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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020

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Altadena family recounts their harrowing escape from Eaton Fire

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Taylor family reflects on their evacuation from the Eaton Fire and discusses the loss of their home in Altadena.
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Woman wins $500,000 lottery from white elephant gift exchange ticket

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Emily Hickox, an Indiana woman, won $500,000 after playing a Michigan Lottery instant game ticket.
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Bessent calls for stronger Russia sanctions at treasury confirmation hearing

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be treasury secretary, Scott Bessent fielded sharp questions Thursday at his confirmation hearing from Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the IRS tax filing system.

Bessent told the Senate Finance Committee that the U.S. faces economic calamity if Congress doesn't renew provisions of Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He also argued the Federal Reserve should remain independent from the president's influence and U.S. sanctions on Russian oil should be more aggressive...
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ICE says it will needs massive funding hike, tens of thousands more beds to implement Laken Riley Act

  • News source: FOX News
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is telling lawmakers that the Laken Riley Act, an anti-illegal immigration bill expected to hit President-elect Trump’s desk in the coming weeks, will cost an additional $3 billion due to the agency needing an additional 60,000 detention beds.

ICE responded to questions by Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., on the impact of the Laken Riley Act. The bill passed the House this month and looks likely to pass the Senate.
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Biden’s Meta ‘censorship’ revelations ‘vindicated’ Alito dissent in RFK Jr case

  • News source: FOX News
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The announcement by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook and Instagram would end their work with third-party fact-checkers and ease certain content restrictions was praised by some conservative activists, who cheered it as a "vindication" for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who dissented from the rest of the court in late 2023 in a case involving content regulation that included a post by the former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The case centered on whether Meta was acting outside its scope when its platform, Facebook...
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FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has closed its DEI office, Fox News can confirm.

"In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024," the agency told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

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Earlier this month, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray claiming that "radical" DEI practices had "endangered" Americans following the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans.

This is President Biden's last week in office...
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Hirono ripped for 'deranged' opening confirmation hearing question to Burgum: 'This lady has issues'

  • News source: FOX News
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Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii faced mockery on social media on Thursday over her opening questions to Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum during his confirmation hearing.

"As part of my responsibilities to ensure the fitness of nominees before any of the committees on which I sit, I ask the following two initial questions," Hirono said to Burgum on Thursday. "First is, since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?"

"No...
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Newsom calls for looting to be a felony in evacuation zones amid LA inferno

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after prosecutors in Southern California urged him this week to issue harsher penalties, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned.

"Preying on people at their most vulnerable is despicable, these criminals are among the worst kinds," Newsom said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday afternoon.

Newsom said "looting has never been legal here" and that "it will not be tolerated" as the state continues to battle the ravenous...
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Burgum grilled on environmental issues targeted by Trump during confirmation hearing: 'Drill, baby, drill'

  • News source: FOX News
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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump's nominee for interior secretary, was pressed by the Senate on his environmental agenda and whether his mission aligns with that of Trump, who plans to overturn many environmental rules and regulations enacted under the Biden administration.

A confirmation hearing was held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday for Burgum, a 2024 presidential candidate who was tapped to lead the department that manages public land, wildlife and natural resources.

"This is a guy who...
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How did we reach the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war follows 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
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Bowen: Long-overdue ceasefire may stop the killing but won't end the conflict

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The truce should get Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners home, but the conflict remains as bitter as ever.
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Allegedly intoxicated Southwest Airlines pilot arrested at airport ahead of flight

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.
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4-year-old girl missing after vehicle stolen with her in back seat: Police

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Four-year-old Blessing Aoci was in the back seat of a vehicle when it was stolen early Thursday morning in Rock Island, Illinois, police said.
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Montana House advances transgender bathroom bill

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a transgender bathroom ban, the first to do so in the 2025 session.
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President Biden's climate standards for walk-in freezers could face reckoning under new GOP resolution

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Congressional Republicans are pushing back against President Biden's regulations on appliances with a resolution that seeks to circumvent new green energy standards for freezers.

In December 2024, Biden's Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final rule setting more stringent climate standards for walk-in coolers and freezers. The new regulation is currently set to go into effect in February, but could soon be impeded by Republican lawmakers seeking to overturn the rule.

Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oka., introduced a joint resolution of...
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