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Massive Snow, Harsh Winds Hit East Coast in 'Bomb Cyclone'
Blizzardlike conditions stemming from a " bomb cyclone " hammered parts of the Carolinas on Saturday and ushered in frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast, and tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Tennessee and Mississippi remained without power after being...
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Pope Leo Calls for Peace Initiatives During Winter Olympic Games
Pope Leo urged world leaders on Sunday to use the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics to promote peace, calling on those in authority to take concrete steps toward de-escalation and dialog.Milan and the Alpine resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo will co-host the Games from February 6 to...
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Zelenskyy: Peace Talks Start Next Week as Grid Collapse Strikes Ukraine
U.S.-backed trilateral talks involving Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Abu Dhabi, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, as Ukrainians faced uncertainty over the fate of an energy ceasefire with Russia amid plunging temperatures.Kyiv is under U.S....
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NASA Begins Practice for First Moonshot in 50 Years
NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first...
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Trump: India Will Now Buy Oil From Venezuela
President Donald Trump on Saturday said India will buy Venezuelan oil, helping to replace some of the Russian oil that the world's third-biggest oil importer buys."We've already made that deal, the concept of the deal," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he...
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Musk: Russia Severed From Using Starlink
Elon Musk said on Sunday that steps SpaceX had taken to stop the 'unauthorized' use of Starlink by Russia seemed to have worked."Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia have worked. Let us know if more needs to be done," SpaceX CEO...
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Iran's Khamenei Threatens Regional War Against US, Israel
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday likened recent anti-government protests to a "coup", warning that any US attack on the Islamic republic following Washington's military deployments in the Middle East would trigger a regional war.The Iranian authorities' deadly response to...
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Trump: Fed Nominee Warsh Could Garner Democratic Support
President Donald Trump said he thinks Kevin Warsh, his pick to head the Federal Reserve, could pick up votes from some Democrats in the Senate, calling him a "high-quality person" who should not have any trouble winning confirmation."I think he may get Democrat votes. He's...
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Melania's $8 Million Opening Best Doc Debut in Decade
"Melania" – first lady Melania Trump's new Amazon MGM documentary and the most expensive doc ever produced – is reportedly heading toward a better-than-expected opening of at least $8 million, marking the strongest debut for a documentary in 10 years.
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Backlash in NYC Over Calls to Ban Newsmax in Taxis
New York taxi passengers are speaking out against a push by Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal to remove Newsmax programming from taxi screens across the city, calling the effort unnecessary censorship and saying the content they have seen appears neutral and...
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Jeffries to Johnson: Don't Rely on Dems for Funding
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told House Speaker Mike Johnson that Republicans can't rely on Democrats to pass a funding bill that would fund most of the government through the end of September, reports Axios.
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DOJ Misconduct Complaint Against Boasberg Dismissed
A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint by U.S. Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over its move to deport several Venezuelans to El Salvador.
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House Democrat Seeks DOJ IG Review of Don Lemon Arrest
Independent journalist Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was released on a personal recognizance bond Friday after federal prosecutors charged him in connection with a protest that disrupted a church service in St Paul, Minnesota, and House Oversight Committee ranking member...
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How Lego Got Swept up in US-Mexico Trade Frictions
Manufacturing a Barbie or a Lego brick requires large quantities of plastic, much of which comes from China, the world's largest producer of the material.
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McLaughlin Poll: ICE Hit, but Trump Stays Solid
Despite a barrage of hostile media coverage and relentless attacks from the left, President Donald Trump's standing with voters remains remarkably steady-especially on the issue of border security.
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EPA to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Risks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reapprove dicamba despite the pesticide's documented health and environmental risks, The Washington Post reports.
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Top US Envoy for Venezuela Arrives in Caracas
Laura Dogu, the top U.S. envoy for Venezuela, arrived on Saturday in Caracas as the two countries gradually resume bilateral relations, broken in 2019 by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Judge Orders ICE to Release 5-Year-Old, Dad
A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from immigration detention by Feb. 3, granting an emergency request after national outrage over the child’s arrest.
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New Hampshire Primary Bid Moves Forward at DNC
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Saturday to allow N.H.’s bid to hold an early-window presidential primary to advance to the next stage of consideration, keeping the state in contention for a coveted spot at the front of the party’s nominating calendar.
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Powerful Storm Threatens East Coast, Rare Snow Possible
About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings Saturday as a powerful system threatened the East Coast with high winds, flooding and heavy snow, including blizzardlike conditions from a “bomb cyclone” in the Southeast.
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Waymo Seeks $16B at Nearly $110B Valuation
Alphabet unit Waymo is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value it at nearly $110 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Trump: 'Poorly Run Dem Cities' Now on Their Own
President Donald Trump said he has directed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to keep the federal government from intervening in protests or riots in Democrat-led cities unless local officials request help, while ordering a strong federal response to protect federal property.
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Trump Backs Wambsganss in Texas State Senate Race
President Donald Trump called for a get-out-the-vote push for Texas Republican state Senate candidate Leigh Wambsganss ahead of Saturday's election.
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SpaceX Seeks FCC OK for Solar-Powered AI Satellites
Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission.
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Epstein Files: 3M Pages, Famous Names, New Details
Newly disclosed government files on Jeffrey Epstein shed more light on his ties to the rich and famous after his Florida sex-crimes sentence, and on what investigators knew about his abuse of underage girls when they declined to indict him federally nearly two decades ago.