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Young activists take on a government agency in a Florida climate lawsuit

Young activists take on a government agency in a Florida climate lawsuit - A group of young people in Florida is suing the state agency that regulates public utilities in the hopes of forcing the stat

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Constitution Debate Day 2: PM Modi to Respond in Lok Sabha Today | LIVE

Priyanka biggest threat to Rahul's political career: BJP's Amit Malviya on Cong MP's maiden speechBJP IT department head Amit Malviya on Friday said Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could be "the biggest threat" to the political career of her brother and Leader of Opposition Rahul

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Oli's China deal copy-paste of the pact I had finalised: Dahal

Maoist chief seeks to present bypoll results as a sign of his party gaining ground and the ruling parties losing support.

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Trump eyeing Waldorf-Astoria to save hotel from failing and rebranding into 'Trump international hotel'

Donald Trump is reportedly considering acquiring the struggling Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., potentially rebranding it as a Trump International Hotel. His son, Eric Trump, expressed willingness to "save" the hotel again.

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'One Nation, One Election' Explained: What Is It And What Will Change In India

Though BJP's allies such as the TDP, Janata Dal (United), and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), all of whom are represented in the Union Cabinet, are supporting the concept, the National Democratic Alliance will need backing from some of the members of the opposition INDIA alliance besides fence-sitters to ensure the passage of the constitutional amendment bill requiring support from two-thirds of the members in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

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Singer IU backs impeachment rally with food and coffee for attendees

Singer and actor IU's agency, EDAM Entertainment, said Friday that it would provide food and hand warmers for attendees of the impeachment rally near the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Saturday,

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Mitch McConnell, Who Had Polio, Reacts to RFK Jr. Ally's Anti-Vaccine Push

McConnell was partially paralyzed when he contracted polio at 2 years old, before vaccinations were available.

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Fury after Biden grants clemency to 'kids-for-cash' judge and city coffer embezzler

The victims of a pair of major corruption schemes in Pennsylvania and Illinois are angry Joe Biden granted clemency to the perpetrators. Biden announced on Thursday that he would commute the sentences of 1,500 convicted criminals. White House officials ...

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Who is Francois Bayrou? Macron's latest pick to be France's prime minister

Who is Francois Bayrou? Macron's latest pick to be France's prime minister - The 73-year-old has been a well-known figure in French politics for decades and is one of the president's cloest allies

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Mitch McConnell warns Trump nominees to 'steer clear' of 'dangerous' polio vaccine skeptics

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader and polio survivor Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a stern warning Friday to incoming members of President-elect Donald Trump's administration who may seek to revoke federal approval of the polio vaccine.

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Facing certain defeat, Mayor Brandon Johnson postpones Chicago city budget vote

After the meeting, Johnson acknowledged he does not yet have the votes to pass his $17.3 billion spending plan.

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Federal labour minister takes steps to end Canada Post strike

The federal labour minister has taken steps he says should end the Canada Post strike by next week. But is it already too late for Christmas parcels and cards? Sarah MacDonald reports.

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US grand jury charges former Syrian prison official with torture and immigration fraud

Syrian official who immigrated to the US in 2020, was in charge of Damascus prison from 2005-2008 and lied about his crimes to get a US "green card."

by: Washingtonian

Clashes Are Coming for Trump Officials Dining Out in DC

DC restaurants have long prided themselves on being politically neutral spaces. A big political name could be just another diner—no matter the headlines he or she generated by day. And restaurateurs, for the most part, didn't publicly weigh in on partisan issues for fear of alienating any potential customers.

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Syrians cheer end of 50 years of Assad rule at first Friday prayers since government fell

Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest square and around the country to celebrate the end of half a century of authoritarian rule.

by: Business Standard

Ashok Gehlot demands MoU regarding PKC-ERCP project be made public

This comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (PKC-ERCP) on December 17
Fri, December 13, 2024

by: The Globe and Mail

Trump transition team recommends scrapping car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla

The move could cripple the U.S. government's ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems

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Pomeroy: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Could Bring Big Changes to NIH and Science Research

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, RealClearScience editor Ross Pomeroy joined Carl Cannon to discuss how Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health, and Robert F.

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Former Liberal minister in Howard and Abbott governments Kevin Andrews dies following battle with cancer

Tony Abbott has led tributes following the death of his former minister Kevin Andrews after a year-long battle with cancer. Tributes have flown from members of parliament following the death of former Liberal MP Kevin Andrews.

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FBI flap: There is no fourth branch of government

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Albuquerque City Council proposes ordinance changes to deal with problem properties

The City of Albuquerque has had a longstanding problem with neglected and boarded-up buildings attracting the wrong crowd. Now, it's trying to rewrite the entire

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Why RFK Jr. Really Wants His Daughter-in-Law to Lead CIA

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thinks that the CIA was behind his uncle's assassination in 1963—and he wants Donald Trump to appoint his daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, to be deputy CIA director so she can deep dive into the agency's history.

by: Toronto Star

Poilievre's Conservatives say they would adopt Trudeau government's military budget increases

The opposition Conservatives say they would maintain defence budget increases planned under the current Liberal government if they take power, without making equivalent cuts under their proposed "dollar-for-dollar" spending cap.

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Colorado Congressman Greg Lopez joins President-elect Trump's DOGE caucus

Colorado Republican Congressman Greg Lopez has joined President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus.

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Trump team in talks with Biden and Ukrainian officials about ending war with Russia

Ukraine and its supporters in Washington and Europe had worried that Trump would return to the White House with the view that Kyiv was the main barrier to ending the war. But the president-elect's social media posts suggest he views Putin and not Ukraine as the problem, the two sources and former U.S. officials said.

by: CBC.ca

Federal government steps in to end Canada Post strike

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is sending the Canada Post labour dispute to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for what could be an order to return to work; he says he expects mail service to resume next week.

by: Mediaite

'What Is Going On?' CNN Anchor Stunned Joe Rogan and Elizabeth Warren 'Sound The Same' On CEO Murder

Kasie Hunt wondered "What is going on" when people like Joe Rogan and Sen. Elizabeth Warren sound "the same" when talking about the UHC CEO murder.

by: The New York Times

Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition in ABC News Defamation Suit

The deposition, if it is held as scheduled next week, will take place even as the president-elect is in the throes of defending cabinet nominees and putting together his administration.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's pace-setting vehicle emissions rules

The issue is whether the Environmental Protection Agency can allow California to impose emissions standards on new vehicles that are tougher than the federal government's. The Clean Air Act permits that under certain conditions. That provision was ...

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Emmanuel Macron Appoints Key Ally as France's New Prime Minister

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday tapped François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician and one of his top allies, as the new prime minister, a move that few expect would stabilize France's roiling politics.

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Page threatens to pause senior tax freeze in St. Louis County. Council scoffs.

County Executive Sam Page said the council must pass a budget Tuesday or risk the county pausing in-person applications for the senior property tax freeze. Some councilmembers called his bluff.

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Trump says GOP will try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time

President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the Republican Party would try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, calling it "inconvenient" and "costly."

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Meet the faces of Trump's upcoming administration

Among those named are several celebrity figures like TV show host Mehmet Oz, better known as Dr. Oz, who Trump tapped for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator. There's also former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon who was picked to lead the Department of Education and former NFL player Scott Turner named to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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CNN analyst: Here's why Trump pick RFK Jr. has strong support among Americans

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Kennedy to lead the Health and Human Services Department shortly after winning the White House last month. Enten said that new Fox News polling showed that Kennedy has more support among Americans than not to be confirmed by the Senate.

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AARP Urges Passage of Prescription Drug Legislation by Year's End

You could earn AARP Rewards points when you use our free financial resources. Help Register Login Login Hi, %{firstName}% Hi, %{firstName}% Games Car rental AARP wants Congress to move ahead with legislation aimed at making it harder for drug companies to block less expensive versions of medications from coming to market.

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European countries put freeze on Syrian asylum claims after Assad's fall, unclear if US will follow

European countries are freezing asylum cases from Syrian migrants after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, raising questions about how the U.S. will handle claims.

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Billionaires and Democrats paying lip service to Trump are in for a rude awakening

Bending the knee because you agree with him on Israel, deregulation or cutting government spending won't fix the gaping wound in American democracy.

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Biden commuted 21 South Carolinians. Who are they and when are their release dates?

Two South Carolina women were among 39 pardons; According to the White House, the single-day act of clemency was the largest in modern history

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Pennsylvania's GOP chairman is not running for reelection, and top Republicans are pushing for a state senator to succeed him

Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrence Tabas, who has led the party since 2019, will not seek reelection, just after his party secured major wins up and down the ballot last month. Tabas, whose fate as leader of the state party was unclear after a challenger emerged last week,

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Trump Tax Cuts May Fail to Drive Much, If Any, Economic Gain

President-elect Donald Trump says renewing tax cuts would turbo-charge investment and boost US economic growth — a pledge that helped propel him to election victory in November.

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Dana Milbank: Trump suddenly discovers America is already great

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank and the New Yorker's Susan Glasser discuss how President-elect Trump is claiming a number of preemptive victories.

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Dele Farotimi: They want to abandon him in prison - Sowore makes fresh claim

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 election and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged a conspiracy among powerful elites to abandon the embattled human rights lawyer,

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Trump Downplays Trans Bathroom Debate After Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads

In a stunning change of tune, President-elect Donald Trump told Time in an interview published Thursday that the transgender bathroom debate isn't that important and doesn't affect many people anyway - despite his campaign and other GOP groups pouring tens of millions of dollars into political ads attacking transgender people.

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Motor racing-F1 governing body approves controversial statute changes

Formula One's governing body approved statute changes on Friday that critics say will limit the powers of audit and ethics committees. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said the revisions were approved at its general assembly in Kigali ahead of a gala awards ceremony for the year's various championships in the Rwandan capital.

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Peter Thiel says he wouldn't take a 'full-time' Trump administration job: 'I'd be depressed and crazy'

Thiel said that after working in the tech industry, he would find it too frustrating to work for the government.

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Ex-US speaker Pelosi injured on Luxembourg trip

Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has been injured while visiting Luxembourg to commemorate a key World War II battle and was admitted to hospital for treatment, her office said Friday. "Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,

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Lawyer helping RFK Jr. hire health staff petitioned FDA to get rid of polio vaccine

The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. select federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has a history of suing the government agencies that the cabinet pick will oversee — and recently challenged federal approval of polio vaccines.

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As chatter over New Jersey drones continues, Gov. Phil Murphy sends letter to President Biden

Mysterious drones hovering over New Jersey, New York and other states continue to baffle residents and lawmakers.

'What Is Going On?' CNN Anchor Stunned Joe Rogan and Elizabeth Warren 'Sound The Same' On CEO Murder

Kasie Hunt wondered "What is going on" when people like Joe Rogan and Sen. Elizabeth Warren sound "the same" when talking about the UHC CEO murder.

The article from Mediaite discusses a surprising alignment between Joe Rogan, a popular podcast host known for his controversial takes, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, a progressive politician, on the topic of corporate accountability. During a segment on CNN, anchor Jake Tapper expressed astonishment at the similarity in their views regarding the legal consequences for CEOs whose companies' products cause harm. Both Rogan and Warren have voiced support for the idea that CEOs should face severe penalties, including potential murder charges, if their negligence leads to deaths. This unexpected convergence of opinion from two ideologically different figures has sparked discussions on corporate responsibility and legal accountability.

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