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Today's Top News Compilation - Monday, Jan 20th, 2020

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Hegseth vows crackdown on military obesity after shocking Reserve, Guard report

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More than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, a potential threat to readiness and their ability to deploy at a moment's notice, a new report by the American Security Project (ASP) found.

Some 68% of the nation’s reserve forces are overweight, ASP researchers estimate.

"With the diminished size of the [active-duty] force and increasing demands on the National Guard and reserves, service members separated due to obesity and its comorbidities are vital personnel the Armed Forces cannot afford to lose," researchers concluded in the...
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US Treasury targets Houthi-linked vessels to disrupt efforts to fund 'dangerous and destabilizing attacks'

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The Trump administration sanctioned three vessels and their owners for providing support to the Houthis – the Iranian regime’s network of terrorist proxies and partners, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions Monday, following the Houthis’ efforts to deploy missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and naval mines to attack commercial shipping interests in the Red Sea – activities that "threaten global freedom of navigation and the integrity of international commerce."

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Trump's executive order surge: The unprecedented use of presidential authority

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President Donald Trump made history during his first 100 days in office, surpassing former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s record for the number of executive orders issued during that same window.

To date, Trump has signed more than 135 executive orders during his first 100 days in office during his second term — up from the 33 he signed during the first 100 days of his first term, and up from the 99 Roosevelt signed during that period too.

The slew of executive orders indicates a shift in power away from the legislative branches and also...
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Dems stage 12-hour 'moral moment' at US Capitol, rejecting Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., staged a sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, taking a "moral moment" to reject President Donald Trump's agenda as Congress returns to Washington to negotiate the "big, beautiful bill."

On the final day of the two-week congressional recess, Booker and Jeffries discussed their relationship with faith, invited Americans to share their experience of Trump's first 100 days and sounded off on "what’s at stake with Trump’s budget." The sit-in's hours-long livestream...
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Virginia congressman to retire after cancer returns

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Power outage causes chaos in Spain and Portugal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Millions of people are without without electricity, while internet and phone networks are also down.
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Police raids across France after wave of prison attacks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police make 25 arrests so far as officers target Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and, the city of Lyon.
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Rosenberg: What's Putin trying to achieve by calling a three-day ceasefire?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Vladimir Putin calls a three-day ceasefire in May, coinciding with events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two's end.
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'Everything went off': How Spain and Portugal's massive power cut unfolded

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Residents stuck on trains, phones not working, checkouts off: How a massive power cut caused chaos.
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Rep. Gerry Connolly says he won't seek reelection amid return of cancer

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Rep. Gerry Connolly announced on Monday he won't seek reelection in 2026 and plans to step back "soon" from his post as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

The long-serving Virginia Democrat said his cancer had returned.

"When I announced my diagnosis six months ago, I promised transparency," Connolly said in an open letter to his constituents Monday. "After grueling treatments, we've learned that the cancer, while initially beaten back, has now returned."

Connolly, 75, said he will "do everything possible to...
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Poll position: Where Donald Trump stands with Americans 100 days into his second presidency

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President Donald Trump is giving himself a big thumbs-up when it comes to his job performance during his second tour of duty in the White House.

"I think we're doing really well," Trump told reporters last week.

The president, as he neared the 100-day mark into his second administration, predicted that "we're going to be the strongest that we've ever been as a nation."

Trump has aggressively asserted executive authority in his second term, overturning long-standing government policy and making major cuts to the federal workforce through an...
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Democrat challenging 12-term rep slams 'retirement community' Congress amid youth revolt

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In the latest example of the so-called "Biden effect," a constituent of 79-year-old Rep. David Scott chose to launch a primary run against him after a tense exchange at a town hall, saying Congress shouldn't be a "retirement community."

"We just had two Democratic members die within weeks at a time when every vote counts," Everton Blair told Fox News Digital on Monday of his decision.

"It’s a huge concern for Democrats to accomplish our agenda and to be in touch with the issues of today if we don’t proactively broaden our bench," he said, adding...
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India hunts suspects days after deadly Kashmir attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir demolish houses of alleged militants after last week's attack.
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Namibian minister sacked after being accused of rape

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe the woman to withdraw the case.
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