensity off Washington’s coast that it ravaged the region Tuesday night, ripping down trees, toppling power lines and killing at least two.

Each storm like thi

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Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women

Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, to women, including some who testified that Mr. Gaetz hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer

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GOP senator: Using military for deportations would be ‘huge mistake�

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) denounced the possibility of using the U.S. military for mass deportations, which President-elect Trump has said he’d be open to in recent days.

“I will not support an emergency to put the Army into our cities. I think that’s a huge mistake,”

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California’s rainy season begins with a bomb cyclone bang. Are we in

The first major atmospheric river storm to hit the West Coast this season is kicking off the rainy season with a bang, as the system rapidly strengthened — to the tune of a bomb cyclone — before pummeling Northern California and southern Oregon with dangerous winds and heavy

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Senate set for late night as battle over judicial nominees rages on

The Senate is set for a late night on Wednesday, as Democrats attempt to shepherd through a number of judicial nominees to fill vacancies weeks before they hand over control of the upper chamber to Republicans in January.

The chamber is set to hold votes that could last into Thu

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Bryan Kohbherger can face death penalty if convicted in trial of slain

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, can face the death penalty, a judge has ruled.

Kohberger's defense team had sought to remove the death penalty as a possible punishment should he be convicted, but Ada County Judge Steven Hippl

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Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS?

With President-elect Donald Trump's recent announcement of former surgeon-turned-TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), questions are swirling about whether changes could be coming to the government programs.

If his nomination is confi

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Jan. 6 rioter is convicted of plotting to murder FBI agents who invest

WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him over his crimes at the Capitol.

Edward Kelley, who was convicted last week of assaul

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GOP senators say RFK Jr. must explain vaccine criticism, other views

Republican senators are poised to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the nation’s next health secretary. But in interviews this week, a half-dozen GOP lawmakers said they had questions or outright concerns about his selection, with several citing his vaccine skepticis

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Gone but not forgotten: Trump aims to revive the Keystone XL pipeline

Donald Trump is looking to revive the Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day back in the White House, according to three people familiar with the president-elect’s plan, even though no companies are trying to build it anymore.

Trump believes declaring the 1,200-mile Canada-

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Live updates Vance seeks to build support among senators for Matt Gaet

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Vice President-elect JD Vance is seeking to build support among fellow senators for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz (Florida) as attorney general. Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, is shepherding Gaetz to meeti

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JD Vance Courts Senators With Matt Gaetz, Controversial Cabinet Pick

Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to usher Matt Gaetz, one of Donald J. Trump’s most embattled Cabinet picks, to meetings with key senators. It amounts to the highest profile public assignment for Mr. Trump’s heir apparent since the president-elec

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Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges

Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition

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Susan Smith: South Carolina mother asks to be freed 30 years after kil

A South Carolina woman who killed her two sons 30 years ago is applying for parole on Wednesday.

Susan Smith, 53, was convicted of killing her boys by strapping them into their car seats and letting the vehicle roll into a lake. The 1994 case captivated many.

Now that she has s

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Democrats try to force Ethics Committee to release Gaetz report

After members of the House Ethics Committee deadlocked along party lines whether to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, two Democrats introduced privileged resolutions to make the report public.

Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Sean Casten of Illinois introduced reso

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Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges

Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges AxiosAbsences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges CNNTrump rages at Republicans over Biden's successful judicial confirmations MSNBCSenate set for late night as battle over judicial nomi

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Dr. Oz Has a Checkered Health Care Record: What to Know About Key Issu

“America’s doctor” could soon have an even bigger hand in shaping health care in the United States.

On Tuesday, President-elect Donald J. Trump announced that he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, a longtime TV personality, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,

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Bloomberg: Ukraine fires Storm Shadow missiles at Russia for first tim

That is according to Bloomberg, Ukrinform reports.

“The UK approved the use of Storm Shadow missiles in response to Russia deploying North Korean troops in its war against Ukraine, a move the British government considered to be an escalation,” according to the person, who sp

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Republicans on ethics panel vote to block Gaetz report

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee fell in line behind GOP leaders and voted not to release the results of their investigation into Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, despite growing calls from the Senate GOP to make the findings public ahead of his confir

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House Ethics Panel Deadlocks on Whether to Release Gaetz Report

The House Ethics Committee deadlocked on Wednesday on whether to release a report about sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against former Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, sett

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Trump said he'd use the military for mass deportations. Here are the i

Trump plans to deport large numbers of immigrants, likely impacting key industries.

Construction, agriculture, and hospitality have particularly high shares of immigrant workers.

The full scope of the planned mass deportations remains unclear.

President-elect Donald Trump's pla

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This village in Italy is offering $1 homes to Americans looking to mov

Ollolai, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia, is offering $1 homes and several other schemes to attract American expats.

The rural Italian village has been selling dilapidated houses for as little as one euro since 2018, and after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, it

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Trump’s education pick once incorrectly claimed to have education de

Linda McMahon, in a questionnaire for a 2009 post on a Connecticut state education board, incorrectly said she had a bachelor’s degree in education, according to news reports.

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Laken Riley Murder: Jose Ibarra Sentenced To Life Without Parole For K

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A judge found Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant, guilty of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student who was found dead on the University of Georgia’s campus in February, sentencing him to life in prison—putting an end to the murder case that became a

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Trump’s commerce secretary pick Howard Lutnick: A Wall Street titan

In the new role, Lutnick, who has cochaired Trump’s transition team, will lead the incoming administration’s strategy on tariffs and trade and maintain direct responsibility over the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Trump announced in a post on Truth Social o

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House Ethics Committee votes against releasing Matt Gaetz report

House Ethics Committee deadlocks on Matt Gaetz report AxiosEthics Committee deadlocks on releasing Matt Gaetz sex, drug probe report CNBCHouse Ethics Committee to keep Gaetz report under wraps The HillTrump Transition Live Updates: Vance Takes Matt Gaetz to Meet With Senators

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Fetterman would be willing to confirm Dr. Oz — on one condition

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he would vote to confirm his former political opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator if Oz plans to protect the government programs.

"If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare

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Speaker Johnson announces new Capitol bathroom policy in response to c

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new bathroom policy for the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in response to controversy related to transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del.

"All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings – such as restrooms, changing roo

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UK Storm Shadow missiles reportedly fired on Russian targets

British Storm Shadow cruise missiles have been fired at targets inside Russia in response to the deployment of North Korean troops by Moscow in its war on Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

It follows claims by a Russian military blog that fragments of the missile were disco

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Musk’s SpaceX Launch With Trump Did Not Go According to Plan

Donald Trump went to Texas to watch a spaceship launch tower catch a moving rocket booster with the tenderness of a parent cradling their newborn baby, but all he got instead was 33 rocket engines crashing into the ocean.

On Tuesday, the president-elect joined his campaign donor

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Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Susan Smith, a South Carolina woman who admitted to drowning her two children 30 years ago, was unanimously denied parole after she appeared before the board for the first time on Wednesday.

"I know that what I did was horrible. And I would give anything if I co

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Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty by judge of all counts in campu

The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus was found guilty by a judge on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder.

Prosecutors called the evidence against the suspect "overwhelming," while the defense raised the theor

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Russia's Updated Nuclear 'Red Line' Adds Uncertainty: Experts

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the attack showed Western countries wanted to "escalate" the conflict.

Putin signed a decree on Tuesday lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons, a move that the White House, UK and European Union condemned as "irresponsible".

Washington

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made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia for first time

Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at Russian targets for the first time, the BBC understands.

The war-torn country was previously restricted to using the long-range missiles within its own borders.

Reports of the strikes come after Ukraine was given permission

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Sarah McBride Bathroom Controversy Explained—As She’s Banned From

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Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., who is set to become the first openly transgender member of Congress, won’t be allowed to use women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., enacted a new rule after Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., led a push fo

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Trump calls for hush money dismissal; bids to run out clock on case

President-elect Trump’s attorneys signaled an effort to try to run out the clock on his New York hush money case, asking Judge Juan Merchan for a month to mount a formal effort to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his Election Day win.

Attorneys Todd Blanche and E

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Dr. Oz getting high marks from Senate moderates — maybe even Fetterm

In naming Oz as his pick, Trump said Oz will “work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake.” Oz skeptics, however, point to his support for unproven theories about Covid-19 cures, inc

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Newly Nominated Trump Medicare Chief Dr. Oz Is Tied To One Of Pennsylv

Mehmet Oz first drew support from Trump when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania–a race he lost. Here’s how the talk-show-famous doctor is connected to a Pennsylvania family with a multi-billion dollar business.

Trump on Tuesday nominated Mehmet Oz to run the Centers

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Deadly storm pounds Northwest US, leaving half a million without power

Nov 20 (Reuters) - A powerful storm clobbered Washington state on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road travel and causing at least two deaths and two injuries.

Winds should die down across the region by midday, but the storm has

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Ethics Committee meets amid mounting Gaetz pressure

Ethics Committee meets amid mounting Gaetz pressure POLITICOSenate Democrats seek evidence from FBI sex-trafficking probe of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz CNBCSenate Democrats request Matt Gaetz case files from the FBI The Washington PostHouse ethics committee to vote on publicatio

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Laken Riley: US nursing student's killer guilty of murder

An undocumented immigrant has been found guilty of murdering nursing student Laken Riley in a case that became a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential election.

Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan, killed the 22-year-old on 22 February this year after going “hunting for females”

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Matt Gaetz Report Debated As House Ethics Committee Meets Today: The C

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The controversy over whether former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., committed sexual misconduct has escalated in recent days after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him as attorney general, with the House Ethics Committee set to meet Wednesday about potentially releasing a

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Congress to vote on bipartisan bill to revoke non-profit status for gr

The House is set to vote this week on legislation that would make it easier for the federal government to remove the tax-exempt statuses of nonprofits that provide support to terrorist groups. But the legislation has become politically controversial amid accusations from progress

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US Embassy in Kyiv closes over anticipated ‘significant’ air attac

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv shut down Wednesday following reports of a possible major air strike.

"The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received specific information about a potential significant air attack on November 20," the embassy said in a statement, urging U.S. citizens to seek immedi

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Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after killing her 2 sons

Susan Smith, a South Carolina woman who admitted to drowning her two children 30 years ago, was unanimously denied parole after she appeared before the board for the first time on Wednesday.

"I know that what I did was horrible. And I would give anything if I could go back and ch

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500K without power, at least 2 dead after 'bomb cyclone' wreaks havoc

At least two people died as a result of the Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

While taking a shower, a woman was struck by a tree and died, (BFD).

The BFD said the woman was hit a little before 7 p.m. Tuesday night and she was declared dead soon after first responders arriv

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Trump lawyers demand Bragg case be 'immediately dismissed,' say electi

President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers called for an "immediate dismissal" of New York v. Trump, declaring that the American people’s choice to elect the former president to a second term "supersedes" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s "political motivations."

In a letter to

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Graham urges GOP senators not to join Gaetz ‘lynch mob’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) urged his fellow Republican senators Wednesday not to join what he called the “lynch mob” calling for former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to withdraw his nomination to serve as attorney general because of allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit dru

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Mike Johnson institutes transgender bathroom ban for U.S. House

Mike Johnson institutes transgender bathroom ban for U.S. House AxiosSpeaker Johnson makes clarification after statement regarding transgender House member Fox NewsBreaking: Speaker Johnson sides with Rep Mace on anti-trans bathroom bill in Congress The HillHouse Republicans T

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Trump announces Matthew Whitaker as his pick to be US ambassador to NA

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general during Trump’s first term, as his pick to be US ambassador to NATO.

“Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and de

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Northwest U.S. sees ‘Bomb cyclone’ kill 1 and knock out power to h

SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person.

The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and h

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Trump picks Matthew Whitaker for ambassador to NATO

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Matthew Whitaker, who briefly served as acting attorney general in Trump's first term, as his ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

"Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States' inter

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Prosecutors back delaying Trump sentence until he leaves White House

New York prosecutors have vowed to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his criminal conviction, but they expressed a willingness to wait to sentence him until he completes his upcoming presidential term.

Prosecutors urged the judge who is overseeing Trump's

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Venezuelan Migrant Found Guilty of Killing Laken Riley in Georgia

A 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela was convicted on Wednesday of murdering Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student whose killing has been repeatedly cited by President-elect Donald J. Trump in his push for the mass deportation of millions of undocumented people.

Ms. Riley, 22,

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Biden administration approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine

The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday.

The decision comes just days after the US gave Ukraine permission to fire long-range US missi

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The RFK Jr. effect: Mass pols sound the alarm for the Bay State

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch got straight to the point this week about the potential home turf impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. helming the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.

“Having Robert Kennedy there gives me great concern, given some of his positions and earlier statements,

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Man found guilty of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student L

The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year ahead of the presidential election.

Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was convicted on three counts of felony

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Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO amb

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years.

Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a str

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LA City Council officially adopts sanctuary city ordinance in advance

The L.A. City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance to officially make Los Angeles a sanctuary city ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

The law, which will ultimately have to be signed by Mayor Karen Bass, directs city personnel and resources to not cooperate

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Bomb cyclone kills 2, knocks out power in Washington and Seattle as a

A historically strong bomb cyclone killed at least two people and caused a mass power outage that could last for days after it slammed the Pacific Northwest and Canada’s British Columbia with destructive winds.

Now a new threat from the storm is emerging Wednesday as its winds

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Trump taps former WWE CEO for education secretary and more top headlin

Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here's what you need to know to start your day ...

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2. US Embassy in Ukraine's capital temporarily closed.

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What will be the US military's role in Trump's mass deportation plan?

The Trump administration's plan to use active-duty U.S. military personnel to help with the mass deportation of undocumented migrants appears to be similar to the support role that troops provided along the U.S-Mexico border in 2018 and 2019, during the first Trump administration.

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Matt Gaetz Controversy Explained: House Ethics Committee Will Meet Tod

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Western embassies in Kyiv shut due to Russian air attack threat

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv said that they would stay closed Wednesday for security reasons, with the American delegation saying it had received a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.

The precau

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Russian spy chief says NATO aid for Ukraine missile strikes will be pu

MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia will retaliate against NATO countries that facilitate long-range missile strikes against Russian territory by Ukraine, foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Naryshkin said changes announced by P

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Matt Gaetz sent over $10K in Venmo payments to 2 women who testified i

WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee obtained records, including a check and records of Venmo payments, that appear to show that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who were later witnesses in sexual misconduct probes conducted by both the House and the J

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'Ultimate betrayal': Susan Smith killed her sons 30 years ago. She see

The South Carolina woman convicted of drowning her two young sons 30 years ago, in a racially charged case that made her the object of international pity and then scorn, has a chance to regain her freedom.

Susan Smith, who rolled her auto into a lake with her toddlers strapped t

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Live updates: Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv US embassy closed, ATACMS missi

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A former kindergarten teacher has been honored with an award by Ukrainian defense minister Rustem Umerov for her role in shooting down a Russian missile during her first comb

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Republicans on Ethics Committee weigh ‘unenviable’ Gaetz report de

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee are barreling into a no-win situation ahead of their expected meeting Wednesday to discuss their report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), weighing a high-stakes decision that will reverberate throughout Washington.

The gathering for

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Raimondo’s new mission: Leave no cash for Trump

The effort to spend her department’s full CHIPS Act budget would put a capstone on a signature Biden economic policy.

It also speaks to the urgency facing a host of Biden’s historic raft of spending programs, many of which could be vulnerable to a Republican White House and

18 hrs ago

Scoop: New twist in Trump's Treasury race

President-elect Trump is looking more seriously at Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) for Treasury secretary — giving Trump three serious options for one of the few roles where he's taking his time, transition sources tell me.

Hagerty, a former private-equity investor who was Trump's a

19 hrs ago

House Republicans are playing the Trump card in committee chair races

That agenda will include efforts to expand school choice, produce more fossil fuels and advance business-friendly cryptocurrency regulation — as well as sweeping rollbacks of Biden administration policies.

The extent to which allegiance to Trump carries the day will be a key f

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US shuts Kyiv embassy during threat of 'potential significant air atta

KYIV, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter.

The unusual warning came a day after Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS

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US Embassy in Kyiv warns of 'potential significant' air attack

LONDON -- The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv temporarily closed its doors on Wednesday out of "an abundance of caution," as it warned that a potentially "significant" air strike may be coming.

"The U.S. Embassy recommends U.S. citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air ale

20 hrs ago

Susan Smith killed her 2 young children by pushing her car into a lake

(CNN) - “I want to say to my babies that your mama loves you so much …” Susan Smith, then 23 years old, tearfully told the scrum of news cameras.

It was early November 1994, and Smith had recently told police her 3-year-old son Michael and 14-month-old son Alex were taken

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US Embassy in Kyiv shuts due to Russian air attack threat after Biden

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it would stay closed Wednesday after receiving a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.

The precautionary step came after Russian officials promised a response to President Joe Biden�

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‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million

SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S. Tuesday evening, battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages and downed trees that killed at least one person.

The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks th

21 hrs ago

Biden approves antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy

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21 hrs ago

Trump picks Linda McMahon and Mehmet Oz to serve in top roles

Trump picks WWE co-founder Linda McMahon for education secretary

Donald Trump has picked World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) co-founder and his transition co-chair, Linda McMahon, as his nominee for education secretary.

A long-time Trump ally, McMahon led the Small Business Adm