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Post-inauguration ICE raids starting as soon as Tuesday: Sources
(danielfela/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As part of President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC [Read More…]
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‘Disasters don’t discriminate,’ outgoing FEMA administrator says
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and California Governor Gavin Newsom walked through a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles County. The two were accompanied by FEMA Region 9 Administrator Bob Fenton and other FEMA [Read More…]
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Over 85 million Americans under cold weather alerts
Via ABC News. (NEW YORK) — Over 85 million Americans are under cold weather alerts over the next few days as arctic air plunges south across the country. Portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin [Read More…]
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Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing postponed due to impact of wildfires
Erik and Lyle Menendez booking photos taken Oct. 10, 2024. Via CRDC. (LOS ANGELES) — The resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers has been postponed nearly two months due to the wildfires impacting Los Angeles [Read More…]
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What to know about Secret Service inauguration security before Monday’s event
400tmax/Getty (WASHINGTON) — Two apparent assassination attempts, a terrorist-inspired attack in New Orleans, an explosion in Las Vegas and a pair of global conflicts see President-elect Donald Trump returning to the Oval Office under circumstances [Read More…]
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Inauguration 2025: The tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden prepares to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, it’s unclear if Biden will follow the tradition of leaving his successor a note in [Read More…]
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Moderna awarded $590M to help accelerate development of mRNA-based bird flu vaccine: HHS
Evgenia Matveeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, alongside other influenza vaccines, health officials [Read More…]
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LA fires live updates: Mayor names chief recovery officer, plans outside probe
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires [Read More…]
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Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage before Biden’s term ends
Jared Kofsky/ABC News (SHILOH, Ala.) — At a recent church service in Cleveland, a group of visitors from a rural Alabama community nearly 900 miles away, including pastor and business owner Timothy Williams, joined congregants [Read More…]
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How Trump’s ‘cabinet in waiting’ has lived up to its reputation
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since launching in 2021, America First Policy Institute has been known colloquially around Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump’s “cabinet in waiting” should the former president return to office. And now, [Read More…]
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Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking Israeli retaliation plans
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former CIA analyst arrested in November and charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in a federal [Read More…]
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DHS’ Mayorkas: Tragedies not the place for political disagreements
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been a target for Republican criticism, said that national tragedies should not be used for “political disagreements.” “There [Read More…]
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Jon Husted, Ohio’s lieutenant governor, tapped to replace JD Vance in Senate
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate. Husted, 57, will serve until a [Read More…]
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Benji Madden gushes over Cameron Diaz in 10th anniversary tribute: ‘My QUEEN’
Ben Kriemann/Getty Images for Netflix Benji Madden is proving he’s his wife Cameron Diaz‘s biggest fan. The Good Charlotte singer took to Instagram on Friday to not only mark his and Diaz’s recent 10th wedding [Read More…]
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ gets Imax release before Netflix debut
Han Myung-Gu/WireImage via Getty Images Greta Gerwig is bringing her Narnia adaptation to the big screen. The film, which is being made for Netflix, will get an exclusive two-week global run on Imax screens, according [Read More…]
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Miguel Cardona signs off as top education official
Peter G. Forest/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona signed off Friday as the nation’s top education official — calling it his “dream job.” “To the students, families, educators, and education leaders I’ve served [Read More…]
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TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law set to ban social media platform TikTok in less than 48 hours. “There is no doubt that, for more than [Read More…]
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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified but not taking action
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in [Read More…]
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Trump’s inauguration moving indoors due to weather
(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will move indoors Monday and he’ll be sworn in inside the Capitol Rotunda due to the freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C. “The various Dignitaries and Guests will be [Read More…]
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South Dakota governor Kristi Noem faces questions during confirmation hearing for DHS secretary
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kristi Noem, South Dakota’s firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative [Read More…]