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Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Jan 17th, 2020

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Biden celebrates ceasefire deal in farewell address

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Biden praised the ceasefire and hostage release agreement reached between Hamas and Israel in his farewell address to the nation. Weijia Jiang reports from the White House.
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Native tribe lifts banishment on Noem ahead of Senate confirmation hearing

  • News source: FOX News
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota lifted its banishment on Republican Gov. Kristi Noem in a letter Wednesday, offering its endorsement of her nomination to serve as secretary of Homeland Security, Fox News Digital has learned.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe President Tony Reider wrote a letter to Noem Wednesday informing her the tribe's executive committee voted to "remove the banishment" it placed on Noem in May and congratulated her for her nomination to serve in President-elect Trump's cabinet.

The letter comes just days before Noem is...
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Senators grill Trump's attorney general pick over false 2020 election claims

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, faced questions on Justice Department independence and the 2020 election at her confirmation hearing. Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
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Breaking down Trump's involvement in ceasefire negotiations

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Along with President Biden's Middle East envoy, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration was involved in Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations. Margaret Brennan has analysis.
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DOGE caucus roadmap for cutting government waste emerges after closed-door meeting: 'great synergy'

  • News source: FOX News
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The Congressional DOGE Caucus’ plans for cutting government waste are shifting into focus after the group’s second-ever closed-door meeting on Wednesday.

Caucus leaders are splitting lawmakers into eight working groups focused on different sectors for waste-cutting. Those will focus on retirement, social and family safety nets, emergency supplemental funding, energy permitting, homeland security, defense and veterans, the workforce, and government operations, according to a document viewed by Fox News Digital.

Co-chairs Aaron Bean, R-Fla., and Pete...
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From snowy cities to Mexican border - Trump deportations loom

  • News source: BBC News - World
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'Do it the right way' Texas border residents tell migrants, while Chicago neighbourhoods prepare for raids.
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Trump's attorney general nominee grilled on loyalty to president-elect

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Pam Bondi tells senators she would not use the justice department to target people based on their politics.
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Why global stars like Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are hitting India

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are set to start their tours to sell-out crowds in the country.
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What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.
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The would-be African nation in love with Donald Trump

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Somaliland hopes Donald Trump will make history by recognising it as a nation, but Somalis fear the move.
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Biden set to give farewell address after securing Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Biden will soon give a farewell address to the nation, reflecting on a long political career the same day he secured a major accomplishment in the Middle East.
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Top 5 moments from Rubio’s Senate confirmation hearing: 'I get bilingual protesters'

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio sailed through his confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, all but assuring he will assume the role of top diplomat under the new Trump administration later this month.

Rubio’s confirmation hearing — a process usually full of verbal diatribes, strong political agendas and illusive answers — was full of pleasantries, with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers applauding his work in the Senate and his in-depth knowledge of complex issues across the globe.

Here were the...
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Secretary Austin's secret hospitalizations 'unnecessarily' increased US national security risks, report finds

  • News source: FOX News
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalizations "unnecessarily" increased America’s national security risk, according to a new report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The Pentagon watchdog’s scathing 188-page review scrutinizes the secretary’s hospitalizations in December 2023, January 2024 and February 2024 and puts the blame on Austin’s team for communication lapses and failures to transfer authority.

OIG noted the main role Austin’s "strong desire for privacy about his medical condition" played in the...
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Mike Johnson replaces powerful Intelligence Committee chairman after Russian nuclear threat warning

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson is replacing Rep. Mike Turner as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee after a debacle that started with a warning about Russian space nuclear technology last year, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Johnson, R-La., was unhappy with Turner, R-Ohio, after a seemingly unexpected warning he issued about the need to declassify information about Russian anti-satellite technology.

A hawk by nature, Turner sometimes went up against the Trumpist wing of his Republican Party on matters like support...
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7 takeaways from a jam-packed day of confirmation hearings for Trump's nominees

  • News source: Jonathan Allen | NBC News
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Six of President-elect Donald Trump's big-office nominees faced Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday, previewing a parade of policy and political fights that will define his second term.

The picks — Pam Bondi for attorney general; Marco Rubio for secretary of state; Sean Duffy for transportation secretary; John Ratcliffe for CIA director; Chris Wright for energy secretary; and Russell Vought for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget — largely avoided the kind of fireworks that can sink confirmation chances.

At the same time...
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