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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, Jan 15th, 2020

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This state is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Kansas is currently facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.
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Immunity does not shield Trump from $83M defamation judgment, Carroll's attorney says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from having to pay E. Jean Carroll tens of millions of dollars for defaming her, Carroll's lawyer argued Monday.
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Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Interest in buying Greenland has "popped up from time to time in American politics," Tom Høyem, Denmark's former minister to Greenland, told ABC News in an interview.
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Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico and Denali for users in the U.S.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Google Maps users in the United States can expect to see the body of water known for centuries as the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America, aligning with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order. Google also said Denali, a mountain in southern Alaska and North America's tallest peak, is going to be called Mount McKinley on its maps for those same users, reflecting the presidential mandate.

The changes will not take effect until the government updates those site listings in the Geographic Names Information System, an...
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Deportation flights from US to Colombia resume following contentious showdown

  • News source: Manuel Rueda | The Associated Press
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Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia resumed on Tuesday, following a dispute between the two countries that nearly led to a trade war.

The diplomatic drama, which began over the weekend, provided clues on how the Trump administration would deal with countries standing in the way of its immigration policies.

Two Colombian air force planes carrying more than 200 migrants who were expelled from the U.S. landed at Bogota’s International Airport on Tuesday.

President Gustavo Petro welcomed the migrants in a message on X, saying they are...
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Senate poised to approve Trump Transportation Department pick Sean Duffy

  • News source: FOX News
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The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Transportation Department, Sean Duffy.

The Senate voted Monday to advance Duffy's nomination by a margin of 97-0, and his confirmation is expected Tuesday.

Duffy, who previously represented Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this month and outlined his priorities for the Transportation Department including aviation and highway safety, addressing the air traffic controller...
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China’s influence on Panama Canal poses ‘acute risks to US national security,’ Sen. Cruz warns

  • News source: FOX News
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China’s influence on the Panama Canal poses "acute risks to U.S. national security," Sen. Ted Cruz is warning Tuesday, alleging the Chinese Communist Party has taken a "militaristic interest" in the vital global shipping passage.

The Texas Republican told lawmakers during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation hearing that President Donald Trump recently has highlighted two key issues -- "the danger of China exploiting or blocking passage through the canal" and "the exorbitant costs for transit."

"Chinese companies are right...
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Trump admin pauses federal grants, demands return to office details in memo blitz

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) went on a memo blitz Monday, sending at least three letters to federal agency leaders on directives stretching from return to office instructions to pausing federal grants, copies of the memos obtained by Fox News Digital show.

President Donald Trump's administration already has issued a handful of directives aimed at federal agency heads since he took office Jan. 20, including ordering agency chiefs to shutter diversity, equity and inclusion...
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Pete Buttigieg giving 'serious look' to 2026 Senate run in Trump-won Michigan

  • News source: FOX News
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Former Secretary of Transportation and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is not ruling out a possible Senate run in Michigan in 2026, following Sen. Gary Peters' decision not to seek re-election.

"Pete is exploring all of his options on how he can be helpful and continue to serve," a source familiar with the millennial Democrat's thinking told Fox News Digital.

"He's honored to be mentioned for this, and he's taking a serious look."

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Dozens of former intel officials urge senators to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of top former intelligence officials are urging members of the Senate to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she will "begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies," Fox News Digital has learned.

Former White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, Navy SEAL veteran and member of the intelligence community Erik Prince and more than four dozen other...
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Trans inmate's lawsuit challenges Trump 'two-sexes' order cutting off tax money for gender therapy

  • News source: FOX News
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A transgender inmate receiving taxpayer-funded medical treatments has launched the first lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that puts an end to medical transgender treatments for federal prisoners.

Trump's executive order, titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," prohibits federal funds from being "expended for any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of...
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January 6 defendant killed by police days after Trump pardon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The man was one of nearly 1,600 people pardoned last week for their roles in the 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
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South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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All 176 people are evacuated from the burning plane at Busan's airport, with four injuries reported.
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Public schools try to protect undocumented students from Trump immigration raids

  • News source: Adam Edelman and Daniella Silva | NBC News
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At least eight large public school districts across the United States have vowed in recent days to try to protect undocumented immigrant students and their families from President Donald Trump's mass deportation push.

The Trump administration has removed restrictions that prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids at so-called sensitive locations, including schools (as well as houses of worship and hospitals).

All children in the United States, according to the Education Department, are entitled to a public education...
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Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 on board evacuated

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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News reports say the tail of a passenger plane with 176 people on board caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea Yonhap news agency reported plane at Gimhae International Airport in the southeastern city of Busan was bound for Hong Kong ...
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