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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024
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Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out
By DAVID BAUDER and LINLEY SANDERSUpdated 8:00 AM CST, December 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He’s tuned out.
“People are mentally exhausted,” said Aunallah, 45, of San Diego. “Everyone knows what is coming and we are just taking some time off.”
Television ratings — and now a new poll — clearly illustrate the phenomenon. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload, according to the survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Smaller percentages of Americans are limiting their intake of news about overseas conflicts, the economy or climate change, the poll says. Politics stand out.
Election news on CNN and MSNBC was taking up too much of Sam Gude’s time before the election, said the 47-year-old electrician from Lincoln, Nebraska. “The last thing I want to watch right now is the interregnum,” said Gude, a Democrat and no fan of President-elect Donald Trump. ...
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www.washingtonexaminer.comThe US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern
U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.
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Trump's 'border czar' says family detention centers could play a role in deportation effort
Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.
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Trump negotiating a new Panama Canal treaty for the American people
Make no mistake what President-elect Trump is doing is negotiating a new treaty for the Panama Canal and hence, a better deal for the American people.
Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen
Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
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Record heat wave killed half of this Alaska bird population, and they aren’t recovering | CNN
An Alaska seabird species faced the worst mortality event in modern history, and the population isn’t recovering, a study finds. Experts discuss the future implications.
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Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike targeting armed group
A Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van in the central Gaza Strip.
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US nerve center to combat China and Russia global propaganda shut down by GOP opposition
The center called out Moscow and Beijing for global disinformation efforts. But the pro-Trump GOP said it became politicized.
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New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns
New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.
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Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What to know about the canal's history and status
Here's what to know about the United States' involvement with building and operating the Panama Canal.
www.cbsnews.comCongress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Congress revoked an additional $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service last week when lawmakers averted a government shutdown, a cut that may undo many of President Joe Biden’s efforts to improve customer service at the tax agency and train fresh scrutiny on wealthy tax cheats. Biden and...
Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away
A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen has targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports.
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The Hill criticized for op-ed urging Congress to block Trump from taking office: 'You people are sick'
Opinion columnists at The Hill called on Congress to block President-elect Trump from taking office on the basis of 14th Amendment disqualification when they convene next week.
UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes
Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes, saying it had targeted Houthi "military infrastructure".
www.bbc.comAviation experts say Russia's air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns
Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Baku to the Russian city of Grozny when it was diverted for reasons yet unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan.
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Guatemala open to accepting Trump's Central American deportees, sources say
Guatemala has been proactive in preparing for a second Trump term compared with neighbors El Salvador and Honduras.
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Machine guns and pistols among firearms lost by MoD
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www.bbc.comFrance has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps
France’s president and prime minister have managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.
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