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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, Jan 2nd, 2020

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Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here's what to know

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to help families hoping to expand their families through in vitro fertilization by reducing costs for the procedure
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Millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite claims

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The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving improper Social Security payments
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Victim of Jan. 6 defendant's past crime fears for her safety after pardons

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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When President Trump issued sweeping pardons to some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants on his first day in office, his action did not distinguish between those who peacefully wandered the Capitol grounds four years earlier and those who engaged in violence against police.

Now, critics of the move are raising concerns about the dangers posed by some of those convicted of violent felonies who have been released with no plan, and none of the monitoring or restrictions that typically accompany a more traditional parole process.

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Trump says he may impose auto tariffs of around 25%

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that he could impose hefty tariffs on automobile imports, but said he would have more to say in early April.

"I probably will tell you that on April 2, but it'll be in the neighborhood of 25%," Mr. Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida.

The president also mentioned tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor imports that he said would be "25% and higher — and it'll go very substantially higher over course of a year."

Mr. Trump said he wants to give companies "a little bit of a...
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WATCH: Young seal found on busy road rescued by local aquarium

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The seal is believed to be 5 or 6 weeks old, according to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy ends DEI programs, social advocacy efforts

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy ended its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs Tuesday, along with its social advocacy efforts including immigration reform and racial equity grantmaking, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s chief operating officer Marc Malandro sent an email to staff Tuesday evening with the announcement.

The move comes after Zuckerberg's Meta ended its DEI programs last month-- a move to ensure that the company is "building teams with the most talented people."

Meta also ended its...
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Trump orders all Biden-era US attorneys to be fired: 'We must clean house immediately'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to fire all U.S. attorneys left over from the Biden administration.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the agency has been "politicized like never before."

"Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining "Biden Era" U.S. Attorneys. We must ‘clean house’ IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence," Trump wrote. "America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System - THAT BEGINS TODAY!"

Terminating U.S. attorneys from previous administrations is generally standard...
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Howard Lutnick confirmed as Trump's commerce secretary

  • News source: FOX News
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The Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick on Tuesday to serve as President Donald Trump’s U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

The Republican-controlled Senate voted to confirm Lutnick on Tuesday, less than a week after senators voted to invoke cloture on his nomination. He needed a simple majority for a full senate confirmation, getting confirmed on a 51- 45 tally on Tuesday.

Lutnick passed his procedural vote last week after the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted 16-12 to motion for cloture on February 5.

Lutnick said he aligns with...
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NY Gov Hochul weighs decision to remove Mayor Adams

  • News source: FOX News
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Governor Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., met with "key leaders" in New York City on Tuesday to discuss the "path forward" for Mayor Eric Adams, D-N.Y., following a slew of City Hall resignations after the Justice Department dropped bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy charges against Adams last week.

Protesters gathered outside Hochul’s Manhattan office during her meetings on Tuesday, chanting: "Governor Hochul, fight back, remove Eric Adams."

City Hall sources tell Fox News that Hochul met with the City’s Inability Committee as pressure mounts for Hochul to...
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First openly gay DC federal judge rakes Trump admin over military trans ban

  • News source: FOX News
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The first openly gay federal judge in D.C. spent hours Tuesday grilling the Trump administration over its attempt to codify terms of service for transgender service members in the U.S. military, seeking to determine the extent of potential harm to transgender military personnel.

At issue is a Jan. 27 executive order signed by President Donald Trump requiring the Defense Department to update its guidance regarding "trans-identifying medical standards for military service" and to "rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness."

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Trump issues warning about wasteful spending, orders 'radical transparency' amid DOGE probes, revelations

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump issued an unsmiling warning to bureaucrats on Tuesday, ordering that leaders of government agencies begin to be "radically transparent" about spending.

The White House published a memo entitled "Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending" on Tuesday afternoon, directed at the heads of executive departments and agencies.

The memo begins by arguing that the American government "spends too much money on programs, contracts, and grants that do not promote the interests of the American people."

"For too long, taxpayers have...
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Trump administration fires National Park Service workers, raises maintenance concerns

  • News source: Matthew Daly | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort to downsize government.

The firings, which weren't publicly announced but were confirmed by Democratic senators and House members, come amid what has been a chaotic rollout of an aggressive program to eliminate thousands of federal jobs plan led by billionaire Elon Musk and the new Department of Government Efficiency, an outside-government organization...
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

  • News source: Allan Smith, Melanie Zanona and Laura Strickler |
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The United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.

In a statement, the agency said it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.

"Although several positions supporting [bird flu efforts] were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters," a USDA spokesperson said in a statement. "USDA’s Food Safety and...
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Trump says Ukraine ‘should never have started it' in comments about war with Russia

  • News source: Zoë Richards | NBC News
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President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, arguing Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the conflict.

“You should have never started it,” Trump said of Ukraine while criticizing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had expressed concern that his country was not included in talks between the U.S. and Russia on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.

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"I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard, 'Oh...
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Jury reaches verdict in A$AP Rocky assault trial

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict in the trial of A$AP Rocky, who faces two felony charges related to an alleged 2021 shooting in Hollywood.
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