Trump picks former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA

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Trump Selects Brooke Rollins to Serve as the Secretary of Agriculture

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he had selected Brooke Rollins to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture.

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Javier Milei Announces Argentina-Israel Alliance Against Terrorism

President Javier Milei of Argentina announced a new formal alliance with Israel on Thursday, calling it "a bilateral alliance for freedom, democracy, and against terrorism and dictatorships." |

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Trump Picks Brooke Rollins, a Conservative Lawyer, to Lead Agriculture Dept.

Ms. Rollins is the chief executive of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank created to promote President-elect Donald J. Trump’s agenda.

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Sebastian Gorka Appointed White House Senior Counterterrorism Adviser to President Trump

President-Elect Donald Trump announced Saturday his appointment of Dr. Sebastian Gorka, former senior Trump administration official and host of the America First podcast, as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism.

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SORE LOSER: Ex-NSC Anton Refused to Work with Sebastian Gorka

Michael Anton reportedly pulled himself out of contention for a job at NSC because he did not want to work with Sebastian Gorka.

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Hyundai announces recall of over 42,000 vehicles due to wiring issue that can cause them to roll away

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz and Hyundai Tucson vehicles have transmissions that can shift out of "park" without the break pedal having to be applied, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pick

Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members.

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Trump taps Brooke Rollins as agriculture secretary

President-elect Trump tapped Brooke Rollins, who served in his first administration as director of the Office of American Innovation and acting director of the Domestic Policy Council, as his agriculture secretary.

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Trump planning to fire DoJ lawyers, names pick for post of treasury secretary: Live

President-elect pledges to fire attorneys who worked alongside Special Counsel Jack Smith as he names hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to head treasury

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Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 11 in Beirut as diplomats push for cease-fire

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Trump Raced To Pick Many Cabinet Posts. He Took More Time On A Treasury Secretary.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.

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Trump Picks Fox News Medical Contributor To Be Surgeon General

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, once a Fox News talking head, could become the nation’s top doctor.

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How ‘Wicked’ the movie compares to ‘Wicked’ the musical

The movie and musical versions of “Wicked” are based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, following the friendship between Elphaba and Glinda.

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Cher Slams Famous 'A**hole' Director She Worked With: 'I Really, Really Disliked Him'

"He was a pig," she told The Times.

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The Media Still Can’t Get Facts about Terri Schiavo Right

The Terri Schiavo case has come up again in media stories discussing the nomination of former congressman Dr. David Weldon to head the CDC.

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Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Plans PR War over Migration and Repatriations

"A secure border saves lives not just of our citizens, but of migrants themselves," incoming border chief Tom Homan told Breitbart News.

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Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth threatens ‘educational insurgency’ in schools

Pete Hegseth says ‘classical Christian schools’ can act as boot camps to establish ‘foothold’

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A judge compared OpenAI to a video game company in its court battle with The New York Times

The Times sued OpenAI in December, arguing that the company used its articles without permission to train ChatGPT.

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Are international thieves exploiting tourist visas to target pro-athletes' homes?

NBA and NFL players have been recently targeted by brazen burglars who might be in the United States on tourist visas.

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Donald Trump Picks Anti-Lockdown, Vaccine Skeptic Healthcare Nominees

President-elect Trump nominated many experts who opposed coronavirus-era lockdowns and want to overhaul America's healthcare bureaucracies.

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Kanye West accused of sexually assaulting and strangling model on music video set, new lawsuit says

The model, Jenifer An, said the incident occurred at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City in September 2010.

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A Florida man pretending to be Elon Musk scammed an elderly woman out of over $250,000

Police in Florida arrested a man on grand theft charges for a fake Elon Musk Facebook scam that duped an elderly woman out of $250,000.

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Lame-duck Joe Biden urged to end 'wretched' Thanksgiving turkey pardon tradition

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals calls end of Thanksgiving turkey pardon tradition, citing "dirty business" of turkey factory farming.

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North Dakota Badlands national monument proposed with tribes' support

This would be North Dakota's first national monument, a proposal several tribal nations ​say would preserve the area's indigenous and cultural heritage.

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New Mexico city reaches $20 million settlement in death of woman fatally shot by officer

Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a parked car with another person, authorities said.

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Lawsuit Update: Donald Trump Rebuked by Central Park 5

The five exonerated men tell a federal judge that Trump's "killed a person" debate claim was "fabricated from whole cloth."

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1,200 baby boomers told us what they regret about investing for retirement

"I didn't think about the retirement aspect because it was so far down the road, but here I am now wishing that I had," one baby boomer said.

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Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83

Born Alice May Pelkey in New York City, Brock was a lifelong rebel who was a member of Students for a Democratic Society among other organizations.

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Texas Officials Vote to Allow Bible-Based Lessons in Elementary Schools

Bible-based lessons are now allowed in Texas elementary schools, and may be implemented in 2025.

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Trump's pick for Treasury secretary shows there's a limit to Elon Musk's influence

Trump ally Elon Musk publicly threw his weight behind Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary. Trump went with Scott Bessent instead.

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Former Trump policy adviser now expected to be pick for Agriculture secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is now expected to name one of his former policy advisers, Brooke Rollins, as his pick for secretary of the Department of Agriculture, three sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.

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Russia bans adoption of its children from countries that allow gender transition

The adoption ban would apply to at least 15 countries, most of them in Europe, and Australia, Argentina and Canada.

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Exclusive -- Tim Sheehy: Democrats Wrong; GOP Has a Mandate

Democrats are wrong in contending that Republicans do not have a mandate to implement the Trump agenda, Tim Sheehy said.

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Betting markets update: Donald Trump Cabinet picks chances of confirmation

Betting odds have taken on a renewed focus after they served as an early indicator that Trump would win against Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Bill Maher Incredulous Over Trump Cabinet Picks: 'I Really Have To Write Jokes For This?'

The "Real Time" host took aim Friday at the controversial nominations, including Fox News star Pete Hegseth and wrestling executive Linda McMahon.

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Thousands protest against femicides and sexual and sexist violence in France

Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Paris and other French cities against femicides and sexual and sexist violence

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How Scott Bessent Went From Democratic Donor to Trump Treasury Secretary Pick

The hedge fund investor predicted last year that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political fortunes were on the rise.

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Exclusive -- Tim Sheehy 'Ecstatic' About Trump Cabinet: 'They're Going to Disrupt the System'

Trump's Cabinet picks are going to "disrupt" the system, and they represent all sides of the ideological spectrum, Tim Sheehy said.

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Trump expected to pick Brooke Rollins to be Agriculture secretary, WSJ reports

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be Agriculture secretary, WSJ reported.

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State school system offers free tuition for families earning less than $100k

Tuition and mandatory fees would be completely covered for qualifying students under the ‘Promise Plus’ program

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The Coward Brothers discuss new album, make rare appearance on Saturday Sessions

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DOJ Housecleaning! 2020 Election Investigations! Talk, Talk, Talk . . .

Let’s get real about what it is possible, and would be productive, to do.

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Lindsey Graham warns US allies over Netanyahu warrant: "Crush your economy"

"You're going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America," the GOP senator said on Friday.

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Dartmouth sorority, 2 members of fraternity face charges after student who went to party drowned

Police in New Hampshire, where Dartmouth is located, announced that Alpha Phi was charged with one count of facilitating an underage alcohol house.

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Saturday Sessions: The Coward Brothers perform "Early Shirley"

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Ric Grenell under consideration to be Trump's point man on Ukraine: report

Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to be special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Trump Taps Far-Right Commentator Sebastian Gorka To White House

Gorka played a role in the first Trump administration, where he was dogged by concerns about his inflammatory views.

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