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Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Jan 10th, 2020

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The history of presidential farewells and transitions

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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As President Biden delivers his farewell address, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "The Leadership Journey" and "An Unfinished Love Story," joins to explore the significance of the transition period and the history of the farewell address.
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The Los Angeles wildfires are already among the worst ever

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Polling shows many Americans blame climate change for the Los Angeles wildfires.
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Family of missing NC mom, who vanished after making 911 call, seeks answers

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Police in Greensboro, N.C., are asking for tips about Marissa Carmichael, a Black mother of five who vanished on Jan. 14, 2024, after making a distressed call to 911.
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Pentagon watchdog: Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ultimately, there were no immediate consequences.

"Although we found no adverse consequences to Defense Department operations arising from how the hospitalizations we reviewed were handled, the risks to our national defense, including the command and control of the Defense Department's critical national security operations, were increased unnecessarily,"...
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House GOP resolution would overturn Biden's gas water heater ban

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: A new, GOP-introduced congressional resolution could block President Biden's recent ban on natural gas water heaters, Fox News Digital has learned.

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new rule banning non-condensing, natural gas-fired water heaters by 2029 in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. Republicans in Congress, however, are seeking to intervene.

On Wednesday, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows Congress to overturn rules...
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John Ratcliffe says US faces 'most challenging security environment' ever in confirmation hearing

  • News source: FOX News
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CIA nominee John Ratcliffe is telling senators on Wednesday about how he’ll reshape the intelligence community in what he calls "the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history."

Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during President-elect Trump's first term, is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The committee will then vote on his nomination before a full Senate vote to confirm him as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ratcliffe ticked off the nation’s biggest threats –...
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Former Trump HHS official tapped to be RFK Jr's chief of staff: report

  • News source: FOX News
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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team tapped a former senior health official from Trump's first administration and an ally to top Trump loyalist, Harmeet Dhillon, to be Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s chief of staff, a new report indicated Monday.

Heather Flick, a lawyer who previously served in multiple top roles at the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department during the first Trump administration, has been working closely with Kennedy over the last few weeks as an informal chief of staff, according...
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Germany to shoot down drones near military sites

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The number of sightings has increased since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, officials say.
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Drake drops legal action over Kendrick Lamar song

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The rapper withdraws a case accusing his label of artificially boosting the success of Not Like Us.
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Lions on ice - Kenya's foray into ice hockey

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Kenya has become just the fifth African nation to gain membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation, despite having only one ice rink in the country.
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SpaceX rocket launches private missions to Moon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Two landers owned by US and Japanese companies to carry out separate tests on the Moon's surface.
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What to know about Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi as she faces senators

  • News source: Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect, who has vowed to use the agency to pursue revenge on his perceived political enemies.

The former Florida attorney general and corporate lobbyist would be one of the most closely scrutinized members of Trump's Cabinet if she's confirmed to lead the department that prosecuted the once and future president in two separate criminal cases that never went to trial.

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FDA proposes limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes, other tobacco products

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule on Wednesday limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes and certain other tobacco products.
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FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels
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LA wildfires wreak havoc on farmers and agriculture

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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While the raging flames and damaging winds continue to burn in Los Angeles County, farmers across Southern California also face the possibility of damage to their crops.
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