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Trump Cabinet picks targets of bomb threats and swatting, spokesperson says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were the targets of "violent" threats, said Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
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Drug Companies Face Hostility as They Hope for Allies Among Trump’s Health Picks

  • News source: Rebecca Robbins, Christina Jewett and Kate Kelly
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other candidates for top health posts are at odds with the drug industry, setting the stage for tense battles over regulatory changes.
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Three Americans released in US-China prisoner exchange

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The exchange was reportedly months in the making, and included the release of at least one Chinese citizen in US custody.
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Drake takes legal action over song's 'sex offender' claim

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The star says Universal Music failed to stop the release of rival Kendrick Lamar's hit Not Like Us.
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Trump set to take office with razor-thin House GOP majority

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives that offers Republicans barely any margin of error.
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Trump team signs some, but not all, critical transition documents

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump transition team has signed an agreement with the current administration that will unlock access to resources to further the transition process, but the Trump team said they will not sign another critical transition agreement with the General Services Administration that would make the transition more secure and transparent, the Biden White House said Tuesday.

Biden White House officials said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has yet to agree to terms on a memorandum of understanding with the Justice Department...
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Newly Republican, Starr County will play a key role in Trump's deportation plans

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Starr County, Texas, voted predominantly Republican for the first time in a century. Now, it's central to President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans.
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Congress Is Poised to Delay Again on Farm Bill, Leaving Families in Limbo

  • News source: Maya C. Miller
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The agriculture and nutrition measure was last updated in 2018 and originally expired two years ago. Farmers fear the Trump administration’s priorities will eclipse theirs next year.
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What’s a Democratic Billionaire to Do Now?

  • News source: Theodore Schleifer
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The party’s donor class is still wrestling with Donald Trump’s victory, worried about retribution and sluggish liberal energy. Some rich Democrats are even pondering leaving the country.
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US to start immediately on fresh push for Gaza ceasefire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Joe Biden aims for a deal involving the release of hostages and the removal of Hamas from power.
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Africa's incoming health boss dies aged 55

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Faustine Ndugulile was elected WHO African director months ago and was due to take over from February.
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Beirut resident returning home: 'Everything was gone'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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25 year-old Rayane Salman describes how she and her parents lost their home and possessions in an Israeli air strike.
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Astronauts unbox Thanksgiving meal aboard ISS

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"We're thankful for zero gravity" says stranded astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore.
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DC protested Trump's first term. Now, Washingtonians worry he'll crush them in his second.

  • News source: Alex Seitz-Wald | NBC News
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Donald Trump has attacked many American cities. But as president, he’ll have direct authority over only one — his once-and-future home of Washington, D.C., where city leaders are bracing for his wrath and hoping for the best.

Trump’s first term was treated like an unwelcome nuisance in the capital, where more than 9 out of 10 voters rejected Trump at the polls every time he ran for office and protested him and his officials almost constantly.

But ahead of Trump’s return to the White House, District of Columbia officials fear losing their tenuous...
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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?

  • News source: Giovanna Dell'orto | The Associated Press
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Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents.

That's taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job.

“That’s a really hard thing to deal with, as things tend to flip from one side to the other, and we’re still in the crossfire,” said Border Patrol assistant chief and chaplaincy program manager...
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