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Top Democrat presses Hegseth on supporting accused war criminals that Trump pardoned

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Pete Hegseth told senators “restrictive rules of engagement” have “made it more difficult to defeat our enemies” as Democrats suggested he undervalued the laws of war.
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WATCH: Mom crushes 'Squid Game' season 2 gonggi challenge

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Yeban Youn and his family watched the newest season of "Squid Game.” After they watched the characters on the show play gonggi, mom Soo Youn showed her kids her talent.
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WATCH: LA residents share what they lost in fires in emotional video series

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Kalina Silverman's @makebigtalk video series documenting how residents have been impacted by the fires has raised more than $1.2 million for those featured in her videos.
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New Jersey to stockpile abortion pills ahead of Trump's return to office

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said during his state of the state address he’s planning to build up a supply of medication used in abortions ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second administration
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are expected to attend Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, two sources told CBS News.

According to Forbes, they are the three richest people in the world, worth an estimated $850 billion combined.

CNBC was first to report their plans to attend the president-elect's inauguration.

Musk, the world's richest man, has been tapped by Trump, along with businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, to head up a new temporary agency known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Amazon, which is run by...
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GOP tax leaders: US small businesses could pay more tax than small businesses do in China if Trump cuts expire

  • News source: FOX News
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Republicans on the House Ways & Means Committee, the House's chief tax writing committee, pointed out during a Tuesday hearing that if Congress lets President-elect Trump's tax cuts from his first term expire, millions of small businesses in the United States will see a top tax rate that is higher than what small businesses in communist China pay.

Tuesday's hearing launched debate in the new Congress over how to handle Trump's expiring tax credits, key provisions of which are slated to expire later this year. Among those key provisions is a new...
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'Thank you Ron': Trump praises DeSantis over Florida immigration push

  • News source: FOX News
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California wildfires prompt House Republican talks on conditioning aid: 'A pound of flesh'

  • News source: FOX News
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As wildfires rage in California, Republicans in Washington have begun discussing whether to condition federal aid on changes to policies they blame for the blazes.

"It’s part of the discussion right now," Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital. "People are unwilling to just stroke a check for something that, quite honestly, they still have a lot of questions. And obviously, the fires are still burning, so we don’t even know what the total is going to be at the end of the day."

The Los Angeles area has been grappling with multiple...
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Gold Star families devastated by Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal endorse Hegseth for SecDef

  • News source: FOX News
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Families who lost loved ones during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan are throwing their support behind Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth, who President-elect Trump tapped to head the Defense Department, underwent questioning from the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, where he faced over four hours of questioning from Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

The Abbey Gate Coalition, a group of the parents and families of those who tragically lost their lives in a terrorist attack...
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CA lawmaker demands federal probe amid fire destruction, as Sacramento seeks unity and accountability

  • News source: FOX News
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California lawmakers called for unity amid the historic Los Angeles wildfires, while at least one fired off letters to Congress calling for federal investigations into Sacramento's fire preparedness and environmental policies.

Republican lawmakers also said at a news conference Monday that any talk of gaveling-in the special session with the express purpose of buttressing the state against President-elect Trump should be quashed.

Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, said he is sending letters to members-designate of the new Trump administration...
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Dem senator ripped for invoking Hegseth's young daughter in 'despicable' confirmation hearing exchange

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., invoked secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s daughter during a heated hearing, prompting pushback from conservatives on social media who argued that the comments crossed a line.

"So you think you are completely cleared because you committed no crime?" the former vice presidential candidate said to Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

"That's your definition of cleared. You had just fathered a child two months before by a woman that was not your wife. I am shocked that you would stand here and...
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White House removes Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation, reversing Trump administration move

  • News source: FOX News
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The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, reversing a move made by the Trump administration in 2021.

The decision, which is reportedly part of a Catholic Church-sponsored deal to free political prisoners in Cuba, was first reported by the Associated Press on Tuesday.

In a certification that Biden issued later Tuesday afternoon, he claimed that the Cuban government "has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period," as well as "provided assurances that...
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Palestinians and Israelis dare to hope as Gaza deal reportedly close

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Mediator Qatar says there are no major issues blocking a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
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US to remove Cuba from state sponsors of terror list

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Biden moves to reverse the designation introduced by Donald Trump before he returns to office.
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What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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What we know so far about the possible ceasefire deal being negotiated between Israel and Hamas.
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