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'60 Minutes' report pulled off the air now on internet
- By One of this season's most-talked-about "60 Minutes" investigations may be one that never made it to air. CBS News caused a controversy after it pulled a report from Sunday's episode of the long-running news program that featured the stories of Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a brutal prison in El Salvador. But the 13-minute segment, as originally edited by "60 Minutes" staff ...

Source: miamiherald.com
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US and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war but territorial disputes remain
- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Ukraine have reached a consensus on several critical issues aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year conflict, but sensitive issues around territorial control in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, along with the management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, remain unresolved, Ukraine's president said. Volodymyr Zelenskyy briefed journalists on each ...

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Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and convicted sex offender. The release ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
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Trump Announces New 'Trump Class' of Navy Battleships
- Home » » WASHINGTON – President Trump announced this week a plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship. The "battleship" is part of a larger project to create a " Golden Fleet." The president called the new set of warships " Trump -class" battleships. The first ship will be the USS Defiant. Construction is set to begin "almost immediately" and is projected to take 2 ½ years. "They'll ...

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Supreme Court keeps block on National Guard deployment in Chicago
- The Supreme Court has denied President Donald Trump's request to lift a lower court injunction against his deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago and across Illinois to support immigration enforcement operations. In an unsigned order Tuesday, the court explained simply that the president has "failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois." The ruling, ...

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Trump's latest climate attack: Offshore wind farms
- Trump's Latest Climate Attack: Offshore Wind Farms The administration halts offshore wind projects, citing dubious "national security risks." Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk  collaboration. The  Trump administration   has said it is immediately ...

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Trump's newly appointed envoy to Greenland says US not looking to 'conquer' the Danish territory
- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump's said Tuesday that the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island. In his first extended comments since being appointed to the role this week, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the Trump administration isn't going to "go in ...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported, can spend Christmas with family
- BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia can spend Christmas with his family after spending much of the year in custody. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, in Maryland, issued an order late on Monday requiring government attorneys to file a brief by Dec. 26 on whether they plan to take him back into immigration custody, and under what legal authority they would do so. His attorneys have until Dec. 30 to respond. A ...

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'Dangerous and Cruel': Trump VA Quietly Bans Abortion Even for Rape and Health Risks
- Defenders of reproductive rights on Tuesday responded with alarm after President Donald Trump's administration quietly imposed an abortion ban at the US Department of Veterans Affairs following a legal opinion penned by a deputy assistant attorney general. After the 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal, the Biden administration allowed the VA to provide abortion counseling and care for service members and beneficiaries in ...

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State AGs Sue Vought Over 'Unlawful' Scheme to Bankrupt Consumer Protection Bureau
- A coalition of attorneys general from across the US sued White House budget chief Russell Vought on Monday over his effort to completely starve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of funding, a ploy that—if successful—would eliminate a key path of recourse for Americans harmed by corporate abuses. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Portland, Oregon by the top law enforcement officials of ...

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Former Sen. Ben Sasse announces terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis
- Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday he's been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer, what he described as "a death sentence." The conservative who represented Florida for eight years in the Senate made the announcement in a post on X . "This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I'll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with ...

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