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Trump co-defendants ask Judge Cannon to block release of Special Counsel report

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Lawyers for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked Judge Aileen Cannon to issue an order barring AG Merrick Garland from publicly releasing the report by Jan. 10.
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President Biden, first lady attend memorial service for Bourbon Street attack victims in New Orleans

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended a Monday memorial service for the victims of the Bourbon Street terrorist attack in New Orleans, paying their respects to the 14 victims who died.

The event, which was an interfaith prayer service, was hosted at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, in the French Quarter. The church is located less than a mile away from the scene of the attack, where terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd of celebrants on New Year's Day.

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Trump escalates plans to acquire Greenland after resident pleads: 'Denmark's using us'

  • News source: FOX News
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President-elect Trump ramped up his calls for the U.S. to take ownership of Greenland in an amusing social media post on Monday.

The move comes as the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., is preparing to travel to Greenland on Tuesday. The trip will be undertaken in a personal capacity, and he is not expected to meet with government officials.

In a Truth Social post, President-elect Trump said that he was "hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA'." The Republican attached a video that purportedly shows a Greenlander asking the U.S. to buy his...
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In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
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Biden bans offshore drilling across vast area of US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ban covering most of America's coastline comes two weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.
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Biden admin sends 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman for resettlement

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The Biden administration on Monday announced the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees being held at a U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to Oman, which has agreed to help re-settle them, amid steps to reduce the population at the controversial military facility.

All of the men were captured in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and were held for more than two decades without being charged or put on trial, the New York Times reported.

"The United States appreciates the willingness of the government of Oman and other partners to...
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Trudeau's nine years as Canada's prime minister... in 85 seconds

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The second-youngest PM stepped down amid growing pressure from within his party and beyond.
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"Stop shooting! My daughter is dead": Woman killed as West Bank power struggle rages

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Shatha al-Sabbagh's family accuses the Palestinian Authority over her death in Jenin, but the PA blames "outlaws".
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Cryptocurrencies and personal AI: Tech to watch out for in 2025

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Will 2025 be a hinge year for cryptocurrency and will personalised AI appear on your phone?
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On Jan. 6, lawmakers remember the carnage of 2021 in sharply different ways

  • News source: Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press
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Some lawmakers emotionally recalled the violence. Others said they’d rather move on. And some said it wasn’t violent at all.

The certification Monday of Donald Trump’s presidential victory further exposed the divide, and the tension, among members of Congress over Jan. 6, 2021 — as Trump has called the bloody attack by his supporters “a day of love” and has promised to pardon rioters who have been convicted of crimes related to that day once he is in office.

Unlike four years ago, when the joint session of Congress to count electoral votes was...
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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announces resignation

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he's stepping down as leader of Canada's governing party after nearly a decade in power. Elizabeth Palmer has more on what led to Trudeau's downfall.
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Congress certifies Trump's win 4 years after Jan. 6 attack

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Congress convened Monday to count the votes of the Electoral College and formally cement President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. It comes four years after the Capitol attack. Scott MacFarlane has more.
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Meta glasses gave truck-ramming suspect 'cover' in attack planning: Experts

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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In a self-recorded video, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck-ramming attack was wearing Meta smart glasses to scout out his rampage.
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Newly released images show IEDs New Orleans suspect attempted to detonate

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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ABC News has obtained never-before-seen images of the IEDs found after the suspect accused in the New Orleans truck-ramming attack was killed in a shootout with police.
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Trump's continuing effort to downplay Jan. 6 violence as 'day of love'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the violent events of Jan. 6, 2021 -- a day President-elect Donald Trump has continually tried to recast as a "day of love."
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