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Israel's Cabinet Approves Ceasefire Deal, Release of 33 Hostages
Israel's Cabinet approved a deal early Saturday for a ceasefire in Gaza that would release dozens of hostages held there and pause the 15-month war with Hamas, bringing the sides a step closer to ending their deadliest and most destructive fighting ever. The government ...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:32:59 EDTBiden Planning New Book After Presidency
President Joe Biden is planning to write a new book detailing his time in the White House and the historic decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, NBC News reported and the White House confirmed.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:21:10 EDT'Shark Tank's' O'Leary: Investors Have $20B to Buy TikTok
Multimillionaire businessman Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" fame said Friday he and his investor group are ready to pay $20 billion to purchase TikTok, which is facing a U.S. ban if its parent company that has ties to the Chinese Communist Party doesn't divest itself from...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:59:54 EDTNew York City Mayor Meets with Trump
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday went "well," but declined to immediately talk about what they discussed.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:47:27 EDTAppeals Court Rejects Biden Plan For 'Dreamer' Migrants
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against outgoing President Joe Biden's effort to protect illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, siding with Texas just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:08:44 EDTColonial Pipeline Restarts Main Artery After Fixing Leak in Ga.
Colonial Pipeline restarted its main gasoline artery, which delivers fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to East Coast markets, on Friday after it was shut earlier this week due to a leak in Paulding County, Georgia. "Colonial Pipeline safely completed repairs Friday morning on ...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:06:43 EDTTrump Victory Leads Global Surge of Right-Wing Parties
President-elect Donald Trump's victory in November along with Republicans taking control of Congress capped off a year in which right-wing political groups worldwide gained more power than at any time since the end of the Cold War.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:45 EDTTrump Wants to Revamp Federal Agency as Sovereign Wealth Fund
President-elect Donald Trump's team wants the U.S. International Development Finance Corp (DFC) to function more like a sovereign wealth fund and be an effective tool for deploying economic power, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:38:09 EDTDr. Crandall: Heart and Brain Health Are Linked
According to a new AHA study, the connection between heart and brain health is linked more closely than ever. The very same risk factors that make heart disease the leading cause of death in the United States have increased the risk for stroke, Alzheimer's, and dementia.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:44:26 EDTHouse Republicans Mull 200+ Budget Cuts, Breaks, Tariffs
House Budget Committee Republicans are eyeing more than 200 changes to the federal budget ahead of the vast reconciliation bill, including myriad spending cuts, tax breaks, tariffs as well as tweaks to Medicare and Social Security, it was reported Friday.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:22:58 EDTTikTok CEO Thanks Trump for Seeking Solution in US
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Friday thanked President-elect Donald Trump for a "commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States."
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:40:58 EDTRasmussen Poll: 55 Percent Worried Trump Unsafe at Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump may have survived two assassination attempts while on the campaign trail last year, but a majority of voters in a new Rasmussen Reports poll say they're concerned he won't be safe at his inauguration on Monday.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:59:50 EDTBipartisan Lawmakers: US Needs to Boost Security in Arctic
As President-elect Donald Trump pushes for the U.S. to acquire Greenland from Denmark, politicians from both sides of the aisle say more security around the Arctic is needed.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:54:30 EDTStocks Close Out Strongest Week Since Election
U.S. stocks rallied Friday to close out a strong week on optimism over the health of the economy and path of interest rates as investors braced for a slew of policy changes under the incoming Trump administration.The S&P 500 and Dow Industrials registered their biggest...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:06:48 EDTMore GOP Reps Join Call to Abolish ATF
A call by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., to dismantle the Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gained support Friday from more House Republicans.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:11:02 EDTHigh Court to Hear Dispute Over LGBT Books in Md. Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children out of classes in a Maryland school district when LGBT books are read, the latest case to come to the justices involving the intersection between religion and LGBT rights.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:28:11 EDTGeorgia Court Affirms Dismissals in Trump Election Case
An appeals court in Georgia Friday unanimously affirmed the dismissals of six counts from the state's election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and his allies, agreeing with a trial judge that the cases lacked vital details.
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:01:05 EDTFormer CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Info on Planned Israeli Attack on Iran
A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran.Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app.He entered guilty pleas in federal court in...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:21:06 EDTRussia Sentences Navalny Lawyers to Years Behind Bars
Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.The case, which comes amid a widespread crackdown on dissent during the Ukraine...
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:04:06 EDTTrump Tapping Texas Border Chief to Head Border Patrol
Mike Banks, who spearheaded Gov. Greg Abbott's strong border crackdown, is expected to be appointed to lead the U.S. Border Patrol after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in next week, according to sources familiar with the decision.
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