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Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Feb 7th, 2020

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Supreme Court upholds U.S. TikTok ban

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Supreme Court has upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as this weekend. Jan Crawford has more.
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Trump moves inauguration indoors over dangerous cold blast

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A dangerously cold blast of air is forcing President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration to take place indoors. The last time this happened was 40 years ago, when Ronald Reagan was sworn as president for a second time. Ed O'Keefe has details.
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Why these foreign leaders' invites to Trump inauguration are raising eyebrows

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official is set to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration as a special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping — a highly unusual charm offensive at a tense moment. And it's not the only foreign leader invite raising eyebrows. Margaret Brennan explains.
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What Supreme Court ruling means for TikTok users

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Over 100 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening this weekend if the app shutters due to a law passed last year. As Kelly O'Grady explains, the ban will affect casual users in addition to those who use the app for their livelihoods.
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Next Ohio senator, a 'fiscal conservative,' aims to 'get government out of people's lives'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Ohio's new Senator-designate, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, wants to get the country "to a more fiscally responsible path" and is bringing his years of state government experience to the upper chamber.

"Look, as a fiscal conservative, I always want to move America on to a more fiscally responsible path, and I want to get government out of people's lives," he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive first interview after being appointed by Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to be the next senator.

Husted will take over Vice President-elect JD...
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Hawley slams Dem activist for downplaying migrant crime: 'Not an actual issue?'

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., drilled into a migrant rights activist in a heated moment during a Senate hearing on the "Remain in Mexico" policy on Thursday for what he said amounted to downplaying the murder of Laken Riley and for saying migrant crime is "not an actual issue."

"In March of 2024, you wrote: ‘The murder of a nursing student in Georgia has a lot of people on the right talking about migrant crime like it's an actual issue,’" said Hawley.

Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University who was found dead on the University of...
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Israel's cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The vote paves the way for exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners to begin on Sunday.
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Trump's promise to end the Ukraine war in a day meets harsh realities

  • News source: Dan De Luce | NBC News
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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to quickly end the war in Ukraine. He’d do it in “24 hours” after taking the oath, he said, or even before his inauguration.

But as he prepares to return to the White House, it’s clear that promise will go unfulfilled.

Nearly three years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there’s no end in sight to the war, Europe’s worst since World War II. Fighting rages across a long front line, with Russian forces waging a grinding offensive in Ukraine’s east and Ukrainian troops holding on to...
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Menendez brothers' resentencing hearing postponed due to impact of wildfires

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez will now take place from March 20-21.
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South Dakota governor Kristi Noem faces questions during DHS confirmation hearing

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The South Dakota GOP governor faced questions during a confirmation hearing for DHS secretary.
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How bond vigilantes could check Trump’s power

  • News source: Aditi Tiwari
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Time's Up for TikTok

  • News source: FOX News
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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

- Trump swearing-in to move indoors due to cold weather

- Trump DHS pick Noem pledges to end controversial app used by migrants on 'day one’

- FBI agent who said New Orleans attack was 'not a terrorist event' has been reassigned

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that would ban the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok just two days before the bipartisan...
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Sam Altman's OpenAI backing initiative headed by several anti-Trump staff pushing liberal causes

  • News source: FOX News
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OpenAI has partnered with a new AI initiative led by a group co-founded with outgoing Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry that has pushed left-wing causes and has several board members aligned with Democrats.

OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, is backing an initiative known as AI 2030, which is aimed at shaping "public dialogue about U.S. competition against China on AI," Politico reported in October.

The initiative is led by the "non-partisan" think tank American Security Project (ASP), where Kerry was a founding member and served two...
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Border Patrol Chief Owens announces retirement, Texas border czar to take over

  • News source: FOX News
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Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens is stepping down from his role as head of the agency – telling Fox News that his agents have given 100% in difficult conditions, including some of the worst conditions he’s seen in his entire career.

Owens, who was promoted to Border Patrol Chief in 2023, is retiring in April. Texas Border Czar Mike Banks will be tapped to be the next chief.

Owens spoke to Fox News about his time as chief during some of the most intense moments of the crisis at the southern border. He said it was "bittersweet" because it is the end...
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