Republican Mike Lawler wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 17th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Lawler wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 17th Congressional District.
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Imagine the scene, at noon, on January 20, on the west front of the US Capitol.
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Authoritarianism Expert Flags Chilling Thing That’s ‘Happening Now’ With Donald Trump
Ruth Ben-Ghiat talked about the "personalist rule" and its worrying effects.
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Kari Lake's New Trump-Announced Gig Has Critics Fuming
Social media users slammed the role as "shameful."
- The Independent
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in history
‘America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,’ Biden said in a statement
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Critics Slam Time's 'Person Of The Year' Award For Donald Trump
Commenters also damningly recalled a brutal previous recipient of the title.
- The Independent
Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
Trump and his billionaire allies are out of touch with a crisis facing more than 600,000 Americans, advocates tell Alex Woodward
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GOP Never Trumper Mocks Kevin McCarthy's Trump Support To His Face
“Donald Trump lied about an election being stolen and ... you’re the one who went down and resurrected him,” Sarah Longwell told the former House speaker.
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Time Undercuts Trump Interview With 2,300-Word Fact Check
Time magazine contested Donald Trump’s claims about undocumented immigrants, a link between vaccines and autism, and gender-transition regret in a sprawling fact-check published alongside its Person of the Year interview. The president-elect was awarded the magazine’s Person of the Year title—which has gone to influential figures as disparate as Taylor Swift and Joseph Stalin—for the second time, having also won it in 2016. Trump proudly attended the award ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange
- The Hill
Opinion - Democrats should stop saving the Republicans from themselves
If Republicans want to drive the government into a shutdown or default — or refuse to fund disaster aid — let them.
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Stephen Colbert Predicts Wildly Petty Trump Act That Will Make Headlines Next
"You know that's coming," the "Late Show" host joked.
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Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al Assad.
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Trump Calls Resignation of FBI Director A 'Great Day For America'
Christopher Wray is resigning before Donald Trump has a chance to fire him.
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Donald Trump Offers Vague Answer On Melania's White House Plans
The president-elect also praised his wife's role in the 2024 campaign during an interview with Time magazine.
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Biden admin says it is surging deliveries to Ukraine as Trump criticizes decision to allow US weapons to strike inside Russia
The Biden administration is working to surge deliveries of weapons to Ukraine in its final days in office in a concerted effort to put Kyiv on a strong footing going into 2025, according to a senior administration official.
- NewsWire
‘Fatal errors’ in Dutton’s nuclear plan
The Energy Minister has given a brutal assessment of Peter Dutton’s plan to take Australia’s power grid nuclear.
- The Hill
NATO chief warns of ‘huge risk’ in Ukraine talks without Putin
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte expressed concern about the idea of conducting peace negotiations in the nearly three-year-long Russia-Ukraine war without Russian President Vladimir Putin “at the table,” calling the move “risky.” “It is crucial that whenever there is a deal that it is a good deal, with all the elements in there,” Rutte said during…
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Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
The 35 or so bodies were found in a military hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, days after the regime fell. They are believed to be among the last victims of Assad.
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Trump’s cabinet choices poll poorly with public as Xi Jinping snubs inauguration invite: Live
President-elect’s decision-making backed by just 44 percent of Americans in new survey, five weeks after he stormed to victory in election
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‘Big Australia’ problem we can’t escape
Australia welcomed another massive cohort of migrants in the 2023-24 financial year, prompting a question that the country must address.
- BBC
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.