Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency in California over Bird Flu

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency Wednesday to deal with an outbreak of avian influenza ("bird flu").

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Soros-Backed Chicago Area Prosecutor Kim Foxx Loses Illinois Law License

Kim Foxx, the disgraced George Soros-backed Cook County prosecutor who was chased out of office in Chicago, has lost her law license.

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Biden Commuted Sentence of 'Black Widow,' Implicated in Murder of 3 Lovers

Biden commuted the sentence of a Josephine Gray, known as the "Black Widow" for being implicated in killing three lovers for insurance money.

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Republicans scrap spending bill after pressure campaign from Elon Musk

Republicans in Congress withdrew a spending bill that would've funded the government until mid-March after pressure from Elon Musk.

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A list of companies that have backed down on DEI, including Walmart, Ford, and Harley-Davidson

While some companies are moving away from diversity programs, it's something a majority of Americans support, per an April poll.

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Wing and DoorDash chose a heck of a time to launch delivery drones from malls in Dallas-Forth Worth

Wing and DoorDash launched drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth a day after reported drone sightings in the area and on the East Coast.

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Los Angeles County deputy admits to violating civil rights of transgender man

Joseph Benza III was headed to a domestic violence call when he saw a man flip him off, prompting him to follow and eventually assault the victim, officials said.

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Exclusive—Sen. Josh Hawley: 'Every Democrat' in Senate 'Will Vote Yes' on CR Spending Bill

Sen. Josh Hawley predicted on "The Alex Marlow Show" that every Senate Democrat "will vote yes" on the continuing resolution spending bill.

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Perplexity AI triples its valuation in about 6 months with latest $500M funding round

Perplexity AI closed a $500M funding round, Bloomberg reported, tripling the startup's valuation within 6 months at $9 billion.

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Bipartisan Stopgap Government Funding Plan Collapses After Trump Intervenes

Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands days before a deadline to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown sent Congress spiraling.

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Utah father believed to have killed 4 family members and self in home

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the head but survived the shooting and is in critical condition, West Valley City police said.

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Airstrikes target Yemen's rebel-held capital after Houthi attack targets Israel

A series of intense airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.

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Trump Lobs Grenade Into Spending Talks, Causing Chaos In Congress

"It is a taste of things to come. The House is going to be ungovernable,” one senator said of this week's disarray over government funding.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what happened to the interim spending bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson scrapped the interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown after Republicans including President-elect Trump urged lawmakers to reject the measure.

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Gaetz hints he’ll expose lawmakers who made ‘me too’ payoffs with public funds

The thinly veiled threat comes after members secretly voted to release the House Ethics Committee report into Gaetz’s conduct while in office

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WSJ reporter details Tucker Carlson’s influence on Trump prevented Pompeo from having job in new administration

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When is the government shutdown deadline? What to know as shutdown looms

As a government shutdown looms, here's what to know about which federal agencies and services could be impacted.

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Trump, Musk fire back after Dem leader blames House GOP for breaking bipartisan agreement

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blamed House Republicans for breaking a bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded through March on Wednesday.

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Exclusive — Sen. Josh Hawley: Speaker Mike Johnson Is ‘Trying to Jam’ Spending Bill ‘Down Our Throats’

The pork-packed spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and unveiled days before its deadline is an "embarrassment," Sen. Josh Hawley said on "The Alex Marlow Show."

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Naturalized US citizen accused of running ‘overseas police station’ in NY pleads guilty to conspiring to act as Chinese agent

A US citizen arrested in 2023 in connection to running an “overseas police station” in New York City pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to act as an agent of the Chinese government.

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President-elect Donald Trump rejects bipartisan deal to prevent government shutdown

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In a Small California Town, an Election Tie Is Broken by Drawing Straws

In an era of invective and distrust, two California candidates turned a tie over to chance.

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Both Parties Are Driving the Runaway Social Security Insolvency Train

An outrageous budget buster that’s heading for approval will blow a $200 billion hole in the trust fund.

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Report: Disney Executives Feared a Florida Jury Would Side with Trump in ABC News Defamation Case

The Walt Disney Company has come under intense media scrutiny following the studio's decision to settle President-elect Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against ABC News for more than $15 million.

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GOP report calls for investigating Liz Cheney over Jan. 6 probe

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Trump’s Criticism of Spending Deal Raises Fears of Government Shutdown

The president-elect weighed in against the mammoth spending package after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy had spent the day attacking it and warning Republicans not to support it.

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I'm a dual citizen who lives in Canada. It's not as easy as you think to move here.

Michael Stiege moved to Silicon Valley from Toronto in the 90s and spent 30 years there. He's back in Canada but hopes to split time going forward.

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Team Trump Responds to Elizabeth Warren Letter with ‘Pocahontas’ Taunt

Team Trump responded to a bossy-pants letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) by calling her "Pocahontas."

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Paris Hilton Hints At Political Future After Successfully Lobbying Against 'Troubled Teen Industry'

The hotel heiress told reporters that seeing the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act pass has been "one of the most incredible moments of my life."

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Stock market plummets after Fed forecasts fewer rate cuts in 2025

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Trump demands government shutdown after Elon Musk rants over stopgap funding bill

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have demanded that Republicans in the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down rather than pass a stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025.

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Durbin to CNN: Half of Your Listeners Are Not There Anymore And You’re Still Getting the Same Paycheck

On Wednesday’s edition of "CNN Newsroom" reporter Manu Raju had an interesting hallway exchange Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) over a congressional pay raise. | Clips

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The Year-End Spending Bill Deserved to Die

A ‘clean’ CR that keeps the government funded in the short term should be the way to go for the House right now.

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Why the Biden administration is selling border wall materials

Surplus border wall materials are being auctioned, sparking debate over border security and federal resource management.

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Supreme Court agrees to hear case about TikTok ban

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New details emerge about Wisconsin school shooting suspect

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Suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO expected to waive extradition, lawyer says

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Dem Sen. Murphy: Trump Is Attacking the Press Because 'He’s Trying to Steal from You'

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Deadline" that President-elect Donald Trump was suing the media because that will make it easier to "steal" from the American public with the "kleptocracy that he is building." | Clips

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House GOP Budget Rep. Carter: We Need Disaster Relief, Ag. Spending Planks, There's Stuff Trump Wants on Health Care

On Wednesday's edition of NBC's "MTP Now," House Budget Committee member Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) argued that the disaster relief and agriculture | Clips

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The word business leaders use to hedge when staff ask if they're planning a return to 5 days in the office

In the wake of Amazon's RTO mandate, staff have asked executives at Google and Microsoft if the days of hybrid work are numbered.

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'Murder hornet' eradicated from the U.S., officials announce

The northern giant hornet, which was first found in the U.S. in 2019, has not been detected in three years, officials said. It posed a threat to honey bees, other pollinators and native insects.

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The bird flu outbreak keeps getting more worrying

Health officials said the first "severe" case of the H5N1 virus was reported in a human this week, with the person being hospitalized.

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Luigi Mangione's lawyer says he plans to waive extradition to New York

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Senators Call for Inquiry Into Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program

A group of Democratic lawmakers accused Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the only Medicaid work requirement program in the country, of spending little of its funding on health benefits.

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Dems’ failure to punish CEOs for 2008 crash contributed to Trump’s rise: Obama aide

Rahm Emanuel criticized the Democrats for being ‘blind to the rising sea of disillusionment’ that has been simmering for years in America

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What we know about the suspected Madison school shooter

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Diddy Male Rape Accuser's Lawyer Compares Him to Harvey Weinstein: Same Patterns of Alleged Abuse

A lawyer for three men accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of drugging and raping them insists that he sees parallels to sex abuser Harvey Weinstein.

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Los Angeles deputy mayor for safety linked to City Hall bomb threat

Brian Williams has been placed on administrative leave, the mayor's office said Wednesday.

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House Democratic leader calls out GOP for backing out of government funding deal

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Pro Picks: Eagles will cruise past the Commanders and Seahawks will upset the Vikings

The setup for two Christmas Day games means two games on Saturday in Week 16. They’ll be potential playoff previews.

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