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Today's Top News Compilation - Sunday, Jan 5th, 2020

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Trump admin eyes overturning Biden's green energy legacy to tune of $7B

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The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is weighing a plan to slash a multibillion-dollar Biden-era green energy program focused on installing solar panels on residential properties, Fox News Digital has learned.

The EPA is considering sending letters to dozens of nonprofits and state groups that received federal grants under the Biden administration's "Solar for All" program to inform them the grants have been canceled, the New York Times reported earlier Tuesday. The Solar for All program is a $7 billion initiative launched in...
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Trump's quest to reduce drug prices is heating up. But will he be able to do it?

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President Donald Trump is ramping up the heat on pharmaceutical companies, urging them in letters sent Thursday to cut down drug prices in accordance with an executive order he signed in May.

But Trump has limited authority to actually force drug companies to adjust prices, according to experts, and his effort equates to price control.

As a result, utilizing public pressure through these letters may be one tool he’s employing to get companies to comply, according to Benedic Ippolito, a senior fellow in economic policy studies at the...
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Social media erupts after House Dem makes 'shocking' comment about America during overseas trip

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Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois was widely criticized on social media this week over a clip where she said her pride as a Guatemalan comes before her pride of being an American.

"I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American," Ramirez declared in Spanish at the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City over the weekend.

The comment drew outrage on social media, including from many conservatives, suggesting the congresswoman’s allegiance is misplaced.

"Are you comfortable with this?" GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah posted on X...
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Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Reefs have been battered by cyclones and starfish that eat coral, but heat stress driven by climate change is the main cause of damage.
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Zelensky thanks Trump for 'productive' talks ahead of ceasefire deadline

  • News source: BBC News - World
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US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow on Wednesday, as Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine looms.
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Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The plan will involve a complete takeover of Gaza, but reportedly faces opposition from military chiefs.
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Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasibility.
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How a Texas showdown could reshape Congress - and Trump's presidency

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A dramatic redistricting fight could spread to other states before next year's crucial midterm elections.
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Senate GOP ready to go nuclear after Schumer's 'political extortion' of nominees

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Republicans are mulling whether to go nuclear after negotiations with Senate Democrats to ram through President Donald Trump’s nominees fell apart over the weekend.

The path to confirming dozens of Trump’s outstanding nominees was destroyed when the president accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of "political extortion," and charged that the Democratic leader’s asking price for nominees was too high.

TRUMP TELLS SCHUMER TO 'GO TO HELL' OVER SENATE NOMINEE DEAL FUNDING DEMANDS AFTER NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE

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Cotton calls on IRS to pull Muslim advocacy group's nonprofit status

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke the nonprofit status of a Muslim advocacy group that he believes has ties to terror groups, including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

In the letter, Cotton notes that "in the largest terrorism-financing case in U.S. history, [the Council on American-Islamic Relations] was listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee." CAIR was listed as an unindicted coconspirator in the infamous Holy Land Foundation (HLF) terrorism financing case. The...
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Illegal immigrant Chinese national tried stealing sensitive AI microchips, DOJ says

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Two Chinese nationals — one of them an illegal immigrant — were arrested for allegedly shipping tens of millions of dollars’ worth of sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications to China, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

The federal criminal complaint charges Chuan Geng, 28, of Pasadena, California, and Shiwei Yang, 28, of El Monte, California, with violating the Export Control Reform Act.

Prosecutors said the felony offense carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Yang — an illegal immigrant...
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FBI urged to locate or arrest Texas Democrats who fled state to stall redistricting vote

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Tuesday wrote a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel asking for the bureau's help in finding and arresting Texas House Democrats who fled the state Sunday to prevent a vote on redistricting.

"I have asked @FBIDirectorKash to work with @GregAbbott_TX & Texas law enforcement to investigate potential CRIMINAL acts, including bribery, and to hold legislators accountable who have fled the state in a shameful attempt to stall the legislative process in the Texas House," Cornyn wrote in a post on X Tuesday.

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Gargantuan ‘bird cemeteries’ in Burgum’s crosshairs as DOI looks to curb green wind projects

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The Interior Department looks to curb massive, unreliable and environmentally-damaging energy projects, citing wind and solar, per a new order from Secretary Doug Burgum that takes aim at what President Donald Trump has called "bird cemeteries."

In the order obtained by Fox News Digital, Burgum uses what he described as an "objective, technology-neutral" formula called capacity density that analyzes how much space an energy installation takes up and its effect on the area around it in relation to its output and reliability.

Burgum said Trump has...
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US crime dropped widely in 2024, FBI says — with some notable caveats

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U.S. crime rates dropped significantly in every major category in 2024, according to a new report released by the FBI on Tuesday — with measurable drops in violent crime, robberies, assaults and robberies with a firearm, and other major categories.

The numbers were part of the FBI’s annual Unified Crime Report, a report released by the bureau each year. And despite the overwhelmingly positive findings, the report did underscore a sobering uptick in attacks on law enforcement officers in the line of duty over the last four years.

This year's report...
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Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys argue against unsealing grand jury testimony

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein's former associate Ghislaine Maxwell are arguing against the Justice Department's attempt to unseal grand jury testimony against her, writing in a court filing Tuesday that their client "has no choice but to respectfully oppose" the potential release.

"Jeffrey Epstein is dead. Ghislaine Maxwell is not," Maxwell's attorney David Markus wrote in a nine-page filing. "Whatever interest the public may have in Epstein, that interest cannot justify a broad intrusion into grand jury secrecy in a case where the defendant is...
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