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Trump biopic star says that other actors have begun to distance themselves from him

‘We’re really going to have a problem’ said Stan when reflecting on the problems he’s encountered after playing Trump

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What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?

Two television networks with “NBC” in their names — MSNBC and CNBC — will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News once a spinoff formally takes effect in about a year

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Austin says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that Chinese defense chief declined meeting

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier this year but declined a request to meet this week at a gathering of defense leaders in Laos.

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Trump cabinet updates: House ethics committee to vote on releasing Matt Gaetz report

President-elect’s pick for attorney general was investigated by House panel two years ago and its dossier could yet be published ahead of Senate confirmation hearings

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Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests

As Donald Trump prepares to return to power, his victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear.

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Vance debuts new role as Trump’s point person on Capitol Hill

After rarely being seen in public in the two weeks since he delivered a brief, 46-second victory speech on election night, JD Vance reemerged this week to play one of the most important roles he will be expected to fill as Donald Trump’s No. 2: His point person on Capitol Hill.

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Rep. Byron Donalds reacts to Al Sharpton’s criticism of Trump’s Cabinet lacking Black picks

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Trump team 'confident' Senate Republicans will approve cabinet selections

President-elect Trump's team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection after the president-elect picked cabinet nominees at a rapid-fire pace.

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Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel

The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.

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Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.

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California police release Pete Hegseth sexual assault report

Police released more details from a 2017 investigation into sexual assault allegations tied to Pete Hegseth, tapped to lead the Defense Department.

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Senate Shoots Down Sanders' Efforts to Block Sale of Artillery to Israel

The Senate shot down three proposals brought forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block the sale of artillery to Israel.

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The DOJ wants Google to sell its Chrome browser. Here are the winners and losers if that happens.

Google's Chrome browser provides valuable distribution for the company's dominant search engine. Can it thrive without this?

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DOJ pushes for Google to break off Chrome browser after antitrust case

The Department of Justice is pushing a federal judge to make Google divest its Chrome internet browser as a remedy following the antitrust case.

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Ray Dalio says to understand Trump's 2nd administration, you should study how far-right governments in the 1930s worked

Dalio said he isn't calling Trump fascist, but that his policies fall in line with how hard-right states from the 1930s sought to empower themselves.

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Justice Department calls for break up of Google and sale of Chrome

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Will the electoral map foreshadow the College Football Playoff bracket?

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Bill Clinton: First female president will likely be a Republican

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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly slip despite Nvidia's solid earnings report

Asian shares have mostly fallen after a mixed close on Wall Street, with regional markets shrugging off a strong profit report from Nvidia that was released after U.S. markets closed

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U.S. citizen dies in Laos amid reports that several tourists suffered alcohol poisoning

The American died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos, the State Department confirmed.

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DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome as remedy in landmark antitrust case

In a filing, Department of Justice officials urged Judge Amit Mehta to force Google to sell its Chrome browser to remedy antitrust violations.

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Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says the company's staff 'spend more time arguing' than strategizing about how to beat Airbus: report

"Everybody is tired of the drumbeat of what's wrong with Boeing. I'm tired of it and I haven't been here that long," Ortberg said at an all-hands meeting.

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The US is sending anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine – here’s what it means

The US decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians

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Trump Nominates Pete Hoekstra for Ambassador to Canada

President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of former Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra as Ambassador to Canada.

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Adani Group shares nosedive after chairman Gautam Adani charged with fraud in New York

Shares of India's Adani Group companies plunged after its billionaire chair Gautam Adani was indicted in a New York federal court.

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Former secretary of education for Bush reacts to Linda McMahon nomination

Margaret Spellings, former secretary of education, reacts to Linda McMahon being President-elect Trump's choice for his secretary of education.

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Tommy Tuberville tells Steve Bannon 2020 election was stolen in rant about Joe Biden

Alabama Senator says Democrats ‘were able to get four years with a bedridden dementia patient’

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Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms

The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms.

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Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women

A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.

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Moulton: Trans Bathroom Issue Like Excluding Women, Mace Likely Had Trouble with Which Bathroom to Use at Citadel

On Wednesday's broadcast of NewsNation's "On Balance," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said that there needs to be a discussion about bathroom usage "But when | Clips

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Alex Marlow: Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Going to Be a ‘Deregulation Bonanza’

On "The Alex Marlow Show" on Wednesday, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and host Alex Marlow discussed President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks so far. Marlow | Clips

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Senate rejects Bernie Sanders' effort to block weapons sales to Israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday by a margin of roughly 60 votes.

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'People' Magazine Smears Dennis Prager as 'Far-Right' After PragerU Founder Suffers Injury

Dennis Prager was smeared by People magazine as "far-right" after the PragerU founder was hospitalized after suffering an injury from a fall.

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Documents link Matt Gaetz to $10,000 in Venmo payments to 2 women in House probe: reports

The House Ethics Commission has reviewed records detailing $10,000 in Venmo payments Matt Gaetz allegedly made to two women in the panel's probe.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was paid $76,001 last year

Sam Altman's compensation increased about 3.4% from 2022 to 2023, filings show. He's still worth an estimated $2 billion.

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Trump-district House Democrat loses Alaska seat to political scion

House Republicans is projected to score a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.

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No one would talk to Sebastian Stan about his Donald Trump movie for 'Actors on Actors': 'They were too afraid'

Sebastian Stan plays Donald Trump in the biopic "The Apprentice." He said other actors' teams wouldn't let them talk about the film with him.

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Republican Businessman Nick Begich Ousts First-Term Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola

In a rematch of sorts from 2022, the Trump-endorsed Begich emerged victorious for a seat the GOP was keen to claim.

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Who has Trump picked for his Cabinet so far? Matthew Whitaker is latest nomination

After a brief stint in Trump's first administration, the president-elect wants the conservative firebrand to become the next U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat

Republican Nick Begich has won the state’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the seat that Republican Rep.

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Trump cabinet picks: made for TV

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U.S. officials push to add some giraffes to endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed three subspecies of the northern giraffe be added to the list in order to provide them with federal protections.

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Dem Rep to Trigger Vote on Releasing House Ethics Report on Gaetz

Rep. Sean Casten says he will attempt to trigger a vote among all members to release the House Ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

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DOJ Mapped Web Of Payments Gaetz Sent To Women Who Said They Were Paid For Sex: Report

Investigators found a trail of thousands of dollars in payments made by the then-lawmaker during a three-year probe, The New York Times reported.

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Senate Votes Down Bernie Sanders’s Resolutions to Restrict Arms Sales to Israel

On a bipartisan basis, the Senate rejected Sanders’s push to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel.

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Democrat Rep. Jayapal Falsely Claims No Unaccompanied Migrant Children Went Missing in the U.S.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal falsely claimed this week that thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have not gone missing in the United States.

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Trump picks former congressman Pete Hoekstra to be ambassador to Canada

President-elect Trump announced on Wednesday that he was picking former congressman Pete Hoekstra to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada.

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

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.

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Republican senator falsely accuses Biden and Harris of masterminding Chagos deal

Senator John Kennedy claims the US administration is using the agreement to ‘appease’ China as well

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