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Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Jan 3rd, 2020

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Trump says U.S. will set tariff rates for most nations within weeks

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump on Friday said his administration will send letters that inform other nations of the tariff rates the U.S. will impose on imports, adding that "it's not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us."

"[W]e have, at the same time, 150 countries that want to make a deal, but you're not able to see that many countries," Mr. Trump said during a Friday business roundtable between the U.S. and United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Trump said the letters will be sent by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard...
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Trump wraps momentous Middle East trip with economic deals, Syria sanctions relief and warning to Iran

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Friday wrapped up a momentous week in the Middle East and is headed home having finished the final leg of his three-nation trip to the UAE.

While the trip, which first included stops in Saudi Arabia and then Qatar, was expected to be largely economically focused with massive investment deals secured with Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi, the president also made geopolitical shockwaves by lifting decades-long sanctions on Syria, issuing another warning to Iran, and downplaying hard fought peace talks between Ukraine and Russia...
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Dem gubernatorial candidate blasted for meltdown over 'shocking' ICE arrest of 2 criminal illegal aliens

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is facing pushback from both her opponent and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after condemning the "shocking" execution of an ICE raid at a Virginia courthouse earlier this month that netted two criminal illegal immigrants.

"I think what we’ve seen most shocking, including here in Charlottesville, has been cases where people haven’t provided identification and have been in some cases masked and in plain clothes," Spanberger, a former Democratic congresswoman and...
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Dem says it's 'obvious now to me' that Biden 'was not in a condition to run for reelection'

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has noted that it is now "obvious" to him that then-President Joe Biden "was not in a condition to run for re-election."

"To rebuild trust, Democrats must be honest. In light of the facts that have come out, Joe Biden should not have run for reelection, and we should have had an open primary," Khanna said in an X post when sharing the link to his appearance on Fox News Channel's "The Story."

"In my limited public interactions with the President, he appeared coherent. It is obvious now to me, based on @jaketapper and others...
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Trump says US has given Iran proposal for nuclear deal

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has given Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal.

"Yeah they have a proposal, but more importantly, they know they have to move quickly or something bad, something bad is going to happen," Trump said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned this week that the United States is facing a critical moment with Iran to curb its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon and limit its uranium enrichment.

U.S. and Iranian officials have held four rounds of talks, primarily in Oman, since Trump took office to address...
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Blue state congressman ditches Dem playbook, seeks to codify Trump's latest executive order

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: While Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has been a vocal opponent of President Donald Trump's tariff and deportation policies, the president's latest executive order targeting prescription drug prices inspired the Silicon Valley congressman to trade political disses for diplomacy.

Khanna proposed legislation on Wednesday to codify Trump's executive order aimed at lowering drug prices, and the Democrat is urging his Republican colleagues to follow his lead, reaching across the aisle to deliver for everyday Americans.

"President Trump's...
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Senate candidate in hotly contested race slapped with ethics investigation

  • News source: FOX News
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The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission decided to move forward Wednesday with an investigation into U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Cameron due to allegations dating back to July 2023 that the then-Kentucky attorney general and gubernatorial candidate solicited campaign donations from a company his office was investigating at the time.

"What’s happening to me is exactly what they did to President Trump: a shameless weaponization of government to take out political opponents," Daniel Cameron told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement...
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Trump budget package in danger as it hits GOP opposition

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — House Republicans have yet to resolve several major disputes that threaten to derail President Trump's domestic policy bill as more conservative members and blue-state Republicans dig in on their demands.

House Speaker Mike Johnson remains committed to putting the legislation, which would extend tax cuts from Mr. Trump's first term while temporarily enacting new ones, on the floor before Memorial Day. The tax measures, as well as increased spending on the military and border security, would be offset partly by cuts to Medicaid, food...
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case to review government's privilege claim

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal judge will hear arguments Friday on the government's assertions of privilege to withhold details of what the Trump administration has done to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to a prison in El Salvador as the result of an "administrative error."

Earlier this month, the Trump administration appeared to invoke the state secrets privilege and other privileges to withhold information in the case from Abrego Garcia's attorneys as they continue to seek his release, attorneys for Abrego Garcia...
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Tigray party says ban threatens Ethiopia peace deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The TPLF fought a two-year civil war against the federal government, which ended in 2022.
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Ancient Indian skeleton gets a museum home six years after excavation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The skeleton had been kept in a makeshift shed since its excavation in 2019 due to bureaucratic wrangling.
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Colombian police arrest suspect in Peru mine workers' killings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thirteen men were kidnapped and killed at a gold mine in Pataz district earlier in May.
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LA 2028 Olympics plans air taxi service for spectators

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The aircraft still aren't commercially approved but could offer a way around Los Angeles' notoriously poor traffic.
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Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump ‘unfit' for office

  • News source: Mithil Aggarwal | NBC News
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Speaking at a concert in Manchester, the American singer-songwriter said his country was “in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
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House Republican bill calls for bigger child tax credit. Here's who could benefit

  • News source: Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC
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House Republicans have moved closer to passing President Donald Trump's spending package, which could include a bigger child tax credit.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees taxes, passed its portion of the legislation on Wednesday. While the tax plan could see a full House vote as early as next week, changes could still happen in the Senate.

However, the House-proposed child tax credit boost wouldn't provide relief to the lowest-earning families, according to some policy experts.

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